Comparison

Topple! vs Spelling Queen Pangrams

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Topple!

Unscramble famous quotations by rearranging fallen letters. Drag letters vertically into their correct positions to solve word puzzles. Enjoy quick, addictive gameplay with hundreds of puzzles available.

Highlights
  • Scrambled quotation puzzles
  • Vertical letter rearrangement
  • Intuitive drag-and-drop gameplay
  • Hundreds of puzzles
  • Addictive and quick gameplay
Features
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The letters of a well known quotation have fallen down and been randomly scrambled. It's your task to solve the puzzle by dragging them back up vertically to their correct positions to figure out what that quotation is. It's obvious when there is only a single letter in a column as there's only one place it can go back up to, but the more letters in a stack the harder you'll have to think as to which letter goes where! It's fun and addictive and each game takes just a few minutes to play. There are 288 puzzles, and even more extra ones to buy as in-app purchases. For the latest news on all of my games follow @SeansGames on Twitter!

About

Spelling Queen Pangrams

This word puzzle game challenges you to find words using a set of seven letters, with a mandatory center letter. Compete with friends, track your progress through ranks, and discover pangrams. Customize your word list for a personalized experience.

Highlights
  • 7-letter word generation
  • Play with friends and family
  • Rank progression system
  • Pangram discovery
  • Customizable word list
  • Game of the Day
Features
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App version of the popular game, with many added features like the option to play together with friends & family on your Wi-Fi! Each 7-letter game is generated on the fly by algorithm. There are over 4000 unique 7 letter games to play! Work your way up from Novice, to Brilliant, to Mastermind, and on to win! There are only two rules to finding words and winning the game: words must be at least 4 letters long, and words must always use the center letter. Some games have only 10 words to find, to win the spelling game... other ones have over 50 words! Use Help to get a word count that will tell you how big the challenge is, see how many you've found, and get hints. There's now also a Game of the Day which is the same for everyone, everywhere. Each game has at least one pangram - a word that uses all 7 of the game's individual letters. Some games have more than one! The game's word list is a partial English dictionary of the most frequently used words that have 7 or fewer unique letters. In your game, you can customize your own personal word list! Here's how it works: if you enter a word that *is* in the English dictionary but *is not* in the game's list, you can add that new word to your own list. That new word will be included in future games, no matter which of your iCloud devices you are playing on!

Screenshots

Topple!4 screens
Spelling Queen Pangrams4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Topple! at none against Spelling Queen Pangrams's shown. Topple! also leads on review sentiment (74% vs 45%) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 16.0). Spelling Queen Pangrams's advantage is ratings volume (6.1K vs 27) and rating (4.7 vs 4.4). On price, update cadence, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Topple! sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and Spelling Queen Pangrams sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Spelling Queen Pangrams holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Spelling Queen Pangrams has 6.1K ratings behind it against 27, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 74% of Topple!'s written reviews are positive against 45% of Spelling Queen Pangrams's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Topple! ships an update every 2 months, Spelling Queen Pangrams monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Topple! versus Spelling Queen Pangrams: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTopple!Spelling Queen Pangrams
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (27 ratings)4.7 (6.1K ratings) — better
Positive reviews73.8% of reviews — better45.4% of reviews
Number of ratings276.1K — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS10.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size14 MB36 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSean O'ConnorFrederic Bacro

Customer experience

Topple!

All ratings27 ratings
Positive85.2%
Neutral7.4%
Negative7.4%
Written reviews130 reviews
Positive73.8%
Neutral7.7%
Negative18.5%

Spelling Queen Pangrams

All ratings6,012 ratings
Positive92.7%
Neutral4.4%
Negative2.9%
Written reviews229 reviews
Positive45.4%
Neutral23.6%
Negative31.0%

User reviews

Topple!

From 27 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🧠 Challenging and engaging word puzzles
  • 😌 Relaxing gameplay without time pressure
  • 🎓 Educational content with quality quotations
  • 🔒 No data collection or privacy concerns
  • 📱 Works offline without internet connection

Room to improve

  • 💰 Expensive in-app purchase pricing model
  • 🐛 Letters falling off screen or not staying in place
  • 🔇 Sound effects cutting out frequently
  • ❌ No hint or answer feature available
  • 🔄 Limited puzzle content, quickly exhausted

Spelling Queen Pangrams

From 6.1K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Addictive and challenging
  • 👍 Clean and intuitive interface
  • 🤖 Helpful hints and game features
  • 💰 Fair monetization with one-time purchase

Room to improve

  • 🔍 Missing common words in dictionary
  • 🐛 Inconsistent word acceptance
  • 🙄 Too many obscure/made-up words
  • 📢 Intrusive ads in free version

Bugs and requests

Topple!

Reported bugs

11 issues
  • Letters not staying in squares, falling off screen
  • Tiles frozen and unresponsive to input
  • Game crashes after puzzle completion
  • Sound effects cutting out requiring device restart
  • Horizontal view skewed and compressed
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  • Puzzles not opening after iOS updates
  • Missing letters making puzzles unsolvable
  • Game freezing on specific puzzle levels
  • Controls unresponsive on iPod Touch despite working on iPad
  • Purchased content not syncing across devices
  • Volume settings ignored, audio at full blast

Requested features

15 requests
  • More puzzle packs and new content
  • Hint or answer reveal option
  • Save puzzle progress for later completion
  • Bundled pricing for multiple puzzle packs
  • Game statistics and scoring system
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  • Hint button for stuck puzzles
  • Ability to replay completed puzzles
  • Spanish language puzzle options
  • Multiple user profiles
  • Topple 2 sequel with new puzzles
  • Shuffle letters feature
  • Quote attributions after puzzle completion
  • Diverse quote sources beyond repetitive authors
  • Custom puzzle creation option
  • Game Center integration

Spelling Queen Pangrams

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Game progress not saved properly
  • Revealed words not matching entered words
  • Crashes and freezes after updates

Requested features

4 requests
  • Ability to choose game difficulty level
  • Option to save and resume games
  • Improved accessibility for visually impaired
  • Alphabetized word list display

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Topple!

One-time10
  • Oscar Wilde$0.99
  • Friedrich Nietzsche$0.99
  • Albert Einstein$0.99
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  • Gandhi$0.99
  • Abraham Lincoln$0.99
  • Benjamin Franklin$0.99
  • Thomas Jefferson$0.99
  • Presidents 1$0.99
  • William Shakespeare$0.99
  • Mark Twain$0.99
2 purchases

Spelling Queen Pangrams

One-time2
  • Unlimited Play on Apple Watch$0.99
  • No Ads$4.99

Questions

Is Topple! free?
Topple! is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Spelling Queen Pangrams free?
Spelling Queen Pangrams is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Topple! or Spelling Queen Pangrams?
Spelling Queen Pangrams is rated higher. Topple! averages 4.4 out of 5 from 27 ratings, while Spelling Queen Pangrams averages 4.7 from 6.1K ratings.
Do Topple! or Spelling Queen Pangrams have ads?
Spelling Queen Pangrams shows ads; Topple! does not.
Which is updated more often, Topple! or Spelling Queen Pangrams?
Topple! ships an update every 2 months, and Spelling Queen Pangrams monthly. Most recently, Topple! was updated on October 23, 2026 and Spelling Queen Pangrams on October 30, 2026.

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