Comparison

DEADWORD vs Letter Lattice

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

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About

DEADWORD

This pixelated survival game challenges you to link four-letter words to navigate a zombie-infested city. Strategically move, gather supplies, and uncover clues to escape. Discover perks that enhance your survival skills and enjoy different game modes.

Highlights
  • Link four-letter words
  • Zombie evasion
  • Gather supplies
  • Discover perks
  • Story Mode with 30 chapters
  • Endless Mode
  • Bliss Mode (puppy petting)
Features
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DEADWORD is a survival word game. As the DEAD surround the city, you'll need to use your HEAD to avoid the HERD. It's not HARD to WARD off the enemies, as long as you find the right WORD. DEAD -> HEAD -> HERD -> HARD -> WARD -> WORD DEADWORD is a pixelated brain puzzler. Link four-letter words as you strategically move through the city, avoiding zombies, gathering supplies, and investigating clues. Discover Perks along the way that will give you the necessary skills to survive! Loot supplies and find items to patch your wounds, find your way, and distract the zombies! Can you escape DEADWORD? DEADWORD features a Story Mode with a fun and challenging journey across 30 chapters. Each playthrough is different, offering a new experience every time! DEADWORD is a free app with intermittent advertisements. Purchase the DEADWORD Extras Pack to remove ads, unlock Endless Mode, and unlock all Perks and gain an extra Perk slot. Endless Mode: How long can you survive? Progress through chapter after chapter of ever increasing difficulty. Ration supplies and make strategic choices to stay alive as long as possible! Bliss Mode: OMG puppies! Forget about the zombies for a while and just pet puppies. Seriously. No stress, just puppies. Tummy rubs for everyone! DEADWORD features slick pixelated graphics and a killer soundtrack. Use your brain... before you lose it!

About

Letter Lattice

This word puzzle game blends anagrams and crosswords, challenging players to connect words by finding anagrams. It offers hundreds of handcrafted puzzles, daily challenges, and an arcade mode for competitive play. Unlock achievements and customize your game with vibrant color palettes.

Highlights
  • Anagram and crossword word-weaving puzzles
  • Hundreds of handcrafted puzzles
  • Daily new puzzles
  • Arcade Mode with procedural puzzles
  • Achievements and progress tracking
  • Unlockable color palettes
Features
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Letter Lattice combines the best parts of anagrams and crosswords into challenging word-weaving madness! How do DOG and CAT relate to each other? What about GUITAR and MELODY? I made this game as an appreciation for the intertwining nature of words in the English language. Most word games have you searching for anagrams within a single word. In Letter Lattice, puzzles use anagrams as connectors to morph from one word to another, each word you find being essential for solving the rest of the puzzle. — SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE — Whether you’re better at anagramming or solving crosswords, there’s something that suits you in Letter Lattice. With hundreds of handmade puzzles, beginners can become experts, climbing their way up from “Easy Threes” to the dreaded Super-Skull puzzles. — SOMETHING FOR COMPETITORS — “Arcade Mode” pits you against procedurally-generated puzzles of increasing difficulty until the clock runs out. Race to solve as many puzzles as you can, gaining bonus points for finding rare words. Can you reach Milestone 5? What about Milestone 10?! — SOMETHING FOR ACHIEVERS — Unlock achievements by completing daily puzzles, solving clues, and zooming through Arcade Mode. As you progress, earn vibrant, hand-crafted color palettes that change the look of the entire game. From the earthy greens of the “Sequoia” palette to the rich pastels of “Coral,” there’s something here you’ll love. —ALL FEATURES (for FREE!) — - 20 Puzzle Packs (with 400+ crafted puzzles) - Infinte Procedural Puzzles in Arcade Mode - New Puzzles Daily! - Statistics and Achievements to track progress - 8 Beautiful Color Palettes — FULL VERSION - 10 More Puzzle Packs - More Arcade Plays - Access to the ever-growing Daily Archive - 4 Additional Color Palettes - Day/Night Palettes, effectively adding 12 palettes! ~ A note from me ~ — I started developing Letter Lattice after playing these puzzles in a notebook on New York subway commutes. I enjoyed the paper puzzles so much, I spent over a year building the optimal digital interface for the puzzles to exist within. Along the way, I discovered so much about the English language becoming entranced by the similarities between words I had once thought were very different. I began to appreciate even the simplest of words and how they relate to others. If you have read this far, I hope playing Letter Lattice will help you find this same magic that made me passionate to develop this game. ~ Ethan

Screenshots

DEADWORD4 screens
Letter Lattice4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Letter Lattice at 4.9 against DEADWORD's 4.3. Letter Lattice also leads on review sentiment (96% vs 67%) and ratings volume (565 vs 58). DEADWORD's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 3 months). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. DEADWORD sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Letter Lattice sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Letter Lattice holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Letter Lattice has 565 ratings behind it against 58, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of DEADWORD's written reviews are positive against 96% of Letter Lattice's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

DEADWORD ships an update every 2 weeks, Letter Lattice every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
DEADWORD versus Letter Lattice: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDEADWORDLetter Lattice
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (58 ratings)4.9 (565 ratings) — better
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews95.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings58565 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS11.0 — better12.0
Further details — not scored
Size141 MB136 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperDerek SeibelEthan Zarov

Customer experience

DEADWORD

All ratings57 ratings
Positive80.7%
Neutral8.8%
Negative10.5%
Written reviews27 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral22.2%
Negative11.1%

Letter Lattice

All ratings564 ratings
Positive97.0%
Neutral1.8%
Negative1.2%
Written reviews46 reviews
Positive95.7%
Neutral2.2%
Negative2.2%

Bugs and requests

DEADWORD

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Letter Lattice

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Daily game not working
  • Calendar trick to play daily no longer working

Requested features

4 requests
  • Word definitions for solved words
  • More game packs and difficulty levels
  • Landscape mode support
  • External keyboard support

In-app purchases

1 purchases

DEADWORD

One-time1
  • Unlock Extras$1.99
1 purchases

Letter Lattice

One-time1
  • Unlock Full Game$2.99

Questions

Is DEADWORD free?
DEADWORD is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Letter Lattice free?
Letter Lattice is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, DEADWORD or Letter Lattice?
Letter Lattice is rated higher. DEADWORD averages 4.3 out of 5 from 58 ratings, while Letter Lattice averages 4.9 from 565 ratings.
Do DEADWORD or Letter Lattice have ads?
Letter Lattice shows ads; DEADWORD does not.
Which is updated more often, DEADWORD or Letter Lattice?
DEADWORD ships an update every 2 weeks, and Letter Lattice every 3 months. Most recently, DEADWORD was updated on November 3, 2026 and Letter Lattice on November 7, 2026.

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