21 Letters vs Tabula Poker
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
21 Letters
A daily word game where you build connecting words to achieve a high score. Compete with friends and family using the same daily set of letters. The game ends when you run out of letters or can no longer form words.
- Daily word challenges
- Connecting word building
- High score tracking
- Friend and family competition
- Unique daily letter sets
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21 Letters every day. Build connecting words and score as high as you can. Once you run out of letters, or can't make any more words, your daily round is over. Share your score with your friends and family - since everyone has the same letters for any given day, every day is a competition!
Tabula Poker
A unique card puzzle game where players strategically place three cards at a time onto a 5x5 grid. The goal is to form poker hands across rows and columns to score points, with stronger hands yielding higher scores. It challenges players to think ahead and optimize their placements to achieve personal bests.
- Place cards on a 5x5 grid
- Form poker hands for points
- Score tracking and personal bests
- Game Center leaderboards
- Tap or drag card placement
- Sound and haptic feedback
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Tabula Poker is a card puzzle game where strategy meets luck. You get three cards at a time. Place them one by one onto a 5×5 grid to form poker hands across rows and columns. Every hand you complete scores points — the stronger the hand, the higher the score. The grid fills up fast. Think ahead, place smart, and try to beat your best. Features: - Simple tap or drag to place cards - Score tracking with personal best - Game Center leaderboards - Sound and haptic feedback - Clean, minimal design
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Tabula Poker at none against 21 Letters's 6. Tabula Poker also leads on ads (none vs shown) and rating (5.0 vs 4.7). 21 Letters's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (64 vs 3). On price and device support 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. 21 Letters sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Tabula Poker asks for nothing beyond the download.
Tabula Poker holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: 21 Letters has 64 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 82% of 21 Letters's written reviews are positive against 100% of Tabula Poker's.
21 Letters ships an update every 2 days, Tabula Poker every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | 21 Letters | Tabula Poker |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (64 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 81.8% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 64 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 days — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 106 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Shallot Games, LLC. | Tato Polodashvili |
Customer experience
21 Letters
Tabula Poker
In-app purchases
21 Letters
- August 2024 Ad-Free$2.99
- September 2024 Ad-Free$2.99
- October 2024 Ad-Free$2.99
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- May 2024 Ad-Free$2.99
- June 2024 Ad-Free$2.99
- July 2024 Ad-Free$2.99
Tabula Poker
No in-app purchases
