Text Twirl vs PuzzleTown
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Text Twirl
A fast-paced word puzzle game where you slide letters to form English words of five letters or less against the clock. Solve levels quickly to earn more stars and unlock over 250 themed levels.
- Slide letters to form words
- Timed levels
- Earn stars for speed
- Unlock themed level packs
- Over 250 levels
- Dark Mode support
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Race the clock in this fast paced, minimalistic word puzzler! Quickly slide letters to create English words of five letters or less. Tap the word to complete it. Complete all the words to solve the level. Earn more stars the faster you solve the level! Unlock additional themed level packs to keep the fun going - over 250 levels in total to solve! Supports Dark Mode for those night time play sessions!
PuzzleTown
Engage your mind with a variety of word puzzles and math challenges. Compete with friends and family by sharing scores, creating leagues, and chatting about your results.
- Daily Word Searches
- Crosswords
- Sudoku
- Wordle, Spelling Bee, Connections
- Score sharing
- League tables
- In-app chat
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Play your favorite math puzzles and word games with PuzzleTown. Challenge yourself with Daily Word Searches, Crosswords, and Sudoku, and play games from other popular websites including Wordle, Spelling Bee, and Connections. Share your scores with friends, family, or co-workers. Create league tables and compete against each other. Chat about your results.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: PuzzleTown at none against Text Twirl's 10. PuzzleTown also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 6 weeks). On price, rating, ratings volume 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. Text Twirl sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. PuzzleTown asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Text Twirl against 5.0 for PuzzleTown. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 2 respectively.
Text Twirl ships an update every 6 weeks, PuzzleTown every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Text Twirl | PuzzleTown |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 134 MB | 34 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Michael Chrien | Alto Industries, Inc |
Customer experience
Text Twirl
PuzzleTown
In-app purchases
Text Twirl
- Animals Level Pack$0.99
- Cities (USA) Level Pack$0.99
- Colors Level Pack$0.99
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- Food Level Pack$0.99
- Winter Sports Level Pack$0.99
- Occupations Level Pack$0.99
- Transportation Level Pack$0.99
- Books Level Pack$0.99
- Movies Level Pack$0.99
- Science Level Pack$0.99
PuzzleTown
No in-app purchases
