Synonymy Lite vs Contexto
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Synonymy Lite
This educational word game challenges you to find a path between random words by navigating through their synonyms. It features narration by Richard Dawkins and a unique word network visualization. The lite version offers an ad-free experience with some restrictions.
- Synonym pathfinding gameplay
- Narration by Richard Dawkins
- Word network visualization
- Ad-free experience
- Charitable donations
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Synonymy is a non-profit, educational word game narrated by Richard Dawkins that challenges players to find a path between random words through their network of synonyms. By taking the synonym of a word, and then a synonym of that synonym, and so on, you can ultimately arrive at any other word in the English language. Version 3.0 has been rebuilt behind the scenes to make the game easier and more fun without sacrificing the spirit of the game. The lite version now has no external ads, just a pop-up prompt to buy the full version. Website: www.synonymy-game.com ————————————————— Try the game Stephen Fry and Steven Pinker are tweeting about! A lite version of the game with ads and restrictions on multiplayer and difficulty settings. The Full Game supports unrestricted multiplayer, and weekly challenges in which users can compete globally on set start and end words. Every time a path is uncovered by a user, it is tweeted from @synonymywords and posted to our Facebook page. Synonymy is the first game by filmmaker Christopher Cinq-Mars Jarvis and is narrated by world-renowned author and biologist, Richard Dawkins. All profits go to various charitable, education-based foundations. ** Works best using iPhone 5/iPad 2 or later and iOS8 or later. Requires iOS7 or later. The game seems to work on older devices but performance might suffer. Please address any concerns to www.synonymy-game.com/#contact A visualization of the game's network can be seen here -- http://www.gigapan.com/gigapans/159329 -- In order to compute relative distance, all synonyms were mapped using 3d graphing software, as if each word were a planet that had a gravitational pull proportional to its number of relationships to other nodes. Above is a 2D representation of that model, a 40,000 x 40,000 image.
Contexto
Guess a secret word by submitting your own words and seeing how similar they are. An AI algorithm sorts words by context to determine their proximity to the secret word, with unlimited guesses available.
- AI-sorted word similarity
- Unlimited guesses
- Contextual word analysis
- Secret word guessing
- Game based on text analysis
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In this game, you have to find the secret word. You have unlimited guesses. The words were sorted by an algorithm according to how similar they were to the secret word. After submitting a word, you will see its position. The secret word is number 1. The algorithm analyzed thousands of texts. It uses the context in which words are used to calculate the similarity between them.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Synonymy Lite at 5.0 against Contexto's 3.5. Synonymy Lite also leads on ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). Contexto's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 5 months) and review sentiment (59% vs 50%). On price, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Synonymy Lite holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7 and 26 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 50% of Synonymy Lite's written reviews are positive against 59% of Contexto's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Synonymy Lite ships an update every 5 months, Contexto every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Synonymy Lite | Contexto |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (7 ratings) — better | 3.5 (26 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 59.4% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 7 | 26 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 6.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 105 MB | 16 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Cinq-Mars Media | DAYDASH GAMES LTDA |
Customer experience
Synonymy Lite
Contexto
In-app purchases
Synonymy Lite
No in-app purchases
Contexto
No in-app purchases









