Smartichoke vs 21 Letters
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!
21 Letters
A daily word game where you build connecting words to achieve a high score. Compete with friends and family using the same daily set of letters. The game ends when you run out of letters or can no longer form words.
- Daily word challenges
- Connecting word building
- High score tracking
- Friend and family competition
- Unique daily letter sets
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21 Letters every day. Build connecting words and score as high as you can. Once you run out of letters, or can't make any more words, your daily round is over. Share your score with your friends and family - since everyone has the same letters for any given day, every day is a competition!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Smartichoke at none against 21 Letters's shown. Smartichoke also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7) and review sentiment (100% vs 82%). 21 Letters's advantage is ratings volume (64 vs 1) and update cadence (every 2 days vs every 8 days). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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. Smartichoke sells 6 one-off in-app purchases and 21 Letters sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Smartichoke holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: 21 Letters has 64 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Smartichoke's written reviews are positive against 82% of 21 Letters's.
Smartichoke ships an update every 8 days, 21 Letters every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Smartichoke | 21 Letters |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 4.7 (64 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 81.8% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 64 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 8 days | Every 2 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 | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 106 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Too Much Smart, LLC | Shallot Games, LLC. |
Customer experience
Smartichoke
21 Letters
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
21 Letters
- August 2024 Ad-Free$2.99
- September 2024 Ad-Free$2.99
- October 2024 Ad-Free$2.99
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- May 2024 Ad-Free$2.99
- June 2024 Ad-Free$2.99
- July 2024 Ad-Free$2.99
