Letter Lattice vs ShiftFive
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Letter Lattice
This word puzzle game blends anagrams and crosswords, challenging players to connect words by finding anagrams. It offers hundreds of handcrafted puzzles, daily challenges, and an arcade mode for competitive play. Unlock achievements and customize your game with vibrant color palettes.
- Anagram and crossword word-weaving puzzles
- Hundreds of handcrafted puzzles
- Daily new puzzles
- Arcade Mode with procedural puzzles
- Achievements and progress tracking
- Unlockable color palettes
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Letter Lattice combines the best parts of anagrams and crosswords into challenging word-weaving madness! How do DOG and CAT relate to each other? What about GUITAR and MELODY? I made this game as an appreciation for the intertwining nature of words in the English language. Most word games have you searching for anagrams within a single word. In Letter Lattice, puzzles use anagrams as connectors to morph from one word to another, each word you find being essential for solving the rest of the puzzle. — SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE — Whether you’re better at anagramming or solving crosswords, there’s something that suits you in Letter Lattice. With hundreds of handmade puzzles, beginners can become experts, climbing their way up from “Easy Threes” to the dreaded Super-Skull puzzles. — SOMETHING FOR COMPETITORS — “Arcade Mode” pits you against procedurally-generated puzzles of increasing difficulty until the clock runs out. Race to solve as many puzzles as you can, gaining bonus points for finding rare words. Can you reach Milestone 5? What about Milestone 10?! — SOMETHING FOR ACHIEVERS — Unlock achievements by completing daily puzzles, solving clues, and zooming through Arcade Mode. As you progress, earn vibrant, hand-crafted color palettes that change the look of the entire game. From the earthy greens of the “Sequoia” palette to the rich pastels of “Coral,” there’s something here you’ll love. —ALL FEATURES (for FREE!) — - 20 Puzzle Packs (with 400+ crafted puzzles) - Infinte Procedural Puzzles in Arcade Mode - New Puzzles Daily! - Statistics and Achievements to track progress - 8 Beautiful Color Palettes — FULL VERSION - 10 More Puzzle Packs - More Arcade Plays - Access to the ever-growing Daily Archive - 4 Additional Color Palettes - Day/Night Palettes, effectively adding 12 palettes! ~ A note from me ~ — I started developing Letter Lattice after playing these puzzles in a notebook on New York subway commutes. I enjoyed the paper puzzles so much, I spent over a year building the optimal digital interface for the puzzles to exist within. Along the way, I discovered so much about the English language becoming entranced by the similarities between words I had once thought were very different. I began to appreciate even the simplest of words and how they relate to others. If you have read this far, I hope playing Letter Lattice will help you find this same magic that made me passionate to develop this game. ~ Ethan
ShiftFive
Engage in a strategic letter elimination game where you guess a five-letter word. Utilize color-coded feedback to eliminate letters and score points. Unlock rewards and themed word packs for extended gameplay.
- Strategic letter elimination
- Color-coded feedback system
- Daily Classic and Daily Shift modes
- Unlockable rewards
- Themed Word Packs
- Scoring based on efficiency
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Shift. Solve. Score. Play daily challenges and unlock rewards! Check out themed Word Packs for a new twist. Welcome to ShiftFive, a game of high-scoring strategic letter elimination. ShiftFive is a fresh take on the daily word puzzle that leaves all those boring Wordle clones and wannabes in the dust. Your job is to guess the target 5-letter word in as few tries as possible and score points while you do it. Spin the letter pickers to enter a 5-letter word and submit your guess. Each letter in the word will light up one of three colors: # Green means the letter is correct and will be locked in. # Red means the target letter comes later in the alphabet, eliminating the guessed letter and all letters before it. # Blue means the target letter is earlier in the alphabet, eliminating the guessed letter and all letters after it. After each guess, you'll see how many possible words are remaining! You're awarded points for efficiently eliminating words, guessing letters correctly, and finding the target word in as few tries as possible. So what are you waiting for? Download today and enjoy 2 different (completely free) daily game modes: > Daily Classic is the original. 5 guesses to solve the target word. Eliminate letters as you go. Use a hint if you get stuck. > Daily Shift spices things up by choosing a random word as your first guess. And what’s this? No access to a hint?! Better hope you’re feeling lucky. Complete both challenges each day to unlock exciting rewards like backgrounds, color themes, and customized logos! But wait, don’t forget about Word Packs! Still craving more sweet Shifting action? Word Packs are where it all comes together. Unlock a new layer of strategy by guessing the target words for each theme. Enjoy one sample Word Pack for free, with 10 more available for purchase and more to be added in the future. Are you still reading? How have you not downloaded this game yet?? Happy Shifting :-D
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: Letter Lattice at 564 against ShiftFive's 6. Letter Lattice also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 16.0). ShiftFive's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 3 months). On price, rating, review sentiment 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. Letter Lattice sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and ShiftFive sells 11 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Letter Lattice against 5.0 for ShiftFive. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Letter Lattice has 564 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 96% of Letter Lattice's written reviews are positive against 100% of ShiftFive's.
Letter Lattice ships an update every 3 months, ShiftFive monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Letter Lattice | ShiftFive |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (564 ratings) | 5.0 (6 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 95.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 564 — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 136 MB | 68 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ethan Zarov | Braxton Smallwood |
Customer experience
Letter Lattice
ShiftFive
Bugs and requests
Letter Lattice
Reported bugs
2 issues- Daily game not working
- Calendar trick to play daily no longer working
Requested features
4 requests- Word definitions for solved words
- More game packs and difficulty levels
- Landscape mode support
- External keyboard support
ShiftFive
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Letter Lattice
- Unlock Full Game$2.99
ShiftFive
- It's Spooky Word Pack$0.99
- Gettin' Swoll Word Pack$0.99
- Pass the Popcorn Word Pack$0.99
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- The Feels Word Pack$0.99
- Nom Nom Word Pack$0.99
- Feel the Beat Word Pack$0.99
- To Be Young Word Pack$0.99
- It's a Zoo Word Pack$0.99
- On the Go Word Pack$0.99
- 5 Word Packs + Remove Ads$1.99
- 10 Word Packs+Unlimited+No Ads$4.99





