Red Herring vs Guess da Word
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Red Herring
This word puzzle game challenges you to group words into categories while identifying misleading "Red Herring" words. Enjoy a fun, challenging, and easy-to-learn experience with no time limits and three difficulty levels suitable for all ages.
- Group words into categories
- Identify misleading "Red Herring" words
- No time limit
- Three difficulty levels
- Daily puzzle
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Red Herring is the word connections game. How to play: 1. Make the connections and group words into categories. 2. Look out for the Red Herrings, pesky words whose sole purpose is to mislead you. 3. Have fun making the connections! Red Herring is a FUN, CHALLENGING, and EASY TO LEARN word connections puzzle game. Each puzzle has only one correct solution and there's no time limit. Three difficulty levels make it suitable for the whole family. Don't say we didn't warn you if you can't stop playing. Give Red Herring a try today! From the creators of 7 Little Words and Moxie. ----- Red Herring contains 25 puzzles and a daily puzzle that you can play for free. Additional puzzles are available for purchase inside the app.
Guess da Word
Guess a five-letter word within six attempts. Color-coded clues help you identify correct letters and their positions. Track your performance with detailed statistics. Play as much as you want.
- Six-guess word challenges
- Color-coded letter clues
- Track winning percentage
- Unlimited gameplay
- Statistics tracking
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You get 6 chances to guess a 5-letter word. You will be given color clues to indicate whether the letters you have chosen are correct or not, or in the right place or not. Guess da Word will keep track of you winning percentage and other statistics. You can play this game as often as you like.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Guess da Word at none against Red Herring's shown. Guess da Word also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 76%) and rating (5.0 vs 4.7). Red Herring's advantage is ratings volume (48K vs 2). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Red Herring sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and Guess da Word sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Guess da Word holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Red Herring has 48K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 76% of Red Herring's written reviews are positive against 100% of Guess da Word's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Red Herring | Guess da Word |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (48K ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 75.8% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 48K — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 3 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 84 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Blue Ox Family Games, Inc. | Gilbert Gonsalves |
Customer experience
Red Herring
Guess da Word
Bugs and requests
Red Herring
Reported bugs
3 issues- Formatting issues after updates
- Inability to access previous daily puzzles
- Ads that cannot be dismissed
Requested features
5 requests- More free daily puzzles
- Less American-focused content
- Dark mode option
- Ability to replay past puzzles
- Hints system improvements
Guess da Word
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Red Herring
- Curiosity - 50 Puzzles$1.99
- Brilliant! - 50 Puzzles$1.99
- Allegro - 50 Puzzles$1.99
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- Spelunking - 50 Puzzles$1.99
- Renaissance - 50 Puzzles$1.99
- IQ - 50 Puzzles$1.99
- Serendipity - 50 Puzzles$1.99
- Unlimited Hints$2.99
- Older Daily Puzzles 2014 Jul - Dec$3.99
- Quantum Leap - 175 Puzzles$4.99
Guess da Word
- Guess Da Word - Ad Free$1.99
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