OMBY vs Crossword Puzzle
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
OMBY
Unscramble word tiles to reveal censored text from Moby-Dick. This unique puzzle game allows you to experience Herman Melville's classic novel through interactive wordplay, chapter by chapter.
- Word tile unscrambling
- Reveal censored text
- Experience Moby-Dick
- Chapter-by-chapter progression
- 10,395 puzzles
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Discover the weird beauty of the language in Moby-Dick with OMBY, a new kind of word-puzzle game based on Herman Melville’s classic novel. “OMBY is like a friend who accompanies me to the Louvre and keeps me from striding past a hundred unfamiliar masterworks on my way to see the ones I already know. In the Louvre, though, the art is already on the wall. OMBY lets me co-create Moby-Dick’s unfamiliar ingenuities, searching like Melville for the right words, massaging the letters into something meaningful.” ---Tim Cassedy (Avidly, Los Angeles Review of Books) Playing OMBY, you’ll unscramble sets of 1x2 domino word tiles containing portions of text that have been blacked-out, as if by a censor's pen. As you solve each puzzle, the blacked-out text is revealed. Pause periodically to savor the completed paragraphs. Finish all 10,395 puzzles and you will have read the complete text of Moby Dick! Page-by-page, chapter-by-chapter, an epic voyage of puzzle solving and classic literature awaits you! Reviews: ***** Genius! - A wonderful tribute/brain teaser to the great American novel. ***** Great fun - An idea that might on hearing it sound silly or complicated but is in execution a metric ton of fun. ***** Best - Best game ever. The world needs this.
Crossword Puzzle
A free word game offering endless fun with various challenges and no timers. Enjoy beautiful graphics, soothing sounds, and compete globally for high scores. Your progress is automatically saved, allowing you to play anytime.
- Five different level types
- No timers for relaxed play
- Beautiful graphics and soothing sounds
- Endless levels
- Global score competition
- Automatic progress saving
- Customizable sound options
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100% FREE --> DOWNLOAD NOW! Wordzing™ is a fun new word game from Boy Howdy Technology! Endless fun with a variety of challenges! Just challenging enough, with no timers so you can take your time! • Five different level types provide endless variety! • Easy and fun to pick up and play anytime! • Beautiful graphics and soothing sounds... • Endless levels to challenge you! • No timer, so you can take your time and relax • Beautiful graphics! • Intuitive touch controls! • Compete against your friends and against everyone worldwide for the highest scores on Game Center • Your progress is automatically saved, all the time, so go ahead and take that call or jump out to any other apps - you can come back and pick up playing right where you left off! • Sounds can be disabled if you want a quiet game • You can even listen to your own music while you play Thanks for playing! Search for "Boy Howdy" to see all our free games! WORDZING is a trademark of Boy Howdy Technology LLC
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: OMBY at none against Crossword Puzzle's shown. OMBY also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). Crossword Puzzle's advantage is ratings volume (834 vs 13) and update cadence (every 3 months vs every 15 months). 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.
OMBY holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Crossword Puzzle has 834 ratings behind it against 13, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of OMBY's written reviews are positive against 90% of Crossword Puzzle's.
OMBY ships an update every 15 months, Crossword Puzzle every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | OMBY | Crossword Puzzle |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (13 ratings) — better | 4.7 (834 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 89.8% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 13 | 834 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 15 months | Every 3 months — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 6.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 22 MB | 39 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Counterwave | Boy Howdy Technology LLC |
Customer experience
OMBY
Crossword Puzzle
Bugs and requests
OMBY
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Crossword Puzzle
Reported bugs
3 issues- Freezing or crashing during gameplay
- Incorrect stamp recognition
- Loud audio issues
Requested features
5 requests- More game modes and variety
- Ability to start over levels
- Larger letter sizes for easier tapping
- Improved scoring system
- Collapsing letter game mode
In-app purchases
OMBY
No in-app purchases
Crossword Puzzle
No in-app purchases
