Zingus vs WordPrize
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Zingus
Race against opponents by forming words as quickly as possible on a dynamic letter track. Longer words score more points and help you reach the finish line faster. It's a fun and addictive word game for challenging yourself and playing with friends.
- Dynamic letter race track
- Word formation gameplay
- Multiplayer races
- Scoring for word length
- Challenging gameplay
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Exhilarating. Race your way through the letters faster than your opponent, forming words as fast as you can. You might find yourself swearing or shrieking in delight when you just barely missed or made that great word at the end of a round. Zingus takes word swipe games like Boggle to the next level with a race to the finish line. Instead of a fixed set of letters to find words in, the letters go on and on like a race track, and you race through them as fast as you can. Take turns with your friends to find the most words in the least time. And longer words are even better! They get you to the end faster, and score a lot more points. Here's what players are saying about Zingus: "it's good for the brain!" "I love and am insulted by Zingus" "I love this app" "Thanks for making something fun I can play... and with my friends, to boot!" "Zingus is a fast paced spelling game that’s fun and addictive. I like challenging myself. Fun to play with friends. If you like Words with Friends, you’ll love Zingus!" "It is addicting!" Try it yourself for free!
WordPrize
Engage in a unique word game where forming words earns coins to unlock scenes from classic books. Challenge yourself with limited plays, earn bonuses, and collect pets to boost your coin count. Multiplayer and leaderboards are coming soon.
- Word-based coin earning
- Unlock book scenes and characters
- Daily events and bonus tiles
- Collectable pets for coin bonuses
- Limited play challenges
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Play a brand new type of word game where each word you make gives you the coins needed to progress through a scene taken directly from some of the most beloved books of all time. This new word game challenges you to make as many words as you can in a limited amount of plays. Whether it's a short word or long word, each play wins you coins to help you unlock and interact with some of your favorite story-book characters. Earn jackpots based on bonus tiles, play daily events, and complete special questions that unlock "pets" which can earn you more coins. Coming Soon: Challenge your friend and family in head to head play or meet them on the leaderboard to see who can get the highest score!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Zingus at none against WordPrize's shown. Zingus also leads on ratings volume (5 vs 1). WordPrize's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 9 months). On price, rating, 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. Zingus sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and WordPrize sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Zingus against 5.0 for WordPrize. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Zingus has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Zingus ships an update every 9 months, WordPrize every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on June 1, 2026 and July 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Zingus | WordPrize |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (5 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 9 months | Every 3 weeks — 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 | 12.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 40 MB | 231 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Michael Hourigan | Funkitron, Inc. |
Customer experience
Zingus
WordPrize
In-app purchases
Zingus
- Remove Ads$2.99
- Zingus Deluxe$4.99
WordPrize
- One Snack$0.99
- Star Pack$2.99
- Medium Energy Pack$4.99
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- Wild West Pack$4.99
- 6 Snacks$4.99
- Vacation Pack$7.99
- 25 Snacks$19.99
- Mega Large Energy Pack$49.99
- 70 Snacks$49.99
- 150 Snacks$99.99








