Helicopter by CodeHS vs Word Search
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Helicopter by CodeHS
A simple arcade game where players tap to control a helicopter's ascent and descent, aiming to navigate through obstacles. This game was developed using the CodeHS platform, which helps schools teach coding.
- Tap to ascend
- Release to descend
- Avoid obstacles
- Simple one-touch gameplay
- Built on CodeHS platform
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This is the Helicopter game from CodeHS. Tap to make the helicopter go up, release to make the helicopter go down, and try to avoid the obstacles. This app was built on CodeHS (http://codehs.com), a platform for helping schools teach coding. Any app you build on CodeHS can get submitted to the App Store as well.
Word Search
Enjoy a peaceful word puzzle experience without ads or timers. Slide letters to form words across thousands of hand-authored levels, with a bonus word jar and a gentle hint system. Designed for relaxation and winding down.
- Ad-free experience
- Offline play
- 31,000+ hand-authored levels
- Bonus word jar
- Gentle hint system
- No timers or streaks
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A word game for Apple devices, without a single ad. Slide letters to form words, fill the board, and move through chapters of photographic scenes. Collect daily gifts, use power-ups when you're stuck, and take on an optional weekly word challenge with real Game Center players. The name is a promise. There are no ads: not before levels, not after, not anywhere. Every level is playable offline. If you use iCloud, your progress syncs between your devices through your own iCloud account; we never see it. There is no developer account to sign up for, no analytics, and no tracking. The optional Game Center leaderboard is handled by Apple. Inside: • 15,000+ levels, ordered from easy to hard. Progress through chapters and discover new scenes. • A bonus word jar that fills as you find words outside the answer list. • Hints and power-ups (fireworks and a paper plane), paid for with leaves you earn by playing, and a ten-minute boost that doubles your leaves every tenth level. • Daily gifts from level 11: a gift wheel, a nine-day calendar and a scratch card. • A bonus level every ten levels, where every letter pays a leaf for two minutes. No level is ever timed. • Tap a word you've found to look up its definition. • Optional sound and haptics. Sound stays off until you turn it on. • Designed for moments when you want to wind down rather than ramp up. Play one level on a coffee break or a hundred on a Sunday afternoon; the game works the same way either time. No advertising SDKs. No ad tracking. Just words, scenes, and room to play.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Helicopter by CodeHS at 100% against Word Search's 0%. Helicopter by CodeHS also leads on iOS requirement (9.0 vs 26.4). Word Search's advantage is rating (4.5 vs 4.0) and ratings volume (35 vs 1). 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.
Word Search holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Word Search has 35 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 100% of Helicopter by CodeHS's written reviews are positive against 0% of Word Search's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
| Parameter | Helicopter by CodeHS | Word Search |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (1 ratings) | 4.5 (35 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 35 — better |
| Update frequency | — | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 26.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 52 MB | 22 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | CodeHS | Michael Holloway |
Customer experience
Helicopter by CodeHS
Word Search
In-app purchases
Helicopter by CodeHS
No in-app purchases
Word Search
No in-app purchases
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