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Word Search Explorer
PlaySimple Games · 1,139,330 ratings · ★ 4.9
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Top complaints - extracted from 27 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"
14 negative reviews mention this · 52% of all complaints
★★★★★ "The app was great until the adds. They distract from the game & kills the fun. Google adds even though Google pop-ups are turned off. Came for fun not to be blasted by Google adds. I feel Google is paying others to go around settings that k…" - Jim Jones
2
"every"
6 negative reviews mention this · 22% of all complaints
★★★★★ "theres so many ads. every ad is so long that it's faster to close and reopen the app than sit through even one ad." - Zane Malindeal
3
"playing"
5 negative reviews mention this · 19% of all complaints
★★★★★ "I am on level 357 and still have yet to receive the bonus at 350. It isn't worth playing." - Erica Empress Johnson
4
"played"
5 negative reviews mention this · 19% of all complaints
★★★★★ "I played as a guest from the start, and now that I've lost it all I regret my choice of registration. I had 18920 ish wisdom and a group called word mindset. I hate that as I was reaching 20000 wisdom my game started to lag and I checked my…" - #. (#.)
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"until"
4 negative reviews mention this · 15% of all complaints
★★★★★ "The app was great until the adds. They distract from the game & kills the fun. Google adds even though Google pop-ups are turned off. Came for fun not to be blasted by Google adds. I feel Google is paying others to go around settings that k…" - Jim Jones
6
"level"
4 negative reviews mention this · 15% of all complaints
★★★★★ "I am on level 357 and still have yet to receive the bonus at 350. It isn't worth playing." - Erica Empress Johnson
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"word"
4 negative reviews mention this · 15% of all complaints
★★★★★ "I played as a guest from the start, and now that I've lost it all I regret my choice of registration. I had 18920 ish wisdom and a group called word mindset. I hate that as I was reaching 20000 wisdom my game started to lag and I checked my…" - #. (#.)
8
"other"
3 negative reviews mention this · 11% of all complaints
★★★★★ "The app was great until the adds. They distract from the game & kills the fun. Google adds even though Google pop-ups are turned off. Came for fun not to be blasted by Google adds. I feel Google is paying others to go around settings that k…" - Jim Jones
9
"times"
3 negative reviews mention this · 11% of all complaints
★★★★★ "I get notifications several times a day. Something I didn't ask for! There's no option in settings to turn such annoyance off. Hence 1 star and un installed." - Yasemin Nielsen
10
"turn"
3 negative reviews mention this · 11% of all complaints
★★★★★ "The app was great until the adds. They distract from the game & kills the fun. Google adds even though Google pop-ups are turned off. Came for fun not to be blasted by Google adds. I feel Google is paying others to go around settings that k…" - Jim Jones
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"started"
3 negative reviews mention this · 11% of all complaints
★★★★★ "I played as a guest from the start, and now that I've lost it all I regret my choice of registration. I had 18920 ish wisdom and a group called word mindset. I hate that as I was reaching 20000 wisdom my game started to lag and I checked my…" - #. (#.)
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"play"
3 negative reviews mention this · 11% of all complaints
★★★★★ "I am on level 357 and still have yet to receive the bonus at 350. It isn't worth playing." - Erica Empress Johnson
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The app was great until the adds. They distract from the game & kills the fun. Google adds even though Google pop-ups are turned off. Came for fun not to be blasted by Google adds. I feel Google is paying others to go around settings that keep Google from doing it or you are extorted to stop it.
Downloaded to try cause it said no Ads in another game. That was definitely FALSE ADVERTISING!
not like shown
I am on level 357 and still have yet to receive the bonus at 350. It isn't worth playing.
you don't install free games 😤😮💨🫥
Update: Game auto installs other apps without permission.
I get notifications several times a day. Something I didn't ask for! There's no option in settings to turn such annoyance off. Hence 1 star and un installed.
I played as a guest from the start, and now that I've lost it all I regret my choice of registration. I had 18920 ish wisdom and a group called word mindset. I hate that as I was reaching 20000 wisdom my game started to lag and I checked my device but the game was always the one acting up and freezing up the screen to the point where I couldn't connect any letters to make a word. I'm saddened and I wish to retrieve my progress in any way, if possible, so I could return to playing:(
was a good game to play until you started putting ads into and no I'm not paying five dollars! ruins all games
Why am I having to spend more than 3hrs just to get one icon? There needs to be a way to purchase pieces of an icon with event rewards or having some kind of pity system. I am a working adult and I can't be wasting this much time just for one little icon.
Checked played SCAM
The game was not even good. I couldn't even find it and I don't like the sound of the game that's why.
Lied about not having ads. Uninstalled.
ads, ads, ads, puzzles take 10 seconds to complete then 60 seconds of ads. many words are not spelled correctly and seems developers are from India because the only ocean ever listed as a word is "Indian" also there are other footwear besides sandals 🙄🙄🙄. Let's not forget the x-rated ads that appear many times. My child plays this game and that's 100% unacceptable. shameful on you. ready to just uninstall.
boring words are to easy find
so many popups when im just trying to play. clearly made by someone that never played their own game, otherwise they would stop with all the random popups i never asked to see, or get some random reward i dont care about. if i want to get something i would click on it, not shoved up my throat when i didnt ask for it!!!
Used to be my favorite word search game but I am close to uninstalling it. I often have to "restore my streak" for 200 points when I played the daily challenge the day before AND claimed the 5 points for playing it the day before. Next time it happens I will just uninstall it and choose a different word ap
It's a great game! However, every time I would level up, words suddenly disappears. I would need to restart the game several times yo play it again. At first, it's okay. In the long run, it's getting ANNOYING! 🤬
riddled with adds i understand adds create revenue but in one level I got 8 adds , at that rate the game is unplayable , other then that great game for passing time best played in airplane mode unfortunately
after first day, a 30 second ad after every 10 second puzzle.
Incredibly difficult! Every single level is completed by less than 5% of the player. Edit: LOL, The numbers are BS. Ex. 50,000,000 players, 3% complete level 1 (1,500,000). 3% complete level 2 (45,000), 3% complete level 3 (1,350), 3% complete level 4 (40), 3% complete level 5 (1). According to your numbers, no player ever completes level 6. Who's plan was this??
I used to love playing this game until you added a bunch of things I can't turn off. especially the rewards. I hate having the fan come on and blow letters away after I clear a few rounds...it eliminates the point of the game. I like the twisters, but the quotes puzzles are annoying. I just want the traditional word searches back. You ruined a good, simple game.
theres so many ads. every ad is so long that it's faster to close and reopen the app than sit through even one ad.
nice game but too many ads
Been playing a long time and a great game but today it has started bugging. Keeps freezing and closing every few minutes. Never had a problem until now.
The ad from which I downloaded this said there's no ads. Blatant lie apparently.
It's too easy. The daily quote is kind of cool, but the puzzles themselves are way too easy to have an ad between every puzzle. The notifications are also quite a nuisance and there's not a way to turn them off.
Sentiment summary
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