Comparison

Word Stacks vs Ourcade

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Swipe to find hidden words
  • Puzzles with clues
  • Evolving levels
  • Over 3000 levels
  • Power-ups available
  • Unlockable themes and backgrounds
  • Collect bonus words
Features
Currently charting
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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

About

Ourcade

Experience a pocket arcade with 15 unique sensor-driven micro-games. Use your phone's motion controls to play, compete on global leaderboards, and challenge friends. Enjoy daily free games and earn credits without ads or subscriptions.

Highlights
  • 15 sensor-driven micro-games
  • Tilt, tap, and shake controls
  • Global leaderboards
  • Daily free cabinet
  • Challenge friends feature
  • No ads or subscriptions
Features
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Ourcade is a pocket arcade of 15 sensor-driven micro-games. Tilt, tap, shake, hold steady — every cabinet uses your iPhone as a controller, not just a screen. Every cabinet is built to be replayed forever, and every score lands on a global leaderboard that evolves the moment someone else plays. 15 LIVE CABINETS, FOUR SKILL BUCKETS REACTION — Quick reflex tests with shrinking windows and accelerating tempo: - TAP BULLSEYE — survive a faster-and-faster spawn of targets, perfect-tap streaks unlock x4 score - REACTION LIGHT — wait for green, tap before the window closes; each round shrinks it - PULSE — four-lane rhythm tiles, off-key reds slip in past 60 seconds - COLORZ — read the INK color, ignore the WORD; one wrong tap ends the run MEMORY — Recall and tracking: - MEMORY GRID — Simon-style sequence that grows by one cell each round - TRIVIA — 224 original questions across 6 categories, three strikes - CARD SHARK — three-card monte; decoy flips past round 16 CONCENTRATION — Precision and focus: - DEAD AIR — hold your phone perfectly still AND silent for as many seconds as possible - DRAW IT — memorize a shape, redraw it from memory; bisect bonus rounds - TILT MAZE — 30 hand-built mazes, then loops at higher difficulty forever - MINESWEEP — color-coded blast field with a dominant-color wipe mechanic CHAOS — Physical and spatial: - BOUNCE — flap up, tilt to drift, thread tower gaps, dodge bombs and mine fields - FLIP — rotate your phone any way you can in 5 seconds - SHAKE METER — 10 seconds of all-out shake, energy meter scores you - VECTOR — perspective space runner; tilt to slide, tap to fire, asteroids race out of the vanishing point DAILY CHALLENGE One cabinet is FREE every day. Rotates at midnight UTC. Lobby reshuffles too — different cabinets surface at the top each morning. BUILT TO PLAY FOREVER No level caps. No end screens. Open-ended scoring on every cabinet — leaderboards evolve every time someone else plays. SEND A CHALLENGE Beat a friend's score on any cabinet, send it via Messages with one tap. They open the app directly to that cabinet with your score to beat. Loop back when they top you. FREE CREDITS, NO ADS 100 free credits per day for your first week, 50/day after. No subscription. No time-gated lives. No ad nags. Daily drops, personal-best bonuses, and promo codes keep the credit economy open. Made for the people who remember real arcades. Made for high-school class challenges. Made because every game on your phone shouldn't feel the same. Tilt. Tap. Shake. Climb.

Screenshots

Word Stacks4 screens
Ourcade4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Ourcade at none against Word Stacks's 10. Ourcade also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). Word Stacks's advantage is ratings volume (178K vs 3) and chart position (#71 vs unranked). On price, rating, 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. Word Stacks sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Ourcade asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Word Stacks against 5.0 for Ourcade. 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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Word Stacks ships an update every 2 months, Ourcade every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
Word Stacks versus Ourcade: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWord StacksOurcade
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (178K ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews81.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings178K — better3
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
Best chart rank#71 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size279 MB27 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperPeopleFun, Inc.Dominic LaMarca

Customer experience

Word Stacks

All ratings178,326 ratings
Positive97.7%
Neutral0.8%
Negative1.5%
Written reviews1,108 reviews
Positive81.7%
Neutral6.0%
Negative12.4%

Ourcade

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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

Ourcade

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Word Stacks

One-time10
  • 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
None

Ourcade

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Word Stacks free?
Word Stacks is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Ourcade free?
Ourcade is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Word Stacks or Ourcade?
Ourcade is rated higher. Word Stacks averages 4.9 out of 5 from 178K ratings, while Ourcade averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do Word Stacks or Ourcade have ads?
Word Stacks shows ads; Ourcade does not.
Which is updated more often, Word Stacks or Ourcade?
Word Stacks ships an update every 2 months, and Ourcade every 3 weeks. Most recently, Word Stacks was updated on October 30, 2026 and Ourcade on October 24, 2026.

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