Cryptogram Tale vs WordCode
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!
WordCode
A word-guessing game where players must deduce four words, with each word's final letter becoming the starting letter of the subsequent word. It offers a free-to-play experience with optional in-app purchases.
- Word guessing gameplay
- Chain-linking word mechanic
- Free to play
- In-app purchases available
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Guess the words! WordCode is a word-guessing game. It's simple: you have to guess four words, and each word's last letter will be the first letter of the next. Download now and play for free!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: WordCode at fortnightly against Cryptogram Tale's every 3 months. Cryptogram Tale's advantage is ratings volume (1.6K vs 2). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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 WordCode sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. 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 4.5 for WordCode. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Cryptogram Tale has 1.6K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Cryptogram Tale ships an update every 3 months, WordCode fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Cryptogram Tale | WordCode |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (1.6K ratings) — better | 4.5 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 72.5% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1.6K — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.1 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 160 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | GammaLateral LLC | Felipe Grosze Nipper de Oliveira |
Customer experience
Cryptogram Tale
WordCode
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
WordCode
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
WordCode
- Remove Ads$1.99
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