Cryptogram Tale vs Cryptogram Deluxe
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!
Cryptogram Deluxe
Engage in a classic letter substitution puzzle to decode hundreds of famous quotes. Choose from various categories to match your mood and sharpen your decoding skills with helpful in-app tools.
- Hundreds of quote puzzles
- Multiple categories
- Hint system
- Letter tracking
- Adjustable font sizing
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Decode famous quotes in Cryptogram Deluxe! Cryptogram Deluxe has hundreds of puzzles for you to test your decoding skills and unveil quotes that are funny, inspirational, philosophical and more. Whatever your mood, choose your category and start puzzle solving! Our puzzle board includes helpful tools like HINTS, TIPS, LETTER TRACKING & ADJUSTABLE FONT SIZING. Cryptograms Deluxe is a letter substitution puzzle meaning that the letters in the hidden message are being represented by a different letter of the alphabet. There are many strategies for solving cryptograms. Can you learn them all? Download Cryptogram Deluxe now and try it for yourself. Mouseless Media is dedicated to making apps you love to use. Please contact us any time if you’d like to see a new feature in the next release of Cryptogram Deluxe. Happy Puzzling!
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Verdict
Cryptogram Tale and Cryptogram Deluxe both sit at 4.6 stars, but that hides the real split: 72% of Cryptogram Tale's written reviews are positive against 20% of Cryptogram Deluxe's. Cryptogram Tale also leads on update cadence (every 3 months vs every 10 months) and ratings volume (1.6K vs 180). Cryptogram Deluxe's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17.1). On price, rating, 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 Cryptogram Deluxe sells 8 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Cryptogram Tale against 4.6 for Cryptogram Deluxe. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Cryptogram Tale has 1.6K ratings behind it against 180, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 72% of Cryptogram Tale's written reviews are positive against 20% of Cryptogram Deluxe's.
Cryptogram Tale ships an update every 3 months, Cryptogram Deluxe every 10 months. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Cryptogram Tale | Cryptogram Deluxe |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (1.6K ratings) — better | 4.6 (180 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 72.5% of reviews — better | 20.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1.6K — better | 180 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months — better | Every 10 months |
| 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 | 22 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 9+ |
| Developer | GammaLateral LLC | Rand Enterprises, LLC |
Customer experience
Cryptogram Tale
Cryptogram Deluxe
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
Cryptogram Deluxe
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Cryptogram Tale
- Get 30 Hints$0.99
- Get 70 Hints$1.99
- Remove Ads$9.99
Cryptogram Deluxe
- Philosophy Pack$1.99
- Inspirational Pack$1.99
- Classic Literature Pack$1.99
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- Humor Pack$1.99
- Modern Pack$1.99
- 50 Coins$2.99
- 500 Coins$12.99
- 1500 Coins$15.99
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