Dropcaps vs Scriver
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Dropcaps
A strategic word game where players arrange falling letter tiles to spell words starting with large letter tiles. Explore eight themed levels at your own pace while uncovering medieval facts. Relax, enhance strategic thinking, and improve vocabulary recall.
- Strategic word arrangement
- Falling letter tiles
- Eight thematic levels
- Uncover medieval facts
- Vocabulary recall enhancement
- Strategic thinking development
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Wise worders welcome! Dropcaps is a strategy word game inspired by Medieval manuscripts. Arrange small, falling letter tiles on a game board to spell words that start with the large letter tiles. Play through eight, thematic levels at your own pace to uncover wild and wonderful Medieval facts. Relax, sharpen your strategic thinking, and hone your vocabulary recall! Make Words. Nerd Out. Dropcaps.
Scriver
Engage in a unique word-crafting roguelike deckbuilder. Strategically arrange art in your gallery to create powerful synergies, impress characters, and score big. Navigate through runs with unique art abilities, items, and critics that alter gameplay.
- Word-crafting roguelike deckbuilder
- Art gallery management for synergies
- Offline gameplay
- 120+ unique art abilities
- Multiple challenge modes
- Collectible items and awards
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Power-charge your letters, make the biggest scoring words, and beat the critics on your path to become the ultimate curator. In this word-crafting roguelike deckbuilder, you buy, sell, and arrange art in your gallery strategically to build synergies and impress the colorful cast of characters. Every piece of art, gift shop item, and critic can drastically change the course of each run. Features: Fully offline 120+ works of art with unique abilities 6 starting decks 6 challenge modes 25+ colorful characters 20 books that enhance your letters 15 albums that drastically modify your deck 10 drinks that level up word traits 25 exhibit awards with powerful bonuses 25 achievements
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Scriver at 4.7 against Dropcaps's 4.4. Scriver also leads on ratings volume (49 vs 7). On price, review sentiment, ads and in-app purchases 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
Dropcaps costs $1.99 and Scriver $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Scriver holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Scriver has 49 ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of Dropcaps's written reviews are positive against 73% of Scriver's.
| Parameter | Dropcaps | Scriver |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | $1.99 |
| Rating | 4.4 (7 ratings) | 4.7 (49 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | 72.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 7 | 49 — better |
| Update frequency | — | Every 8 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Best chart rank | #29 — better | #32 |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 141 MB | 261 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jessie Contour | Justin Nguyen |
Customer experience
Dropcaps
Scriver
In-app purchases
Dropcaps
No in-app purchases
Scriver
No in-app purchases
