Speeling Bee vs Oh My Words
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Speeling Bee
A word game where players form words using a set of seven letters. The objective is to discover all possible words, with a mandatory center letter and scoring based on word length and using all available letters.
- Form words from 7 available letters
- Mandatory center letter
- Letters can be repeated
- Minimum 3-letter words
- Scoring based on word length
- Bonus points for using all letters
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Spelling Bee is a game of letters whose goal is to find all the words that can be formed with 7 letters. - Only the letters available to form the word can be used. - It is not necessary that all the letter appear in the Word. Except the letter of the center that is mandatory. - Letters can be repeated. - Words must have a minimum of 3 letters. Spelling Bee Game Score: - The words of 3 letters give 1 point. - The 4-letter words give 2 points. - From 5 letters, so many points are obtained as letters have the floor. - If all the letters are used, 10 extra points are obtained. - The game ends when all the possible words are found.
Oh My Words
This word puzzle game challenges you to find words using a set of letters. It offers helpful features like hints, progress tracking, and customizable letter views. You can also use prefix/suffix tools to discover more words.
- Hints (on/off, regenerate)
- Progress statistics
- Line or circular letter views
- Sort found words (recent, alphabetical)
- Prefix/suffix word finder
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Very similar to many of the pangram games out there, this version has the following features: - Hints: The hints can be turned on/off, and can be regenerated. - Stats: Your progress over time is recorded. - Different views. You can get a line view of the letters OR a circular view. - Found words: You can sort by most recent, or alphabetically. - Prefix/Suffix feature: To avoid a bit of tedium, you can enter a prefix (or suffix) and it will apply it to any of the found words to see if any more words are found. Thanks for playing!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Oh My Words at 91% against Speeling Bee's 0%. Oh My Words also leads on rating (4.8 vs 3.3) and ads (none vs shown). Speeling Bee's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.6). 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. Oh My Words sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Speeling Bee asks for nothing beyond the download.
Oh My Words holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Oh My Words has 51 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Speeling Bee's written reviews are positive against 91% of Oh My Words's.
Speeling Bee ships an update every 8 months, Oh My Words every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 8, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Speeling Bee | Oh My Words |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.3 (3 ratings) | 4.8 (51 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 90.9% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 51 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 8 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 101 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Joan Carles Cayro Baronat | Zaragoza Enterprises LLC |
Customer experience
Speeling Bee
Oh My Words
In-app purchases
Speeling Bee
No in-app purchases
Oh My Words
- No Ads$2.99
