Run for True vs Break Your Word
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Run for True
Experience a fresh take on word games with this action-packed title. Navigate left and right to discover the correct answers and progress through challenges.
- Action perspective word game
- Left and right movement controls
- Answer discovery gameplay
- Challenging word puzzles
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A new action perspective in word games. Run left and right to find the right answers!
Break Your Word
Explore the fascinating origins and evolution of 120 English words. This educational game delves into the etymology of each word, revealing its history and linguistic roots. Improve your vocabulary and gain a deeper understanding of language.
- 120 English words with histories
- Etymology and word origins
- Word evolution and history
- Improved vocabulary
- Deeper appreciation for words
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Break Your Word is a challenging, entertaining, and educational game featuring 120 English words with fascinating histories behind them! As you hammer away at these words, you will get to the true root of each word’s meaning, including a history of the word and how it entered the English language. Play Break Your Word to the end and you will walk away with an improved vocabulary and a deeper appreciation for a plethora of exceptional English words. Our team of etymologists have carefully selected each of these Featured Words comprised of multiple root words and derived from 29 different languages of origin. At its core, Break Your Word is about etymology, which is the study of the origins of words and their evolution throughout history. Our game highlights the uniqueness of our Featured Words and tells the captivating story of each of them! Download it now!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Break Your Word at 100% against Run for True's 25%. Break Your Word also leads on rating (4.9 vs 3.7). Run for True's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 13.0). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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. Break Your Word sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Run for True asks for nothing beyond the download.
Break Your Word holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 3.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 21 and 9 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 25% of Run for True's written reviews are positive against 100% of Break Your Word's.
Run for True ships an update every 3 days, Break Your Word every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Run for True | Break Your Word |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (21 ratings) | 4.9 (9 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 25.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 21 — better | 9 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 96 MB | 439 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Fatih Can Temel | Brian Valentine |
Customer experience
Run for True
Break Your Word
In-app purchases
Run for True
No in-app purchases
Break Your Word
- 10 Word Dumps$0.99
- Remove Ads$2.99
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