Comparison

Words Inside vs Miracle Merchant

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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

About

Miracle Merchant

Become an alchemist's apprentice in this solitaire-style card game. Mix and combine ingredient cards to brew potions for adventurers. Enjoy a unique, randomly generated challenge with each game and collect a variety of masterfully crafted potions.

Highlights
  • Solitaire style gameplay
  • 41 collectable potions
  • Daily tasks
  • Daily game with global highscores
  • Mix and combine puzzle gameplay
  • 2-3 minute playtime per game
Features
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Miracle Merchant is a solitaire style potion brewing card game. In Miracle Merchant you become the apprentice of a master alchemist who creates potions for thirsty adventurers. By mixing and combining different ingredient cards you create powerful potions based on the needs of your customers. Each game has a unique, randomly generated set of cards that will test your skills. By successfully completing games you can collect a variety of masterfully crafted potions. Daily tasks will keep you busy and you can compete with other players via online leaderboards. Features + Solitaire style gameplay + 41 collectable potions + Daily tasks + Daily game with global highscores + Mix and combine puzzle gameplay + 2-3mins playtime per game Visit www.tinytouchtales.com & www.miracle-merchant.com

Screenshots

Words Inside4 screens
Miracle Merchant4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Words Inside at none against Miracle Merchant's shown. Miracle Merchant's advantage is ratings volume (1.7K vs 3) and update cadence (monthly vs every 3 months). On price, rating, review sentiment and in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Words Inside sells 11 one-off in-app purchases and Miracle Merchant sells 7 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.3 for Words Inside against 4.4 for Miracle Merchant. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Miracle Merchant has 1.7K ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 75% of Words Inside's written reviews are positive against 69% of Miracle Merchant's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Words Inside ships an update every 3 months, Miracle Merchant monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Words Inside versus Miracle Merchant: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWords InsideMiracle Merchant
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (3 ratings)4.4 (1.7K ratings) — better
Positive reviews75.0% of reviews — better68.5% of reviews
Number of ratings31.7K — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS26.015.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB250 MB
Age rating4++12
DeveloperA5 MultimediaArnold Rauers

Customer experience

Words Inside

All ratings3 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral33.3%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral25.0%
Negative0.0%

Miracle Merchant

All ratings1,674 ratings
Positive86.0%
Neutral5.3%
Negative8.7%
Written reviews486 reviews
Positive68.5%
Neutral13.8%
Negative17.7%

Bugs and requests

Words Inside

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Miracle Merchant

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Game crashes when completing potions
  • Daily tasks and challenges not working properly
  • Inability to restore purchases on reinstall
  • Compatibility issues on newer iOS devices

Requested features

5 requests
  • More game modes and progression systems
  • Ability to customize or upgrade potion shop
  • Clearer tutorial and in-game explanations
  • Synchronization of progress across devices
  • Expanded potion and ingredient variety

In-app purchases

11 purchases

Words Inside

One-time11
  • 100 Hints$0.49
  • Pop Stars Theme$0.99
  • Computing Theme$0.99
Show 8 more
  • Anagrams Theme$0.99
  • 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
7 purchases

Miracle Merchant

One-time7
  • Character Unlock 5$0.99
  • Character Unlock 6$0.99
  • Unlock Character 1$0.99
Show 4 more
  • Unlock Character 3$0.99
  • Unlock Character 2$0.99
  • Unlock Character 4$0.99
  • Unlock Miracle Merchant$1.99

Questions

Is Words Inside free?
Words Inside is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Miracle Merchant free?
Miracle Merchant is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Words Inside or Miracle Merchant?
Miracle Merchant is rated higher. Words Inside averages 4.3 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while Miracle Merchant averages 4.4 from 1.7K ratings.
Do Words Inside or Miracle Merchant have ads?
Miracle Merchant shows ads; Words Inside does not.
Which is updated more often, Words Inside or Miracle Merchant?
Words Inside ships an update every 3 months, and Miracle Merchant monthly. Most recently, Words Inside was updated on October 2, 2026 and Miracle Merchant on October 16, 2026.

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