Comparison

Countdown Game & Solver vs Countdown Letters & Numbers

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

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About

Countdown Game & Solver

Experience the "Numbers" round of a popular TV game show as a tile-based puzzle game. Solve arithmetic challenges by combining numbered tiles to reach a target number. Includes a powerful solver to find all possible solutions and share your progress with friends.

Highlights
  • Numbers game show rounds
  • Tile-based arithmetic puzzle
  • Universal solution solver
  • Millions of starting configurations
  • Share accomplishments via Messages
  • Runs on iPhone and iPad
Features
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Countdown is a game show on British television (French original: Des chiffres et des lettres). This app reworks the “Numbers” portion of the game show as a Scrabble®-like tile game for your iPhone or iPad. It includes a Universal Solver that finds all possible solutions to any Numbers puzzle you care to throw at it. Feature List: • The “Numbers” rounds of the Countdown game show, reworked as a Scrabble®-like tile game. • More than 11 million unique starting configurations at your disposal. (The precise figure is 11 918 700.) • Play the game by dragging numbered tiles onto the game board and progressively building up arithmetic expressions to a final result that matches the target number (or comes within ten of it). • Includes a Universal Solver that finds, within a few seconds, all possible solutions for a given initial configuration. Furthermore, if no solution is found, you can be sure that no solution exists. • In generating the list of solutions, the Universal Solver recognizes new solutions that are near-duplicates of pre-existing solutions — e.g., with minor variations in the order of the arithmetic expressions — and culls such new solutions in order to the keep the list of solutions manageable. • Fully integrated with Apple’s Messages app, so you can share your accomplishments with your friends and issue challenges to them. • A single universal app which runs on all your iOS devices: iPhone, iPad, and/or iPod touch.

About

Countdown Letters & Numbers

Challenge your mind with a numbers game using basic math operations or a letters game to find the longest words. This free mental agility game is completely ad-free and does not collect your data.

Highlights
  • Numbers game with mathematical operations
  • Letters game to find long words
  • Mental agility workout
  • Completely free
  • No advertising
  • Data privacy
Features
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Countdown: Letters and Numbers is a mental agility game where you can choose between work out your brain by playing with numbers or playing with letters. Numbers game: Use basic mathematical operations and 6 random numbers to get the desired result. Maybe it isn’t easy, but there is always a solution. Letters game: With 9 random letters, based on the percentages of appearance of letters in the dictionary, you must find words as long as possible. Countdown is completely free without advertising. Your data is not collected. There is only a small tool that warns us in case the application crashes.

Screenshots

Countdown Game & Solver4 screens
Countdown Letters & Numbers4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Countdown Game & Solver at 86% against Countdown Letters & Numbers's 43%. Countdown Game & Solver also leads on ratings volume (40 vs 4) and device support (3 vs 1). Countdown Letters & Numbers's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and rating (5.0 vs 4.7). On price, update cadence 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

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Countdown Letters & Numbers holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Countdown Game & Solver has 40 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 86% of Countdown Game & Solver's written reviews are positive against 43% of Countdown Letters & Numbers's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Countdown Game & Solver ships an update every 3 weeks, Countdown Letters & Numbers fortnightly. Both last shipped on September 19, 2026.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Countdown Game & Solver versus Countdown Letters & Numbers: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCountdown Game & SolverCountdown Letters & Numbers
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (40 ratings)5.0 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews85.7% of reviews — better42.9% of reviews
Number of ratings40 — better4
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksFortnightly — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supportedFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS13.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size19 MB66 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLawrence AnthonyLimaraxa S.L.

Customer experience

Countdown Game & Solver

All ratings40 ratings
Positive92.5%
Neutral2.5%
Negative5.0%
Written reviews21 reviews
Positive85.7%
Neutral4.8%
Negative9.5%

Countdown Letters & Numbers

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive42.9%
Neutral28.6%
Negative28.6%

In-app purchases

None

Countdown Game & Solver

No in-app purchases

None

Countdown Letters & Numbers

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Countdown Game & Solver free?
Countdown Game & Solver is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Countdown Letters & Numbers free?
Countdown Letters & Numbers is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Countdown Game & Solver or Countdown Letters & Numbers?
Countdown Letters & Numbers is rated higher. Countdown Game & Solver averages 4.7 out of 5 from 40 ratings, while Countdown Letters & Numbers averages 5.0 from 4 ratings.
Do Countdown Game & Solver or Countdown Letters & Numbers have ads?
Countdown Game & Solver shows ads; Countdown Letters & Numbers does not.
Which is updated more often, Countdown Game & Solver or Countdown Letters & Numbers?
Countdown Game & Solver ships an update every 3 weeks, and Countdown Letters & Numbers fortnightly. Most recently, Countdown Game & Solver was updated on September 19, 2026 and Countdown Letters & Numbers on September 19, 2026.

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