Comparison

wurdweb vs Jarble

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

Head to head
About

wurdweb

Engage in word puzzles with a relaxed atmosphere. Connect words from a list to form a web on the board, aiming to reach a finish tile or maximize word placement. Offers infinite unique puzzles, daily challenges, and custom puzzle creation.

Highlights
  • Infinite unique puzzles
  • Daily, Weekly, Monthly Puzzles
  • Custom puzzle creation
  • Controller support
  • Leaderboards
  • Multiple languages
Features
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Word puzzles with Sunday morning vibes. Grab words from a list and cross them with words on the board. Puzzle your way towards a Finish Tile, put down enough words, or put down as many words as you can! In this game, you'll find: • Infinite unique puzzles, generated by an intelligent algorithm. • Challenges, to let you try different play styles. • Daily, Weekly and Monthly Puzzles, where you put down as many words as you can! • Numbered Puzzles, a sequence of slightly harder puzzles. On top of that, you'll also find: • Cute little characters who walk around in your puzzles doing absolutely nothing. • Leaderboards for Daily, Weekly and Monthly Puzzles, for when you feel competitive. • Make Your Own Puzzle, where you get to pick the type of puzzle, the theme, and the optional variation. • Play with controllers compatible with your device. wurdweb can generate puzzles in the following languages: • Dutch • English (U.K.) • English (U.S.) • French (Canada) • French (France) • German • Italian • Portuguese (Brazil) • Russian • Spanish (Latin America) • Turkish • Swedish • Polish On top of the languages above, the interface (but not the puzzles!) is also available in the following languages: • Japanese • Arabic • Chinese (Simplified) • Chinese (Traditional) • Korean wurdweb is designed by Aran Koning and Adriaan de Jongh, two game designers and friends from the Netherlands.

About

Jarble

Engage your mind with a unique word game where you swap letters to form new words of the same length. Choose from daily challenges, competitive timed matches, or a solo adventure with hundreds of levels.

Highlights
  • Swap up to 5 letters
  • Maintain word length
  • Daily mental challenges
  • 60-second timed matches
  • 300 solo levels
  • Multiplayer via game code
Features
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JARBLE-The letter swap word game. The name of the game is simple, change up to 5 letters in place to make a different valid word. The length never changes — substitution only. Three ways to play Daily, Quick Match and Solo. Daily-A daily mental spark that gives you something new every day. Share your results with friends or coworkers. Quick Match-For the competitive player-A word appears; you have 60 seconds to think of a new word and swap the letters. Fewest swaps wins the round, but if any players land on the same word they cancel out and neither scores. 10 rounds, most round wins takes the game. Solo-For the more casual player. 300 levels that increase in difficulty the further you go along. Play on your pace! Play Quick Match with friends as well. Share the game code and start a match!

Screenshots

wurdweb4 screens
Jarble4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Jarble at Free against wurdweb's $3.99. wurdweb's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.5) and ads (none vs shown). On 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

Jarble is free to download; wurdweb costs $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

wurdweb holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: wurdweb has 65 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard8 real differences · 3 level
wurdweb versus Jarble: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterwurdwebJarble
Price$3.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (65 ratings) — better4.5 (4 ratings)
Positive reviews—66.7% of reviews
Number of ratings65 — better4
Update frequency—Every 6 weeks
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidAd-supported — better
Best chart rank#11 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS13.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size220 MB42 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperAdriaan de JonghF Originations LLC

In-app purchases

None

wurdweb

No in-app purchases

None

Jarble

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is wurdweb free?
wurdweb costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Jarble free?
Jarble is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, wurdweb or Jarble?
wurdweb is rated higher. wurdweb averages 5.0 out of 5 from 65 ratings, while Jarble averages 4.5 from 4 ratings.
Do wurdweb or Jarble have ads?
Jarble shows ads; wurdweb does not.

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