Pow vs Lex Game
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pow
Challenge yourself to form words from jumbled letters. Compete globally on leaderboards and improve your vocabulary with multiple dictionary options and difficulty modes. Enjoy an addictive word-building experience.
- Swipe or block-based letter selection
- Form words from jumbled letters
- 6, 7, or mixed letter difficulty
- Choice of two dictionaries
- Unlimited time mode option
- Global leaderboards
- Word meaning lookup
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Form as many words from the given set of jumbled letters in each round. Your score is carried forward until you are unable to form the longest word within a round. Simple controls and a host of features make Pow-Word a very addictive game and a great way to improve your vocabulary. Additional Features: - Choose between 6 and 7 letter difficulty modes - Separate "Mixed" mode that combines 6 and 7 letter rounds - Choice of two dictionaries - the Students dictionary with standard English words and a more comprehensive Teachers dictionary based on the SOWPODS list - Option of an unlimited time mode - Separate leaderboards for all modes for you to compare scores with players worldwide - Lookup word meanings at the end of each round
Lex Game
Challenge your vocabulary daily by defining a new word. An AI scores your definition for accuracy, and you can compare your progress on the leaderboard with friends.
- Daily new word challenges
- AI-scored definitions
- Vocabulary expansion
- Leaderboard for friend comparison
- Accuracy scoring
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Expand your vocabulary! Every day define a new word. Your definition will be judged by AI and given a score for accuracy. You can check the leaderboard to see how you compare to your friends.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Lex Game at 100% against Pow's 44%. Lex Game also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.5) and ads (none vs shown). Pow's advantage is ratings volume (193 vs 7). On price, update cadence, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Lex Game holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pow has 193 ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 44% of Pow's written reviews are positive against 100% of Lex Game's.
Pow ships an update every 2 months, Lex Game every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pow | Lex Game |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (193 ratings) | 5.0 (7 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 43.8% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 193 — better | 7 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 17 MB | 39 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Vaibhav Electronics Pvt Ltd | Dylan Press |
Customer experience
Pow
Lex Game
Bugs and requests
Pow
Reported bugs
10 issues- Word ring fills but won't fill words
- Score keeping issues/scores gone
- Letters don't fall back in order
- Some words not in dictionary
- Keyboard too slow in accepting letters
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- Game no longer functioning correctly/completes itself midway
- Crashing and throwing user out of program
- Progress lost due to crashes
- Low sensitivity of letter tiles
- Game saves automatically, but sometimes progress is lost
Requested features
22 requests- Option to revert to previous layout
- Back space button
- Repeat button
- Add 'a' at the end of the last word
- Button to put up previous word
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- Streamlined interface
- Mute option
- Option for untimed play
- Option for seven letters
- Update spelled dictionary to latest version
- Programmed to accept ALL words
- Fix word lists/dictionary issues
- More control over wordlists
- Ads free fee option
- Option to continue coming up with words after timer runs out
- Run without timer on occasion
- Turn up sensitivity of letter tiles
- Way to remove just the last letter typed
- Ability to edit name profile
- Allow play in widescreen mode
- Add a backspace when entering words
- Add a mode that isn't timed
Lex Game
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Pow
No in-app purchases
Lex Game
No in-app purchases
