Comparison

Book vs Ham Gaming

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

Head to head
About

Book

Navigate challenging mazes, collect letters, and spell words to win. Outsmart enemies with spells and uncover hidden bonuses. Compete in daily challenges to maintain streaks and earn high scores in this classic arcade-style word game.

Highlights
  • Navigate mazes
  • Collect letters
  • Spell words to win
  • Avoid enemies (Blots)
  • Cast Slow-Down spells
  • Find hidden letters and bonuses
  • Daily Challenges
Features
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Help Book-Man navigate mysterious mazes to collect letters while avoiding the diabolical Blots! Spell the word to win each level while racking up points and grabbing helpful bonuses. Outsmart the Blots by casting Slow-Down spells and uncovering hidden letters! Keep your streak going and earn extra points with Daily Challenges. Get the word game that’s packed with classic arcade action! Get Book-Man! From the creators of TheFreeDictionary.com, the massively popular online dictionary.

About

Ham Gaming

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Ham Gaming is a friendly collection of bite-sized amateur-radio mini-games — gentle enough for kids and newcomers, with speed drills and depth that scale up for licensed operators. PLAY & LEARN • Phonetic alphabet, Q-codes, Morse code, callsign prefixes, bands, and modes. • Speed drills and Morse pacing that grow with you. • Voice games — speak phonetics and full QSO exchanges; your answers are checked by your device's system speech recognizer. FULL RIG SIMULATOR • Tune a virtual transceiver across 14 bands with a weighted, inertia-coasting VFO knob. • Live spectrum waterfall, S-meter, working RF / AF / RIT controls, and filters. • Press-and-hold PTT to actually talk — stations answer based on what you say. • Play free-form, or pick a mode: Missions, Fox Hunt, QRM Drill, or a Contest run. SATELLITES, ANTENNAS & PHYSICS • Follow a simulated satellite pass by turning and tilting your phone (compass + motion). • Antenna and propagation labs — design a Yagi, sweep a NanoVNA, ride Doppler. MADE FOR EVERYONE • 10 languages with full right-to-left Arabic support. • No account. No ads. No tracking. • Light/dark themes. 73 — de A41UX.

Screenshots

Book4 screens
Ham Gaming4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Ham Gaming at none against Book's 7. Ham Gaming also leads on ads (none vs shown). On price, update cadence, device support and iOS requirement 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. Book sells 7 one-off in-app purchases. Ham Gaming asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Book ships an update every 2 months, Ham Gaming every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Book versus Ham Gaming: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBookHam Gaming
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (272 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews69.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings272 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 5 weeks — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size48 MB30 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFarlex, Inc.Yousif AL Balushi

Bugs and requests

Book

Reported bugs

8 issues
  • Book-Man doesn't follow directional movements
  • Book-Man goes through walls
  • Game crashes to home page
  • Book-Man freezes during play
  • Cannot unlock next level with a key
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  • Login fails
  • Protagonist gets stuck at end of row/column
  • Android bugs

Requested features

8 requests
  • More levels or zones
  • More languages
  • Different game styles
  • More 'Book-Man' heroes
  • Ability to earn keys without purchase
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  • Hyperdrive or speed-up option for 'Book-Man'
  • New themes
  • More directions/tutorials

Ham Gaming

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

7 purchases

Book

One-time7
  • 15 coins$0.99
  • 40 coins$1.99
  • 65 coins$2.99
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  • 100 coins$3.99
  • 200 coins$6.99
  • 300 coins$9.99
  • 1000 coins$29.99
None

Ham Gaming

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Book free?
Book is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Ham Gaming free?
Ham Gaming is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Book or Ham Gaming have ads?
Book shows ads; Ham Gaming does not.
Which is updated more often, Book or Ham Gaming?
Book ships an update every 2 months, and Ham Gaming every 5 weeks. Most recently, Book was updated on October 26, 2026 and Ham Gaming on October 25, 2026.

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