Waffle vs Connect Words
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Waffle
A daily word puzzle game where players rearrange letters to form words, presented in a unique waffle shape. Earn stars for solving puzzles and discover definitions for featured words.
- Daily word puzzles
- Letter rearrangement
- Waffle-shaped game board
- Star rewards for solving
- Word definitions
- Puzzle archive access
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The original daily word game in the shape of a waffle! Waffle is a delicious daily word game of letters and logic. Rearrange the letters into the correct words. You will earn stars for every puzzle solved. Learn the definitions of all words featured in the game. Try the archive! Stay for the Deluxe!
Connect Words
Connect groups of four words that share a common theme in a 4x4 grid. This free daily puzzle game challenges your logic, vocabulary, and general knowledge. It's easy to learn but difficult to master, offering fun for all ages.
- Daily word puzzles
- 4x4 word grid
- Word association challenges
- Expand vocabulary
- Improve logic skills
- Suitable for all ages
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Welcome to Connect Words, the free daily word puzzle game! Join millions of players worldwide and test your puzzle-solving skills, enjoying fun and exciting challenges whilst expanding your general knowledge and vocabulary. Complete the 4 x 4 word grid by connecting groups of four words which share a connection / common theme. The game starts simple but gets progressively more difficult - easy to play but tricky to master. The game is a mixture of crossword, word search and logic association and perfect for players of all ages - children, teens and adults, families and friends. Improve your logical thinking and spelling skills. Download Connect Words now and play for free!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Connect Words at 4.6 against Waffle's 4.2. Connect Words also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (52K vs 80). Waffle's advantage is review sentiment (68% vs 40%) and monetization model (ad-supported vs free with in-app purchases). On price, ads, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Connect Words holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Connect Words has 52K ratings behind it against 80, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 68% of Waffle's written reviews are positive against 40% of Connect Words's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Waffle ships an update every 2 months, Connect Words every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Waffle | Connect Words |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (80 ratings) | 4.6 (52K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 67.7% of reviews — better | 39.6% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 80 | 52K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | — | #79 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 21 MB | 45 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Waffle Studio Ltd | Infinitous Games |
Customer experience
Waffle
Connect Words
User reviews
Waffle
From 80 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Great daily challenge
- 👍 No purchase or waiting
- 👍 No forced ads
- 👍 Multiple games included
- 👍 Fun and challenging
Room to improve
- 🐛 Incorrect color coding
- 🐛 Missing 'number waffle'
- 🐛 Clue/letter mismatch
- 😞 Ads ruin the game
- 😞 Loud autoplay ads
Connect Words
From 52K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🤔 Challenging and engaging
- 🧠 Stimulates the mind
- 🕹️ Fun game concept
- 👍 Solid game mechanics
Room to improve
- 💢 Too many repetitive ads
- 🤯 Frustrating when stuck without hints
- 🇺🇸 Too US-centric content
- 🤔 Inconsistent difficulty levels
Bugs and requests
Waffle
Reported bugs
31 issues- Colored squares not always correct
- Clue 'half a century or two score and ten' answer 'fifty' missing 'I'
- Stats reset themselves
- Advertises pornography
- Autoplay loud ads randomly
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- Advertisement with loud music
- Ads with loud music start blaring
- Paid to support, now getting ads
- Last update erased archive stars
- Updates wiped streaks and stats
- Dev team unresponsive to support requests
- Lost all progress after update
- Data gone after update
- Lost all archive history since latest update
- Lost entire streak, went to zero
- All stats gone after update
- Archive of completed waffles reset
- Most recent upgrade reset streak and zeroed out stats
- Stats erased after updating the app
- Last update deleted app history
- Daily game page freezes
- App stopped working on iPad
- Cannot move letters, whole page moves
- Lost all previous scores
- Won't download
- Game freezes
- Won't work on iPhone X or iPad Air
- App installs but does not work
- Crashes every few weeks
- Orange tiled turned white when moved out of word
- Sharing results to Facebook shows waffle number, not stars
Requested features
8 requests- Add the number waffle
- Include Waffle Royale in app
- Add a 'random waffle' button
- Sort archive by unfinished puzzles
- Sort archive by stars earned
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- Resort archive newest to top
- Include all Waffle Word games
- Fix sharing results to Facebook with stars
Connect Words
Reported bugs
2 issues- Incorrect or unsolvable puzzle connections
- Inability to exit or reset a puzzle
Requested features
4 requests- Hint or skip option for puzzles
- Dark mode for better visibility
- Progress tracking and leaderboards
- Ability to purchase ad-free version
In-app purchases
Waffle
No in-app purchases
Connect Words
No in-app purchases
