Comparison

Backwords vs Backtalk

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — 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 • Daily Challenge — Take on a new mystery each day and keep your streak alive. • Free Play — Create custom words and hints, add players, and pass the phone around. • Party Packs — Play ready-made themed rounds for game night. • Reverse Video — 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

This game challenges players to mimic reversed audio gibberish. The app then plays back their attempts, revealing the original word. It's a fun, voice-based party game for groups or solo play.

Highlights
  • Reverse audio playback
  • Voice-based mimicry
  • Multiplayer and solo modes
  • Daily challenges
  • Save and share recordings
  • Customizable voice effects
Features
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One player says a word. The app plays it backwards. Everyone else copies the gibberish — 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 — which is most of the time at first — 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. 3. One by one, they copy that gibberish as closely as they can. 4. The app reverses every attempt. You listen together — and the phone scores how close each one came. ONE PHONE, UP TO SIX PLAYERS No accounts, no second device, no turn timers. Everyone gets a silly name — Suspicious Potato — or types their own. CHALLENGES: PLAY SOLO No one around? Crack backwards words on your own. Hear a word reversed, copy it, flip your copy back to check, then type the answer. 16 categories — animals, food, movies, slang, mild swears, fairy tales — with themed packs, and new ones arrive without an app update. Separate English and Ukrainian word lists, not translations. Only a wrong answer costs one of your 3 lives; listening and recording are always free. NEW: THE DAILY WORD One new backwards word every day, the same for everyone, free and with no lives to lose. Keep your streak going — and on the free plan, solving it adds a life and a party round. WHO GOT CLOSEST The phone scores every attempt — how close it sounds to the original, as a percentage — 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. Otherwise the reveal would just replay the speaker's voice. SHARE THE DISASTERS Any round exports as one video — the word, the word reversed, then every attempt flipped back, the winner saved for last. EVERY ROUND, SAVED Rounds save to your history with every voice. Replay the best fails, favourite them, or play them back as a robot, a chipmunk or a monster. PRIVATE BY DEFAULT No account and no sign-up. Recordings stay on your device and videos are put together on the phone. The app downloads new packs and Daily words from our server and sends anonymous counts and your Challenges progress under a random code it makes itself. Anonymous usage statistics go to Google Firebase Analytics — never your recordings, words or names, never used for ads. The app asks first in the EU, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, the UK and Switzerland, or if it can't tell the country; anyone can turn sharing off in Settings. Ads (AdMob) load only when you pick one for a bonus. Labelling rounds with the word is optional and uses Apple's speech recognition. FREE TO PLAY 5 party rounds free, refilling every 4 hours, however many play. 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. Run out early? Watch a short ad for a bonus round, a life or a hint — only if you want to. BACKTALK PREMIUM • Unlimited party rounds and Challenges lives • Every Challenges category and pack, with a hint on every level • Every voice for your replays • Keep rounds for 30 days or forever • Your choice of app icon • 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

The clearest difference is ads: Backwords at none against Backtalk's shown. Backtalk's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs every 6 weeks). 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. Backwords sells 6 one-off in-app purchases 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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Backwords ships an update every 6 weeks, Backtalk every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Backwords versus Backtalk: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBackwordsBacktalk
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—2 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 2 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB58 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperBryant RosenwinkelAnton Litmansky

In-app purchases

6 purchases

Backwords

One-time6
  • Food$2.99
  • Around the House$2.99
  • Tongue Twisters$2.99
Show 3 more
  • Kids$2.99
  • Backwords: Reverse Word Game$2.99
  • Family Pack$5.99
2 purchases

Backtalk

Subscriptions2
  • Backtalk Premium (Weekly)$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?
Backtalk shows ads; Backwords does not.
Which is updated more often, Backwords or Backtalk?
Backwords ships an update every 6 weeks, and Backtalk every 2 days. Most recently, Backwords was updated on October 31, 2026 and Backtalk on November 12, 2026.

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