Cryptogram Tale vs MorseZapp
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Cryptogram Tale
Decode encrypted messages to reveal hidden stories. This word puzzle game challenges you to break codes by substituting letters, offering hundreds of tales and thousands of cryptograms to solve. Customize your experience with various fonts and color schemes, and use hints when needed.
- Hundreds of tales
- Thousands of cryptograms
- Dozens of fonts
- Different color schemes
- In-game hints
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Break the code and unravel the story! Can you decode all of the passages and discover the story within? Challenge yourself with this puzzle word game! A Cryptogram is a message encoded by switching the actual letters with different letters. • Hundreds of Tales! • Thousands of Cryptograms! • Dozens of Fonts! • Different color schemes! • Hints for when you're stuck!
MorseZapp
Learn International Morse Code with a fun, interactive game. Tap dits and dashes to zap letters before they reach the bottom, with sound and visual cues to aid recognition. Progress through levels to improve speed and accuracy.
- Interactive Morse code trainer
- Tap pad for dit/dash input
- Sound and visual learning aids
- Progressive difficulty levels
- Sound-only recognition challenges
- Customizable level packages
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MorseZapp is a great way to learn morse code. It's a fun and unique CW trainer of International Morse Code. Each level challenges you to learn the correct sequence of dits and dashes to zap the letter before it hits the bottom of the screen. Great for learning morse code for amateur radio, ham radio, military, or just tapping out a message to your friends. You tap the dit and dash sequence on the tap pad at the bottom of the screen to create the correct letter. Tap fast for a dit, and hold a little longer for a dash. Sound hints and visual clues help you with beginner levels, showing you the sequence for the letter that is up and playing the sound for that letter to help you recognize it both visually and with audio. Levels help you get the timing right, and each level progressively gets faster to work on your speed and to challenge you. Sound only levels make you listen to the dit and dash sequence and then choose the correct letter from a list before it hits the bottom. This helps with sound recognition. * Free to try with the Free Package and Levels. Packages and levels will be improving all the time and we will be adding new packages based on user feedback to challenge you and help you learn morse code / cw faster. You can also create your own package and levels, and share these with others. Have an idea or suggestion? We are always happy to receive feedback, ideas, word lists that you think would make the game better and help you learn. Just contact us and we'll see about adding your word list to our list of packages. Privacy Policy: https://tahelpya.com/privacy ToS: https://www.tahelpya.com/morsezapp-terms-of-service
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Cryptogram Tale at 4.6 against MorseZapp's 4.0. Cryptogram Tale also leads on ratings volume (1.6K vs 76). MorseZapp's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 10 days vs every 3 months). On price, review sentiment, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Cryptogram Tale sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and MorseZapp sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Cryptogram Tale holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Cryptogram Tale has 1.6K ratings behind it against 76, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 72% of Cryptogram Tale's written reviews are positive against 71% of MorseZapp's.
Cryptogram Tale ships an update every 3 months, MorseZapp every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Cryptogram Tale | MorseZapp |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (1.6K ratings) — better | 4.0 (76 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 72.5% of reviews — better | 71.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1.6K — better | 76 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 10 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.1 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 160 MB | 45 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | GammaLateral LLC | Soki Creative LLC |
Customer experience
Cryptogram Tale
MorseZapp
User reviews
Cryptogram Tale
From 1.6K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Hundreds of cryptograms
- 📚 Interesting stories and literature
- 👍 No ads unless you want a hint
- 💡 Hints available by watching ads
- 🔒 No glitches or annoying ads
Room to improve
- 🐛 Crashes and freezes
- 🔍 Difficulty level not always clear
- 🔍 Capitalized words revealed after first letter
- 🔍 Some stories not well-suited for cryptograms
- 🔍 Ads can't always be closed
MorseZapp
From 76 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Great for learning Morse code
- 🚀 Fast learning progress
- 💡 Fun and engaging concept
- ✅ Effective for memorizing letters
- 💰 Good value for paid version
Room to improve
- 🐛 App won't run/load packages
- 🐛 Inconsistent timing/detection
- 🐛 Repetitive sounds hinder learning
- 🐛 Too much, too fast for some
- ❓ Unclear pricing for Pro
Bugs and requests
Cryptogram Tale
Reported bugs
3 issues- Progress getting deleted
- Ads not loading properly
- Keyboard not opening automatically
Requested features
6 requests- More modern and diverse stories
- Ability to choose story titles
- Cursor that skips to next blank space
- Undo button
- Trigger warnings for dark/disturbing content
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- More classical music options
MorseZapp
Reported bugs
15 issues- Immediate error message: problem loading packages
- App won't run on newer iPhones
- Warning displayed: Problem Loading Packages
- App won't run
- Ended up with a screen with a large green rectangle
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- Starts at first level every time
- Button malfunctions
- Box doesn't clear when messing up
- Detection of dits/dahs is inaccurate
- Tones run into each other
- Bad timing issues, incorrect answers not recognized
- Some letters not registering
- Keys not registering
- RX time sometimes doesn't pick up
- App has trouble registering taps at highest speed
Requested features
23 requests- Add iambic paddle mode
- More modes and options
- Punctuation marks package
- Display meaning of Q codes/CW codes
- Iambic paddle mode
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- Lowercase/uppercase options for GUI
- Smart randomization for listening mode
- Keyboard mode for advanced listening
- Ability to create more than 20 words in custom packages
- Option to disable hints
- Add more letters to the free package
- Make learning modules longer
- Add bombs to letter learning
- Proper grammar in courses
- Listen to podcasts while practicing (volume controls)
- Tool working with light instead of sound
- Speed up characters with Farnsworth method
- Improve detection for fast learners
- Option to choose between similar sounding characters
- Add word and sentence practices
- More intense listening exercises
- Farnsworth method speed options
- Custom learning packages
In-app purchases
Cryptogram Tale
- Get 30 Hints$0.99
- Get 70 Hints$1.99
- Remove Ads$9.99
MorseZapp
- MorseZapp Pro Subscription$2.991 Year
- Buy All Packages$2.99
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