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Daily Themed Crossword Puzzles
PlaySimple Games · 164,463 ratings · ★ 4.8
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Top complaints - extracted from 40 negative reviews
Recurring phrases mined from 1-2★ reviews. The bigger the percentage, the more users have the same problem. Fix the top 2-3 in your version and you have product-market fit on day one.
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"game"
17 negative reviews mention this · 43% of all complaints
★★★★★ "I paid for their no ads package, but the pop-ups for you to buy things every single day, multiple times a day is getting ridiculous. I just want to enjoy myself, hence me paying for the no ads package, which in my opinion should include ran…" - Michael Knight
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"puzzle"
9 negative reviews mention this · 23% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Unfortunately I had to uninstall because I couldn't figure out how to get to the next puzzle. There were no prompts to take me to another puzzle so there was nothing I could do." - diana hanas
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"play"
8 negative reviews mention this · 20% of all complaints
★★★★★ "soo many ads. if you leave a puzzle on your screen and walk away, and ad will be playing when you get back. ads show up even while you are playing. so very annoying. not worth the frustration." - Marie George
4
"crosswords"
6 negative reviews mention this · 15% of all complaints
★★★★★ "the crosswords games are fun, but there are too many ads." - Trevor Valois
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"times"
4 negative reviews mention this · 10% of all complaints
★★★★★ "I paid for their no ads package, but the pop-ups for you to buy things every single day, multiple times a day is getting ridiculous. I just want to enjoy myself, hence me paying for the no ads package, which in my opinion should include ran…" - Michael Knight
6
"uninstall"
4 negative reviews mention this · 10% of all complaints
★★★★★ "stops working you have to Uninstall and reinstall and you lose all the progress you've made, stars, coins etc I really enjoyed it while it was working." - Donna Abbott-Smith
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"coins"
4 negative reviews mention this · 10% of all complaints
★★★★★ "stops working you have to Uninstall and reinstall and you lose all the progress you've made, stars, coins etc I really enjoyed it while it was working." - Donna Abbott-Smith
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"nothing"
4 negative reviews mention this · 10% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Unfortunately I had to uninstall because I couldn't figure out how to get to the next puzzle. There were no prompts to take me to another puzzle so there was nothing I could do." - diana hanas
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"screen"
4 negative reviews mention this · 10% of all complaints
★★★★★ "soo many ads. if you leave a puzzle on your screen and walk away, and ad will be playing when you get back. ads show up even while you are playing. so very annoying. not worth the frustration." - Marie George
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"away"
4 negative reviews mention this · 10% of all complaints
★★★★★ "soo many ads. if you leave a puzzle on your screen and walk away, and ad will be playing when you get back. ads show up even while you are playing. so very annoying. not worth the frustration." - Marie George
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"playing"
4 negative reviews mention this · 10% of all complaints
★★★★★ "soo many ads. if you leave a puzzle on your screen and walk away, and ad will be playing when you get back. ads show up even while you are playing. so very annoying. not worth the frustration." - Marie George
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"easy"
4 negative reviews mention this · 10% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Too easy. No way to choose more challenging puzzles. False advertising claimed no ads, but there are ads before and after every puzzle. Disappointing." - Larry Chambers
📋 All 40 negative reviews
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I don't want this
Unfortunately I had to uninstall because I couldn't figure out how to get to the next puzzle. There were no prompts to take me to another puzzle so there was nothing I could do.
Too easy. No way to choose more challenging puzzles. False advertising claimed no ads, but there are ads before and after every puzzle. Disappointing.
too many ads.
ad fixed on my screen in the middle of another game, downloaded twice, can't get rid of it!!
I couldn't figure out why the clues and answers were so odd and don't quite match up then I realized it's created by AI. Gross, no thanks.
ad scare tactics. stopped game and told me I was infected. If it happens again, I'll uninstall. Don't appreciate that kind of BS. I received my second Security Breach warning today, deleted the app.
Just downloaded this game. played for less than 10 min before it bugged several times where you cannot have access to the keyboard anymore even when I turn my phone sideways nothing happens, I tried to go back but still nothing. The Puzzle lowers to the bottom of the screen then unable to go back to it. Will remove it. I'm sad.
The game kept freezing. And also crashed in the middle of several games. Saddening because I really did like this game. 😢
Since the last update it freezes and is not usable.
Too many ads and they are long/unskippable.
