GameFox vs Word Guess
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
GameFox
Engage in competitive multiplayer games directly within iMessage. Challenge friends to word-based puzzles and creative phrase-combining games. New titles are regularly added to expand the gaming experience.
- Play games within iMessage
- Multiplayer word game
- Phrase combination game
- New games added regularly
- Compete against friends
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Compete against your friends in fun iMessage games! • Play Wurtle, the new multiplayer word game! See who can guess the hidden word first • Play Portmanteau, combine the answers to two clues into a single phrase! More games coming soon!
Word Guess
Engage in a daily word guessing game where you decipher a secret password by matching letters. Challenge friends locally or online in this fun, family-friendly puzzle.
- Daily word guessing puzzle
- Letter matching mechanic
- Local multiplayer
- Online challenges
- Family-friendly gameplay
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Wordex is a word game where you guess words and see if the letters match to a secret password! Play with your friends locally OR send challenges online. Fun for the whole family!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Word Guess at 4.7 against GameFox's 3.9. Word Guess also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 4 weeks) and ratings volume (1.1K vs 23). On price, ads, 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. GameFox sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Word Guess sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Word Guess holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Word Guess has 1.1K ratings behind it against 23, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of GameFox's written reviews are positive against 78% of Word Guess's.
GameFox ships an update every 4 weeks, Word Guess every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | GameFox | Word Guess |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (23 ratings) | 4.7 (1.1K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | 77.8% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 23 | 1.1K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 35 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Foxtail Games LLC | Applorium Ltd |
Customer experience
GameFox
Word Guess
Bugs and requests
GameFox
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Word Guess
Reported bugs
1 issue- Accepting invalid words as correct answers
Requested features
2 requests- More variety in the 5-letter word list
- Option to edit individual letters without deleting the entire word
In-app purchases
GameFox
- Plus$2.991 Month
- The Hard Pack$0.99
Word Guess
- Worded Premium$3.99
