Half a Minute vs FiveWords
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Half a Minute
A fast-paced word guessing game for groups of four or more players. Teams race against the clock to describe words, with the highest score winning. Offers an ad-free experience through a yearly subscription.
- Multiplayer word guessing
- Timed rounds
- Team-based play
- Adjustable difficulty
- Ad-free subscription option
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Half a Minute is a fun game that you can play with an infinite amount of players (at least 4). Each member of every team describes 4, 5 or 6 words (depending on the difficulty) within half a minute. The team that has the most knowledge and best tactics wins the game. guaranteed for a fun and hilarious evening! -------------------------------------- You can subscribe to play ad-free. A subscription is not required, advertisements will be shown instead. During each round, the user will see an ad. The user can decide to remove these ads by upgrading and purchasing a recurring subscription. After your purchase the app won't show any ads for one year. Your subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Subscriptions are managed by the user. Auto Renew can be disabled via Account Settings. By installing our app you will agree to our terms of use, which can be found here: http://www.halfaminute.net/terms.html
FiveWords
A fast-paced party game where teams race against the clock to guess words. With thousands of words and support for up to four teams, it offers endless replayability for group fun.
- Guess words against the clock
- Play with up to 4 teams
- Over 3500 unique words
- Suggest new words
- Fast-paced party gameplay
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FiveWords is a fun party game. Your teammates need to guess the words on the card under 30 seconds. The first team with the points needed to win, has won! Features: - More than 3500 words, creating unique cards every round - Possible to play up to 4 teams - Ability to suggest new words! Suggestions, problems, need some help or questions? Feel free to send a mail to info@fivewords.nl
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: FiveWords at 5.0 against Half a Minute's 2.9. FiveWords also leads on review sentiment (50% vs 8%). Half a Minute's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs monthly) and ratings volume (8 vs 1). On price, ads, 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. Half a Minute sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per year and FiveWords sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
FiveWords holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Half a Minute has 8 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 8% of Half a Minute's written reviews are positive against 50% of FiveWords's.
Half a Minute ships an update fortnightly, FiveWords monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 6, 2026 and June 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Half a Minute | FiveWords |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.9 (8 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 8.3% of reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 8 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Monthly |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 28 MB | 13 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Lerikon B.V. | Tom Miedema |
Customer experience
Half a Minute
FiveWords
In-app purchases
Half a Minute
- Remove ads$2.991 Year
- Remove advertisements$2.99
FiveWords
- Remove ads$1.99
