Puzzle Wordy vs Verbose...
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Puzzle Wordy
Engage in strategic word-solving with this crossword game. Challenge friends or random players online using word order and bonus abilities. Enjoy a competitive word puzzle experience.
- Strategic word solving
- Word order strategy
- Bonus abilities
- Challenge friends
- Online multiplayer
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A crossword puzzle game where you can solve for words and use strategy in the word order and when to use bonuses. Players can also challenge friends or other random players online.
Verbose...
A word guessing game for word enthusiasts. It features a unique disappearing keyboard that removes incorrect letter guesses. Track your statistics and enjoy an endless supply of words in this ad-free experience.
- Unlimited word puzzles
- Disappearing keyboard
- Track game statistics
- Ad-free gameplay
- Multiple word lengths
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For lexophiles everywhere: introducing…Verbose! The game of never-ending words. Guess the letters for four, five, and six-letter words, with a magic, disappearing keyboard to eliminate incorrect guesses as you play. Keep track of your stats and enjoy unlimited words, ad-free: you could call our newest app loquacious, to say the least. Or, the most! Verbose. The word game with never-ending words.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Verbose... at none against Puzzle Wordy's 1. Verbose... also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 2 months). Puzzle Wordy's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 16.0). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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. Puzzle Wordy sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Verbose... asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Puzzle Wordy against 5.0 for Verbose.... Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 2 respectively.
Puzzle Wordy ships an update every 2 months, Verbose... every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Puzzle Wordy | Verbose... |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 56 MB | 16 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Joe Thayer | Nathan Smith |
Customer experience
Puzzle Wordy
Verbose...
In-app purchases
Puzzle Wordy
- one month ad free$2.99
Verbose...
No in-app purchases
