Spell 5 vs Betweenle
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Spell 5
A word puzzle game where you guess a five-letter word within six attempts. Each letter's color indicates its correctness, guiding you to the solution. It's a fun and challenging way to test your vocabulary.
- Five-letter word guessing
- Limited attempts
- Color-coded letter feedback
- Vocabulary challenge
- Brain training
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Use your chances wisely and find the word in only 6 attempts! Each letter of your guess is color-coded to help you decode the word! Green - The letter is spot on! :D Yellow - The letter is in the word but in a different place :) Gray - The letter is not in the word :(
Betweenle
A word guessing game where players deduce a hidden word by entering guesses and receiving feedback on its alphabetical position. Utilize clues like dots to narrow down the possibilities within a limited number of attempts.
- Guess the secret word
- 14 guess limit
- Alphabetical dictionary
- Before/after word placement feedback
- Orange dot proximity indicator
- Daily and unlimited modes
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Can you guess the secret word hidden between other words? You have 14 guesses to do it. Dictionary is sorted in Alphabetical Order. Entering word tells you if secret word is placed in dictionary before or after entered word. Orange dot tells you if secret word is closer to top or bottom word. Play daily mode and share score with your friends or enjoy unlimited mode.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: Betweenle at 1.6K against Spell 5's 1. Betweenle also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs fortnightly). Spell 5's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.7). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Spell 5 holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Betweenle has 1.6K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Spell 5 ships an update fortnightly, Betweenle every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on June 4, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Spell 5 | Betweenle |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 4.7 (1.6K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 55.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1.6K — better |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 77 MB | 59 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Priya Goel | Michal Gorny |
Customer experience
Spell 5
Betweenle
Bugs and requests
Spell 5
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Betweenle
Reported bugs
2 issues- Keyboard input can be slow to react
- No landscape mode option, only portrait
Requested features
3 requests- Add a quit/give up option for stuck levels
- Implement a way to quickly share scores without revealing hints
- Offer a one-time purchase to remove ads
In-app purchases
Spell 5
No in-app purchases
Betweenle
No in-app purchases
