Comparison

Five Crunch vs Backward

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

Head to head
About

Five Crunch

Features
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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

About

Backward

Guess the word describing an image by unscrambling letters, but type your answer backward. Compete against friends in real-time multiplayer battles.

Highlights
  • 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

Screenshots

Five Crunch4 screens
Backward4 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Backward sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Five Crunch asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Five Crunch ships an update monthly, Backward every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
Five Crunch versus Backward: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFive CrunchBackward
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (4 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—4 — better
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS9.0 — better11.0
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB144 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSikYi ChanRuel Lafuente

In-app purchases

None

Five Crunch

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Backward

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$1.99

Questions

Is Five Crunch free?
Five Crunch is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Backward free?
Backward is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Five Crunch or Backward have ads?
Backward shows ads; Five Crunch does not.
Which is updated more often, Five Crunch or Backward?
Five Crunch ships an update monthly, and Backward every 2 months. Most recently, Five Crunch was updated on October 6, 2026 and Backward on October 24, 2026.

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