Comparison

WheelsAround vs Inkfalls

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side โ€” with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

WheelsAround

Features
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Get three numbers to match and collect the total for a score. But, the first click costs one point, the second costs two, and so on. Can you figure out the best number to go for?

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Inkfalls

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Letters fall. Words rise. The rarer the etymology, the higher the score. Inkfalls is a quiet, parchment-styled word puzzle. Single letters drop down an 8 by 14 grid. Form a valid English word along a row or column and it clears in gold ink. Form a word made of letters borrowed from a rare ancestor tongue and the score multiplier climbs. Inkfalls ships with eight game modes: - Marathon: an endless run that ramps up with your score. - Daily Folio: one worldwide letter sequence per day, one attempt, resets at UTC midnight. - Lexicon: a 30 level handcrafted campaign that introduces a new constraint and a small history note at each level. - Sprint: ninety seconds against the clock. - Zen: no clock and no game over, a calm session. - Master: the letter bag is biased toward J, Q, X, and Z for etymology hunters. - Crossword: letters that clear in both directions score double. - Polyglot: the etymology multiplier table is reshuffled each Monday so yesterday's rare may be today's common. Every word is scored by its real etymological tier, hand curated across ten ancestor groups: Old English, Norman French, Latin, Old Norse, Greek, Celtic, Arabic, Sanskrit, East Asian, and Indigenous. The Etymology Reference inside the app lays out each tier with example words and the multiplier it grants. The soundtrack is generated procedurally as you play. Three voices, a sine piano, a sawtooth cello, and a triangle reed, weave a slow line that brightens as the grid fills. There is no licensed music and no third party SDK in the binary. Inkfalls includes a 25 achievement set and local progress saved with SwiftData.

Screenshots

WheelsAround4 screens
Inkfalls3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Inkfalls at every 11 days against WheelsAround's every 49 months. Inkfalls also leads on price ($0.99 vs $1.99). WheelsAround's advantage is iOS requirement (15.6 vs 17.0). On ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

WheelsAround costs $1.99 and Inkfalls $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

WheelsAround ships an update every 49 months, Inkfalls every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on October 4, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences ยท 3 level
WheelsAround versus Inkfalls: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWheelsAroundInkfalls
Price$1.99$0.99 โ€” better
Update frequencyEvery 49 monthsEvery 11 days โ€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod โ€” betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.6 โ€” better17.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size181 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPaul CohenRobert Corbin

In-app purchases

None

WheelsAround

No in-app purchases

None

Inkfalls

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is WheelsAround free?
WheelsAround costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Inkfalls free?
Inkfalls costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do WheelsAround or Inkfalls have ads?
Neither WheelsAround nor Inkfalls shows ads.
Which is updated more often, WheelsAround or Inkfalls?
WheelsAround ships an update every 49 months, and Inkfalls every 11 days. Most recently, WheelsAround was updated on October 4, 2026 and Inkfalls on October 7, 2026.

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