Phantom Words vs Kasure
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.
Kasure
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One stroke. Every square. Don't run dry. Kasure is a daily logic puzzle drawn in ink. Put a finger on the ink dot and draw one continuous stroke through every square on the paper, ending on the red seal. The catch is the whole game: every square costs a drop of ink. When the brush runs dry the stroke stops. Ink pools refill it. So the question is never just which path covers everything — it's which path covers everything and still reaches the next pool in time. The brush thins and frays as it dries, so the stroke you leave is a record of how you thought. Every puzzle has exactly one solution. No luck, no timers, no lives. A NEW PUZZLE EVERY MORNING Monday is a warm-up. The week tightens. Sunday is the long stroke. Sign it, keep your streak, and share the result as a small ink-wash of how it went — without giving the route away. Every seven days in a row earns a rest day, so one missed morning doesn't cost you the streak. Free, every day. THE GOLD SEAL Sign a board in a single forward stroke — no clear, no undo, no hint — and the seal is gold. It's the game inside the game. SIX WAYS TO PRACTICE Warm-up, Regular, Deep and Sunday, plus two variations: Order, where numbered squares must be inked in sequence, and Dry paper, where rough squares drink two drops. 500 puzzles for the days when one isn't enough. The first ten of each classic tier and the first three of each variation are free. LEARN BY DRAWING Three short lessons teach the whole game with your finger, not a wall of text. Stuck later? One free hint per puzzle shows where to go next. QUIET BY DESIGN Warm paper by day, dark paper by night. No ads, no account, nothing counting down at you. A home and lock screen widget shows today's seal and your streak. Your results follow you to a new phone through iCloud. Friends' board on Game Center — opt-in, never during a stroke. FOR EVERYONE VoiceOver can play every puzzle, one square at a time, and hears where the brush is and how much ink is left. Larger text and Reduce Motion are respected. KASURE PRO — ONE PAYMENT The daily puzzle, calendar, streaks, stats, lessons, widget and sharing are free forever. Kasure Pro opens every past day in the archive, all 500 practice puzzles and unlimited hints. One payment. No subscription, nothing renews. In English, Portuguese, Spanish and Japanese. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Kasure at Free against Phantom Words's $2.99. Phantom Words's advantage is chart position (#15 vs unranked) and iOS requirement (16.6 vs 18.0). On update cadence, ads, 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
Kasure is free to download; Phantom Words costs $2.99 up front. Phantom Words sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and Kasure sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 5 days. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.
| Parameter | Phantom Words | Kasure |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.8 (22 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 93.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 22 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days | Every 5 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Best chart rank | #15 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 131 MB | 9 MB |
| Age rating | +4 | +4 |
| Developer | Fleon Labs | Manfred Junior Evald Ferdinand Walter Zedazi |
In-app purchases
Phantom Words
- Kind Supporter$2.49
- Generous Supporter$4.99
- Huge Supporter$9.99
Kasure
- Kasure Pro Lifetime$4.99







