Comparison

Backwords vs Backtalk

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

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About

Backwords

Features
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Can you make reversed nonsense sound like a real word? Backwords is a delightfully strange word and party game. Listen to a mystery word played in reverse, imitate what you hear, then flip your recording to discover what you actually said. HOW IT WORKS 1. Listen to the backwards word. 2. Hold to record your best imitation. 3. Reverse your attempt and enjoy the reveal. 4. Save the result or share it with friends. WAYS TO PLAY โ€ข Daily Challenge โ€” Take on a new mystery each day and keep your streak alive. โ€ข Free Play โ€” Create custom words and hints, add players, and pass the phone around. โ€ข Party Packs โ€” Play ready-made themed rounds for game night. โ€ข Reverse Video โ€” Record a short clip and reverse the entire thing. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your camera and microphone recordings are processed on your device. Backwords does not require an account, upload your recordings, display advertisements, or track you across apps. A recording leaves Backwords only when you choose to save or share it using iOS. An internet connection may be required to download daily content and Party Packs. Camera and microphone access are required to record. Photos access is requested only when you choose to save a video. Purchases Backwords offers optional Party Pack purchases that unlock additional themed word collections. No subscription is required to play the core game modes. - Additional themed Party Packs - Purchases restorable across supported devices - Purchased packs available for offline play Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula Privacy Policy: https://backwords.games/privacy Terms of Service: https://backwords.games/terms

About

Backtalk

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One player says a word. The app plays it backwards. Everyone else copies the gibberish โ€” and when the app flips their attempts back, the word comes out again, in their voices. When it lands, it's uncanny. When it doesn't โ€” which is most of the time at first โ€” it's much funnier. HOW A ROUND WORKS 1. One player says a word out loud. Nobody else sees it. 2. The app reverses it. The others hear only gibberish, slowed down and looped as often as they need. 3. One by one, they copy that gibberish as closely as they can. 4. The app reverses every attempt. You listen together โ€” and the phone scores how close each one came. That fourth step is the whole game. ONE PHONE, UP TO SIX PLAYERS No accounts, no second device, no turn timers. Record, hand it over, mimic, reveal. Everyone gets a silly name โ€” Suspicious Potato, Captain Dumpling โ€” or types their own. NEW: CHALLENGES No one around? Crack backwards words on your own. Hear a word reversed, record what you heard, flip your take back to check it, then type the answer. 14 categories โ€” animals, food, movies, slang, fairy tales and more โ€” 20 levels each, from one easy word to short phrases. Separate English and Ukrainian word lists, not translations. Only a wrong answer costs one of your 3 lives; listening and recording are always free. WHO GOT CLOSEST The phone scores every attempt โ€” how close it sounds to the original, as a percentage โ€” and crowns the closest. It listens to sound, not meaning, so arguing with it is part of the game. YOU CANNOT CHEAT IT The prompt is silenced while a copy is recording. That isn't a rule you're asked to follow, it's built into the app: if the original were audible, the reveal would replay the speaker's voice and the game would stop meaning anything. SHARE THE DISASTERS Any round exports as one video โ€” the word, the word reversed, then every attempt flipped back, with the crowned one saved for last. It's the funniest thing the app makes and the fastest way to explain the game to someone who hasn't played. EVERY ROUND, SAVED Rounds save to your history by themselves, with every voice. Replay the best fails, favourite them, or play them back as a robot, a chipmunk or a monster. If you allow it, Apple's speech recognition writes the word on the round so your history shows what each one was. PRIVATE BY DEFAULT No account, no sign-up, no ads, no analytics. Recordings stay on your device and videos are put together on the phone โ€” the app's only network call of its own is a daily App Store check for a new version. Naming rounds is optional and uses Apple's speech recognition, which may send the recorded word to Apple when the phone can't recognise it by itself. FREE TO PLAY 5 party rounds free, refilling every 4 hours โ€” however many are playing. Replays, retakes, labels and sharing never cost a round. In Challenges, 4 categories are free, with 3 lives that all come back 4 hours after the last one goes. BACKTALK PREMIUM โ€ข Unlimited party rounds and Challenges lives โ€ข All 14 Challenges categories, with a hint on every level โ€ข Every voice for your replays โ€ข Keep rounds for 30 days or forever โ€ข Never any ads Start with one syllable. Cat, dog, hi, no. SUBSCRIPTION Backtalk Premium is an auto-renewing subscription, offered weekly or monthly; the title, length and price of each option are shown in the app before you buy. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. The subscription renews automatically unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, and your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours before the period ends. You can manage or cancel it at any time in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://backtalk.anlivio.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://backtalk.anlivio.com/privacy

Screenshots

Backwords4 screens
Backtalk4 screens

Verdict

The call

Backwords and Backtalk are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters โ€” price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them โ€” neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Backwords sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Backtalk sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Backwords versus Backtalk: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBackwordsBacktalk
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyโ€”Every 2 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.0 โ€” better18.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size7 MB17 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBryant RosenwinkelAnton Litmansky

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Backwords

One-time1
  • Backwords: Reverse Word Game$2.99
2 purchases

Backtalk

Subscriptions2
  • Backtalk Premium (Monthly)$0.997 Days
  • Backtalk Premium(Monthly)$1.991 Month

Questions

Is Backwords free?
Backwords is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Backtalk free?
Backtalk is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Backwords or Backtalk have ads?
Neither Backwords nor Backtalk shows ads.

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