SpellTower

SpellTower


Words + Strategy = Awesome


$2.99

5.1.2for iPhone, iPad
6.3
65 Ratings
Zach Gage
Developer
Jan 18, 2019
Update Date
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About SpellTower

- Originally written about in The New York Times, featured in Apple Stores, heard about on NPR, and played by millions, SpellTower is back and better than ever! -

- - - -  WORDS + STRATEGY = AWESOME

Pick your words wisely! As you work, more tiles rise from the bottom of the screen, and it'll take all of your lexicological wits, and tactical know-how to keep them down. If any of the letters make it to the top row, it's game over.

SIX AMAZING MODES

- TOWER MODE : No pressure here. Try and get the highest score possible out of 140 tiles, eliminating small words to set up 7- and 8-letter blockbusters!

- DAILY TOWER MODE : Stack up against other players on identical towers that change daily!

- PUZZLE MODE : Every word you make adds a new row of letters! Strategic word finding at its best.

- EXTREME PUZZLE MODE : Puzzle mode with the minimum word length cranked up. Experts only!

- ZEN MODE : Puzzle mode without any length requirements.

- RUSH MODE : Rows of letters build up over time. Find words as fast as you can, but be careful you don't back yourself into a corner!

- [Bonus!] SUPER TOWER MODE : (iPad Pro only) Try and get the highest score possible out of 432 tiles, eliminating small words to set up 7- and 8-letter blockbusters!

GAME CENTER leader boards and achievements, for each mode, and highest scoring word!

- - - - WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING

Best Word Game! - 148Apps' 2011 Best App Ever Awards
- Touch Arcade's Favorite Puzzle game of 2011 -

Ranked #2 in Mashable's Top 10 iPhone Word Games

"Simple, stylish and furiously addictive. Far and away the best ‘pure’ word game on iOS." 5/5 stars - Tap! Magazine

"I'm obsessed, I'm ignoring my family!" - John Moe, NPR Marketplace

"guaranteed to entertain" - IGN

"by far one of the best [word puzzle games] in recent years" - 4.5/5 Stars - Editors Choice - 148Apps

"SpellTower is an extraordinary word game that deserves a place among the best of the genre." - 4/4 - SlideToPlay

"The Boggle Tetris That We Needed” - Kotaku's Gaming App of The Day

"A must-buy for word fiends, SpellTower is an uncommonly attractive and thoughtfully designed puzzler" - 9/10 - Gold Award - Pocket Gamer

"Nervy, humbling, and strangely energizing. If you can handle the stress, SpellTower is magnificent" - EDGE Magazine

"A superb word game... for anyone in your household who loves a good word teaser, even the most technologically-challenged. Grab it and start spelling!" - JayIsGames

"It's Boggle on crack... only costs 2$, and your life." - Weekend Confirmed

"The best word game you haven't played", "A brain-picking puzzler" - Pitchfork / KillScreen Magazine

"I’m already convinced SpellTower is a significantly better game [than PopCap’s Bookworm]." - playontap.com
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What's New in the Latest Version 5.1.2

Last updated on Jan 18, 2019
Old Versions
- fixed various bugs related to daily tower
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Version History
5.1.2
Jan 18, 2019
- fixed various bugs related to daily tower
5.1.1
Jan 4, 2019
*Daily Tower Mode*
SpellTower 5.0 brings a brand new mode!
Compete against the world to get the highest score each day. Everyone get's the same board — can you score in the top 250? The top 10? First? Good luck!
Also in 5.0 I'm addressing a few longstanding complaints. First off, the modes all load much faster! Also, If you're accidentally submitting words I've added a way to turn off "double-tap to submit words" and instead only submit them by tapping the word in the top bar.
Thanks for sticking with SpellTower all these years! I hope you enjoy this update.
-zach
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5.1 - Now that the big update is done I had some time to go back in and fix some pretty annoying issues.
Landscape Mode is back! Sorry about accidentally disabling it in the last update!

Added Giant Tower Mode All-Clear Bonus! If you've got a 12.1" iPad and are playing Giant Tower Mode, there's now a bonus for clearing the whole board.

Also I fixed the lost progress bug! This one is a long time coming, but the occasional lost progress bug is finally fixed.

Thanks for bearing with me!

