Up Spell by Up Games vs Betweenle
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Up Spell by Up Games
Engage in a rapid-fire word game that challenges your vocabulary and speed. Test your word-building skills in this exciting and fast-paced experience.
- Fast-paced gameplay
- Word building challenges
- Vocabulary testing
- Speed-focused
- Engaging word puzzles
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A fast-paced word game.
Betweenle
A word guessing game where players deduce a hidden word by entering guesses and receiving feedback on its alphabetical position. Utilize clues like dots to narrow down the possibilities within a limited number of attempts.
- Guess the secret word
- 14 guess limit
- Alphabetical dictionary
- Before/after word placement feedback
- Orange dot proximity indicator
- Daily and unlimited modes
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Can you guess the secret word hidden between other words? You have 14 guesses to do it. Dictionary is sorted in Alphabetical Order. Entering word tells you if secret word is placed in dictionary before or after entered word. Orange dot tells you if secret word is closer to top or bottom word. Play daily mode and share score with your friends or enjoy unlimited mode.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Up Spell by Up Games at none against Betweenle's shown. Up Spell by Up Games also leads on review sentiment (78% vs 56%) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). Betweenle's advantage is rating (4.7 vs 4.4) and update cadence (every 3 days vs fortnightly). On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Betweenle holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Betweenle has 1.7K ratings behind it against 71, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 78% of Up Spell by Up Games's written reviews are positive against 56% of Betweenle's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Up Spell by Up Games ships an update fortnightly, Betweenle every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Up Spell by Up Games | Betweenle |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (71 ratings) | 4.7 (1.7K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 78.3% of reviews — better | 55.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 71 | 1.7K — better |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 15 MB | 59 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Kenneth Kocienda | Michal Gorny |
Customer experience
Up Spell by Up Games
Betweenle
User reviews
Up Spell by Up Games
From 71 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- addictive gameplay
- Simple, clean design
- Fun, fast-paced escape
- Delightful music
- Slick interface
Room to improve
- Dictionary needs expansion
- Missing many words
- iPad screen display issues
- Game appears at bottom left on iPad
- Developer focused on iPhone only
Betweenle
From 1.7K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Addictive and fun gameplay
- 👍 Creative and clever word game
- 💡 Great for coffee dates and friendly competition
Room to improve
- 🐛 Easy to get stuck on random words with no option to give up
- 🔍 Lack of a way to share scores without revealing hints
- 🔒 No option to pay for ad-free version
Bugs and requests
Up Spell by Up Games
Reported bugs
17 issues- Game rejects many perfectly fine English words
- Game does not recognize valid words like 'Grok'
- Game appears at the bottom left edge of the screen on iPad
- App automatically compressed after upgrading Apple system and won't fix
- Issues with iOS 15
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- Cannot get Duel to work
- Cannot get the Send arrow to work in Duel mode
- Sharing doesn't work, just get a blank screen
- Letter selection doesn't seem well randomized
- When you put up letters that don’t make a word, you have to hit the down arrow to clear them, which is inconvenient
- Letter trays do not appear to be random
- Single version of a word is accepted but the plural is rejected
- You can only play in horizontal mode
- Encountered an issue where audio is no longer available after using earbuds
- Duel mode not working
- Text message with the link to the game isn’t being created and sent properly
- Completely inaccessible for voiceover
Requested features
27 requests- Expand the dictionary
- Increase character amount
- Increase time
- Make game show up correctly on iPad screen
- Add portrait mode
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- Improve Duel mode
- Connect via AirDrop or Bluetooth for Duel mode
- See partner's score on my side in Duel mode
- Add functionality to remove a placed letter by re-tapping
- Add a shuffle letters function
- Add a replay game button
- Add a way of competing with other players without sending a link
- Add endless mode
- Add stats for best words, missed opportunities, tendencies
- Add a post-game screen showing highlights
- Add a personal high scores board
- Add a non-timer version
- Add more interaction in duel feature (real-time opponent scores)
- Add proper iPad support
- Add a high score board
- Add Game Center integration
- Improve Duel mode sharing and comparison
- Add ability to review game after playing
- Add option to play without a clock
- Add ability to see own scores
- Add a way to denote double score background change
- Add ability to turn tunes off entirely
Betweenle
Reported bugs
2 issues- Keyboard input can be slow to react
- No landscape mode option, only portrait
Requested features
3 requests- Add a quit/give up option for stuck levels
- Implement a way to quickly share scores without revealing hints
- Offer a one-time purchase to remove ads
In-app purchases
Up Spell by Up Games
No in-app purchases
Betweenle
No in-app purchases
