Comparison

Please, Touch The Artwork 2 vs WordHowler

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

Head to head
About

Please, Touch The Artwork 2

Embark on a relaxing hidden object adventure through iconic paintings. Collect items for quirky characters and solve casual puzzles. Discover the art of James Ensor in a slow-paced, hand-painted world.

Highlights
  • Hidden object adventure
  • Explore 4 unique worlds
  • Casual point & click gameplay
  • Zoom-in for details
  • Hand-painted art
  • Atmospheric sound
Features
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A relaxing hidden object adventure. Explore iconic paintings, collect items for their quirky inhabitants, and solve casual puzzles. Discover the world of James Ensor, Belgian Modern Art pioneer. FEATURES *Hidden object adventure *4 unique worlds *Hints when stuck *Casual point & click gameplay *Zoom-in for extra details *Real hand-painted art *Atmospheric relaxing sound *Silly and quirky *Slow-paced & relaxing *Fit for ages 12-99

About

WordHowler

Compete against thousands of players worldwide in a real-time word-building game. Swipe tiles to form words, earn points, and climb global leaderboards in fast-paced rounds that run 24/7. Special tiles and bonuses add strategic depth to every game.

Highlights
  • Massively multiplayer real-time gameplay
  • Global live leaderboards
  • Special Digraph & Trigraph tiles
  • Golden Tile bonus
  • Power Box score multipliers
  • React to rivals
Features
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Every player on the planet. One board. Right now. WordHowler is the world's only massively multiplayer word game where thousands of players compete on the SAME tiles at the SAME moment — a new round every 4 minutes, running 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Your word. Their word. Everyone's word. Swipe tiles to build words, rack up points, and climb a live global leaderboard that resets every round. No waiting for a friend. No turn-by-turn. Just you, the board, and everyone else on Earth playing right now. HOW IT WORKS • 2 minutes to find words on the shared tile pool • 2 minutes to see exactly how you ranked against the world • Repeat. Forever. TILES THAT CHANGE EVERYTHING • Digraph & Trigraph Tiles — two or three letters in a single tile, worth bonus points just for using them • The Golden Tile — appears at halftime for 30 seconds only. Use it in any word and pocket a +25 bonus • Power Boxes — land tiles on DL or TL enhancers to multiply your score. Avoid the Pits or watch points vanish • Blinking Tiles — they're leaving the board soon. Grab them before they disappear BRAGGING RIGHTS • First player globally to find a 7+ letter word earns a +10 First-Find bonus — exclusive to you that round • 3 valid words in a row triggers a Combo — a +20 bonus on your next word • React to rivals after each round — fire, howl, clap, or wow them into submission EVERY ROUND IS FRESH New board. New tiles. New chance to outword the world. The pack is already howling. Are you in?

Screenshots

Please, Touch The Artwork 24 screens
WordHowler4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: WordHowler at free against Please, Touch The Artwork 2's paid. Please, Touch The Artwork 2's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, review sentiment, update cadence and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 10, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Please, Touch The Artwork 2 versus WordHowler: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPlease, Touch The Artwork 2WordHowler
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (1.2K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews98.5% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1.2K — better—
Update frequencyWeeklyWeekly
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size343 MB29 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperMeynen Studio BVBAArvind Sethuraman

Customer experience

Please, Touch The Artwork 2

All ratings1,201 ratings
Positive98.8%
Neutral0.4%
Negative0.7%
Written reviews1,376 reviews
Positive98.5%
Neutral0.5%
Negative0.9%

WordHowler

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Please, Touch The Artwork 2

Reported bugs

1 issue
  • Occasional glitches or issues with certain levels

Requested features

3 requests
  • Longer gameplay experience
  • More levels or chapters
  • Improved zoom functionality

WordHowler

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Please, Touch The Artwork 2

No in-app purchases

None

WordHowler

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Please, Touch The Artwork 2 free?
Please, Touch The Artwork 2 is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is WordHowler free?
WordHowler is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Please, Touch The Artwork 2 or WordHowler have ads?
WordHowler shows ads; Please, Touch The Artwork 2 does not.
Which is updated more often, Please, Touch The Artwork 2 or WordHowler?
Please, Touch The Artwork 2 ships an update weekly, and WordHowler weekly. Most recently, Please, Touch The Artwork 2 was updated on November 10, 2026 and WordHowler on November 5, 2026.

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