WordBlizzard vs Word Octopus
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
WordBlizzard
An innovative word game that combines crossword puzzle elements with real-time action. Drag letter blocks to form words and tap the first letter to clear them before your screen fills up. It's fast, challenging, and strategically simple.
- Drag letter blocks to form words
- Tap first letter to clear
- Real-time action gameplay
- Educational word puzzle
- Challenging and strategic
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Its snowing letters! Drag the letter blocks to form words, then tap the first letter of the word, to stop your screen filling with letters. WordBlizzard an innovative word game, combining the educational value of crossword puzzles with an action realtime game. Fast and challenging, educational, elegantly simple yet strategic. Try it now.
Word Octopus
This word game challenges your brain by having you tap and drag letters to form words. Submerge yourself in a beautiful aquatic design with delightful animations. Compete asynchronously with players worldwide or test your skills against AI.
- Assemble words by tapping and dragging letters
- Compete asynchronously with players worldwide
- Challenge AI opponents
- Track victories and games played
- Beautiful aquatic design and animations
- Build vocabulary and test brain sharpness
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Play Word Octopus 10 mins a day to test your brain and stay sharp! This new spin of a word game brings “elation” for your brain! Tap and drag letters to the game board to “assemble” words and earn points! “Submerge” yourself within the beautiful “aquatic” design and enjoy “delightful” animations, too! Challenge yourself to make the longest words you can! Be “tenacious” and build your vocabulary to impress your friends. Play “asynchronously” with players across the world so there is never any down time! Enjoy word connect and word find games? Word Octopus is your new “obsession”! ► Play multiple matches with other players all at the same time or test your wits against the AI opponent. ► “Demonstrate” your vocabulary power by connecting letters and earning the top score. ► Check out useful “statistics” including number of “victories” and total games played! ► Challenge your brain and vocabulary – this new word game is easy to learn and “difficult” to master! Word Octopus is the newest word game that you won’t be able to put down! It's a perfect fit for fans of word search, word connect and spelling games, too!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: WordBlizzard at none against Word Octopus's 1. WordBlizzard also leads on ads (none vs shown). Word Octopus's advantage is update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 9 months) and rating (4.4 vs 4.0). On price 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
Both are free to download. Word Octopus sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. WordBlizzard asks for nothing beyond the download.
Word Octopus holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Word Octopus has 25 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
WordBlizzard ships an update every 9 months, Word Octopus every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 8, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | WordBlizzard | Word Octopus |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (1 ratings) | 4.4 (25 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 25 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 9 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.6 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 137 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Eric Worrall | Boone and Bear LLC |
Customer experience
WordBlizzard
Word Octopus
In-app purchases
WordBlizzard
No in-app purchases
Word Octopus
- Remove Ads$1.99
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