Letterpress vs Words Inside
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Letterpress
Engage in a relaxing yet competitive word-spelling game where players capture board tiles by forming words. Play at your own pace against friends, random opponents, or AI bots, with real-time chat and performance tracking.
- Play multiple concurrent games
- Compete against friends, random opponents, or bots
- Real-time chat
- Track performance with statistics and leaderboards
- Group play within custom groups
- Real-time word definitions
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This Apple award winner is fun and relaxing! Play multiple concurrent games casually with friends, random opponents or match wits against bot players. You can even play within custom groups! If you enjoy word games then you will love Letterpress for its intuitive play and beautiful design. Two players take turns spelling words to capture the board. Player with the most points wins! • PLAY words at your own pace even across multiple games if you like concurrent play. • ALWAYS FREE and full-featured. • COMPETE against friends, let Letterpress find you an opponent or challenge one of our Bot players. • CHAT in real-time with other players. • TRACK your performance with Statistics and Leaderboards. • DICTIONARIES power real-time word definitions. • GROUP PLAY enables friends to play Letterpress within custom groups (no outsiders) enjoying group-level Statistics, Leaderboards and more great features! • Many more game features and customizations available. For free support and answers to frequently asked questions, head over to http://www.letterpressapp.com/support.html. Follow us on Twitter @LetterpressApp. Like us on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/Letterpress. Play everywhere! Letterpress is built in the USA by the team at Solebon LLC (http://www.solebon.com) where we are dedicated to Sharpening Minds at Play.
Words Inside
Uncover hidden words in a 3x3 grid. Enjoy casual, arcade, and daily challenge modes. Create and save your own custom grids with a one-time purchase. Unlock themed packs and utilize built-in hints.
- 3x3 grid word puzzles
- Casual, Arcade, and Daily Challenge modes
- Create and save custom grids
- Themed word packs
- Built-in hints and word lookup
- Player statistics and achievements
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Words Inside is a free word game where you uncover as many hidden words as you can from a letter grid. Enjoy 3x3 and 4x4 puzzles, with optional Apple Intelligence features on supported devices. Play your way: Casual Mode lets you take your time, saves your progress automatically, and makes it easy to come back later. Arcade Mode is a fast 1-minute score attack with combo multipliers for quick streaks. Daily Challenge gives you a new puzzle every day, with separate progress tracking and replayable Casual or Arcade runs. Explore the themes: Start with the free starter theme, then discover premium theme packs across a wide range of interests. Themed puzzles now include both 9-letter 3x3 and 16-letter 4x4 grids, giving you more letters to explore. Find longer words for bigger scores, with up to 40 base points for a 16-letter word. Want even more ways to play? Unlock My Grids with a one-time purchase to create, save, and replay your own custom boards. Build 3x3 or 4x4 grids, generate a random board, or enter your own letters and let the app solve it before you start. Need help? Hints are built in, and you can earn more by playing: Complete the tutorial, discover anagrams, hit word milestones, finish Casual grids, and complete the Daily Challenge. Extra hint packs are also available in-app. Features: • No in-game advertising • Light and dark mode support • Free starter theme, including a 4x4 puzzle • Daily Challenge included free with a new puzzle every day • Casual Mode with automatic progress saving • Arcade Mode with 1-minute score runs and combo bonuses • Themed 3x3 and 4x4 puzzles across a wide range of interests • Create and save your own grids with My Grids (one-time in-app purchase) • Build random or custom-letter 3x3 and 4x4 grids • Replay saved grids in Casual or Arcade • An expanded word dictionary, with words up to 16 letters long • Player statistics to track your progress • Game Center achievements • Built-in word lookup for found words • Optional Apple Intelligence features on supported devices, including Grid Analysis, Word Meanings, grid summaries, and post-game coaching • Interactive onboarding tutorial • Built-in hints plus extra hint packs available to purchase • iPhone and iPad support
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Words Inside at none against Letterpress's shown. Letterpress's advantage is rating (4.7 vs 4.3) and ratings volume (8.3K vs 3). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Letterpress sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Words Inside sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Letterpress holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Letterpress has 8.3K ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 84% of Letterpress's written reviews are positive against 75% of Words Inside's.
Letterpress ships an update every 6 weeks, Words Inside every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Letterpress | Words Inside |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (8.3K ratings) — better | 4.3 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 83.6% of reviews — better | 75.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 8.3K — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 50 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Solebon LLC | A5 Multimedia |
Customer experience
Letterpress
Words Inside
Bugs and requests
Letterpress
Reported bugs
4 issues- Game freezing or crashing
- Incorrect game state/turn notifications
- Inability to delete or resign from games
- Syncing issues across devices
Requested features
5 requests- Add chat/messaging between players
- Implement a timed game mode
- Allow custom dictionaries or word lists
- Introduce a scoring/ranking system
- Add a 'pass and play' local multiplayer mode
Words Inside
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Letterpress
- Letterpress Upgrade$9.99
Words Inside
- Pop Stars Theme$0.99
- Computing Theme$0.99
- Anagrams Theme$0.99
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- Animals Theme$0.99
- Bands Theme$0.99
- Birds Theme$0.99
- Clothes Theme$0.99
- Colours Theme$0.99
- Flowers Theme$0.99
- Food Theme$0.99









