Knotwords vs Oddot
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/
Oddot
Connect dots to fill a board in this puzzle game. Experience varied gameplay with changing moods, hidden elements, and dynamic board rearrangements. It offers a mentally stimulating challenge with infinite levels and daily streaks.
- Dot-to-dot board filling
- Varied gameplay modes
- Dynamic board rearrangements
- Infinite unique levels
- Daily streaks
- Mental workout challenge
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Connect the dots and fill the board. Dot by dot, pair by pair until nothing empty remains. It looks like a calm few minutes. That’s true for a couple of rounds — but if you go further, the game gets harder and more interesting. The rules stay the same – the mood changes. One game lets you think, the next hurries you, hides what you need, or suddenly rearranges the board after each move. By the way, unique boards are created as you play — bet you can't finish them all. Spoiler: you lose — they're infinite. Points add up, a daily streak bring you back, and levels with stats make the progress hard to ignore. Easy to start, hard to put down, and just bold enough to call a few minutes of gameplay a workout for the mind.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Oddot at none against Knotwords's 2. Oddot also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 73%) and rating (5.0 vs 4.8). Knotwords's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (8.1K vs 1). On price 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. Oddot asks for nothing beyond the download.
Oddot holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Knotwords has 8.1K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 73% of Knotwords's written reviews are positive against 100% of Oddot's.
| Parameter | Knotwords | Oddot |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (8.1K ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 73.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 8.1K — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days | — |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.6 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 507 MB | 13 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Zach Gage | Valentina Selezneva |
Customer experience
Knotwords
Oddot
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
Oddot
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
Oddot
No in-app purchases









