Spellitaire vs WikiRush
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Spellitaire
This daily word puzzle game combines strategic card play with word building. Players select letter cards from stacks to form words, revealing new letters beneath. Compete with friends on daily puzzles or practice with quick play challenges.
- Daily word puzzle challenges
- Scrabble-style word building
- Solitaire-like card play
- Daily Deck and Quick Play modes
- Score sharing and comparison
- Premium features available
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Spellitaire is a daily word puzzle that blends the strategy of Scrabble with the card play of Solitaire. You’re dealt a grid of letter cards—each with a point value and a hint of what’s hidden underneath. Select cards from the top of stacks to build words. Used letters disappear, revealing what lies beneath. Cards show how many of their kind remain. You can peek at the next layer to see if a vowel, consonant, or high-value letter is coming. But not which one. Use what you know, and what you almost know, to plan ahead. The longer and rarer the word, the higher your score. The challenge ends when you run out of playable words. Think carefully. Every letter counts. Two ways to play: - Daily Deck (60 cards): Everyone plays the same puzzle each day. Share your score and compare with your friends. - Quick Play (27 cards): Short, replayable challenges. Perfect for practice or a quick brain boost. Go Premium to unlock: - Full archive of past daily puzzles - Custom themes and fonts - Detailed stats Think strategically. Play daily. Score big.
WikiRush
Navigate between Wikipedia articles using only internal links. Compete in daily challenges, themed races, or duels with friends. Unlock new content and features by playing.
- Wikipedia link navigation
- Daily challenges
- Themed game modes
- Multiplayer duels
- Live race rooms
- In-game hints
- Progress tracking
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Start on a Wikipedia article, reach another one. No search bar, no URLs: only the links inside the pages. Fewest clicks, fastest time. GAME MODES • Daily challenge: the same pair for everyone, a daily leaderboard and a streak to keep alive. • Quick game: one tap, a random pair, and you're off. • By theme: 7 themes, 3 difficulties, 5,000+ verified pairs. • Duels: challenge a friend by handle, or post an open challenge. • Live rooms: race the same pair together over 3, 5 or 7 rounds, with the leaderboard updating on every finish. ALSO INSIDE • Hints that help: they cross the links on your page with the ones leading to the target and hand you a real stepping stone. • Your full path after every race, click by click. • Friends added by handle, with a leaderboard between you. • Themes, difficulties and handle colours unlocked by playing. • English or French, and the race follows: in English it runs on the English Wikipedia. • Sign in with Apple or Google. No password, no email address. WIKIRUSH AD-FREE An auto-renewing subscription at $2.99 per month, $1.99 for the first three months. A yearly plan at $17.99 is also offered. No commitment, cancel any time from your Apple account settings. It removes every ad, gives hints without watching a video, and opens themes, difficulties and colours. Everything stays reachable by playing anyway. WikiRush uses Wikipedia content, available under the CC BY-SA licence. The app is not affiliated with or endorsed by the Wikimedia Foundation. Terms: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy: https://wikirush.rayan-adamczak.workers.dev/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Spellitaire at none against WikiRush's shown. Spellitaire also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.4). WikiRush's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs every 9 days). On price, review sentiment, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Spellitaire sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and WikiRush sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Spellitaire ships an update every 9 days, WikiRush every 4 days. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Spellitaire | WikiRush |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (22 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 22 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 115 MB | 58 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Cheese Pull Studio | Rayan Adamczak |
Customer experience
Spellitaire
WikiRush
In-app purchases
Spellitaire
- Spellitaire Premium$3.99
WikiRush
- WikiRush Ad-Free Monthly1 Month trial$2.991 Month
- WikiRush Ad-Free 1 Year$17.991 Year









