Three Magic Words vs STOICH
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Complete three five-letter words
- Use available letter tiles
- Test logic and language skills
- Collect stars to win
- Adjust difficulty with clues
- Challenge friends
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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!
STOICH
Connect a starting word to a goal word through a series of logical associations. This daily puzzle game challenges your lateral thinking and creativity with a limited number of tries per puzzle. Track your progress and enjoy satisfying animations upon solving.
- Daily new puzzles
- Logical word connections
- Limited tries per puzzle
- Progress tracking
- Satisfying success animations
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How It Works: You’re given a starting word and a goal word Choose words that logically connect them, step by step Think laterally, connect creatively, and see the full picture Why You’ll Love It: Fresh Daily Puzzles: A new brain teaser drops every day Smart Word Play: Designed to challenge your logic and creativity 5 Tries Per Puzzle: Fail fast, learn faster, and find the winning path Track Progress: Keep an eye on your streak, stats, and wins Celebrate Success: Enjoy fun, satisfying animations when you crack it Whether you’re a fan of word games or just love a good brain challenge, STOICH is your new daily ritual. Take a break. Train your brain. Download STOICH and start solving.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: STOICH at none against Three Magic Words's 1. STOICH also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 3 months). Three Magic Words's advantage is ratings volume (85 vs 10) and device support (4 vs 2). On price, rating, review sentiment and ads 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. Three Magic Words sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. STOICH asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Three Magic Words against 5.0 for STOICH. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Three Magic Words has 85 ratings behind it against 10, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Three Magic Words ships an update every 3 months, STOICH every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Three Magic Words | STOICH |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (85 ratings) | 5.0 (10 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 85 — better | 10 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 14.4 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Nathan Lamont | Jordan Safran |
Customer experience
Three Magic Words
STOICH
In-app purchases
Three Magic Words
- Full 3.7K+ Word Pack$3.99
STOICH
No in-app purchases
