Comparison

literally vs Subliminal Words

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

Head to head
About

literally

Engage in a timed word-building challenge where you race against the clock to form words from available letters. This game offers a substantial story mode with numerous levels and tasks, alongside unique challenges like deciphering aphorisms. It features a simplified mode for a relaxed experience and detailed statistics to track your progress.

Highlights
  • 200-level story mode
  • 66 aphorism deciphering tasks
  • Simplified, relaxed mode
  • Minimalistic design
  • Detailed statistics
  • Power saving mode
Features
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literally is a word game in which your main opponent is time. This is a race in which you have to collect words from letters so that the game does not end. you've probably missed the standard feature lists, so I've prepared another one for you: • a story consisting of 200 levels and 77 tasks. you can't think of a better brain workout (of course, if you don't feel like reading books; books are the best) • 66 aphorisms are frantically waiting for you to decipher them • simplified mode for those who do not like to rush • minimalistic design and incredible Ukrainian-made fonts • statistics that analyze to the smallest detail what you wasted your time on • surprisingly catchy animation in the main menu • power saving mode, which will help kill the battery more slowly (for example, by turning off the surprisingly catchy animation in the main menu)

About

Subliminal Words

This game challenges you to find hidden words, famous faces, and secret terms camouflaged within images. Create, play, and share your own visual puzzles with a growing community. Enjoy endless challenges with new user-generated content added regularly.

Highlights
  • Find hidden words and faces
  • Create and share custom levels
  • Solve user-generated puzzles
  • Over 500 official levels
  • Daily puzzles and live quests
  • Hint system available
  • Customizable color themes
Features
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Look closer. What do you see? And now... what will you create? Like the classic 'magic eye' pictures that once held our gaze, Subliminal Words is a captivating visual puzzle game filled with secrets hidden in plain sight. Subliminal words, famous faces, and hidden terms are cleverly camouflaged within each image, emerging only as you focus. - NEW: CREATE, PLAY & SHARE YOUR OWN LEVELS! - The hunt just got endless! What began as a quest to find hidden words has expanded into a massive, community-driven brain teaser experience. With our brand-new Level Maker, YOU can design the ultimate visual puzzles: • Create: Build your own custom optical illusions and hide secret words within them. • Play & Test: Solve your personalized puzzles to ensure your secrets are perfectly camouflaged. • Submit for Review: Send us your custom levels! Once accepted, your creations will be published globally and playable by thousands of players worldwide. ENDLESS VISUAL PUZZLES Test your "super sight" across 500+ official levels and a constantly growing library of user-generated content. Can you: • Beat Community Puzzles: Conquer fresh visual challenges designed by players just like you! • Discover hidden words from mesmerizing scenery. • Spot the Stars: Find famous celebrities sneakily blended into complex scenes. • Find the Athlete: Hunt for secret football lingo and identify iconic players. With our flexible, live-updated system, you get new community levels, daily puzzles, new categories, and live quests instantly—without ever needing to update the app. The puzzle-solving hunt never ends! Enjoy a clean and intuitive UI, choose your favorite color themes, and use helpful hints when an illusion leaves you truly stuck. How sharp are your eyes—and how creative is your imagination? Download Subliminal Words now to start hunting and creating your own masterpieces! EULA: https://indest.ee/eula

Screenshots

literally4 screens
Subliminal Words4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: literally at 73% against Subliminal Words's 0%. literally also leads on ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (518 vs 1). Subliminal Words's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.5). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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. literally sells 4 one-off in-app purchases and Subliminal Words sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Subliminal Words holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: literally has 518 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 73% of literally's written reviews are positive against 0% of Subliminal Words's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

literally ships an update every 3 weeks, Subliminal Words every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
literally versus Subliminal Words: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterliterallySubliminal Words
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (518 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews73.1% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings518 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size18 MB154 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperOleksandr KozlovIndest

Customer experience

literally

All ratings499 ratings
Positive87.6%
Neutral6.8%
Negative5.6%
Written reviews26 reviews
Positive73.1%
Neutral19.2%
Negative7.7%

Subliminal Words

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

4 purchases

literally

One-time4
  • Bubble gum$0.99
  • Coffee$2.99
  • Chicken wings$4.99
Show 1 more
  • Borscht$9.99
8 purchases

Subliminal Words

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Pro Pass$2.991 Month
  • Annual Pro Pass3 Days trial$19.991 Year
One-time6
  • No Ad Breaks$1.99
  • Remove 3$1.99
  • Highlight$1.99
Show 3 more
  • Manipulate$1.99
  • All-In Pack$4.99
  • Lifetime Unlock$39.99

Questions

Is literally free?
literally is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Subliminal Words free?
Subliminal Words is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, literally or Subliminal Words?
Subliminal Words is rated higher. literally averages 4.5 out of 5 from 518 ratings, while Subliminal Words averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do literally or Subliminal Words have ads?
Subliminal Words shows ads; literally does not.
Which is updated more often, literally or Subliminal Words?
literally ships an update every 3 weeks, and Subliminal Words every 2 months. Most recently, literally was updated on November 7, 2026 and Subliminal Words on November 3, 2026.

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