Word Drop Gravity vs Smartichoke
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Word Drop Gravity
A word puzzle game where you find words in a letter grid. Scoring words removes letters, causing others to fall. Strategize to create favorable boards for future moves.
- Word finding in letter grids
- Gravity-driven letter falling
- Strategic board manipulation
- Multiple board sizes (6x6, 8x8, 6x12)
- High-scoring word discovery
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Find words in a grid of letters. Once a word is scored the letters are removed from play and all remaining letters fall into place. The strategy is not only to find the highest scoring words possible, but also to leave yourself with a favourable board for your next pick. Play on a 6x6, 8x8 or 6x12 board.
Smartichoke
This word puzzle game challenges you to find words of four or more letters within available petals. Strategic letter selection, with bonuses for connected letters and penalties for disconnected ones, adds depth. Earn points for longer words, streaks, and clearing petals.
- Find words of four or more letters
- Bonus and penalty petals for strategic play
- Earn points for longer words and streaks
- Rotate the Smartichoke for different perspectives
- Automatic game saving
- Optional token purchases for letter swaps
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The goal in Smartichoke is to find words that are at least four letters in length in the petals available. You can select letters from any petal, but connected letters help you earn bonuses and disconnected letters lead to penalties! Highlights: - Penalty and bonus petals add strategy to word selection - Earn bonus points for spelling longer words, repeat streaks, target words, and clearing as many petals as possible - Rotate the Smartichoke at any time (seeing the letters from different angles can help with spotting words) - Statistics are automatically saved - Earn swap (or buy tokens) to replace any letter with new, randomly chosen letters - Your game is automatically saved to continue playing later Smartichoke is completely free to play, with no ads! If you enjoy the game, you can support its development by making a purchase for tokens for free swaps!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Smartichoke at 100% against Word Drop Gravity's 33%. Smartichoke also leads on rating (5.0 vs 2.7) and ads (none vs shown). Word Drop Gravity's advantage is ratings volume (7 vs 1). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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. Word Drop Gravity sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Smartichoke sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Smartichoke holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Word Drop Gravity has 7 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 33% of Word Drop Gravity's written reviews are positive against 100% of Smartichoke's.
Word Drop Gravity ships an update every 6 months, Smartichoke every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Word Drop Gravity | Smartichoke |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.7 (7 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 33.3% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 7 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 8 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 23 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | MmpApps Corp. | Too Much Smart, LLC |
Customer experience
Word Drop Gravity
Smartichoke
In-app purchases
Word Drop Gravity
- Unlock 8x8 Game$0.99
Smartichoke
- Unlock Smartichoke$0.99
- Smartichoke Swaps (100)$0.99
- 100 Smartichoke Tokens$0.99
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- Smartichoke Swaps (500)$1.99
- 1,000 Smartichoke Tokens$2.99
- 10,000 Smartichoke Tokens$9.99
