Spell Seeker vs Cipherly
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Spell Seeker
Engage your vocabulary with this addictive word game featuring two distinct modes: Puzzle and Word Search. Challenge yourself against the clock or play at your own pace to build words and achieve high scores. Track your progress and compare with friends.
- Puzzle mode with rising letter tiles
- Word Search mode with full tile grid
- Timed game versions
- Stats screen for score tracking
- In-game dictionary
- Game Center integration for leaderboards
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Spell Seeker is a fun, highly-addictive word game that will put your vocabulary skills to the test. There are two main game modes, Puzzle and Word Search, plus timed versions of both. The stats screen keeps track of your best scores, encouraging you to improve your game. Puzzle allows you to race against the rising tower of lettered tiles to make words before they reach the top. Play at your own pace or see how many words you can create before the timer runs out. Word Search follows the same basic word-creation premise, but you start with a full grid of tiles. Your challenge is to come up with as many words as you can, aiming to get the highest possible score before all the tiles are used up. There's a dictionary to check the definitions of words you've made and you can log into Game Center to keep track of your scores and compare results with other players! Its simple, yet challenging, premise makes Spell Seeker the ultimate game for idle hands and minds seeking to be entertained.
Cipherly
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Crack the code. Uncover the quote. Cipherly is a calm cryptogram game built around words worth remembering. Each puzzle hides a famous line behind a simple letter-swap code. Work out which letter is which, and the quote slowly reveals itself, on a quiet, paper-and-ink page with nothing to distract you. A NEW QUOTE EVERY DAY Start your day with the Daily Quote, drawn from its own collection so it never repeats a level. Keep your streak going, and set an optional reminder for the time that suits you. It never nudges you on days you've already played. WORDS WORTH UNCOVERING Hundreds of hand-picked quotes from Shakespeare, Austen, the Brontës, Marcus Aurelius, Seneca, Gibran and many more. Every quote in the library is unique. NEW TO CRYPTOGRAMS? A short How to Play guide shows you the ropes, and hints are there whenever you're stuck. Tap a space, pick a letter, and it fills in everywhere that letter appears. FREE TO START Free to download and play. When you're ready for more, one purchase unlocks every collection, forever. MADE FOR QUIET MOMENTS • Completely ad-free • Plays offline, anywhere • Untimed, so play at your own pace • Light and dark themes, including Night, free for everyone • Share your solve without spoiling the quote • Progress backed up and purchases restored automatically Put down the scroll, pick a quote, and decode. Cipherly+ is an optional auto-renewing subscription, monthly or yearly. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase and renews unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel it in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://ciunas.app/cipherly-privacy-policy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Cipherly at every 8 days against Spell Seeker's every 14 months. Spell Seeker's advantage is iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Spell Seeker sells 4 one-off in-app purchases and Cipherly sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Spell Seeker ships an update every 14 months, Cipherly every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Spell Seeker | Cipherly |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (65 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 85.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 65 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 14 months | Every 8 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 11 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Kemal Enver | Aisling O'Callaghan |
In-app purchases
Spell Seeker
- 1000 coins$1.99
- Remove Adverts$2.99
- 5000 coins$3.99
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- 10000 coins$5.99
Cipherly
- Cipherly+ Monthly$2.991 Month
- Cipherly+ Annual7 Days trial$19.991 Year
- Buy 10 Hints$0.99
- 20 Hints$0.99
- Unlock 10 levels$0.99
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- Unlock Themes$2.99
- Buy 40 Hints$2.99
- Purchase 100 hints$2.99
- Unlock All Collections$5.99
- Buy 120 Hints$6.99









