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Let me start out by saying that I’m obsessed with this game! It helped me get thru Covid (when I could actually hold my head up). It kept my mind busy, so I didn’t think as much about not being able to breathe well. Now, I’m an American, and I will say that this game is definitely not made by an American. There are words that I’ve NEVER heard of. I know this because we don’t say “mum” here. We say “mom”. I’ve had to use hints just to find words and was shocked that I’d been looking at the word the entire time and never knew it simply because I’d never heard or seen it before. This doesn’t happen enough that it’s impossible to play though. I’m definitely learning new words and have actually looked a couple up. Regardless of where your from, this game is fun and anyone can play it. I even got my daughters playing it.

This has been my my favorite word game by far. It’s great to challenge the brain and keep it sharp. The levels are generally not too hard but challenging. Some levels are repeated (I’m in the 700’s now) but it doesn’t happen so often that it gets boring. I like that there is no messaging capability between players and you really have no way of knowing anyone else other than to see them on a tournament leaderboard. That way I never get harassed by creepers. The placement of the hint options is the only thing I’d say needs to be revamped- it’s too easy to hit them by accident with your thumb and use coins you didn’t intend to. Once I purchased the game, the ads went away- although you can choose to watch an add for additional coins or rewards if you want but it’s not necessary. Overall this is a fantastic word game for a nerd like me.

I just quit playing a game I really loved (Warlords of Aternum) after 3 years because the devs ruined it. Been playing Word Crush for just one week and am already at level 312. Saw my wife playing, so I downloaded it. Quickly got going and am now totally addicted. Extremely enjoyable, relaxing game, with vivid colors, great themes and not too heavy on ads. Other word games I’ve tried are frustrating and poorly conceived. Word Crush’s Bonus feature is fantastic because it accepts nearly every word in the English dictionary including many colloquialisms. Overall the game is challenging, but not completely ridiculous. Game fits my brain structure so well that I haven’t needed to use any of the hints or helps thus far. The few times I was stuck, I got a notification after a few hours with a “suggestion” which was very helpful. Further, I was enjoying myself so much that I won a tournament that I didn’t even know I was in! I am a vocal player regarding glitches and suggestions. But so far I haven’t seen a single thing I would change, which is why I rated it 5 stars. The devs of Word Crush designed a truly praiseworthy game for which they deserve much credit and the perfect rating I gave it. Sincerely, Scott

This is a great and highly addictive game BUT when are more levels coming? The release of new levels is constantly behind the installed base of users. It means the game is unplayable for months at a time as you lose ranking in the tournaments. Support is totally unresponsive so much so that twice now I thought the developer had abandoned the game completely. Developers: PLEASE communicate with your loyal players! When are more levels coming? Make a commitment to get it done and tell your users what is happening with your game. I still give this title my top rating because, when you’re not out of levels, it’s one of the best word games around but, when you run out of levels, it’s like a punch in the gut. Developers! Get your act together PLEASE!

Everyone complains about all of the ads that you must sit through while playing this game. Once when I was on an airline flight, I discovered that this game works great when you have no internet connection. If you play this game in Airline mode, which you can turn on under the Settings menu of your device any time, you can play for as long as you want with no annoying ads and it doesn’t cost you a thing.... Then when you are done playing the game and want to go back online, you just turn the Airline mode off. Simple solution! Of course, now that I have pointed this out, the developers may delete my comment or revise the application so that you can’t play it offline. We’ll see!!!

Been playing this for a while and like it but unfortunately today the game seems to have broken. I’m able to play the daily game, but when I move on to a regular game (I’m at level 556) it freezes. Too bad because I like the weekend competition. UPDATE: Still broken on 6/22. Everything seems fine except that no game loads at level 556 which means I can’t move on. I guess I could delete and reinstall, but that probably means I lose all my coins (over 18,000) and my advancement. I guess I will just delete. UPDATE 2: So I got an email response from the designers. They are aware and working on a fix, but gave me a workaround. Go back to the first game of the first level and play it again. This unlocks everything and after you finish that first game it brings you to your current, pre-lock level. YMMV - but this worked for me and I did not lose any coins or levels. Giving back the stars I took away for their quick response and easy work around until they get it sorted out.

App is great for a wordy person but has lots of little weaknesses that detract. Examples include throwing french words into an English game. E.g. “Pape” instead of “Pope” as someone who wears white. Even though you can see a lot of the words before they are crushed into position you can’t get credit til one particular word is found and that word can be a french word so its weird. Also sometimes the app simply won’t accept that you have found a word. I try to select it over and over it wouldn’t take but after flipping the board it let me take it. (I think the example was “Bridge”. If you don’t find a word in 4 seconds it will start bouncing cheat options in the tray which is annoying. But the mix of terms is better than I expected so I still play it sometimes.

