Smartichoke vs SnowFall Word Game
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Smartichoke
This word puzzle game challenges you to find words of four or more letters within available petals. Strategic letter selection, with bonuses for connected letters and penalties for disconnected ones, adds depth. Earn points for longer words, streaks, and clearing petals.
- Find words of four or more letters
- Bonus and penalty petals for strategic play
- Earn points for longer words and streaks
- Rotate the Smartichoke for different perspectives
- Automatic game saving
- Optional token purchases for letter swaps
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The goal in Smartichoke is to find words that are at least four letters in length in the petals available. You can select letters from any petal, but connected letters help you earn bonuses and disconnected letters lead to penalties! Highlights: - Penalty and bonus petals add strategy to word selection - Earn bonus points for spelling longer words, repeat streaks, target words, and clearing as many petals as possible - Rotate the Smartichoke at any time (seeing the letters from different angles can help with spotting words) - Statistics are automatically saved - Earn swap (or buy tokens) to replace any letter with new, randomly chosen letters - Your game is automatically saved to continue playing later Smartichoke is completely free to play, with no ads! If you enjoy the game, you can support its development by making a purchase for tokens for free swaps!
SnowFall Word Game
Guess words before they fall in this fast-paced puzzle game. Combining elements of Wordle and crosswords, it challenges your trivia and vocabulary skills with increasing difficulty. Can you survive the snowstorm of words?
- Word guessing against time
- Wordle and crossword puzzle fusion
- Increasing difficulty levels
- Hints provided
- Snowstorm theme
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Wordle + Crossword Puzzles + Time Limit! Take your love of trivia, word puzzles, Wordle, and crossword puzzles to an exciting new level with SnowFall! Can you guess the word before it falls to the ground? You don't have much time! You do get some hints. But there is not much time. How far can you make it thru the snowstorm? Each level the words and clues get harder and more challenging. The game starts easy. Then each level pushes your skill and knowledge. Are you up for the challenge?
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: SnowFall Word Game at none against Smartichoke's 6. SnowFall Word Game also leads on ratings volume (25 vs 1). Smartichoke's advantage is ads (none vs shown). 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
Both are free to download. Smartichoke sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. SnowFall Word Game asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Smartichoke against 5.0 for SnowFall Word Game. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: SnowFall Word Game has 25 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Smartichoke ships an update every 8 days, SnowFall Word Game fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Smartichoke | SnowFall Word Game |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 5.0 (25 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 25 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 8 days — better | Fortnightly |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 73 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Too Much Smart, LLC | The Crowd Training, LLC |
Customer experience
Smartichoke
SnowFall Word Game
In-app purchases
Smartichoke
- Unlock Smartichoke$0.99
- Smartichoke Swaps (100)$0.99
- 100 Smartichoke Tokens$0.99
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- Smartichoke Swaps (500)$1.99
- 1,000 Smartichoke Tokens$2.99
- 10,000 Smartichoke Tokens$9.99
SnowFall Word Game
No in-app purchases
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