Spelling Queen Pangrams vs Hunchboard
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!
Hunchboard
This app helps you solve word puzzles by visualizing overlapping guesses. It allows you to explore multiple potential groupings for tiles and collaborate with friends. Built-in lookup tools provide quick definitions and summaries without leaving the app.
- Visualize overlapping tile guesses
- Switch between Row and Group views
- Integrated Wiktionary, Wikipedia, and web search
- Collaborate with friends via invite codes
- Import puzzles from screenshots with OCR
- Auto-arrange hypotheses
- Color-code rows to commit guesses
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Hunchboard is a thinking tool for Connections–style word puzzles. It makes the invisible visible: when a tile feels like it could belong to two different groups, Hunchboard lets you see and explore those overlapping guesses instead of committing to just one. THE PROBLEM In a 4x4 puzzle grid, each tile sits in one spot. But your brain doesn't work that way — you know "BALL" could be a dance OR a round object. The standard grid can't show that. You're stuck holding it all in your head. HOW HUNCHBOARD HELPS - Drag tiles together to start guessing a group - A tile can belong to multiple groups at once - Switch between Row View (a 4-row layout that mirrors a solved Connections grid) and Group View (a free-form canvas with overlapping colored shapes) - Group View makes your overlapping guesses visible and sortable LOOK IT UP WITHOUT LEAVING THE APP - Drag a tile onto Wiktionary for a quick definition - Drag onto Wikipedia for a one-paragraph article summary (great for proper nouns) - Drag onto Web search if you need a general result - Lookups are lazy — only the word you drag, only when you drag it COLLABORATE WITH FRIENDS - Create a group session with a 6-character invite code — no accounts - Each person works at their own pace and shares when ready - See how your guesses compare and converge - Sessions auto-delete after 14 days WORKS WITH ANY PUZZLE - Import a screenshot of any Connections-style grid and let on-device OCR read the tiles - Or type tiles in manually - All OCR happens on your device — your screenshot is never uploaded BUILT FOR THINKING - Auto-arrange your guesses into rows with one tap (Untangle) - Color a row to commit to a guess - A daily "Today's daily puzzle" shortcut from the home screen - A friendly first-time experience that unlocks the full app as you practice the basics - Optimized for iPhone and iPad FREE TO TRY - 20 starting puzzle credits to fully explore the app - After that, Puzzle Packs at $0.99 USD per pack — no subscription, no ads - Each pack grants additional credits (the exact count is shown before you confirm) Hunchboard doesn't connect to any puzzle service or API. Your puzzle data stays on your device. Group sessions are temporary and auto-delete after 14 days.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Hunchboard at 100% against Spelling Queen Pangrams's 46%. Hunchboard also leads on ads (none vs shown) and rating (5.0 vs 4.7). Spelling Queen Pangrams's advantage is ratings volume (6.1K vs 3). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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 and Hunchboard sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Hunchboard 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: 46% of Spelling Queen Pangrams's written reviews are positive against 100% of Hunchboard's.
Spelling Queen Pangrams ships an update monthly, Hunchboard every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Spelling Queen Pangrams | Hunchboard |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (6.1K ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 45.6% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 6.1K — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 36 MB | 35 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Frederic Bacro | Machine Learning for Business, LLC |
Customer experience
Spelling Queen Pangrams
Hunchboard
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
Hunchboard
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
Hunchboard
- Puzzle Pack$0.99
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