Nozoku Rush vs Word Forward
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Nozoku Rush
A puzzle game where you subtract tiles to clear the board and achieve high scores. Compete with friends on leaderboards and enjoy different game modes for varied challenges.
- Subtract tiles to zero
- Clear the board
- Maximize score with combos
- Leaderboards
- Rush Mode
- Race Mode
- Extreme Mode
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Subtract tiles down to zero to clear them off the board. Maximize your score with big combos and show your friends who's boss on the leaderboards! Rush Mode: New tiles fall faster and faster. Don't let them reach the top! Race Mode: Score big points before time's up! Earn bonus time with every move. Turn on Extreme Mode to crank up the intensity!
Word Forward
This word puzzle game challenges players to clear a 5x5 grid by forming words. It requires strategic use of every letter tile to solve 500 unique puzzles, offering an endlessly challenging brain teaser.
- Spell words by tracing lines
- Swap letters with tokens
- Jumble tiles for new letters
- Change letters with modifiers
- Eliminate tiles with bombs
- Solve 500 puzzles
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The #1 Word Game! Played by millions! “Equally a brain-teaser and a brain-pleaser” - MacWorld “An excellent buy for solo players” - TechRadar “A really fun and well-executed word game” - PocketGamer Beautifully simple. Endlessly challenging. Word Forward is the word puzzle game where every choice matters. Can you use all of the letters in the 5x5 grid to make words disappear and clear the board? Word Forward isn’t about spelling the longest words or the most clever - it’s about carefully using every tile to declare victory in 500 puzzles. It requires cunning and strategy -- Word Forward is a brain teaser that will really make you think! • SPELL words by tracing a line between tiles in any direction, including diagonally • SWAP any two letters on the grid by using a SWAP TOKEN, earned during gameplay • JUMBLE the tiles on the grid to replace all the letters with new ones when all else fails • CHANGE the letter on a tile to any other letter you choose using the SWAP MODIFIER • ELIMINATE stubborn tiles with BOMBS to get yourself out of a tight spot The latest brain-tingling puzzle game from the creators of Block Droppin Blitz.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Nozoku Rush at 5.0 against Word Forward's 4.5. Nozoku Rush also leads on price ($1.99 vs $2.99). Word Forward's advantage is update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 39 months) and review sentiment (76% vs 58%). On ads, 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
Nozoku Rush costs $1.99 and Word Forward $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Nozoku Rush holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Word Forward has 11 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 58% of Nozoku Rush's written reviews are positive against 76% of Word Forward's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Nozoku Rush ships an update every 39 months, Word Forward every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 26, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Nozoku Rush | Word Forward |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 — better | $2.99 |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | 4.5 (11 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 58.5% of reviews | 76.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 11 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 39 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Best chart rank | — | #115 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — better |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 122 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Chaotic Box | Thalamus Digital Publishing Ltd. |
Customer experience
Nozoku Rush
Word Forward
In-app purchases
Nozoku Rush
No in-app purchases
Word Forward
No in-app purchases
