DOLE PLANTATION vs Osmo Words
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
DOLE PLANTATION
Enhance your visit to a famous Hawaiian pineapple plantation. Navigate the world's largest maze, time your experience, and print your results. Enjoy an audio tour of the plantation garden.
- World's Largest Maze challenge
- Time your maze visit
- Print maze results
- Share results via Facebook/email
- Audio tour of Plantation Garden
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Enhance your visit to Dole Plantation, Hawaii's Complete Pineapple Experience! * Take the Pineapple Maze challenge as you visit the World's Largest Maze! - Time your Maze visit! - Print out your Maze results! - Share your results with the world via Facebook and email! * Enjoy an audio tour of the Plantation Garden!
Osmo Words
Arrange physical letter tiles to spell words on screen, unlocking prizes and new levels. This game offers adaptive learning to match your spelling difficulty and is playable on iPhone and iPad.
- Spell secret words with physical tiles
- Adaptive learning for personalized difficulty
- Unlock prizes and dance moves
- Progress through multiple fun levels
- Playable on iPhone and iPad
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In Osmo Genius Words, arrange physical Osmo Letter Tiles to spell secret words. Each letter you get correct, appears on screen, until eventually the entire word is revealed. Unlock prizes and dance moves as you progress across multiple fun levels! Choose a level of spelling difficulty that’s right for you and then the adaptive learning helps you play at the level that is right for you! Play your favorite Osmo Genius Words on both iPhone and iPad! Use your iPhone with the Osmo Base for iPad and Genius game hardware - each can be found at playosmo.com. * Requires the Osmo Base and Osmo Words Tiles. Each sold separately or as part of Osmo Genius Starter Kit or Osmo Genius Words. * Other Osmo Genius Starter Kit games Masterpiece and Newton are not available on iPhone today, they will be released in the next month or two, so keep your eyes peeled! * Please see our device compatibility list here: https://support.playosmo.com/hc/articles/115010156067 * Compatible iPhones: iPhone 12, 12 Pro, 12 Pro Max iPhone 13, 13 Pro, 13 Pro Max iPhone 14, 14 Plus * Not compatible: iPhone 14 Pro, 14 Pro Max iPhone 12 Mini,13 Mini iPhone SE (1-3) iPhone 11 Series and older "This interplay between the physical and digital realms looks and feels like magic." - Forbes "Osmo has been a revolution in our family." - Wired Winner of the toy industry's top awards: **Best Design** - Good Design, 2016 **Best Product Designs** - Fast Company Finalist, 2016 **Innovative Toy of the Year** - TOTY Finalist, 2015 **Best Inventions** - TIME, 2014 About Osmo Osmo is using the screen to create a new healthy, hands-on learning experience that promotes creativity, problem-solving and social interaction. We do this with our reflective artificial intelligent technology.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Osmo Words at 3.7 against DOLE PLANTATION's 2.4. Osmo Words also leads on review sentiment (39% vs 14%) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 6 months). DOLE PLANTATION's advantage is monetization model (free vs ad-supported) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). On price, ads, 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.
Osmo Words holds the better App Store score, 3.7 against 2.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Osmo Words has 189 ratings behind it against 26, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 14% of DOLE PLANTATION's written reviews are positive against 39% of Osmo Words's.
DOLE PLANTATION ships an update every 6 months, Osmo Words every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | DOLE PLANTATION | Osmo Words |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.4 (26 ratings) | 3.7 (189 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 14.3% of reviews | 39.1% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 26 | 189 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 63 MB | 1.3 GB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Castle & Cooke dba Dole Plantation | Tangible Play |
Customer experience
DOLE PLANTATION
Osmo Words
Bugs and requests
DOLE PLANTATION
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Osmo Words
Reported bugs
10 issues- Infinite loading
- Wi-Fi connection errors
- App not available on certain iPad versions
- App freezes
- App crashes during games
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- Custom word list not working
- Levels not accurately described
- Game stuck on loading screen
- Sudden stop working on iPads
- Not working with iOS 16.2
Requested features
6 requests- Add German language support
- Improve level descriptions for accuracy
- Allow spelling of whole words
- Slow down the game progression
- Add option to choose iPad model during purchase
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- Allow use with iPad cases
In-app purchases
DOLE PLANTATION
No in-app purchases
Osmo Words
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is DOLE PLANTATION free?
Is Osmo Words free?
Which has better reviews, DOLE PLANTATION or Osmo Words?
Do DOLE PLANTATION or Osmo Words have ads?
Which is updated more often, DOLE PLANTATION or Osmo Words?
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