Word Head vs Down Words!
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Word Head
Experience a unique 3D word search where you rotate a cube to find hidden words. Challenge yourself with themed lists or create your own in multiple languages. Improve vocabulary and compete on leaderboards.
- 3D cube manipulation
- Wrap and twist word finding
- Customizable word lists
- Multi-language support
- Alphabet Quest challenges
- Word definitions
- Achievements and leaderboards
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The ‘Rubik's Cube’ of word search! It’s like if Word Search and ‘Boggle’ had a baby and made it in 3-D they’d call it ‘Word Head.’ You manipulate a 3-D cube floating in mid air looking for words that can wrap and twist around the sides of the cube. Move the cube up, down, 180 degrees to the left, 90 degrees to the right, there’s nothing like it. Word Head is highly addictive because its rotating 3 dimensional cube challenges players to quickly discover words from either a pre-selected or player-customized list. Find the word, score points. Once you find them all there’s one more hurdle to clear, you must discover a special ‘hidden’ word to win the game. Word Head has numerous themed word lists to play, with many to unlock through the Alphabet Quest. Each block on the rotating 3D cube has a different letter that can be used to spell a word – whether horizontally, vertically, or diagonally. Players can rotate the 3D cube to search for the words listed on their screen. Players also can make their own word lists from an extensive word look-up provided in English, French, German, and Spanish – over 1.6 million words! Share your custom word lists with friends through iMessage. Plus Word Head uses the iOS dictionary to provide definitions for many of the words. And there are numerous Achievements and Leader Boards to rank your Word Head on the Game Center. So have fun, improve your mind and vocabulary, and play Word Head! Compatible with the iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. Requires iOS 17.0 or later.
Down Words!
A 3D tile-based word game where players spell words to score points on a daily board. Compete globally for the highest score on the same puzzle each day.
- 3D tile-based gameplay
- Daily new board
- Global high score competition
- Limited moves per game
- Word spelling challenges
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In this 3D tile-based word spelling game, you see how many words you can spell in a limited number of moves. Each day brings a new board. Everyone across the world gets the same board and competes for the high score.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Down Words! at Free against Word Head's $0.99. Down Words! also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 4 months) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 17.0). Word Head's advantage is rating (4.8 vs 4.0) and review sentiment (87% vs 50%). 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
Down Words! is free to download; Word Head costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Word Head holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Word Head has 43 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 87% of Word Head's written reviews are positive against 50% of Down Words!'s.
Word Head ships an update every 4 months, Down Words! every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Word Head | Down Words! |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.8 (43 ratings) — better | 4.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 87.2% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 43 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Best chart rank | #167 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 79 MB | 116 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | JWACK APPS | Stephen Desilets |
Customer experience
Word Head
Down Words!
Bugs and requests
Word Head
Reported bugs
9 issues- Game not working after updates
- Does not accept alternative spellings
- Freezes frequently
- Music app opens and changes volume
- Cannot advance due to low percentages
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- App opens but does not allow play
- Pausing game leads to inability to resume
- Sound cannot be turned off
- Score mode is default and cannot be changed
Requested features
8 requests- Fix spelling variation issues
- Make hints more affordable or free
- Improve game length
- Allow saving games
- Fix game mode saving
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- Offer more music options or ability to turn off
- Improve mystery word hints
- Address theme selection issues
Down Words!
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Word Head
No in-app purchases
Down Words!
No in-app purchases









