WordBoxer vs WordCrex
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
WordBoxer
Engage in a competitive word game where discovering better words than your opponent is key to victory. Choose your strategy, defend or attack, and feel the thrill of landing a knockout word. Climb the ranks in your Boxing Club and challenge friends.
- Play against friends or computer
- Compare results in Boxing Club
- Supports multiple languages
- Challenge Facebook friends
- Three distinct game classes
- In-game chat
- Simultaneous games
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"WordBoxer: Boggle + Boxing = Brilliance!" - theiphoneappreview.com Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee - Muhammad Ali WordBoxer: The Knock Out Word Game! Discover better words than your opponents. What will be your strategy? Defend or attack? Feel the adrenaline rush when you discover that knockout word. Fight yourself to a top ranking in your Boxing Club! Features: - Play against friends, a random opponent or practice against the computer. - Compare your results and achievements with those of your friends in the Boxing Club. - Play in English, Spanish, Italian, Dutch, French, German, Catalan, Swedish and Danish. - Challenge your Facebook friends from within WordBoxer. - Play in three different classes: Lightweight, Middleweight and Heavyweight. - Chat with your opponent during the game. - Play multiple simultaneous games. - Get a notification when it's your turn to play. - Check the definition of a played word in a single tap.
WordCrex
A word game where players compete using the same seven letters each turn to score the most points. It supports multiple players and over 30 languages, offering a fair and challenging linguistic experience.
- Identical letter sets for all players
- Multiplayer support (2-4 players)
- Played in over 30 languages
- Two English dictionary options
- Challenging word scoring
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WordCrex is the challenging, fair and very popular Scrabble variant! Do you have a feeling for language? Do you always see the best scoring word. Does this sound good? Then WordCrex is your word game! Each turn you get seven letters. Your challenge is to form words and score as many points as possible. The exciting thing is that your opponent has the same seven letters and also tries to score as many points as possible! Can you beat your opponent with the same letters? For example The letters to play are: R N I W S E N You play WINNERS and get 134 points. Your opponent plays WIRES and gets 47 points. You win this turn! WINNERS is placed on the game board and the next turn begins. So, the player who has scored the most points using the same seven letters wins. And that’s fair! You play a game of WordCrex with two, three or four players. WordCrex is played in more than 30 languages worldwide! The two available English dictionaries are SOWPODS and TWL Have fun playing WordCrex! For more information, see our: Terms of Use: https://www.wordcrex.com/terms-of-use Privacy Policy: https://wordcrex.com/privacy-policy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: WordBoxer at 5.0 against WordCrex's 4.2. WordBoxer also leads on ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (87% vs 60%). WordCrex's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 5 weeks). On price, ratings volume, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. WordBoxer sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and WordCrex sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
WordBoxer holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 9 and 25 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 87% of WordBoxer's written reviews are positive against 60% of WordCrex's.
WordBoxer ships an update every 5 weeks, WordCrex every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | WordBoxer | WordCrex |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (9 ratings) — better | 4.2 (25 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 86.7% of reviews — better | 60.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 9 | 25 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 15 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 43 MB | 121 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Next Factory B.V. | Creative Friends B.V. |
Customer experience
WordBoxer
WordCrex
In-app purchases
WordBoxer
- WordBoxer Premium$1.99
WordCrex
- 1 year without ads$4.991 Year
- 250 Coins$0.99
- 600 Coins$0.99
- 1000 Coins$1.99
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- 2500 Coins$4.99
- Remove ads$5.99
- 5000 Coins$8.99
