Comparison

CounterSwipe vs Magnetic Word Board

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

Head to head
About

CounterSwipe

Engage in fun video debates with friends on a variety of topics. Create challenges, record video responses, and let your group vote to settle arguments. Track your performance and build expertise over time.

Highlights
  • Create video challenges
  • Record video responses
  • Group voting on debates
  • Track wins and stats
  • Build topic expertise
Features
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CounterSwipe is where hot takes turn into real conversations. Swipe through questions on politics, relationships, philosophy, pop culture, sports, food, and everyday debates. Pick a side, see where you stand, and jump into chats with people who might agree, disagree, or completely challenge the way you think. Counterswipe is built for people who are tired of boring polls, toxic comment sections, and endless echo chambers. Instead of just scrolling past opinions, you actually get to test yours. What you can do in CounterSwipe: Swipe on serious, funny, and controversial questions Take a side and compare your stance Chat with people who see things differently Choose calmer debate spaces or more intense conversations Explore topics that make people think, laugh, argue, and rethink CounterSwipe is not about forcing everyone to agree. It is about making disagreement more social, more thoughtful, and way more fun. Whether you are debating a real issue or defending a ridiculous take, CounterSwipe gives you a place to say what you think — and hear what someone else actually believes. Swipe. Match. Debate. Leave sharper.

About

Magnetic Word Board

Create and share poetic or creative text arrangements on a digital magnetic board. Drag words freely, customize your board's appearance, and expand your word library with themed packs. Export your creations as images to share anywhere.

Highlights
  • Digital magnetic word board
  • Drag and arrange words freely
  • Themed word pack expansions
  • Customizable board styles
  • Export creations as images
  • Share creations anywhere
Features
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A fridge full of words. Make something out of them. Remember moving word magnets around on the fridge? Magnetic Word Board puts that on your iPhone and iPad. Drag words around, find combinations you didn't expect, and make something funny, beautiful, ridiculous or completely your own. WHAT CAN YOU MAKE? A tiny poem. A love note. A ridiculous sentence. A thought you didn't know you had. No scores, no timers, no wrong answers. Just words. HOW IT WORKS - Start with a big free collection of word magnets, and deal a fresh set any time - Drag words into lines. They snap together and never overlap - Tap helper words like "the," "and" and "is" from the tray to finish a line fast - Hold any word to change its form: run, ran, running - Go wide in landscape, and pinch to zoom - Add themed word packs: Spooky, Romance, Fantasy, Ocean, Food & Drink, Places and more - Change the look with styles from Chalkboard to Neon to Halloween - Share your board as a framed image A LITTLE CREATIVE ESCAPE Whether you're a poet, a writer, a word lover or just someone who likes playing with language, Magnetic Word Board gives you a place to mess around. No pressure to make a masterpiece. Sometimes the best things happen when you move a few words around. Download free and see what the words have to say.

Screenshots

CounterSwipe4 screens
Magnetic Word Board4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: CounterSwipe at none against Magnetic Word Board's 16. CounterSwipe also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 6 months) and ratings volume (14 vs 4). On price, rating, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Magnetic Word Board sells 16 one-off in-app purchases. CounterSwipe asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for CounterSwipe against 5.0 for Magnetic Word Board. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 14 and 4 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

CounterSwipe ships an update every 4 days, Magnetic Word Board every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
CounterSwipe versus Magnetic Word Board: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCounterSwipeMagnetic Word Board
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (14 ratings)5.0 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews88.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings14 — better4
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterEvery 6 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size37 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperOlympus AIAustin Nevers

Customer experience

CounterSwipe

All ratings6 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews9 reviews
Positive88.9%
Neutral11.1%
Negative0.0%

Magnetic Word Board

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

CounterSwipe

No in-app purchases

16 purchases

Magnetic Word Board

One-time16
  • Void Style$0.99
  • Newspaper Style$0.99
  • Frost Style$0.99
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  • Lavender Style$0.99
  • Christmas Style$0.99
  • Halloween Style$0.99
  • Fourth of July Style$0.99
  • Pastel Style$0.99
  • Trailhead Style$0.99
  • Marble Style$0.99
  • Spooky Pack$2.99
  • Fantasy Pack$2.99
  • Food & Drink Pack$2.99
  • Ocean Pack$2.99
  • Places Pack$2.99
  • Romance Pack$2.99

Questions

Is CounterSwipe free?
CounterSwipe is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Magnetic Word Board free?
Magnetic Word Board is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, CounterSwipe or Magnetic Word Board?
Magnetic Word Board is rated higher. CounterSwipe averages 4.9 out of 5 from 14 ratings, while Magnetic Word Board averages 5.0 from 4 ratings.
Do CounterSwipe or Magnetic Word Board have ads?
Neither CounterSwipe nor Magnetic Word Board shows ads.
Which is updated more often, CounterSwipe or Magnetic Word Board?
CounterSwipe ships an update every 4 days, and Magnetic Word Board every 6 months. Most recently, CounterSwipe was updated on October 24, 2026 and Magnetic Word Board on October 31, 2026.

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