Clue Solver is a digital companion app for physical mystery deduction board games, providing a logic engine to track card ownership and game state on iOS.
The App DNA
What makes this app unique?
Players hire the app to reduce the cognitive load of manual note-taking and to gain a statistical advantage in social board game sessions.
For Players of physical mystery deduction board games who want a digital tool to manage notes and logic.
What does it look like?
Key features
Logic-based solver that tracks card ownership and envelope contents based on game turn inputs.
Displays live win probabilities for unknown cards based on feasible game solutions.
Digital version of the traditional paper grid with tap-to-mark functionality.
How much does it cost?
The app is currently offered as a free utility with no visible subscription or IAP gates.
Velocity
Maintenance developmentperformanceUX improvementsShow more...
The app has shipped only one release in the last four months, resulting in a maintenance-level cadence of approximately 0.06 releases per week. The latest release focused exclusively on stability and minor UX adjustments, with no evidence of new features or live-ops content. Development appears to be in a maintenance phase, with no significant updates since April 2026.
Who built it?
User Sentiment
What do users think recently?
Fresh user feedback skews upset. Users appreciate the core logic algorithm provides a competitive advantage for users during social board game sessions.
How are ratings & reviews evolving?
What users say, by theme
- The core logic algorithm provides a competitive advantage for users during social board game sessions
- Application freezes consistently during the suggestion phase, preventing users from completing a full game session
49 of 49 recent reviews analyzed · high confidence · Upset overall
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Competitive landscape for Clue Solver: Detective Notepad
How's the Games market?
Clue Solver maintains a niche position in the Games category, holding a 5-star rating across 3 reviews. The lack of recent major updates suggests a maintenance-only posture rather than active market expansion.
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Key takeaways for Clue Solver: Detective Notepad
Where is it heading?
The app is currently in a maintenance-mode state with no active feature development, leaving it exposed to technical decay. Without a resolution to the core logic and stability issues, the user base will continue to shrink as players find the app unreliable for their physical game sessions.
- Persistent freezing during the suggestion phase prevents game completion, which drives users to abandon the app for manual paper tracking.
- Mathematical logic errors in the card tracking algorithm lead to incorrect deductions, eroding user trust in the app's core value proposition.
The SWOT
- Logic-based deduction engine provides a competitive advantage in social board game sessions
- Probability calculator offers real-time win-rate insights for unknown cards
- Customization features for manual room, weapon, and character entry would expand compatibility
Next best moves
Audit suggestion-phase logic because freezing is the top-reported churn risk → improve session completion rate
+ 1 more prioritized moveThe counter-intuitive read
The app's lack of monetization is its biggest risk: without revenue…
Read the full takeSince the last report: The app's outlook has shifted to declining as technical instability is now formally categorized as a threat to user retention.
Bottom line
Clue Solver provides a unique competitive edge through its deduction engine, but persistent freezing and logic errors undermine its utility, so the PM must prioritize stability over feature expansion to prevent total user churn.
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- [1] App Store, source
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