hocus GO vs Overwords
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
hocus GO
Design and build your own unique mazes with this app. Once created, watch as the app generates a solution for your custom puzzle.
- Build custom mazes
- Drag and create mazes
- Watch maze solutions
- New gameplay available
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hocus. is celebrating 10th year and hocus GO is ready. A new gameplay is live now. Just drag/create your own maze and watch the solution
Overwords
A word game where you stack, fuse, and expand letters to achieve high scores. Features an infinite mode for endless gameplay. It's completely free with no advertisements.
- Stack letters
- Fuse letters
- Expand words
- Infinite mode
- High score chasing
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Overwords returns: stack, fuse, and expand. Now with an infinite mode. Chase your high score for as long as you can. 100% free and no ads.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Overwords at 100% against hocus GO's 44%. Overwords also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). hocus GO's advantage is ratings volume (416 vs 4). On price, device support and iOS requirement 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. hocus GO sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Overwords asks for nothing beyond the download.
Overwords holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: hocus GO has 416 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 44% of hocus GO's written reviews are positive against 100% of Overwords's.
hocus GO ships an update every 3 days, Overwords daily. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | hocus GO | Overwords |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (416 ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 43.9% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 416 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days | Daily — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 163 MB | 116 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | GAMEBRAIN YAZILIM TEKNOLOJILERI ANONIM SIRKETI | Maciej Targoni |
Customer experience
hocus GO
Overwords
Bugs and requests
hocus GO
Reported bugs
2 issues- Pieces overlap on the bottom
- Game doesn't register solution until entire maze is reassembled
Requested features
2 requests- Level replaying
- Cosmetics/skins to use stars on
Overwords
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
hocus GO
- No Ads$4.99
Overwords
No in-app purchases
