Backwords Game vs Back
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Backwords Game
Guess words by listening to them played in reverse. Send reversed recordings to friends to test their listening and guessing skills. It's a fun way to challenge your auditory perception and quick thinking.
- Guess words played in reverse
- Send reversed recordings to friends
- Test listening and guessing skills
- Play with distant friends via Game Center
- Local play by passing the device
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Backwords Game is a delightful and engaging game that involves guessing words in reverse. Select a word and send the recording to your friend. Your friend will listen to the word played in reverse and then replicate exactly what they hear. Subsequently, their recording will be reversed and played forwards, enabling them to hear and guess the original word! Mastering this game requires a sharp ear and quick thinking. You can play with distant friends using Game Center or free play passing the device between friends. Good luck!
Back
Record your voice and hear it played back in a distorted, reversed, and comical way. Explore hundreds of strange phrases and unlock surprising audio effects. This app offers a fun and ad-free experience for creative sound manipulation.
- Record and reverse audio
- Bizarre animated characters
- Hundreds of strange phrases
- Phonetic guides for backwards talking
- Unlockable audio surprises
- Ad-free experience
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Say something, flip it, and laugh yourself silly as your words come back sounding like a ghoul waking up from a 300 year nap. Speak into the mic and hear your sentence melt, reassemble, and come back confused, drooling, and wearing nothing but a fanny pack and one sock. • Record and reverse in two simple taps • Watch and hear your words echoed by bizarre animated weirdos • Try 100s of strange phrases • Follow handy phonetic guides and learn to talk backwards • Unlock endless odd audio surprises No ads. No in-app purchases. No data collected. Just glorious, garbled goodness.
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Verdict
Backwords Game and Back both sit at 5.0 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of Back's written reviews are positive against 28% of Backwords Game's. Back also leads on ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). On price, rating, in-app purchases and device support 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Backwords Game against 5.0 for Back. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Back has 8 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 28% of Backwords Game's written reviews are positive against 100% of Back's.
| Parameter | Backwords Game | Back |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (8 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 27.9% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 8 — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly | — |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.6 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 13 MB | 71 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | MFX Studios | Fodder Pop |
Customer experience
Backwords Game
Back
Bugs and requests
Backwords Game
Reported bugs
10 issues- App closes immediately upon opening
- Voice recognition doesn't detect words
- Audio playback completely silent
- Multiplayer matches won't create or progress
- Game crashes when inviting friends without app installed
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- Freezes during versus mode gameplay
- Recording fails with 'error' message
- Wrong audio plays back (shows own recording instead of opponent's)
- Game gets stuck on screens during multiplayer
- Repeated 'didn't catch that' errors despite clear speech
Requested features
7 requests- Online multiplayer with distant friends
- Text or messenger integration for remote play
- Ability to replay your own recording after guessing
- Better voice recognition accuracy
- Free unlimited games without paywall
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- Game Center compatibility fixes
- Support for different accents and languages
Back
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Backwords Game
No in-app purchases
Back
No in-app purchases
Questions
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