Grid vs Word
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Grid
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One small pattern. Nine circles. Your next best score. Match the pattern on the large board: tap circles to turn them on or off. Get a point and a fresh pattern when they match. Easy to learn — hard to put down. THREE FREE GAMES A DAY Play three Classic or Daily Challenge games per UTC day on this device. Both modes share the same allowance. New games arrive at midnight UTC; the reset time is shown in your local time. Pausing and continuing never uses another game. BEAT THE CLOCK Classic starts with 18 seconds. Correct matches add time. Follow the reference ring when the pattern rotates, and beat your best. A FRESH DAILY CHALLENGE Everyone gets the same daily sequence of patterns. The challenge changes at midnight UTC. LEARN AND PRACTICE FREE Untimed Practice and the interactive guide are always free and never use a daily game. The guide lights up your next tap and helps when you make a mistake. GRID PRO — ONE PERMANENT PURCHASE Unlock more with an optional one-time purchase: • Unlimited Classic and Daily Challenge games. • A fixed 60-second sprint and a Rotation challenge with rotated patterns from the start. • Custom training: choose the timer, lit-circle count and rotations. • Statistics by game mode and your recent game history. • Ocean, Violet and Mint color themes. Pro is not a subscription. The App Store price is shown before purchase. Restore your purchase on the Pro screen on devices using the same Apple Account. Play in Danish or English. Gameplay works offline and needs no app account. Game Center is optional for the Classic leaderboard. Purchase and restore require a connection. No ads. Scores, daily games, history and themes stay on this device; game data does not sync between devices. Have an idea or found a bug? Send optional feedback from the guide, a paused game or your result. Messages stay on your device while offline and send when you reconnect.
Word
A unique word puzzle game where you reveal a six-letter word by guessing segments of letters. The goal is to use the fewest segments possible to achieve a high score and rank.
- Reveal words segment by segment
- Minimize segment usage for high scores
- Daily and archived puzzles
- 10-tier ranking system
- Hard mode and dark mode
- Leaderboards for strategy learning
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WordGlyph An alphabet made of sticks. Reveal the word stick by stick. The fewer sticks you use, the better your score! WordGlyph is a completely new kind of word puzzle. Every letter is built from segments—"sticks"—and your job is to figure out the hidden six-letter word while using as few of them as possible. HOW TO PLAY Tap segments on a letter grid to narrow down the possible letters. Green sticks mean you guessed a correct segment. Red sticks mean a segment is not part of that letter, but they still narrow down the possibilities. Once you've identified a letter, tap it in the alphabet bar to lock it in. When you're ready, submit your word guess. THE STRATEGY Using the fewest green sticks is best, so don't complete the letter segments! If you think you know what a letter is, it’s best to validate your theory by tapping a segment you think isn't there. Green sticks always increase your score by 1. Utilize the Unused Stick Bonus: The number of unused green segments remaining in the word determines how many "free" red stick guesses you get. But be careful: a wrong word guess costs 3 sticks and wipes out your bonus entirely. EARN YOUR RANK Every game earns you a rank based on how efficiently you solve the puzzle. Can you reach the top rank of Lucky Genius? Lucky Genius, Grand Master, Mastermind, Prodigy, Scholar, Expert, Apprentice, Rookie, Beginner, Neophyte FEATURES Daily Puzzle: A new challenge every day. Archive: Access hundreds of past puzzles anytime. 10-Tier Ranking System: Rewards smart, efficient play. Shareable Stats: Show off your score with unique per-letter stick icons. Hard Mode: Disable alphabet elimination for an extra challenge. Dark Mode: Easy on the eyes for night playing. Leaderboards: See how others solved the same word and learn new strategies. Download WordGlyph and see how few sticks it takes! WordGlyph © 2025 AlphaGlyx. All Rights Reserved.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Grid at none against Word's 1. Grid also leads on ads (none vs shown). Word's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs every 12 months). On price, device support and iOS requirement 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. Word sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Grid asks for nothing beyond the download.
Grid ships an update every 12 months, Word every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Grid | Word |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (13 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 13 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 12 months | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 45 MB |
| Age rating | +4 | 4+ |
| Developer | Emil Starup | AlphaGlyx, Inc |
In-app purchases
Grid
No in-app purchases
Word
- Remove Ads$9.99