5.1.1 rush mode bug fix and other bug fixes
5.1
Dec 31, 2018
*Daily Tower Mode*
SpellTower 5.0 brings a brand new mode!
Compete against the world to get the highest score each day. Everyone get's the same board — can you score in the top 250? The top 10? First? Good luck!
Also in 5.0 I'm addressing a few longstanding complaints. First off, the modes all load much faster! Also, If you're accidentally submitting words I've added a way to turn off "double-tap to submit words" and instead only submit them by tapping the word in the top bar.
Thanks for sticking with SpellTower all these years! I hope you enjoy this update.
-zach
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5.0.1 - Bug fixes related to Daily Tower Syncing and second play.
5.0.2 - Re-enabled Landscape on iPads. Added buttons for scrolling full top 250 results on Daily.
5.0.3 - Fixed a typo
5.1 - Now that the big update is done I had some time to go back in and fix some pretty annoying issues.

Landscape Mode is back! Sorry about accidentally disabling it in the last update!

Added Giant Tower Mode All-Clear Bonus! If you've got a 12.1" iPad and are playing Giant Tower Mode, there's now a bonus for clearing the whole board.

Also I fixed the lost progress bug! This one is a long time coming, but the occasional lost progress bug is finally fixed.

Thanks for bearing with me!
5.0.3
Dec 23, 2018
*Daily Tower Mode*
SpellTower 5.0 brings a brand new mode!
Compete against the world to get the highest score each day. Everyone get's the same board — can you score in the top 250? The top 10? First? Good luck!
Also in 5.0 I'm addressing a few longstanding complaints. First off, the modes all load much faster! Also, If you're accidentally submitting words I've added a way to turn off "double-tap to submit words" and instead only submit them by tapping the word in the top bar.
Thanks for sticking with SpellTower all these years! I hope you enjoy this update.
-zach

——-
5.0.1 - Bug fixes related to Daily Tower Syncing and second play.
5.0.2 - Re-enabled Landscape on iPads. Added buttons for scrolling full top 250 results on Daily.
5.0.3 - Fixed a typo
5.0.2
Dec 22, 2018
*Daily Tower Mode*
SpellTower 5.0 brings a brand new mode!
Compete against the world to get the highest score each day. Everyone get's the same board — can you score in the top 250? The top 10? First? Good luck!
Also in 5.0 I'm addressing a few longstanding complaints. First off, the modes all load much faster! Also, If you're accidentally submitting words I've added a way to turn off "double-tap to submit words" and instead only submit them by tapping the word in the top bar.
Thanks for sticking with SpellTower all these years! I hope you enjoy this update.

-zach

——-
5.0.1 - Bug fixes related to Daily Tower Syncing and second play.
5.0.2 - Re-enabled Landscape on iPads. Added buttons for scrolling full top 250 results on Daily.
5.0.1
Dec 20, 2018
*Daily Tower Mode*
SpellTower 5.0 brings a brand new mode!
Compete against the world to get the highest score each day. Everyone get's the same board — can you score in the top 250? The top 10? First? Good luck!
Also in 5.0 I'm addressing a few longstanding complaints. First off, the modes all load much faster! Also, If you're accidentally submitting words I've added a way to turn off "double-tap to submit words" and instead only submit them by tapping the word in the top bar.

Thanks for sticking with SpellTower all these years! I hope you enjoy this update.

-zach

——-
5.0.1. Bug fixes related to Daily Tower Syncing and second play.
5.0
Dec 20, 2018
*Daily Tower Mode*
SpellTower 5.0 brings a brand new mode!
Compete against the world to get the highest score each day. Everyone get's the same board — can you score in the top 250? The top 10? First? Good luck!

Also in 5.0 I'm addressing a few longstanding complaints. First off, the modes all load much faster! Also, If you're accidentally submitting words I've added a way to turn off "double-tap to submit words" and instead only submit them by tapping the word in the top bar.

Thanks for sticking with SpellTower all these years! I hope you enjoy this update.

-zach
4.0.4
Mar 20, 2017
*4.0.4 - Hopefully fixed the crashing bug. It may crash one more time, but should not crash after that for affected devices.
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If you are still getting crashes, one possibility is corrupted data from the previous version. Please delete and reinstall. You will lose your data (and I'm incredibly sorry about this, it was not my intention), but the old data was stored in such a way that it could become corrupted and lost through a device update (getting a new phone or ipad) or through usual play (i received many reports of highscores sometimes returning to the state they were in days or weeks back in a current game).

