WordBubbles! vs ShiftFive
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
WordBubbles!
A word puzzle game where you swipe letters to spell hidden words. It offers thousands of levels, daily challenges, and a blend of brainteaser and vocabulary-building gameplay. Compete with friends and sharpen your spelling skills.
- Swipe to spell hidden words
- Thousands of levels
- Daily word puzzle challenge
- Vocabulary and spelling skill improvement
- Compete with friends
- Brainteaser and word game blend
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*** FEATURED BY APPLE! MOST DOWNLOADED WORD GAME IN 30 COUNTRIES! *** - NEW word puzzle: DAILY FIVE! Guess the SECRET word! - ----- A new kind of word game for puzzle lovers! ------ *** Swipe your finger across the “letter bubbles” to spell out hidden words! *** Are you a word search expert? Then you’ll love the concept of WordBubbles! Swipe across, up, down, and diagonally to connect each letter bubble and build specific hidden words. Progress to harder levels with bigger and bigger puzzles! -------------- Can’t connect the letters? --------------------- Remember you have to solve the words in the right order! ------------------------------------------------ 7 Reasons to try WordBubbles right now: - It’s free! - WordBubbles offers more than 2 700 levels, from easy to difficult! - Get smarter… Sharpen your skills in vocabulary and spelling! - Every day you can play a new daily challenge and earn free bonus hints! - It’s the perfect blend of brainteaser, word game, and puzzle! - Compete with your friends and follow their progress! - Easy to use, a challenge to beat! ---------------------------------------------------- IMPORTANT: some users claim there is a bug in the game. It’s not! If you can’t connect the letters it’s because you have solved the words in the wrong order! The solution? Restart the level by tapping the reset-button in the lower left corner, and try to solve the words in a new order! Good luck! ---------------------------------------------------- Can you think outside the bubble? Start word-playing now and see how many levels you can beat!
ShiftFive
Engage in a strategic letter elimination game where you guess a five-letter word. Utilize color-coded feedback to eliminate letters and score points. Unlock rewards and themed word packs for extended gameplay.
- Strategic letter elimination
- Color-coded feedback system
- Daily Classic and Daily Shift modes
- Unlockable rewards
- Themed Word Packs
- Scoring based on efficiency
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Shift. Solve. Score. Play daily challenges and unlock rewards! Check out themed Word Packs for a new twist. Welcome to ShiftFive, a game of high-scoring strategic letter elimination. ShiftFive is a fresh take on the daily word puzzle that leaves all those boring Wordle clones and wannabes in the dust. Your job is to guess the target 5-letter word in as few tries as possible and score points while you do it. Spin the letter pickers to enter a 5-letter word and submit your guess. Each letter in the word will light up one of three colors: # Green means the letter is correct and will be locked in. # Red means the target letter comes later in the alphabet, eliminating the guessed letter and all letters before it. # Blue means the target letter is earlier in the alphabet, eliminating the guessed letter and all letters after it. After each guess, you'll see how many possible words are remaining! You're awarded points for efficiently eliminating words, guessing letters correctly, and finding the target word in as few tries as possible. So what are you waiting for? Download today and enjoy 2 different (completely free) daily game modes: > Daily Classic is the original. 5 guesses to solve the target word. Eliminate letters as you go. Use a hint if you get stuck. > Daily Shift spices things up by choosing a random word as your first guess. And what’s this? No access to a hint?! Better hope you’re feeling lucky. Complete both challenges each day to unlock exciting rewards like backgrounds, color themes, and customized logos! But wait, don’t forget about Word Packs! Still craving more sweet Shifting action? Word Packs are where it all comes together. Unlock a new layer of strategy by guessing the target words for each theme. Enjoy one sample Word Pack for free, with 10 more available for purchase and more to be added in the future. Are you still reading? How have you not downloaded this game yet?? Happy Shifting :-D
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: ShiftFive at 5.0 against WordBubbles!'s 4.4. ShiftFive also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 80%). WordBubbles!'s advantage is ratings volume (14K vs 6) and chart position (#84 vs unranked). On price, update cadence, 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
Both are free to download. WordBubbles! sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and ShiftFive sells 11 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
ShiftFive holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: WordBubbles! has 14K ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 80% of WordBubbles!'s written reviews are positive against 100% of ShiftFive's.
WordBubbles! ships an update every 2 months, ShiftFive monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and June 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | WordBubbles! | ShiftFive |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (14K ratings) | 5.0 (6 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 80.1% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 14K — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | #84 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 113 MB | 68 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | MAG Interactive | Braxton Smallwood |
Customer experience
WordBubbles!
ShiftFive
Bugs and requests
WordBubbles!
Reported bugs
4 issues- Progress loss and reset to level 1
- Ads popping up during gameplay
- Inability to restore purchases
- Freezing and crashing issues
Requested features
4 requests- Dark mode option
- Ability to retry daily challenges
- Option to save solved words
- Customizable sound effects
ShiftFive
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
WordBubbles!
- Sale Package 1$0.99
- 20 Hints$1.99
- Special Deal$1.99
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- Sale Package 2$1.99
- Remove ads + hints$2.99
- Bonus Deal$2.99
- 50 Hints$4.99
- 105 Hints$9.99
- 220 Hints$19.99
- Super Deal$19.99
ShiftFive
- It's Spooky Word Pack$0.99
- Gettin' Swoll Word Pack$0.99
- Pass the Popcorn Word Pack$0.99
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- The Feels Word Pack$0.99
- Nom Nom Word Pack$0.99
- Feel the Beat Word Pack$0.99
- To Be Young Word Pack$0.99
- It's a Zoo Word Pack$0.99
- On the Go Word Pack$0.99
- 5 Word Packs + Remove Ads$1.99
- 10 Word Packs+Unlimited+No Ads$4.99









