Comparison

Three Magic Words vs Collect Letters!

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

Collect Letters!

Features
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· TAP the letters to complete the words · DEAL cards for new letters · RELAX and ENJOY this casual puzzle game

Screenshots

Three Magic Words4 screens
Collect Letters!4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Three Magic Words at none against Collect Letters!'s shown. Three Magic Words also leads on update cadence (every 3 months vs every 17 months). Collect Letters!'s advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 14.4). 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 Collect Letters! 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 3 months, Collect Letters! every 17 months. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Three Magic Words versus Collect Letters!: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterThree Magic WordsCollect Letters!
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (83 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings83 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 months — betterEvery 17 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS14.412.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB157 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperNathan LamontRootcraft

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Three Magic Words

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

Collect Letters!

One-time10
  • 3,000 Gems$1.99
  • 1,500 Cards$1.99
  • 1,000,000 Coins$1.99
Show 7 more
  • 5,000 Gems$2.99
  • 8,000 Cards$3.99
  • 8,000 Gems$3.99
  • 16,000 Gems$4.99
  • 60,000 Cards$5.99
  • 50,000 Gems$5.99
  • 120,000 Gems$6.99

Questions

Is Three Magic Words free?
Three Magic Words is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Collect Letters! free?
Collect Letters! is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Three Magic Words or Collect Letters! have ads?
Collect Letters! shows ads; Three Magic Words does not.
Which is updated more often, Three Magic Words or Collect Letters!?
Three Magic Words ships an update every 3 months, and Collect Letters! every 17 months. Most recently, Three Magic Words was updated on October 14, 2026 and Collect Letters! on October 7, 2026.

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