Comparison

Letter Quest vs Dead Letters

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

Head to head
About

Letter Quest

This timed puzzle game merges letter tiles to spell words, offering both educational fun for children and mental agility challenges for adults. Compete with friends and global players on leaderboards.

Highlights
  • Merge letter tiles
  • Spell words
  • Timed challenges
  • Zen Mode for learning
  • Global leaderboards
  • GameCenter integration
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Letter Quest is a timed puzzle game fun for all ages -- challenging for adults and also educational for young learners when played in Zen Mode. Young children can learn the alphabet by merging letter tiles, which are then used to spell words, and adults can sharpen their mental agility by racing against the clock to spell as many words as possible before the board fills up with tiles. Compare scores against your GameCenter friends and against the rest of the world via Apple's Leaderboards!

About

Dead Letters

Engage your mind with a unique word puzzle game set in a vibrant synth-wave world. Uncover hidden 4-letter words from 8-letter puzzles, utilizing power-ups and daily challenges. Immerse yourself in retro visuals and an electrifying soundtrack.

Highlights
  • Synth-wave electronic theme
  • Mind-teasing word puzzles
  • Power-ups for assistance
  • Daily challenges
  • Synth-wave soundtrack
Features
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Prepare to immerse yourself in a vibrant universe of glowing neon lights and addictive word challenges. Have you ever seen an electric sign with a few dead letters, and the remaining lit letters form a new word? Now you can play off that theme by embarking on a journey of lexical discovery, where the goal is to uncover 4-letter words from an 8-letter puzzle. Engage your mind and sharpen your vocabulary as you dive into an electrifying puzzle-solving adventure. Key Features: • Electronic Synth-Wave Theme: Let the pulsating beats and dazzling neon visuals transport you to a retro-futuristic realm, filled with nostalgia and excitement. • Mind-Teasing Puzzles: Exercise your brain with unique and captivating word puzzles. Uncover the hidden 4-letter words by lighting and extinguishing the letters in the puzzles. • Power-Ups: Activate a special power-up to enhance your word-solving abilities. Disable wrong letters when you need that extra spark of inspiration. • Daily Challenges: Test your skills and compete against the world with daily puzzles. Come back every day for a new challenge to stay sharp! • Synth-Wave Soundtrack: Immerse yourself in an electrifying audio experience with a captivating synth-wave soundtrack that complements the neon visuals. Get lost in the rhythm as you conquer each word puzzle. Dead Letters is the perfect fusion of addictive gameplay, retro aesthetics, and brain-teasing challenges. Get ready to dive into a mesmerizing world where words come alive amidst a neon-lit atmosphere. Download now and let the neon waves guide your way to word-solving glory!

Screenshots

Letter Quest4 screens
Dead Letters4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Letter Quest at none against Dead Letters's 1. Dead Letters's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs every 2 weeks). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. Dead Letters sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Letter Quest asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Dead Letters holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 12 and 6 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Letter Quest ships an update every 2 weeks, Dead Letters every 4 days. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Letter Quest versus Dead Letters: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLetter QuestDead Letters
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (12 ratings)5.0 (6 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings12 — better6
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS11.0 — better12.0
Further details — not scored
Size92 MB119 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFloyd RossLobo Concepts LLC

Customer experience

Letter Quest

All ratings11 ratings
Positive90.9%
Neutral9.1%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Dead Letters

All ratings6 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Letter Quest

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Dead Letters

One-time1
  • Unlock All Puzzles$1.99

Questions

Is Letter Quest free?
Letter Quest is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Dead Letters free?
Dead Letters is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Letter Quest or Dead Letters?
Dead Letters is rated higher. Letter Quest averages 4.8 out of 5 from 12 ratings, while Dead Letters averages 5.0 from 6 ratings.
Do Letter Quest or Dead Letters have ads?
Neither Letter Quest nor Dead Letters shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Letter Quest or Dead Letters?
Letter Quest ships an update every 2 weeks, and Dead Letters every 4 days. Most recently, Letter Quest was updated on October 24, 2026 and Dead Letters on October 24, 2026.

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