Eric's Ultimate Puzzles vs Emoji Bee
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Eric's Ultimate Puzzles
Engage your mind with a daily collection of word and logic puzzles. Enjoy original word challenges and classic logic games, with new puzzles released every day. Earn rewards and unlock more content with an optional subscription.
- Daily word and logic puzzles
- Multiple game modes
- Original puzzle designs
- Hints and tutorials
- Earn in-game coins
- Subscription for full access
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Eric’s Ultimate Puzzles is your fresh, colorful new daily puzzle game. It's a growing collection of clever word and logic challenges designed for quick daily play and a habit that keeps you sharp. Featuring original word puzzles designed by Aaron Weissblum and David Arnott, alongside classic logic puzzles like Nurikabe. Each day brings new puzzles and that satisfying “aha!” moment. Five games to play: • Lexodus - Swipe through the grid of letters to find words that match the clever clues • Words of a Feather - Crack the code in this symbol-based word puzzle • Noodle Doodle - Figure out the quirky captions before running out of "Noodles" • Sort it Out - Sort the words into their groups before the "Juice" runs out • Nurikabe - Play Eric's spin on the classic Japanese logic puzzle: build the islands and connect the sea • Ladybug Gardens - Place the ladybugs so there's just one per row, column, and garden in this cute logic puzzle Play your way: • Fresh daily puzzles available every day at midnight (Pro users gain access at 8pm local time) • Optional hints and easy tutorials for each game • Earn coins by finding bonus words in Lexodus and solving puzzles in Noodle Doodle and Sort it Out • Subscribe for access to all past daily puzzles, more puzzle packs, extra daily bonus coins, and ad-free play Whether you have a few minutes over coffee or time to settle in, Eric’s Ultimate Puzzles is an easy, satisfying break in your day. It’s quick, smart, and satisfyingly solvable. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula
Emoji Bee
Engage your mind with daily emoji puzzles that combine wordplay and logic. Solve five unique rebus challenges each day, building your vocabulary and solving instincts. Enjoy a free, ad-free experience with optional features for enhanced play.
- Five daily emoji rebus puzzles
- Logic puzzles (Emoji Melds)
- Streak tracking and bee ranks
- Archived games for more play
- Cross-device progress syncing
- Friend invitations and comparisons
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Not emoji charades. Not another loose rebus. Emoji Bee is the daily emoji puzzle that takes the puzzle seriously — emoji combine in predictable (though not always obvious) ways, and every answer is a common phrase, idiom or reference that can be worked out instead of guessed. Five puzzles a day. Each a familiar (or not so familiar) phrase hiding in plain sight — reveal it with the emoji in your honeycomb and by doing a little emoji math: add them, subtract them, multiply and divide them; play on what they mean, how they sound, and the words they make. You’ll even delight in solving mini-logic puzzles called Emoji Melds, which ask the player what one emoji is as a function of another. (What does fire do to bread? It makes toast!) Each daily game will tickle your left brain and right brain at the same time! Like a good daily crossword, Emoji Bee calls on — and builds — your knowledge and your solving instincts, not just your emoji fluency. Come back each day and grow your emoji vocabulary, one puzzle at a time. HOW IT WORKS • Five a day, easy to hard — no timer. • Every puzzle starts with a cup of honey. Lock in a word and it pours a drop; a miss or a hint spills one. Run dry and the answer shows, so every day ends with a result. • Emoji mean what they are — no slang, no in-jokes. • Finish all five to keep your streak. • 40+ archived games for when you want more. MELDS AND MORE • Every Emoji Meld you solve is vocabulary you keep in your Comb. Collecting them from the archive is a game of its own. • Solving earns EQ and climbs you through the bee ranks — every game moves you up. PLAY YOUR WAY • No account needed — play anonymously if you like. • Sign in with Apple or Google to keep your streak, stats, and Comb across devices. • Invite friends to your Hive and compare days, streaks, and ranks. • Everyone plays the same five each day. The archive is there when you want more. FREE, HONESTLY • The daily is free — no ads, no tracking, no selling your data. • Optional reminders so you never miss a day. Five new puzzles land every day. Part wordplay, part math, all emoji — and right at home in your daily puzzle lineup. Terms of Use (EULA): https://emojibee.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://emojibee.com/privacy Emoji Bee+ is a one-time purchase, not a subscription. Nothing auto-renews.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Emoji Bee at none against Eric's Ultimate Puzzles's shown. Emoji Bee also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 2 weeks) and monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). Eric's Ultimate Puzzles's advantage is ratings volume (142 vs 6). On price, rating, in-app purchases 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. Eric's Ultimate Puzzles sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and Emoji Bee sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Eric's Ultimate Puzzles against 5.0 for Emoji Bee. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Eric's Ultimate Puzzles has 142 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 88% of Eric's Ultimate Puzzles's written reviews are positive against 100% of Emoji Bee's.
Eric's Ultimate Puzzles ships an update every 2 weeks, Emoji Bee every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 12, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Eric's Ultimate Puzzles | Emoji Bee |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (142 ratings) | 5.0 (6 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 87.5% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 142 — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.2 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 172 MB | 39 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Eric Snider | Michael Pugh |
Customer experience
Eric's Ultimate Puzzles
Emoji Bee
In-app purchases
Eric's Ultimate Puzzles
- Monthly Pro Subscription7 Days trial$3.991 Month
- Annual Pro Subscription7 Days trial$24.991 Year
- 100 Coins$0.99
- 300 Coins!$1.99
- 1000 Coins$4.99
Emoji Bee
- Emoji Bee+$4.99
- Emoji Bee+ Original Colony$9.99
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