Words Inside vs Grid Glide

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

Trace words across a 5×5 grid in 60 seconds. Chain them fast for combo multipliers up to 3×. Find hidden gold words for triple score. Climb from Beginner to Legendary. Grid Glide is built for the satisfying feel of word-tracing — but with momentum. The faster you chain, the higher you score. The bigger the words, the louder the celebration. THREE WAYS TO PLAY • Daily Challenge — same grid as every other player worldwide. Compete on score, share your result with one tap, challenge a friend by name. • Timed Mode — 60 seconds, infinite re-rolls, your high score is your rank. • Zen Mode — no timer, no pressure. Just the grid and your flow. MASTER THE MECHANIC • Combo Multiplier — chain words within seconds to scale 2× → 3× scoring. • Gold Words — hidden 3× point words seeded into every grid. Hunt them down. • Bonus Mode — finish with time on the clock and unlock a speed round. • Streak Shields — auto-rescue one missed day so a busy week never breaks your run. PROGRESS YOU CAN SEE Earn your tier as your high score climbs: Beginner → Sharp → Elite → Master → Legendary. Your rank is visible everywhere — home screen, share card, even the swipe trail glows differently as you climb. Master players get a cyan chromatic-aberration ghost on every trace. Legendary players see prism shimmer. Earned, not unlocked. CHALLENGE A FRIEND Daily game-over has a "Beat me?" button. One tap sends your score and puzzle number straight to iMessage. They play the same grid. You see who wins. No accounts, no friends list — just the link. DESIGNED FOR PLAYERS WHO READ THIS FAR • 235,000-word dictionary — find the obscure word, it'll count • Calibrated haptics — five tiers, every word commit feels different • Synthwave aesthetic — retro-futuristic cyber-neon, dark plum + coral • No banner ads. No interstitials. No paywalls. No in-app purchases. • Free to play forever. Made by one person, not a studio. OFFLINE-FIRST Plays on the subway, on a flight, in a basement. No login, no internet required, no friend list to import. Just install and trace. Sound calibrated by ear. Haptics calibrated by wrist. Word list calibrated against every major puzzle competitor. The 60 seconds you spend on Grid Glide should feel like the 60 best of your day. Try a daily. If it isn't, uninstall — but I bet you don't.