Comparison

Four Letters vs Typeshift

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

Head to head
About

Four Letters

Engage in a fast-paced word puzzle by connecting four letters to form words before time runs out. Improve your vocabulary with an in-game dictionary and challenge friends on global leaderboards. Unlock achievements and explore thousands of letter combinations.

Highlights
  • Connect four letters to form words
  • Beat the countdown clock
  • Learn new words with in-game dictionary
  • Compete on leaderboards
  • Earn achievements
  • Supports English and Spanish
Features
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Four Letters is an easy to play word challenge game that has you simply swiping or tapping to connect four letters to make familiar and more challenging words as you progress. You will need to beat the countdown clock to keep going and better your highest scores. The Dictionary screen makes it easy to learn new words and improve your language skills. Compete with your friends to be at the top of the leaderboards and be the Four Letters champion! If you are looking for that personal challenge, there are lots of different achievements to work through to track your progress. Features: - Switch between English and Spanish to choose to make words from both languages. - Multiple answers to questions. Get creative! - Thousands of possible letter combinations. - Leaderboards so you can compete and compare scores. - A Dictionary where you can view all the words you've made. - Lots of different achievements for you to earn. We love to hear from our players! On Twitter? Drop us a line @pikpokgames and join the conversation with #FourLetters Four Letters is free to play but does show in-game advertising. There is a one-time in-app purchase available to disable third-party ads. You can disable in-app purchases in your device’s settings. Apple is not a sponsor and does not endorse Lootsie rewards. PikPok Terms of Service: http://pikpok.com/terms-of-use/

About

Typeshift

This word puzzle game challenges you to unscramble letters within stacked words to form new words in the center row. It offers daily challenges with global leaderboards and special clue-based puzzles. Unlock additional content and remove ads with in-app purchases.

Highlights
  • Anagram and word search mechanics
  • Shift letter columns to spell words
  • Daily challenges with leaderboards
  • Special clue puzzles
  • Unlockable puzzle packs
  • Themes and statistics
Features
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From the creator of SpellTower, comes a new and completely original word game! Anagrams meets Word Search, with a sprinkle of Crosswords. Typeshift is the modern anagram puzzle; re-imagined from the ground up, combining wordplay, modern game design, and a mobile-first approach. In most anagram games, you search for new combinations within a single word, but in Typeshift, you search within three to five words stacked & scrambled up together. Shift columns of letters up and down as you try to spell words in the center row. Play continues until you have used all letters in a puzzle at least once. Special Clue Puzzles combine Crosswords with Anagrams as you match clever clues provided by Typeshift's various puzzle authors. - Daily Word Game Play with Global Leaderboards - Typeshift features a free daily challenge with global leaderboards. The easiest challenge for the week appears on Monday, and progressively more challenging puzzles build throughout the week. Compare your fastest Typeshift daily solving times with players around the globe! ------WHAT CRITICS ARE SAYING "Addictive and edifying, like popping a special kind of bubble wrap that expands your vocabulary.” - The Verge "Typeshift is a unmissable entry to the [word] genre." Gold Award. - Pocket Gamer "Typeshift is f*cking awesome" - Giant Bombcast "The Word Puzzle Game You've Been Waiting For" - Waypoint "Well worth your time" - Sixcolors ------WHATS IN THE “BOX”? Typeshift comes with over a hundred free puzzles, with more coming soon, plus new free daily puzzles every day. Additional puzzle packs may be purchased in-app. Purchasing any puzzle pack removes ads, and unlocks themes & detailed statistics. ------A WORD FROM THE DEVELOPER Typeshift continues my quest to re-imagine classic newspaper games in the digital era. Where SpellTower tackled word search and Really Bad Chess handled chess puzzles, Typeshift re-examines Anagrams and Crosswords. Typeshift has been a joy to develop, and I hope you have as much fun playing it as I had making it. As always, thanks so much for your support! -zach

Screenshots

Four Letters4 screens
Typeshift4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Four Letters at 88% against Typeshift's 49%. Four Letters also leads on rating (4.5 vs 4.3) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 14.0). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Four Letters sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Typeshift sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Four Letters holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 785 and 497 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 88% of Four Letters's written reviews are positive against 49% of Typeshift's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Four Letters ships an update monthly, Typeshift every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Four Letters versus Typeshift: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFour LettersTypeshift
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (785 ratings) — better4.3 (497 ratings)
Positive reviews88.1% of reviews — better49.3% of reviews
Number of ratings785 — better497
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 6 weeks
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS11.0 — better14.0
Further details — not scored
Size113 MB72 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPikPokZach Gage

Customer experience

Four Letters

All ratings785 ratings
Positive88.5%
Neutral5.4%
Negative6.1%
Written reviews755 reviews
Positive88.1%
Neutral4.6%
Negative7.3%

Typeshift

All ratings497 ratings
Positive80.9%
Neutral7.8%
Negative11.3%
Written reviews211 reviews
Positive49.3%
Neutral17.5%
Negative33.2%

User reviews

Four Letters

From 785 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Fast and challenging
  • 👍 Great brain exercise
  • 🤓 Helps improve vocabulary
  • ⏱️ Good time killer
  • 🕹️ Addictive and fun

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Game crashes or freezes
  • 🕰️ Timer speeds up too fast
  • 🔍 Difficulty finding new words
  • 💰 Too many ads

Typeshift

From 497 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Challenging and fun
  • 👍 Unique and innovative game concept
  • ⭐ Great brain workout
  • 🎨 Elegant and minimalistic design
  • 📚 Helps expand vocabulary

Room to improve

  • 💰 Expensive in-app purchases
  • 🔍 Obscure/uncommon words used
  • 🔇 Intrusive ads
  • 🐛 Crashes and freezes
  • ⚠️ Compatibility issues with newer devices

Bugs and requests

Four Letters

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Game doesn't load or opens to a blank screen
  • New words not showing up at the top
  • Inconsistent word recognition

Requested features

3 requests
  • Option to adjust difficulty level
  • Leaderboard to compare scores
  • New game modes (e.g. no timer, wrong word elimination)

Typeshift

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Puzzle timer inaccuracies
  • Purchased content not restoring properly
  • Letters not registering correctly
  • Puzzles not displaying properly on some devices

Requested features

5 requests
  • More clue puzzles and puzzle packs
  • Option to reset/replay completed puzzle packs
  • Sync progress across devices
  • Support for British/Australian English
  • Built-in dictionary with better word definitions

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Four Letters

One-time1
  • Disable Third Party Ads$2.99
10 purchases

Typeshift

One-time10
  • Chocolate Puzzle Pack$0.99
  • Peppermint Puzzle Pack$0.99
  • Pecan Clue Puzzle Pack$1.99
Show 7 more
  • Walnut Clue Puzzle Pack$1.99
  • Parmesan Clue Puzzle Pack$1.99
  • Umami Clue Puzzle Pack$1.99
  • Pistachio Clue Puzzle Pack$1.99
  • Starter Bundle$1.99
  • Sophomore Bundle$1.99
  • Gumshoe Clue Bundle$3.99

Questions

Is Four Letters free?
Four Letters is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Typeshift free?
Typeshift is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Four Letters or Typeshift?
Four Letters is rated higher. Four Letters averages 4.5 out of 5 from 785 ratings, while Typeshift averages 4.3 from 497 ratings.
Do Four Letters or Typeshift have ads?
Both Four Letters and Typeshift show ads.
Which is updated more often, Four Letters or Typeshift?
Four Letters ships an update monthly, and Typeshift every 6 weeks. Most recently, Four Letters was updated on October 12, 2026 and Typeshift on October 14, 2026.

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