Comparison

Puzzolo vs Wordugtong

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Puzzolo

Engage your mind with challenging word puzzles. Rearrange and rotate pieces to uncover hidden words and solve increasingly difficult levels. Offers hundreds of puzzles, daily challenges, and the ability to create and share your own.

Highlights
  • Solve brain-twisting word puzzles
  • Arrange and rotate puzzle pieces
  • Hundreds of new puzzles
  • Daily puzzle challenges
  • Hints and clues provided
  • Create custom puzzles
  • Send puzzles with secret messages
Features
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Solve brain twisting word puzzles with Puzzolo. Arrange puzzle pieces to solve each level. Puzzle pieces can be moved and rotated. Puzzolo starts out easy but quickly becomes very challenging. Can you solve them all? * NEW - Puzzolo Playground - 100s of new puzzles for you to solve. * 300+ Puzzles * Daily puzzle * Hints and Clues Help You Solve Puzzles * Rotate Puzzle Pieces to Find Hidden Words * Create Custom Puzzles * Send Puzzles with Secret Messages to Friends!

About

Wordugtong

A Filipino word-hunt game where you race against the clock to find hidden words in a letter grid. Play in multiple languages, challenge friends, and climb leaderboards. Learn new words as you play.

Highlights
  • Multi-language word finding
  • Daily timed challenges
  • Live head-to-head duels
  • Leaderboards and medals
  • Learn new vocabulary
  • Offline play
Features
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Wordugtong is the Filipino word-hunt game — race the clock to find as many hidden words as you can in the letter grid! Swipe across connected letters to spell words in Tagalog, Bisaya, Ilocano, Hiligaynon, or English. The longer the word, the higher your score. It's the classic word-search-meets-Boggle, reimagined for Pinoy vocabulary. FIVE LANGUAGES Play in Tagalog, Cebuano (Bisaya), Ilocano, Hiligaynon (Ilonggo), or English — each with its own curated dictionary. DAILY CHALLENGE Fresh 4×4, 5×5, and 6×6 boards every single day. Everyone plays the same grids, so you can climb the daily leaderboard and compare with players across the country. Missed a day? Revisit past boards on the calendar. LIVE DUELS Challenge a friend to a real-time head-to-head on the same board. Highest score wins — then tap Rematch and run it back. RANDOM ROUNDS Endless practice boards in any size and language, anytime you want a quick game. LEADERBOARDS AND MEDALS Daily rankings for each grid size, plus an all-time Total Score board. Earn gold, silver, and bronze. LEARN AS YOU PLAY After each round, tap your word count to reveal every possible word on the board — see what you missed and grow your vocabulary. No account required. Plays great offline. Quick rounds made for a coffee break or a long commute. Mabuhay ang salita! Download Wordugtong and prove you're the henyo of Pinoy words. WORDUGTONG PLUS (OPTIONAL) Wordugtong is free, and stays free. If you'd rather play without ads, Wordugtong Plus is an optional monthly subscription that removes banner and interstitial ads. It changes nothing else — same boards, same scoring, same leaderboards, no advantage over anyone else. Price: ₱99/month in the Philippines, US$1.99/month in most other countries. Your subscription renews automatically each month unless you cancel at least 24 hours before the period ends. Payment is charged to your Apple Account on confirmation. Manage or cancel anytime in Settings › your name › Subscriptions. Terms of Use: https://wordugtong.henyo.games/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://wordugtong.henyo.games/privacy.html Licence (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Puzzolo4 screens
Wordugtong4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Puzzolo at none against Wordugtong's shown. Puzzolo also leads on ratings volume (35 vs 1) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 15.0). Wordugtong's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.8). On price, update cadence, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Puzzolo sells 4 one-off in-app purchases and Wordugtong sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Wordugtong holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Puzzolo has 35 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Puzzolo ships an update every 2 weeks, Wordugtong weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 11, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Puzzolo versus Wordugtong: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPuzzoloWordugtong
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (35 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews96.2% of reviews—
Number of ratings35 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksWeekly — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS8.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size45 MB72 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEZOT, Inc.Ervin Talactac

Customer experience

Puzzolo

All ratings35 ratings
Positive97.1%
Neutral2.9%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews52 reviews
Positive96.2%
Neutral0.0%
Negative3.8%

Wordugtong

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Puzzolo

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Hints not delivered after purchase
  • Daily puzzles stuck on previous dates
  • Lost progress after reinstalling app

Requested features

5 requests
  • More variety on subjects
  • Allow music to play with the app open
  • More hints available
  • Update to add new puzzles
  • Sign-in option to restore progress

Wordugtong

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Puzzolo

One-time4
  • Pack of 10 Hints$0.99
  • Pack of 50 Hints$2.99
  • Pack of 100 Hints$4.99
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  • Pack of 250 hints$9.99
1 purchases

Wordugtong

Subscriptions1
  • Wordugtong Plus1 Month trial$1.991 Month

Questions

Is Puzzolo free?
Puzzolo is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Wordugtong free?
Wordugtong is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Puzzolo or Wordugtong?
Wordugtong is rated higher. Puzzolo averages 4.8 out of 5 from 35 ratings, while Wordugtong averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Puzzolo or Wordugtong have ads?
Wordugtong shows ads; Puzzolo does not.
Which is updated more often, Puzzolo or Wordugtong?
Puzzolo ships an update every 2 weeks, and Wordugtong weekly. Most recently, Puzzolo was updated on November 11, 2026 and Wordugtong on November 5, 2026.

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