Comparison

Three Magic Words vs Matcholitaire

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

Head to head
About

Three Magic Words

This word game challenges players to complete three five-letter words using available letter tiles. Success requires logic and language skills to advance through rounds and collect stars. Players can adjust difficulty and challenge friends.

Highlights
  • Complete three five-letter words
  • Use available letter tiles
  • Test logic and language skills
  • Collect stars to win
  • Adjust difficulty with clues
  • Challenge friends
Features
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A word game for people who love word games. Much more than a word jumble, in each round of Three Magic Words you are challenged to complete three five-letter words with the available tiles in a test of logic and language skills. Solve all three words to advance to the next round. Get the right letter on a star before time runs out to collect it — increasing the difficulty of the next round. Collect nine stars to win! Challenge friends via text message, email, or social media. Having trouble? Adjust the difficulty by giving yourself more clues!

About

Matcholitaire

Features
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If you a fan of tile-matching and triple-match games, you might enjoy playing the MATCHOLITAIRE - a match-three characters puzzle game. This game allows you to relax and find your inner peace only takes 10 minutes a day. The objective is to tap the tiles and collect three of the same characters tiles in order to blast them and progress to the next level. Be careful not to fill the box with too many tiles or you will fail the level! FEATURE Stunning graphics and animations: bright and colorful graphics with fun animations and sound effects. Various levels: multiple levels with increasing difficulty. Power-ups and boosters: These are special tools that can help you clear levels more easily. For example, they may allow you to shuffle tiles, remove a single tile, or clear an entire row or column. Different types of tiles: several types of tiles with different designs, colors, and patterns. Leaderboard: the more effort, the higher the rank Daily rewards: log in daily to claim free rewards Limited time: add an extra level of challenge to the gameplay. Power-ups and boosters: players can use these to help them clear levels more easily. HOW TO PLAY - Match tiles by swapping adjacent tiles to create rows or columns of three or more tiles of the same object. - Use power-ups and boosters to help you clear tiles more easily. - Complete the level objective within a set number of moves or a certain amount of time. - Move on to the next level to challenge and earn rewards yourself.

Screenshots

Three Magic Words4 screens
Matcholitaire4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Three Magic Words at none against Matcholitaire's shown. Matcholitaire's advantage is update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 4 months) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17.0). On price, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Three Magic Words sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Matcholitaire sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Three Magic Words ships an update every 4 months, Matcholitaire every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Three Magic Words versus Matcholitaire: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterThree Magic WordsMatcholitaire
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (85 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings85 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 6 weeks — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, MaciPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS17.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB250 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNathan LamontPhong Dinh

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Three Magic Words

One-time1
  • Full 3.7K+ Word Pack$3.99
10 purchases

Matcholitaire

One-time10
  • Default Bundle 1$0.99
  • Default Bundle 2$1.99
  • Default Bundle 3$2.99
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  • Default Bundle 4$3.99
  • Default Bundle 5$6.99
  • Default Bundle 6$7.99
  • Default Bundle 7$8.99
  • Coin pack 3$9.99
  • Coin pack 4$19.99
  • Coin pack 6$99.99

Questions

Is Three Magic Words free?
Three Magic Words is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Matcholitaire free?
Matcholitaire is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Three Magic Words or Matcholitaire have ads?
Matcholitaire shows ads; Three Magic Words does not.
Which is updated more often, Three Magic Words or Matcholitaire?
Three Magic Words ships an update every 4 months, and Matcholitaire every 6 weeks. Most recently, Three Magic Words was updated on November 3, 2026 and Matcholitaire on October 7, 2026.

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