Grabble Words! vs Three Magic Words
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Grabble Words!
A fun and challenging word game where you find and steal words from opponents. Strategize to build the highest letter score by choosing between quick finds or longer words. Compete against friends or an AI.
- Find words
- Steal words from opponents
- Play with friends
- Play against AI
- Score based on letter values
- Strategic word choice
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Grabble Words is the Fun, Free, Social and Challenging New Word Game that You Should Already Be Playing! Play Grabble Words With Friends, or Test Your Skills With the Grabot. Find words, and grab words from your opponent - when the tiles run out the player with the highest letter score wins. The fastest to find a word gets it - but careful - longer words beat faster words! Should you be quick and grab the first word you find? Or should you take your time to find the longest word you can? The choice is yours... Grabble Words is inspired by a word game from the Victorian era - many years older than Scrabble! Join the fun now!
Three Magic Words
This word game challenges players to complete three five-letter words using available letter tiles. Solve all words to advance, collect stars by getting the right letter before time runs out, and win by collecting nine stars. Difficulty can be adjusted with clues, and friends can be challenged via text, email, or social media.
- Complete three five-letter words
- Test logic and language skills
- Collect stars to advance
- Adjust difficulty with clues
- Challenge friends
- Timed rounds
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A word game for people who love word games. Much more than a word jumble, in each round of Three Magic Words you are challenged to complete three five-letter words with the available tiles in a test of logic and language skills. Solve all three words to advance to the next round. Get the right letter on a star before time runs out to collect it — increasing the difficulty of the next round. Collect nine stars to win! Challenge friends via text message, email, or social media. Having trouble? Adjust the difficulty by giving yourself more clues!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Three Magic Words at 4.9 against Grabble Words!'s 3.6. Three Magic Words also leads on ratings volume (85 vs 5). Grabble Words!'s advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1). On price, review sentiment, update cadence and ads 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. Three Magic Words sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Grabble Words! asks for nothing beyond the download.
Three Magic Words holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 3.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Three Magic Words has 85 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 93% of Grabble Words!'s written reviews are positive against 100% of Three Magic Words's.
Grabble Words! ships an update every 5 months, Three Magic Words every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Grabble Words! | Three Magic Words |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.6 (5 ratings) | 4.9 (85 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 92.9% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 5 | 85 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 4 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 67 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Craig Grummitt | Nathan Lamont |
Customer experience
Grabble Words!
Three Magic Words
In-app purchases
Grabble Words!
No in-app purchases
Three Magic Words
- Full 3.7K+ Word Pack$3.99
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