Codewords Pro vs Pattern Play Story
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Codewords Pro
Engage in a unique word puzzle game where numbers replace letters. Solve hundreds of free puzzles or tackle two new daily challenges. Customize your experience with various difficulty levels, grid styles, and language options.
- Hundreds of free puzzles
- Two daily puzzles
- Multiple difficulty levels
- Various grid styles
- Multiple languages
- Customizable settings
- VoiceOver compatibility
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Codewords Pro is an app to play Codewords, a popular word game similar to crosswords. It features several hundred free puzzles as well as 2 daily puzzles. Codewords puzzles are similar to crosswords, but instead of clues, each letter has been replaced by a number from 1 to 26, and you need to figure out which letter each number represents. Features : - Several levels of difficulty, from beginner to very hard - A mix of grid styles : american, french, italian, ... (the difference is in the way the black squares are placed) - 2 new puzzles every day - Several languages available - Many settings to customize the features and the look and feel of the grid - Playable with VoiceOver
Pattern Play Story
A match-3 puzzle game where players clear lines to advance through levels. Maintain a high time bonus to avoid game over. Enjoy limitless, offline gameplay with full voiceover compatibility.
- Match-3 gameplay
- Level-based progression
- Time bonus mechanics
- Limitless gameplay
- Offline play
- Voiceover compatible
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Welcome to a match 3 game for everyone. Make lines clear the levels and keep the time bonus high or the game stops. Features Easy to play Limitless gameplay Offline play NO in app purchases 100% voiceover compatible
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Codewords Pro at Free against Pattern Play Story's $1.99. Codewords Pro also leads on rating (4.8 vs 4.3) and ratings volume (259 vs 3). Pattern Play Story's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 18) and ads (none vs shown). On 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
Codewords Pro is free to download; Pattern Play Story costs $1.99 up front. Codewords Pro sells 16 one-off in-app purchases. Pattern Play Story asks for nothing beyond the download.
Codewords Pro holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Codewords Pro has 259 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 88% of Codewords Pro's written reviews are positive against 75% of Pattern Play Story's.
Codewords Pro ships an update every 3 months, Pattern Play Story every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and September 27, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Codewords Pro | Pattern Play Story |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $1.99 |
| Rating | 4.8 (259 ratings) — better | 4.3 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 87.6% of reviews — better | 75.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 259 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 35 MB | 19 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Emmanuel Mathis | John Sturt |
Customer experience
Codewords Pro
Pattern Play Story
Bugs and requests
Codewords Pro
Reported bugs
3 issues- VoiceOver not working as expected
- Cannot reset the grid
- Incorrect display of letters/numbers with VoiceOver
Requested features
6 requests- Dark mode option
- English version of the app
- Option to remove ads with purchase
- Synchronization between devices (iPad/iPhone)
- More grids available
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- Provide solutions the following day
Pattern Play Story
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Codewords Pro
- Easy Puzzles - Vol. 3$1.99
- Easy Puzzles - Vol. 4$1.99
- Easy Puzzles - Vol. 5$1.99
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- Intermediate Puzzles - Vol. 4$1.99
- Easy Puzzles - Vol. 6$1.99
- Expert Puzzles - Vol. 7$1.99
- Expert Puzzles - Vol. 8$1.99
- Hard Puzzles - Vol. 3$1.99
- Easy Puzzles - Vol. 2$1.99
- Intermediate Puzzles - Vol. 2$1.99
- Hard Puzzles - Vol. 2$1.99
- Expert Puzzles - Vol. 2$1.99
- Intermediate Puzzles - Vol. 3$1.99
- Expert Puzzles - Vol. 3$1.99
- Easy Puzzles - Vol. 7$1.99
- All-Access Pass$9.99
Pattern Play Story
No in-app purchases
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