PatternMaker vs Break Your Word
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PatternMaker
Create unique, personalized pattern wallpapers using your name. This app offers a simple, one-click process to generate custom designs for icons or crests.
- Create original pattern wallpapers
- Use your name for designs
- Simple one or two character input
- One-click creation
- Suitable for icons and crests
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You can make your original pattern from your name. It's good for icon and good for crest. Very easy to make. Just put one or two character from your name. And click "Create" button. Very easy !! Try this now !!
Break Your Word
Explore the fascinating origins and evolution of 120 English words. This educational game delves into the etymology of each word, revealing its history and linguistic roots. Improve your vocabulary and gain a deeper understanding of language.
- 120 English words with histories
- Etymology and word origins
- Word evolution and history
- Improved vocabulary
- Deeper appreciation for words
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Break Your Word is a challenging, entertaining, and educational game featuring 120 English words with fascinating histories behind them! As you hammer away at these words, you will get to the true root of each word’s meaning, including a history of the word and how it entered the English language. Play Break Your Word to the end and you will walk away with an improved vocabulary and a deeper appreciation for a plethora of exceptional English words. Our team of etymologists have carefully selected each of these Featured Words comprised of multiple root words and derived from 29 different languages of origin. At its core, Break Your Word is about etymology, which is the study of the origins of words and their evolution throughout history. Our game highlights the uniqueness of our Featured Words and tells the captivating story of each of them! Download it now!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Break Your Word at 4.9 against PatternMaker's 3.4. Break Your Word also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 2 months) and review sentiment (100% vs 84%). PatternMaker's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and iOS requirement (6.0 vs 13.0). On price, ratings volume, ads 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. Break Your Word sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. PatternMaker asks for nothing beyond the download.
Break Your Word holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 3.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7 and 9 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 84% of PatternMaker's written reviews are positive against 100% of Break Your Word's.
PatternMaker ships an update every 2 months, Break Your Word every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PatternMaker | Break Your Word |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.4 (7 ratings) | 4.9 (9 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 83.6% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 7 | 9 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 6.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 439 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Sho Kurozumi | Brian Valentine |
Customer experience
PatternMaker
Break Your Word
In-app purchases
PatternMaker
No in-app purchases
Break Your Word
- 10 Word Dumps$0.99
- Remove Ads$2.99
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