Comparison

Icons Quest vs Three Magic Words

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

Head to head
About

Icons Quest

Features
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Icons Quest is a funny words based game like 4 pics 1 word, the goal of this game is to arrange the letters to find a mysterious word. To guess the mysterious word you have up to 4 icons or emoticons related with the hidden word. There are some special levels when you have to guess movies titles, places, videogames titles and more. You can unlock more levels with stars. This app tests your knowledge at solving words puzzles, if you get stuck on a level you can try to use an hint or ask to your friends. There are some different hints you can use to pass a level: - Add a related icon (up to 4) - Add a correct initial letter (up to 3) - Delete some incorrect letters (up to 3 times) To use an hint you need some coins but do not run out of coins if you want to solve all the levels. You earn coins every time you guess a word. Use the coins also in the shop to improve your score or to earn more stars and coins quickly. The app also have world leaderboards and additional achievements to make the gameplay more interesting. You have a lot of mystery words, download now the app for free, test your skill and have fun !!! Game walkthrough here: http://pentawire.altervista.org/?section=14&pageID=10 Note: Uninstalling the application involves the loss of all progress.

About

Three Magic Words

This word game challenges players to complete three five-letter words using available letter tiles. Success requires logic and language skills to advance through rounds and collect stars. Players can adjust difficulty and challenge friends.

Highlights
  • Complete three five-letter words
  • Use available letter tiles
  • Test logic and language skills
  • Collect stars to win
  • Adjust difficulty with clues
  • Challenge friends
Features
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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!

Screenshots

Icons Quest4 screens
Three Magic Words4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Three Magic Words at none against Icons Quest's shown. Icons Quest's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 14.4). On price, update cadence, 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. Icons Quest sells 5 one-off in-app purchases and Three Magic Words sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Icons Quest versus Three Magic Words: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterIcons QuestThree Magic Words
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.9 (85 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—85 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 3 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better
Requires iOS11.0 — better14.4
Further details — not scored
Size38 MB8 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperRaffaele AmusoNathan Lamont

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Icons Quest

One-time5
  • 500 extra coins$0.99
  • 1200 extra coins$1.99
  • 2000 extra coins$2.99
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  • 5000 extra coins$5.99
  • 10000 extra coins$10.99
1 purchases

Three Magic Words

One-time1
  • Full 3.7K+ Word Pack$3.99

Questions

Is Icons Quest free?
Icons Quest is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Three Magic Words free?
Three Magic Words is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Icons Quest or Three Magic Words have ads?
Icons Quest shows ads; Three Magic Words does not.
Which is updated more often, Icons Quest or Three Magic Words?
Icons Quest ships an update every 3 months, and Three Magic Words every 3 months. Most recently, Icons Quest was updated on October 19, 2026 and Three Magic Words on October 23, 2026.

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