![]() But you can keep track of your progress in Scrabble, as well as play local games and single-player game against the AI (paid iPhone app only). And the Scrabble tiles aren't as easy to move around as the Words with Friends ones. The Scrabble interface is a little clunky and slow in comparison to the quick-loading Words with Friends board. ![]() Words with Friends only allows up to 20 simultaneous games, but you can also play randoms.Ĭompared with Words with Friends, I can't say that one is better than the other. You can keep up to 50 games going at the same time, and you can play against random players if friends aren't available. The new Scrabble app for Android does have some cool features though. Note: Scrabble Free DOES NOT have a single-player mode, and multiplayer Pass N' Play is limited to just two players. ![]() The Scrabble paid app does prevail over the Words with Friends paid app for Apple devices though, because you can still play a single-player game or local multiplayer game in offline mode, whereas you're still unable to do anything in Words with Friends without the Web. The same goes for the iOS free versions for both games. This also means that you can't play any games offline you always need to have an active internet connection, whether 3G or Wi-Fi, so they can keep displaying ads. But will it capture the hearts of those already playing the popular app from Zynga with Friends?īoth the Scrabble and Words with Friends games on Android are only available as free versions, which means either way you go, you'll have to deal with ads, ads, and more ads. But at least there's one now, right? And you can play a game of Scrabble with your Android buddies, as well as your iPhone pals, just like you can with Words with Friends. So, why did Hasbro and EA wait so long to release a Scrabble app for Android? Zynga's Word with Friends was released on the Android Market back in February, making it first choice for quick games with other mobile friends, letting players challenge friends on both Android and iPhone devices. They did things right with the iPhone, releasing their app as soon as possible, but they screwed things up again with Android. Scrabulous reopened as Lexulous a couple months later, but its new gameplay didn't stand a chance against what we've all come to play and love-original Scrabble. Scrabulous was shut down, not to reopen until after Hasbro and EA released their own Scrabble game on Facebook in July, 2008. Hasbro didn't realize how popular Scrabble could be on social networking sites, but they quickly lashed back with a copyright infringement lawsuit. It was the easiest way to play a game of Scrabble with your friends around the world. In fact, it was the only reason I joined Facebook. ![]() It reminds me of the whole Scrabulous fiasco, when the famous Scrabble clone quickly became one of the hottest games on Facebook back in 2007. It was a smart move for Hasbro and Electronic Arts (EA), but it's been two years and eight months since the Android Market opened for business, and they've just now released an official app for Android smartphones- Scrabble Free. Three years ago, Scrabble was one of the very first 500 mobile applications to appear on the new iTunes App Store, allowing iPhone users the chance to kill their Scrabble cravings on the go. ![]()
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