Comparison

Ascension vs WORD PUSH

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

Head to head
About

Ascension

A skill-based physics puzzle platformer where players navigate a cube through increasingly difficult stages to reach the top. Earn stars to unlock new chapters, characters, and cosmetic items. Compete with others on leaderboards and challenge friends.

Highlights
  • Skill-based physics puzzles
  • Four challenging chapters
  • Star reward system
  • Unlockable avatars and characters
  • Global and weekly leaderboards
  • Player challenges
  • In-game store for resources
Features
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ASCENSION HAS RETURNED! Just like the original, “It’s Hard, You’ve Been Warned!” A skill based challenge that provides endless hours of fun! Who can reach the top? Is it you? There's only one way to find out! After a long break, that was way too long, the much anticipated platform game is available once again on the App Store. This unique physics based puzzle platformer will challenge you to skillfully ASCEND TO THE TOP! Chapter 1 is where it all begins; as you navigate your cube through stages of increasing difficulty and funky colored platforms, you will be challenged to discover unique and exciting ways to clamber to the top, at least at first. Remember, there may be more ways than one to ascend! Earn three stars in every stage and unlock a super duper secret never before seen, special stage (SDSNBSSS). ;D GAMEPLAY: With four brand new chapters, this challenging platformer is guaranteed to teach you new ways to look at puzzles and discover methods you never thought possible to reach the top. Utilizing a traditional star reward system you will unlock 84 unique and challenging stages, the better your time the more stars you earn. Our goal to keep a clutter free gameplay screen has been achieved with a minimalistic HUD for maximum views in this fun and exciting tactical jumpmaster game. REPLAYABLE: As you increase your skill and learn new techniques you can easily return to previous levels to use those skills and achieve better Ascension times earning more stars and better rewards. CONTROLS: Utilizing standard mobile joystick controls you can create unique, face smashing, movements to optimize your timing with endless jump patterns. The ability to adjust your movements mid air will help you perfect those spot-on landings. PATH TO ASCENSION: This is our player progression reward system. As you gain experience and complete each level you are rewarded with unique Avatars, Visual Packs (V-Packs), Chests, Coins, Gems, Luck, and Characters. The final reward is a very sought after EPIC Character, all you have to do is play. CUSTOM VISUALS: While you play through, do so in style! With distinctive, consistently updated avatars and characters you can show your friends and family how much you have accomplished and complete your collection. LEADERBOARDS: Show off your best time and try to ascend to the top. Can you reach number one on the weekly leaderboard or are you the ultimate competitive person and strive for the top of the all time leaderboards? ACHIEVEMENTS: Bragging rights! If you have the skill to put forth the effort to achieve these goals you will be able to show off your points and challenge friends and family. Collect all achievement cards before anyone you know. CHALLENGES: Challenges allow you to challenge other players to beat your leaderboard score or complete a specific achievement. Challenge others by long pressing their name and selecting 'Send a Challenge'. STORE: A place where you can purchase in-game resources, Chests, V-Packs, Avatars, Characters, daily specials and other fancy things to make your experience special. LUCK SYSTEM: ?? We don’t know how this got here or what it does, but it must be a good thing...right? Good Luck...see what I did there? How can we improve your Ascension? Have your voice heard: ideas@piqued.studio PLANNED ADDITIONS: MISSIONS: Quick daily challenges to help boost your level and put some special rewards in your pocket. MORE ACHIEVEMENTS: More bragging rights! FOLLOW US: @PiquedStudio on Twitter and Instagram u/PiquedStudio on Reddit Please rate us 5 stars to keep updates coming! We appreciate your support! If you find a bug or something isn’t quite right or you just need a friend to talk to, PLEASE contact us: support@piqued.studio or at https://Piqued.Studio/contact-us THANK YOU: If you have read this far you deserve a reward, please enter this code in the Promo Code section in settings and receive an exclusive avatar: BECAUSEIREADTHISWHOLETHINGIGOTANAVATAR...COOL

About

WORD PUSH

This word puzzle game challenges your vocabulary and strategy with unique mechanics. Remove gem-colored letter tiles by forming words, but all tiles of the same color must be included. Progress through 100 levels with increasing difficulty and special abilities.

