Down Words! vs Word Loot
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Down Words!
A 3D tile-based word game where players spell words to score points on a daily board. Compete globally for the highest score on the same puzzle each day.
- 3D tile-based gameplay
- Daily new board
- Global high score competition
- Limited moves per game
- Word spelling challenges
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In this 3D tile-based word spelling game, you see how many words you can spell in a limited number of moves. Each day brings a new board. Everyone across the world gets the same board and competes for the high score.
Word Loot
This word puzzle game challenges you to transform one five-letter word into another by changing one letter at a time, ensuring each step forms a valid English word. Compete with friends by sharing daily challenges or enjoy a solo experience with customizable game modes and difficulty.
- Word transformation puzzles
- Daily competitive challenges
- Customizable solo play
- Random word generation
- Adjustable difficulty
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To open the safe, all you have to do is change one 5 letter word to another - one letter at a time. Each letter change has to result in a valid English word. The Daily Share button allows you to compete with friends by everyone playing the same pair of words and sharing their results. If you’d rather a solo game, fine tune how you want to play with 3 settings - play mode, how many word pairs it takes to open the safe and the difficulty level for each pair. We've provided a few dozen word pairs to get you started. After that the game will choose random, commonly used words to give you! So why don't you give it a spin and we promise you’ll be spending the next several hours spinning letters!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Word Loot at 5.0 against Down Words!'s 4.0. Down Words!'s advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and update cadence (every 2 days vs every 5 months). On price, ratings volume, 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. Word Loot sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Down Words! asks for nothing beyond the download.
Word Loot holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 2 respectively.
Down Words! ships an update every 2 days, Word Loot every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Down Words! | Word Loot |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 days — better | Every 5 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 15 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 116 MB | 310 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Stephen Desilets | Lone Human, LLC |
Customer experience
Down Words!
Word Loot
In-app purchases
Down Words!
No in-app purchases
Word Loot
- Allow Swaps$0.99
- Show Solutions$0.99
- Unlimited Suggestions$0.99
