WordSmith™ vs Friends With Words
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
WordSmith™
This game challenges you to create words by combining or breaking down existing ones. It offers over 100 unique levels with fresh gameplay mechanics and chapter-based abilities. Experience a brand new game with challenging puzzles.
- Combine and split words
- Over 100 unique levels
- Fresh gameplay mechanics
- Chapter-based abilities
- Challenging puzzles
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WordSmith is here! Create the word shown at the top by mixing words and breaking them down. Mix BOY and TIME to make a MAN! Or split TOAST apart to make HEAT and BREAD! - Over 100 Unique Levels - Fresh gameplay mechanics - Chapter based abilities - Challenging puzzles - A brand new game experience!
Friends With Words
Engage in a word game with daily challenges or custom seeded runs. Compete with others on shared boards where skill, not luck, determines high scores. Track your progress with detailed stats and climb the leaderboards.
- Daily and custom seeded word boards
- Shared-seed competition
- Online leaderboards
- Online multiplayer with notifications
- Personal stats and score breakdowns
- Save and resume games
- Dark mode
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Friends With Words is a single-player word game built around shared seeded boards. Play the daily board or daily mini! Every player on the same seed gets the same letter sequence, so high scores come from better play, not better luck. Play the Sprint mode for fewest moves to 200 points, or Rush mode for a timed points grabber. Features: - Daily games and custom seeded boards - Sprint and Rush modes - Shared-seed competition - Online high-score leaderboards - Online multiplayer with push notifications - Full score breakdowns and personal stats - Save and resume your current game - Clean, fast mobile gameplay - Dark and light mode Challenge yourself to find the best possible board and climb the leaderboard in Friends With Words.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Friends With Words at 5.0 against WordSmith™'s 4.5. Friends With Words also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 2) and update cadence (every 6 days vs every 2 months). WordSmith™'s advantage is iOS requirement (6.0 vs 15.0). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and ads 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. WordSmith™ sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Friends With Words asks for nothing beyond the download.
Friends With Words holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 3 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
WordSmith™ ships an update every 2 months, Friends With Words every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | WordSmith™ | Friends With Words |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 3 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 6 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 6.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 43 MB | 26 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Stephen Mashalidis | Seth Chun |
Customer experience
WordSmith™
Friends With Words
In-app purchases
WordSmith™
- Chapter 2 Unlock$0.99
- Chapter 3 Unlock$0.99
Friends With Words
No in-app purchases
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