Comparison

Wordrows vs Kaamos

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Wordrows

Engage in exciting word games with friends, challenging them to guess words you pick or from a curated list. Explore five distinct game modes, each offering unique rules and engaging challenges for varied gameplay.

Highlights
  • Play word games with friends
  • Challenge friends with custom words
  • App-selected word bank (800+ words)
  • 5 different game modes
  • Unique rules and challenges per mode
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Word games can now be played between friends! Challenge your buddies with a word of your choosing, or let the app pick a word from a bank of over 800 unique words! Pick between 5 different game modes with unique rules and challenges!

About

Kaamos

Engage in turn-based tactical combat by matching tiles on a grid. Explore a dark medieval world, collect equipment, and build your character and deck to overcome foes in this unique roguelike experience.

Highlights
  • Turn-based tile matching combat
  • Character and deck building
  • Looting equipment from foes
  • Dark medieval world exploration
  • Roguelike progression
Features
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Kaamos is a bite-sized turn-based puzzle roguelike where battles are fought by matching tiles on a grid with looping rows and columns. Build your character and deck of tiles by looting equipment from your foes. Traverse a dark medieval world where the Sun went down and never rose again.

Screenshots

Wordrows3 screens
Kaamos4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Wordrows at Free against Kaamos's $3.99. Kaamos's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ads (none vs shown). On rating, review sentiment, ratings volume and update cadence 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Wordrows is free to download; Kaamos costs $3.99 up front. Wordrows sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Kaamos asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.0 for Wordrows against 4.1 for Kaamos. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7 and 15 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 67% of Wordrows's written reviews are positive against 71% of Kaamos's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 28, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Wordrows versus Kaamos: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWordrowsKaamos
PriceFree — better$3.99
Rating4.0 (7 ratings)4.1 (15 ratings) — better
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews71.4% of reviews — better
Number of ratings715 — better
Update frequencyWeeklyWeekly
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS14.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB134 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperNicholas GiarraputoFreedom Games, LLC

Customer experience

Wordrows

All ratings7 ratings
Positive71.4%
Neutral0.0%
Negative28.6%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%

Kaamos

All ratings15 ratings
Positive80.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative20.0%
Written reviews14 reviews
Positive71.4%
Neutral7.1%
Negative21.4%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Wordrows

One-time2
  • Remove Ads$0.99
  • Wordrows Pro$1.99
None

Kaamos

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Wordrows free?
Wordrows is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Kaamos free?
Kaamos costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Wordrows or Kaamos?
Kaamos is rated higher. Wordrows averages 4.0 out of 5 from 7 ratings, while Kaamos averages 4.1 from 15 ratings.
Do Wordrows or Kaamos have ads?
Wordrows shows ads; Kaamos does not.
Which is updated more often, Wordrows or Kaamos?
Wordrows ships an update weekly, and Kaamos weekly. Most recently, Wordrows was updated on September 28, 2026 and Kaamos on October 15, 2026.

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