Comparison

Sort & Settle vs Five & Dime Word Puzzles

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

Head to head
About

Sort & Settle

Features
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Sort & Settle is a colour-sorting puzzle with room to think. One purchase. Every level included. No in-app purchases, subscriptions, timers, lives, streaks or ads. Tap a tube to lift its matching top blocks, then tap another to pour. Fill every tube with one colour to finish the level. PLAY AT YOUR OWN PACE Undo and hints are unlimited and included. If the game confirms a dead end, it offers to step you back. Extra Spare Tube gives you more room whenever you want it. MAKE IT COMFORTABLE Choose Calm, Contrast or Playful. Distinct shapes help identify colours, with automatic shapes on busier boards. Larger Text, Bold Text, Reduce Motion and Differentiate Without Colour are supported. Tube labels and hint announcements help with VoiceOver. Gentle sound effects mix with your music, with optional spatial cues and adjustable volume. YOUR PROGRESS, YOUR CHOICE Local gameplay works offline without an account. Optional iCloud sync carries saved progress between your devices. Optional Game Center in Settings lets you compare completed-level scores with Game Center friends; connecting shares your score with Apple. Play on iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV and Apple Vision Pro. The board gradually grows, then keeps offering more puzzles.

About

Five & Dime Word Puzzles

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Remember the puzzle books on the rack at the corner five-and-dime? Five & Dime brings them back โ€” cream newsprint pages, a pencil in your hand, and a crossword grid waiting to be filled in. It's a fill-in puzzle: every answer is already on the word list. Your job is to figure out where each word goes. The crossings are the clues โ€” one word unlocks the next. WRITE IT IN BY HAND โ€ข On iPad, write letters right in the squares with your Apple Pencil โ€” or your finger if you don't use a Pencil. Your handwriting is read on your device. โ€ข On iPhone, write each letter on a roomy writing pad, or switch to a keyboard if you'd rather type. โ€ข Scribble back and forth over a letter to erase it, just like real paper. A WORD TO START YOU OFF Starters, Themed and Medium puzzles come with one word already printed in, so there's always a place to begin. Jumbos don't โ€” finding your way in is part of the challenge. Every puzzle has exactly one solution. TWO WAYS TO PLAY โ€ข Cozy: gentle help when you want it. Wrong letters are flagged once a word is filled in, and your handwriting gets a little extra help. โ€ข Challenge: no hints. Fill everything in, then press CHECK. A REAL BOOK FEEL Turn pages with a paper riffle, browse a printed table of contents that marks the puzzles you've started and finished, and watch each finished puzzle get its COMPLETED stamp. 150 PUZZLES IN FIVE VOLUMES Each book has 30 puzzles: quick Starters, Themed puzzles (Kitchen, Candy, Diner, Sports, Birds and more), Medium grids and big Jumbo challenges. โ€ข Volume 1 is free โ€” a full book, no strings attached. โ€ข Buy any other volume and keep it forever. โ€ข Or unlock every volume, plus the 50-state MEGA BOOK, with Five & Dime Plus. PICK UP WHERE YOU LEFT OFF Your progress follows you across iPhone, iPad and Mac through iCloud. NO RUSH, NO CLUTTER No ads, no streaks, no account. There's an optional timer if you like to see how long a puzzle took, and you can turn it off on the How to Play screen. Just cozy puzzles whenever you have five minutes. Five & Dime Plus is an optional auto-renewing subscription (monthly or yearly) that unlocks every volume and every MEGA BOOK while it's active. Payment is charged to your Apple Account. It renews automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in Settings โ€บ Apple Account โ€บ Subscriptions. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.fiveanddimepuzzles.com/privacy.html

Screenshots

Sort & Settle3 screens
Five & Dime Word Puzzles4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Five & Dime Word Puzzles at Free against Sort & Settle's $3.99. Five & Dime Word Puzzles also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs every 2 months). Sort & Settle's advantage is device support (5 vs 2). On ads, in-app purchases and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

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

Five & Dime Word Puzzles is free to download; Sort & Settle costs $3.99 up front. Sort & Settle sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Five & Dime Word Puzzles sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Sort & Settle ships an update every 2 months, Five & Dime Word Puzzles every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences ยท 3 level
Sort & Settle versus Five & Dime Word Puzzles: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSort & SettleFive & Dime Word Puzzles
Price$3.99Free โ€” better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 5 days โ€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV, Vision Pro โ€” betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.0 โ€” better18.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size1 MB85 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDaniel MaldonadoG Wiz Computer Consulting, LLC

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Sort & Settle

One-time1
  • Full Version$3.99
6 purchases

Five & Dime Word Puzzles

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly$3.991 Month
  • Yearly$24.991 Year
One-time4
  • Volume 2$1.99
  • Volume 3$1.99
  • Volume 4$1.99
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  • Volume 5$1.99

Questions

Is Sort & Settle free?
Sort & Settle costs $3.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is Five & Dime Word Puzzles free?
Five & Dime Word Puzzles is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Sort & Settle or Five & Dime Word Puzzles have ads?
Neither Sort & Settle nor Five & Dime Word Puzzles shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Sort & Settle or Five & Dime Word Puzzles?
Sort & Settle ships an update every 2 months, and Five & Dime Word Puzzles every 5 days. Most recently, Sort & Settle was updated on October 25, 2026 and Five & Dime Word Puzzles on October 31, 2026.

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