Comparison

Penanagrams vs Clearfall

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

Head to head
About

Penanagrams

A daily word puzzle game where you find near-anagrams of a five-letter starting word. Each day presents a new challenge to discover words by changing one letter and rearranging the remaining ones. Aim for three stars by finding a specific number of valid penanagrams.

Highlights
  • Daily five-letter starting word
  • Find near-anagrams (penanagrams)
  • Change exactly one letter
  • Rearrange remaining letters
  • Star system for progress
  • Three-star daily goal
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Penanagrams is a free daily anagram-style word puzzle. Each day there is a new five-letter starting word. Find as many penanagrams (near-anagrams) as you can: (a) change exactly one letter in the starting word, then (b) use this new letter and the remaining four letters of the starting word in any order to form a new word. For example START -> RANTS or START -> RATES. For RANTS, a T is changed to an N. Changing a T to any other letter and rearranging in the same way, e.g. T -> F to produce RAFTS, does not count as a new penanagram. To show this, the changed letter shows up as a blank green square in your list of penanagrams. You get a star when you have found 1/4, 2/4, and 3/4 of the possible penangrams. Try for three stars every day!

About

Clearfall

Features
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Clearfall is a beautifully simple puzzle about flow, collapse, and perfect timing. Tap groups of tiles to clear them and watch the board shift, fall, and resolve. Every move matters. Every cascade feels earned. Features Satisfying gameplay Clear tiles and trigger smooth, cascading reactions. Easy to learn, hard to master Simple rules with surprising depth. Thoughtful level design Each level is handcrafted to feel fair, challenging, and rewarding. Calm, minimal experience No clutter. No pressure. Just pure puzzle flow. Play at your pace Relax and think — or chase the perfect solution. The goal Clear the entire board using limited moves. Plan ahead. Set up cascades. Find the move that makes everything fall into place.

Screenshots

Penanagrams4 screens
Clearfall4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Penanagrams at none against Clearfall's shown. Penanagrams also leads on iOS requirement (16.4 vs 26.1). Clearfall's advantage is update cadence (daily vs every 4 days). On price, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Penanagrams ships an update every 4 days, Clearfall daily. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
Penanagrams versus Clearfall: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPenanagramsClearfall
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (9 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings9 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 daysDaily — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.4 — better26.1
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB21 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNoah Daniel SteinNettbureau AS

In-app purchases

None

Penanagrams

No in-app purchases

None

Clearfall

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Penanagrams free?
Penanagrams is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Clearfall free?
Clearfall is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Penanagrams or Clearfall have ads?
Clearfall shows ads; Penanagrams does not.
Which is updated more often, Penanagrams or Clearfall?
Penanagrams ships an update every 4 days, and Clearfall daily. Most recently, Penanagrams was updated on October 24, 2026 and Clearfall on October 28, 2026.

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