Comparison

Phantom Words vs Evershift Daily

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

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About

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.

Highlights
  • Sliding row and column puzzles
  • Hidden letter discovery
  • Progressive difficulty
  • Multiple game modes (Classic, Endless, Daily, Lightning)
  • iCloud sync across devices
  • Game Center leaderboards
Features
Currently charting
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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.

About

Evershift Daily

Guide a character named ollo safely down a tower by shifting glass blocks to clear lines. Each day presents a new shared puzzle, with options for competitive leaderboards and an ongoing Survival mode.

Highlights
  • Daily shared puzzles
  • Global leaderboards
  • Turn-based Survival mode
  • Head-to-head multiplayer
  • Personal stats and achievements
  • Founding Season progression
Features
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One tower. One puzzle. Every day. Evershift Daily is a tactile block puzzle about shifting glass pieces, clearing lines, and guiding a little character named ollo safely down the tower. Every day brings a new tower shared by every player. Move pieces into open spaces, push connected blocks together, and clear complete lines to create a path for ollo. The rules are simple, but every tower asks you to see the structure in a new way. Complete the Daily Challenge, then compare your best time with players around the world. Return tomorrow to keep your streak alive, or enter Survival for an ongoing, turn-based challenge where every move raises the tower. FEATURES • A new shared puzzle every day • Global Daily and Survival leaderboards • Personal best times, streaks, stats, and achievements • Turn-based Survival mode with escalating hazards and multipliers • Customizable leaderboard avatars • Online Rival mode with head-to-head multiplayer competition • Founding Season progression with free and Pro reward tracks • Game Center integration FREE PLAY AND REWARDED ADS Today's Daily and today's Survival Daily can be played without ads. Free players can watch one rewarded ad per new attempt at either of the previous two Daily puzzles, Survival, or Wildshift. Unfinished attempts resume without another ad. Older Daily puzzles, the Survival Daily archive, and Timed require Pro. Pro players skip gameplay ads. No banners, automatic interstitials, or ads interrupting a run. EVERSHIFT DAILY PRO Optional Monthly, Yearly, or Lifetime Pro access unlocks the full archive of past Daily towers, missed-streak repair, Pro-tier Founding Season rewards, and Pro game modes or early features as they become available. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled in your Apple Account settings. Thoughtful, tactile, and made for a satisfying daily ritual. How far can you guide ollo? TERMS Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Evershift Daily Terms & Conditions: https://sites.google.com/view/evershift-daily-terms/home

Screenshots

Phantom Words4 screens
Evershift Daily4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Evershift Daily at Free against Phantom Words's $2.99. Phantom Words's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (93% vs 67%). On rating, ratings volume, update cadence and in-app purchases 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

Evershift Daily is free to download; Phantom Words costs $2.99 up front. Phantom Words sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and Evershift Daily sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Phantom Words holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 23 and 14 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 93% of Phantom Words's written reviews are positive against 67% of Evershift Daily's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Phantom Words ships an update every 5 days, Evershift Daily every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
Phantom Words versus Evershift Daily: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPhantom WordsEvershift Daily
Price$2.99Free — better
Rating4.7 (23 ratings) — better4.5 (14 ratings)
Positive reviews93.3% of reviews — better66.7% of reviews
Number of ratings23 — better14
Update frequencyEvery 5 daysEvery 3 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
Best chart rank#25 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.6 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size131 MB83 MB
Age rating+412+
DeveloperFleon LabsAstro Hound Studios

Customer experience

Phantom Words

All ratings22 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews15 reviews
Positive93.3%
Neutral6.7%
Negative0.0%

Evershift Daily

All ratings14 ratings
Positive85.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative14.3%
Written reviews9 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral11.1%
Negative22.2%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Phantom Words

One-time3
  • Kind Supporter$2.49
  • Generous Supporter$4.99
  • Huge Supporter$9.99
4 purchases

Evershift Daily

Subscriptions2
  • Evershift Daily Pro Monthly$0.991 Month
  • Evershift Daily Pro Yearly$5.991 Year
One-time2
  • Evershift Daily Pro Lifetime$6.49
  • Evershift Daily Pro Lifetime$12.99

Questions

Is Phantom Words free?
Phantom Words costs $2.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is Evershift Daily free?
Evershift Daily is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Phantom Words or Evershift Daily?
Phantom Words is rated higher. Phantom Words averages 4.7 out of 5 from 23 ratings, while Evershift Daily averages 4.5 from 14 ratings.
Do Phantom Words or Evershift Daily have ads?
Evershift Daily shows ads; Phantom Words does not.
Which is updated more often, Phantom Words or Evershift Daily?
Phantom Words ships an update every 5 days, and Evershift Daily every 3 days. Most recently, Phantom Words was updated on November 5, 2026 and Evershift Daily on November 6, 2026.

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