wurdweb vs Jarble
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Infinite unique puzzles
- Daily, Weekly, Monthly Puzzles
- Custom puzzle creation
- Controller support
- Leaderboards
- Multiple languages
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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.
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.
- Swap up to 5 letters
- Maintain word length
- Daily mental challenges
- 60-second timed matches
- 300 solo levels
- Multiplayer via game code
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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!
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Verdict
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
Jarble is free to download; wurdweb costs $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
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.
| Parameter | wurdweb | Jarble |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $3.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 5.0 (65 ratings) — better | 4.5 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 66.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 65 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | — | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Ad-supported — better |
| Best chart rank | #11 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 220 MB | 42 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Adriaan de Jongh | F Originations LLC |
In-app purchases
wurdweb
No in-app purchases
Jarble
No in-app purchases








