iSameGame vs penWord
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
iSameGame
This 3D puzzle game challenges you to clear colored spheres by tapping groups of two or more. Every board is solvable, offering a unique code to share and compare scores with friends. Enjoy multiple board sizes, daily challenges, and customizable visuals.
- 3D sphere clearing gameplay
- Shareable board codes
- Daily challenges and leaderboards
- Four board sizes
- Unlimited undo/redo
- Customizable sphere appearance
- Tilt and zoom controls
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iSameGame is SameGame in 3D. Tap a group of two or more touching spheres of one color to select it, tap again to clear it. The spheres above fall, empty columns close up, and a group of n scores n(n−1)×10, so ten at once is worth 900 and twenty is worth 3,800. Every board the app deals can be cleared, and clearing it earns a 2,000 bonus. EVERY BOARD IS A CODE C-7K3P9Q deals the same board on every iPhone and iPad, and at samegame.app, so send it to a friend and compare scores on exactly the same puzzle. Each day has four daily boards, one per size, with a Game Center leaderboard for each, all-time leaderboards per size, ten achievements, and on iOS 26 challenges on today's board. FOUR SIZES Easy (8×10, three colors), Classic (8×12, five colors, the board from 2008), Large (10×16) and Expert (12×18). MADE TO BE PLAYED Unlimited undo and redo. A hint when you want one. Every finished game is kept with a replay you can watch move by move, and your bests follow you from iPhone to iPad through iCloud. Press New until a board leans your way, then step back to the one you skipped. Drag to tilt the board, pinch to zoom. Sound and haptics you can turn off. YOUR LOOK Matte, glossy or flat spheres. A high-contrast palette, and symbols on the spheres, for color-blind players. The selection as an outline, a wire grid or a glow. iSameGame first shipped on the App Store in 2008. Version 6 is a new app on the same idea: the scoring is the one it always had, the boards are still guaranteed clearable, and the spheres are now real ones, lit, that you can tilt. Free, no account, no ads.
penWord
Enjoy a variety of crossword puzzle sizes on your Apple devices. Choose from multiple grid dimensions tailored for iPhones and iPads.
- Multiple crossword grid sizes (7x7 to 15x15)
- iPhone-specific puzzle options
- iPad-optimized puzzle options
- Free to play
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penWord App has the following features: 1. For iPhones it allows for playing 7x7, 9x9 & 10x10 crossword puzzles. 2. For iPads it allows for playing 7x7, 9x9, 10x10, 11x11, 13x13 & 15x15 crossword puzzles.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: iSameGame at 3.6 against penWord's 1.0. iSameGame also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ratings volume (7 vs 1). penWord's advantage is iOS requirement (18.2 vs 26.0). On price and monetization model 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. penWord sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. iSameGame asks for nothing beyond the download.
iSameGame holds the better App Store score, 3.6 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: iSameGame has 7 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
| Parameter | iSameGame | penWord |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.6 (7 ratings) — better | 1.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 67.9% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 7 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | — |
| Ads | No | — |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | — |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 18.2 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ObjectGraph LLC | KUL OHRI |
In-app purchases
iSameGame
No in-app purchases
penWord
- R05Puzzles$1.99









