Codewords Pro vs Perimeter
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 Codewords puzzles are similar to crosswords, but instead of clues, each letter has been replaced by a number from 1 to 26, and you need to figure out which letter each number represents.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
Perimeter
A daily word puzzle game where players find four interconnected words within a grid. Compete against your best times or enjoy unlimited free play with adjustable difficulty. Unlock achievements for completing various challenges.
- Daily new puzzle
- Unlimited free play
- Adjustable difficulty
- Track solve times
- Complete achievements
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Perimeter is a daily word puzzle game where you solve a grid by finding four interconnected words. - Daily Puzzle: Chase your fastest solve time on a new puzzle every day! - Free Play: Choose your own difficulty and play unlimited puzzles. - Achievements: Complete challenges for streaks, speed, and puzzle milestones.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Perimeter at none against Codewords Pro's 18. Perimeter also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (weekly vs every 3 months). Codewords Pro's advantage is ratings volume (261 vs 3). 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. Codewords Pro sells 16 one-off in-app purchases. Perimeter asks for nothing beyond the download.
Perimeter holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Codewords Pro has 261 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 100% of Perimeter's.
Codewords Pro ships an update every 3 months, Perimeter weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Codewords Pro | Perimeter |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (261 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 87.6% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 261 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 35 MB | 126 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Emmanuel Mathis | Samuel Thorson |
Customer experience
Codewords Pro
Perimeter
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
Perimeter
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
Perimeter
No in-app purchases
Questions
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