Comparison

PG Word Hunter vs Windies

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

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About

PG Word Hunter

Features
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Word Hunter is an exciting word puzzle game that challenges your vocabulary and deduction skills! Find the mystery word in 8 guesses or less by using alphabetical clues. Each guess tells you whether the target word comes before or after it alphabetically, plus shows you how many words away you are. Features: • Challenging word puzzles with alphabetical ordering • Visual distance indicators to guide your guesses • Themed word categories for variety • Track your win streaks and improve your skills • Clean, intuitive interface • Thousands of words to discover Perfect for word game enthusiasts and puzzle lovers who enjoy games like Wordle, but with a unique alphabetical twist! How to Play: 1. Type any valid word and press ENTER 2. Your guess appears ABOVE or BELOW the mystery word based on alphabetical order 3. The distance shows how many words away your guess is 4. Use the clues to narrow down possibilities 5. Impossible starting letters gray out on the keyboard 6. Find the word in 8 guesses to win! Challenge yourself and see how long you can keep your winning streak alive!

About

Windies

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Somewhere in the pile there is one needle. Everything else is not. Windies is a game of looking. Pan and zoom across a dense haystack, find the needle, tap it. The clock counts up, and every wrong tap adds five seconds. That is the whole game — and it gets harder in a way most games do not. The difficulty is never more straw. It is decoys. Nails, pins, wire, splinters, staples, and eventually broken needles that share the needle's colour, its thickness, and its shape — everything but the eye. By the later levels the eye is the only thing you are looking for. A hundred levels, ten worlds, and a pile that will not hold still. WHAT IS IN IT • 100 levels across ten worlds, from a lit barn to a pile you can only see by lantern light • Decoys that grow steadily more like the needle, so your eye has to grow with them • Storms that rock the pile, haze that flattens it, and levels with two needles to find • Three stars a level, timed against a par • A leaderboard of fastest finishes, no account needed • A short how-to-play with real boards, not pictures HINTS One hint a level is free. It narrows the search and costs time on the clock. Unlimited hints is a single purchase — it lifts the limit and changes nothing else. A bought hint costs exactly what a free one does, so the leaderboard stays honest. QUIET BY DESIGN No accounts, no sign in, no ads. Your progress lives on your phone. The only thing that ever leaves it is a leaderboard time, and only if you choose to post one. Sound, haptics, reduced motion, a left-handed layout, and a colour-blind-safe mode are all in Settings. It is a game about patience and a good eye. Take your time. The needle is there. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

PG Word Hunter4 screens
Windies4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: PG Word Hunter at none against Windies's 1. PG Word Hunter also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.4). Windies's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

Both are free to download. Windies sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. PG Word Hunter asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard4 real differences Ā· 2 level
PG Word Hunter versus Windies: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPG Word HunterWindies
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS13.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size24 MB56 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCeltic Wards, LLCMuhammad Akmalkhonov

In-app purchases

None

PG Word Hunter

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Windies

One-time1
  • Unlimited Hints$2.99

Questions

Is PG Word Hunter free?
PG Word Hunter is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Windies free?
Windies is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do PG Word Hunter or Windies have ads?
PG Word Hunter shows ads; Windies does not.

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