Knotwords vs BondWizard
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Knotwords
A daily word puzzle game that challenges you to arrange letters into valid words across and down. Its minimal design and intuitive progression make it an engaging and accessible brain teaser.
- Minimalist and elegant design
- Logic-based word puzzles
- Daily challenges
- Intuitive progression system
- Valid word arrangement
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Knotwords is a minimal and elegant logic puzzle — with words. The rules are simple: arrange the letters in each section so every word is valid, across and down. Each puzzle may seem difficult at first — but like all my favorite newspaper puzzles, it gets easier as you progress. Each step guides you naturally towards the solution. This is the kind of game I've been trying to make my whole career — I'm amazed Jack and I discovered this design. We hope you like it. -- Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
BondWizard
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BondWizard is a daily puzzle suite for people who want their brain working but don't want to be yelled at by an app. Eight original games, one new puzzle each, every single day. WHAT YOU GET DAILY • Tangle — a 4×4 or 5×5 word grid where every row and column already spells a word. Swap the letters until everything reads cleanly. No clues. The marquee weekend game. • Solo — peg solitaire on a different shape each day of the week. Triangle, diamond, heart, octagon, English cross. Earn bronze, silver, gold by clearing the board the right way. • Tumble — five scrambled words a day, growing in length from four letters to eight. Anagram lint guarantees the answer is always unique. • Wedges — six trivia questions across six fixed categories: history, science, geography, sports, language, screen. Build the sandwich one layer at a time. • Sides — twelve items, one yes-or-no question. Tap the ones that fit. Confess what you actually know. • Timelines — six events from a single theme, in the wrong order. Drag them into chronological place. Score in rounds. • Consessant — five things to rank from most popular to least. Reveal shows how Gen Z, Millennials, Gen X, and Boomers actually ranked them. Find out which generation you really belong to. • Contrarian — six binary picks across six everyday categories. Real-time crowd data reveals where you're alone on your hot takes. WHY BONDWIZARD • No streaks, no notifications guilt-tripping you, no rewatching a paywall video to keep playing. Daily means daily. • Built on real generational data: when you finish Consessant or Contrarian, you see your generation's actual responses, not a fake leaderboard. • Local time, local quiet. Today's puzzles drop at midnight in your time zone. No worry about whether you missed a day in some other country. • Free. The whole suite. No ads tucked between rounds, no premium tier locking the marquee game. Just eight puzzles a day.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: BondWizard at none against Knotwords's 2. Knotwords's advantage is iOS requirement (13.6 vs 15.0). On price, update cadence, ads 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. Knotwords sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per year. BondWizard asks for nothing beyond the download.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and September 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Knotwords | BondWizard |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (8.1K ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 73.1% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 8.1K — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days | Every 10 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.6 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 507 MB | 19 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Zach Gage | James McKay |
Bugs and requests
Knotwords
Reported bugs
4 issues- Puzzles with missing/incorrect squares
- Incorrect words being accepted
- Puzzles not properly credited as completed
- Hints not matching the correct answers
Requested features
9 requests- Ability to turn off haptic feedback
- Improved cursor/input behavior
- Cloud sync across devices
- Difficulty settings
- Ability to see definitions of completed words
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- Restart button for puzzles
- Customizable themes
- Daily leaderboards
- Ability to disable hints once used
BondWizard
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Knotwords
- Knotwords Pro subscription7 Days trial$4.991 Year
- Full Game$11.99
BondWizard
No in-app purchases









