Void Flux vs Phantom Words
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Void Flux
Solve electrostatics puzzles by manipulating charged crystals to cancel out energy loops. Experience a unique neon aesthetic inspired by 80s toys, accompanied by a synthwave soundtrack. The game offers a philosophical narrative and supports multiple languages.
- Electrostatics puzzle gameplay
- Neon crystal toy aesthetic
- 80s synthwave soundtrack
- Philosophical narrative
- Multi-language support
- Color-blind-friendly palettes
- Game Center leaderboards and achievements
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Rad! You made it, and just in the nick of time. There’s, like, bright stuff everywhere. The Void has been disturbed, flux loops have appeared all around, and the dark matter is being drowned. I’ve trapped the charges you need in our remaining dark crystals; use them to cancel these fluxes. It’s up to you to bring back the Void! VoidFlux is an electrostatics puzzle dressed up as a neon crystal toy from the 80s. Loops of light strung across a crystal hexagon of dark matter, each carrying a number, its flux, that the dark matter needs gone, and charged crystal gems below: teal for positive, pink for negative, one burning core per quantum of charge. Use each crystal, bring each loop to zero flux, and bring back the Void. Between rounds there is Wittgenstein’s Tractatus retold in 80s arcade slang, shipping in nine languages, English, Polish, Spanish, French, Portuguese, German, Italian, Danish, and Latin, because an 80s Tractatus without a Latin edition would be rude. Three color-blind-friendly palettes. Game Center keeps a leaderboard and 25 achievements with their own neon artwork, and progress follows you between iPhone and iPad over iCloud. No ads. No in-app purchases. Just You, the Void, and a radical synthwave soundtrack.
Phantom Words
Unscramble letters by sliding rows and columns to form words. Discover hidden letters as you play, with increasing complexity and new mechanics introduced. Offers multiple game modes for varied challenges.
- Sliding row and column puzzles
- Hidden letter discovery
- Progressive difficulty
- Multiple game modes (Classic, Endless, Daily, Lightning)
- iCloud sync across devices
- Game Center leaderboards
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We made Phantom Words for anyone who loves that small, satisfying moment when a jumble of letters suddenly turns into a word. Each board begins scrambled, with most of the letters hidden behind ghost tiles. Slide rows and columns like a 2D Rubik’s Cube, then look for words running across or down the board. Whenever you make one using a tile for the first time, another letter appears. Once every tile is used, the puzzle is complete. Longer words are worth more, while tiles lose value each time you use them. Yellow means a tile is nearly spent; red means you’ve leaned on it too often. Later boards introduce gaps that split rows and columns, multi-letter tiles that keep their letters together, wildcards that can stand in for any letter, and locked tiles that stay fixed until you use them in a word. And if a solution feels messy, you can always come back and find a more elegant one. There are four ways to play: • Classic has 99 handmade levels with increasing difficulty and evolving mechanics. • Endless starts small and procedurally grows while you play. • Daily Challenge gives everyone a new board each day, plus a streak to keep going. • Lightning Mode is the same word hunting, but against the clock. Classic, Endless, and Daily Challenge aren’t timed, so there’s no rush. You get a full score breakdown after each level and can replay it whenever you want. Your progress and settings sync across your devices with iCloud. There are also Game Center leaderboards if you care about high scores. We hope you enjoy discovering the words we’ve hidden for you.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Void Flux at none against Phantom Words's 3. Void Flux also leads on device support (5 vs 2). Phantom Words's advantage is rating (4.8 vs 4.3) and ratings volume (22 vs 6). On price, review sentiment, update cadence and ads 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
Void Flux costs $2.99 and Phantom Words $2.99 up front. Phantom Words sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Void Flux asks for nothing beyond the download.
Phantom Words holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 22 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 100% of Void Flux's written reviews are positive against 93% of Phantom Words's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 5 days. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.
| Parameter | Void Flux | Phantom Words |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 | $2.99 |
| Rating | 4.3 (6 ratings) | 4.8 (22 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 93.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 6 | 22 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days | Every 5 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | #91 | #39 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV, Vision Pro — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 16.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 43 MB | 131 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | +4 |
| Developer | Damian Sowinski | Fleon Labs |
Customer experience
Void Flux
Phantom Words
In-app purchases
Void Flux
No in-app purchases
Phantom Words
- Kind Supporter$2.49
- Generous Supporter$4.99
- Huge Supporter$9.99









