Speeling Bee vs Verbose...
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.
Verbose...
A word guessing game for word enthusiasts. It features a unique disappearing keyboard that removes incorrect letter guesses. Track your statistics and enjoy an endless supply of words in this ad-free experience.
- Unlimited word puzzles
- Disappearing keyboard
- Track game statistics
- Ad-free gameplay
- Multiple word lengths
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For lexophiles everywhere: introducing…Verbose! The game of never-ending words. Guess the letters for four, five, and six-letter words, with a magic, disappearing keyboard to eliminate incorrect guesses as you play. Keep track of your stats and enjoy unlimited words, ad-free: you could call our newest app loquacious, to say the least. Or, the most! Verbose. The word game with never-ending words.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Verbose... at 5.0 against Speeling Bee's 3.3. Verbose... also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 8 months). Speeling Bee's advantage is device support (3 vs 1). On price, ratings volume, in-app purchases and iOS requirement 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Verbose... holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 2 respectively.
Speeling Bee ships an update every 8 months, Verbose... every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 5, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Speeling Bee | Verbose... |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.3 (3 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 8 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 101 MB | 16 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Joan Carles Cayro Baronat | Nathan Smith |
Customer experience
Speeling Bee
Verbose...
In-app purchases
Speeling Bee
No in-app purchases
Verbose...
No in-app purchases
