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Offline Word Puzzles vs Wordthrum

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

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Offline Word Puzzles

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Offline Word Puzzles is a collection of English word games that plays without an internet connection. Four modes in one app - Word Wheel (Roda Kata), Word Search (Kata Tersembunyi), Crossword (Teka-Teki Silang), and Cryptogram (Sandi Kata) - ordered from the gentlest levels to expert ones. No timer, no lives, no losing. Play at your own pace, anywhere. = FOUR GAME MODES = 1. WORD WHEEL - 100 LEVELS Swipe across the letters on the wheel to spell a word and fill the crossword grid. The wheel grows from 4 letters to 7 as the difficulty climbs, and expert levels lean on anagram pairs like MEAT and TEAM. Real words that are not on the board still count as bonus finds. 2. WORD SEARCH - 85 LEVELS Find themed words inside a 7x7 letter grid - HOUSE, ANIMALS, OCEAN, CASTLE, and 81 more. Easy levels hide words across and down only; expert levels use all 8 directions, diagonals and reversals included. 3. CROSSWORD - 110 LEVELS Answer the clue, fill the across and down squares. All 800 clues are hand-written rather than generated. Easy boards start at 4 clues; expert boards go up to 10. 4. CRYPTOGRAM - 60 LEVELS Every letter of a well-known proverb has been swapped for another. Read the letter patterns and word shapes, crack the code, and watch sayings like BETTER LATE THAN NEVER appear. Easy levels give you 3 letters for free; expert levels give you none. Each solved proverb shows what it means. = FEATURES = - Play offline. Every level can be finished with no mobile data and no account to sign up for. - Three complete languages: English, Indonesian, and Malay, switchable any time in Settings. Switching swaps the puzzles too, not just the menus: each language has its own words, categories and clues. Independent sets of 461 Indonesian levels and 240 Malay levels come with the app, authored directly in their own language. - The English levels are written by hand in English, not machine-translated. - Every level gives you free hints to spend when you are stuck, and you can watch a short ad for more. - Six visual scenes, from a paper-bright morning to a lamplit night - both light and dark themes included. - Calm background music and sound effects, all switchable from Settings. - Colour-blind friendly mode. - Light, one-handed, portrait only. = ADS AND IN-APP PURCHASES = The game is free to play and supported by ads. - A small banner ad sits on some of the screens. - Rewarded ads are entirely optional: watch one for extra hints, or skip it. Nothing interrupts you in the middle of a level. - One optional purchase: a one-time upgrade that removes ads for good and gives you unlimited hints. - Every level can be completed without spending anything. No level is ever locked behind a payment or an ad. - Only the ads need a connection, never the puzzles. Offline, the ads simply do not appear and every mode still works. A good fit for commutes, queues, or winding down before bed. Train your vocabulary daily with Offline Word Puzzles.

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Wordthrum

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Wordthrum is a relaxing word crossword game: connect the letters in the wheel with one swipe and fill the grid — word by word, level by level, all the way around the world. COMPLETELY FREE • No ads • No in-app purchases • No account, no sign-up • No data collection, no tracking • Fully playable offline HOW IT WORKS • Swipe across the letters to build words • Solution words fly into the crossword grid • Other valid words count as bonus words and earn coins • Spend coins on hints whenever you are stuck • No timer, no lives, no penalty for wrong guesses WORLD JOURNEY • 300 levels across 15 countries • 60 landmarks with short facts — from the Pyramids of Giza to Yellowstone • A daily puzzle with a streak counter SPECIAL • Read-aloud with real recordings: every puzzle word and every landmark text is pre-recorded — no robotic voice • Easy mode: letter hints become free, so you can reveal another letter whenever you need one • Switch between German and English at any time — progress is kept separately per language • Carefully curated word lists in German and English • Difficulty ramps gently from 4-letter wheels to tricky 7-letter ones A game by Dachverband Legasthenie Deutschland e.V. (DVLD).

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Offline Word Puzzles4 screens
Wordthrum4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Wordthrum at none against Offline Word Puzzles's 1. Wordthrum also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 3 days vs every 10 days). Offline Word Puzzles's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price there is nothing between them.

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

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

Both are free to download. Offline Word Puzzles sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Wordthrum asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Offline Word Puzzles ships an update every 10 days, Wordthrum every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences Ā· 1 level
Offline Word Puzzles versus Wordthrum: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOffline Word PuzzlesWordthrum
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 10 daysEvery 3 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size64 MB40 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDoni WinataDachverband Legasthenie Deutschland e.V.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Offline Word Puzzles

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$3.99
None

Wordthrum

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Offline Word Puzzles free?
Offline Word Puzzles is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Wordthrum free?
Wordthrum is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Offline Word Puzzles or Wordthrum have ads?
Offline Word Puzzles shows ads; Wordthrum does not.
Which is updated more often, Offline Word Puzzles or Wordthrum?
Offline Word Puzzles ships an update every 10 days, and Wordthrum every 3 days. Most recently, Offline Word Puzzles was updated on October 24, 2026 and Wordthrum on October 8, 2026.

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