Sixle vs Before & After
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Sixle
A daily word puzzle game where players have six attempts to guess a six-letter word. Track your progress with statistics and share your achievements with friends. New challenges are released every day.
- 6 attempts to guess a 6-letter word
- New puzzles daily
- View stats over time
- Share results with friends
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Sixle is a game where you have 6 attempts to figure out a 6 letter word. - New puzzles daily - view your stats over time - share results with friends - and more!
Before & After
Connect two phrases with a single bridge word. Solve puzzles in various modes, from endless levels to relaxing challenges. Build combos for higher scores and use hints when you get stuck.
- Bridge word puzzles
- Endless levels mode
- Arcade high-score chase
- Relaxing play mode
- Daily puzzles
- Combo multiplier
- Hints and skips
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GOLDEN ___ CRASH. The word GATE completes both "Golden Gate" and "Gate Crash" — that's a Before & After. Every puzzle hides one bridge word that links two phrases. Read the BEFORE clue and the AFTER clue, then find the single word that finishes both. FOUR WAYS TO PLAY - Levels: climb an endless ladder that gets tougher as you go — your progress is saved. - Run: an arcade high-score chase. Build a combo multiplier; one slip ends the run. - Serene: no pressure, no fail — just relax and solve at an easy pace. - Daily: a fresh hand-picked puzzle every day to keep your streak alive. BUILD A COMBO Solve puzzles back to back to raise your multiplier and score bigger. Stuck? Reveal a letter with a hint or skip a tough one — earn coins as you play to spend on both. Simple to learn, tough to put down.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Before & After at 100% against Sixle's 57%. Before & After also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and update cadence (weekly vs every 4 months). Sixle's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (88 vs 3). On price 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. Sixle sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Before & After asks for nothing beyond the download.
Before & After holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Sixle has 88 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 57% of Sixle's written reviews are positive against 100% of Before & After's.
Sixle ships an update every 4 months, Before & After weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Sixle | Before & After |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (88 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 57.1% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 88 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Weekly — better |
| 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 |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 16 MB | 52 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Daniel Yaakob | Josh Dean |
Customer experience
Sixle
Before & After
In-app purchases
Sixle
- Unlimited Words$0.99
Before & After
No in-app purchases
