Letterary vs Betweenle
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Letterary
A modern word search game where you find a hidden nine-letter word by sliding letters. Solve daily puzzles or unlock more with in-app purchases. View definitions and share your progress.
- Slide letters to find hidden words
- Daily new puzzles
- Word definitions and clues
- Share puzzle results
- Unlock more puzzles with purchase
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Letterary is a contemporary word search. Find the hidden nine-letter word by sliding from letter to letter. The finished word will always form a 3x3 square. For a tip, check the clue or opt to reveal letters. On the results screen, tap a word to revisit its clue or see the definition, or share a digest of your solves. Every day at 9 AM, three new puzzles are available for play. Or purchase Days, and play on. Designed for iPhone and iPad.
Betweenle
A word guessing game where players deduce a hidden word by entering guesses and receiving feedback on its alphabetical position. Utilize clues like dots to narrow down the possibilities within a limited number of attempts.
- Guess the secret word
- 14 guess limit
- Alphabetical dictionary
- Before/after word placement feedback
- Orange dot proximity indicator
- Daily and unlimited modes
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Can you guess the secret word hidden between other words? You have 14 guesses to do it. Dictionary is sorted in Alphabetical Order. Entering word tells you if secret word is placed in dictionary before or after entered word. Orange dot tells you if secret word is closer to top or bottom word. Play daily mode and share score with your friends or enjoy unlimited mode.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Betweenle at none against Letterary's 1. Betweenle also leads on ratings volume (1.6K vs 33) and update cadence (every 3 days vs every 8 days). Letterary's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, rating, review sentiment 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. Letterary sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Betweenle asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Letterary against 4.7 for Betweenle. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Betweenle has 1.6K ratings behind it against 33, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 50% of Letterary's written reviews are positive against 56% of Betweenle's.
Letterary ships an update every 8 days, Betweenle every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on July 29, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Letterary | Betweenle |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (33 ratings) — better | 4.7 (1.6K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 55.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 33 | 1.6K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 8 days | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 10 MB | 59 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | microdj | Michal Gorny |
Customer experience
Letterary
Betweenle
Bugs and requests
Letterary
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Betweenle
Reported bugs
2 issues- Keyboard input can be slow to react
- No landscape mode option, only portrait
Requested features
3 requests- Add a quit/give up option for stuck levels
- Implement a way to quickly share scores without revealing hints
- Offer a one-time purchase to remove ads
In-app purchases
Letterary
- Nine Days$0.99
Betweenle
No in-app purchases
