Wordmaster vs GameFox
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Wordmaster
This game challenges you to find as many words as possible from a scrambled six-letter word. It features a large dictionary, community-updated word lists, and social sharing options. Improve your vocabulary and compete with friends.
- Anagram word puzzles
- Massive word dictionary
- Community word list updates
- Leaderboard competition
- Social sharing
- Customizable word length
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Exercise your brain with Wordmaster, a new take on a pen-and-paper classic! Wordmaster is an addicting anagram game where the object is to form as many real words as possible based on a scrambled 6-letter word. With a massive dictionary of Official Tournament and Club Word List words, thousands of possible puzzles await you. The goal of Wordmaster is to help you learn new words and eventually master the English vocabulary. To this end, Wordmaster gives you two ways to win each round: solve one of the 6-letter words or solve at least 50% of all words in the round. Wordmaster has an active player community that contributes additions and removals to new dictionary versions, which are automatically downloaded from within the game. You don't have to wait for the next update to see obscure words removed or recognized words included. Game Center integration lets you compete with other players and your friends, vie for the top spot on the Wordmaster leaderboards, and share high scores to Facebook, Twitter, Mail or Messages. Other features: - No annoying proper nouns, abbreviations, or acronyms - Choose a minimum word length that suits you: 3 or 4 letters - See definitions or suggest removal for words you've solved while the game is paused; also suggest additions to the dictionary Subscription option: For US$1.99/month, upgrade to Wordmaster Plus and enjoy an ad-free experience. Privacy policy: https://impulseapps.web.app EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula
GameFox
Engage in competitive multiplayer games directly within iMessage. Challenge friends to word-based puzzles and creative phrase-combining games. New titles are regularly added to expand the gaming experience.
- Play games within iMessage
- Multiplayer word game
- Phrase combination game
- New games added regularly
- Compete against friends
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Compete against your friends in fun iMessage games! • Play Wurtle, the new multiplayer word game! See who can guess the hidden word first • Play Portmanteau, combine the answers to two clues into a single phrase! More games coming soon!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: GameFox at none against Wordmaster's shown. GameFox also leads on update cadence (every 4 weeks vs every 6 months) and review sentiment (67% vs 46%). Wordmaster's advantage is ratings volume (366 vs 22). On price, rating, 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
Both are free to download. Wordmaster sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $1.99 per month and GameFox sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.0 for Wordmaster against 3.9 for GameFox. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Wordmaster has 366 ratings behind it against 22, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 46% of Wordmaster's written reviews are positive against 67% of GameFox's.
Wordmaster ships an update every 6 months, GameFox every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 14, 2026 and September 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Wordmaster | GameFox |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (366 ratings) — better | 3.9 (22 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 46.3% of reviews | 66.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 366 — better | 22 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 4 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 35 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Impulse Apps Inc. | Foxtail Games LLC |
Customer experience
Wordmaster
GameFox
Bugs and requests
Wordmaster
Reported bugs
4 issues- Game progress lost after crashes
- Incorrect word rejections
- Settings reset unexpectedly
- Ads freezing or interrupting gameplay
Requested features
5 requests- Customizable background and text colors
- More time options for each round
- Integration with popular word dictionaries
- Ability to save progress and scores
- Offline mode or reduced ads
GameFox
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Wordmaster
- Wordmaster Plus$1.991 Month
GameFox
- Plus$2.991 Month
- The Hard Pack$0.99









