Cryptogram Tale vs WACT
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!
WACT
Discover surprising facts and test your knowledge by guessing mystery words or letters. This game offers a fun way to learn about diverse subjects, from nature to history, with helpful hints available.
- Learn interesting facts
- Guess mystery words
- Guess mystery letters
- Emoji clues
- Letter hints
- Family-friendly gameplay
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Play, learn and show off your random knowledge! In WACT, find the mystery word or letter while learning interesting, surprising and amazing facts about lots of subjects: nature, sports, animals, music, history, movies, science, food, the human body, people, strange laws, statistics, world records and more! Want an example? Fill in the blank: "In France, you can marry a ---- person." Letters: "E - D - A - D" Did you figure it out? Download WACT for free and improve your general knowledge. Every fact is checked and sourced! Test and impress your family and friends. If you're stuck on any fact, we have two jokers to help you: Emoji Joker: Get a series of emojis that give you clues to find the answer Letter Joker: Get a letter filled in to the answer WACT is ideal for the whole family - the best way to learn and have fun!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: WACT at none against Cryptogram Tale's shown. WACT also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 3 months) and review sentiment (100% vs 72%). Cryptogram Tale's advantage is ratings volume (1.6K vs 3). 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 WACT sells 6 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 4.7 for WACT. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Cryptogram Tale has 1.6K ratings behind it against 3, 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 100% of WACT's.
Cryptogram Tale ships an update every 3 months, WACT every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on September 28, 2026 and September 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Cryptogram Tale | WACT |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (1.6K ratings) | 4.7 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 72.5% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1.6K — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 3 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, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.1 | 10.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 160 MB | 106 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | GammaLateral LLC | SAS ELIA |
Customer experience
Cryptogram Tale
WACT
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
WACT
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
WACT
- Pack of 500 coins$1.99
- Sports pack$1.99
- Animals pack$1.99
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- Pack of 1750 coins$5.99
- Pack of 3500 coins$9.99
- Pack of 10000 coins$19.99
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