A Few Words vs SpellingHive
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.
SpellingHive
Engage in a daily word game designed to sharpen your mind with unlimited spelling challenges. Enjoy a clean interface with helpful hints and progress tracking. It offers a pure, distraction-free experience for word game enthusiasts.
- Unlimited daily puzzles
- Interactive hints
- Progress tracking
- Autosave functionality
- Clean, minimalist interface
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Think you’ve got what it takes to become a spelling bee champion? This clean, fast, and addictively playable word game brings daily brain-boosting fun—no ads, no paywalls, no nonsense. Dive into an endless stream of challenges. Whether you're aiming for Genius or chasing the perfect pangram, this app is built for word lovers who want more. Features: • Puzzles that mimic classic game everyone loves • Unlimited random puzzles for non-stop wordplay • Interactive hints that guide, not spoil • Progress tracking and autosave — pick up right where you left off • Clean, minimalist interface with no distractions • Coming soon: multiplayer, leaderboards, cloud saves, and custom puzzle modes Whether you're a spelling bee aficionado or just looking for a satisfying word game to keep your mind sharp, this app delivers an experience that’s simple, smart, and built with love by word nerds—for word nerds.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: A Few Words at 6 against SpellingHive's 1. A Few Words also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.4 vs 17.6). On price, rating, 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for A Few Words against 5.0 for SpellingHive. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: A Few Words has 6 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
| Parameter | A Few Words | SpellingHive |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (6 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 6 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 13.4 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 16 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Pop Pop Pop LLC | Tres Spicher |
In-app purchases
A Few Words
No in-app purchases
SpellingHive
No in-app purchases
