Comparison

Words Inside vs BallSol

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

BallSol

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Are you ready to try it? Your goal is to convert all of the green balls into white balls. You will win when only a green ball remains How? ...simple... jumping from the selected ball to a white ball through another green ball. As a result there will be one more white ball Be careful about "solitaire balls" by the way... As you can see this is a fantastic game to skill up your brain abilities, whatever how old you are. In addition you can choose between 10 different maps and randomize the beginning ball situation at the map. Thank you and enjoy yourself!!!

Screenshots

Words Inside4 screens
BallSol4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: BallSol at none against Words Inside's 11. Words Inside's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 3 months vs every 40 months). On price, device support and iOS requirement 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. BallSol asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Words Inside ships an update every 3 months, BallSol every 40 months. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and September 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Words Inside versus BallSol: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWords InsideBallSol
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (3 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews75.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 months — betterEvery 40 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS26.0 — better26.1
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB10 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperA5 MultimediaRicardo Castelo Mateo

In-app purchases

11 purchases

Words Inside

One-time11
  • 100 Hints$0.49
  • Pop Stars Theme$0.99
  • Computing Theme$0.99
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  • 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
None

BallSol

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Words Inside free?
Words Inside is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is BallSol free?
BallSol is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Words Inside or BallSol have ads?
BallSol shows ads; Words Inside does not.
Which is updated more often, Words Inside or BallSol?
Words Inside ships an update every 3 months, and BallSol every 40 months. Most recently, Words Inside was updated on October 2, 2026 and BallSol on September 30, 2026.

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