It was like nothing at all. 🤔
the initial experience is awful. upon getting a word right, they just give you about a dozen letters for other words. as well as showing you errors. there is nothing more frustrating than a game showing me the solution the puzzle. the point of ANY puzzle is to solve it. I would go watch a video of someone doing crosswords if I didnt want to do them myself. sure, I can turn those off. but why are they on by default is beyond me. I didnt install this crossword app to have crosswords done for me
can't get to open
dumb. for dumb people or toddlers. not a real crossword
If you want to do crosswords, this is 100% the wrong App. Full of Disney and other game prompts, it is almost impossible to just.play.crosswords!
Love crosswords but not as much as I hate ads that force me to the play store. Puzzles are way too easy. questions like what do your ears do? I'll find a different app
used to fun. now it makes me do some puzzle more then once. lots of times don't get points. contacted support and they no that didn't happen when I know it did.
Way too many ads
Can't play because of data collection screen, Can't zoom out or scroll down the popup that takes the entire screen
Ads.....so many Ads. I even bought the year subscription to stop the ads. Guess what? If I am playing a puzzle and stop even briefly to talk to someone it starts auto playing ads. I love the puzzles but honestly feel like I wasted $50 for 200 coins because the ads are still just as annoying as before. Yes, the pre/post finishing a puzzle ads stopped but it absolutely did not make the game "No Ads" like it says in the subscription details.
Too many ads and lately I have to completely restart the app to get an ad to go away. Got too annoyed trying to play and constantly having to restart. changed from 2 stars to 1 star and uninstalling the app
so many freaking ads ...completely lost interest
too many ads
buggiest game I have ever played. they keep trying to add stuff and it just gets worse. insufferable advertising (before a game and after a game) repetitive advertising (although the company responds they have no control over this) . if could rate this app in the negative I truly would give the current version -7
I paid for their no ads package, but the pop-ups for you to buy things every single day, multiple times a day is getting ridiculous. I just want to enjoy myself, hence me paying for the no ads package, which in my opinion should include random pop-ups, Even if they're advertising the in-game packages... they're still ads.. other than that this has been a very enjoyable app, but if I knew I was going to get regularly pestered about different things I could buy I wouldn't have paid for it.
stops working you have to Uninstall and reinstall and you lose all the progress you've made, stars, coins etc I really enjoyed it while it was working.
soo many ads. if you leave a puzzle on your screen and walk away, and ad will be playing when you get back. ads show up even while you are playing. so very annoying. not worth the frustration.
the game is good. the ads are terrible, repetitive, they go on too long. many times they won't go away and you have to close the game to get rid of them. It's too bad, because otherwise it's good.
This is an amazing game but it's filled with ads. You watch ads all the time and your time is spent on that! I am really not a fan of too many ads! Sorry!
I like the game. There are ads. I'm okay with that as long as I can get out of the app ad. But I can't! I watched an ad for 5 min and using the back arrow or home button didn't get me out so I can play the game. This will benefit everybody! tell us how to stop the app get out of the app what keys were supposed to press Etc!!
What happened to daily extra coins with watching videos??? It used to be in the coins shop.
I really enjoy playing this game because it is challenging yet it enables me to use my problem solving skills and it requires me to be patient and helps improve my focus! Thanks dev's 😉👌🎯
Nice game, but it keeps lagging and causes my phone to lag and sometimes stop working for a while. The ads also make it worse. I'll have to uninstall it, unfortunately.
the crosswords games are fun, but there are too many ads.
super easy puzzles and too many ads
The app seems to work really well, it's just not for me -- the crosswords are way too easy, and I don't like how much it gamifies them. There are also a very large number of ads.
I have been playing this game for a few years and find it quite enjoyable until recently. why do coins max out at 35,000 ? They never go up but they will go down. If you win a game, you don't get any of the coins won. you stay at the same level. also, the ads are getting frustrating with the length and frequency. I play a lot less now because of the coin issue and ads.
Decidedly meh. Only has a few crosswords a day for free. Also has the most irritating forced ads. Like, after completing a puzzle, a game ad will pop up. After a few seconds of waiting the X shows up at the top to close it. Tap it and the ad closes, then reopens without the X. So you either have to play the stupid ad game or taop the link to the Play Store. I waited 30 seconds for it to go away or do something. This was the third time this has happened in the few days had this. Uninstalled.👋🏻
This is a great game, but damn, the number of ads this game has is SICKENING!! Despite ads popping up after every puzzle solved, there are ads that even interrupt the game play!! Ads during a game (MULTIPLE ONES)! I'm uninstalling this game due to the ridiculous number of ads during game play! If you're looking for uninterrupted gaming, this one is DEFINITELY NOT the one.
Sentiment summary
96%
Positive (4-5★)
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Neutral (3★)
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Negative (1-2★)