Wordmaster vs Nine Race
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
Nine Race
A competitive puzzle game where players slide color panels to match a target arrangement. Challenge friends online or play solo to complete the 3x3 grid. It's a race against time and opponents to solve the puzzle.
- Slide color panels to empty space
- Rearrange 3x3 grid
- Match target panel arrangement
- Online multiplayer mode
- Play against friends
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▼HOW TO PLAY 1. Slide the color panel to the empty space and rearrange it! 2. It is complete if you can line up the central 3x3 9 cells in the same arrangement as the upper target panel! 3. You can also play online against your friends!
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Verdict
Wordmaster and Nine Race both sit at 4.0 stars, but that hides the real split: 83% of Nine Race's written reviews are positive against 46% of Wordmaster's. Nine Race also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and update cadence (every 9 days vs every 6 months). Wordmaster's advantage is ratings volume (366 vs 22). On price, rating, ads 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. Wordmaster sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $1.99 per month. Nine Race asks for nothing beyond the download.
Nine Race holds the better App Store score, 4.1 against 4.0. 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 point the same way: 46% of Wordmaster's written reviews are positive against 83% of Nine Race's.
Wordmaster ships an update every 6 months, Nine Race every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Wordmaster | Nine Race |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (366 ratings) | 4.1 (22 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 45.9% of reviews | 83.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 366 — better | 22 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 15 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Impulse Apps Inc. | TATSUYA MONOI |
Customer experience
Wordmaster
Nine Race
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
Nine Race
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Wordmaster
- Wordmaster Plus$1.991 Month
Nine Race
No in-app purchases









