Comparison

Pocket Delver vs Letter Tangle

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

Head to head
About

Pocket Delver

A retro-style puzzle adventure where you dig through dirt, collect gems, and avoid falling rocks and enemies. Each level is a self-contained challenge designed for quick play sessions.

Highlights
  • Hand-crafted single-screen puzzle levels
  • Retro pixel art visuals
  • On-screen D-pad and controller support
  • Built-in level rewind feature
  • Game Center leaderboards and achievements
  • Offline play
Features
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Pocket Delver is a tight, hand-crafted puzzle game about digging, falling rocks, sparkling gems, and just barely making it out alive. Burrow through dirt, knock loose boulders onto enemies, herd them away from your only exit, and collect enough diamonds to unlock the way out — all before the timer runs down. Every level is a self-contained puzzle box: small enough to grasp at a glance, big enough to chew on for ten minutes when the "obvious" path turns out to bury you alive. KEY FEATURES Pure single-screen puzzle design — no procedurally generated filler, every level was placed by hand and solved by humans. Pixel-perfect retro visuals. Designed for iPhone and iPad. On-screen D-pad controls, plus full MFi and Bluetooth controller support. Built-in level rewind. Take a wrong step? Tap to restart and try again — no rage required. Game Center leaderboards and achievements. No ads. No in-app purchases. Pay once, play forever — even offline. WHY YOU'LL LIKE IT If you grew up sneaking levels of a certain 80s home-computer classic on a CRT, Pocket Delver was built for you. It's the kind of game you open on the train, solve two levels, and put away smiling. NO CATCH One purchase, the whole game. No subscriptions, no energy meters, no pop-ups, no nagging. Future level packs are free updates for everyone who bought the game. Happy delving.

About

Letter Tangle

Unscramble letters to solve themed word puzzles. Connect letters between words to reveal answers and uncover the puzzle's theme. Enjoy hundreds of handcrafted levels at your own pace, with hints available when needed.

Highlights
  • Hundreds of handcrafted levels
  • Daily Mini puzzles
  • Hint system
  • No timers
  • Offline play
  • Ad-free experience
Features
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A cryptic title. A few scattered letters. Can you fill in the rest? You’ll be pulling your hair out one minute and celebrating when the answer finally clicks! Letter Tangle™ is a challenging, ad-free word puzzle game with handcrafted puzzles you can solve at your own pace. HOW IT WORKS Every puzzle has a theme to uncover. Use the title and the letters already on the board to figure out the answers. But the words aren’t independent. When neighboring answers have letters in common, those letters are connected by a line. Solve one word and you might reveal the letter you need to crack another. Sometimes the theme clicks right away. Sometimes one answer is all it takes for the whole puzzle to fall into place. FEATURES • Hundreds of handcrafted levels • A new Daily Mini each day • Hints when you get stuck • No timers — solve at your own pace • Play offline • No ads at all If you enjoy crosswords, word association, or logic puzzles, Letter Tangle offers a new kind of challenge. PLAY FREE Play the first 40 levels for free. If you want more, unlock the full game with a one-time purchase — including all current and future levels.

Screenshots

Pocket Delver4 screens
Letter Tangle4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Letter Tangle at Free against Pocket Delver's $0.99. Letter Tangle also leads on rating (4.7 vs 2.0) and update cadence (every 3 days vs every 2 months). Pocket Delver's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4) and device support (3 vs 1). On ads and iOS requirement 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

Letter Tangle is free to download; Pocket Delver costs $0.99 up front. Letter Tangle sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Pocket Delver asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Letter Tangle holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 2.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Letter Tangle has 18 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pocket Delver ships an update every 2 months, Letter Tangle every 3 days. Both last shipped on October 25, 2026.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Pocket Delver versus Letter Tangle: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPocket DelverLetter Tangle
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating2.0 (1 ratings)4.7 (18 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings118 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB19 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSPECTADOBerry Duo LLC

In-app purchases

None

Pocket Delver

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

Letter Tangle

One-time4
  • Small Hint Pack$0.99
  • Medium Hint Pack$2.99
  • Unlock Full Game$4.99
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  • Large Hint Pack$6.99

Questions

Is Pocket Delver free?
Pocket Delver costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Letter Tangle free?
Letter Tangle is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Pocket Delver or Letter Tangle?
Letter Tangle is rated higher. Pocket Delver averages 2.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Letter Tangle averages 4.7 from 18 ratings.
Do Pocket Delver or Letter Tangle have ads?
Neither Pocket Delver nor Letter Tangle shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Pocket Delver or Letter Tangle?
Pocket Delver ships an update every 2 months, and Letter Tangle every 3 days. Most recently, Pocket Delver was updated on October 25, 2026 and Letter Tangle on October 25, 2026.

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