Spellspire vs Letter Lattice
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!
Letter Lattice
This word puzzle game blends anagrams and crosswords, challenging players to connect words by finding anagrams. It offers hundreds of handcrafted puzzles, daily challenges, and an arcade mode for competitive play. Unlock achievements and customize your game with vibrant color palettes.
- Anagram and crossword word-weaving puzzles
- Hundreds of handcrafted puzzles
- Daily new puzzles
- Arcade Mode with procedural puzzles
- Achievements and progress tracking
- Unlockable color palettes
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Letter Lattice combines the best parts of anagrams and crosswords into challenging word-weaving madness! How do DOG and CAT relate to each other? What about GUITAR and MELODY? I made this game as an appreciation for the intertwining nature of words in the English language. Most word games have you searching for anagrams within a single word. In Letter Lattice, puzzles use anagrams as connectors to morph from one word to another, each word you find being essential for solving the rest of the puzzle. — SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE — Whether you’re better at anagramming or solving crosswords, there’s something that suits you in Letter Lattice. With hundreds of handmade puzzles, beginners can become experts, climbing their way up from “Easy Threes” to the dreaded Super-Skull puzzles. — SOMETHING FOR COMPETITORS — “Arcade Mode” pits you against procedurally-generated puzzles of increasing difficulty until the clock runs out. Race to solve as many puzzles as you can, gaining bonus points for finding rare words. Can you reach Milestone 5? What about Milestone 10?! — SOMETHING FOR ACHIEVERS — Unlock achievements by completing daily puzzles, solving clues, and zooming through Arcade Mode. As you progress, earn vibrant, hand-crafted color palettes that change the look of the entire game. From the earthy greens of the “Sequoia” palette to the rich pastels of “Coral,” there’s something here you’ll love. —ALL FEATURES (for FREE!) — - 20 Puzzle Packs (with 400+ crafted puzzles) - Infinte Procedural Puzzles in Arcade Mode - New Puzzles Daily! - Statistics and Achievements to track progress - 8 Beautiful Color Palettes — FULL VERSION - 10 More Puzzle Packs - More Arcade Plays - Access to the ever-growing Daily Archive - 4 Additional Color Palettes - Day/Night Palettes, effectively adding 12 palettes! ~ A note from me ~ — I started developing Letter Lattice after playing these puzzles in a notebook on New York subway commutes. I enjoyed the paper puzzles so much, I spent over a year building the optimal digital interface for the puzzles to exist within. Along the way, I discovered so much about the English language becoming entranced by the similarities between words I had once thought were very different. I began to appreciate even the simplest of words and how they relate to others. If you have read this far, I hope playing Letter Lattice will help you find this same magic that made me passionate to develop this game. ~ Ethan
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Letter Lattice at 4.9 against Spellspire's 4.6. Letter Lattice also leads on review sentiment (96% vs 85%). Spellspire's advantage is update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 3 months) and ratings volume (3.4K vs 564). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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 10 one-off in-app purchases and Letter Lattice sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Letter Lattice holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Spellspire has 3.4K ratings behind it against 564, 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 96% of Letter Lattice's.
Spellspire ships an update every 6 weeks, Letter Lattice every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Spellspire | Letter Lattice |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (3.4K ratings) | 4.9 (564 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 84.8% of reviews | 95.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3.4K — better | 564 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks — better | Every 3 months |
| 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 | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 28 MB | 136 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 10tons Ltd | Ethan Zarov |
Customer experience
Spellspire
Letter Lattice
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
Letter Lattice
From 564 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Great game
- 👍 Unique and fun gameplay
- 👍 Aesthetically pleasing design
- 👍 Excellent tutorial
- 👍 Generous free content
Room to improve
- 🐛 Daily game not working for some
- 🕰️ Timer counts ad time
- 🤔 Confusing gameplay mechanics for some
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
Letter Lattice
Reported bugs
2 issues- Daily game not working
- Calendar trick to play daily no longer working
Requested features
4 requests- Word definitions for solved words
- More game packs and difficulty levels
- Landscape mode support
- External keyboard support
In-app purchases
Spellspire
- Pouch of Gold$0.99
- Set of Powerful Scroll$0.99
- Set of Books$0.99
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- 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
Letter Lattice
- Unlock Full Game$2.99





