nozoku vs Word Forward
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
nozoku
Engage your mind with a casual logic puzzle game. Combine numbered tiles by subtracting smaller from larger to clear the board and earn stars. Offers over 40 puzzles with adjustable difficulty and helpful tools like undo and skip.
- Logic and number puzzles
- Easy and hard solutions
- Over 40 puzzles
- Undo, reset, skip options
- Tile combination mechanic
- Star earning system
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A casual game of logic and numbers. Each puzzle has "easy" and "hard" solutions. Can you earn all the stars? Play over 40 puzzles at your own pace. Undo, reset, or skip puzzles at any time. The rules are simple: Combine two tiles to subtract the smaller number from the larger. Keep combining tiles until all the numbered tiles are gone. Use up all the tiles (including blanks) to earn stars. Give your brain a twist with nozoku!
Word Forward
This word puzzle game challenges players to clear a 5x5 grid by forming words. It requires strategic use of every letter tile to solve 500 unique puzzles, offering an endlessly challenging brain teaser.
- Spell words by tracing lines
- Swap letters with tokens
- Jumble tiles for new letters
- Change letters with modifiers
- Eliminate tiles with bombs
- Solve 500 puzzles
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The #1 Word Game! Played by millions! “Equally a brain-teaser and a brain-pleaser” - MacWorld “An excellent buy for solo players” - TechRadar “A really fun and well-executed word game” - PocketGamer Beautifully simple. Endlessly challenging. Word Forward is the word puzzle game where every choice matters. Can you use all of the letters in the 5x5 grid to make words disappear and clear the board? Word Forward isn’t about spelling the longest words or the most clever - it’s about carefully using every tile to declare victory in 500 puzzles. It requires cunning and strategy -- Word Forward is a brain teaser that will really make you think! • SPELL words by tracing a line between tiles in any direction, including diagonally • SWAP any two letters on the grid by using a SWAP TOKEN, earned during gameplay • JUMBLE the tiles on the grid to replace all the letters with new ones when all else fails • CHANGE the letter on a tile to any other letter you choose using the SWAP MODIFIER • ELIMINATE stubborn tiles with BOMBS to get yourself out of a tight spot The latest brain-tingling puzzle game from the creators of Block Droppin Blitz.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: nozoku at 5.0 against Word Forward's 4.5. nozoku also leads on price ($1.99 vs $2.99). Word Forward's advantage is update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 6 months) and ratings volume (11 vs 1). On review sentiment, ads, in-app purchases 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
nozoku costs $1.99 and Word Forward $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
nozoku holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Word Forward has 11 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 76% and 76% positive.
nozoku ships an update every 6 months, Word Forward every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 14, 2026 and September 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | nozoku | Word Forward |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 — better | $2.99 |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 4.5 (11 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 76.4% of reviews | 76.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 11 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Best chart rank | — | #61 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — better |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 122 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Chaotic Box | Thalamus Digital Publishing Ltd. |
Customer experience
nozoku
Word Forward
In-app purchases
nozoku
No in-app purchases
Word Forward
No in-app purchases
