BranchWordy vs Down Words!
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
BranchWordy
This word game challenges players to form compound words by arranging base words on branching paths. It offers various difficulty levels and helpful lifelines, with an untimed mode for relaxed play.
- Form compound words
- Arrange base words on branches
- Multiple difficulty levels
- Lifeline assistance
- Untimed play mode
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Do you like Compound Words? Oh, that is an UNDER+STATEMENT? So you are a ROCK+STAR, or maybe a MASTER+MIND! Branchwordy is a cool new word game - challenging yet simple. Just arrange base words along branches, such that words on adjacent boxes form a compound word. You don't have to be SUPER+HUMAN to do well. Choose from different difficulty levels to play in and use the given lifelines to help you crack the trickier puzzles along the way. Or simply choose the untimed mode to play at leisure without the time limit per round. Now, if we've managed to BRAIN+WASH you, download the game and have fun branching!
Down Words!
A 3D tile-based word game where players spell words to score points on a daily board. Compete globally for the highest score on the same puzzle each day.
- 3D tile-based gameplay
- Daily new board
- Global high score competition
- Limited moves per game
- Word spelling challenges
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In this 3D tile-based word spelling game, you see how many words you can spell in a limited number of moves. Each day brings a new board. Everyone across the world gets the same board and competes for the high score.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: BranchWordy at 4.9 against Down Words!'s 4.0. BranchWordy also leads on ratings volume (8 vs 2). Down Words!'s advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 2 days vs every 2 months). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
BranchWordy holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 8 and 2 respectively.
BranchWordy ships an update every 2 months, Down Words! every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 5, 2026 and September 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | BranchWordy | Down Words! |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (8 ratings) — better | 4.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 8 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 19 MB | 116 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Vaibhav Electronics Pvt Ltd | Stephen Desilets |
Customer experience
BranchWordy
Down Words!
In-app purchases
BranchWordy
No in-app purchases
Down Words!
No in-app purchases
