Exactigram vs Stepwords
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side โ with what reviewers say about each.
Exactigram
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Exactigram - Nonogram is a pure logic puzzle experience. Every puzzle has one and only one solution. Read the number clues on the rows and columns. Fill the correct cells with color, mark the rest with X. No guessing โ only deduction. Each mistake costs a life. Finish the grid and reveal a stunning pixel art. Clean design, smart hints, and hundreds of puzzles. Train your brain with the most satisfying Nonogram game. Are you precise enough?
Stepwords
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Stepwords is a word game where walking is the only way to get letters. Six hundred steps mints one letter. There is no other way to get one โ no packs, no timers, no watching a video. Ten a day is the ceiling, so nobody out-walks you into a better board. Vocabulary decides this game, not fitness. Everyone starts from the same word, on the same 19x19 board, on the first of the month. What you build on it is yours. HOW IT WORKS Walk. Every 600 steps offers you three letters, and you keep one. Ten a day is the most anyone can earn. Build. Place letters in a single line, touching what is already there. Every run they form has to be a word โ including the ones you make by accident. Crossings count in both words, which is where the points actually live. Commit. There is no undo. Stage freely, rearrange freely, then live with it for the month. At the end of the month the board closes, your leftover tiles do not carry over, and a new word opens. WHAT IT DOES NOT DO No ads. No energy timers. No boosters. No letter packs. No streak you can lose. Your step count is read on the device and turned into letters there. It is never uploaded โ there is no endpoint on the server that accepts one. No account is needed to play. THE OPTIONAL PLAN A plan keeps your past boards open, adds an animated replay of a month, tile themes, word statistics, and ranks the friends you have added. It unlocks nothing that affects play: no extra letters, no extra swaps, no head start. The daily cap is the same for everybody, which is the whole point. Available as an annual subscription that renews until cancelled, or as a one-off purchase that does not. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation. A subscription renews automatically unless turned off at least 24 hours before the period ends, and can be managed in your Apple Account settings. Terms: https://stepwords.fun/terms Privacy: https://stepwords.fun/privacy You can delete your account, and everything attached to it, from inside the app.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Stepwords at none against Exactigram's shown. Stepwords also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 2 months). On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.
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Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Exactigram ships an update every 2 months, Stepwords every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on September 30, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Exactigram | Stepwords |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 4 days โ better |
| Ads | Yes | No โ better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod โ better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details โ not scored | ||
| Size | 46 MB | 42 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Gediz Duman | Abdullah Ghani |
In-app purchases
Exactigram
No in-app purchases
Stepwords
No in-app purchases









