That Word vs Descrambler
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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.
Descrambler
This tool helps you solve Boggle boards of various sizes, from 2x2 to 20x20. It finds all possible words and their paths on a given board, and can generate random boards for practice. You can also save boards for later and customize word lists for different results.
- Solves Boggle boards of any size (2x2 to 20x20)
- Finds all possible words and their paths
- Generates random boards for practice
- Saves boards for later use
- Customizable word lists for varied results
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Descrambler is a tool for solving Boggle boards. Quickly input letters for 4x4 boards, 5x5, or any size between 2x2 and 20x20. Tap 'Solve' to see all the words that can be made by adjoining adjacent tiles. Tap on a word to see the all the possible paths to make that word. Choose a board size and tap 'Random' to generate a random board and see how many words you can get. Change word lists to see more or fewer results. Tap 'Save' to save the current board for later and try a new one. Download it now and see how many words you can get!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Descrambler at 100% against That Word's 58%. Descrambler also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and rating (5.0 vs 4.6). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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. That Word sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Descrambler asks for nothing beyond the download.
Descrambler holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 8 and 3 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 58% of That Word's written reviews are positive against 100% of Descrambler's.
That Word ships an update monthly, Descrambler every 2 months. Both last shipped on October 23, 2026.
| Parameter | That Word | Descrambler |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (8 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 57.6% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 8 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 10.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 18 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Reaction Software Inc. | Evan Bernstein |
Customer experience
That Word
Descrambler
In-app purchases
That Word
- That Word Plus$1.99
Descrambler
No in-app purchases









