Comparison

Word Tack vs Connect Them

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

Head to head
About

Word Tack

Features
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Sort scattered words into their hidden groups in Word Tack, a cozy word puzzle with a handmade feel: washi tape, typewriter labels and paper tiles that look cut out by hand. Every puzzle hides eight groups of five words. Drag tiles between rows, or tap two tiles to swap them. When a row holds all five words of a group, it’s sealed and its category is revealed. There’s no timer and no penalty for a wrong guess, so take your time. PLAY YOUR WAY • A growing campaign of handcrafted levels, from everyday categories to clever wordplay and real head-scratchers, with more added in updates • Every level is marked easy, medium or hard • A Daily Puzzle to play each day, with shareable emoji results and a streak to keep GENTLE HELP WHEN YOU’RE STUCK • Inklings link two words from the same group • Clues reveal the names of up to three groups • Solve a puzzle without help to earn all three stars MAKE THE DESK YOUR OWN • Earn stamps as you play • Spend them in the shop on washi tape, tile styles, row seals, desk backgrounds and confetti, including dazzling gold and holographic finishes MADE WITH CARE • Satisfying sounds, gentle haptics and a soft soundtrack, each with its own setting • Statistics, star ratings and daily streaks to track your progress • Works with VoiceOver: double-tap two cards to swap them, and hear when rows are solved and where each card sits on the board • A Reduce Motion setting for calmer play • No ads, no in-app purchases and no account needed. Works offline.

About

Connect Them

A cozy word puzzle game where you find the single word that links two given words. Enjoy three distinct play modes and over 1,500 unique puzzles. Hints are earned by playing well, and the game is designed for accessibility.

Highlights
  • Find linking words
  • Daily puzzle mode
  • Timed Blitz mode
  • Endless Cozy mode
  • Over 1500 puzzles
  • Earnable hints
  • VoiceOver support
Features
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SUN … FLOWER … POT One word sits in the middle and finishes them both. That's the whole game. Connect Them is a cosy word puzzle about the links hiding between everyday words. , no adverts. Just you, a warm cup of a puzzle, and a small owl called Otto who wears reading glasses and means well. THREE WAYS TO PLAY Daily — five links, once a day. Build a streak, then share the result without spoiling a single answer. Blitz — two minutes on the clock. How many can you link before it runs out? Cozy Endless — no clock at all. Keep going until three slip past you. OVER 1,500 PUZZLES Every link is a real compound word or a phrase people actually say, checked against real-world usage rather than pulled from a dusty dictionary. The Daily walks a fixed order, so nothing repeats until you've seen everything — more than a year of puzzles. EARN YOUR HINTS Hints cost corn, and corn is earned by playing well. Solve without help and you're paid more. String answers together and the bonuses grow. Come back tomorrow and there's more waiting. Stuck is always temporary. BUILT TO BE HEARD Connect Them was designed with VoiceOver in mind from the start, not bolted on afterwards. • Every puzzle, button and score reads clearly with VoiceOver • Results, hints and corn are announced as they happen • Focus moves to each new puzzle automatically • The answer submits itself on the last letter — no hunting for a button • Extra time in Blitz when a screen reader is running, so the clock is fair • Prefer to play with your eyes closed? Turn on Read Puzzles Aloud and the game narrates every clue in its own voice, at a speed you choose NO ADVERTS. NO IN-APP PURCHASES. NO ACCOUNT.

Screenshots

Word Tack4 screens
Connect Them4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Word Tack at Free against Connect Them's $0.99. Connect Them's advantage is ratings volume (13 vs 1) and update cadence (every 2 days vs every 5 days). On rating, ads, in-app purchases 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

Word Tack is free to download; Connect Them costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Word Tack against 4.9 for Connect Them. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Connect Them has 13 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Word Tack ships an update every 5 days, Connect Them every 2 days. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 7 level
Word Tack versus Connect Them: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWord TackConnect Them
PriceFree — better$0.99
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better4.9 (13 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings113 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 daysEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Paid
Best chart rank—#147 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHeath Behrensadam rogan

Customer experience

Word Tack

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Connect Them

All ratings13 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Word Tack

No in-app purchases

None

Connect Them

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Word Tack free?
Word Tack is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Connect Them free?
Connect Them costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Word Tack or Connect Them?
Word Tack is rated higher. Word Tack averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Connect Them averages 4.9 from 13 ratings.
Do Word Tack or Connect Them have ads?
Neither Word Tack nor Connect Them shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Word Tack or Connect Them?
Word Tack ships an update every 5 days, and Connect Them every 2 days. Most recently, Word Tack was updated on October 24, 2026 and Connect Them on October 24, 2026.

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