Comparison

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.

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About

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.

Highlights
  • 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.

About

Smart Word Game

Features
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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.

Screenshots

A Few Words4 screens
Smart Word Game4 screens

Verdict

The call

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

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

A Few Words ships an update every 5 days, Smart Word Game weekly. Both last shipped on November 4, 2026.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
A Few Words versus Smart Word Game: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterA Few WordsSmart Word Game
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (6 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings6 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterWeekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.4 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size16 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPop Pop Pop LLCNathan Fennel

In-app purchases

None

A Few Words

No in-app purchases

None

Smart Word Game

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is A Few Words free?
A Few Words is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Smart Word Game free?
Smart Word Game is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do A Few Words or Smart Word Game have ads?
Neither A Few Words nor Smart Word Game shows ads.
Which is updated more often, A Few Words or Smart Word Game?
A Few Words ships an update every 5 days, and Smart Word Game weekly. Most recently, A Few Words was updated on November 4, 2026 and Smart Word Game on November 4, 2026.

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