I wish there was a better way to fix this, but the truth is the mistake was made 5 years ago with the old version you had and loved. I'm doing my best to fix that, but it seems like it isn't possible for every single device.
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- Brand new dictionary licensed from Merriam-Webster
- New Zen mode! Puzzle mode without those pesky length requirements
- Multiplayer is BACK and better than ever (now you can play over the internet, not just locally)
- 12" iPad Pro and iPhone 6 / 6+ support!
- Super Tower mode for iPad Pro 12"
- Updated visual design
- Option to disable pulsating warning bars
- Completely rewritten from the ground up with loads of bug fixes

Thank you for continuing to enjoy SpellTower over all these years!

*4.0.4 added in a notification for highscores
4.0.3
Feb 21, 2017
*Whats New: 4.0.3
Added in old-style warning lines for those that want them (turn on "Warning Lines" in Options)
Fixed a startup crash for some users
Font-size adjusted to be more in-line with the old size for older devices or people who have increased their device font-size in accessibility settings
*Whats New: 4.0.2
further adjusts to scoring - Third time's the charm!
*Whats New: 4.0.1
Thanks everyone for all your emails! It is quite an adventure to revamp an old app that is still played every day by hundreds of thousands of people, so I was bound to get a few things wrong. Hopefully this will clear them up :)
-zach

- Reintroduced an old scoring bug (so your word-scores are high like they were in the old version).
- Fixed a spelling mistake. How ironic!
- Enlarged the length requirement tiles somewhat
- Fixed the repeating tiles bug

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- Brand new dictionary licensed from Merriam-Webster
- New Zen mode! Puzzle mode without those pesky length requirements
- Multiplayer is BACK and better than ever (now you can play over the internet, not just locally)
- 12" iPad Pro and iPhone 6 / 6+ support!
- Super Tower mode for iPad Pro 12"
- Updated visual design
- Option to disable pulsating warning bars
- Completely rewritten from the ground up with loads of bug fixes

Thank you for continuing to enjoy SpellTower over all these years!
4.0.2
Feb 14, 2017
*4.0.2 further adjusts to scoring - Third time's the charm!
*Whats New: 4.0.1
Thanks everyone for all your emails! It is quite an adventure to revamp an old app that is still played every day by hundreds of thousands of people, so I was bound to get a few things wrong. Hopefully this will clear them up :)
-zach

- Reintroduced an old scoring bug (so your word-scores are high like they were in the old version).
- Fixed a spelling mistake. How ironic!
- Enlarged the length requirement tiles somewhat
- Fixed the repeating tiles bug

---------
- Brand new dictionary licensed from Merriam-Webster
- New Zen mode! Puzzle mode without those pesky length requirements
- Multiplayer is BACK and better than ever (now you can play over the internet, not just locally)
- 12" iPad Pro and iPhone 6 / 6+ support!
- Super Tower mode for iPad Pro 12"
- Updated visual design
- Option to disable pulsating warning bars
- Completely rewritten from the ground up with loads of bug fixes

Thank you for continuing to enjoy SpellTower over all these years!
4.0.1
Feb 12, 2017
*Whats New: 4.0.1
Thanks everyone for all your emails! It is quite an adventure to revamp an old app that is still played every day by hundreds of thousands of people, so I was bound to get a few things wrong. Hopefully this will clear them up :)
-zach

- Reintroduced an old scoring bug (so your word-scores are high like they were in the old version).
- Fixed a spelling mistake. How ironic!
- Enlarged the length requirement tiles somewhat
- Fixed the repeating tiles bug

---------
- Brand new dictionary licensed from Merriam-Webster
- New Zen mode! Puzzle mode without those pesky length requirements
- Multiplayer is BACK and better than ever (now you can play over the internet, not just locally)
- 12" iPad Pro and iPhone 6 / 6+ support!
- Super Tower mode for iPad Pro 12"
- Updated visual design
- Option to disable pulsating warning bars
- Completely rewritten from the ground up with loads of bug fixes

Thank you for continuing to enjoy SpellTower over all these years!
4.0
Feb 9, 2017
- Brand new dictionary licensed from Merriam-Webster
- New Zen mode! Puzzle mode without those pesky length requirements
- Multiplayer is BACK and better than ever (now you can play over the internet, not just locally)
- 12" iPad Pro and iPhone 6 / 6+ support!
- Super Tower mode for iPad Pro 12"
- Updated visual design
- Option to disable pulsating warning bars
- Completely rewritten from the ground up with loads of bug fixes

Thank you for continuing to enjoy SpellTower over all these years!
3.1.3
Sep 27, 2012
Man. I'm so sorry about all these save game issues. I think I need to take a vacation! Everything should be sorted out finally with this version. Sometimes its hard being the only developer on a project. Again, i'm so sorry about all of this!

