Comparison

SlideWords™ vs Stone Words

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Unscramble letter tiles
  • Form words across and down
  • Tests vocabulary and spatial reasoning
  • Challenging word square puzzles
  • Multiple grid sizes
Features
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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

About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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.

Screenshots

SlideWords™4 screens
Stone Words3 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SlideWords™ ships an update every 2 weeks, Stone Words monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
SlideWords™ versus Stone Words: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSlideWords™Stone Words
PriceFree — better$0.99
Rating4.4 (8 ratings)5.0 (8 ratings) — better
Positive reviews80.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings88
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS10.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size148 MB11 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHot Chai ProductionsFernando Morales

Customer experience

SlideWords™

All ratings8 ratings
Positive87.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative12.5%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive80.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative20.0%

Stone Words

All ratings8 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

SlideWords™

No in-app purchases

None

Stone Words

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is SlideWords™ free?
SlideWords™ is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Stone Words free?
Stone Words costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, SlideWords™ or Stone Words?
Stone Words is rated higher. SlideWords™ averages 4.4 out of 5 from 8 ratings, while Stone Words averages 5.0 from 8 ratings.
Do SlideWords™ or Stone Words have ads?
Neither SlideWords™ nor Stone Words shows ads.
Which is updated more often, SlideWords™ or Stone Words?
SlideWords™ ships an update every 2 weeks, and Stone Words monthly. Most recently, SlideWords™ was updated on November 6, 2026 and Stone Words on November 3, 2026.

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