Comparison

Spice Sort vs PolyWords Letter Linker

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

Head to head
About

Spice Sort

A calming, offline puzzle game where you sort colorful spices into glass jars. Enjoy hand-crafted levels with no timers or pressure, and a focus on relaxation and accessibility.

Highlights
  • 500 hand-tuned, solvable levels
  • Daily Spice challenges
  • Unlimited undo and instant restart
  • Relaxing pour animations and sounds
  • Offline play
  • Colorblind assist mode
  • VoiceOver and Reduce Motion support
Features
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Spice Sort is a calm, hand-crafted sorting puzzle. Pour ground spices between glass jars until every jar holds a single color. That's the whole game — no timers, no lives, no energy meters, no pressure. It's the sort-puzzle you've played before, with a warmer soul: a dim pantry, real glass jars, and eight richly colored spices — turmeric, paprika, basil, sumac, black pepper, cinnamon, blue butterfly pea, and pink Himalayan salt. WHY YOU'LL KEEP IT ON YOUR PHONE • 500 hand-tuned levels, each one guaranteed solvable • A new Daily Spice every day — the same puzzle for everyone, with a streak to keep • Unlimited undo and instant restart. Stuck is never a dead end. • Genuinely relaxing pour animations and soft, tactile sounds BUILT TO RESPECT YOU • No ads. Not one. • No accounts, no sign-up, nothing to buy. • Works completely offline — play on a plane, on the subway, anywhere. • Google usage analytics and crash sharing are on by default. Turn either off in Settings. No advertising use. MADE FOR EVERYONE • Colorblind assist mode adds a distinct pattern to every spice • Full VoiceOver support and Reduce Motion friendly • One-handed, portrait, pick-up-and-play Sort a jar. Breathe. Sort another.

About

PolyWords Letter Linker

Connect adjacent letter tiles to form words and score points in this engaging word puzzle game. Explore diverse worlds, conquer challenging levels, and enjoy various game modes. Personalize your experience with unlockable themes and power-ups.

Highlights
  • Link letters horizontally, vertically, and diagonally
  • 100 levels across five worlds
  • Campaign, Daily Challenge, Endless, and Slang modes
  • Unlockable themes and power-ups
  • Optional rewarded ads for in-game rewards
  • Offline gameplay
Features
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Trace a continuous path through neighboring letter tiles, build words, rack up points and chase that perfect board. Easy to pick up, deeply satisfying to master, PolyWords turns a familiar word puzzle into a colorful journey built for quick games, long sessions and everything in between. Enjoy hours of free, uninterrupted fun with 930 achievement points to earn over 37 challenging achievements. FIND YOUR PATH Every word starts with a swipe. Link letters horizontally, vertically and diagonally as you search the board for your next word. Discover hidden solutions, uncover bonus words and keep your momentum going to build score-boosting combos. You can re-use letters in your path if you can make it back to them, potentially elevating your word count significantly! And because Campaign boards are freshly generated every time you play, replaying a level means solving a new puzzle - not memorizing the old one. 100 LEVELS. FIVE WORLDS. Travel through Meadow, Forest, Orchard, Highlands and Crystal Grove across a 100-level Campaign that gradually introduces new board shapes and tougher challenges. Earn up to three stars on every level, improve your best scores and see how far your vocabulary can carry you. A MODE FOR EVERY MOOD • Campaign - conquer 100 levels across five colorful worlds. • Finished a round early? Hit the menu and the 'Give Up' button, PolyWords will count your score anyway! • Daily Challenge - take on the same board as everyone else and see how your score stacks up. • Difficulty options are available for the Daily Board, the tougher your game, the better the reward. • Endless - forget the clock and keep searching until you’re ready to stop. • Slang - unlock a playful alternative packed with words like RIZZ, YEET, SUS, and more. • Three difficulty levels - from relaxed Casual play to the stricter challenge of Wordsmith. MORE THAN JUST THE OBVIOUS WORDS The board has hidden words to discover, but you’re free to find others too. Valid bonus words still score, rewarding experimentation and those satisfying “wait… does THAT work?” moments. Find words quickly enough and you’ll build combos for even bigger scores. PLAY. EARN. MAKE IT YOURS. Earn coins as you play, complete challenges and unlock achievements. Spend them on helpful powerups or personalize PolyWords with themes, tile styles, trails and celebrations. Special seasonal events bring distinctive limited-time themes that can transform the look and feel of the entire game - while never changing the rules or giving anyone a gameplay advantage. NO CONSTANT INTERRUPTIONS PolyWords is designed to let you play. No banner ads across your game. No random ads between rounds. No surprise interruptions while you’re tracing a word. Rewarded ads are completely optional and appear only in the Shop when you choose to watch one for a clearly shown reward. YOUR WORD GAME, YOUR PACE Core gameplay works offline with no PolyWords account required. Jump in for a quick level, settle into an Endless board, or come back each day for a new challenge. Optional Game Center support adds leaderboards and achievements when you want to compete. PolyWords also includes VoiceOver support, colorblind-friendly palettes and reduced-motion options to make play comfortable for more people. Trace the letters. Find the words. Build your path.

Screenshots

Spice Sort4 screens
PolyWords Letter Linker4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Spice Sort at none against PolyWords Letter Linker's 10. Spice Sort also leads on ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (5 vs 1). On price, rating, review sentiment 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

Both are free to download. PolyWords Letter Linker sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Spice Sort 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 Spice Sort against 5.0 for PolyWords Letter Linker. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Spice Sort has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Spice Sort versus PolyWords Letter Linker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSpice SortPolyWords Letter Linker
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (5 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings5 — better1
Update frequencyFortnightly—
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB10 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPrachi JainPulsar CLT

Customer experience

Spice Sort

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

PolyWords Letter Linker

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Spice Sort

No in-app purchases

10 purchases

PolyWords Letter Linker

One-time10
  • Coin Sack — 500 Coins$1.99
  • Coin Chest — 1,000 Coins$2.99
  • Coin Hoard — 1,500 Coins$3.99
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  • Coin Sack — 2500 Coins$5.99
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  • Slasher Night$6.99
  • Witch's Brew$6.99
  • Spooky Event Bundle$19.99

Questions

Is Spice Sort free?
Spice Sort is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is PolyWords Letter Linker free?
PolyWords Letter Linker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Spice Sort or PolyWords Letter Linker?
Spice Sort and PolyWords Letter Linker are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 5 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Spice Sort or PolyWords Letter Linker have ads?
PolyWords Letter Linker shows ads; Spice Sort does not.

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