Scrolling Words vs Zero Below Zero
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Scrolling Words
This word puzzle game challenges your vocabulary and quick thinking. Find target words from scrolling letters within a time limit, using clues and power-ups to aid your search. Enjoy over 1000 levels with daily puzzles and customizable themes.
- Find words from scrolling letters
- Timed levels with increasing difficulty
- Category-based word searches
- Hints and Freeze power-ups
- Daily puzzles
- Crazy Challenge mode
- Customizable themes
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New one-of-a-kind brain challenging word search game to improve your vocabulary. Scrolling Words is a new kind of word game. It is an incredible brain challenging innovation of crossword puzzle game. Easy to play and makes learning fun. Unlike other word games, the great challenge for you in Scrolling Words is to find all target words of the same category from scrolling letters. Countdown and the scrolling speed also increase your challenge difficulty. Can’t wait to challenge? Download this new word game and start your quest now! HOW TO PLAY ► Search words from scrolling letters. ► Swipe all associated target words before time runs out. ► You can get a clue from the particular topic of each level. ► Use HINT to find the initials of the words. ► Use FREEZE to slow down the scrolling speed. ► Featured DAILY PUZZLE for you. Start your daily challenge to gain energy. ► If you think you are a word expert, just try CRAZY CHALLENGE mode and see how many words you can find in a limited time. ► Change THEMES and SCENERY to refresh your eyes. This is a word game which is harder than it looks. More than 1000 levels are waiting for you. How far can you go?
Zero Below Zero
A challenging puzzle game with simple mechanics but extreme difficulty. Achieve a perfect score on free levels to unlock the rest at no cost. No hints are provided, requiring strategic thinking to solve each unique circle-based puzzle.
- Extremely challenging gameplay
- Unique circle-based puzzles
- Free levels unlockable
- No hints provided
- Inspired by math puzzles
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Don’t let the cute graphics deceive you - this game is HARD. It’s so difficult, that if you get a perfect score on the free levels, you get the rest of the levels for free. The goal sounds easy - all you have to do is make each circle at least zero. The trouble is there are gazillions of moves you can make, and just one will give you a perfect score. Oh, and there are no hints. There are also no ads, subscriptions, tracking, or anything else you wouldn’t want. If you can’t achieve a perfect score on the free levels, you can always admit defeat and pay to unlock the other levels ;) This game is inspired by the dollar game maths puzzle as seen on Numberphile. Don’t expect that to help you though - Zero Below Zero has been made much more difficult!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Zero Below Zero at none against Scrolling Words's shown. Zero Below Zero also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 88%). Scrolling Words's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 6 months) and ratings volume (2.7K vs 6). On price, rating, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Scrolling Words sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Zero Below Zero sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Scrolling Words against 5.0 for Zero Below Zero. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Scrolling Words has 2.7K ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 88% of Scrolling Words's written reviews are positive against 100% of Zero Below Zero's.
Scrolling Words ships an update every 3 weeks, Zero Below Zero every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on September 30, 2026 and June 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Scrolling Words | Zero Below Zero |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (2.7K ratings) | 5.0 (6 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 88.1% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2.7K — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 6 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 14.3 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 115 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ASTER PLAY | Omar Fahmy |
Customer experience
Scrolling Words
Zero Below Zero
Bugs and requests
Scrolling Words
Reported bugs
3 issues- Incorrect word recognition in some cases
- Levels not loading properly for some users
- Ads failing to close or causing crashes
Requested features
4 requests- Customizable difficulty levels
- Option to remove ads for a one-time fee
- Ability to track personal progress and stats
- Inclusion of more common/familiar words
Zero Below Zero
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Scrolling Words
- Remove Ads$1.99
Zero Below Zero
- Unlock all levels$3.99
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