Pig Spell vs Penanagrams
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pig Spell
A fun and educational word game where players collect stars by spelling words from passing letter bubbles. Aim to create long words, match letter colors for higher scores, and beat your previous high scores.
- Collect stars by spelling words
- Spell words from passing letter bubbles
- Longer words earn more points
- Match letter colors for higher scores
- Beat previous high scores
- Family-friendly educational game
Read full descriptionHide full description
Collect Stars for Peat the Pig as you tap the words in to the Piggy Bank. Fill your collection of stars for each of the levels. This fun and educational game is great for all the family. Peat the Pig needs your help in spelling out any words you can find. Try to make as many words as possible from the passing letter bubbles in the time available. Longer words get more points. Try to beat your previous max score. Keep your letters all the same colours for higher scores and more stars.
Penanagrams
A daily word puzzle game where you find near-anagrams of a five-letter starting word. Each day presents a new challenge to discover words by changing one letter and rearranging the remaining ones. Aim for three stars by finding a specific number of valid penanagrams.
- Daily five-letter starting word
- Find near-anagrams (penanagrams)
- Change exactly one letter
- Rearrange remaining letters
- Star system for progress
- Three-star daily goal
Read full descriptionHide full description
Penanagrams is a free daily anagram-style word puzzle. Each day there is a new five-letter starting word. Find as many penanagrams (near-anagrams) as you can: (a) change exactly one letter in the starting word, then (b) use this new letter and the remaining four letters of the starting word in any order to form a new word. For example START -> RANTS or START -> RATES. For RANTS, a T is changed to an N. Changing a T to any other letter and rearranging in the same way, e.g. T -> F to produce RAFTS, does not count as a new penanagram. To show this, the changed letter shows up as a blank green square in your list of penanagrams. You get a star when you have found 1/4, 2/4, and 3/4 of the possible penangrams. Try for three stars every day!
Screenshots
Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Penanagrams at Free against Pig Spell's $0.99. Penanagrams also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and update cadence (every 4 days vs every 2 months). Pig Spell's advantage is iOS requirement (14.0 vs 16.4). On rating, ads 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
Penanagrams is free to download; Pig Spell costs $0.99 up front. Pig Spell sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Penanagrams asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Pig Spell against 4.9 for Penanagrams. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 9 respectively.
Pig Spell ships an update every 2 months, Penanagrams every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pig Spell | Penanagrams |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | 4.9 (9 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 9 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 95 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Paul Clarke | Noah Daniel Stein |
Customer experience
Pig Spell
Penanagrams
In-app purchases
Pig Spell
- Power Up Bundle$0.99
Penanagrams
No in-app purchases
