Catagrams vs urbWord
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Catagrams
Solve charming word puzzles in a cozy, hand-drawn game. Unlock unique accessories for your feline friends and enjoy relaxing gameplay. Customize your experience with adjustable difficulty and daily challenges.
- Hand-drawn illustrations
- Relaxing gameplay
- Customizable puzzles
- Infinite play mode
- Cat accessories
- Daily puzzles
- Support cat rescues
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What are these cats up to? Catagrams is a cozy, hand-drawn mobile game where players solve word puzzles to unlock whimsical accessories for their cats. • Hand-drawn Illustrations - Discover each cat's favorite activity! • Relaxing Gameplay - Match threads, unlock cats, and settle in for a good time • Curated Puzzles - Customize word length and difficulty to your taste • Infinite Play - Purchase endless mode for limitless puzzles • Adorable Accoutrements - Accessorize your cat companions! • Daily Puzzle - Scratch that word-puzzle itch with each new challenge • Support a Good Cause - 50% of the proceeds from the "Treat Package" in-app purchase go to a rotating cat rescue! About Us: We're two software developers with a love for coding, stories, puzzles, and art. So, we left our corporate jobs to make an indie game! Catagrams is our first game, and we sincerely hope you enjoy it. To learn more about Ponderosa Games, please visit www.ponderosagames.com.
urbWord
Guess the daily five-letter slang word within six attempts. Discover hilarious definitions and track your progress. Share your daily stats and slang term with friends.
- Daily slang word puzzles
- Six guess attempts
- Hilarious slang definitions
- Daily stats tracking
- Shareable results
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urbWord is a daily word puzzle game where you try to guess the slang word of the day. You have six attempts to guess the new five letter slang term each day. When you guess, or fail to guess the term, you will see the hilarious definition of that days slang term. We also track your daily stats which you can share with your friends along with the slang term definition of the day. Learn new slang terms everyday that you and your friends can laugh about!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: urbWord at none against Catagrams's 7. urbWord also leads on ads (none vs shown). Catagrams's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 18 months) and ratings volume (58 vs 1). On price, rating, device support and iOS requirement 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. Catagrams sells 7 one-off in-app purchases. urbWord asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Catagrams against 5.0 for urbWord. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Catagrams has 58 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Catagrams ships an update every 3 weeks, urbWord every 18 months. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Catagrams | urbWord |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (58 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 94.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 58 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 18 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 195 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Ponderosa Games, LLC | Matthew Swartz |
Customer experience
Catagrams
urbWord
Bugs and requests
Catagrams
Reported bugs
2 issues- Login screen freezes
- Incompatible with older devices
Requested features
2 requests- Free hints for all puzzles
- Ability to slide tiles freely on the board
urbWord
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Catagrams
- Scientist Cat$1.99
- Cozy Winter Night Cat$1.99
- Desert Road Trip Cat$1.99
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- Autumn Cat$1.99
- Remove Ads$1.99
- Unlimited Play Mode$2.99
- Treat Package$9.99
urbWord
No in-app purchases









