Comparison

PinPoints vs TapWise

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

Head to head
About

PinPoints

Test your vocabulary and deduction skills in this word puzzle game. Guess the mystery word using only five clever clues. Enjoy daily fresh puzzles and track your solving streaks.

Highlights
  • Guess mystery words with 5 clues
  • Over 500 fun levels
  • Daily fresh puzzles
  • Hint system available
  • Track solving streaks
  • Share victories with friends
Features
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PinPoints - Word Guessing Game Challenge your word skills with PinPoints, the addictive word puzzle game based on the famous daily word challenge! Can you guess the mystery word using just 5 clues? How to Play: Decode the secret word using 5 clever clues that pinpoint the answer. Each clue brings you closer to solving the puzzle. Think you can crack today's word challenge? The ultimate word guessing and associations game! Game Features: +500 Fun Levels Daily fresh puzzles with 5 clues per word Hint system when you're stuck Track your solving streaks Share your victories with friends Clean, intuitive design for quick play Perfect for: Word game enthusiasts Daily puzzle solvers Brain training sessions Quick mental breaks Vocabulary building Test your deduction skills and see if you can pinpoint the answer! Each puzzle offers a satisfying challenge that will keep you coming back for more. Download PinPoints now and start your word-guessing adventure. How many words can you solve?

About

TapWise

Features
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A question appears. The answer is a number between 1 and 15. You tap the button exactly that many times — not one more, not one less. Sounds simple. It isn't. The round doesn't end when you reach the answer. It ends when you STOP. One tap too many and it's gone. Wait too long and it's gone. There's no bar filling toward the answer — just your own count and your own nerve. THE DAILY CHALLENGE Every day, everyone in the world plays the same questions. Same order, same difficulty. You get one attempt, and it's spent the moment the run begins. Your result shares as a card of coloured squares — without giving the questions away. GHOST RIVAL A recorded run races alongside you: the player one place above you on the board, or your own best. Ahead or behind, round by round. Switch it off in settings if you'd rather not know. CHALLENGE A FRIEND Play a run, send the six-character code or the link. Your friend plays the exact same questions at the exact same difficulty. The only variable is the two of you. EVERY WEEK STARTS AT ZERO The all-time board is a record book. The weekly board resets every Monday — so someone who started yesterday can still see the top. WHAT YOU'RE UP AGAINST • Mental math under pressure • General knowledge from around the world • Count what you see — shapes, dots, objects • Colour-attention traps that fight your instinct • Geometry, logic and word questions • Short story problems • Mixed commands that change the rule mid-question THE BUTTON FIGHTS BACK As the tier climbs, the button stops behaving. It slides across the screen, shrinks, spins, disappears — and brings company: decoys that cost you dearly if you tap them. IT ADAPTS TO YOU Difficulty tracks how you actually play: ten tiers and a continuous skill score. Answer well and the clock gives time back; slip and it tightens. PROGRESS THAT STAYS • XP and levels • Per-category mastery — see what you're genuinely good at • Daily quests with rewards • A day streak worth protecting • Global and country leaderboards Free. Watching a rewarded video for an extra life or more time is entirely optional — never required. Fully playable offline. Six languages: English, Turkish, German, French, Korean, Japanese. How long can you keep counting? Privacy Policy: https://tapwise.excfy.com/privacy Terms of Use: https://tapwise.excfy.com/terms

Screenshots

PinPoints4 screens
TapWise4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: TapWise at none against PinPoints's 1. TapWise also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs every 6 weeks). PinPoints's advantage is ads (none vs shown). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. PinPoints sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. TapWise asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PinPoints ships an update every 6 weeks, TapWise every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
PinPoints versus TapWise: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPinPointsTapWise
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (43 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews40.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings43 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 5 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.115.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size51 MB81 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperYonatan GoldshteinAbdullah Darcn

In-app purchases

1 purchases

PinPoints

One-time1
  • No ads$3.99
None

TapWise

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is PinPoints free?
PinPoints is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is TapWise free?
TapWise is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do PinPoints or TapWise have ads?
TapWise shows ads; PinPoints does not.
Which is updated more often, PinPoints or TapWise?
PinPoints ships an update every 6 weeks, and TapWise every 5 days. Most recently, PinPoints was updated on October 30, 2026 and TapWise on October 29, 2026.

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