Comparison

Grabble Words! vs Fast Words!

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

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About

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.

Highlights
  • Find words
  • Steal words from opponents
  • Play with friends
  • Play against AI
  • Score based on letter values
  • Strategic word choice
Features
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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!

About

Fast Words!

Features
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Build a crossword using 20 random letters. Play many times to beat your best scores. Do it quickly to earn bonus points. Play in Spanish or English. This is the free version, it has all the options. It is supported by ads.

Screenshots

Grabble Words!4 screens
Fast Words!4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Fast Words! at weekly against Grabble Words!'s every 5 months. Fast Words! also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Grabble Words! ships an update every 5 months, Fast Words! weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Grabble Words! versus Fast Words!: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGrabble Words!Fast Words!
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.6 (5 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews92.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings5 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size67 MB30 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCraig GrummittDaniele Folatelli

In-app purchases

None

Grabble Words!

No in-app purchases

None

Fast Words!

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Grabble Words! free?
Grabble Words! is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Fast Words! free?
Fast Words! is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Grabble Words! or Fast Words! have ads?
Neither Grabble Words! nor Fast Words! shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Grabble Words! or Fast Words!?
Grabble Words! ships an update every 5 months, and Fast Words! weekly. Most recently, Grabble Words! was updated on October 22, 2026 and Fast Words! on October 27, 2026.

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