Comparison

Words Inside vs Making up words

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

Making up words

This word game challenges players to form nouns from a set of letters. Earn points for each word discovered, which can then be used for hints. Customize your experience with adjustable font sizes and enjoy flexible screen orientation.

Highlights
  • Form words from given letters
  • Earn points for discovered words
  • Use points for hints
  • Adjustable font size
  • Portrait and landscape support
  • Gesture-based controls
Features
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Here's level with 100 words. Every word contains 8 to 10 letters. The players use these letters to make up words (nouns). The number of remaining words displayed on the screen. You can see the word's meaning by clicking it. The more words you open, the more points you get. Each letter gives you one point. These points allow you to use the tips if necessary. Features: - Easy game control - most of the actions you can perform by gestures; - Supports of portrait and landscape screen orientation; - The ability to customize the font size of guessed words as you wish (you can zoom in and out the font size in a gesture or by pressing the "+" and "-" buttons).

Screenshots

Words Inside4 screens
Making up words2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Making up words at 5.0 against Words Inside's 4.3. Making up words also leads on iOS requirement (6.0 vs 26.0). Words Inside's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 3 months vs every 10 months). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Words Inside sells 11 one-off in-app purchases and Making up words sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Making up words holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Words Inside ships an update every 3 months, Making up words every 10 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Words Inside versus Making up words: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWords InsideMaking up words
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (3 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews75.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 3 months — betterEvery 10 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS26.06.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB10 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperA5 MultimediaAmir Kadyrov

Customer experience

Words Inside

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

Making up words

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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
3 purchases

Making up words

One-time3
  • Turn off ads$0.99
  • 500 coins$0.99
  • SuperUser Mode$14.99

Questions

Is Words Inside free?
Words Inside is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Making up words free?
Making up words is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Words Inside or Making up words?
Making up words is rated higher. Words Inside averages 4.3 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while Making up words averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Words Inside or Making up words have ads?
Making up words shows ads; Words Inside does not.
Which is updated more often, Words Inside or Making up words?
Words Inside ships an update every 3 months, and Making up words every 10 months. Most recently, Words Inside was updated on October 23, 2026 and Making up words on October 8, 2026.

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