Comparison

Rows Garden vs Spellt

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

Head to head
About

Rows Garden

This app offers a unique crossword puzzle variant with interlocking row and bloom clues. Solve puzzles with adjustable difficulty levels, suitable for both beginners and experienced players. It includes pre-made puzzles and links to external constructors.

Highlights
  • Unique row and bloom clue system
  • Fully-packed triangular grid
  • Adjustable difficulty levels
  • Includes pre-made puzzles
  • Links to puzzle constructors
Currently charting
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Rows Garden is a crossword puzzle variant invented by Patrick Berry. Instead of the across and down clues and black and white squares of a traditional crossword grid, a Rows Garden puzzle consists of interlocking row and bloom clues whose answers are filled into a fully-packed grid of triangular spaces. Each row consists of one or more clues, with answers entered across the rows of the garden from left to right. Bloom clues are grouped by shade -- light, medium, and dark -- and have six-letter answers that are each entered in a hexagonal bloom within the garden, with the starting point and direction left for you to determine. You can adjust the difficulty level of the solving experience within the app, providing a suitable challenge for both beginning and experienced solvers. The app comes with a number of puzzles and bundles (30 puzzles in all) created by leading Rows Garden constructors to whet your appetite, and includes links to their Web sites for downloading and subscribing to puzzles that you can import into the app. If you like crossword puzzles and are looking for a new challenge, or are seeking an interesting twist on the familiar crossword format, give Rows Garden a try!

About

Spellt

A daily word puzzle game where you find as many words as possible from a given set of letters. It offers new daily puzzles and themed packs, with leaderboards to compare your scores with others.

Highlights
  • Daily word puzzles
  • Themed puzzle packs
  • Game Center leaderboards
  • Find words from letter sets
  • New puzzle daily
Features
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Spellt is a daily word game. Find as many words as possible from a set of letters. A new puzzle comes out every day! Also play the challenging, themed puzzle packs! Join the Game Center leaderboard to see how you compare to other players!

Screenshots

Rows Garden4 screens
Spellt4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Spellt at Free against Rows Garden's $3.99. Spellt also leads on update cadence (monthly vs every 2 months). Rows Garden's advantage is review sentiment (88% vs 60%) and chart position (#160 vs unranked). On rating, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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

Spellt is free to download; Rows Garden costs $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Rows Garden against 4.8 for Spellt. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 16 and 19 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 88% of Rows Garden's written reviews are positive against 60% of Spellt's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Rows Garden ships an update every 2 months, Spellt monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 17, 2026 and June 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
Rows Garden versus Spellt: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRows GardenSpellt
Price$3.99Free — better
Rating4.7 (16 ratings)4.8 (19 ratings) — better
Positive reviews87.5% of reviews — better60.0% of reviews
Number of ratings1619 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
Best chart rank#160 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size35 MB12 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperRobert BoschGabriel Perez-Putnam

Customer experience

Rows Garden

All ratings16 ratings
Positive93.8%
Neutral0.0%
Negative6.3%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive87.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative12.5%

Spellt

All ratings19 ratings
Positive94.7%
Neutral5.3%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive60.0%
Neutral40.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Rows Garden

No in-app purchases

None

Spellt

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Rows Garden free?
Rows Garden costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Spellt free?
Spellt is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Rows Garden or Spellt?
Spellt is rated higher. Rows Garden averages 4.7 out of 5 from 16 ratings, while Spellt averages 4.8 from 19 ratings.
Do Rows Garden or Spellt have ads?
Neither Rows Garden nor Spellt shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Rows Garden or Spellt?
Rows Garden ships an update every 2 months, and Spellt monthly. Most recently, Rows Garden was updated on September 17, 2026 and Spellt on June 5, 2026.

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