I quickly became addicted to this word game. I started noticing that I was earning points and I thought “wow that’s great; I wonder what I can buy with the points?” Then I made a small purchase of $.99.p, noticing that I had to login to my Apple Account. I immediately noticed that my points did not decrease. So I checked my Apple account and the $.99 was taken out of my Apple account - instead of from the points that I earned through playing this game. So that’s disappointing and I've lost interest in this deceptive points-earning game. I’d rather play it - without earning any points - since I can’t actually use the points earned to make a purchase. I don’t know if the points (are supposed to) continue on day by day, but I did notice that when I began to play the next day my previous points were gone. It’s also very difficult to get back to the menu of this game - so that I can review the rules & information again.

I played 250 levels. At first I thought it got harder as I went, but no. They may add more words, but the levels don’t get harder; on the contrary, they are highly repetitive, using the same words over and over. That was strike one. The game is British. Nothing wrong with that, but there wasn’t a warning, so I was trying to spell a word that the game wouldn’t take. I eventually figured it out, but it’s hard to play a game when you don’t know the lingo. Lastly and most importantly to me, the ads force sound. I can be anywhere with my sound off, but the game will suddenly spawn an ad that is loud and play the sound anyway. Since I am looking for a game to play while in waiting rooms and such, this game will not work for me. If the other two issues did not exist, I would consider just paying to get rid of the ads. With so many apps out there, this one gets a no from me.

Game is fun and stimulating to play. I play the free version and understand the need for ads to pay the bills. With that said, however, the ads are very long and they seem to come before you can start nearly every game. It really increases the time commitment to play the game and I get bored waiting for the ad to finish. It really stops the momentum of the game. It would be nice if the developers would cut the ad length in half or at least shorten subsequent viewings of ads that have already been seen once or twice in their entirety. Other games have ads that allow you to skip it after 5 or 10 seconds and that would be delightful in this setting too. One can get the point of the ad in a few seconds and decide if it interests them or not, 30 seconds is way too long. Please shorten them.

I had reached level 950. Had been thoroughly enjoying the combination of word search and strategy until today. A pop up makes me decide something about cloud or device and warns me that the decision can’t be changed so decide carefully (without ever explaining what this is for or why). But won’t let me continue to play without making the decision. I just deleted the app. There are lots of other games out there without this. Update: I eventually relented and started using again even though had to choose cloud or local option. I chose local - giving up my progress and more difficult games. What fries me is that since then I have not been able to watch a video or get ANY freebies AT ALL. I feel like they are punishing me for choosing local. BE WARNED. This really Stinks. I want to know I lose points when I choose to play a daily puzzle. Stop bouncing the little free box if you are NEVER going to give me access to it. Very annoying.

This is it fun game, but the major problem is the number of commercials. Even that would not be such a problem, because many free games have similar numbers of commercials, but twice an “option” to upgrade popped up in the center of the game screen and there was no way to remove it. The only choice was to purchase the upgrade to continue the game. I switched off of the game a number of times, but the “option” remained on the screen each time I pulled the game back up. I finally deleted the game. One suggestion: at one point A number of options to upgrade popped up. Prices were different but it was unclear (at least to me) what benefits were included in each option. Clarifying this would really help. I like the game enough that I would have purchased the option to remove the adds but it was unclear for how long that would be effective Once again, this is a great game, but, at least for me, the fun was outweighed by the frustration

I’ve played this game more than any - ever! I’ve won two championships, have reached level 2148, have almost 25,000 coins, and have amassed many “hints”. Then, the game froze and I can’t move on. I can play the dailies, but not the regular game. I tried the ‘app support’ button and was led to a site that welcomed me to ‘nginx’ and lists of codes, numbers, and dates. I tried ‘developer website’ and received the message that the page was removed. I am so frustrated and unhappy.......and would appreciate any suggestions. Update: even more frustrated! Got NO response to the above; saw a response to someone with he same problem so followed the advice given to that person — uninstall, reinstall, update, and problem solved..... didn’t work for me. So, I finally just started over. I’m now back to level 180, doing well in the current tournament, and realized that I am not getting credit (coins) for all the bonus words......arrrgh! Please help........there are lots of other word games, so I’m probably done with this developer’s games. 2nd update just a few minutes after the last! Lo and behold! I opened the app once again, just to finish the tournament, and all my original coins and hints were restored and I was returned to the level where I froze! Yay!! 5 STARS again!

In Response to Developer Request to update Review: Your response did not indicate any changes had been made to lessen the number of ads, time required to watch (some require watching full ad) or steps necessary to get out of ads. When more time is dedicated to ads than playing the game, the objective is lost. I realize the developer is due some reward for developing but not like this. Sorry. Initially rated high until I found out how much time was required to play a simple game. Game is good problem is game is designed to force you to pay to use; either you spend money or time. One round/word location in the game may take 3 seconds then you spend 35 seconds forced to watch an advertisement for another game. This is because game does not allow you to shuffle letters without repeating this process (letters purposely need shuffling). Summary 2 words may take several minutes. Waste of time. Other game advertisements don’t force you to wash the advertisements in entirety as does this one. There are better word games ou there. I’m gone.