Clone Ball vs w5rds
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Clone Ball
Engage in a chaotic and fun experience by kicking cloning balls that multiply. Enjoy the satisfying sensation as more and more balls appear with every action.
- Kick cloning balls
- Satisfying cloning effect
- Casual gameplay
- Endless ball multiplication
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crazy balls all around kick them & enjoy the feeling of cloning!
w5rds
Engage in a daily logic-based word puzzle that challenges your deduction skills. Solve single-word or multi-word challenges, compete on leaderboards, and track your progress. Offers adjustable difficulty and helpful hints for all skill levels.
- Daily single-word puzzles
- Daily multi-word phrase puzzles
- Daily leaderboards
- Progress tracking (streaks, stats)
- Adjustable difficulty levels
- Hints and clue system
- Challenge Packs
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Play Smart, Think Deeper. w5rds is a daily logic-based word puzzle that challenges you to decode, deduce, and solve. Part cryptogram, part brain teaser, and part competition, w5rds rewards thoughtful strategy over random guessing. Every day brings two new puzzles: • Daily Single: Decode One Word • Daily Phrase: Crack a Multi-Word Challenge Compete against the w5rds community for a Top 25 spot on the daily leaderboard, or focus on building your streak and sharpening your logic skills. Don’t forget to set a daily reminder so you never miss your shot at that day’s leaderboard. w5rds is designed for every level of player, from beginners learning the system to advanced solvers chasing Blind Solves. - Reveal the Clue for helpful context - Earn a coveted Blind Solve by solving without it - Use Hints to reveal letters, but with an added time penalty - Turn on Guess Mode to throw out the timer and conquer the w5rds, no matter the difficulty level - Scale your challenge from Beginner to Master - Productive struggle is built in and you control the difficulty. You can track your w5rds progress with Daily Streaks, Solve Statistics, and Blind Solves tracking to watch your skills grow over time. If two puzzles a day isn’t enough, dive into Challenge Packs to strengthen your strategy and sharpen your logic even further. W5rds is completely free. That means no ads, no subscriptions, and no in-app purchases. Just pure puzzle solving and a great brain workout. Welcome to w5rds.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: w5rds at 100% against Clone Ball's 50%. w5rds also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ads (none vs shown). Clone Ball's advantage is ratings volume (21K vs 3) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.1). On price, update cadence and device support 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. Clone Ball sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. w5rds asks for nothing beyond the download.
w5rds holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Clone Ball has 21K ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Clone Ball's written reviews are positive against 100% of w5rds's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Clone Ball | w5rds |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (21K ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 21K — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 201 MB | 26 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 17+ |
| Developer | SUPERSONIC STUDIOS LTD | Bradford McCormick |
Customer experience
Clone Ball
w5rds
Bugs and requests
Clone Ball
Reported bugs
3 issues- Game freezes at certain levels
- Ads cause crashes
- Coins and shop features not working
Requested features
3 requests- More level variety
- Option to disable haptics
- Ability to watch completed levels
w5rds
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Clone Ball
- No Ads!$2.99
- All In One$4.99
w5rds
No in-app purchases