(if you've previously lost your save files from 3.1.1 or 3.1.2 it's normal for you to lose your saves again upgrading to this, but this is the last time! People who never had issues before should be okay, and this issue should never come up again)

* 3.1.3 fixes a local save clearing bug in 3.1.2 *
* 3.1.2 fixes bugs with multiplayer debate mode *
* 3.1.1 fixes some small issues with iCloud and multitasking *


Thanks so much for all your support everyone! I have some very cool updates planned for the future as well, but I wanted to get out a version ASAP for all the people buying new iPhones this friday! This update contains some real cool stuff, but it could be a bit confusing, so read carefully to see what's in store!

- supports the iPhone 5.
(If you're lucky enough to have a new iPhone, I've added 'iPad Puzzle Mode' for you! It's an extra puzzle mode with a full-size iPad grid (8x14) to make good use of the new longer display)

- iCloud support*
* the iPhone and iPad versions will NOT sync with each-other because they use different sized grids.

iCloud support is in here primarily to support cloud syncing to the Mac version in the future.

**The only exception to this is 'iPad Puzzle Mode' on the new iPhone 5 will sync with 'Puzzle Mode' games played from an iPad

-bug fixes
3.1.2
Sep 26, 2012
!! DO NOT DOWNLOAD THIS IF YOU'RE ON AN IPHONE - this update has a 50/50 shot at resetting your highscores locally (your Game Center scores will be okay). iPad users are not affected. I've sorted this bug out and submitted an update which should come out soon. I'm so sorry! I should take a vacation :( !!

sorry for so many updates so fast!

* 3.1.2 fixes bugs with multiplayer debate mode *
* 3.1.1 fixes some small issues with iCloud and multitasking *


Thanks so much for all your support everyone! I have some very cool updates planned for the future as well, but I wanted to get out a version ASAP for all the people buying new iPhones this friday! This update contains some real cool stuff, but it could be a bit confusing, so read carefully to see what's in store!

- supports the iPhone 5.
(If you're lucky enough to have a new iPhone, I've added 'iPad Puzzle Mode' for you! It's an extra puzzle mode with a full-size iPad grid (8x14) to make good use of the new longer display)

- iCloud support*
* the iPhone and iPad versions will NOT sync with each-other because they use different sized grids.

iCloud support is in here primarily to support cloud syncing to the Mac version in the future.

**The only exception to this is 'iPad Puzzle Mode' on the new iPhone 5 will sync with 'Puzzle Mode' games played from an iPad

-bug fixes
3.1.1
Sep 20, 2012
* 3.1.1 fixes some small issues with iCloud and multitasking *

Thanks so much for all your support everyone! I have some very cool updates planned for the future as well, but I wanted to get out a version ASAP for all the people buying new iPhones this friday! This update contains some real cool stuff, but it could be a bit confusing, so read carefully to see what's in store!

- supports the iPhone 5.
(If you're lucky enough to have a new iPhone, I've added 'iPad Puzzle Mode' for you! It's an extra puzzle mode with a full-size iPad grid (8x14) to make good use of the new longer display)

- iCloud support*
* the iPhone and iPad versions will NOT sync with each-other because they use different sized grids.

iCloud support is in here primarily to support cloud syncing to the Mac version in the future.

**The only exception to this is 'iPad Puzzle Mode' on the new iPhone 5 will sync with 'Puzzle Mode' games played from an iPad

-bug fixes
3.1
Sep 19, 2012
Thanks so much for all your support everyone! I have some very cool updates planned for the future as well, but I wanted to get out a version ASAP for all the people buying new iPhones this friday! This update contains some real cool stuff, but it could be a bit confusing, so read carefully to see what's in store!

