Comparison

Make Your own Luck vs ContraBee

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

Head to head
About

Make Your own Luck

Features
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Participants gathered on a mysterious ship. How far can you win? You can get items as you level up. Use them to your advantage and get the victory! ※MyLuck is a blackjack-ish game. The cards in the deck will be changed by the ability value and so on. ※You can’t bet or can't use real money.

About

ContraBee

This app offers a daily word puzzle using the same letter hive as the New York Times Spelling Bee. It challenges players to find words without using the required center letter, encouraging a different approach to word discovery.

Highlights
  • Daily word puzzles
  • Uses NYT Spelling Bee letter hive
  • Excludes center letter
  • Encourages alternative word finding
  • Unique puzzle twist
Features
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ContraBee is a complement to each day’s official New York Times Spelling Bee. It uses the same hive as each day’s Spelling Bee, but with a twist: Instead of requiring the center letter, Contra Bee excludes it. You’ll be surprised at how many words you can find if you turn your mind upside down.

Screenshots

Make Your own Luck4 screens
ContraBee3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: ContraBee at none against Make Your own Luck's shown. ContraBee also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 5 months) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.6). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Make Your own Luck ships an update every 5 months, ContraBee every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 17, 2026 and July 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Make Your own Luck versus ContraBee: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMake Your own LuckContraBee
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.0 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—23.8% of reviews
Number of ratings—4 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.611.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size42 MB16 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperBapple TechLexi Games LLC

In-app purchases

None

Make Your own Luck

No in-app purchases

None

ContraBee

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Make Your own Luck free?
Make Your own Luck is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is ContraBee free?
ContraBee is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Make Your own Luck or ContraBee have ads?
Make Your own Luck shows ads; ContraBee does not.
Which is updated more often, Make Your own Luck or ContraBee?
Make Your own Luck ships an update every 5 months, and ContraBee every 2 weeks. Most recently, Make Your own Luck was updated on September 17, 2026 and ContraBee on July 5, 2026.

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