Comparison

Magic Words vs Braintide

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

Head to head
About

Magic Words

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Mots Magiques is the ultimate word game with 7 captivating game modes and 10 languages! 7 GAME MODES - Word Circle โ€” Find all hidden words in the letter wheel - Wordle โ€” Guess the secret word in 6 tries - Crossword โ€” Varied and challenging crossword grids - Word Search โ€” Find hidden words in the grid - Anagram โ€” Rearrange the letters to form words - Hangman โ€” The classic hangman game reimagined - Time Attack โ€” Find as many words as possible in 60 seconds ONLINE DUEL MODE Challenge real players in real-time 1v1 duels! 6 duel modes available: Anagram, Word Circle, Time Attack, Wordle, Hangman, Word Search. Automatic matchmaking finds you an opponent instantly. Invite your friends directly from the app! 10 LANGUAGES Play in English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Dutch, Polish, Swedish and Turkish! Switch languages anytime in the settings. FEATURES - Hundreds of carefully designed levels - Interactive tutorials for each game mode - Progression system with rewards - Real-time global leaderboard - 6 original background music tracks - Immersive haptic feedback - Hints to help when you're stuck - Premium visual design FREE TO PLAY Download now and start playing immediately โ€” most game modes work offline! https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

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Braintide

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82 short games across ten mental skills, one daily workout, and a score that means something. TRAINS TEN SKILLS Memory, attention, processing speed, problem solving, language, flexibility, numeracy, spatial reasoning, coordination and listening. Every one of them has at least one game that is free forever, so you can train your whole brain without paying anything. EIGHT WAYS TO ANSWER Most brain trainers are a tap and a swipe. Braintide asks you to tap, flick, drag, draw, turn a dial, spell a word from letter tiles, type a number โ€” and, in five games, to make a sound. Nothing else in the category listens. Some games have no options at all. Set It Straight and Wind Back are scored on how many degrees off you were; On the Mark on how many milliseconds. There is nothing to guess between and nothing to eliminate. A DAILY WORKOUT THAT KNOWS WHAT YOU HAVE NEGLECTED Three games a day, chosen by what you have left longest. The difficulty follows you: every skill has its own level, and the engine holds you near the edge of what you can do rather than where you started. A STREAK THAT FORGIVES ONE MISSED DAY Losing a sixty-day run to one bad night is where people stop opening a training app. Braintide forgives one missed day and ends the run on two โ€” and it tells you that rule on the home screen, because a forgiving streak is only honest if you know what you are being held to. THE CHECKPOINT โ€” THE ONE NUMBER YOU CAN COMPARE Here is the problem every brain trainer has and none of them mentions: an adaptive engine moves the difficulty to keep you at about 78% success. That is right for training and useless for measuring. Your score hovers while the difficulty climbs underneath it. So Braintide has a checkpoint: the same ten short games, at the same fixed difficulty, every couple of weeks, never fed back into your levels. It is the only figure in the app that can honestly be compared with last time, and it says so. WHAT BRAINTIDE WILL NOT DO No percentile. No brain age. No ranking against other players. Braintide has no data about other people and will not invent any โ€” and the app says exactly that, on the screen where every other app would show you a number. YOURS, AND ACTUALLY YOURS โ€ข Works completely offline. No account, ever. โ€ข No ads, on any plan. โ€ข Export every round you have played to a JSON file, in one tap, written on your device and handed straight to your share sheet. โ€ข Nothing is sold on. THE FIVE GAMES THAT LISTEN Say When, Hold the Note, Fade Out, Clap Back and Clap the Count use the microphone. What they read is how loud the room is โ€” one number, sixty times a second. Nothing is recorded, kept, or recognised, there is no speech recognition anywhere in the app, and no audio leaves your phone. The daily workout leaves them out unless you ask for them. BUILT TO BE READ Twelve languages, translated all the way down โ€” every game's name and rules, the achievement names, even the notification. A colour-safe palette for red-green and blue-yellow colour vision, checked by simulation rather than by eye. Reduce Motion honoured everywhere. Zen mode eases the clocks right off. Braintide trains focus and memory for fun. It is not a medical device and makes no claim to diagnose, treat or prevent any condition. BRAINTIDE PRO Braintide Pro unlocks all 82 games, the weekly report and full per-skill history. โ‚ฌ1.99 per month or โ‚ฌ9.99 per year, each with a one-week free trial. Prices vary by region. A subscription renews automatically unless it is cancelled at least 24 hours before the current period ends; you can manage or cancel it in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use: https://tritonapps.com/braintide/terms EULA: https://tritonapps.com/braintide/eula Privacy Policy: https://tritonapps.com/braintide/privacy

Screenshots

Magic Words4 screens
Braintide4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Braintide at none against Magic Words's shown. Magic Words's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs every 2 weeks). On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

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

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Magic Words sells 6 one-off in-app purchases and Braintide sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Magic Words ships an update every 3 days, Braintide every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 26, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences ยท 4 level
Magic Words versus Braintide: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMagic WordsBraintide
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 3 days โ€” betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsYesNo โ€” better
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod โ€” betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 โ€” better16.4
Further details โ€” not scored
Size82 MB74 MB
Age rating+44+
DeveloperSebastien GirodAndrew O Riordan

In-app purchases

6 purchases

Magic Words

One-time6
  • 200 Coins$0.99
  • 10 Hints$0.99
  • Starter Pack$2.99
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  • 50 Hints$2.99
  • 1000 Coins$4.99
  • Remove Ads$9.99
2 purchases

Braintide

Subscriptions2
  • Braintide Pro โ€” Monthly7 Days trial$1.991 Month
  • Braintide Pro โ€” Yearly7 Days trial$8.991 Year

Questions

Is Magic Words free?
Magic Words is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Braintide free?
Braintide is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Magic Words or Braintide have ads?
Magic Words shows ads; Braintide does not.
Which is updated more often, Magic Words or Braintide?
Magic Words ships an update every 3 days, and Braintide every 2 weeks. Most recently, Magic Words was updated on October 25, 2026 and Braintide on October 26, 2026.

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