WordWhile vs Partner In Crime Lite
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
WordWhile
Fill in the missing words in classic literature, nursery rhymes, and proverbs. Enjoy humorous wrong answers, create your own solutions, and compare them to the originals. Play in relaxed or timed modes, with achievements to earn.
- Fill missing words in classic texts
- Humorous wrong answer options
- Create custom solutions
- Zen and Timed play modes
- Save and review completed texts
- Compare to original author's words
- Victorian-inspired styling
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Nursery rhymes, tongue twisters, proverbs, great prose and poetry. These timeless texts are missing words. Tap the author's word and feel clever. Don’t know it? Don’t sweat it! Our ”Wrong answers” are usually pretty funny. Now you can even add your own! Nearly 5,000 timeless words in 50 playable texts with over 1,500 missing words and 15,000 hand-crafted Novel alternatives to select...or avoid. * RELAX in Zen Mode or THRILL to Timed Mode * LAUGH at the Silly solutions * REFLECT on the Tricky ones and the source texts * CREATE custom solutions * READ the original texts * SAVE your completed texts however you filled those gaps * REVIEW your saved versions * COMPARE your solution to the author's * ADMIRE the classy Victorian styling * ENJOY a growing collection of playable texts (see below) FUN FOR AGES 10+ : * DISCOVER classic texts playfully with your kids * GIGGLE at the puns, crazy rhymes, category errors,... * GROW from ACCESSIBLE texts like proverbs and nursery rhymes to literary gems from Shakespeare, Dickens, Byron, Wordsworth and more * BOOKISH KIDS love it, even if (especially because?) it’s not “made for kids” CLASSROOM and LIBRARY FRIENDLY : * Unlimited player profiles on the same device * No ads or in-app purchases * Works offline * No links or sharing outside the app SILLY FUN or EXTREME LITERARY SPORT : * Think you know these texts cold? Try picking the _wrong_ Tricky word on purpose every time with a time limit. We call that 100% Novel. It can be brutal! * Have you got the endurance to complete the Virtuoso Race on “Once more unto the breach”? How about the “Major-General’s Song”? * Achievements for all modes of play, text collections and challenge categories. How many can you earn? WARNING: possible side effects of playing WordWhile include: increased vocabulary, improved memory, greater familiarity with literary classics, learning poems and famous speeches by heart...and laughter. The WordWhile Editorial Team assumes no responsibility for any learning incurred as a result of playing WordWhile...but the laughing is entirely our fault. WHICH TIMELESS TEXTS? The collection of playable texts is growing and any new texts will come to you as free updates. That is worth repeating: when WordWhile gets an update, take a look at "What's New". There are always new texts to try. 1) “Proverbs”: over 40 well-known proverbs divided into eight playable texts 2) “Shakespeare: Speeches and Sonnets”: "To be or not to be", "O Romeo", "Shall I compare thee to a summer's day" and five others 3) "Children's Classics" --- 8 nursery rhymes, tongue twisters and several "Poems Every Child Should Know" including "Jabberwocky" (ADDED September 2017) 4) "Pickin's from Dickens": "Please, sir, I want some more", "It was the best of times", and 10 more (ADDED September 2017) 5) "Selected Poems": "How do I love thee", "She walks in beauty", "Death, be not proud" and 5 more (ADDED Winter 2017) 6) "Love, sweet love": "Roses are red", quotes from Fitzgerald's "Tender is the Night", Hamlet's love letter to Ophelia, Hugo, Austen, Burns (8 texts, ADDED Valentine's Day 2018)
Partner In Crime Lite
Engage in a quick and clever detective challenge by following clues, spotting lies, and identifying criminals. This game tests your ability to discern truth from deception among seemingly innocent characters.
- Follow clues
- Spot lies
- Catch criminals
- Detective challenge
- Quick gameplay
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Think you can tell the good from the bad? Follow clues, spot lies, and catch the real criminals. But be careful—some characters look innocent but aren’t. A quick and clever detective challenge awaits you!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: WordWhile at 95% against Partner In Crime Lite's 50%. WordWhile also leads on rating (4.7 vs 3.5) and ratings volume (165 vs 2). Partner In Crime Lite's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs every 6 weeks). On price, ads, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
WordWhile holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: WordWhile has 165 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 95% of WordWhile's written reviews are positive against 50% of Partner In Crime Lite's.
WordWhile ships an update every 6 weeks, Partner In Crime Lite every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | WordWhile | Partner In Crime Lite |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (165 ratings) — better | 3.5 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 94.7% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 165 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 47 MB | 91 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Gregory McDonald | Triomatica Games |
Customer experience
WordWhile
Partner In Crime Lite
In-app purchases
WordWhile
No in-app purchases
Partner In Crime Lite
No in-app purchases
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