Comparison

Wordthrum vs Schulte Grid

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

Head to head
About

Wordthrum

Features
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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).

About

Schulte Grid

Features
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Choose a training activity and track your progress with Schulte Training. Explore 39 activities across five categories: • Focus: classic, reverse, odd-number and alphabet Schulte grids. • Memory: Memory Master, Rotating Blocks, Number Memory, Count and Remember, and Quick Match. • Logic: Shape Rotation, Picture Sudoku, Tower of Hanoi, Pattern Maze and Number Slide. • Reaction: Whack-a-Mole, Color Change, Timing Challenge and Shape Match. • Math: Picture Arithmetic, Mental Arithmetic, Missing Operator and Number Sums. Choose a difficulty and work through graded challenges in supported activities. Play a face-to-face duel with a friend on the same device. View training history saved on your device, personal bests and score trends. Choose your preferred tap sound. Play in portrait or landscape on phones and tablets. The interface and training instructions support 21 languages. Chinese idiom, poetry and character-hunt activities retain Chinese puzzle content. Alphabet training uses Latin letters.

Screenshots

Wordthrum4 screens
Schulte Grid4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Wordthrum at none against Schulte Grid's shown. Wordthrum also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 2 weeks). Schulte Grid's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). On price and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Wordthrum ships an update every 3 days, Schulte Grid every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences Ā· 2 level
Wordthrum versus Schulte Grid: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWordthrumSchulte Grid
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 3 days — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size40 MB55 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDachverband Legasthenie Deutschland e.V.ä½™čŠ³ 伍

In-app purchases

None

Wordthrum

No in-app purchases

None

Schulte Grid

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Wordthrum free?
Wordthrum is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Schulte Grid free?
Schulte Grid is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Wordthrum or Schulte Grid have ads?
Schulte Grid shows ads; Wordthrum does not.
Which is updated more often, Wordthrum or Schulte Grid?
Wordthrum ships an update every 3 days, and Schulte Grid every 2 weeks. Most recently, Wordthrum was updated on October 8, 2026 and Schulte Grid on October 9, 2026.

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