Comparison

Spelling Queen Pangrams vs w5rds

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 7-letter word generation
  • Play with friends and family
  • Rank progression system
  • Pangram discovery
  • Customizable word list
  • Game of the Day
Features
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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!

About

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.

Highlights
  • Daily single-word puzzles
  • Daily multi-word phrase puzzles
  • Daily leaderboards
  • Progress tracking (streaks, stats)
  • Adjustable difficulty levels
  • Hints and clue system
  • Challenge Packs
Features
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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.

Screenshots

Spelling Queen Pangrams4 screens
w5rds4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: w5rds at 100% against Spelling Queen Pangrams's 45%. w5rds also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ads (none vs shown). Spelling Queen Pangrams's advantage is ratings volume (6.1K vs 3). On price, device support and iOS requirement 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Spelling Queen Pangrams sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. w5rds asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

w5rds holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Spelling Queen Pangrams has 6.1K ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 45% of Spelling Queen Pangrams's written reviews are positive against 100% of w5rds's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Spelling Queen Pangrams ships an update monthly, w5rds every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Spelling Queen Pangrams versus w5rds: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSpelling Queen Pangramsw5rds
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (6.1K ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews45.4% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings6.1K — better3
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS16.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size36 MB26 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperFrederic BacroBradford McCormick

Customer experience

Spelling Queen Pangrams

All ratings6,012 ratings
Positive92.7%
Neutral4.4%
Negative2.9%
Written reviews229 reviews
Positive45.4%
Neutral23.6%
Negative31.0%

w5rds

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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

w5rds

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Spelling Queen Pangrams

One-time2
  • Unlimited Play on Apple Watch$0.99
  • No Ads$4.99
None

w5rds

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Spelling Queen Pangrams free?
Spelling Queen Pangrams is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is w5rds free?
w5rds is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Spelling Queen Pangrams or w5rds?
w5rds is rated higher. Spelling Queen Pangrams averages 4.7 out of 5 from 6.1K ratings, while w5rds averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do Spelling Queen Pangrams or w5rds have ads?
Spelling Queen Pangrams shows ads; w5rds does not.
Which is updated more often, Spelling Queen Pangrams or w5rds?
Spelling Queen Pangrams ships an update monthly, and w5rds every 2 weeks. Most recently, Spelling Queen Pangrams was updated on October 30, 2026 and w5rds on October 28, 2026.

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