SameGame vs WordGull
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SameGame
Clear large areas of same-colored gems to achieve the highest score. Progress through increasingly challenging levels in this classic puzzle game. Customize your experience with ambient music or play with shapes instead of colors.
- Clear same-colored gems
- Achieve high scores
- Progress through levels
- Ambient background music
- Play with shapes
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The goal of SameGame is to get the highest score by removing as large areas of the same-colored gems as possible — bigger areas mean higher scores. It couldn't be simpler — the further you progress, the harder it is to reach the next level. Toggle the included ambient background music, play with shapes instead of colors.
WordGull
An endless word guessing game where players have six attempts to identify a five-letter word. Each guess provides additional clues to help solve the puzzle. This game offers a one-time purchase for permanent access with no advertisements or in-app purchases.
- Endless word guessing gameplay
- Six attempts per word
- Clues provided with each guess
- One-time purchase
- No ads
- No in-app purchases
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WordGull is an endless word game where you must guess a 5 letter word with 6 attempts. Each attempt yields more clues. No Ads, No In-App Purchases, gets the Seal of Approve-GULL! Buy Once & Keep Forever.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: WordGull at 100% against SameGame's 55%. WordGull also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.3) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 8 months). SameGame's advantage is price (Free vs $1.99) and ratings volume (48 vs 1). On ads, in-app purchases 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
SameGame is free to download; WordGull costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
WordGull holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: SameGame has 48 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 55% of SameGame's written reviews are positive against 100% of WordGull's.
SameGame ships an update every 8 months, WordGull every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SameGame | WordGull |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $1.99 |
| Rating | 4.3 (48 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 54.5% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 48 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 8 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Vision Pro — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 212 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Steven Troughton-Smith | Samuel Cole |
Customer experience
SameGame
WordGull
In-app purchases
SameGame
No in-app purchases
WordGull
No in-app purchases
