Phantom Words vs Oh, Snack!
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
Oh, Snack!
Aim, fling, and hop into various food and objects to escape a chaotic kitchen. Each possessed item has unique physics, encouraging strategic combos and high scores. Reach checkpoints to save progress and compete on leaderboards.
- Drag to aim and hop
- Possess unique food and objects
- Chain hops for combos
- Reach checkpoints for progress
- Game Center leaderboards and achievements
- Accessibility features
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Oh, Snack! What's your high score? Aim, fling, and hop into other food and objects to climb your way to the window. Every body moves differently, so when one jump won’t work, steal a better body. Build combos, reach toasts, dodge kitchen hazards, and escape before the kitchen gets you. Features: • Drag to aim, release to hop! • Possess food and objects with unique physics. Each body feels different. • Chain hops for combos and a higher climb score. • Reach checkpoints to save your session progress. • Game Center: Leaderboard and achievements. • Accessibility and comfort features.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Oh, Snack! at Free against Phantom Words's $2.99. Oh, Snack! also leads on update cadence (daily vs every 5 days). Phantom Words's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and rating (4.8 vs 4.5). On review sentiment, ratings volume, 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
Oh, Snack! is free to download; Phantom Words costs $2.99 up front. Phantom Words sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and Oh, Snack! sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Phantom Words holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 20 and 45 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 93% of Phantom Words's written reviews are positive against 100% of Oh, Snack!'s, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Phantom Words ships an update every 5 days, Oh, Snack! daily. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Phantom Words | Oh, Snack! |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.8 (20 ratings) — better | 4.5 (45 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 93.3% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 20 | 45 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days | Daily — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | #46 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 130 MB | 24 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Fleon Labs | Tepes Ovidiu |
Customer experience
Phantom Words
Oh, Snack!
In-app purchases
Phantom Words
- Kind Supporter$2.49
- Generous Supporter$4.99
- Huge Supporter$9.99
Oh, Snack!
- Remove Ads$1.99







