Comparison

Puzzmo vs Shorthanded Gregg

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

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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
Currently charting
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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!

About

Shorthanded Gregg

Learn the Gregg shorthand system with interactive lessons and practice modes. Engage in story-driven challenges, matching exercises, and word construction to build your skills.

Highlights
  • Interactive lessons
  • Story-driven challenges
  • Matching exercises
  • Word construction
  • Word destruction
Features
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Shorthanded teaches you the basics of the Gregg shorthand system through interactive lessons and engaging practice modes. Build your skills with story‑driven challenges, matching exercises, word construction, and even word destruction.

Screenshots

Puzzmo4 screens
Shorthanded Gregg4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Puzzmo at Free against Shorthanded Gregg's $2.99. Puzzmo also leads on ratings volume (179 vs 10). Shorthanded Gregg's advantage is review sentiment (86% vs 43%) and rating (4.7 vs 3.7). On update cadence 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Puzzmo is free to download; Shorthanded Gregg costs $2.99 up front. Puzzmo sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Shorthanded Gregg asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Shorthanded Gregg holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Puzzmo has 179 ratings behind it against 10, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 43% of Puzzmo's written reviews are positive against 86% of Shorthanded Gregg's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Puzzmo ships an update every 2 weeks, Shorthanded Gregg every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on October 30, 2026.

Scorecard9 real differences · 2 level
Puzzmo versus Shorthanded Gregg: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPuzzmoShorthanded Gregg
PriceFree — better$2.99
Rating3.7 (179 ratings)4.7 (10 ratings) — better
Positive reviews42.9% of reviews85.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings179 — better10
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
Best chart rank#163#20 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.014.0.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size12 MB58 MB
Age rating12+9+
DeveloperPuzzmo Inc.David Clark

Customer experience

Puzzmo

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

Shorthanded Gregg

All ratings9 ratings
Positive88.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative11.1%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive85.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative14.3%

Bugs and requests

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

Shorthanded Gregg

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Puzzmo

Subscriptions2
  • Puzzmo Plus (monthly)7 Days trial$3.991 Month
  • Puzzmo Plus1 Month trial$39.991 Year
None

Shorthanded Gregg

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Puzzmo free?
Puzzmo is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Shorthanded Gregg free?
Shorthanded Gregg costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Puzzmo or Shorthanded Gregg?
Shorthanded Gregg is rated higher. Puzzmo averages 3.7 out of 5 from 179 ratings, while Shorthanded Gregg averages 4.7 from 10 ratings.
Do Puzzmo or Shorthanded Gregg have ads?
Puzzmo shows ads; Shorthanded Gregg does not.
Which is updated more often, Puzzmo or Shorthanded Gregg?
Puzzmo ships an update every 2 weeks, and Shorthanded Gregg every 3 weeks. Most recently, Puzzmo was updated on October 30, 2026 and Shorthanded Gregg on October 30, 2026.
Which is more popular, Puzzmo or Shorthanded Gregg?
Puzzmo currently peaks at #163 in the App Store charts, and Shorthanded Gregg at #20. Chart position reflects recent download velocity rather than total install base.

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