Comparison

Ears Word Cookie vs OutBrick

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

Head to head
About

Ears Word Cookie

A word game accessible to both sighted and visually impaired players. Create words from a given set of letters, progressing through levels and cookie packs. Offers in-app upgrades for additional content.

Highlights
  • Fully accessible for visually impaired
  • Rapid audio play
  • Create words from letter sets
  • Multiple levels per cookie
  • In-app word pack upgrades
Features
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Ears Word Cookie is a fully accessible word game for both sighted and visually impaired people, designed for rapid audio play. Your objective is to create as many words as possible using a set of letters. In each cookie, there are from 5 to 20 levels. Each level has a set of letters, and you have to find all the words that can be created from those letters. You can use the letters multiple times. For example, the practice cookie has one level, and has the letters "C", "A", "T". Words must be at least 2 letters long, so you can easily create the words CAT, ACT, and AT. Since you can use a letter multiple times, you can also create the word TAT by using the letter "T" twice and the word TATA by using the letters "T" and "A" twice. Once you have completed a level, you move on to the next level. Once you have completed all the levels for a cookie, you move on to the next cookie. Cookie word packs are available as in-app upgrades. Ears Word Cookie was suggested by several blind game players who enjoy Word Search.

About

OutBrick

Slide and swap colored bricks to clear the board and build charming brick villages. Enjoy a relaxing puzzle experience with no timers and over 2,000 levels. Discover new challenges daily with missions and events.

Highlights
  • Slide bricks to match colors
  • Swap bricks to create lines of three
  • Build brick villages
  • 2,000+ levels
  • No timer, plays offline
  • Daily missions and events
Features
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Slide colorful bricks to matching gates, swap to match three, and clear your way through 2,000 puzzles. OutBrick brings a different kind of block puzzle to your day: thoughtful moves, playful surprises and a whole Journey of toy-brick villages, with no timer rushing you. Whether you enjoy sliding puzzles, color sorting or match-3 games, each board invites you to look, plan and try a fresh approach. Play a few levels on a break or settle in for a longer puzzle session. Every level plays offline. SLIDE, SWAP AND MATCH • Drag a brick toward open space and choose where it stops. Guide it through a gate of its own color to remove it from the board. • Swap neighboring single bricks to match three or more of one color. Unmatched swaps bounce back without spending a move. Shaped pieces slide, never swap. • Make bigger matches to create rockets, bombs and rainbow bricks. Combine their effects to open space and set up your next move. • Think around long, big, L and T-shaped bricks. A shaped piece moves as one and needs a gate wide enough to fit. A PUZZLE TO THINK THROUGH Work out which brick to move first, which gate to reach and how to free a crowded corner. Crates, moss, chests and other obstacles change the way a board opens up. Move limits give each puzzle a goal without a countdown. You can pause to consider a route, put the game down and come back at your own pace. Hidden bricks and covered rooms add discovery as your Journey continues. Sometimes the best next move creates room for a later one. Hints and optional boosters are there when you want a helping hand; they are tools to choose, not a requirement to buy your way through the game. 2,000 LEVELS, 167 VILLAGES Follow the Journey through villages built stud by stud from toy bricks. From Garden City to Clover Farm and beyond, each place gives your progress a home. Earn stars, return to earlier puzzles and keep exploring. Your completed levels and purchases stay with your saved progress when you update. MEET FIVE BRICK FRIENDS Pix, Luna, Brix, Nova and Max accompany your adventure with visual animations and text bubbles. They celebrate each clear without character voices. MORE REASONS TO RETURN • Three daily Missions give you goals alongside your Journey. • The Daily Brick reward adds a little celebration to your first clear of the day. • Explore the Brick Pass and its free reward track. • Take part in weekly events and seasonal celebrations. • Compare your progress through Game Center leaderboards and achievements. PLAY WITH VOICEOVER Explore bricks and the board through accessible descriptions and actions. VoiceOver helps communicate position, shape and the information available to the player; a hidden brick stays hidden rather than having its color revealed. Color symbols help distinguish pieces without relying on color alone. Adjust the experience with accessibility options and your device's display and motion settings. PLAY ACROSS YOUR APPLE DEVICES Play on iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV and Apple Vision Pro, with progress synced through iCloud. Apple Watch has its own sliding edition. Widgets, Live Activities, Siri, Shortcuts and iMessage stickers extend the experience. FREE TO START, CLEAR ABOUT CHOICE OutBrick is free to play, with optional in-app purchases for coins, boosters, packs and other extras. Lives and move limits are part of the game. Rewarded videos are optional and started by you: there are no banners or automatic interstitial ads between levels. An internet connection is needed for purchases, video ads and online services, but not to play the levels. Optional game analytics is off by default. You can choose whether to share it and change your choice in Settings. Declining does not restrict your gameplay, rewards or purchases. Questions or ideas? Tap Community in Settings to find player help and share your feedback. Find your next satisfying clear: one brick, one clever move and one village at a time.

Screenshots

Ears Word Cookie3 screens
OutBrick4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: OutBrick at 4.9 against Ears Word Cookie's 4.2. OutBrick also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 67%) and update cadence (daily vs every 3 weeks). Ears Word Cookie's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 15.0). On price, ratings volume, 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. Ears Word Cookie sells 8 one-off in-app purchases and OutBrick sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

OutBrick holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 9 and 18 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of Ears Word Cookie's written reviews are positive against 100% of OutBrick's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Ears Word Cookie ships an update every 3 weeks, OutBrick daily. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Ears Word Cookie versus OutBrick: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEars Word CookieOutBrick
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (9 ratings)4.9 (18 ratings) — better
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings918 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksDaily — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac, Apple Watch, Vision Pro — better
Requires iOS8.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size29 MB307 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKid Friendly Software, IncMourad Hamdi

Customer experience

Ears Word Cookie

All ratings9 ratings
Positive77.8%
Neutral0.0%
Negative22.2%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral33.3%
Negative0.0%

OutBrick

All ratings18 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

8 purchases

Ears Word Cookie

One-time8
  • PACK-1$2.99
  • PACK-2$2.99
  • PACK-3$2.99
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  • PACK-4$2.99
  • PACK-5$2.99
  • PACK-6$2.99
  • PACK-7$2.99
  • Bundle$12.99
10 purchases

OutBrick

One-time10
  • 5 Hints$0.99
  • 15 Hints$2.49
  • Booster Bundle S$2.99
Show 7 more
  • Kitty Bank$2.99
  • Remove Ads$4.99
  • Booster Bundle M$6.99
  • Brick Pass Season 1$9.99
  • Booster Bundle L$14.99
  • Premium Bundle$19.99
  • Move Booster Pass$99.99

Questions

Is Ears Word Cookie free?
Ears Word Cookie is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is OutBrick free?
OutBrick is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Ears Word Cookie or OutBrick?
OutBrick is rated higher. Ears Word Cookie averages 4.2 out of 5 from 9 ratings, while OutBrick averages 4.9 from 18 ratings.
Do Ears Word Cookie or OutBrick have ads?
OutBrick shows ads; Ears Word Cookie does not.
Which is updated more often, Ears Word Cookie or OutBrick?
Ears Word Cookie ships an update every 3 weeks, and OutBrick daily. Most recently, Ears Word Cookie was updated on November 3, 2026 and OutBrick on October 31, 2026.

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