Spellspire vs Typeshift
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Spellspire
Engage in a thrilling blend of word game and action RPG. Spell words to cast powerful spells, defeat monsters, and collect gold to upgrade your gear. Team up with friends and climb to the top of the Spellspire.
- Mashup of word game and action RPG
- Spell words to cast spells
- Collect gold for item upgrades
- Use magical items
- Team up with friends
- iCloud save game support
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Blast fiends by spelling words and make your way to the top of the Spellspire! Spellspire is a thrilling mashup of word game and action role playing game. Pick letters from a grid to spell words and shoot them from your wand as spells. The longer the word, the bigger the blast! Collect gold dropped by slain monsters and buy more potent wands, hats and robes with magical special effects and abilities. Will you reach the top of the Spellspire, and what will you find? Features: - Exciting mashup of word game and action role playing game - Pick letters to spell words - Collect gold and buy better items between levels - Use consumable magical items to push through tough encounters - Team up against the monsters with your Facebook friends! - iCloud support for save games - Supports iPhone 6 / Plus new resolutions!
Typeshift
This word puzzle game challenges you to unscramble letters within stacked words to form new words in the center row. It offers daily challenges with global leaderboards and special clue-based puzzles. Unlock additional content and remove ads with in-app purchases.
- Anagram and word search mechanics
- Shift letter columns to spell words
- Daily challenges with leaderboards
- Special clue puzzles
- Unlockable puzzle packs
- Themes and statistics
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From the creator of SpellTower, comes a new and completely original word game! Anagrams meets Word Search, with a sprinkle of Crosswords. Typeshift is the modern anagram puzzle; re-imagined from the ground up, combining wordplay, modern game design, and a mobile-first approach. In most anagram games, you search for new combinations within a single word, but in Typeshift, you search within three to five words stacked & scrambled up together. Shift columns of letters up and down as you try to spell words in the center row. Play continues until you have used all letters in a puzzle at least once. Special Clue Puzzles combine Crosswords with Anagrams as you match clever clues provided by Typeshift's various puzzle authors. - Daily Word Game Play with Global Leaderboards - Typeshift features a free daily challenge with global leaderboards. The easiest challenge for the week appears on Monday, and progressively more challenging puzzles build throughout the week. Compare your fastest Typeshift daily solving times with players around the globe! ------WHAT CRITICS ARE SAYING "Addictive and edifying, like popping a special kind of bubble wrap that expands your vocabulary.” - The Verge "Typeshift is a unmissable entry to the [word] genre." Gold Award. - Pocket Gamer "Typeshift is f*cking awesome" - Giant Bombcast "The Word Puzzle Game You've Been Waiting For" - Waypoint "Well worth your time" - Sixcolors ------WHATS IN THE “BOX”? Typeshift comes with over a hundred free puzzles, with more coming soon, plus new free daily puzzles every day. Additional puzzle packs may be purchased in-app. Purchasing any puzzle pack removes ads, and unlocks themes & detailed statistics. ------A WORD FROM THE DEVELOPER Typeshift continues my quest to re-imagine classic newspaper games in the digital era. Where SpellTower tackled word search and Really Bad Chess handled chess puzzles, Typeshift re-examines Anagrams and Crosswords. Typeshift has been a joy to develop, and I hope you have as much fun playing it as I had making it. As always, thanks so much for your support! -zach
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Spellspire at 85% against Typeshift's 49%. Spellspire also leads on rating (4.6 vs 4.3) and ratings volume (3.4K vs 497). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Spellspire sells 12 one-off in-app purchases and Typeshift sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Spellspire holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Spellspire has 3.4K ratings behind it against 497, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 85% of Spellspire's written reviews are positive against 49% of Typeshift's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Spellspire | Typeshift |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (3.4K ratings) — better | 4.3 (497 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 84.8% of reviews — better | 49.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3.4K — better | 497 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 28 MB | 72 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 10tons Ltd | Zach Gage |
Customer experience
Spellspire
Typeshift
User reviews
Spellspire
From 3.4K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🎮 Fun and addictive gameplay
- 👍 Engaging RPG elements
- 🧠 Helps improve spelling and vocabulary
- 🎨 Cute and polished visuals
Room to improve
- 🔒 Paywall and limited gameplay without in-app purchases
- ⏱️ Slow lives regeneration and limited playtime
- 📺 Intrusive and frequent ads
- 🐛 Bugs and crashes reported
Typeshift
From 497 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Challenging and fun
- 👍 Unique and innovative game concept
- ⭐ Great brain workout
- 🎨 Elegant and minimalistic design
- 📚 Helps expand vocabulary
Room to improve
- 💰 Expensive in-app purchases
- 🔍 Obscure/uncommon words used
- 🔇 Intrusive ads
- 🐛 Crashes and freezes
- ⚠️ Compatibility issues with newer devices
Bugs and requests
Spellspire
Reported bugs
3 issues- Levels and progress being reset
- Ads causing black screens and crashes
- Quests not triggering properly
Requested features
4 requests- More levels and content updates
- Difficulty options and customization
- Ability to earn or purchase more lives/playtime
- Improved dictionary and word recognition
Typeshift
Reported bugs
4 issues- Puzzle timer inaccuracies
- Purchased content not restoring properly
- Letters not registering correctly
- Puzzles not displaying properly on some devices
Requested features
5 requests- More clue puzzles and puzzle packs
- Option to reset/replay completed puzzle packs
- Sync progress across devices
- Support for British/Australian English
- Built-in dictionary with better word definitions
In-app purchases
Spellspire
- Pouch of Gold$0.99
- Set of Powerful Scroll$0.99
- Set of Refreshing Potions$0.99
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- Set of Books$0.99
- Refill lives$0.99
- Revive$0.99
- Instant Purchase Tier 1$0.99
- Second Reward Chest$1.99
- Bag of Gold$2.99
- Gold Multiplier$3.99
- Chest of 100,000 Gold$4.99
- Mountain of Gold$19.99
Typeshift
- Chocolate Puzzle Pack$0.99
- Peppermint Puzzle Pack$0.99
- Pecan Clue Puzzle Pack$1.99
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- Walnut Clue Puzzle Pack$1.99
- Parmesan Clue Puzzle Pack$1.99
- Umami Clue Puzzle Pack$1.99
- Pistachio Clue Puzzle Pack$1.99
- Starter Bundle$1.99
- Sophomore Bundle$1.99
- Gumshoe Clue Bundle$3.99







