Comparison

PlayMoji. vs UpWord

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

Head to head
About

PlayMoji.

Test your knowledge of movies, TV shows, books, and more by deciphering emoji clues. Solve daily puzzles and hundreds of free levels with a streak-building challenge. Use power-ups to help you guess the correct title.

Highlights
  • Emoji-based title guessing
  • Daily puzzles
  • Hundreds of free levels
  • Streak building
  • Hints and power-ups
  • Categorized puzzles
Features
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Think you know your movies, TV shows and books? What about animals, countries, food, famous places, occupations, hobbies and everything in between? Put your emoji knowledge to the test with PlayMoji, a growing collection of fun emoji puzzle games, all in one app. Guess them. Connect them. Find them. GUESSMOJI — DESCRIBE IT IN 5 EMOJIS Can you work out which 5 emojis describe the answer? You have 6 attempts. Green means the right emoji in the right spot. Orange means the right emoji in the wrong spot. Grey means try again. Explore 1500+ levels across 15+ categories, from movies, books and games to countries, animals, sports, occupations, food, nature and more. CONNECTMOJI — FIND THE COMMON THEME Sixteen emojis. Four hidden groups. Can you work out what connects them? Spot the relationships, find four emojis that belong together and uncover every hidden theme. From pop culture and everyday objects to clever word associations, every board gives your brain something new to untangle. MORE GAMES ARE COMING PlayMoji is growing. New puzzle types, new levels and new ways to play are on the way — all inside the same app. DAILY PUZZLES There's something new to solve every day. Take on the daily challenge, build your streak and see how long you can keep it going. TOURNAMENTS Put your emoji skills to the test against other players. Compete in weekly leaderboards for rewards, climb the rankings, or create your own private tournaments for friends and family. POWER-UPS WHEN YOU NEED A HAND Stuck on a tricky one? Use power-ups to reveal clues, eliminate possibilities, connect emojis and give yourself another chance. Earn them as you play or pick up more when you need them. SHARE YOUR RESULTS Cracked a particularly nasty puzzle? Show it off. Share your results with friends and see who really deserves the title of Emoji Master. HUNDREDS OF THEMES. THOUSANDS OF PUZZLES. Movies. TV. Books. Games. Music. Animals. Sports. Countries. Occupations. Food. Nature. Famous places. Objects. Activities — and plenty more. Whether you've got two minutes to kill or accidentally lose an hour chasing just one more puzzle, there's always something waiting in PlayMoji. One app. Different games. Lots of fun.

About

UpWord

Features
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UpWord is a turn-based word game with a twist you won't find anywhere else: you can stack tiles on top of tiles. Play crossword-style across a glowing neon board, then go vertical — build a new letter on top of an existing one, up to three layers high. Every layer multiplies that tile's value (×2 on the second, ×3 on the third), so one clever stack can swing the whole game. Only the top letter counts towards words, and a three-high square locks for the rest of the match. FEATURES • Stack to score — the tile-stacking twist turns familiar word play into fresh strategy • Practise anytime — play offline against three bot difficulties, from warm-up to ruthless • Challenge friends online — turn-based matches you pick up whenever; share a code to invite anyone • Learn in a minute — a quick How to Play walks you through the rules and scoring • Clean neon interface, built-in dictionary, live scoring, swap and pass HOW STACKING WORKS 1. Someone plays a word — say CAT. 2. You stack an R on the T to make CAR — that R scores double. 3. An opponent stacks again to make FAD — the new tile scores triple, then locks. Transform your own words, ladder your own stacks, set up multipliers — building on your own tiles is fair play. Free to play, with an optional one-time Remove Ads purchase. Words, but with altitude. Download UpWord and start stacking.

Screenshots

PlayMoji.4 screens
UpWord4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: PlayMoji. at none against UpWord's 1. On price, update cadence, ads 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. UpWord sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. PlayMoji. asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PlayMoji. ships an update every 2 days, UpWord every 3 days. Both last shipped on November 10, 2026.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
PlayMoji. versus UpWord: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPlayMoji.UpWord
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 days — betterEvery 3 days
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS17.016.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size32 MB63 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEvtim TrenkovOlaf Andreas Ovrum

In-app purchases

None

PlayMoji.

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

UpWord

One-time1
  • Remove ads$3.99

Questions

Is PlayMoji. free?
PlayMoji. is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is UpWord free?
UpWord is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do PlayMoji. or UpWord have ads?
Both PlayMoji. and UpWord show ads.
Which is updated more often, PlayMoji. or UpWord?
PlayMoji. ships an update every 2 days, and UpWord every 3 days. Most recently, PlayMoji. was updated on November 10, 2026 and UpWord on November 10, 2026.

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