AMON vs Overwords
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
AMON
Embark on an epic journey solving optical illusion puzzles in augmented reality. Explore ancient 3D scanned sculptures from museums worldwide, using binaural audio to guide your quest. This immersive experience moves you, literally, as you connect a world of puzzling illusions.
- Augmented Reality puzzles
- Optical illusions
- Ancient 3D scanned sculptures
- Binaural audio for puzzle solving
- Immersive exploration
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Follow Amon, the God of Air, on his quest to connect a world of puzzling optical illusions using Augmented Reality. Look around, move around and play around with ancient 3D scanned sculptures from museums around the world. Be sure to put your headphones on when putting together the historic pieces, as Amon is built with Binaural Audio to help you solve the puzzles. It will be an epic journey that moves you. Literally.
Overwords
A minimalist word-puzzle game where you stack words to expand the board. Overlapping letters fuse into new words, requiring careful planning for a calm, distraction-free experience. Enjoy pure gameplay with no ads or in-app purchases.
- Minimalist design
- Distraction-free gameplay
- Word stacking mechanics
- Board expansion
- Relaxing audio
- 30 levels
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Overwords is a calm, minimalist word‑puzzle about stacking words. Pick a word, place it on the board, and let overlapping letters fuse into new words—plan carefully, expand the board. • Minimalist, distraction‑free design • 30 levels with free updates ahead • Relaxing audio landscape • No ads, no in‑app purchases—pure, gameplay‑first focus • Support a passionate solo developer Thanks for playing!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Overwords at 83% against AMON's 29%. Overwords also leads on rating (4.7 vs 3.6) and update cadence (daily vs every 2 weeks). AMON's advantage is ratings volume (89 vs 9) and price ($1.99 vs $2.99). On ads, in-app purchases and device support 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
AMON costs $1.99 and Overwords $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Overwords holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: AMON has 89 ratings behind it against 9, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 29% of AMON's written reviews are positive against 83% of Overwords's.
AMON ships an update every 2 weeks, Overwords daily. The most recent releases landed on September 27, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | AMON | Overwords |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 — better | $2.99 |
| Rating | 3.6 (89 ratings) | 4.7 (9 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 28.6% of reviews | 83.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 89 — better | 9 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Daily — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Best chart rank | — | #58 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.3 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 211 MB | 118 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Lykkegaard Europe Limited | Maciej Targoni |
Customer experience
AMON
Overwords
Bugs and requests
AMON
Reported bugs
10 issues- App crashes frequently, especially after first/second puzzle
- Pieces do not move or fit together
- Game closes after completing a level
- Progress is reset after crashes
- Camera placement is buggy
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- App crashes on startup
- Floor detection issues
- Menu options are lost
- Erratic performance due to poor optimization
- App crashes when shaking device
Requested features
5 requests- Add a tutorial or in-game instructions
- Allow for piece rotation for users with limited space
- Improve AR tracking and object recognition
- Fix bugs causing crashes and progress loss
- Add an uninstall and refund option
Overwords
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
AMON
No in-app purchases
Overwords
No in-app purchases
