Upwords vs anagram arcadus
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Upwords
This word stacking game challenges you to transform existing words by stacking letters on top. Score higher by stacking higher and outsmarting opponents. Play with friends, strangers, or against the computer.
- Stack letters to change words
- Score points based on stacking height
- Play with friends globally
- Challenge computer opponents
- Pass & Play mode
- In-game chat
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UPWORDS – The Stacking Word Game! UPWORDS is the classic 3D crossword game where you don’t just play words… you change them! Stack letters on top of existing words to transform them into new words. Score more points the higher you stack, and outsmart your opponents. Why you’ll love it: - Fun, fast, and endlessly repayable - Play with friends around the world or challenge random opponents - Join a Tournament! - Test yourself against the Computer (4 skill levels) - Pass & Play with family on one device - In-game chat keeps the competition lively UPWORDS is more than just fun — it keeps your brain sharp as you find clever ways to build and stack words. The higher you go, the higher you score! Download today and start stacking your way to victory. -- Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.upwords-app.com/privacy.html
anagram arcadus
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anagram is back, rebuilt from scratch. A draw is a set of 3 to 7 letters plus every word you can build from them. The letters drop onto the rack one by one; slide them sideways until the order spells a word. TWO WAYS TO PLAY The Path strings together 15 journeys of 4 to 5 stages - 67 stages, 496 draws, never the same one twice. A journey moves across word lengths instead of locking into one, and stars are earned at 60%, 85% and 100% of a draw's core words. Finishing a journey opens a crowning screen. Free play draws from the whole pool - 1,735 French draws - with the length, the difficulty and the number of draws you choose. THE MOVE Picking up a tile and dropping it elsewhere costs as many moves as the number of slots it crosses. Drag it, or tap a tile then tap where it should go. The moment the letters spell a word, it falls. The chain multiplies your points with every word found in the same draw, and finding them all triggers the perfect draw. CORE AND BONUS Every draw carries two sets. The core is what is expected of you: it defines completion, stars and the perfect draw. Bonus words are everything else the dictionary knows - accepted, scored, never blocking. No valid word is ever refused. THE WORDS Two sources, two roles: a dictionary says what is acceptable, a corpus says what is findable. Acceptance comes from Grammalecte 7.0, 84,172 lemmas unfolded into nearly 560,000 forms. The core and the difficulty come from Lexique 3.83 frequencies, measured on films and books. Nothing is sorted by hand. FOUR DIFFICULTIES They build on three constraints that stack: time per draw, a move budget, and a current that forces the direction of every move and flips at a fixed interval. Discovery - 90 s, unlimited moves, free direction. To learn the gesture. Classic - 60 s, 40 moves. Every slide counts. Expert - 45 s, 26 moves, the current flips every 8 seconds. Infernal - 30 s, 18 moves, and the current never stops turning. The current never makes a draw unsolvable: pushing a letter right is the same as pushing its neighbour left. It forces you to replan the order of your moves while the clock runs. An English pack is also available, built on classic anagram groups. FIVE BACKDROPS Three layers of depth, real depth of field, five backdrops in rotation. Sounds are synthesised on the fly: no audio file is bundled. Reduce Motion is respected. OFFLINE No account, no ads, no purchases, no connection. The game runs in airplane mode. Best scores and progress stay on the device.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: anagram arcadus at none against Upwords's shown. anagram arcadus also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). Upwords's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs weekly) and chart position (#171 vs unranked). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Upwords sells 12 in-app purchases, starting at $1.49 per month and anagram arcadus sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Upwords ships an update every 2 days, anagram arcadus weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Upwords | anagram arcadus |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (9.3K ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 66.8% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 9.3K — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 days — better | Weekly |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Best chart rank | #171 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 50 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Lonely Star Software, Inc. | Roland Bodo |
Bugs and requests
Upwords
Reported bugs
4 issues- Ads that cannot be closed
- Frequent crashes and freezes
- Login and verification issues
- Incorrect scoring and word validation
Requested features
5 requests- Option to use British dictionary
- Choice of dictionaries
- Ability to swap more than one letter
- Show opponent's remaining tiles
- Fairer letter distribution
anagram arcadus
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Upwords
- Premium Bundle Monthly7 Days trial$1.491 Month
- Premium Bundle Yearly7 Days trial$11.991 Year
- Full Upgrade - Free!Free
- Word Glow$1.99
- 20 Tokens$1.99
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- Medium Token Pack$4.99
- 60 Tokens$4.99
- 125 Tokens$9.99
- Large Token Pack$9.99
- 260 Tokens$19.99
- Premium Bundle Lifetime$34.99
- 610 Tokens$44.99
anagram arcadus
- Pack de 1000 Pièces$0.99
- Pack de 2500 pièces$1.99
- Pack de 5000 pièces$2.99
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