Words on a Train vs Tangle Tubes
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Words on a Train
Spell valid English words using letters from passing train cars. The game speeds up as you progress, offering a challenge with ten-letter words. Share your high scores and compete with friends.
- Spell words from passing train cars
- Increasing speed and challenge
- Ten-letter word opportunities
- High score sharing
- Challenge friends
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All Aboard! Welcome to "Words on a Train". After you tap on your screen, a train will pass by with four letters on each car. You can pick only letter per car. You don't have to tap on a letter on every car, but you must spell out a valid English word before the train passes you by. Succeed, and you get another attempt! Keep going! The trains get faster, the action gets more frantic, and every train contains four ten-letter winners! Share your high scores and challenge your friends! Word list provided by the good people at Infochimps.
Tangle Tubes
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Twist, connect, and match. Slide colorful tubes into the right slots and watch the balls flow into place. Plan your moves, untangle the chaos, and fill every dock without running out of space. Easy to play, hard to master – once you start, you won’t put it down.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Words on a Train at none against Tangle Tubes's shown. Tangle Tubes's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 18.2). On price, 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
| Parameter | Words on a Train | Tangle Tubes |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Daily | — |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.2 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 34 MB | 184 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Michael O’Brien | Ugur Emre TOK |
In-app purchases
Words on a Train
No in-app purchases
Tangle Tubes
No in-app purchases
Questions
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