Comparison

Catagrams vs Puzzmo

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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.

About

Puzzmo

Discover a universe of daily puzzles with original games and modern classics. Enjoy word puzzles, strategy games, and crosswords with helpful hints. It's a free and engaging way to challenge your mind.

Highlights
  • Daily original puzzles
  • Classic puzzle games
  • Word puzzles
  • Strategy games
  • Crosswords with hints
  • Memory and matching games
Features
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Hello! If you're reading this you either really love Puzzmo or you are somehow undecided about our app. Let's be clear: you should download the app. We made it for you and it's free and it's really good! What do you have to lose? Puzzmo is the center of the puzzle universe. You'll find fresh original games by brilliant designers like Zach Gage and new daily puzzles for modern classics like Cross|word, SpellTower, Flipart, Typeshift, Pile-Up Poker, Memoku, and more. You'll also find a little puzzle at the bottom of this AppStore description. Go on, scroll to the bottom. NEW: MEMOKU Inspired by the classic memory game, Memoku invites you to match pairs of numbers, but there's a twist – like Sudoku, no number can appear in the same row, column, or box twice. BONGO Bongo challenges you to build a better board out of twenty five tiles, often picked on a theme by Puzzmo's friends, community members, and celebrity guests. There’s always a better board. PILE-UP POKER Pile-Up Poker is a twist on traditional poker where players build rows and columns of poker hands. The objective is to create the highest overall score by adding cards one by one to the gird, making strategic decisions along the way. FLIPART Flipart is a modern twist on digital jigsaw puzzles. This free daily puzzle challenges you to rearrange Tetris-like shapes by tapping the pivot points so that none of the shapes overlap and they all fit within the border. Flipart puzzles are enjoyable for kids and adults alike! TYPESHIFT Typeshift is our free, daily captivating word puzzle game that challenges your vocabulary, spatial reasoning, and wit. Solve puzzles by shifting columns of letters like a combination lock to form words. Each puzzle is a fun brain-teaser chock full of both word search and strategy. CROSS|WORD Puzzmo crossword puzzles are for everyone. Some of the world’s top solvers compete daily for the fastest solve on Puzzmo, but that doesn’t mean we’re here to stump you. In fact if you’re new to crosswords or struggling complete a grid, we’re here to help. Only Puzzmo crosswords offer an optional, easier hint with every single clue. CUBECLEAR Cube Clear is a word puzzle game where players spell words in a grid whose letters then disappear. Longer words score higher points, and adjacent tiles disappear after use, causing remaining tiles to tumble to the bottom of the grid. With only 36 letters, the challenge of Cube Clear is two-fold. Can you clear the board, and in how few words? WORDBIND Wordbind is a directional anagram game that challenges you to discover new words hidden within the chosen words of the day. You can only key in letters from left to right, you’re allowed to skip letters, and you can use the same letter twice to find the perfect word. With each word you find, you rise the ranks on your way to Luminary status. REALLY BAD CHESS Aside from the small advantage white gains by making the first move, chess is a battle of wits between two competitors with the same pieces in the same positions. Puzzmo’s free daily Really Bad Chess game turns all of that “fairness” on its head. For example, you might have a huge material advantage with three queens while your computer opponent might have no queens and five rooks. The pieces may look random, but your advantage is carefully calculated! SPELLTOWER SpellTower is a two-dimensional grid of letters that looks like your typical word search puzzle. But unlike a traditional word search, you can change directions, cross your own path, go diagonal, and even spell backwards! This freedom of movement allows you to find more complex and challenging words, but this isn’t the only twist with SpellTower. As you use letters, they disappear from the grid, with the ultimate goal being a perfect, total clear of the entire board. You found it! If you can solve this classic riddle, enter the answer at puzzmo.com/code "Forward I’m heavy, backwards I’m not. What word am I?" Happy puzzling!

Screenshots

Catagrams4 screens
Puzzmo4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Catagrams at 95% against Puzzmo's 43%. Catagrams also leads on rating (4.9 vs 3.7) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). Puzzmo's advantage is chart position (#171 vs unranked) and ratings volume (176 vs 58). 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. Catagrams sells 7 one-off in-app purchases and Puzzmo sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Catagrams holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 3.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 58 and 176 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 95% of Catagrams's written reviews are positive against 43% of Puzzmo's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Catagrams ships an update every 3 weeks, Puzzmo every 2 weeks. Both last shipped on October 25, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
Catagrams versus Puzzmo: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCatagramsPuzzmo
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (58 ratings) — better3.7 (176 ratings)
Positive reviews94.7% of reviews — better42.9% of reviews
Number of ratings58176 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank—#171 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size195 MB12 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperPonderosa Games, LLCPuzzmo Inc.

Customer experience

Catagrams

All ratings58 ratings
Positive96.6%
Neutral1.7%
Negative1.7%
Written reviews38 reviews
Positive94.7%
Neutral2.6%
Negative2.6%

Puzzmo

All ratings177 ratings
Positive65.0%
Neutral6.2%
Negative28.8%
Written reviews77 reviews
Positive42.9%
Neutral16.9%
Negative40.3%

User reviews

Catagrams

From 58 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🥰 Cute and adorable art
  • 👍 Fun and addictive word game
  • 🧠 Mentally stimulating
  • 🧩 Unique puzzle mechanic
  • 🎨 Customizable difficulty and settings

Room to improve

  • 💰 Some features require payment or ads
  • 🤔 Hints not always free as initially stated

Puzzmo

From 176 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Smooth app experience
  • 🎮 Variety of classic games
  • 👍 High-quality puzzles

Room to improve

  • 🔍 Suboptimal UI/UX
  • 📱 Lacks iPad optimization
  • 💰 Subscription model concerns

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

Puzzmo

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Crossword clues not locking in correctly
  • Transitions between games could be smoother

Requested features

3 requests
  • Ability to resume games from where left off
  • Numerical order for crossword clues
  • Remove subscription, keep account option

In-app purchases

7 purchases

Catagrams

One-time7
  • 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
2 purchases

Puzzmo

Subscriptions2
  • Puzzmo Plus (monthly)7 Days trial$3.991 Month
  • Puzzmo Plus1 Month trial$39.991 Year

Questions

Is Catagrams free?
Catagrams is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Puzzmo free?
Puzzmo is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Catagrams or Puzzmo?
Catagrams is rated higher. Catagrams averages 4.9 out of 5 from 58 ratings, while Puzzmo averages 3.7 from 176 ratings.
Do Catagrams or Puzzmo have ads?
Both Catagrams and Puzzmo show ads.
Which is updated more often, Catagrams or Puzzmo?
Catagrams ships an update every 3 weeks, and Puzzmo every 2 weeks. Most recently, Catagrams was updated on October 25, 2026 and Puzzmo on October 25, 2026.

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