TED Tumblewords vs Sumthing
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
TED Tumblewords
This app combines word puzzles with 3D color matching cube mechanics. Solve daily puzzles to spell words, reveal TED-inspired trivia, and enhance your vocabulary. Compete with players worldwide and collect fascinating fact cards.
- Word puzzle and 3D color matching cube mechanics
- Daily puzzles and challenges
- TED-inspired trivia and fact cards
- Multiplayer battles and leaderboards
- Vocabulary and spelling enhancement
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**Think you’ve seen it all? Meet TED Tumblewords—the new puzzle sensation from TED, the brand trusted by millions worldwide.** Experience the brain-teasing fun of a word puzzle mixed with the endless combinations of 3D color matching cubes. Slide, spin, and match letters on a puzzle grid to spell words and reveal surprising TED-inspired trivia. Fresh puzzles arrive daily, keeping your mind sharp and your vocabulary growing. Why You'll Love TED Tumblewords: * New Mechanics: An innovative fusion of word search and 3D color matching cube twists. * Daily Brain Boost: Solve daily puzzles, climb the Daily Ladder, and tackle the Daily Six. * From TED: Trusted globally by millions, TED brings engaging content to life through playful learning. * Compete & Collect: Challenge players worldwide, collect fascinating fact cards, and celebrate your wins. * Education Meets Fun: Enhance spelling, vocabulary, and general knowledge seamlessly while you play. Features You'll Love: * Daily fresh puzzle content and monthly events. * Multiplayer battles—play head-to-head or test yourself against TED’s puzzle bot. * Collectible cards packed with intriguing TED facts across science, psychology, design, and more. * Social sharing: Show off your puzzle skills and compete with friends on global leaderboards. **DOWNLOAD NOW to discover why puzzle and word game lovers worldwide are hooked on TED Tumblewords. Your daily dose of brainy fun awaits!**
Sumthing
A daily logic puzzle game where you rearrange numbers in a grid to make every line sum to the same total. It offers a clean, calming experience designed to sharpen logical reasoning and focus.
- Daily magic square puzzles
- Rearrange numbers to match target sum
- Track time and moves
- Share results with friends
- Strengthens logic and focus
- Clean, calming design
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Sumthing is the daily puzzle game for people who love to think. If you enjoy Wordle, Sudoku, or logic puzzles, you’ll love solving magic squares in Sumthing. Every day, everyone around the world gets the same magic square puzzle. Your goal is simple: - Make every line add up to the same total How It Works - A partially filled magic square appears each day - Some numbers are locked - You swap the rest to solve - Finish with the fewest moves and fastest time Why You’ll Love Sumthing - One fresh puzzle every day - Clean, calming design - Easy to learn, hard to master - Track your time and moves - Share your result with friends - No ads. No distractions. Just puzzles. Daily Score & Sharing When you solve the puzzle, you’ll get a shareable card showing: - Time taken - Number of swaps - Daily puzzle number Post it, challenge friends, and compare strategies. Magic squares strengthen: - Logical reasoning - Pattern recognition - Mental math - Focus and patience Just a few minutes a day keeps your brain sharp. Whether you play during your morning coffee or before bed, Sumthing turns thinking into a daily habit. Download Sumthing and solve today’s square.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Sumthing at 100% against TED Tumblewords's 58%. Sumthing also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and update cadence (daily vs every 3 weeks). TED Tumblewords's advantage is ratings volume (636 vs 3). 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
Both are free to download. TED Tumblewords sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Sumthing asks for nothing beyond the download.
Sumthing holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: TED Tumblewords has 636 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 58% of TED Tumblewords's written reviews are positive against 100% of Sumthing's.
TED Tumblewords ships an update every 3 weeks, Sumthing daily. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | TED Tumblewords | Sumthing |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (636 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 58.1% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 636 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Daily — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 315 MB | 46 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Frosty Pop | Nitishchandra Reddy Ramayyagari |
Customer experience
TED Tumblewords
Sumthing
Bugs and requests
TED Tumblewords
Reported bugs
2 issues- Can't share progress across devices
- Forced to start over after Netflix era
Requested features
2 requests- Allow submitting valid words to be added
- Provide a casual, zen mode without pressure
Sumthing
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
TED Tumblewords
- Remove Ads$7.99
Sumthing
No in-app purchases
