Morphos vs Word Games
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Morphos
Unscramble letters to reveal hidden words in this transforming anagram puzzle game. Exercise your brain with challenging puzzles and compete with friends on the leaderboard. Free hints are available to help you along the way.
- Transforming anagram puzzles
- Brain exercise
- Free hints
- Art Deco styling
- Game Center Leaderboard
- In-app puzzle packs
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********************************* We've released a new game! "Chain of Thought 2 - Pyramid Power!" It's free to try so please help us celebrate by downloading "Chain of Thought 2 - Pyramid Power" today!! ********************************* Hidden atop a 1920's skyscraper... a long forgotten puzzle. Is it an addictive vice? Or powerful pleasure? A curse unleashed? Or a blessing bestowed? You must decide! From the husband and wife team that brought you "Chain of Thought" comes their newest word game creation: "Morphos - the transforming anagram word game!" Can you and your friends unscramble the letters and find all the secret answers? We guarantee you'll have a blast trying! FEATURES: •Super easy to learn •Fun way to exercise your brain •Free hints if you need a little extra help •Cool Art Deco styling •Game Center Leaderboard to compare your score with friends There are 50 free puzzles to get you started. Additional puzzle packs are available as in-app purchases. We'd love to hear from you. Best wishes, Jay & Julia
Word Games
Enhance your verbal skills with a collection of 12 word games designed to boost vocabulary, trivia knowledge, and memory. Practice abstract thinking, word relationships, and spelling through engaging challenges.
- Vocabulary building
- Trivia knowledge
- Verbal memory practice
- Abstract thinking exercises
- Word relationship testing
- Spelling improvement
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Word Games is a great collection of games based, in part, on principles of cognitive psychology to help you practice verbal skills. This app contains all 12 of Mindware's word games to help you build your vocabulary, trivia knowledge, and verbal memory. Some games require purchase of the Pro version in order to play more than 3 times. Description of Games: Abstraction - Exercise your ability to quickly differentiate between words with a concrete vs. abstract meaning. Word Flow - Exercise your verbal memory for words. Similarities Scramble - Test and improve your knowledge of word relationships. Speed Trivia - Test and improve your knowledge of general trivia and information. Verbal Concepts - Practice your ability to categorize and think conceptually. Vocabulary Star - Improve your vocabulary and spelling skills. Vocabulary Power - An un-timed multiple choice vocabulary task. Word Memory - Memorize 30 words and see if you can remember them. Word Prefixes - Practice and improve your knowledge of word prefixes.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Word Games at 4.7 against Morphos's 3.8. Word Games also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 5) and review sentiment (96% vs 82%). Morphos's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, monetization model and device support 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. Morphos sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Word Games asks for nothing beyond the download.
Word Games holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Word Games has 120 ratings behind it against 16, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 82% of Morphos's written reviews are positive against 96% of Word Games's.
Morphos ships an update every 10 months, Word Games every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Morphos | Word Games |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.8 (16 ratings) | 4.7 (120 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 82.4% of reviews | 95.8% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 16 | 120 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 10 months | Every 5 months — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 26 MB | 25 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jay Bacal | Mindware Consulting, Inc |
Customer experience
Morphos
Word Games
Bugs and requests
Morphos
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Word Games
Reported bugs
2 issues- No explanation on how to play games
- Scores not transferring to pro version
Requested features
2 requests- More direct verbal memory training
- Transfer scores to pro version
In-app purchases
Morphos
- Puzzle Pack 2$0.99
- Puzzle Pack 3$0.99
- Puzzle Pack 4$0.99
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- Puzzle Pack 5$0.99
- Unlock All Puzzle Packs$1.99
Word Games
No in-app purchases
