Five Crunch vs Backward
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Five Crunch
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Five Crunch is a simple and yet fun casual game suitable for all age. The Crazy Five Crunch is a math puzzle game which allows continuous and endless game play. The game is a 5 x 5 grid tiles where by merging all tiles to form a single 5 and pair it subsequently with number divisible by 5. All the tiles are being move by swiping left, right, and down to merge it. Each slide direction will move all the tiles to a specific direction. The game ends once all the tiles reached to a gridlock state. The beginning of the game is easy and as the game progress on, it turns harder as it involves some planning in adding and powering the numbers to prevent it into a gridlock state. The fun and addictive game is now available. Try your best to get the highest number in a single tile The Game also feature: - Leaderboard - Achivement - Facebook Leaderboard - Facebook Sharing - Saved Game
Backward
Guess the word describing an image by unscrambling letters, but type your answer backward. Compete against friends in real-time multiplayer battles.
- Image-based word guessing
- Scrambled letter puzzles
- Type answers backward
- Real-time multiplayer battles
- Battle history tracking
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Guess the word that describe the image using the scrambled letters. Type your answer BACKWARD. NEW FEATURE MULTIPLAYER - You can compete with another player. You can also check the history of your battles with other player. How to play using MULTIPLAYER feature: 1. You need two devices to play it. 2. Both of the players, should be in the Multiplayer Scene to play it. 3. Search Devices to connect with other player. 4. Proceed to Lobby then play it. Credits: Icons by https://icons8.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Five Crunch at none against Backward's 1. Five Crunch also leads on ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 11.0). On price, update cadence 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
Both are free to download. Backward sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Five Crunch asks for nothing beyond the download.
Five Crunch ships an update monthly, Backward every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Five Crunch | Backward |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 4 — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 11.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 144 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | SikYi Chan | Ruel Lafuente |
In-app purchases
Five Crunch
No in-app purchases
Backward
- Remove Ads$1.99









