Word Social Lite vs Tiles By Post
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Word Social Lite
Compete against others in a fast-paced word search game. Find words in a shared grid and see how your skills stack up using an Elo rating system. Enjoy real-time multiplayer challenges for bragging rights.
- Real-time multiplayer word search
- Shared letter grids
- 2-minute game rounds
- Elo rating system
- Compare ratings with friends
- iPhone and iPad support
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Now you can play Word Social for FREE with this ad-supported version! Word Social is an addictive new game for the iPhone and iPad where you search for words in a grid of 4x4 random letters. It's a social (i.e., party) because everybody who's online plays against each other! Everybody sees the same grid at the same time. At the end of each 2-minute game, you find out how well you did against your competition. Word Social uses the Elo rating system to mathematically calculate a rating for you based on who you play and how well you do against them (i.e., if you win or lose). Compare ratings with your friends for bragging rights! Word Social is made by the developer of tChess (the popular chess app) and Learn Chess (the Apple Staff Favorite e-book).
Tiles By Post
Engage in a competitive, correspondence word search game against real players. Challenge friends or face opponents of similar skill in ranked matches. Explore practice puzzles for a relaxed word-finding experience.
- Correspondence word search
- Play against real people
- Ranked and friendly matches
- Cross-platform compatibility
- Practice puzzles
- Multiple language dictionaries
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Tiles By Post is a competitive, correspondence, word search game. How many words can you find? Play this classic online word hunt game with real people! Challenge your friends to friendly games or play ranked matches against random opponents of similar skill levels. Compete for the highest rating. Or, play single rounds "vs Everyone" and see how you compare to thousands of other players on the same board. Tiles By Post is the only cross-platform word search game that keeps track of your skill level and always matches you against players of similar ability. And since it is available for all types of phones you can play your friends no matter what type of phone or device they have! There are three types of games: Ranked Games, Friendly Games, and vs Everyone Games. Tiles By Post also has practice puzzles where you can search for words on a board with no time limit and no opponent. Challenge yourself to see if you can find half of all the words or points on a board with no time pressure. If you like boggle you will love Tiles By Post! Contains multiple dictionaries: English, Spanish, French, and Norwegian
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Word Social Lite at 5.0 against Tiles By Post's 4.6. Tiles By Post's advantage is ratings volume (70 vs 5) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 14.0). On price, review sentiment, update cadence and ads 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Word Social Lite holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Tiles By Post has 70 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 81% of Word Social Lite's written reviews are positive against 85% of Tiles By Post's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Word Social Lite ships an update every 7 months, Tiles By Post every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Word Social Lite | Tiles By Post |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better | 4.6 (70 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 81.3% of reviews | 84.8% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 5 | 70 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | Every 5 months — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 16 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Tom Kerrigan | Games By Post LLC |
Customer experience
Word Social Lite
Tiles By Post
Bugs and requests
Word Social Lite
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Tiles By Post
Reported bugs
5 issues- Game not opening properly after iPhone update
- Support page not working
- Game crashes when clicking to email support
- Turn completed before player could play (tiles shake)
- App requires restart after updating iPhone
Requested features
4 requests- Ability to spin/flip the board
- In-game help section
- Sound effects for word acceptance and timer
- Option to rotate the board
In-app purchases
Word Social Lite
No in-app purchases
Tiles By Post
No in-app purchases
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