Spelling Queen Pangrams vs ContraBee
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Spelling Queen Pangrams
This word puzzle game challenges you to find words using a set of seven letters, with a mandatory center letter. Compete with friends, track your progress through ranks, and discover pangrams. Customize your word list for a personalized experience.
- 7-letter word generation
- Play with friends and family
- Rank progression system
- Pangram discovery
- Customizable word list
- Game of the Day
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App version of the popular game, with many added features like the option to play together with friends & family on your Wi-Fi! Each 7-letter game is generated on the fly by algorithm. There are over 4000 unique 7 letter games to play! Work your way up from Novice, to Brilliant, to Mastermind, and on to win! There are only two rules to finding words and winning the game: words must be at least 4 letters long, and words must always use the center letter. Some games have only 10 words to find, to win the spelling game... other ones have over 50 words! Use Help to get a word count that will tell you how big the challenge is, see how many you've found, and get hints. There's now also a Game of the Day which is the same for everyone, everywhere. Each game has at least one pangram - a word that uses all 7 of the game's individual letters. Some games have more than one! The game's word list is a partial English dictionary of the most frequently used words that have 7 or fewer unique letters. In your game, you can customize your own personal word list! Here's how it works: if you enter a word that *is* in the English dictionary but *is not* in the game's list, you can add that new word to your own list. That new word will be included in future games, no matter which of your iCloud devices you are playing on!
ContraBee
This app offers a daily word puzzle using the same letter hive as the New York Times Spelling Bee. It challenges players to find words without using the required center letter, encouraging a different approach to word discovery.
- Daily word puzzles
- Uses NYT Spelling Bee letter hive
- Excludes center letter
- Encourages alternative word finding
- Unique puzzle twist
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ContraBee is a complement to each day’s official New York Times Spelling Bee. It uses the same hive as each day’s Spelling Bee, but with a twist: Instead of requiring the center letter, Contra Bee excludes it. You’ll be surprised at how many words you can find if you turn your mind upside down.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Spelling Queen Pangrams at 4.7 against ContraBee's 4.0. Spelling Queen Pangrams also leads on ratings volume (6K vs 4) and review sentiment (46% vs 24%). ContraBee's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ads (none vs shown). 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. Spelling Queen Pangrams sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. ContraBee asks for nothing beyond the download.
Spelling Queen Pangrams holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Spelling Queen Pangrams has 6K ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 46% of Spelling Queen Pangrams's written reviews are positive against 24% of ContraBee's.
Spelling Queen Pangrams ships an update monthly, ContraBee every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and July 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Spelling Queen Pangrams | ContraBee |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (6K ratings) — better | 4.0 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 45.6% of reviews — better | 23.8% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 6K — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 36 MB | 16 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Frederic Bacro | Lexi Games LLC |
Customer experience
Spelling Queen Pangrams
ContraBee
Bugs and requests
Spelling Queen Pangrams
Reported bugs
3 issues- Game progress not saved properly
- Revealed words not matching entered words
- Crashes and freezes after updates
Requested features
4 requests- Ability to choose game difficulty level
- Option to save and resume games
- Improved accessibility for visually impaired
- Alphabetized word list display
ContraBee
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Spelling Queen Pangrams
- Unlimited Play on Apple Watch$0.99
- No Ads$4.99
ContraBee
No in-app purchases
Questions
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