Comparison

Slider Challenge vs BranchWordy

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

Head to head
About

Slider Challenge

Engage in a challenging sliding tile puzzle game with multiple difficulty levels and a variety of pre-set images. You can also use your own photos to create custom puzzles. Compete for the fastest times on the Game Center leaderboard.

Highlights
  • Multiple difficulty levels (3x3, 4x4, 5x5)
  • Over 25 puzzle images
  • Use personal photos as puzzles
  • Game Center leaderboard for fastest times
  • Simple tap-to-move tile mechanic
Features
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Challenging Puzzle Fun .. Play casually or race to solve puzzle in fastest time. • 3 levels of play, Easy (3x3) Normal (4x4) Hard (5x5) • More then 25 puzzle/pictures to choose • Use pictures from your photo library as puzzles • Game Center -- leaderboard 'Fastest Time' • Simply 'tap' to move tiles

About

BranchWordy

This word game challenges players to form compound words by arranging base words on branching paths. It offers various difficulty levels and helpful lifelines, with an untimed mode for relaxed play.

Highlights
  • Form compound words
  • Arrange base words on branches
  • Multiple difficulty levels
  • Lifeline assistance
  • Untimed play mode
Features
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Do you like Compound Words? Oh, that is an UNDER+STATEMENT? So you are a ROCK+STAR, or maybe a MASTER+MIND! Branchwordy is a cool new word game - challenging yet simple. Just arrange base words along branches, such that words on adjacent boxes form a compound word. You don't have to be SUPER+HUMAN to do well. Choose from different difficulty levels to play in and use the given lifelines to help you crack the trickier puzzles along the way. Or simply choose the untimed mode to play at leisure without the time limit per round. Now, if we've managed to BRAIN+WASH you, download the game and have fun branching!

Screenshots

Slider Challenge3 screens
BranchWordy4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Slider Challenge at none against BranchWordy's shown. Slider Challenge also leads on monetization model (free vs ad-supported) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 16.0). BranchWordy's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 7 months) and ratings volume (8 vs 1). On price, rating, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Slider Challenge against 4.9 for BranchWordy. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: BranchWordy has 8 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Slider Challenge ships an update every 7 months, BranchWordy every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on June 5, 2026 and August 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Slider Challenge versus BranchWordy: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSlider ChallengeBranchWordy
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better4.9 (8 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings18 — better
Update frequencyEvery 7 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterAd-supported
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS8.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size16 MB16 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperCyber Park Studios LLCVaibhav Electronics Pvt Ltd

Customer experience

Slider Challenge

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

BranchWordy

All ratings8 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Slider Challenge

No in-app purchases

None

BranchWordy

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Slider Challenge free?
Slider Challenge is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is BranchWordy free?
BranchWordy is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Slider Challenge or BranchWordy?
Slider Challenge is rated higher. Slider Challenge averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while BranchWordy averages 4.9 from 8 ratings.
Do Slider Challenge or BranchWordy have ads?
BranchWordy shows ads; Slider Challenge does not.
Which is updated more often, Slider Challenge or BranchWordy?
Slider Challenge ships an update every 7 months, and BranchWordy every 2 months. Most recently, Slider Challenge was updated on June 5, 2026 and BranchWordy on August 6, 2026.

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