PicWords™ vs Word Fever!
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PicWords™
This picture-based word game challenges you to find three words associated with a given image. Rearrange scrambled letters to form the correct words and solve over 700 levels. Enjoy an addictive experience with multiple language support.
- Find words related to pictures
- Rearrange scrambled letters
- Over 700 levels
- Multiple language support
- Addictive gameplay
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If you like word games, you will love PicWords™ - it's a fun word game in which your goal is to find words that fit to the shown picture. Every picture has three words associated to it. You get all the letters of the words in random order and have to rearrange them to the correct solution. 700+ levels and more are coming! Can you solve them all? Localized for English, German, Italian, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Czech, Hungarian, Slovak, Turkish, Lithuanian, Norwegian, Swedish, Russian, Polish, Greek and Dansk! PicWords™ is a very addictive word game that will catch you for hours! Try it out, you will love it!
Word Fever!
This game combines crossword and word search elements, challenging players to find hidden words using clues across various categories. It offers hundreds of puzzles with easy tap or slide controls, playable in multiple languages.
- Crossword and word search hybrid
- Clue-based word finding
- Hundreds of puzzles
- Tap or slide controls
- Multiple language support
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Word Fever is part crossword, part word search game. Use the clues to figure out what the hidden words are. The answers can be about nature, food, science, sports, vacation, geography and many other categories. It starts very easy but gets challenging quickly. Find the twisted words and slide your finger over the letters - as easy as that! If you like to play brain teasers, charades, text twist, quiz and word puzzles, this one is for you. Features: • Hundreds of puzzles for almost endless fun. • Easy controls: tap or slide to make words. • Play in English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese or Russian. Word Fever is the kind of word search game that you’ve been looking for. Try it now! Please send us your reviews about Word Fever. We'd love to hear from you!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Word Fever! at none against PicWords™'s shown. Word Fever! also leads on iOS requirement (9.0 vs 16.0). PicWords™'s advantage is update cadence (every 5 months vs every 44 months) and rating (4.8 vs 4.6). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume 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
Both are free to download. PicWords™ sells 8 one-off in-app purchases and Word Fever! sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
PicWords™ holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 124 and 90 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 92% of PicWords™'s written reviews are positive against 89% of Word Fever!'s.
PicWords™ ships an update every 5 months, Word Fever! every 44 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PicWords™ | Word Fever! |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (124 ratings) — better | 4.6 (90 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 91.7% of reviews — better | 89.1% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 124 — better | 90 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months — better | Every 44 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 128 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Dominik Haslinger | Maribou Inc. |
Customer experience
PicWords™
Word Fever!
User reviews
PicWords™
From 124 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🧠 Brain-stimulating and challenging gameplay
- 😊 Highly addictive and engaging
- 🎮 Fun for all ages
- 📚 Helps improve vocabulary and observation skills
- ⚖️ Good difficulty balance - not too easy or hard
Room to improve
- 🐛 App crashes and won't boot up
- 📢 Excessive and annoying ads
- ❌ Spelling errors in game content
- ⚠️ Ad-related freezing and glitches
- 🚫 Missing language support (e.g., Lithuanian)
Word Fever!
From 90 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Challenging and engaging
- 🤔 Exercises the mind
- 🕰️ Good time-passer
- 📚 Improves vocabulary
- 🕹️ Fun and addictive
Room to improve
- 💰 Too many ads/in-app purchases
- 🤔 Unclear/illogical word associations
- 🐛 Occasional crashes/bugs
- 🔍 Lack of hints/clues
Bugs and requests
PicWords™
Reported bugs
7 issues- App crashes on startup and won't boot
- Freezes when ads are displayed
- Unable to close or interact with ads properly
- Show letter feature places letters in wrong positions
- Game-breaking errors on specific levels
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- Uninstall/reinstall doesn't resolve crashes
- eBay ads cause app crashes
Requested features
3 requests- More levels - players have completed all existing levels
- Additional language support
- Improved app stability and performance
Word Fever!
Reported bugs
2 issues- Incorrect word spellings
- App crashes at higher levels
Requested features
3 requests- More categories/topics
- Ability to earn free hints
- Better translation/localization
In-app purchases
PicWords™
- More Coins (S)$0.99
- Skip Level$0.99
- More Coins (M)$1.99
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- Premium$1.99
- Remove Ads$2.99
- More Coins (L)$4.99
- More Coins (XL)$9.99
- More coins (XXL)$19.99
Word Fever!
- Silver$0.99
- Bronze$2.99
- Gold$4.99
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- Platinum$9.99
- Diamond$19.99
Questions
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