Comparison

RegEx vs RegexWord

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

Head to head
About

RegEx

Master regular expressions with interactive lessons and real-world challenges. This app guides you from beginner to expert, offering hands-on exercises and a live tester to solidify your understanding of complex patterns.

Highlights
  • Step-by-step lessons
  • Interactive exercises
  • Live regex tester
  • Comprehensive topics
  • Real-world scenarios
  • Progress tracking
Features
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Unlock the full power of Regular Expressions with an interactive learning experience designed for all skill levels. Whether you're a beginner exploring basic patterns or an expert mastering advanced techniques, this app offers structured lessons, interactive exercises, and real-world challenges to build your regex skills. FEATURES: Step-by-Step Lessons – Progress through beginner, intermediate, advanced, and expert levels. Interactive Exercises – Test your skills with hands-on regex challenges. Live Regex Tester – Instantly see your patterns in action. Comprehensive Topics – Covers literals, character classes, quantifiers, lookaheads, recursion, and more. Real-World Scenarios – Apply regex to practical coding problems. Progress Tracking – Monitor your learning and advance through levels. Whether you're a developer, data analyst, or just curious about regex, this app makes learning easy, fun, and practical. Download now and start mastering regex today!

About

RegexWord

Features
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Unlock the power of Regular Expressions with RegexWord, the addictive puzzle game designed for developers, students, and coding enthusiasts! RegexWord offers a unique and engaging way to master regex concepts. FEATURES: Challenging Puzzles: Solve crossword puzzles where the clues are regular expressions. Match the patterns to fill the grid! Learn by Doing: Progress through carefully designed levels that introduce concepts one by one: - Character Classes (\d, \w, [a-z]) - Quantifiers (*, +, ?, {n,m}) - Anchors (^, $) - Grouping & Alternation ((a|b)) - Lookaheads & Advanced Concepts Achievements & Progress: Track your journey with detailed stats and unlock unique achievements as you master new skills. Can you earn the "Perfectionist" badge? Helpful Tutorials: Stuck on a concept? Built-in tutorials explain every regex rule with clear examples, ensuring you never feel lost. Clean & Modern Design: Enjoy a beautiful, distraction-free interface optimized for both iPhone and iPad.

Screenshots

RegEx4 screens
RegexWord4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: RegexWord at none against RegEx's 2. RegEx's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads 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

Both are free to download. RegEx sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. RegexWord asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
RegEx versus RegexWord: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRegExRegexWord
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (23 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings23 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size56 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLee ClaybergAYSIL SIMGE KARACAN

In-app purchases

2 purchases

RegEx

One-time2
  • Complete the Course$4.99
  • Advanced, Expert, Review$4.99
None

RegexWord

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is RegEx free?
RegEx is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is RegexWord free?
RegexWord is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do RegEx or RegexWord have ads?
Neither RegEx nor RegexWord shows ads.

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