Comparison

Word Wow vs DropWordPuzzles

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
Currently charting
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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

About

DropWordPuzzles

A word-building strategy game where letter tiles fall onto a grid. Stack them into words horizontally and vertically, scoring with classic letter tile values and planning each drop. Features blockers, wildcards, and an undo option for strategic play.

Highlights
  • Falling letter tiles on a 9x9 grid
  • Form words horizontally and vertically
  • Classic letter tile scoring with bonuses
  • Strategic tools: blockers, wildcards, discard, undo
  • Daily Challenge mode
  • Statistics and Leaderboard integration
Features
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Drop a letter. Watch it fall. Build something brilliant. DropWord Puzzles is a word-building strategy game where letter tiles fall onto a 9×9 grid. Stack them into words horizontally and vertically, score with classic letter tile values, and plan every drop before it's too late. You decide when to stop — but wait too long and the board decides for you. Easy to learn. Surprisingly deep. HOW IT WORKS Drag a tile from your hand and release it over the grid — it drops to the lowest open space in that column. Form words left to right across rows, or top to bottom down columns. Every letter you place either scores or costs you. SCORE SMART Words score using classic letter tile values. A letter sitting in two words — one horizontal, one vertical — scores for both. Bonus zones multiply letters and entire words. Dead letters that aren't part of any word cost you points. YOUR TOOLS · Blockers — long-press the grid to seal off a column and define word boundaries · Wildcards — rare gold tiles you assign to any letter · Discard — sacrifice a tile and take the penalty rather than waste a column · Undo — long-press a just-placed tile within 5 seconds to take it back PLAY YOUR WAY · Daily Challenge — a new seeded puzzle every day, same starting tiles for everyone · Statistics — track your best score, best word, and streaks · Leaderboard — see where you stand with Game Center · Light and dark mode, sound and haptics all configurable Free to download. No subscription. Remove ads with a single one-time purchase.

Screenshots

Word Wow3 screens
DropWordPuzzles4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: DropWordPuzzles at daily against Word Wow's monthly. Word Wow's advantage is ratings volume (13K vs 4) and chart position (#200 vs unranked). On price, rating, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Word Wow sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and DropWordPuzzles sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Word Wow against 4.8 for DropWordPuzzles. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Word Wow has 13K ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Word Wow ships an update monthly, DropWordPuzzles daily. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 7 level
Word Wow versus DropWordPuzzles: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWord WowDropWordPuzzles
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (13K ratings)4.8 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews70.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings13K — better4
Update frequencyMonthlyDaily — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank#200 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better18.6
Further details — not scored
Size177 MB6 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperDonkeySoft Inc.James Border

Customer experience

Word Wow

All ratings12,591 ratings
Positive94.6%
Neutral3.6%
Negative1.8%
Written reviews323 reviews
Positive70.6%
Neutral6.8%
Negative22.6%

DropWordPuzzles

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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

DropWordPuzzles

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Word Wow

One-time10
  • Package of 5 bombs (good until used)$0.99
  • Package of 5 Shuffles$0.99
  • Package of 11 bombs$1.99
Show 7 more
  • 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
1 purchases

DropWordPuzzles

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$1.99

Questions

Is Word Wow free?
Word Wow is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is DropWordPuzzles free?
DropWordPuzzles is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Word Wow or DropWordPuzzles?
DropWordPuzzles is rated higher. Word Wow averages 4.7 out of 5 from 13K ratings, while DropWordPuzzles averages 4.8 from 4 ratings.
Do Word Wow or DropWordPuzzles have ads?
Both Word Wow and DropWordPuzzles show ads.
Which is updated more often, Word Wow or DropWordPuzzles?
Word Wow ships an update monthly, and DropWordPuzzles daily. Most recently, Word Wow was updated on November 7, 2026 and DropWordPuzzles on October 31, 2026.

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