Zingus vs Words and Heroes
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!
Words and Heroes
Engage in a fantasy word battle game where forming words powers your attacks against monsters. Level up your hero, unlock new enemies, and track your progress through achievements. It's a unique blend of vocabulary building and RPG combat.
- Word-based combat with tile tracing
- Fantasy monsters across multiple battle locations
- Hero leveling and evolving character forms
- Monster records and word achievements
- Cartoon-style RPG artwork
- Quick battles for mobile play
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Build words. Battle monsters. Become a legend. Words and Heroes is a fantasy word battle game where every word you create powers your next attack. Connect letter tiles to form words, score damage, defeat monsters, earn experience, and grow your hero from a plucky adventurer into something far more dangerous. Start small against farm-troubling barbarians, then unlock new monster groups as your strength grows. Zombies, skeletons, mummies, ghosts, vampires, necromancers, and dragons all stand between you and the final rescue. Between battles, return to the tavern to check your Hero Book, study monsters in the Monster Book, and track your best records in the Achievements Book. Features: - Word-based combat with tile tracing - Fantasy monsters across multiple battle locations - Hero leveling and evolving character forms - Monster records and word achievements - Cartoon-style RPG artwork and animations - Quick battles built for mobile play Sharpen your vocabulary, power up your hero, and see if your best words are strong enough to survive the road to the black dragon!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Words and Heroes at none against Zingus's 2. Words and Heroes also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 9 months). Zingus's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (5 vs 1). On price, rating 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. Zingus sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Words and Heroes asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Zingus against 5.0 for Words and Heroes. 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, Words and Heroes every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Zingus | Words and Heroes |
|---|---|---|
| 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 2 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 40 MB | 481 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Michael Hourigan | Joseph Akulis |
Customer experience
Zingus
Words and Heroes
In-app purchases
Zingus
- Remove Ads$2.99
- Zingus Deluxe$4.99
Words and Heroes
No in-app purchases
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