- supports the iPhone 5.
(If you're lucky enough to have a new iPhone, I've added 'iPad Puzzle Mode' for you! It's an extra puzzle mode with a full-size iPad grid (8x14) to make good use of the new longer display)

- iCloud support*
* the iPhone and iPad versions will NOT sync with each-other because they use different sized grids.

iCloud support is in here primarily to support cloud syncing to the Mac version in the future.

**The only exception to this is 'iPad Puzzle Mode' on the new iPhone 5 will sync with 'Puzzle Mode' games played from an iPad

-bug fixes
3.0.2
Apr 23, 2012
- Fixes Number Visibility on Blue Tiles in Night Mode
- Fixes Crash on 4.2.x devices (please delete the application and re-download it entirely if you've been having crashes)

Hey guys. This is a tiny update that I'm pushing at a bad time to reset my reviews. I'm pushing it live for the 8 people that emailed me because they couldn't run the game on their 4.2 devices. It's not a great move chart-wise, but I want everyone to be able to play. I'd really appreciate any ratings you could give to push the number of review back up! Thanks so much!!

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Wow that took a lot longer than I had anticipated, but I'm really excited to announce SpellTower 3.0!

In addition to Multiplayer and iPad3 Retina Support, I tried to get in as many community requests as possible. I hope you all continue to love the game. Thanks so much for your support, especially with the great reviews last time around. As always, if you love it please rate it, those ratings really do make a difference! You all are amazing! I'll be sure to never put a review nag in SpellTower :)

-retina ipad support
-multiplayer via bluetooth
-new icon
-night colors (for playing in the dark)
-sound volume adjustment options
-tweet your best word
-consumes a lot less battery power
-optimizations for iPhone4
-extra polish
-bug fixes
3.0.1
Apr 13, 2012
*Fixes Crash on 4.x.x devices*

Wow that took a lot longer than I had anticipated, but I'm really excited to announce SpellTower 3.0!

In addition to Multiplayer and iPad3 Retina Support, I tried to get in as many community requests as possible. I hope you all continue to love the game. Thanks so much for your support, especially with the great reviews last time around. As always, if you love it please rate it, those ratings really do make a difference! You all are amazing! I'll be sure to never put a review nag in SpellTower :)

-retina ipad support
-multiplayer via bluetooth
-new icon
-night colors (for playing in the dark)
-sound volume adjustment options
-tweet your best word
-consumes a lot less battery power
-optimizations for iPhone4
-extra polish
-bug fixes
3.0
Apr 12, 2012
* there's a bug with iOS under 5.0, I just submitted a fix to apple. If you have iOS less than 5.0 please do not update until 3.0.1. Sorry!!*

Wow that took a lot longer than I had anticipated, but I'm really excited to announce SpellTower 3.0!

In addition to Multiplayer and iPad3 Retina Support, I tried to get in as many community requests as possible. I hope you all continue to love the game. Thanks so much for your support, especially with the great reviews last time around. As always, if you love it please rate it, those ratings really do make a difference! You all are amazing! I'll be sure to never put a review nag in SpellTower :)

-retina ipad support
-multiplayer via bluetooth
-new icon
-night colors (for playing in the dark)
-sound volume adjustment options
-tweet your best word
-consumes a lot less battery power
-optimizations for iPhone4
-extra polish
-bug fixes
2.1
Jan 12, 2012
Thanks so much for loving SpellTower! This update has only a few new things, but I tried to add some things you've been asking for. Now that it's done I'm all ready to start working hard on a multiplayer mode :) Keep your eyes open for more updates soon!

Please don't forget to rate SpellTower again if you love it!
I really hate those nagging 'please rate my app' pop-ups, so against the advice of my friends, I haven't put them in SpellTower. Help me prove to my friends that developers don't need to use nagging popups! :)

- added word list for post game to see what words you made
- improved dictionary
- fixed performance on ipod 4, improved performance on iphone 4
- fixed game center nagging (hopefully!)
-Now requires minimum iOS 4.2 due to errors in 4.1
2.0
Dec 8, 2011
Universal Support!
Achievements!
Misc. Bug Fixes
1.1
Nov 30, 2011
** Thanks for loving SpellTower! this is just a quick small update, but don't worry, achievements and other things are on the way :)! **

-Improved US Dictonary + UK Words
-Bug Fixes
1.0
Nov 10, 2011

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