Comparison

That Word vs GemCode

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

Head to head
About

That Word

This is a casual word-finding game where you spell words from six random letters. Find a six-letter word to advance to the next round and earn points. Track your progress with detailed statistics and view your top scores.

Highlights
  • Spell words from six random letters
  • Find six-letter words to advance
  • Dictionary lookup for word definitions
  • Pause and resume games
  • Track personal playing statistics
  • View top scores
  • External keyboard support
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That Word is a no-frills, simple, casual word-finding game. The goal is to accumulate as many points as possible by spelling as many words as you can from six randomly selected letters. Each set of six letters can spell at least one six-letter word—you must find one of these six-letter words before the clock runs down to continue to the next round. • Dictionary Access: Lookup word definitions at the end of each round. • Pause and Resume Games: Start a new game without worrying if you have time to finish—just pause the game and resume anytime. • Track Your Personal Stats: See your playing statistics, including games played, total points, rounds played, accuracy, time played, and special plays made. • View Your Top Scores: Track your all-time top 25 scores and daily top 3 scores. • External Keyboard Support: Use an attached keyboard while playing for super-fast play. • Completely free to play and ad-free.

About

GemCode

Deduce a hidden sequence of colorful gems using logic and analysis of feedback. This game offers classic code-breaking gameplay with tools to refine your strategy and perfect your deductive reasoning skills.

Highlights
  • Deduce hidden color sequences
  • Analyze feedback on guesses
  • Classic code-breaking gameplay
  • Option for duplicate colors
  • Strategy refinement tools
Features
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GemCode challenges you to deduce a hidden sequence of colorful gems using logic and deduction. Each game presents a unique code of vibrant colors that you must uncover through clever guessing and careful analysis of feedback. FEATURES - Classic code-breaking gameplay with a modern, polished interface - Option to allow duplicate colors - Swap, randomize, and clear tools to refine your strategy With each guess, receive immediate feedback showing exactly how close you are to the solution. Black pegs indicate correct color and position, while white pegs show correct color but wrong position. Perfect your deductive reasoning skills as you strategically narrow down possibilities with each attempt. Can you crack the code before running out of guesses?

Screenshots

That Word4 screens
GemCode4 screens

Verdict

The call

That Word and GemCode both sit at 4.6 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of GemCode's written reviews are positive against 58% of That Word's. GemCode also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1). That Word's advantage is ratings volume (8 vs 2) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, rating, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. That Word sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. GemCode asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for That Word against 4.5 for GemCode. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 8 and 2 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 58% of That Word's written reviews are positive against 100% of GemCode's.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
That Word versus GemCode: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterThat WordGemCode
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (8 ratings) — better4.5 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews57.6% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings8 — better2
Update frequencyMonthly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB6 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperReaction Software Inc.Leonardo Ivan Quintero Vega

Customer experience

That Word

All ratings8 ratings
Positive87.5%
Neutral12.5%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews33 reviews
Positive57.6%
Neutral18.2%
Negative24.2%

GemCode

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

That Word

One-time1
  • That Word Plus$1.99
None

GemCode

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is That Word free?
That Word is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is GemCode free?
GemCode is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, That Word or GemCode?
That Word is rated higher. That Word averages 4.6 out of 5 from 8 ratings, while GemCode averages 4.5 from 2 ratings.
Do That Word or GemCode have ads?
Neither That Word nor GemCode shows ads.

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