Cosmic Path vs Wörtsel
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
Wörtsel
This app offers an endless arrow-word puzzle experience that generates unique challenges each time you play. Choose your difficulty, utilize helpful hints, and unlock milestones as you progress through a vast clue catalogue. An English version is planned for release soon.
- Endlessly growing grid
- Always fresh, unique puzzles
- Adjustable difficulty (Easy, Medium, Hard)
- In-grid hints
- Milestones every 50 rows
- Three hint types: letter, word, check
- Extensive clue catalogue
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COMING SOON IN ENGLISH Wörtsel's puzzles are currently in German. An English version with its own clue catalogue is on the way, so you'll soon be able to play in English too. Wörtsel is the endlessly interlocking arrow-word puzzle app. A beginning, but no end. WÖRTSEL – A beginning, but no end: the grid keeps growing for as long as you keep solving. – Always fresh: every puzzle is generated the moment you open it. No one has solved it before you. – Your challenge, your pick: choose Easy, Medium or Hard, and switch anytime in Settings. – Learn as you play: hints appear right in the grid, exactly when you need them. – Milestones every 50 rows: the perfect moment to switch topics. – Three kinds of hints: reveal a letter, reveal a word, or check your answers. – 650,000 clues from a growing catalogue, curated for German-speaking players. FREE TO PLAY Wörtsel is free to use. If you'd like to support the project, get the Supporter subscription: custom accent colours, advanced game settings, additional fonts, and detailed statistics on your puzzle progress. Supporters also get unlimited hints, ad-free. No forced ads in the free version: need more of those handy hints? Top up your supply by watching a video ad. Wörtsel is an app by Buchstabenbude.de. Wörtsel Supporter is an auto-renewing subscription (monthly or yearly). Payment is charged to your Apple Account. The subscription renews automatically unless it is cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage and cancel your subscription in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://buchstabenbude.de/datenschutz.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Wörtsel at 100% against Cosmic Path's 29%. Cosmic Path's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.1). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases and monetization model 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 and Wörtsel sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.00 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Cosmic Path ships an update every 2 weeks, Wörtsel every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Cosmic Path | Wörtsel |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (7 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 28.6% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 7 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 10 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 100 MB | 70 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | RedLine Games | Frederik van der Veen |
Customer experience
Cosmic Path
Wörtsel
In-app purchases
Cosmic Path
- 10 Hints$0.99
- Remove ads$0.99
- 20 Hints$1.99
Wörtsel
- Woertsel Supporter$1.001 Month
- Yearly Supporter$9.001 Year
- Lifetime Supporter$18.00