Highlights
  • Unique gameplay mechanics
  • 100 challenging levels
  • Vocabulary and strategy focus
  • Special abilities (Word-manas)
  • No in-app purchases
  • No ads
Features
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Word Push is a unique word puzzle game - that combines features of popular word board games that you grew up playing with. - Unique game play never seen in any word games on the planet. - 100 levels to solve - each level progresses harder. - First ten levels features friendly game walk throughs and game hints. - Each level will challenge not only your vocabulary but your strategy. - Balanced word game puzzle with special abilities gained from Word-manas. - Absolutely no In-App purchase (You buy it it's yours) - Absolutely no Ads (Designed for end user enjoyment) User ratings ------------------------------------- "Brain Game" - 5 star "this game isn't any other word game...very unique...makes the brain works and think fast before time runs out. very challenging and stimulating" - user rating 5 star - review "Word push is just as challenging as they said it would be. It is well worth the cost and very enjoyable." - user rating 5 star - Really Fun "I love word games but most of those available (thus far) aren't very interesting. Word Push is a lot of fun, though. It's challenging and you can replay the levels to beat your score. I only wish I had a better sense of direction because I often make the tiles fall the wrong way." - user rating ----------------------------------- The goal of the game is to remove all the gem colored letter tiles. The gem colored letter tiles can be removed by forming a word with the gem colored tile letters selected within the word. but! there is catch. if you choose a gem colored tile letter, you also need to choose all the same gem colored letters within your word, otherwise your move is invalid. gem colored tile can be mixed with regular tiles to form a word. you may want to ask, how is this possible, specially if the gem colored tiles are spaced out in the tile grid. that's what makes this game challenging , fresh and engaging. you can move the tiles, by selecting where the new letters will push from. letter pushes can come from four directions top, bottom, left and right once you select a valid word, the letters dissappear and new tiles are inserted depending on the push direction. the board is adjusted, and the letters are maneuvered. strategize your word drop directions to properly align the gem tiles to form a word. there are also two special abilities that will help you solve the puzzle. 1. you can choose a non dictionary valid word. ( by choosing all the tiles of the same letter, as long as the tiles are adjacent to each other) 2. you can choose two letter valid words. this special abilites are acquired as you progress along the level, by forming words and maneuving the gem tiles. you will acquire word-manas, each special ability will require certain mana value.

Screenshots

Ascension4 screens
WORD PUSH4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Ascension at 4.8 against WORD PUSH's 4.1. Ascension also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 88%). WORD PUSH's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 10) and ads (none vs shown). On price, ratings volume, device support and iOS requirement 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. Ascension sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. WORD PUSH asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Ascension holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 8 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Ascension's written reviews are positive against 88% of WORD PUSH's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Ascension ships an update every 19 months, WORD PUSH every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 5, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Ascension versus WORD PUSH: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAscensionWORD PUSH
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (6 ratings) — better4.1 (8 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better88.2% of reviews
Number of ratings68 — better
Update frequencyEvery 19 monthsEvery 6 weeks — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS11.011.0
Further details — not scored
Size822 MB28 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperPiqued SolutionsROBERTO MANONGDO

Customer experience

Ascension

All ratings6 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

WORD PUSH

All ratings8 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral12.5%
Negative12.5%
Written reviews34 reviews
Positive88.2%
Neutral2.9%
Negative8.8%

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Ascension

One-time10
  • Remove Ads$2.99
  • Star Key - Chapter 1$2.99
  • Star Key - Chapter 2$2.99
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  • Star Key - Chapter 3$2.99
  • Star Key - Chapter 4$2.99
  • Starter Pack$9.99
  • Welcome Pack$19.99
  • Season's Spoils$24.99
  • Vault of Gems$99.99
  • Completionist$149.99
None

WORD PUSH

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Ascension free?
Ascension is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is WORD PUSH free?
WORD PUSH is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Ascension or WORD PUSH?
Ascension is rated higher. Ascension averages 4.8 out of 5 from 6 ratings, while WORD PUSH averages 4.1 from 8 ratings.
Do Ascension or WORD PUSH have ads?
Ascension shows ads; WORD PUSH does not.
Which is updated more often, Ascension or WORD PUSH?
Ascension ships an update every 19 months, and WORD PUSH every 6 weeks. Most recently, Ascension was updated on October 5, 2026 and WORD PUSH on October 6, 2026.

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