Cosmic Path vs Passed Word
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Cosmic Path
Navigate through 100 challenging levels by collecting glowing circles within a limited number of moves. Avoid obstacles and enjoy a calming experience with minimalistic graphics and serene music.
- 100 uniquely crafted levels
- Collect glowing white circles
- Avoid red dots
- 5 stages with unique mechanics
- Hint system
- Minimalistic graphics
- Calm music
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Make your way through 100 uniquely crafted levels. Collect all the glowing white circles with limited moves. Avoid the red dots! Features -5 stages each with unique mechanics -Hint system -Minimalistic graphics -Calm music
Passed Word
This game challenges players to collaboratively build a story, with each participant only seeing the previous turn's text. Once all players have contributed, the full, often surprising, narrative is revealed.
- Collaborative storytelling
- Turn-based gameplay
- Hidden previous text
- Full story reveal
- Multiplayer
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Passed Word is a game of telephone storytelling. As they add to the story, each player can only see the text that was written the turn before. Once all rounds have been completed everyone can see the completed story.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Passed Word at none against Cosmic Path's 3. Passed Word also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.6) and update cadence (every 3 days vs every 2 weeks). Cosmic Path's advantage is ratings volume (7 vs 2) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 16.4). On price, ads 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
Both are free to download. Cosmic Path sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Passed Word asks for nothing beyond the download.
Passed Word holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7 and 2 respectively.
Cosmic Path ships an update every 2 weeks, Passed Word every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 4, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Cosmic Path | Passed Word |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (7 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 28.6% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 7 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 100 MB | 43 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | RedLine Games | Case of Bolts LLC |
Customer experience
Cosmic Path
Passed Word
In-app purchases
Cosmic Path
- 10 Hints$0.99
- Remove ads$0.99
- 20 Hints$1.99
Passed Word
No in-app purchases
Questions
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