Comparison

Find the words vs Simplex Spelling Light

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

Head to head
About

Find the words

This word search puzzle challenges you to find hidden words in a grid. Words can be oriented horizontally, vertically, or diagonally. The app offers multi-touch support, landscape mode, and customizable word lists. Earn achievements for new pen colors and upgrade to remove ads.

Highlights
  • Word search grid
  • Horizontal, vertical, diagonal words
  • Customizable word lists
  • Multi-touch strokes
  • Landscape mode
  • Speech voice for found words
  • Achievements for pen colors
Features
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Find the words This is the implementaion of the word search that most popular word puzzle on papers. The objective of this puzzle is to find and mark all the words on the grid. The words may be placed horizontally, vertically, or diagonally. When the word has found, it will play the speech voice automatically. You can draw multi-touch strokes, also play it with landscape mode. You can get more pen colors by achievements. There's three buttons on the top. Top left button: to manage the words that play the game. add your own words and start the game. Top second button: to share the play screenshot on the social media. Top right button: settings for languages to play, speech voices, achievements for pen colors. Also you can upgrade the app to hide the advertisements. Find the words supports the languages: English, Simplified Chinese(简体中文), Traditional Chinese(繁體中文), Japanese(日本語), Spanish(Español), French(Français), German(Deutsch), Russian(Pусский), Portuguese(Português), Italian(Italiano), Korean(한국어), Turkish(Türkçe), Dutch(Nederlands), Arabic, Thai(ภาษาไทย), Swedish(Svenska), Danish(Dansk), Norwegian Bokmål(Norsk bokmål), Polish(Polski), Finnish(Suomi), Greek(Ελληνικά), Romanian(Română), Hungarian(Magyar), Czech(Čeština), Slovak(Slovenčina), Hindi(हिंदी) Find the words - Discord community https://factorcat.github.io/apps/findthewords/

About

Simplex Spelling Light

This app enhances spelling and reading skills with a unique "reverse phonics" approach and contextually relevant spelling rules. It offers interactive learning for various student types, providing immediate feedback and explanations for word construction.

Highlights
  • Reverse phonics approach
  • Contextual spelling rule hints
  • Letter-by-letter feedback
  • Over 50 high-frequency words
  • Spoken words in sentences
  • User stats and reporting
Features
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Simplex Spelling Light improves spelling and reading skills in a fun and interactive way using a unique “reverse phonics” approach in combination with contextually relevant spelling rules. It has the same critically acclaimed design and features as the full versions of Simplex Spelling but comes with its own new high frequency word spelling lists. This Light version has been made available so that customers can evaluate the Simplex Spelling software to decide if they want to purchase a full version of Simplex Spelling Sight Words, CVC Words, Phonics1, Phonics2, or Phonics3. Simplex Spelling Light contains the main features of the full versions, while targeting more than 50 all new high frequency words in the English language. This makes the Light version a beautiful compliment to the full versions of Simplex Spelling. The Light version also includes placement tests in the Phonics1, Phonics2, and Phonics 3 classrooms to help customers determine which app is the best fit. In contrast with many of the current approaches that use flash cards, Simplex Spelling enables the student to build each word. Students gain skills above and beyond the sheer memorization of words, as the informative spelling rule hint feature explains why words are spelled in a particular manner. Simplex Spelling's unique, immediate letter by letter feedback system is designed with clues and hints that will enable every student to spell each word successfully. Simplex Spelling enhances understanding in a variety of students as it appeals to audio, visual and tactile learners. It is great tool to have for kids learning to spell, remedial students, or those learning English as a second language. Recommended for ages 5+. Note: You can not create your own spelling lists in Simplex Spelling Light. Features: - Over 50 high frequency spelling words to help build literacy. - Spelling words are spoken and used in a sentence to establish context. - The introduction spelling list seamlessly leads a student through all of the application’s features by providing spoken information while having the student spell new words. - A powerful phonics hint feature sounds out each word and provides a list of possible phonograms for each sound. - Features a full “reverse phonics” approach that includes sounds made by all the different letter combinations. This is in addition to the basic “single letter” phonics that most applications are limited to. - Contextually relevant spelling rule hints that help explain “how to spell” English words. - Unique letter by letter feedback system that provides feedback while the student is in the process of spelling each word. - Guaranteed success on every word. - Support for 40 user accounts. - User stats screen that allows you to see at a glance words that have been mastered and words that require further practice. - Ability to export & email student reports. - Remembers each user’s position in every list, so that you can immediately resume from where you last left off. - Supports both upper and lower case letters. - Supports both alphabetic and QWERTY keyboard layouts. - Supports both US, UK and Canadian English spelling of words. - An approach that appeals to audio, visual and tactile learners. Privacy Disclosure: - No 3rd party ads - Does not share any data - No In-App purchases - Contains child protected links to Apple App Store. - Contains child protected links in app to developer's website for additional information, support and teaching tips. - Contains child protected link to developer email support. COPPA Compliant 
https://pyxwise.com/privacy-policy/

Screenshots

Find the words4 screens
Simplex Spelling Light4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Simplex Spelling Light at 77% against Find the words's 28%. Simplex Spelling Light also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). Find the words's advantage is rating (4.5 vs 3.8) and update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 10 months). On price, ratings volume 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Find the words sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Simplex Spelling Light asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Find the words holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 10 and 11 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 28% of Find the words's written reviews are positive against 77% of Simplex Spelling Light's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Find the words ships an update every 5 weeks, Simplex Spelling Light every 10 months. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Find the words versus Simplex Spelling Light: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFind the wordsSimplex Spelling Light
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (10 ratings) — better3.8 (11 ratings)
Positive reviews27.8% of reviews77.1% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1011 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeks — betterEvery 10 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size17 MB257 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNO WOO KYOUNGPyxwise Software Inc.

Customer experience

Find the words

All ratings10 ratings
Positive90.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative10.0%
Written reviews90 reviews
Positive27.8%
Neutral5.6%
Negative66.7%

Simplex Spelling Light

All ratings11 ratings
Positive72.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative27.3%
Written reviews48 reviews
Positive77.1%
Neutral12.5%
Negative10.4%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Find the words

One-time1
  • Upgrade Find the Words$2.99
None

Simplex Spelling Light

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Find the words free?
Find the words is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Simplex Spelling Light free?
Simplex Spelling Light is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Find the words or Simplex Spelling Light?
Find the words is rated higher. Find the words averages 4.5 out of 5 from 10 ratings, while Simplex Spelling Light averages 3.8 from 11 ratings.
Do Find the words or Simplex Spelling Light have ads?
Find the words shows ads; Simplex Spelling Light does not.
Which is updated more often, Find the words or Simplex Spelling Light?
Find the words ships an update every 5 weeks, and Simplex Spelling Light every 10 months. Most recently, Find the words was updated on October 3, 2026 and Simplex Spelling Light on October 12, 2026.

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