Comparison

Word Search Puzzles ·· vs Shiftmate

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

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About

Word Search Puzzles ··

Engage in a classic word search puzzle experience with thousands of free grids. Discover words hidden horizontally, vertically, diagonally, or backwards. This app offers unique hard and expert modes and includes a dictionary lookup for vocabulary building.

Highlights
  • Thousands of free puzzles
  • Horizontal, vertical, diagonal, and backward word finding
  • Hard and expert modes
  • Vocabulary building with dictionary lookup
  • Save unfinished games
  • Stats tracker for game times
  • Online and offline play
Features
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Enjoy Word Search, the classic puzzle game with thousands of free puzzles! Try our unique hard and expert word search modes! About Word Search: Your goal is to find the list of words hidden in the grid. Words can be discovered horizontally, vertically, diagonally or backwards. Swipe and drag to select words in the grid once they are found, starting with the first letter of the word. For an added challenge try our unique hard and expert word search modes which obscure word lists. The words used in all of our puzzles are standard English words and are of greater substance than most other word search puzzle games. This makes our game a fun, useful tool for building your vocabulary and learning new words. Tap on any word in the word list to look up its definition in the dictionary. Our classic Word Search game also saves your unfinished games so you can come back and finish them whenever you want! Track your best and average game times over history with our stats tracker. You can play our Word Search game by Razzle Puzzles on your phone and tablet. Enjoy online or in offline mode! For support please contact us at support@razzlepuzzles.com or visit RazzlePuzzles.com

About

Shiftmate

Features
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Match-3, rethought for people who like to plan. In Shiftmate there are no swaps. The board has one gap, and every swipe slides a whole row or column into it. Two, three, even six gems move at once, the gap travels on, and chains fall into place. Read the board, plan the route of the gap and set up the cascade. WHY PLAYERS LOVE IT • One gap, endless plans: every move changes where your next move can be. • See what drops next: the top row shows the next gem in every column. No blind luck. • 250 levels across 26 worlds, each tuned with hundreds of test games. • Frost, crates, double crates, blanks, chains and gold bars keep every world fresh. • Line clears and color blasts: match four or five to build specials. • Daily puzzle: the same board for everyone. Beat par, keep your streak, share your result. • Daily rewards: come back each day, day 7 is the big one. • Undo a move when a plan goes wrong. • Fair by design: no lives, no waiting, no energy timers. • Plays offline. No ads, no tracking, no account. • Distinct gem shapes, easy to tell apart with color blindness. • In English, German, French, Spanish, Japanese, Chinese, Hindi and Vietnamese. Shiftmate is free. Have fun planning the gap.

Screenshots

Word Search Puzzles ··4 screens
Shiftmate4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Shiftmate at none against Word Search Puzzles ··'s shown. Word Search Puzzles ··'s advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). On price 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Word Search Puzzles ·· versus Shiftmate: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWord Search Puzzles ··Shiftmate
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (1.8K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews88.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings1.8K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 months—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supported—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size43 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMatthew MurphyAndreas Rutsch

Bugs and requests

Word Search Puzzles ··

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Swiping to mark words not always responsive
  • Incompatibility with older devices

Requested features

4 requests
  • Pause/resume game option
  • Larger puzzle sizes
  • Night mode
  • More advanced difficulty levels

Shiftmate

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Word Search Puzzles ··

No in-app purchases

None

Shiftmate

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Word Search Puzzles ·· free?
Word Search Puzzles ·· is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Shiftmate free?
Shiftmate is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Word Search Puzzles ·· or Shiftmate have ads?
Word Search Puzzles ·· shows ads; Shiftmate does not.

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