Comparison

Word Meadow vs Five Star Words

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

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About

Word Meadow

Engage in a unique word-guessing game where you trace paths on a honeycomb to spell words, clearing mist and restoring a neglected meadow. Spend your rewards to rebuild five distinct areas, choosing your own decorative elements and watching them come to life.

Highlights
  • Honeycomb word tracing gameplay
  • Meadow restoration and decoration
  • Unlockable character outfits
  • Daily puzzles and endless mode
  • Multiple board shapes and themed levels
  • No in-game timer
Features
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Somewhere there's a meadow nobody looked after. The brook is buried, the brambles have taken over, and one very determined bee has decided today is the day that changes. He can't spell. That's where you come in. SPELL WORDS ON A HONEYCOMB Trace a path across touching hexagons. Every word you find burns off the mist and uncovers more of the board, so the puzzle opens up as you solve it. Spell beside a sleeping tile and it wakes, handing you a new letter to work with. Chain finds together and the combo climbs. Hidden bonus words fill the honey cell and pay you a bonus star. BRING FIVE MEADOWS BACK This is the part other word games don't have. Your stars don't sit in a counter — you spend them in My Meadow, on five hand-painted places waiting to be brought back: Sunlit Clearing, Cascade Hollow, Windward Cliffs, Whispering Glade and Granite Vale. Each starts barren. Sixteen builds later it's alive — waterfalls running, wildflowers out, fireflies at dusk, puffins on the cliffs. You choose what gets built and in what order, and you finish each meadow by choosing its crowning piece. 500 LEVELS, NINE BOARD SHAPES Twenty zones, twenty-five levels each. The honeycomb itself keeps changing — diamonds, triangles, hourglasses, wide combs, great open rings — so the board never settles into a routine. Themed levels pull their words from a single idea. Every twenty-fifth level is a zone finale with a long golden word hidden in it. No timer anywhere in the campaign. Nothing punishes you for taking your time. MEET PIPPY Pippy is a bee with opinions. He cheers when you land a long one, he flies in to celebrate, and he leans in with a thinking face when you've gone quiet a while. His closet holds fifty outfits, and he has views on all of them. A dapper tuxedo. A beekeeper's suit, which he finds hilarious. A pirate captain, an astronaut, a scarecrow, a rainbow wig. Four seasonal collections — Fourth of July, Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas — each in its own decorated room that opens when the season comes round. A PUZZLE EVERY MORNING One fresh Daily Puzzle a day, a streak worth protecting, and a honeycomb calendar that fills in behind you. ENDLESS, WHEN YOU WANT MORE Unlock Endless and keep going as long as you like — open-ended expeditions of five levels, each with its own landscape and palette. No fail state. No end. ALSO INSIDE - 47 awards, from your first word to your first fully restored meadow - Hints when you want them, and a honey pot that quietly earns you more - Adjustable board letter size, reduced-motion support, haptics you can switch off - Game Center leaderboards and achievements - iCloud sync, so your meadow follows you between devices Play it in one long sitting or a few words at a time while the kettle boils. The meadow will still be there. Made by the father and daughter studio, Grobe Games. We read everything you send. Word Meadow is a game for people who love words and beautiful things. Play more. Grin more.

About

Five Star Words

A fast-paced word puzzle game where you guess a five-letter word in six tries. Earn points for quick solutions and enjoy bonus rounds. Features include hints, lives, and level progression for a satisfying challenge.

Highlights
  • Five-letter word puzzles
  • Six-guess limit
  • Score rewards for speed
  • Bonus phrase rounds
  • Hints available
  • Lives and streaks
  • Level progression
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Five Star Words is a clean, fast word puzzle game built for short breaks and long streaks. Guess the five-letter word in six tries. Each round gives feedback, helps you narrow the answer, and rewards better guesses with more points. As you clear levels, the difficulty changes and your score keeps climbing. After wins, bonus phrase rounds give you a chance to uncover extra words, earn bonus points, and keep your run moving. Features: • Six-guess five-letter word puzzles • Score rewards based on how quickly you solve each round • Bonus phrase rounds after wins • Hints when you need a nudge • Lives, streaks, stats, and level progression • Clean, readable design made for quick play Five Star Words is easy to start, satisfying to improve at, and built for players who like word games with a little extra momentum.

Screenshots

Word Meadow4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Five Star Words at none against Word Meadow's 8. Word Meadow's advantage is ratings volume (5 vs 1) and device support. On price and rating 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. Word Meadow sells 8 one-off in-app purchases. Five Star Words 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 Meadow against 5.0 for Five Star Words. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Word Meadow has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Word Meadow versus Five Star Words: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWord MeadowFive Star Words
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (5 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings5 — better1
Update frequencyFortnightly—
AdsYes—
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — better—
Requires iOS15.1 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size165 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGrobe GamesWilliam Thibodeau

In-app purchases

8 purchases

Word Meadow

One-time8
  • 10 Hints$0.99
  • A Spoonful of Honey$0.99
  • Holiday Bundle$2.99
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  • 50 Hints$3.99
  • A Jar of Honey$3.99
  • Remove Ads$3.99
  • 200 Hints$9.99
  • A Whole Harvest$9.99
None

Five Star Words

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Word Meadow free?
Word Meadow is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Five Star Words free?
Five Star Words is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Word Meadow or Five Star Words?
Word Meadow and Five Star Words are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 5 and 1 ratings respectively.

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