Speeling Bee vs Hivethrum
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.
Hivethrum
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Hivethrum is the daily honeycomb word game for everyone who loves letters. Every day a new honeycomb with 7 letters is waiting for you. Build as many words as possible – each word must contain the orange center letter and be at least 4 letters long. Letters may be used as often as you like. Every puzzle contains at least one pangram: a word that uses all 7 letters. Can you find it? TWO LANGUAGES, TWO SETS OF PUZZLES • 500 English honeycombs • 500 German honeycombs – the app follows your iPhone's language • Progress is stored separately for each language FEATURES • A new puzzle every day • Archive: replay all previous puzzles anytime • 9 ranks from Beginner to Hive Master • Timer with pause function • Your progress is saved automatically • Fully playable offline NO CATCH • Free, no ads, no in-app purchases • No registration, no data collection Published by Dyslexia Research Center USA. Word games are a wonderful workout for language skills and attention.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Hivethrum at none against Speeling Bee's shown. Hivethrum also leads on update cadence (every 9 days vs every 8 months). Speeling Bee's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price and in-app purchases 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.
Speeling Bee ships an update every 8 months, Hivethrum every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 5, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Speeling Bee | Hivethrum |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.3 (3 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 8 months | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 101 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Joan Carles Cayro Baronat | Dachverband Legasthenie Deutschland e.V. |
In-app purchases
Speeling Bee
No in-app purchases
Hivethrum
No in-app purchases
