Comparison

Words on a Train vs GiggleTap

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Spell words from passing train cars
  • Increasing speed and challenge
  • Ten-letter word opportunities
  • High score sharing
  • Challenge friends
Features
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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.

About

GiggleTap

Access a vast collection of clean jokes with daily featured humor. This app offers a simple and intuitive interface for instant laughs and customizable fun.

Highlights
  • Hundreds of clean jokes
  • Daily featured humor
  • Customizable fun
  • Simple interface
  • Easy to use
Features
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Tap for instant laughs! GiggleTap delivers hundreds of clean jokes, daily featured humor, and customizable fun in a simple, easy-to-use app.

Screenshots

Words on a Train4 screens
GiggleTap2 screens

Verdict

The call

Words on a Train and GiggleTap are too close to call on the numbers: across 8 compared parameters — price, rating, ratings volume and ads among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Words on a Train against 5.0 for GiggleTap. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 5 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Words on a Train versus GiggleTap: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWords on a TrainGiggleTap
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (4 ratings)5.0 (5 ratings)
Number of ratings45 — better
Update frequencyDaily—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.218.2
Further details — not scored
Size34 MB1 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperMichael O’BrienKoko Mouchmouchian

Customer experience

Words on a Train

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

GiggleTap

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Words on a Train

No in-app purchases

None

GiggleTap

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Words on a Train free?
Words on a Train is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is GiggleTap free?
GiggleTap is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Words on a Train or GiggleTap?
Words on a Train and GiggleTap are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 4 and 5 ratings respectively.
Do Words on a Train or GiggleTap have ads?
Neither Words on a Train nor GiggleTap shows ads.

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