A Few Words vs Smart Word Game
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
Smart Word Game
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Seven different ways to play with words. Pick a game, press Play, and start a real puzzle. • Letter Grab Bag: Fit one bag of letters into three words. • Linked Words: Solve two connected words with six guesses each. • Turntable: Trace adjacent letters, rotate a corner, and find more words. • Tile Tactics: Place one scoring move on the letter board. • Word Ladder: Reach another word by changing one letter at a time. • Cipher Trail: Decode a word from repeating symbols. • Sound Lab: Arrange sourced sound tokens to build a word. Start with 500 offline levels in every game, 3,500 in total. All seven games are available from the beginning. Solve a level to open the next one in that game. Continue an unfinished attempt when you return. Every finished round has a clear result. Move to the next level, replay, or share a genuine image of your result through the system share sheet. Free practice keeps the original ten-word activity, word history, growing points, and daily streak. Puzzle progress and practice history stay on this device. Choose animations, haptics, voice, and reveal pace with separate saved controls. Sound Lab can speak its displayed word through system speech; Free practice voice plays encouragement clips. No account, advertising, or in-app purchases. The bundled puzzles work without an internet connection.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: A Few Words at 13.4 against Smart Word Game's 17.6. On price, update cadence, ads 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
A Few Words ships an update every 5 days, Smart Word Game weekly. Both last shipped on November 4, 2026.
| Parameter | A Few Words | Smart Word Game |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (6 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 6 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days — better | Weekly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.4 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 16 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Pop Pop Pop LLC | Nathan Fennel |
In-app purchases
A Few Words
No in-app purchases
Smart Word Game
No in-app purchases
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