Hangman Pro vs Return to Grisly Manor
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!
Return to Grisly Manor
Travel back in time to save a historic manor from demolition. Explore the present and past, solve puzzles, and collect items to find a lost deed. Uncover secrets and restore the manor's future.
- Hand-painted graphics
- Item collection
- Puzzle solving
- Original soundtrack
- Journal for clues
- Dynamic map
- Hint system
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The future of Grisly Manor lies in its past! Greedy developers BUYCO want to build their next MegaMart superstore on the site of Grandpa’s newly renovated Grisly Manor! To stop them from demolishing his home, Grandpa just needs to prove he owns the land - but this is where it gets tricky... Being the scatterbrained inventor you know and love, the last place Grandpa remembers seeing the deed was in the old manor - back in 1999! Explore the new house, help Grandpa repair his time machine, and travel back to the original Grisly Manor - before all of its secrets and memories are swept away forever! You must Return to Grisly Manor and save its future! Features: • Beautiful hand-painted graphics that draw you into this mesmerizing adventure! • Lots of items to collect and puzzles to solve! • Original soundtrack and sound effects! • A journal that keeps track of all the symbols and clues that you encounter. • A dynamic map that shows all of the areas you have explored, as well as your current location. • A complete hint system built right into the game.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Return to Grisly Manor at 4.8 against Hangman Pro's 4.4. Return to Grisly Manor also leads on update cadence (every 4 months vs every 8 months) and ratings volume (230 vs 76). Hangman Pro's advantage is price ($1.99 vs $2.99) and iOS requirement (7.0 vs 11.0). On review sentiment, ads, in-app purchases 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
Hangman Pro costs $1.99 and Return to Grisly Manor $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Return to Grisly Manor holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 76 and 230 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 85% of Hangman Pro's written reviews are positive against 92% of Return to Grisly Manor's.
Hangman Pro ships an update every 8 months, Return to Grisly Manor every 4 months. Both last shipped on October 29, 2026.
| Parameter | Hangman Pro | Return to Grisly Manor |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 — better | $2.99 |
| Rating | 4.4 (76 ratings) | 4.8 (230 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 85.0% of reviews | 92.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 76 | 230 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 8 months | Every 4 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Best chart rank | #69 — better | #91 |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 7.0 — better | 11.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 28 MB | 162 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Optime Software LLC | Fire Maple Games |
Customer experience
Hangman Pro
Return to Grisly Manor
User reviews
Hangman Pro
From 76 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🧠 Excellent vocabulary building and mental stimulation
- 📚 Challenging word selection, especially hard difficulty level
- ⚡ Works offline without internet connection
- 👨👧👦 Great for family play and children's education
- 🎮 Addictive and engaging gameplay
Room to improve
- 🔤 Font is hard to read and poorly designed
- 😤 Extremely difficult with many short words
- ⚠️ Game difficulty feels unbalanced
- 🎮 Limited gameplay variety and mechanics
- 💾 Game crashes and progress loss issues
Return to Grisly Manor
From 230 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Enjoyable gameplay
- 🎨 Beautiful graphics
- 🧠 Challenging puzzles
- 🕹️ Fun and engaging
- 🕰️ Nostalgic experience
Room to improve
- 🐛 Occasional bugs/glitches
- 🤔 Some puzzles not intuitive
- 🕰️ Repetitive backtracking
- ⏱️ Slow hint system
- 🤔 Unclear objectives at times
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
Return to Grisly Manor
Reported bugs
3 issues- Game freezing after certain events
- Puzzle elements not functioning as intended
- Compatibility issues with newer iOS versions
Requested features
4 requests- Ability to skip/fast-forward cutscenes
- Map navigation to quickly access locations
- More varied and challenging puzzles
- Ability to save progress and resume later
In-app purchases
Hangman Pro
No in-app purchases
Return to Grisly Manor
No in-app purchases
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