Word Wow vs ZType
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Word Wow
A word game where you create words to guide a worm deeper into the ground before time runs out. Earn points, find hidden gems, and unlock bonus levels. Sharpen your brain and reflexes with over 2100 levels.
- Form words to dig deeper
- Guide worm to the bottom
- Timer or relaxed mode
- Bomb power-ups
- Hidden gems and bonus levels
- Global player rankings
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***** (5/5) "Word Wow is an explosion of thought-provoking, perplexing, and thrilling fun for almost all ages." - AppAdvice Word Wow is a word game where you make words to dig deeper into the ground. As you dig down, the worm will follow until you can guide him to the bottom before time runs out. You need to be able to make words quickly (although a no-timer mode is available) to string together bonuses, as well as just to clear the path. If you find the worm to be stuck and you can't come up with any words, you can use a bomb to clear some of the tiles. You have a limited number of bombs, but you can earn more as you make more words. As the worm moves down the board, more letters become available. Each level has at least 1 hidden gem, and if you can find all the gems in all the levels of a world, a bonus level is opened where you can really rack up the points! The bigger the words that you can make the more points you'll earn. Try and make enough points each level to earn all three stars. Word Wow will sharpen your brain as well as your reflexes. Help a worm out! Features: * Fast action with the timer or relaxed mode without it * More than 2100+ Levels and 64 colorful worlds * Bonus level for each world when you collect all the gems * Lots of replay value as you see your ranking against all other players globally
ZType
Defend against enemy waves by typing letters to shoot plasma bullets. Utilize EMP bombs for dire situations to destroy nearby enemies. Experience a top typing game now on iOS.
- Typing-based combat
- Shoot plasma bullets by typing
- EMP bomb power-ups
- Defend against enemy waves
- iOS availability
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One of the Web's best Typing Games now finally available for iOS! Fend of the enemy's attack waves by proving your typing skills. Each letter you type shoots off a powerful plasma bullet into the enemy's ships. If you ever find yourself in a dire situation, you can use the EMP bombs to destory any nearby enemies.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Word Wow at 4.7 against ZType's 3.9. Word Wow also leads on update cadence (monthly vs every 32 months) and ratings volume (13K vs 72). ZType's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, review sentiment, 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. Word Wow sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and ZType sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Word Wow holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Word Wow has 13K ratings behind it against 72, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 70% of Word Wow's written reviews are positive against 67% of ZType's.
Word Wow ships an update monthly, ZType every 32 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Word Wow | ZType |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (13K ratings) — better | 3.9 (72 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 70.1% of reviews — better | 67.1% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 13K — better | 72 |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 32 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| 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 | 13.0 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 177 MB | 14 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | DonkeySoft Inc. | PhobosLab |
Customer experience
Word Wow
ZType
User reviews
Word Wow
From 13K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Great game
- 💡 Keeps mind active
- 🚀 Addictive and fun
- 👍 Challenging but enjoyable
- 👍 Relaxing and stress-busting
Room to improve
- 🐛 Freezing and crashing issues
- 🔋 High battery drain
- 🔍 Confusing point system
- 🛑 Too many ads
- 🛑 Ads too loud and disruptive
ZType
From 72 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Fun way to improve typing
- 👍 Addictive and engaging gameplay
- 💡 Innovative concept
- ✨ Well-made and beautiful design
- 🎶 Immersive music and sound
Room to improve
- 🚫 No external keyboard support
- 🚫 No landscape mode on iPad
- 🐛 Onscreen keyboard janky/inaccurate
- 🐛 Game freezes/stops working
- 🐛 Inconsistent word recognition
Bugs and requests
Word Wow
Reported bugs
3 issues- Losing progress when pausing the game
- Words not being recognized despite being valid
- Glitches with the game board and worm movement
Requested features
5 requests- More achievements and challenges
- Save progress between sessions
- Ability to play against friends
- More languages and localization options
- Improved word recognition
ZType
Reported bugs
45 issues- Game stops working/freezes
- External keyboards not supported
- No landscape mode on iPad
- Onscreen keyboard inputs wrong keys
- Onscreen keyboard unresponsive/inaccurate
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- Game doesn't load (black screen)
- Word recognition issues
- No sound on iPhone
- Game doesn't work with Bluetooth keyboard
- iPad app useless without keyboard/landscape
- Magic Keyboard not working
- Screen won't turn landscape on iPad Pro with Magic Keyboard
- Onscreen keyboard inputting wrong keys
- Onscreen keyboard not sized right
- Unresponsive and inaccurate onscreen keyboard
- Game freezes and requires reinstallation
- External keyboard not working
- Onscreen keyboard is janky
- Game does not load
- External keyboard not supported
- No allowance for physical keyboard
- iPad app is useless
- No support for external keyboard
- Keyboard support missing
- No external keyboard support
- No allowance for physical keyboard
- Can’t work on iPad landscape screen and magic keyboard
- External keyboard not working
- No external keyboard support
- Keyboard Support
- No allowance for physical keyboard?
- Can’t work on iPad landscape screen and magic keyboard
- iPad app is useless
- No Bluetooth keyboard
- Doesn’t work with keyboard
- Disappointed
- Great PC game, worthless on iPad (no keyboard)
- Doesn’t work with keyboard
- Only Portrait Compatible
- Dose not work with keyboard on iPad
- Doesn't support actual keyboards
- Good game but the keyboard could be better
- Beautiful game, keyboard can be better
- Incredible, but the UI can use some work.
- Would have given 5 but...
Requested features
17 requests- Add external keyboard support
- Enable landscape mode on iPad
- Customizable keyboard size
- More game layouts/languages
- Add difficulty levels
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- Add lowercase keyboard option for kids
- Adjustable padding under keyboard
- Add vibration/haptic feedback
- Add Arabic keyboard support
- Allow use of default phone keyboard
- Add German words
- More content (skins, leaderboards)
- Allow background music
- Add 'words per minute' statistic
- Option to reply levels/continue from mistakes
- Add QWERTZ keyboard layout
- Feature to change keyboard layout based on words
In-app purchases
Word Wow
- Package of 5 bombs (good until used)$0.99
- Package of 5 Shuffles$0.99
- Package of 11 bombs$1.99
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- Package of 11 Shuffles$1.99
- Package of 25 bombs$2.99
- Package of 25 Shuffles$3.99
- Remove Ads$4.99
- Remove all Ads$4.99
- Package of 100 bombs good until used.$12.99
- Package of 100 Shuffles$12.99
ZType
- Remove Ads$0.99









