Spell Grid 2 vs Overlap
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Spell Grid 2
This word puzzle game challenges you to find valid words by swiping over letter tiles. Discover new words, use clues to help you, and compete with others. Play on your Apple Watch and sync your progress across devices.
- Swipe to spell words
- Find 3 to 9-letter words
- Use clues to discover words
- Unlock hint letters
- Apple Watch support
- In-game dictionary
- Auto-saving progress
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-- Spell Grid 2 — Swipe over the letter tiles and try to spell all the valid words in the grid! Find 3 to 9-letter words. Need help? Use Clues to discover new words. Score 25 points in each grid to unlock the Hint Letters. The Hint Letters will help you to complete the grid for a 50 points bonus. Play on the Apple Watch! Tap on adjacent letters to form words and tap the last letter again to submit. Try to find 10 words in each grid! What's new in Spell Grid 2 vs Spell Grid 1: - discover 8 & 9-letter words - dictionary : check out the word definitions during the game - auto-saving - new letter grids - Apple Watch support Features: + Universal app + GameCenter: Beat your high score and compete on the 2 Game Center leaderboards + iCloud Sync: Sync your game progress across multiple devices Are you left-handed? Playing on iPad? You can flip the game screen for a better experience.
Overlap
A small puzzle game designed to test and enhance your spatial reasoning skills. Players must identify the correct sequence of shapes and tap them from bottom to top to progress through levels. It features 54 challenges and an endless mode for competitive play.
- Spatial reasoning challenges
- Shape ordering puzzles
- 54 levels
- Endless mode
- Beat friends
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Overlap is a tiny game that challenge and improve your spatial reasoning. Overlap already be selected by Editor as Featured app and launched lots of country. Your goal is to find out the order of the shapes, tap the shapes from button to top. 54 levels to challenge , beat your friends in Endless Trip and have fun！ Present By: DONOPO Studio
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Spell Grid 2 at 89% against Overlap's 13%. Spell Grid 2 also leads on rating (4.7 vs 2.2) and ratings volume (770 vs 6). Overlap's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (6.0 vs 15.0). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Spell Grid 2 sells 4 one-off in-app purchases and Overlap sells 8 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Spell Grid 2 holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 2.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Spell Grid 2 has 770 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 89% of Spell Grid 2's written reviews are positive against 13% of Overlap's.
Spell Grid 2 ships an update every 4 months, Overlap every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and September 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Spell Grid 2 | Overlap |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (770 ratings) — better | 2.2 (6 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 89.4% of reviews — better | 12.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 770 — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 6.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 18 MB | 44 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Fresh Logo SRL | DONOPO |
Customer experience
Spell Grid 2
Overlap
Bugs and requests
Spell Grid 2
Reported bugs
4 issues- Single player mode no longer works
- Occasional crashes and freezes
- Speak function in dictionary broken
- Compatibility issues with older devices
Requested features
6 requests- Add more common English words
- Allow users to customize the dictionary and remove obscure words
- Provide definitions for all words found
- Bring back the old game format with more questions and clues
- Add an option to change the color scheme
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- Allow users to change their name in multiplayer mode
Overlap
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Spell Grid 2
- Pack 3 Clues / grid$1.99
- Pack 10 Clues / grid$2.99
- Pack 20 Clues / grid$3.99
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- Pack All Words / All Clues$4.99
Overlap
- Donate $1$0.99
- Donate $1.99$1.99
- Donate $2.99$2.99
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- Donate $4.99$4.99
- Donate $9.99$9.99
- Donate $19.99$19.99
- Donate $49.99$49.99
- Donate $99.99$99.99
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