The Guides Compendium vs Antitype
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
The Guides Compendium
This illustrated and photographic novel offers supplementary details and clues for the primary game, The Guides. While not essential for progression, it provides inspiration for solving puzzles and continuing your cryptic journey.
- Illustrated and photographic novel
- Supplementary game details
- Provides clues
- Inspiration for puzzle-solving
- Cryptic journey assistance
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The Guides Compendium is the illustrated and photographic novel intended to give supplementary detail to the primary game, The Guides. Though not essential to progressing and solving puzzles in the primary game, The Guides Compendium provides clues and may serve as an inspiration to help you continue your cryptic journey. Peculiar, isn't it?
Antitype
This word puzzle game challenges players to decipher pairs of opposite words by changing letters based on a clue and alphabet knowledge. It offers hundreds of levels with varying difficulty and special packs, featuring a clean, minimalist design and quick gameplay.
- Decipher opposite words
- Change opposing letters
- Hundreds of free levels
- Synonym & Homophone packs
- Antonym X level pack
- Hints for challenging levels
- Cross-device progress sync
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“Antitype’s clever design shines bright, delivering a tricky word puzzler in a minimalist package” — PocketGamer “A word game that stands out from the crowded marketplace” — AppAdvice “A double-whammy word puzzler… a devious combo!” — TouchArcade “Simple but beautiful… absorbing… addicting.” — MacStories “Streamlined style and elegantly crafted puzzles” — Gamezebo Antitype is a game all about opposites. With a clue and your knowledge of the alphabet, you'll change opposing letters to decipher each pair of opposite words. - 400 free levels range from simple to extremely difficult - Synonym & Homophone level packs with 400 additional levels - 100 ultra-challenging antonym levels in the new Antonyms X level pack - Save by purchasing level pack bundles or unlock the game with the Unlimited Pass! - Plan your moves wisely - every level can be solved! - Hints provide you ability to get a head start on challenging levels - Each level is uniquely shuffled so every attempt has its own solution - Sync progress across all your iOS devices - Beautifully-clean, colorful aesthetic - Minimalist in style, yet full of complexity - Quick gameplay - play for a minute, an hour or more!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Antitype at every 3 weeks against The Guides Compendium's every 25 months. Antitype also leads on ratings volume (965 vs 18). The Guides Compendium's advantage is review sentiment (70% vs 51%) and price ($0.99 vs $3.99). On rating, ads, in-app purchases and chart position 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
The Guides Compendium costs $0.99 and Antitype $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.2 for The Guides Compendium against 4.4 for Antitype. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Antitype has 965 ratings behind it against 18, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 70% of The Guides Compendium's written reviews are positive against 51% of Antitype's.
The Guides Compendium ships an update every 25 months, Antitype every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | The Guides Compendium | Antitype |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 — better | $3.99 |
| Rating | 4.2 (18 ratings) | 4.4 (965 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 70.0% of reviews — better | 50.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 18 | 965 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 25 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Best chart rank | #92 | #51 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 13.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 13 MB | 41 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | 2 Fountains LLC | BorderLeap |
Customer experience
The Guides Compendium
Antitype
Bugs and requests
The Guides Compendium
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Antitype
Reported bugs
3 issues- Game freezes or stops working after ads
- Inconsistent behavior when tapping letters
- Levels not loading properly
Requested features
4 requests- Option to remove ads for a one-time fee
- More content/levels to extend gameplay
- Improved clues and instructions
- Ability to save progress and resume later
In-app purchases
The Guides Compendium
No in-app purchases
Antitype
No in-app purchases
Questions
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