Comparison

Word|Golf vs Logic Islands

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

Head to head
About

Word|Golf

Transform a starting word into a target word by changing one letter at a time, forming a valid word with each change. Aim to complete the puzzle in the fewest possible 'swings' to achieve par or better.

Highlights
  • Change one letter per turn
  • Form valid words
  • Reach target word
  • Beat par score
  • Advanced dictionary for shortcuts
Features
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Transform the tee word into the hole word by changing one letter at a time. Each intermediate word counts as a swing; the final move into the hole is automatic. Normal mode uses curated endpoints and a basic dictionary for par. Play words from the full game dictionary to find shorter routes. Advanced mode uses the full dictionary for both puzzles and par. Choose a maximum par, use hints, and compare the par, shortest, and your own paths after each puzzle. Progress saves automatically. Track solved puzzles, results at or below par, hint-free completions, and high scores separately for each mode.

About

Logic Islands

Engage in handcrafted deduction puzzles that go beyond typical logic games. Explore islands with unique rules, solve daily challenges, and master complex reasoning skills. This game offers a deep intellectual challenge for puzzle enthusiasts.

Highlights
  • Original deduction puzzles
  • Island-based logic challenges
  • Daily new puzzles
  • Leaderboards and streaks
  • Step-by-step hints and explanations
  • Learn propositional logic
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Logic Islands is a world of handcrafted deduction puzzles, built by a mathematician and a neuroscientist for people who like a real problem. Not logic grids. Not another Sudoku clone. Not pattern-matching dressed up as a brain game. These are original deduction puzzles in the tradition of Raymond Smullyan's knights and knaves logical puzzles: islanders who can only tell the truth or only lie, and your job is to work out who is who from what they say. From there it gets stranger. You reason about what characters know, what they could have said, what the truth would have to be, and what questions you must ask. Every puzzle is made by hand by a mathematician who has spent over a decade inventing them. No AI, not now, not ever. Each one was tested on hundreds of real people and refined until it was exactly hard enough, the progression exactly right. All explanations are handwritten too. Ten islands, each with its own logic You begin on the island of truth-tellers and liars. Beyond it lie nine more, each with its own residents, its own rules, and its own way of bending the truth. Enter a gallery of deceit, weigh the reliability of up to eight witnesses to a single crime, and learn to ask the right questions of the right people, in the right order. The rules are taught through play, the difficulty climbs toward the genuinely mind-bending, and new islands keep arriving. A fresh trio every day Three new puzzles land each morning, separate from the island puzzles: a warmup, a challenge, and a master. Small enough to fit in a coffee break, but stimulating enough to stay with you all day. Keep your streak alive and climb the weekly and all-time leaderboards against everyone solving the same set. Help at every step, never just the answer Being stuck is part of it, but you are never stranded. Professor Logic gives a targeted nudge when you want one and a refresher on the idea in play. Once you solve a puzzle, he walks you through exactly why the answer holds. You come away understanding how to reason your way through even the most complicated problems. Real reasoning, in the shape of a game The skills here are the genuine article: the deductive reasoning used in mathematics and proof, relied on by anyone who has to think clearly under pressure, and tested on the LSAT and GRE. Propositional logic, knights and knaves, strategic questioning, reasoning about what others know, possibility and necessity, and more exotic logics. You'll learn to read AND, OR, XOR, IF-THEN, NOT, and a great deal more, as fluently as you read English. You will not feel like you are studying. You will just get sharper. Who it's for Puzzle solvers who have run out of things that truly challenge them. People who want more depth from their games. Anyone who loves paradoxes, proofs, or that satisfying moment when one detail forces every other piece into place. People who like a good argument and take pride in thinking things through. Mathematical, philosophical, and computing minds. Anyone preparing for the LSAT or GRE, or just looking to improve their logical reasoning skills. And anyone who misses the feeling of working something out entirely on their own, and wants to protect that. Logic Islands is free to download. You get the first island and your first five days of daily trios free, no account required, no ads. When you want the rest, Logic Islands Pro opens every island, every daily puzzle, and every island still to come, plus personal analytics. Think again. Questions, feedback: hello@logicislands.com Report a bug: support@logicislands.com. Press: press@logicislands.com. Subscriptions auto-renew unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the period. Manage in your Apple ID settings. Restore Purchases is available in the profile settings. Terms of Use: https://logicislands.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://logicislands.com/privacy FOLLOW US: https://x.com/LogicIslandsApp

Screenshots

Word|Golf4 screens
Logic Islands4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Word|Golf at none against Logic Islands's 3. Logic Islands's advantage is ratings volume (16 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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. Logic Islands sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $9.00 per month. Word|Golf asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Word|Golf against 5.0 for Logic Islands. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Logic Islands has 16 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Word|Golf ships an update every 8 days, Logic Islands every 11 days. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Word|Golf versus Logic Islands: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWord|GolfLogic Islands
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (16 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings116 — better
Update frequencyEvery 8 days — betterEvery 11 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, MaciPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS17.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size14 MB203 MB
Age rating9+9+
DeveloperJohn BergmayerLogic Islands

Customer experience

Word|Golf

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Logic Islands

All ratings13 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Word|Golf

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Logic Islands

Subscriptions2
  • Logic Islands Pro Monthly$9.001 Month
  • Logic Islands Pro Yearly$60.001 Year
One-time1
  • Logic Islands Pro Lifetime$99.00

Questions

Is Word|Golf free?
Word|Golf is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Logic Islands free?
Logic Islands is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Word|Golf or Logic Islands?
Word|Golf and Logic Islands are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 16 ratings respectively.
Do Word|Golf or Logic Islands have ads?
Neither Word|Golf nor Logic Islands shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Word|Golf or Logic Islands?
Word|Golf ships an update every 8 days, and Logic Islands every 11 days. Most recently, Word|Golf was updated on October 24, 2026 and Logic Islands on October 24, 2026.

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