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PlaySimple Cryptogram
PlaySimple Games · 20,577 ratings · ★ 4.7
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Top complaints - extracted from 58 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"
32 negative reviews mention this · 55% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Quickly turned into an ad machine. Didn't manage to get to level 20 before it was an ad per level but when it started to be 2 ads per level I'm out. Deleting and NEVER returning. Its time game builders realize that adding difficulty will ma…" - David Hardman
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"play"
13 negative reviews mention this · 22% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Quickly turned into an ad machine. Didn't manage to get to level 20 before it was an ad per level but when it started to be 2 ads per level I'm out. Deleting and NEVER returning. Its time game builders realize that adding difficulty will ma…" - David Hardman
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"level"
8 negative reviews mention this · 14% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Quickly turned into an ad machine. Didn't manage to get to level 20 before it was an ad per level but when it started to be 2 ads per level I'm out. Deleting and NEVER returning. Its time game builders realize that adding difficulty will ma…" - David Hardman
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"forced"
7 negative reviews mention this · 12% of all complaints
★★★★★ "if you purchase no ads. still get ads. paid £8.49 for no ads but after carried on game you had to click button to carry on where you would end up with an ad it says no forced ads but if you want to carry on then you have to watch ads. lucki…" - Adam Allen
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"watch"
6 negative reviews mention this · 10% of all complaints
★★★★★ "if you purchase no ads. still get ads. paid £8.49 for no ads but after carried on game you had to click button to carry on where you would end up with an ad it says no forced ads but if you want to carry on then you have to watch ads. lucki…" - Adam Allen
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"start"
6 negative reviews mention this · 10% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Quickly turned into an ad machine. Didn't manage to get to level 20 before it was an ad per level but when it started to be 2 ads per level I'm out. Deleting and NEVER returning. Its time game builders realize that adding difficulty will ma…" - David Hardman
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Quickly turned into an ad machine. Didn't manage to get to level 20 before it was an ad per level but when it started to be 2 ads per level I'm out. Deleting and NEVER returning. Its time game builders realize that adding difficulty will make you more money than cycling players.
if you purchase no ads. still get ads. paid £8.49 for no ads but after carried on game you had to click button to carry on where you would end up with an ad it says no forced ads but if you want to carry on then you have to watch ads. luckily got refunded by Google
forced ads
Absolutely unplayable with the amount of ads. I get one after every level and when you start every level.
clicked because of the puzzle from an ad, but the puzzles in this game are nothing like the ad. they are absolutely garbage and extremely boring. zero relation to the puzzle from the ad.
6 ads consecutively is tiring.
Great for about ten rounds, then flooded with forced ads. Not worth it.
good game ruined by ads. expect the long ads that are usually used for rewards any time you start playing or win a level. Uninstalling
I did love this game but now the adds at the bottom play audio and you can't opt out of the sound. I will not play anymore as it is too annoying to listen to all the adds. Not worth playing anymore.
Lies about no ads. AFTER every single round, ADS. deleting
The game randomly punishes you for taking even short breaks, not only with massive amounts of ads to restart (as many as 6 in a row!) but often the discovery that all prior work on puzzles more than half solved was simply deleted without recourse. The game frequently misidentifies keystrokes, for which you're punished with endless ads. There are omnipresent banner ads as well. They want $10 for the ad-free version. I believe in supporting developers but do not support greed. Deleted!
every level has ads to watch.
The ads are annoying as hell and they are increasing them over time. 2 ads just to play a level? Come-on now. But I could live with it and deal with it. What can't I accept? The latest update dropped my coins down from over 200k to 25k. Dropped my hints, that I earned through playing the game, from 40 to 25. And the power up to give 3 letters, I had 5 of them, and they are now gone and you have to pay 200 gold to use it. Very angry right now.
Not like the ads. No "hint/phrase" no key catgory. Its "here are 2 letters,figure out the entire speech"
The ads that are shown for this game aren't the game experience. 1 star for false advertising.
too many ads
im done with this. im sick and tired of Thai chair exercise ads that cannot be skipped or muted.
