Comparison

Alphabetris vs The Workshop

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

Head to head
About

Alphabetris

Engage in an alphabet adventure by tapping and swapping letter blocks to form words. Clear the board, unlock power-ups, and challenge friends in hundreds of puzzles. This game enhances language skills for all ages.

Highlights
  • Tap and swap letter blocks
  • Form words to clear the board
  • Unlock power-ups
  • Hundreds of puzzles
  • Enhance language skills
  • Challenge friends
Features
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Immerse yourself in the world of Alphabatris! It's an alphabet adventure with the delightful Alphabats. Tap, swap, match letter blocks, form words, clear the board, and soar your score high! Unlock power-ups, challenge levels, and enjoy brain-teasing fun. Play hundreds of puzzles, meet Alphabats, boost your word-making skills, find hidden words, win rewards, expand your vocabulary, and challenge friends. Alphabatris is fun and educational, enhancing language skills for both kids and adults. Don't miss out, download Alphabatris and start your word-building journey today!

About

The Workshop

Features
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A brass ball falls. A hoop waits below. Between them, you build the machine that connects the two. The Workshop is a physics puzzle game about building small, satisfying contraptions. Each level hands you a few machines — a fan, a seesaw, a cannon, a conveyor — and an empty board. Where you place them, and which way they face, is the whole puzzle. Press GO and watch your machine run: if the ball lands home, it's on to the next one. If it doesn't, the fun is in seeing exactly why. BUILD WITH 20+ MACHINES Fans push, cannons launch, balloons lift, pipes teleport, magnets pull, and tar slows everything down. Machines are introduced one at a time across 100 hand-built levels, so there's always a new tool arriving just as you've mastered the last one. EVERY LEVEL IS SOLVABLE — PROVABLY Each level's solution is machine-verified before it ships: it works at any frame rate, survives imprecise placement, and needs every machine it gives you. If you're stuck, it's not the level. STUCK ANYWAY? YOU DECIDE HOW MUCH HELP Reveal the solution one machine at a time with a Nudge, buy a little more clock when the timer runs hot, or skip a level that's beaten you and come back later. Help is always optional and never forced on you. MAKE THE BALL YOURS Earn coins by solving levels and spend them on ball finishes — brass, jade, obsidian, prismatic — and trails that ribbon behind the ball as it flies. RESPECTS YOUR TIME AND YOUR PRIVACY No account. No sign-in. Works offline. The free version shows non-personalised ads — the game never tracks you across apps or websites — and a single one-time purchase removes ads forever, unlocks every level, and makes hints free. One ball. One hoop. One hundred machines between them. Welcome to the workshop.

Screenshots

Alphabetris4 screens
The Workshop4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Alphabetris at none against The Workshop's shown. Alphabetris also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). The Workshop's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs every 2 weeks). On price, 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. Alphabetris sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and The Workshop sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Alphabetris ships an update every 2 weeks, The Workshop every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Alphabetris versus The Workshop: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAlphabetrisThe Workshop
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.7 (78 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings78 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 2 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size457 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTapNationEran Amrani

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Alphabetris

One-time2
  • No Ads Offer Bundle$0.99
  • No Ads$1.99
4 purchases

The Workshop

One-time4
  • 600 Coins$1.99
  • The Workshop Premium$4.99
  • 2,000 Coins$4.99
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  • 5,000 Coins$9.99

Questions

Is Alphabetris free?
Alphabetris is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is The Workshop free?
The Workshop is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Alphabetris or The Workshop have ads?
The Workshop shows ads; Alphabetris does not.
Which is updated more often, Alphabetris or The Workshop?
Alphabetris ships an update every 2 weeks, and The Workshop every 2 days. Most recently, Alphabetris was updated on October 24, 2026 and The Workshop on October 25, 2026.

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