speed vs Smartichoke
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
speed
Race against the clock to match words and achieve high scores in this fast-paced mobile word game. Double-click word parts to spell multiple words and earn time bonuses. An educational and fun experience for learners and casual gamers.
- Fast-paced word matching
- Race against the clock
- Score-based time increases
- Double-click for multiple words
- Educational for learners
- Online score saving (PRO)
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Super fun! Super fast! Super smart! speed-spell© is the hottest, funnest new mobile word game on the planet! Quickly match words as you race against the clock in a battle for the highest scores! Try your best to get a 30 second time increase every 50 points! Double-Click word parts to spell multiple words with the same parts! Buy speed-spell© PRO to save scores online and choose between 5 different bonus themes! Using patented onset and rime-based technology, speed-spell is fast, fun; and educational for everyone from ESL and first-time English learners; to casual gamers on transit. speed-spell©: fun. fast. smart.
Smartichoke
This word puzzle game challenges you to find words of four or more letters within available petals. Strategic letter selection, with bonuses for connected letters and penalties for disconnected ones, adds depth. Earn points for longer words, streaks, and clearing petals.
- Find words of four or more letters
- Bonus and penalty petals for strategic play
- Earn points for longer words and streaks
- Rotate the Smartichoke for different perspectives
- Automatic game saving
- Optional token purchases for letter swaps
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The goal in Smartichoke is to find words that are at least four letters in length in the petals available. You can select letters from any petal, but connected letters help you earn bonuses and disconnected letters lead to penalties! Highlights: - Penalty and bonus petals add strategy to word selection - Earn bonus points for spelling longer words, repeat streaks, target words, and clearing as many petals as possible - Rotate the Smartichoke at any time (seeing the letters from different angles can help with spotting words) - Statistics are automatically saved - Earn swap (or buy tokens) to replace any letter with new, randomly chosen letters - Your game is automatically saved to continue playing later Smartichoke is completely free to play, with no ads! If you enjoy the game, you can support its development by making a purchase for tokens for free swaps!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Smartichoke at 100% against speed's 50%. Smartichoke also leads on rating (5.0 vs 2.0) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.0). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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. speed sells 6 one-off in-app purchases and Smartichoke sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Smartichoke holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of speed's written reviews are positive against 100% of Smartichoke's.
speed ships an update every 2 weeks, Smartichoke every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | speed | Smartichoke |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 8 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| 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 | 15.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 197 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Tom Juranka | Too Much Smart, LLC |
Customer experience
speed
Smartichoke
In-app purchases
speed
- remove adsFree
- Bamboo Theme$0.99
- Future Theme$0.99
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- Kids Theme$0.99
- Night Theme$0.99
- Techno Theme$0.99
Smartichoke
- Unlock Smartichoke$0.99
- Smartichoke Swaps (100)$0.99
- 100 Smartichoke Tokens$0.99
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- Smartichoke Swaps (500)$1.99
- 1,000 Smartichoke Tokens$2.99
- 10,000 Smartichoke Tokens$9.99