I used to play a lot. The developers keep making the game worse. I was still looking at the daily puzzle but that is now screwed up. I will uninstall an app that was wrecked by stupid developers
Today it became unplayable. Firstly they broke the daily challenge. Nice message saying sorry we know, we are working on it, however, the biggest change today was the advertising... Have to watch 3 ads before the game and 3 ads after the game... I want to play the game for more time than I spend watching ads... Useless, other crypto games are available.
I really enjoy the game. However not everyone can afford to pay for ad free and there are just way too many ads without it.
love the game but the ads are very annoying. You can't get out of them. You have to close the game & start over.😏.
The adds were working my last nerve and now the game change.. ?? The May 1st game where letters disappear and I can't complete the puzzle. If this is part of the update I'm deleting game.
no need for lives
way too many ads. they don't give you any for the first few puzzles but then it's at least one after completing a puzzle and at least one before starting the next one. some of them are loooooong too. I expect some ads for a free game but this excessive.
To many forced Ads
After a certain level the ads start and there's no way to exit the ads to get back to the game, it takes you to the play store to install the app advertised
Started as a good past time but what the hell. The ads are off the planet, it took all the fun out of the game so rated a 1 would give zero if able so I am deleting.
More ads than the actual game🤬😢
I quickly became addicted to this. best cryptogram. but there are soooooo many ads it drives me crazy. like temp, you can't get out of. and im not paying 10 bucks for ad free. so yall can keel you ad filled game. im done.
gameplay is fine but never ending ads when you load the app, before you play a level, after you play a level. so many ads it makes the game trash
Very good app, but forced ads always get 1 star
when do I get to play the stage where u advertised in your ads that's the reason I downloaded it
too many ads not enough game time
so many ads
slow
deleted this because it is absolutely infuriating that when I lose they make me close the entire app if I don't watch a video or pay for coins to restart
avoid this app. the amount of Temu ads is insane. developers you dont need to make a BS comment, as I won't read it. pathetic amount of ads
not like add at all... I was excited everyone liked it but I wanted to answer clues to get the key... not like that at all. Unistalled.
Do Not pay anything!!! After you do they will dissappear and help is and help!!!!!!
Edit: I see that as far back as Aug 2025, many others have had the same issues with crashing. The developer should do something about this problem rather than ignoring it. Game keeps crashing on an Android tablet. Popup reads, App is not Responding. Only played the, "How to Play" game and it will not load properly since. Cleared the cache. Tried a restart. Didn't fix the problem so I have uninstalled the game. To note, I have zero problems with any other game I've installed.
full of ads
This game is so overproduced with tons of unnecessary additions of supposed 'gameplay' which just makes it a slog. Also ads are far too frequent. Not worth downloading, plenty of other better cryptogram alternatives
a lot of fun but after around level 10 it forces you to watch an add after completing a level and then immediately forces you to watch another one to start another so essentially forced to watch two adds just to play... wont change rating until this is changed
screenshot where I have one letter left which is R in courage, can't even select it without paying?? money grab if you're ocd or desperate to finish.
I watch more ads than I play the actual game. That's sad.
to many ads, but not worth spending money to stop them
*WARNING - the game is fun, however your payment to remove adds is NOT transferable if you factory reset or replace your phone - or least I haven't been able to resolve this to date. I've had to replace my phone a few times over the last couple of years (through no fault of my own) and was forced to purchase no-adds again. This is wrong and should be corrected by the developer.
The game itself is fun, but the intrusive banner ads with sound that have to be silenced over and over and repeat again and again are going to cause me to uninstall. Keep your banner ads during game play silent!
this app has problems. where can I attach a screenshot? please reach out. numbers go missing during play. literally blank.
It is a good game, but the advertisements often get stuck - a cross appears in the right hand corner of the screen with " reward granted", but it doesn't close !! Very frustrating. Some ads appear and one can close them after a reasonable time, but some are really looong. However the ones that get stuck more often than not will make me uninstall the game. I cannot reboot phone every time it happens.
+ 8 more in the clipboard copy
Sentiment summary
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Positive (4-5★)
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Neutral (3★)
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