Hangman Pro vs BlackOut
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Hangman Pro
Challenge your vocabulary with this classic word-guessing game. Play solo against your device or with a friend, choosing from a variety of word categories. It faithfully recreates the nostalgic chalkboard experience.
- One player mode
- Two player mode
- Multiple word categories
- Chalkboard visual style
- Vocabulary building
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Think you have a good vocabulary? Take on your iPhone or a friend in this chalkboard classic and find out how good your vocabulary really is. Hangman Pro is the best Hangman game available for the iPhone and iPod Touch. The game faithfully captures every detail of the classic Hangman experience, right down to the chalk dust. Hangman Pro supports one player and two player gameplay, so you can let a friend choose a word or have your phone select a word from a broad range of categories. Word list categories include: -Easy -Standard -Hard -Animals -Food -Geography -Holidays -SAT -TOEFL Build your vocabulary and have a blast at the same time. Download Hangman Pro today and let the fun begin!
BlackOut
A modern take on a classic tapping game, designed for distraction-free play. It's perfect for passing time during dull moments, playable entirely without looking at the screen.
- Classic tapping gameplay
- Playable without looking
- Screen appears off
- Distraction-free
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BlackOut is a modern adaptation of the classic tapping game we all loved as kids. It is the perfect game to play during boring meetings or lectures and can be played completely without looking at the screen. In fact, the screen does not even appear to be on! Download now and give it a try! Can you reach 100?
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: BlackOut at Free against Hangman Pro's $1.99. BlackOut also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs every 8 months). Hangman Pro's advantage is rating (4.4 vs 1.0) and ratings volume (76 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
BlackOut is free to download; Hangman Pro costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Hangman Pro holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Hangman Pro has 76 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Hangman Pro ships an update every 8 months, BlackOut every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Hangman Pro | BlackOut |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.4 (76 ratings) — better | 1.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 85.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 76 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 8 months | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | #72 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 7.0 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 28 MB | 26 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Optime Software LLC | NorthSoft HB |
Bugs and requests
Hangman Pro
Reported bugs
7 issues- App crashes on iPhone 11 Pro before opening
- Game adds missed word when playing offline
- Win/loss ratio corrupted after reaching 100 games
- Game incorrectly marks words as lost on login
- Long startup time
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- Incompatible with iPhone X and iOS 11
- Stuck in word-writing mode unable to return to normal play
Requested features
16 requests- Multiplayer online mode to play with remote opponents
- Two-player mode with shared word selection
- Landscape mode support for larger screens
- Ability to extend number of wrong guesses allowed
- Rollover unused tries to next game
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- Word definitions and dictionary lookup
- Display winning words after game completion
- Time-based scoring system
- Bonus points for perfect games (zero wrong guesses)
- More word categories (cars, characters, etc.)
- Ability to save game progress mid-play
- Spell-check functionality
- Additional body parts for more guesses
- Filter options (minimum word length, specific categories)
- Help/tutorial page
- Local WiFi multiplayer mode
BlackOut
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Hangman Pro
No in-app purchases
BlackOut
No in-app purchases
