Wordy Tile vs Crowd Runners
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Wordy Tile
Compete against opponents to quickly build word grids from a tile stack. Request more tiles strategically, discard when stuck, and challenge AI or friends online. Offers three difficulty levels for varied gameplay.
- Build word grids from tile stacks
- Request and discard tiles strategically
- AI opponent with adjustable difficulty
- Online multiplayer via Game Center/iCloud
- Three levels of play
- Large word database
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Wordy Tile is a game where you race against your opponent to build a grid of words from a stack of tiles. Every game starts with a stack of tiles from which you and your opponent are given a starting set. As you play you can request more tiles from the stack, so long as more remain. When you do get one though, remember that your opponent gets one too. So it’s a race! Don’t get caught spending too much time thinking about your tiles; your opponent may get more of them, and sometimes more tiles means you have more choices. Fewer tiles doesn’t always mean it’s easier to finish first! Stuck? You can also discard a tile, but be warned, that results in you being given three in return! Wordy Tile has a huge database of two to nine letter words. The AI has been carefully built to be smart, but not too smart, and not too quick. There are three levels of play. Each level has a different stack size, so the game gets more complex with the bigger stack, but it also gets longer. Offline? No problems, just play the AI! Online? Great, be sure you’re logged into Game Center and iCloud and you can play anyone else that has Wordy Tile. Play with friends and family! Wordy Tile is a fast paced game; it’s not a turn based game so it’s a new take on word games that is a lot of fun
Crowd Runners
Guide your growing crowd through challenging obstacle courses. Swipe to collect more people and expand your group while skillfully avoiding collisions with walls and other individuals. The goal is to amass the largest crowd possible.
- Collect people to grow crowd
- Swipe left and right to control
- Avoid colliding with others
- Avoid colliding with walls
- Grow your crowd size
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Collect as many of your people as you can while avoiding obstacles. How to play: - Swipe left and right to control horizontal slide on the platform. - Collect your people to grow crowd. - Avoid colliding with other people & walls.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Crowd Runners at Free against Wordy Tile's $1.99. Crowd Runners also leads on rating (4.5 vs 3.3) and update cadence (monthly vs every 9 months). Wordy Tile's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). On 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
Crowd Runners is free to download; Wordy Tile costs $1.99 up front. Crowd Runners sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Wordy Tile asks for nothing beyond the download.
Crowd Runners holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Crowd Runners has 1.5K ratings behind it against 20, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 17% of Wordy Tile's written reviews are positive against 25% of Crowd Runners's.
Wordy Tile ships an update every 9 months, Crowd Runners monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Wordy Tile | Crowd Runners |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 3.3 (20 ratings) | 4.5 (1.5K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 16.7% of reviews | 25.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 20 | 1.5K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 9 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Best chart rank | #162 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 11 MB | 148 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | pkclSoft | Rocketship Studios LLP |
Customer experience
Wordy Tile
Crowd Runners
Bugs and requests
Wordy Tile
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Crowd Runners
Reported bugs
3 issues- App freezes on privacy policy screen
- Paid version still shows ads
- Purchases not restoring properly
Requested features
3 requests- Add sound option
- Fix diagonal gameplay issue
- Improve ad experience
In-app purchases
Wordy Tile
No in-app purchases
Crowd Runners
- No Ads$2.99
Questions
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