SlideWords™ vs Stone Words
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SlideWords™
This word puzzle game challenges you to unscramble letter tiles to form valid words horizontally and vertically. It tests both vocabulary and spatial reasoning, offering a surprisingly difficult experience even with smaller grids.
- Unscramble letter tiles
- Form words across and down
- Tests vocabulary and spatial reasoning
- Challenging word square puzzles
- Multiple grid sizes
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Slide the tiles to unscramble the word square—a square of letters that forms valid words both across and down. SlideWords exercises two orthogonal skills which makes it challenging for anyone. If you have a good English vocabulary you may find it easy to discover the words but you'll probably find it difficult to move the tiles into place. If you're good at spatial reasoning you may find it easy to move the tiles into place but you'll probably find it difficult to discover the words. It's surprisingly difficult to solve even the simplest 3x3 word square, and you'll be blown away by the extreme difficulty of a 5x5 word square. Maybe this is why the ancient Greeks believed that the person who could solve a 10x10 word square would become immortal. Enjoy -David
Stone Words
A challenging word puzzle game where you form words by placing letter stones on a board. Score points for longer words and compete on global leaderboards. Enjoy engaging animations and sound effects in English or Spanish.
- Form words with letter stones
- Score points for word length
- English and Spanish language support
- Engaging animations and sound effects
- Game Center leaderboards
- Random letter generation
- Replay previous game
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• Place your Letter Stones and start forming Stone Words! The longer the word, the more points you get! Try beating your High Score! • Stone Words is a word puzzle game where you place Letter Stones on a board with the objective of forming words with 3 or more contiguous letters. Swipe to form words to remove them from the board. • You can play Stone Words in English or Spanish. • Fun and engaging animations and sound effects. • Game Center support with Worldwide Leaderboards. • Random generation of letters with a letter distribution that approximates chosen language letter frequency. • Replay game option allows you to play the game again with exactly the same letter order as in the previous game.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: SlideWords™ at Free against Stone Words's $0.99. SlideWords™ also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs monthly) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 15.0). Stone Words's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.4) and review sentiment (100% vs 80%). On ratings volume, 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
SlideWords™ is free to download; Stone Words costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Stone Words holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 8 and 8 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 80% of SlideWords™'s written reviews are positive against 100% of Stone Words's.
SlideWords™ ships an update every 2 weeks, Stone Words monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SlideWords™ | Stone Words |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $0.99 |
| Rating | 4.4 (8 ratings) | 5.0 (8 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 80.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 8 | 8 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 148 MB | 11 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Hot Chai Productions | Fernando Morales |
Customer experience
SlideWords™
Stone Words
In-app purchases
SlideWords™
No in-app purchases
Stone Words
No in-app purchases








