Word Mess vs Find Stuff
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Word Mess
Discover words hidden within visually appealing word clouds. Enhance your vocabulary and visual scanning skills with this engaging game. Suitable for all ages, it's also beneficial for educational purposes and skill development.
- Word cloud puzzles
- Vocabulary improvement
- Visual scanning practice
- Rhyming word finder
- Category-based word challenges
- Odd-one-out bonus rounds
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Find words in beautifully designed word clouds. Improve your vocabulary and visual scanning ability! Featured by Apple as a "Staff Favorite" and "New Games We Love" Word Mess is fun for word enthusiasts of all ages! It is great for kids in middle school as it boosts spelling, word recognition and general knowledge. It is also being used in special education programs and by occupational therapists. Word Mess has four different modes. Find Mode - simple word finding, boosts visual scanning Rhymes - find words that rhyme together. Great for little kids Categories - boost your general knowledge with endless combinations of hundreds of categories! Bonus Round - Odd one out. Our personal favorite! Contact us: masalagames.com developer@masalagames.com
Find Stuff
Race against the clock to locate hidden objects in a cluttered scene. Earn points and coins for each item found, and unlock new challenges. Play in multiple languages and test your skills in various difficulty modes.
- Object finding challenges
- Score and coin rewards
- Multilingual support
- Multiple game modes
- 2-player mode
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Prove that you are quick by finding the objects as fast as you can! In this exciting game, you need to find each object lost in the middle of the mess. The more objects you manage to find, the more points and coins you win. You can play in English or in 5 other languages to train and learn new words: Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, French and German. In addition, there are 3 super fun modes available: easy, hard and 2 players at the same time. What are you waiting for to challenge a friend? Download now and have fun! :)
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Find Stuff at Free against Word Mess's $2.99. Find Stuff also leads on rating (4.5 vs 4.1) and update cadence (every 3 months vs every 31 months). Word Mess's advantage is chart position (#48 vs unranked) and ratings volume (30 vs 8). On ads, in-app purchases, monetization model 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
Find Stuff is free to download; Word Mess costs $2.99 up front. Word Mess sells 4 one-off in-app purchases and Find Stuff sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Find Stuff holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 30 and 8 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 74% of Word Mess's written reviews are positive against 100% of Find Stuff's.
Word Mess ships an update every 31 months, Find Stuff every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 10, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Word Mess | Find Stuff |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.1 (30 ratings) | 4.5 (8 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 74.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 30 — better | 8 |
| Update frequency | Every 31 months | Every 3 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | #48 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 13 MB | 68 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | +4 |
| Developer | Masala Games | Webcore Games |
Customer experience
Word Mess
Find Stuff
Bugs and requests
Word Mess
Reported bugs
11 issues- App loads upside down on iPad
- Screen doesn't auto-rotate properly
- iPad screen too large, content cut off
- Words appear after game ends that weren't visible during play
- Tapping words doesn't register accurately
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- App won't download or install
- iPhone 5 display optimization missing
- Black bars on iPhone/iTouch 5 borders
- Ambiguous purchase prompts causing accidental charges
- App accessed contacts and sent spam
- Deceptive free app promotion with timezone issues
Requested features
12 requests- Difficulty settings and untimed/beginner modes
- Ability to earn tickets instead of only purchasing
- Better category rotation and variety
- Screen rotation support for landscape/portrait modes
- Penalty system that doesn't reset to level one
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- Custom word input for personalized gameplay
- Longer time limits for processing
- Include educators in professional categories
- Non-reader version with pictures/shapes/colors
- Adjustable time limits for therapy/educational use
- Music toggle or audio customization
- In-game instructions and directions
Find Stuff
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Word Mess
- Newbie Pack$0.99
- Prodigy Pack$1.99
- Maestro Pack$3.99
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- Addict Pack$5.99
Find Stuff
- Objects$0.99
- pack with 2.000 coins$0.99
- No Ads$0.99
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- 5 packs$1.99
- 4 packs$1.99
- 3 packs$1.99
- 2 packs$1.99
- 6.300 coin$1.99
- 11.000 coins$2.99
- 20.700 coins$3.99
