Comparison

w5rds vs Memotap

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

Head to head
About

w5rds

Engage in a daily logic-based word puzzle that challenges your deduction skills. Solve single-word or multi-word challenges, compete on leaderboards, and track your progress. Offers adjustable difficulty and helpful hints for all skill levels.

Highlights
  • Daily single-word puzzles
  • Daily multi-word phrase puzzles
  • Daily leaderboards
  • Progress tracking (streaks, stats)
  • Adjustable difficulty levels
  • Hints and clue system
  • Challenge Packs
Features
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Play Smart, Think Deeper. w5rds is a daily logic-based word puzzle that challenges you to decode, deduce, and solve. Part cryptogram, part brain teaser, and part competition, w5rds rewards thoughtful strategy over random guessing. Every day brings two new puzzles: • Daily Single: Decode One Word • Daily Phrase: Crack a Multi-Word Challenge Compete against the w5rds community for a Top 25 spot on the daily leaderboard, or focus on building your streak and sharpening your logic skills. Don’t forget to set a daily reminder so you never miss your shot at that day’s leaderboard. w5rds is designed for every level of player, from beginners learning the system to advanced solvers chasing Blind Solves. - Reveal the Clue for helpful context - Earn a coveted Blind Solve by solving without it - Use Hints to reveal letters, but with an added time penalty - Turn on Guess Mode to throw out the timer and conquer the w5rds, no matter the difficulty level - Scale your challenge from Beginner to Master - Productive struggle is built in and you control the difficulty. You can track your w5rds progress with Daily Streaks, Solve Statistics, and Blind Solves tracking to watch your skills grow over time. If two puzzles a day isn’t enough, dive into Challenge Packs to strengthen your strategy and sharpen your logic even further. W5rds is completely free. That means no ads, no subscriptions, and no in-app purchases. Just pure puzzle solving and a great brain workout. Welcome to w5rds.

About

Memotap

Features
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Tiles light up in a sequence. Each one plays its own note. When the grid goes dark, tap the pattern back from memory. Memotap turns a simple memory drill into a game you can hear: every tile has a note on a pentatonic scale, so a sequence is also a short tune, and your ear helps your eyes remember. LEVELS Twenty chapters and more than a thousand levels. Sequences get longer, reveals get faster, and at level 101 the grid grows from 3×3 to 4×4. Every tenth level is a boss with a twist: grey tiles with no colour hints, reverse order, or double speed. HEARTS AND STARS Three wrong taps end a run, two on bosses. Clear a level for one star, clear it without a mistake for two, and beat the star time for three. Replay any level from the Journey map to improve. DAILY CHALLENGE One shared puzzle a day, the same for everyone in the world. One attempt. Build a streak and share your result as an emoji grid. SKINS Stars unlock eight tile palettes, from Neon and Pastel to Mono for players who want no colour help at all. ALSO • Game Center leaderboards for stars, levels and daily streaks • Progress synced across your devices with iCloud • Sound, haptics, light and dark mode, a reduce flashing option • Interactive tutorial, works fully offline • No ads, no subscriptions, no account Memotap is made by one developer. If something feels off, write in: jafforgedev@gmail.com

Screenshots

w5rds4 screens
Memotap4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: w5rds at every 2 weeks against Memotap's every 3 months. w5rds also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

w5rds ships an update every 2 weeks, Memotap every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
w5rds versus Memotap: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameterw5rdsMemotap
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size26 MB6 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperBradford McCormickFeda Hadziselimovic

In-app purchases

None

w5rds

No in-app purchases

None

Memotap

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is w5rds free?
w5rds is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Memotap free?
Memotap is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do w5rds or Memotap have ads?
Neither w5rds nor Memotap shows ads.
Which is updated more often, w5rds or Memotap?
w5rds ships an update every 2 weeks, and Memotap every 3 months. Most recently, w5rds was updated on October 24, 2026 and Memotap on October 8, 2026.

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