App Store Editors’ Notes

Good game

I have played this game for a long time and I’ve enjoyed it very much. It helps me use my brain, has some variety and no timers for the most part. Just occasionally and that’s ok. But lately, and I am past level 2500, it is getting to the point it’s not fun. I’ve had three Qu tiles showing at the same time or three v’s and no vowels! Vowels seem to be more scarce over and over. This is taking all the fun out of it. If it doesn’t ease up any I will have to find a new game. Up until now it’s been 5 stars. Update: I’ll give it a five star since the developers reached out with a response. It’s impressive that they do read reviews and care about our opinion after all. Thanks for reaching out. :). Also, I failed to mention that they do give good prizes for free that help you to play. You have to watch a few ads at times but they are not too long and sometimes you can try out new games for a bit. Overall I do enjoy it most of the time. :)

Good App, Had a Weird Experience w/ Ads

This game is fun. Like, really addictive. I only have one real qualm with it and that’s that when I first started, it didn’t give me any ads after the levels, just the banners at the top (which is to be expected). Then, it started giving me an ad every two levels, then an ad after every level. I appreciate that it doesn’t interrupt the level, but it felt a little deceptive to try and hook us on the game before barraging us with ads. Otherwise I have no real complaints. The fact that the levels are seemingly randomized in terms of letters is both a blessing and a curse; sometimes I get bad RNG and get stuck with letters like X or Z with no available vowels, but if I replay the level it has different letters. I do think I like this more than I dislike it solely because it provides an exercise for my brain, and I also appreciate the opportunity to get the lost words. I’m a big completionist and go for 3 stars on every level plus the bonus, and sometimes I have to replay a level several times to get it all. I do love that if I get the bonus once, I don’t have to get it again to also get three stars. I can do it in two runs if I need. Overall, good game. The ads are a bit much, but not so bad that I dislike the game.

WAY TOO MANY ADS

Yes, Game, where is fun, but there are way too many ads! You start off with being able to get bonus coins, and helping aids needing to watch videos for nearly all of them. It takes about 10 minutes just to be able to start the first game for the day because of the ads.. Then once you start more ads! Does there really need to be one ad after each and every puzzle you solve?! It’s just overkill on the ads and it cost way too much each month just to get rid of the ads. Paying $10 a month is a bit much don’t you think?! It really takes away from the fun of the game, unfortunately. I want to relax and not get irritated. I am uninstalling this because the amount of ads are so overwhelming I spend more time watching ads than even playing the game! You can’t even get through a game without either buying more cards which makes you watch an ad or spend coins and to get any bonus items when you first start out for the day, you either skip all of the helpful items and coins, or are subjected to seven different ads before even being able to play it at all even if you would be stupid enough to spend $10 every month for no ads there would still be ads if you want the bonuses or if you want more cards so there’s no getting around it! This game has been such a source of frustration and anger I cannot and will never play it again!

Addicting game, gross ads

It’s a relaxing and enjoyable game, I’ve been addicted to it recently. Unlike some other games, it gives you good in-game rewards and the ads aren’t as obnoxious as the other games. I have a few frustrations regarding the game though. Sometimes the banner ads show up in such a way that I can’t access parts of the screen and I can’t exit out of them either. This doesn’t happen often so it’s not a big deal. I like the incorporation of challenges in the game to give you a goal to work towards, but some of the challenges are seemingly impossible to complete unless you’re a master of the game. That’s just a skill issue though I guess, but I wish the challenges were more reasonable for my level. My last frustration has to do with the content of the ads. Some of the ads show vulgar imagery, videos, and language. One example was for an underwear advertisement but language on the explicit side was used to describe the private parts in more detail than I’d like and the ad did close-ups on said private parts (albeit clothed in the underwear but still very visible). It makes me feel uncomfortable and disgusted and I wish there was a way to stop being shown these ads.

Fun but frustrating

This game has many positive elements, but now the negatives outweigh them. I have paid several times now, but continue to hit a ‘wall’ where it seems obvious the algorithm thwarts me to try to get more money out of me. For example, toward the end of the hand there are multiples of one letter that are impossible to make into words with other remaining letters. Also, demands for 6 letter words will pop up toward the very end of a hand and the only way to come up with a 6 letter word is to use up one’s coins, or, more often than not, buy more coins. Now on to the positives of this game: the books with groups of words are a fun element and really add to the game. Being able to shuffle around the letters before choosing a word to use is a definite plus. If there were a monthly subscription available I might continue to play, but I’ve grown weary of the roadblocks trying to force me to keep paying for so little rewards. If it weren’t for that, this is the best mobile game I’ve played.

Fun for Only a Few Hours

This game was really, really fun for the several hours. I was leading in the bronze contest. Then, like so many other games, it becomes greedy. The game has lengthy ads. It is $9.99 to remove the ads for only 30 days. In addition to the lengthy ads, the game is designed to make you spend lots of money and/or lots of time. At some point, you start running into levels where there are few cards with vowels, or the cards repeat the same letters, so you have to continue to spend coins to get more cards to get a variety of letters to spell words. Once you hit that level, you run out of coins quickly, which means you have to wait to play a level lots of times to get decent letters, buy more coins, or buy more lives. After two days, I see the design, and I am deleting the game. Thanks for several fun hours, but I must move on to more affordable games.

Ads

Love the game but the ads are ridiculous. Of course I could pay to go ad free . . . But not really, you only get 30 days of relief from the same ads over & over & over . . . I understand the creators need to make money but it takes less time to play a round than it does to sit through the ads so I only play for maybe 10 minutes before I get sick of it Update: thank you for the response, as unhelpful as it was. I’m editing my rating to 1-star as I was just subjected to an ad so disgusting I now understand the 17+ age recommendation for this app. It started out with a pre-teen girl rolling around her bed in her underwear, then a solitaire game was dealt out with her still in the background. The ad then switched to several other scenes of scantily clad young girls in girls striking poses. I’m not listing the name of the game being advertised as I refuse to give them free publicity but the name was just as offensive as the content. I submitted a complaint to Apple the this game and ad reflected predatory behavior towards children. How can you allow this??

Ads Are Ruining It

I love this game. I’m a word person, so I’m pretty addicted. BUT the ads are getting ridiculous. There are a few other games that advertise on this one where it has a countdown clock of 45 seconds and then an “X” appears in the upper right corner of the screen. You’d think that would mean you could click it and move on to another screen but you’d be wrong. You click it and it says “if you don’t continue watching the ad you will forfeit the ‘reward,’” the “reward” being to continue playing the game. You have to watch the same lame video ad 2-3 times through, wasting 2-3 minutes. Honestly, these ads make me WAY less likely to download the games being advertised. It’s a Bingo one and Candy Crush. Keep the ads short and interesting and you’re more likely to get players to actually download the games or buy the products. The game itself is great, but the ads are ruining it. If it continues I’ll delete the games.

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