Hearing Hunt vs Connect Words
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Hearing Hunt
Engage your brain and hearing with this word search game. Listen to audio clues, find hidden words against the clock, and earn rewards. Designed for an enhanced auditory experience, it works best with hearing devices.
- Auditory word clues
- Timed word search challenges
- Multiple difficulty levels
- Brain and hearing exercise
- Collect stars and coins
- Bluetooth device pairing
- Randomized word searches
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Welcome to Hearing Hunt, a fun word search game for everyone. Listen to the word clues, play against time, and earn stars while enjoying themes related to the ocean, a movie theater, an airport, and more. This game offers three (3) difficulty levels while testing your ability to beat the clock. Designed to work with your hearing aid device, Hearing Hunt creates a unique auditory experience while combining the best of word searching. Main features: - Easy to play with a colorful, modern look - Exercise your brain and your hearing - Learn valuable insights with “Did you know?” hearing facts - Advance to new levels by collecting stars - Win coins with each word found, and use them for hints or advancing to a new level - Word searches are randomized every time you play - Pair with any Bluetooth® enabled device - Members who sign up can earn daily coin prizes to use within the game - More themes are coming soon How to play: - Choose your difficulty level—easy, medium, or hard - Listen to the word clues - Swipe your finger up, down, left, right, or diagonally to find each hidden word - Find the hidden words before time runs out to earn stars and move within themes Although the audible clues can be heard without the use of a hearing aid, Hearing Hunt works best when paired via Bluetooth to your hearing device. The Bluetooth® word mark and logos are registered trademarks owned by Bluetooth SIG, Inc.
Connect Words
Connect groups of four words that share a common theme in a 4x4 grid. This free daily puzzle game challenges your logic, vocabulary, and general knowledge. It's easy to learn but difficult to master, offering fun for all ages.
- Daily word puzzles
- 4x4 word grid
- Word association challenges
- Expand vocabulary
- Improve logic skills
- Suitable for all ages
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Welcome to Connect Words, the free daily word puzzle game! Join millions of players worldwide and test your puzzle-solving skills, enjoying fun and exciting challenges whilst expanding your general knowledge and vocabulary. Complete the 4 x 4 word grid by connecting groups of four words which share a connection / common theme. The game starts simple but gets progressively more difficult - easy to play but tricky to master. The game is a mixture of crossword, word search and logic association and perfect for players of all ages - children, teens and adults, families and friends. Improve your logical thinking and spelling skills. Download Connect Words now and play for free!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Connect Words at 4.6 against Hearing Hunt's 2.9. Connect Words also leads on review sentiment (39% vs 11%) and ratings volume (50K vs 14). Hearing Hunt's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). On price, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Connect Words holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 2.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Connect Words has 50K ratings behind it against 14, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 11% of Hearing Hunt's written reviews are positive against 39% of Connect Words's.
Hearing Hunt ships an update every 9 days, Connect Words every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Hearing Hunt | Connect Words |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.9 (14 ratings) | 4.6 (50K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 11.1% of reviews | 39.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 14 | 50K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | — | #100 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 126 MB | 45 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | NationsBenefits, LLC | Infinitous Games |
Customer experience
Hearing Hunt
Connect Words
Bugs and requests
Hearing Hunt
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Connect Words
Reported bugs
2 issues- Incorrect or unsolvable puzzle connections
- Inability to exit or reset a puzzle
Requested features
4 requests- Hint or skip option for puzzles
- Dark mode for better visibility
- Progress tracking and leaderboards
- Ability to purchase ad-free version
In-app purchases
Hearing Hunt
No in-app purchases
Connect Words
No in-app purchases
Questions
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