Qwirkle vs QwiScore
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Qwirkle
Experience the award-winning board game Qwirkle on your mobile device. Strategize by matching tiles based on color and shape to score points. Enjoy solo play, online multiplayer, and pass-and-play modes with customizable options and engaging animations.
- Solo, Online, and Pass and Play modes
- Up to 4 players
- 4 difficulty levels
- Achievements and Leaderboards
- Customizable backgrounds and tile colors
- Tutorial and Help sections
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Challenging and thoroughly addictive! Now you can play the original award winning board game Qwirkle on your iPad and iPhone! Qwirkle is MindWare's best-selling board game, with over 7 million copies sold worldwide. Through the years, Qwirkle has received numerous awards including Mensa, Parents' Choice, Major Fun and the Spiel des Jahres, Germany's coveted Game of the Year award. FEATURES: - Solo, Online, and Pass and Play modes all support up to 4 players. - 4 levels of difficulty, from easy to expert. - Includes Achievements and Leaderboards through Game Center. - Customize your experience - choose your favorite background to play on. - Play with classic Qwirkle colors or personalize your tiles with custom colors. - Exciting animations and playful music enhance the Qwirkle experience! - Tutorial and Help sections get you playing fast and easy! WHO WILL YOU PLAY? - Play solo against 4 levels of robot, from easy to expert. - For family game night, use Pass and Play mode to play together on a single device. - Challenge your friends to play online through Game Center. - Find new online opponents through auto-match in Game Center. Find out more about Qwirkle on the MindWare website: https://www.mindware.orientaltrading.com/qwirkle-a2-32016.fltr Want to share your thoughts on the digital version of Qwirkle directly with the developers? Email us at mindware@mindware.com with your comments! We'd love to have your input about what you like and ideas for improvements. We look forward to your feedback! Happy Qwirkling!
QwiScore
This application simplifies scoring for the board game Qwirkle. It allows players to quickly and easily sum up scores after each turn and track gameplay statistics. Enjoy a smoother Qwirkle experience with this unofficial companion app.
- Quick and easy score calculation
- Turn-based scoring
- Gameplay statistics tracking
- Unofficial companion for Qwirkle
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QwiScore is a scoring app for the board game "Qwirkle". In Qwirkle, each player places blocks in turns. Immediately after each turn, players have to sum up the score for the turn, and keep track of the scores. This app makes this process quick, easy, and provides statistics about the gameplay. QWIRKLE is a registered trademark of MindWare Corporation. This app is an unofficial scoring companion for the physical board game and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by MindWare Corporation.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: QwiScore at Free against Qwirkle's $2.99. QwiScore also leads on review sentiment (50% vs 36%). Qwirkle's advantage is ratings volume (1.9K vs 15) and chart position (#24 vs unranked). On rating, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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
QwiScore is free to download; Qwirkle costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.5 for Qwirkle against 4.4 for QwiScore. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Qwirkle has 1.9K ratings behind it against 15, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 36% of Qwirkle's written reviews are positive against 50% of QwiScore's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Qwirkle | QwiScore |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.5 (1.9K ratings) — better | 4.4 (15 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 35.9% of reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1.9K — better | 15 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | #24 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 179 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | MindWare | Johanna Amann |
Customer experience
Qwirkle
QwiScore
Bugs and requests
Qwirkle
Reported bugs
5 issues- Games disappearing or not loading properly
- Inability to start new games with friends
- Tiles/bag not functioning correctly
- Moves not registering properly
- Crashes and freezes
Requested features
6 requests- Add chat/messaging feature
- Improve online game invitations and management
- Add notifications for turns
- Improve scoring display and accuracy
- Add more customization options
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- Improve robot/AI difficulty balancing
QwiScore
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Qwirkle
No in-app purchases
QwiScore
No in-app purchases
