TENSEI vs A Few Words
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
TENSEI
Embark on a serene journey of self-discovery through an ultra-casual endless action game. Leap and fall through calming Zen landscapes, mimicking the flow of ink on paper, to escape daily stress and find deep immersion.
- Ultra-casual endless action gameplay
- Soothing Zen landscapes
- Relaxed journey into the sky
- Immersive experience
- Brush stroke-like movement
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An experience of self-discovery set in soothing Zen landscapes. "Tensei" is an ultra-casual endless action game. Leap and fall over and over in the style of a brush flowing across paper, and go on a relaxed journey into the sky. Leave the hectic routine of life behind for a chance to enjoy this deeply immersive experience.
A Few Words
A casual word game where you slide letters to form words and clear them from a grid. It offers a new daily puzzle with varying grid sizes for a fun, ad-free challenge.
- Daily word puzzles
- Letter sliding mechanic
- Variable grid sizes (4x4, 5x5, 6x6)
- Word formation and removal
- Ad-free gameplay
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A Few Words is a casual word game with a new daily puzzle. There is a grid of letters that you can slide around to make words. When a word is made it is automatically removed from the grid. The game's goal is to remove all the letters from the grid. Challenge yourself daily. Some days have a 4x4 grid others have a 5x5 or 6x6 grid. Simple and fun with no ads.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: A Few Words at Free against TENSEI's $2.99. A Few Words also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs every 5 months) and iOS requirement (13.4 vs 15.6). On rating, review sentiment, 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
A Few Words is free to download; TENSEI costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for TENSEI against 5.0 for A Few Words. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 13 and 6 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
TENSEI ships an update every 5 months, A Few Words every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | TENSEI | A Few Words |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.9 (13 ratings) | 5.0 (6 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 13 — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 13.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 405 MB | 16 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | NEURON AGE CO.,LTD. | Pop Pop Pop LLC |
Customer experience
TENSEI
A Few Words
In-app purchases
TENSEI
No in-app purchases
A Few Words
No in-app purchases
