Hexoggle vs 21 Letters
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Hexoggle
This word search game challenges you to find words in a hexagonal grid by tracing them with your finger. Compete against the clock for a high score in a fast-paced, ad-free experience.
- Hexagonal letter grid
- Word tracing gameplay
- Timed high score challenges
- Full SOWPODS dictionary
- Ad-free experience
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Search for words in the hexagonal grid by tracing them out with your finger. Race against the clock to get a high score. So you've played Boggle and you need something different...Try this hexagonal variant - you'll thrill at the speed you can play when all adjacent letters are on shape sides and not corners. The big company's game bogs you down when you duplicate a word. Hexoggle just scores it as no points and keeps you in the flow. No ads or in-app purchases - buy it and it's yours without annoying ads. Still impulse-buy priced at only 99 cents. Full SOWPODS dictionary - we don't pretend "bad" words don't exist. Universal app - iPhone, iTouch, iPad.
21 Letters
A daily word game where you build connecting words to achieve a high score. Compete with friends and family using the same daily set of letters. The game ends when you run out of letters or can no longer form words.
- Daily word challenges
- Connecting word building
- High score tracking
- Friend and family competition
- Unique daily letter sets
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21 Letters every day. Build connecting words and score as high as you can. Once you run out of letters, or can't make any more words, your daily round is over. Share your score with your friends and family - since everyone has the same letters for any given day, every day is a competition!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: 21 Letters at Free against Hexoggle's $0.99. 21 Letters also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs monthly) and ratings volume (64 vs 4). Hexoggle's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 6) and ads (none vs shown). On rating, 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
21 Letters is free to download; Hexoggle costs $0.99 up front. 21 Letters sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Hexoggle asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Hexoggle against 4.7 for 21 Letters. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: 21 Letters has 64 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 100% of Hexoggle's written reviews are positive against 82% of 21 Letters's.
Hexoggle ships an update monthly, 21 Letters every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Hexoggle | 21 Letters |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.8 (4 ratings) — better | 4.7 (64 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 81.8% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 64 — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 24 MB | 106 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Skidmark Software | Shallot Games, LLC. |
Customer experience
Hexoggle
21 Letters
In-app purchases
Hexoggle
No in-app purchases
21 Letters
- August 2024 Ad-Free$2.99
- September 2024 Ad-Free$2.99
- October 2024 Ad-Free$2.99
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- May 2024 Ad-Free$2.99
- June 2024 Ad-Free$2.99
- July 2024 Ad-Free$2.99
