Grabble Words! vs Doublets
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!
Doublets
A word puzzle game where you transform one word into another by changing one letter at a time. Each step must result in a valid dictionary word, following the rules of the classic word ladder game.
- Word ladder gameplay
- Change one letter at a time
- Valid dictionary words
- Classic word puzzle
- Single-player game
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Doublets (also known as word ladder) is a word puzzle game invented by Lewis Carroll where the objective is to turn one dictionary word into another by changing one letter at a time. At each step, one letter may be changed, and the resulting word must be a valid dictionary word. Terms of Service: https://virgilsoftware.com/terms-and-conditions
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Doublets at 4.3 against Grabble Words!'s 3.6. Grabble Words!'s advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3). On price, ratings volume, 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. Doublets sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Grabble Words! asks for nothing beyond the download.
Doublets holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 3.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 3 respectively.
Grabble Words! ships an update every 5 months, Doublets every 9 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Grabble Words! | Doublets |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.6 (5 ratings) | 4.3 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 92.9% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months — better | Every 9 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 67 MB | 11 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Craig Grummitt | Thomas DiZoglio |
Customer experience
Grabble Words!
Doublets
In-app purchases
Grabble Words!
No in-app purchases
Doublets
- Doublets Monthly Subscription$0.991 Month
- Doublets Yearly Subscription$9.991 Year
- Doublets Free DownloadFree
