Comparison

anagram arcadus vs TypingBuffet

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

Head to head
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anagram arcadus

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anagram is back, rebuilt from scratch. A draw is a set of 3 to 7 letters plus every word you can build from them. The letters drop onto the rack one by one; slide them sideways until the order spells a word. TWO WAYS TO PLAY The Path strings together 15 journeys of 4 to 5 stages - 67 stages, 496 draws, never the same one twice. A journey moves across word lengths instead of locking into one, and stars are earned at 60%, 85% and 100% of a draw's core words. Finishing a journey opens a crowning screen. Free play draws from the whole pool - 1,735 French draws - with the length, the difficulty and the number of draws you choose. THE MOVE Picking up a tile and dropping it elsewhere costs as many moves as the number of slots it crosses. Drag it, or tap a tile then tap where it should go. The moment the letters spell a word, it falls. The chain multiplies your points with every word found in the same draw, and finding them all triggers the perfect draw. CORE AND BONUS Every draw carries two sets. The core is what is expected of you: it defines completion, stars and the perfect draw. Bonus words are everything else the dictionary knows - accepted, scored, never blocking. No valid word is ever refused. THE WORDS Two sources, two roles: a dictionary says what is acceptable, a corpus says what is findable. Acceptance comes from Grammalecte 7.0, 84,172 lemmas unfolded into nearly 560,000 forms. The core and the difficulty come from Lexique 3.83 frequencies, measured on films and books. Nothing is sorted by hand. FOUR DIFFICULTIES They build on three constraints that stack: time per draw, a move budget, and a current that forces the direction of every move and flips at a fixed interval. Discovery - 90 s, unlimited moves, free direction. To learn the gesture. Classic - 60 s, 40 moves. Every slide counts. Expert - 45 s, 26 moves, the current flips every 8 seconds. Infernal - 30 s, 18 moves, and the current never stops turning. The current never makes a draw unsolvable: pushing a letter right is the same as pushing its neighbour left. It forces you to replan the order of your moves while the clock runs. An English pack is also available, built on classic anagram groups. FIVE BACKDROPS Three layers of depth, real depth of field, five backdrops in rotation. Sounds are synthesised on the fly: no audio file is bundled. Reduce Motion is respected. OFFLINE No account, no ads, no purchases, no connection. The game runs in airplane mode. Best scores and progress stay on the device.

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TypingBuffet

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Typing Buffet is a simple, satisfying typing game. ■ Play Your Way, Anywhere ・Use the on-screen keyboard or your physical keyboard ・Available on iPhone, iPad, and Mac ・Play in portrait or landscape orientation ■ Two Game Modes ・Sweet Mode Mistakes are okay here — but each one costs you time. Clear a word to gain time back and keep your rhythm going. ・Bitter Mode A single mistake ends the game instantly. In exchange, clearing a word earns you a bigger score and time bonus. For those who trust their fingers. Quick to pick up, hard to put down.

Screenshots

anagram arcadus4 screens
TypingBuffet4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: TypingBuffet at none against anagram arcadus's 3. anagram arcadus's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 13 months). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. anagram arcadus sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. TypingBuffet asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

anagram arcadus ships an update weekly, TypingBuffet every 13 months. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 4 level
anagram arcadus versus TypingBuffet: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameteranagram arcadusTypingBuffet
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 13 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB10 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperRoland BodoNATSUKO TAKIZAWA

In-app purchases

3 purchases

anagram arcadus

One-time3
  • Pack de 1000 Pièces$0.99
  • Pack de 2500 pièces$1.99
  • Pack de 5000 pièces$2.99
None

TypingBuffet

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is anagram arcadus free?
anagram arcadus is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is TypingBuffet free?
TypingBuffet is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do anagram arcadus or TypingBuffet have ads?
Neither anagram arcadus nor TypingBuffet shows ads.
Which is updated more often, anagram arcadus or TypingBuffet?
anagram arcadus ships an update weekly, and TypingBuffet every 13 months. Most recently, anagram arcadus was updated on October 7, 2026 and TypingBuffet on October 12, 2026.

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