Comparison

Word Association! vs Keloric

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

Head to head
About

Word Association!

Engage in a relaxing word game by matching pairs of related words. Explore connections like synonyms, opposites, or compound word parts. Hundreds of puzzles are available, with hints to help you along the way.

Highlights
  • Match related word pairs
  • Synonyms, opposites, compound words
  • 40 free puzzles included
  • Hundreds of additional puzzles for purchase
  • Hint system available
  • Relaxing gameplay
Features
Read full description

Matching pairs of related words is fun and relaxing. Words can by synonyms, opposites, parts of a compound word, or they might just seem to go together. Word Association comes with 40 free puzzles, and there are hundreds more available for purchase. Hints are also available if you get stuck. If you enjoy jigsaw puzzles, hangman, word searches and crosswords, you will love this game! Try it today.

About

Keloric

A physics-based puzzle game where you manipulate heat sources to solve challenges. Explore a variety of materials with unique thermal properties and discover emergent solutions. Features daily and endless modes for continuous gameplay.

Highlights
  • Real-time heat simulation
  • Diverse material properties
  • Phase-change mechanics
  • Daily generated puzzles
  • Endless mode
  • Level sharing
  • Universal app support
Features
Read full description

KELORIC is a thermal-physics puzzle game. You don't draw paths. You don't push blocks. You place heat and cold sources on a grid of materials — metal, glass, wood, ice, wax, walls — and let the heat actually flow. Every cell is simulated tick by tick. A metal corridor spreads heat fast. Wood throttles it. A wall stops it dead. An ice pack absorbs heat, holds the path closed, and then — once enough energy has melted it — turns into water and lets the heat through. Wax does the same trick at 50°C, then floods heat through faster than metal. Place your sources, watch the temperature spread, and hold every target inside its band long enough to win. — REAL PHYSICS — A cellular-automaton solver drives every cell on the board. Heat moves between neighbors based on conductivity. Materials with high heat capacity warm slowly. Phase-change cells stall the system, absorbing latent heat before transforming. There are no hidden rules: what you see in the colors is what the simulation is doing. — SIX PACKS · 178 PUZZLES — • Fundamentals (free) — 28 levels including a phase-change introduction. Learn the mechanics step by step. • Advanced — 25 levels of tighter routes and narrower target bands. • Extremes — 25 levels with ±10°C bands and unforgiving budgets. • Impossible — 25 levels for players who beat the rest and want more. • Crucible — 25 levels built around melting ice. Heat dams, buffer races, slow burns, cascading melts. • Forge — 20 levels built around wax. Solid wax blocks heat like wood. Heat it to 50°C and it melts into molten wax — which conducts heat faster than metal. Burn through gates, time your melts, mix wax with ice for compound puzzles. — DAILY + ENDLESS — A new puzzle every day, generated from the date. Build a streak. One missed day per month is forgiven. Endless mode generates infinite puzzles with rising difficulty. How far can you push your streak before a level breaks you? — GAME CENTER — Fourteen achievements. Two leaderboards. Compete on Endless best streak and Daily current streak. — BUILT FOR iPHONE AND iPAD — Universal layout. Portrait on iPhone, all-orientation on iPad. Drag to paint, double-tap to erase. CloudKit syncs your progress across devices. — NO ADS. NO ENERGY METER. NO TARGETED TRACKING. — Buy a pack once, own it forever. Free packs are genuinely free — no premium currency, no daily limits. Optional anonymous gameplay analytics help us tune level difficulty (opt-out in Settings → Privacy). No personal data is collected. — SHARE YOUR FAVORITES — Export any level you've played as a `.keloric` file or paste-code. Import others' levels straight into the app from a URL or AirDrop. If you liked Hexcells, Opus Magnum, SpaceChem, or Zachtronics games, Keloric is built in that lineage — but with a physics core that gives every puzzle a fingerprint-unique solution path.

Screenshots

Word Association!4 screens
Keloric4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Keloric at none against Word Association!'s shown. Keloric also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.6) and update cadence (daily vs every 4 months). Word Association!'s advantage is ratings volume (8.2K vs 2) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 26.4). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Word Association! sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and Keloric sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Keloric holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Word Association! has 8.2K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Word Association! ships an update every 4 months, Keloric daily. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Word Association! versus Keloric: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWord Association!Keloric
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (8.2K ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews90.2% of reviews—
Number of ratings8.2K — better2
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsDaily — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS12.0 — better26.4
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFunnerwareKevin Hillabolt

Bugs and requests

Word Association!

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Replay and Next Level buttons not working
  • Freezing/crashing issues
  • Incorrect word associations

Requested features

5 requests
  • More word packs and levels
  • Ability to disable timer
  • Larger font size options
  • Themed word packs
  • Ability to save progress and resume later

Keloric

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Word Association!

One-time10
  • Pack of 100 Hints$0.99
  • Relax Pack$0.99
  • Good Times Pack$0.99
Show 7 more
  • Stimulating Pack$0.99
  • Happy Pack$0.99
  • Fun Pack$0.99
  • Lucky Pack$0.99
  • Conquer Pack$0.99
  • Packs of 350 Hints$2.99
  • Combo Pack (Unlocks all Packs, Plus future Packs & Removes Ads)$7.99
5 purchases

Keloric

One-time5
  • Advanced Pack$0.99
  • Extremes Pack$0.99
  • Impossible Pack$0.99
Show 2 more
  • Crucible Pack$0.99
  • Forge Pack$0.99

Questions

Is Word Association! free?
Word Association! is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Keloric free?
Keloric is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Word Association! or Keloric?
Keloric is rated higher. Word Association! averages 4.6 out of 5 from 8.2K ratings, while Keloric averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Word Association! or Keloric have ads?
Word Association! shows ads; Keloric does not.
Which is updated more often, Word Association! or Keloric?
Word Association! ships an update every 4 months, and Keloric daily. Most recently, Word Association! was updated on October 26, 2026 and Keloric on October 22, 2026.

Other comparisons