Comparison

Spellt vs Grid Glide

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

Head to head
About

Spellt

A daily word puzzle game where you find as many words as possible from a given set of letters. It offers new daily puzzles and themed packs, with leaderboards to compare your scores with others.

Highlights
  • Daily word puzzles
  • Themed puzzle packs
  • Game Center leaderboards
  • Find words from letter sets
  • New puzzle daily
Features
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Spellt is a daily word game. Find as many words as possible from a set of letters. A new puzzle comes out every day! Also play the challenging, themed puzzle packs! Join the Game Center leaderboard to see how you compare to other players!

About

Grid Glide

Trace words on a 5x5 grid within a time limit to earn points and multipliers. Compete with others in daily challenges or play at your own pace in Zen Mode. Progress through ranks and enjoy a unique synthwave aesthetic.

Highlights
  • Word tracing on a 5x5 grid
  • Combo multipliers for fast chaining
  • Daily Challenge mode
  • Timed and Zen play modes
  • Rank progression system
  • Challenge friends via link
  • Offline play support
Features
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Trace words across a 5×5 grid in 60 seconds. Chain them fast for combo multipliers up to 3×. Find hidden gold words for triple score. Climb from Beginner to Legendary. Grid Glide is built for the satisfying feel of word-tracing — but with momentum. The faster you chain, the higher you score. The bigger the words, the louder the celebration. THREE WAYS TO PLAY • Daily Challenge — same grid as every other player worldwide. Compete on score, share your result with one tap, challenge a friend by name. • Timed Mode — 60 seconds, infinite re-rolls, your high score is your rank. • Zen Mode — no timer, no pressure. Just the grid and your flow. MASTER THE MECHANIC • Combo Multiplier — chain words within seconds to scale 2× → 3× scoring. • Gold Words — hidden 3× point words seeded into every grid. Hunt them down. • Bonus Mode — finish with time on the clock and unlock a speed round. • Streak Shields — auto-rescue one missed day so a busy week never breaks your run. PROGRESS YOU CAN SEE Earn your tier as your high score climbs: Beginner → Sharp → Elite → Master → Legendary. Your rank is visible everywhere — home screen, share card, even the swipe trail glows differently as you climb. Master players get a cyan chromatic-aberration ghost on every trace. Legendary players see prism shimmer. Earned, not unlocked. CHALLENGE A FRIEND Daily game-over has a "Beat me?" button. One tap sends your score and puzzle number straight to iMessage. They play the same grid. You see who wins. No accounts, no friends list — just the link. DESIGNED FOR PLAYERS WHO READ THIS FAR • 235,000-word dictionary — find the obscure word, it'll count • Calibrated haptics — five tiers, every word commit feels different • Synthwave aesthetic — retro-futuristic cyber-neon, dark plum + coral • No banner ads. No interstitials. No paywalls. No in-app purchases. • Free to play forever. Made by one person, not a studio. OFFLINE-FIRST Plays on the subway, on a flight, in a basement. No login, no internet required, no friend list to import. Just install and trace. Sound calibrated by ear. Haptics calibrated by wrist. Word list calibrated against every major puzzle competitor. The 60 seconds you spend on Grid Glide should feel like the 60 best of your day. Try a daily. If it isn't, uninstall — but I bet you don't.

Screenshots

Spellt4 screens
Grid Glide4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: Spellt at 19 against Grid Glide's 1. Grid Glide's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.8) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, update cadence, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Grid Glide holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Spellt has 19 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Spellt ships an update monthly, Grid Glide every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Spellt versus Grid Glide: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSpelltGrid Glide
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (19 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews60.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings19 — better1
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS15.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size12 MB42 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperGabriel Perez-PutnamRakesh Varma Nadakudhiti

Customer experience

Spellt

All ratings19 ratings
Positive94.7%
Neutral5.3%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive60.0%
Neutral40.0%
Negative0.0%

Grid Glide

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Spellt

No in-app purchases

None

Grid Glide

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Spellt free?
Spellt is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Grid Glide free?
Grid Glide is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Spellt or Grid Glide?
Grid Glide is rated higher. Spellt averages 4.8 out of 5 from 19 ratings, while Grid Glide averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Spellt or Grid Glide have ads?
Neither Spellt nor Grid Glide shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Spellt or Grid Glide?
Spellt ships an update monthly, and Grid Glide every 3 weeks. Most recently, Spellt was updated on October 21, 2026 and Grid Glide on October 18, 2026.

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