Topple! vs Knotwords
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Scrambled quotation puzzles
- Vertical letter rearrangement
- Intuitive drag-and-drop gameplay
- Hundreds of puzzles
- Addictive and quick gameplay
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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!
Knotwords
A daily word puzzle game that challenges you to arrange letters into valid words across and down. Its minimal design and intuitive progression make it an engaging and accessible brain teaser.
- Minimalist and elegant design
- Logic-based word puzzles
- Daily challenges
- Intuitive progression system
- Valid word arrangement
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Knotwords is a minimal and elegant logic puzzle — with words. The rules are simple: arrange the letters in each section so every word is valid, across and down. Each puzzle may seem difficult at first — but like all my favorite newspaper puzzles, it gets easier as you progress. Each step guides you naturally towards the solution. This is the kind of game I've been trying to make my whole career — I'm amazed Jack and I discovered this design. We hope you like it. -- Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Knotwords at every 10 days against Topple!'s every 2 months. Knotwords also leads on ratings volume (8.2K vs 27) and rating (4.8 vs 4.4). Topple!'s advantage is iOS requirement (10.0 vs 13.6). On price, review sentiment, ads and in-app purchases 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. Topple! sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and Knotwords sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Knotwords holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Knotwords has 8.2K ratings behind it against 27, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 74% and 74% positive.
Topple! ships an update every 2 months, Knotwords every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Topple! | Knotwords |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (27 ratings) | 4.8 (8.2K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 73.8% of reviews — better | 73.6% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 27 | 8.2K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 10 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 13.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 14 MB | 507 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Sean O'Connor | Zach Gage |
Customer experience
Topple!
Knotwords
User reviews
Topple!
From 27 App Store ratingsWhat 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
Knotwords
From 8.2K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Great game
- 👍 Fun and challenging
- 🚀 Simple but engaging
- 👍 Unique concept
- 👍 Addictive
Room to improve
- 🐛 Crashes and freezes
- 🐛 Buggy cursor/input issues
- 🐛 Slow performance
- 🐛 Questionable word choices
- 🔋 Battery drain
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
Knotwords
Reported bugs
4 issues- Puzzles with missing/incorrect squares
- Incorrect words being accepted
- Puzzles not properly credited as completed
- Hints not matching the correct answers
Requested features
9 requests- Ability to turn off haptic feedback
- Improved cursor/input behavior
- Cloud sync across devices
- Difficulty settings
- Ability to see definitions of completed words
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- Restart button for puzzles
- Customizable themes
- Daily leaderboards
- Ability to disable hints once used
In-app purchases
Topple!
- 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
Knotwords
- Knotwords Pro subscription7 Days trial$4.991 Year
- Full Game$11.99
