Wordsmithing vs Beaker
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Wordsmithing
Connect letters by swiping to form words and complete challenges across thousands of levels. This game offers a relaxing, offline experience to sharpen your vocabulary and mind without any in-app purchases.
- Connect letters by swiping
- Thousands of levels
- Works offline
- No in-app purchases
- Relaxing gameplay, no time limit
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Wordsmithing is a fun and challenging word game that will test your vocabulary knowledge and skills across thousands of levels. The objective of the game is simple, you'll be presented with a grid of letters, connect the letters by swiping your finger across the screen to make words and complete various goals. What makes Wordsmithing so great? - Easy to learn: connect words with a single swipe, it’s that simple. - No in-app purchases or hidden fees: no need to spend money when you don’t have to. - Works offline: play wherever and whenever you want, even without an internet connection! - Relaxing gameplay: no time limit, no rush, just relaxing vocabulary fun. - Thousands of levels: enjoy countless hours of gameplay! Wordsmithing is the perfect game to keep you entertained for hours on end, all while sharpening your mind and vocabulary skills.
Beaker
This action-packed word game challenges you to clear falling letter tiles before the beaker overflows. Strategize with short words or aim for epic long words, while completing challenges and unlocking new features as you level up.
- Falling letter tiles
- Clear tiles with short words
- Create long words
- Daily and weekly word challenges
- Unlockable game features
- Blank tile drop
- Time slowing ability
- Vortex letter clearing
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Beaker is an action packed word game - the letter tiles don't stop falling. Maintain control with a quick burst of short words, or let the beaker fill up and make something truly memorable. Try making a 20 letter word, but don’t let the Beaker spill! Make the new daily, and weekly words to build streaks. Complete a huge variety of increasingly difficult challenges. Share your biggest words with friends. Unlock game features as you level up. - Drop a blank tile when the letter you need just won’t fall. - Slow time to help you to make absurdly long words. - Use the Vortex to clear away letters when the Beaker is getting too full.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Wordsmithing at none against Beaker's 11. Wordsmithing also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 7 months) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). Beaker's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 83%). 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. Beaker sells 11 one-off in-app purchases. Wordsmithing asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Wordsmithing against 4.7 for Beaker. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 22 and 15 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 83% of Wordsmithing's written reviews are positive against 100% of Beaker's.
Wordsmithing ships an update every 3 weeks, Beaker every 7 months. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Wordsmithing | Beaker |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (22 ratings) — better | 4.7 (15 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 83.3% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 22 — better | 15 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 7 months |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 106 MB | 94 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Joshua St John | Easistuff Pty Ltd |
Customer experience
Wordsmithing
Beaker
In-app purchases
Wordsmithing
No in-app purchases
Beaker
- Teal theme$0.99
- Indigo theme$0.99
- Lime theme$0.99
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- Yellow theme$0.99
- Red theme$0.99
- Cyan theme$0.99
- Orange theme$0.99
- Violet theme$0.99
- Grape theme$0.99
- Restore tokens every game$3.99
- Remove ads$4.99








