Comparison

Fewer vs Word Unknown

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

Head to head
About

Fewer

Solve number puzzles by combining existing numbers with various mathematical operations. Strategize to reach the target number using the fewest possible moves. Get hints or upgrade for unlimited, randomly generated levels.

Highlights
  • Combine numbers with operations
  • Solve puzzles with fewest moves
  • In-app hints available
  • Upgrade for infinite levels
  • Randomly generated puzzles
  • Adjustable difficulty
Features
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This game has no ads, but it does have adds! -------------------------------------------- Can you solve these puzzles with the fewest number of moves? Fewer is an exciting math game where you try to make a number by combining existing numbers with different mathematical operations like Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication, Division, and Powers. Need help solving a level? The app can give you hints if you needs them, but be careful! You only get 10 free hints, but you can buy as many more as you'd like. Run out of levels to play? You can upgrade to infinite levels and play randomly generated puzzles to your hearts content! Infinite levels can be played at any difficulty that you choose.

About

Word Unknown

A fun and simple word guessing game inspired by Hangman and Mastermind. Use logic to deduce a hidden word within a limited number of attempts, receiving feedback on correct letters and positions. Offers multiple difficulty levels and a daily challenge for competitive play.

Highlights
  • Word guessing gameplay
  • Lexical and deductive logic
  • Letter position feedback (X's and O's)
  • Five difficulty levels
  • Daily challenge mode
  • Free and open source
Features
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Word Unknown takes inspiration from both hangman and mastermind to create an incredibly fun and simple word game experience. Your objective is to guess a randomly generated word in as few moves as possible using both lexical and deductive logic. Once a legal guess is made, you'll get X's and O's in response. Each X represents a correct letter in the correct position, and each O represents a correct letter in the wrong position. There are five different difficulties (word lengths) to choose from and a daily challenge for each so you can compete with friends! Best of all, the game is 100% free and open source! Word Unknown is the second word game developed by Christopher Cinq-Mars Jarvis. His first is Synonymy, narrated by Richard Dawkins, which received distinctions at GDC and E3.

Screenshots

Fewer4 screens
Word Unknown3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Word Unknown at none against Fewer's 5. Word Unknown also leads on ratings volume (11 vs 3) and iOS requirement (6.0 vs 18.0). On price, rating, review sentiment and update cadence 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. Fewer sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Word Unknown asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Fewer against 4.9 for Word Unknown. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 11 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Fewer ships an update every 10 months, Word Unknown every 16 months. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Fewer versus Word Unknown: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFewerWord Unknown
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better4.9 (11 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings311 — better
Update frequencyEvery 10 months — betterEvery 16 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.06.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB15 MB
Age rating4+4+
DevelopersquishLogicCinq-Mars Media

Customer experience

Fewer

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Word Unknown

All ratings11 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Fewer

One-time5
  • 5 Hints$0.99
  • Infinite Levels$1.99
  • 12 Hints$1.99
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  • 20 Hints$2.99
  • 50 Hints$4.99
None

Word Unknown

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Fewer free?
Fewer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Word Unknown free?
Word Unknown is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Fewer or Word Unknown?
Fewer is rated higher. Fewer averages 5.0 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while Word Unknown averages 4.9 from 11 ratings.
Do Fewer or Word Unknown have ads?
Neither Fewer nor Word Unknown shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Fewer or Word Unknown?
Fewer ships an update every 10 months, and Word Unknown every 16 months. Most recently, Fewer was updated on October 17, 2026 and Word Unknown on October 18, 2026.

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