Ordle vs Towerdle
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Ordle
A word-guessing game where players have six tries to find the correct word. It offers multiple difficulty levels and daily challenges, allowing competition with others on leaderboards.
- Six tries to guess the word
- Multiple difficulty levels (5, 6, 7 letters)
- Daily word challenges
- Global leaderboards
- Word guessing similar to Mastermind
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Guess the correct word in six tries. Ordle is a simple game, but it is not easy. It has many similarities with the classic game “Mastermind”, with the difference that you have to guess words instead of color combinations. Ordle has three levels of difficulty where you can guess words of 5, 6 or 7 letters. From easy to pretty challenging. You can guess all the words you want per day and compete with other players for the top of the rankings.
Towerdle
This word puzzle game offers a unique twist on daily word challenges. Guess words to earn extra lives and build a tower, with options for daily challenges or endless play. Customize your experience with night mode and share your progress.
- Daily word challenge
- Endless play mode
- Tower building mechanic
- Night mode
- Ad removal purchase
- Social sharing
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Love Wordle but looking for a new challenge? See how high you can build the tower in Towerdle. Starting with 6 lives you must guess the current word, each successful guess gives you 2 more lives to help build the tower. All this fun? In a free app? - Play the Daily Challenge but forget to finish each daily puzzle by midnight. Each day ads to your tiny emoji city made from the towers you build, share the results with your friends. - Play Endless mode and Towerdle as much as you like with no pressure to finish by midnight. - Comes with instructions. - Night mode! - Ads, you can pay to remove them and support the game if you like. One-time purchase, no coins, diamonds, gems or other shenanigans. Have feedback? Want to suggest a feature? Ping us on Instagram or Twitter at @itshalfdaygames. halfdaygames.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Towerdle at every 3 days against Ordle's monthly. Towerdle also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.6) and review sentiment (100% vs 88%). Ordle's advantage is ratings volume (65 vs 5). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Ordle sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Towerdle sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Towerdle holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Ordle has 65 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 88% of Ordle's written reviews are positive against 100% of Towerdle's.
Ordle ships an update monthly, Towerdle every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Ordle | Towerdle |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (65 ratings) | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 88.2% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 65 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 33 MB | 26 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | jacob nielsen | Grant Helton |
Customer experience
Ordle
Towerdle
In-app purchases
Ordle
- Remove Ads$5.99
Towerdle
- Remove Ads$0.99
