Pool Words vs Three Magic Words
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pool Words
A unique word puzzle game combining billiards with spelling. Pocket lettered balls to form words, with thousands of words available across multiple languages and themes. Features intuitive controls and an ad-free experience.
- Billiards-style word spelling
- Full-screen table view
- Play in any orientation
- Intuitive play controls
- Thousands of words to spell
- Multiple languages and themes
- Ad-free experience
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"A challenging word puzzle and the best single-player pool/billiards experience ever!" AD FREE. This game does not have any 3rd party ads. FULL SCREEN TABLE: The table fills the screen. Pockets are positioned at the corners of your device. PLAY IN ANY ORIENTATION: Hold your device however you like. You are not limited to landscape orientation. You can even rotate your device in the middle of a shot. INTUITIVE PLAY CONTROL: The play control is smooth and intuitive. Impact/reaction aim line helps you clear the table. A PowerBar animates on and off the screen as needed to keep your view clean and clear. TO WIN: You must pocket lettered balls to spell a word. If you get stumped, you can use dynamite to explode a troublesome ball. ENDLESS WORDS: You will never run out of words. You get 10s of thousands of words to spell, including 6 educational English-language "Sight Words" rounds, 27 collectible themed rounds, and rounds in 27 different languages. LIMITED IN-APP PURCHASES. This game only has two simple and inexpensive in-app purchases.
Three Magic Words
This word game challenges players to complete three five-letter words using available letter tiles. Success requires logic and language skills to advance through rounds and collect stars. Players can adjust difficulty and challenge friends.
- Complete three five-letter words
- Use available letter tiles
- Test logic and language skills
- Collect stars to win
- Adjust difficulty with clues
- Challenge friends
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A word game for people who love word games. Much more than a word jumble, in each round of Three Magic Words you are challenged to complete three five-letter words with the available tiles in a test of logic and language skills. Solve all three words to advance to the next round. Get the right letter on a star before time runs out to collect it — increasing the difficulty of the next round. Collect nine stars to win! Challenge friends via text message, email, or social media. Having trouble? Adjust the difficulty by giving yourself more clues!
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Verdict
Pool Words and Three Magic Words both sit at 5.0 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of Three Magic Words's written reviews are positive against 75% of Pool Words's. Three Magic Words also leads on ratings volume (85 vs 3). Pool Words's advantage is iOS requirement (10.0 vs 14.4). On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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. Pool Words sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and Three Magic Words sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Pool Words against 4.9 for Three Magic Words. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Three Magic Words has 85 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 75% of Pool Words's written reviews are positive against 100% of Three Magic Words's.
Pool Words ships an update every 2 months, Three Magic Words every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pool Words | Three Magic Words |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better | 4.9 (85 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 85 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 14.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 47 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Byrne Publishing LLC | Nathan Lamont |
Customer experience
Pool Words
Three Magic Words
In-app purchases
Pool Words
- Smart Stick$0.99
- 100 Dynamite$0.99
Three Magic Words
- Full 3.7K+ Word Pack$3.99
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