Comparison

Halloway vs wurdweb

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

Head to head
About

Halloway

Explore a house of riddles played in the dark, focusing on solving clues to unlock doors. Progress is saved on your device, with optional cross-device sync. No account is needed to begin your mysterious journey.

Highlights
  • Three hand-built cipher wings
  • Played phone-first in the dark
  • No maps or busywork
  • Solve rooms to turn keys
  • Progress saved on device
  • Optional cross-device sync
Features
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Halloway is a house of riddles - three hand-built cipher wings (The Veil, The Athanor, and The Threshold) played phone-first in the dark. No maps, no busywork: just you, a clue, and the next door. Solve a room to turn its key; the house remembers them all. No account is required. Progress stays on your device unless you sign in for cross-device sync; anonymous aggregate usage counts can be turned off in Settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

wurdweb

Engage in word puzzles with a relaxed atmosphere. Connect words from a list to form a web on the board, aiming to reach a finish tile or maximize word placement. Offers infinite unique puzzles, daily challenges, and custom puzzle creation.

Highlights
  • Infinite unique puzzles
  • Daily, Weekly, Monthly Puzzles
  • Custom puzzle creation
  • Controller support
  • Leaderboards
  • Multiple languages
Features
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Word puzzles with Sunday morning vibes. Grab words from a list and cross them with words on the board. Puzzle your way towards a Finish Tile, put down enough words, or put down as many words as you can! In this game, you'll find: • Infinite unique puzzles, generated by an intelligent algorithm. • Challenges, to let you try different play styles. • Daily, Weekly and Monthly Puzzles, where you put down as many words as you can! • Numbered Puzzles, a sequence of slightly harder puzzles. On top of that, you'll also find: • Cute little characters who walk around in your puzzles doing absolutely nothing. • Leaderboards for Daily, Weekly and Monthly Puzzles, for when you feel competitive. • Make Your Own Puzzle, where you get to pick the type of puzzle, the theme, and the optional variation. • Play with controllers compatible with your device. wurdweb can generate puzzles in the following languages: • Dutch • English (U.K.) • English (U.S.) • French (Canada) • French (France) • German • Italian • Portuguese (Brazil) • Russian • Spanish (Latin America) • Turkish • Swedish • Polish On top of the languages above, the interface (but not the puzzles!) is also available in the following languages: • Japanese • Arabic • Chinese (Simplified) • Chinese (Traditional) • Korean wurdweb is designed by Aran Koning and Adriaan de Jongh, two game designers and friends from the Netherlands.

Screenshots

Halloway4 screens
wurdweb4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Halloway at Free against wurdweb's $3.99. wurdweb's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 6) and ads (none vs shown). On rating 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

Halloway is free to download; wurdweb costs $3.99 up front. Halloway sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. wurdweb 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 Halloway against 5.0 for wurdweb. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: wurdweb has 63 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
Halloway versus wurdweb: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHallowaywurdweb
PriceFree — better$3.99
Rating5.0 (4 ratings)5.0 (63 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings463 — better
Update frequencyFortnightly—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
Best chart rank—#7 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size18 MB220 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperNo Evil Star LLCAdriaan de Jongh

In-app purchases

6 purchases

Halloway

One-time6
  • Whole House Upgrade$1.00
  • Halloway - The Veil$1.99
  • Halloway - The Threshold$1.99
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  • Halloway - The Athanor$1.99
  • Whole House Upgrade$3.00
  • Halloway - All Access$4.99
None

wurdweb

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Halloway free?
Halloway is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is wurdweb free?
wurdweb costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Halloway or wurdweb?
Halloway and wurdweb are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 4 and 63 ratings respectively.
Do Halloway or wurdweb have ads?
Halloway shows ads; wurdweb does not.

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