GUBBINS vs Squared
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
GUBBINS
A friendly word puzzle game where you build words using tiles and special modifiers called Gubbins. Navigate a charming world with quirky characters that can help or hinder your progress.
- Tile-based word construction
- Wildcard Gubbins modifiers
- Charming cartoon characters
- Minimalist typography
- Moreish wordplay
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Gubbins is a friendly puzzle game where players place tiles to construct words, with the help and hindrance of wildcard modifiers called Gubbins. Minimalist typography alongside kooky cartoons serve as a canvas for moreish wordplay. Dig through the draw pile and make words on the board with hilarious friends wreaking havoc.
Squared
Easily create your own crosswords with a vast word library. Get real-time suggestions as you type and share your creations with friends. Perfect for quick puzzles or daily challenges.
- Create custom crosswords
- Real-time word suggestions
- Share puzzles with friends
- Extensive word library
- Quick puzzle creation
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Make your own crosswords. See suggestions as you type. Share with friends. Squared makes creating crosswords fun, easy and accessible. Make a mini in minutes. Make a daily in a day. With 140,000+ words at your fingertips, the only limit is your imagination.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: GUBBINS at 73% against Squared's 0%. GUBBINS also leads on rating (4.7 vs 4.0) and ratings volume (1.7K vs 8). Squared's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 5 days vs every 4 weeks). On price, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. GUBBINS sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and Squared sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
GUBBINS holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: GUBBINS has 1.7K ratings behind it against 8, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 73% of GUBBINS's written reviews are positive against 0% of Squared's.
GUBBINS ships an update every 4 weeks, Squared every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | GUBBINS | Squared |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (1.7K ratings) — better | 4.0 (8 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 72.9% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1.7K — better | 8 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 17.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 614 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Studio Folly Pty Ltd | Keiran King |
Customer experience
GUBBINS
Squared
Bugs and requests
GUBBINS
Reported bugs
4 issues- Tiles becoming unplayable after certain Gubbins
- Daily puzzle not updating correctly
- Inconsistent behavior of rotation and placement
- Crashes and performance issues on older devices
Requested features
5 requests- Word validity checker
- Multiplayer mode
- Customizable Gubbins selection
- Leaderboards and stats tracking
- Ability to revisit completed puzzles
Squared
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
GUBBINS
- Planet GubbinFree
- Giant Postcard Pack$1.99
- Punctuation Pack$2.99
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- The Travel Gubbins Pack$4.99
- The Space Gubbins Pack$4.99
- Infinite Play$5.99
- The Space Punc Bundle$5.99
- Space Travel Bundle$7.49
- Launch Pack$9.99
- The Chonkiest Bundle$13.99
Squared
- Monthly Plan$2.991 Month
- Annual Plan$29.991 Year
