ANGO: Cryptogram Puzzles

A line of symbols. The same symbol always means the same letter.
Fill in one, and every copy of it opens at once, right across the sentence.

ANGO is a classic substitution cipher — a cryptogram, the same kind of puzzle as the newspaper cryptoquote. Tap a symbol, choose the letter you think it stands for, and watch the rest of the line fall into place.

AT A GLANCE
- Free to start, no subscription
- No third-party ads
- Your records stay on your device

HOW TO PLAY
Every letter of a hidden sentence has been swapped for another. Assign a letter to a symbol and every copy fills in together. That is the only rule.

THREE FOOTHOLDS
- Word shapes: spaces are never enciphered, so the outline of each word stays visible
- One-letter words: in English there are only two
- Frequency: the most common symbol is usually E, T or A
There is no luck involved. Follow the clues and the first letter comes into view.

FEATURES
- Daily cipher: one message a day, set by the date. Your streak is kept on a calendar
- Archive: every message you crack is filed by category, with its meaning, to read again
- Ranks: earn points with each solve and rise from Apprentice to Legendary Codebreaker. Harder puzzles count for more
- Five difficulties: Easy, Normal, Hard, Brutal and Master, where even the word breaks vanish and letters arrive in blocks of five
- Frequency table: see how often each symbol appears
- Cascade feedback: see how many places one letter filled, and feel it through haptics
- A Japanese kana edition is built in. Switch your device language to Japanese to play it

THE MESSAGES
- Proverbs: 128 traditional proverbs
- Sayings: 121 everyday idioms
- Case Files: 112 original lines from small detective stories
- Japanese edition: 379 messages
Every message is a traditional, public-domain saying or was written for this app. There are no copyrighted quotations or song lyrics.

WHO IT IS FOR
- Anyone who has worked the cryptoquote in a newspaper
- Crossword and word puzzle solvers looking for something new
- Readers of detective fiction
- Anyone who wants a puzzle decided by reasoning rather than reflexes
- Anyone with ten quiet minutes and a coffee

PRIVACY
- No account, no sign-up, no email address
- Solve history, streaks and your archive are stored on your iPhone or iPad only
- Your records are never sent to any server
- No third-party ads, no tracking
- Puzzles are generated on the device, so you can play anywhere, even offline
- To show the list in Settings > More apps by TORANKIRITE, and the small promotion in the free version, the app loads public App Store information