Word Stacks vs Orthography
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Word Stacks
Exercise your brain with this addictive word puzzle game. Swipe to find hidden words, solve puzzles with clues, and unlock new themes. It offers thousands of levels and power-ups to help you progress.
- Swipe to find hidden words
- Puzzles with clues
- Evolving levels
- Over 3000 levels
- Power-ups available
- Unlockable themes and backgrounds
- Collect bonus words
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Play and exercise your brain with the BRAND NEW, incredibly addicting word game that everyone’s talking about! HOW TO PLAY Swipe to reveal hidden words and to bring the Word Stacks crashing down! Easy at first, but gets challenging fast. Can you beat the game? WHY PLAY? Word Stacks is the latest, top-rated word game from the makers of Wordscapes, Word Chums and Wordscapes in Bloom. New to the Wordscapes games family? Experience the addicting, brain-building gameplay that has captured the hearts (and brains) of millions of players worldwide. FEATURES: ● EACH PUZZLE HAS A CLUE. Use it to find the related words in each puzzle! ● EVOLVING LEVELS. Each puzzle shifts as you find words. Word Search with a twist! ● LOTS OF LEVELS. Play over 3000 levels with more coming soon! ● EARN POWER-UPS. Use the Spyglass, Light Bulb, or shuffle when you get stuck!! ● UNLOCK custom THEMES and BACKGROUNDS. Choose from themes that unlock as you play! ● COLLECT BONUS WORDS. Earn rewards for finding extra words! ● MORE! ================================== Ideas on how we can make Word Stacks even better? Need help with the game? We love to hear from our players! -Email us at: wordstacks@peoplefun.com -Follow us on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/wordstacks ================================== Terms of service: https://www.peoplefun.com/terms
Orthography
A word puzzle game where you click letter tiles to form words and clear the board. Special tiles offer score boosts, and daily challenges allow you to compete with friends. Enjoy custom games with larger grids for an enhanced experience.
- Spell words by clicking letter tiles
- Special tiles with score-impacting powers
- Daily challenges to compete with friends
- Custom games with adjustable grid sizes
- Clear all tiles to win
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Click the letter tiles to spell words and try to clear all the tiles. Some tiles have special powers that impact letter or word scores. Daily challenges let you compare your score with your friends. Custom games can have grids of 6 x 6 with 10 tiles per stack, giving you the ultimate challenge.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Word Stacks at Free against Orthography's $0.99. Word Stacks also leads on ratings volume (178K vs 3) and chart position (#84 vs unranked). Orthography's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 10) and ads (none vs shown). On rating 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
Word Stacks is free to download; Orthography costs $0.99 up front. Word Stacks sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Orthography asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Word Stacks against 5.0 for Orthography. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Word Stacks has 178K ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Word Stacks ships an update every 2 months, Orthography every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Word Stacks | Orthography |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $0.99 |
| Rating | 4.9 (178K ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 81.6% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 178K — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Paid |
| Best chart rank | #84 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 279 MB | 30 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | PeopleFun, Inc. | Digant Kasundra |
Customer experience
Word Stacks
Orthography
Bugs and requests
Word Stacks
Reported bugs
3 issues- Game freezing and crashing
- Issues with earning and redeeming coins
- Ads interfering with gameplay
Requested features
5 requests- Option to turn off background music
- Free shuffling of letters
- Skill-based matchmaking for tournaments
- Save progress across devices
- More varied puzzle themes and word choices
Orthography
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Word Stacks
- XS Coin Pack$0.99
- Starter Kit$1.99
- S Coin Pack$2.99
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- Coins Bonus Offer$2.99
- Piggy Bank$3.99
- M Coin Pack$4.99
- Big Bundle$5.99
- Coins Bonus Bundle$9.99
- Super Bundle$12.99
- Huge Bundle$24.99
Orthography
No in-app purchases
