Exploding 7's vs Wordlike
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Exploding 7's
A straightforward card game designed for quick and enjoyable play. Test your luck and strategy in this simple yet engaging digital card experience.
- Simple card gameplay
- Quick play sessions
- Engaging card experience
- Digital card game
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A fun and simple card game app.
Wordlike
This word game blends roguelike deckbuilding strategy with classic word puzzle challenges. Build words to progress through procedurally generated levels, collect power-ups, and face unique bosses. Enjoy endless replayability with strategic item synergies and an unfiltered dictionary.
- Procedurally generated boards
- Unique Knick Knacks for synergies
- Powerful tile enhancements
- Challenging boss battles
- Unfiltered dictionary
- Offline play
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Wordlike is a word-based, roguelike deckbuilder! Make words, tune your bag of letters, and collect powerful items. It combines the strategy and replayability of roguelike deckbuilders and the challenge and nostalgia of classic word games. If you've played Balatro, it's like Balatro with words. Wordlike is made up of four boards, each with several levels—your goal is to beat these levels by making words. As the level target scores climb, you'll need to pick up Knick Knacks that boost your score and direct your strategy. You'll also encounter unique, game-changing events that bolster your run, forcing you to evaluate tradeoffs, swap items, and more. Highlights • Endlessly Replayable: Every board is procedurally generated, so you'll constantly encounter new items, events, and bosses! • Unique Knick Knacks: Pick up Knick Knacks at the shop between levels. Create word-based synergies based on parts of speech, letters, and more. • Powerful Tile Enhancements: Strengthen your bag of letters with fun effects that boost their Base Points and Multipliers • Challenging bosses: Face a variety of bosses that force you to make words without certain letters, of a certain length, or ones you've never made before. • Unfiltered dictionary: Make words you can't say at grandma's house. Slang and abbreviations are fair game! • Offline Play: Play the entire game on the go, no internet connection necessary.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Exploding 7's at Free against Wordlike's $4.99. Exploding 7's also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 2 weeks). Wordlike's advantage is review sentiment (92% vs 50%) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). On rating 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
Exploding 7's is free to download; Wordlike costs $4.99 up front. Exploding 7's sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Wordlike asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Exploding 7's against 4.8 for Wordlike. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Wordlike has 48 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 50% of Exploding 7's's written reviews are positive against 92% of Wordlike's.
Exploding 7's ships an update every 4 days, Wordlike every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on June 6, 2026 and September 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Exploding 7's | Wordlike |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $4.99 |
| Rating | 4.8 (6 ratings) — better | 4.8 (48 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 92.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 6 | 48 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days — better | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Paid |
| Best chart rank | — | #30 — better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 14 MB | 99 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Jonathan Gerber | Roadtrip Games |
Customer experience
Exploding 7's
Wordlike
In-app purchases
Exploding 7's
- Remove ads$1.99
Wordlike
No in-app purchases









