Comparison

WordStorm 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

WordStorm

Challenge yourself daily with a word puzzle game. Discover 35 common words using 9 letters, with each word being at least 4 letters long and including the central letter. Compete with others on the same daily puzzle.

Highlights
  • Daily unique word puzzles
  • Guess 35 common words
  • Words must be 4+ letters
  • Must use central letter
  • Addictive gameplay
Features
Currently charting
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WordStorm is a highly addictive and easy to play word puzzle game. Try to guess all of the 35 most common words that can be made from the 9 letters shown. Each word must be 4 or more letters long and must contain the central letter. There's a unique puzzle for every day which everyone else will be playing that day too! For the latest news on all of my games please 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

WordStorm3 screens
Spelling Queen Pangrams4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Spelling Queen Pangrams at Free against WordStorm's $3.99. Spelling Queen Pangrams also leads on rating (4.7 vs 4.1) and update cadence (monthly vs every 9 months). WordStorm's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ads (none vs shown). On 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Spelling Queen Pangrams is free to download; WordStorm costs $3.99 up front. Spelling Queen Pangrams sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. WordStorm asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Spelling Queen Pangrams holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Spelling Queen Pangrams has 6.1K ratings behind it against 29, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 61% of WordStorm'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

WordStorm ships an update every 9 months, Spelling Queen Pangrams monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

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WordStorm versus Spelling Queen Pangrams: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWordStormSpelling Queen Pangrams
Price$3.99Free — better
Rating4.1 (29 ratings)4.7 (6.1K ratings) — better
Positive reviews60.6% of reviews — better45.4% of reviews
Number of ratings296.1K — better
Update frequencyEvery 9 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank#86 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS10.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size22 MB36 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSean O'ConnorFrederic Bacro

Customer experience

WordStorm

All ratings30 ratings
Positive70.0%
Neutral16.7%
Negative13.3%
Written reviews160 reviews
Positive60.6%
Neutral21.3%
Negative18.1%

Spelling Queen Pangrams

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

User reviews

WordStorm

From 29 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Great game for fans of the Bee
  • 🚀 Best word game out there
  • 👍 Perfect Simplicity
  • 👍 Entertaining & educational
  • 👍 Favourite game

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Good game but has issues with word list
  • 🐛 Frustrating word list
  • 🐛 Can't be both right and wrong
  • 🐛 Update your word list
  • 🐛 35 most common words?? No

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

WordStorm

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Font size issue after update
  • Game of the Day not working as expected

Requested features

5 requests
  • Sort found words alphabetically
  • Add a dictionary or definitions
  • Arrange words by length
  • Add a hint system
  • Allow all valid words, not just predefined ones

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

None

WordStorm

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Spelling Queen Pangrams

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

Questions

Is WordStorm free?
WordStorm costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Spelling Queen Pangrams free?
Spelling Queen Pangrams is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, WordStorm or Spelling Queen Pangrams?
Spelling Queen Pangrams is rated higher. WordStorm averages 4.1 out of 5 from 29 ratings, while Spelling Queen Pangrams averages 4.7 from 6.1K ratings.
Do WordStorm or Spelling Queen Pangrams have ads?
Spelling Queen Pangrams shows ads; WordStorm does not.
Which is updated more often, WordStorm or Spelling Queen Pangrams?
WordStorm ships an update every 9 months, and Spelling Queen Pangrams monthly. Most recently, WordStorm was updated on November 1, 2026 and Spelling Queen Pangrams on October 30, 2026.

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