Comparison

Glomp vs LingoLatch

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

Head to head
About

Glomp

A daily word game where you feed a hungry creature with letters to stop it from shrinking. Discover hidden words and phrases within a shared set of daily letters, with a unique physics-based letter system.

Highlights
  • Physics-based letter system
  • Feed the creature to survive
  • Discover hidden daily sentences
  • Word scoring based on letter count
  • Global daily letter pool
  • Shareable game summary cards
Features
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Every day, everyone in the world gets five minutes and the same twenty letters. How many words can you form? And maybe more importantly: just how good are those words? Glomp is a daily word game with a pulse and a personality. Twenty letters drift onto your screen as physical objects with different sizes and real weight, tumbling and clustering around a creature in the middle. That creature — it's Glomp. It's hungry. And it absolutely will tell you what it thinks. FEED IT Tap four letters or more and submit. Glomp swallows real words. Longer words with rarer letters earn more points. THE LETTERS DON'T SIT STILL There's no grid and no cute little tiles — every letter is a physics object that drifts, bumps and clumps. Tilt your phone and the whole board leans with you. A word only counts if its letters are actually touching Glomp, or chained to one that is. So a nine-letter word isn't just a vocabulary flex — it's getting nine circles into a line while they wander. Can you do it? GRADED ON WHAT'S ACTUALLY THERE Words are checked against Princeton's WordNet, so plurals and irregular forms land the way they should. THE SAME TWENTY, ALL DAY Each day's pool is fixed, hand-checked, and identical for every player on the planet. Play a word and its letters come straight back. You never run out of letters — just words. Each word counts once, so the easy ones go early and the hunt tightens as you go. IT TALKS BACK Glomp is not a silent partner — it's audibly delighted when you turn up something good. (You can silence it if it interrupts your flow.) Underneath, the music's tempo climbs as time runs short. BRAG ACCORDINGLY Finish and you get your streak, the standout word you found or missed, and where you placed against everyone else playing today. Share it with your friends! Game Center leaderboard and achievements: a seven-day streak, ten sentences solved, a word over seven letters, and seven words inside thirty seconds. GLOMP+ For the most devoted wordsmiths, Glomp+ offers a premium experience: • Unlimited play • Multiplayer mode: play against Glomp or your friends on Game Center • Word Journeys: stretch your vocabulary to the limit with this test of endurance • Scarcity Mode: make the most of a limited set of letters ALSO INCLUDED • A tutorial • A word bank holding every word you found today • Light and dark themes, or just follow your system • Separate music, sound and haptics toggles, plus a motion-sensitivity slider Twenty letters. One hungry Glomp. Words you can't unsee. Go ahead — get Glomped.

About

LingoLatch

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Spin each letter reel to line up a word, then lock it in. How many can you find before the minute runs out? Play quick rounds whenever you like, or take on the shared daily challenge. QUICK ROUNDS. ONE MORE WORD. Choose 4-, 5-, or 6-letter words in Quick Lock. Chase your personal best, try a fresh board, or replay a familiar board as unranked practice. A DAILY CHALLENGE Daily Lock gives everyone the same board and one official attempt each day. Make your minute count, build your streak, and compare scores. Practice replays stay separate from the daily competition. FIND WORDS. EARN MORE TIME. In Word Ladder, start with 60 seconds and keep climbing. Longer words earn bigger time bonuses, while non-words cost time. CHALLENGE YOUR FRIENDS Play turn-based Game Center Duels on the same board. Finish your round, then see how your friend scores. YOUR OWN DAILY RIVALRY Create a private group to compare daily results and compete for weekly honors. Weekly scores use your best five days out of seven. MORE TO PLAY FOR - Earn 24 achievements. - Follow global and friends leaderboards. - Track personal bests and daily streaks. - Sync supported progress with iCloud. - Set an optional daily reminder. Free to play, with an optional one-time Remove Ads purchase. No subscription required. Play solo without Game Center. Achievements, online rankings, and Duels require Game Center. Private groups use iCloud and Game Center. Online features require an internet connection.

Screenshots

Glomp4 screens
LingoLatch4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Glomp at none against LingoLatch's shown. Glomp also leads on update cadence (every 6 days vs monthly). On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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. Glomp sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and LingoLatch sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Glomp ships an update every 6 days, LingoLatch monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Glomp versus LingoLatch: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGlompLingoLatch
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 days — betterMonthly
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.617.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size106 MB13 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperRichard LampasoneJared Deason

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Glomp

One-time1
  • Glomp+$1.99
1 purchases

LingoLatch

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$4.99

Questions

Is Glomp free?
Glomp is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is LingoLatch free?
LingoLatch is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Glomp or LingoLatch have ads?
LingoLatch shows ads; Glomp does not.
Which is updated more often, Glomp or LingoLatch?
Glomp ships an update every 6 days, and LingoLatch monthly. Most recently, Glomp was updated on October 25, 2026 and LingoLatch on October 24, 2026.

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