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Wordscapes: Word puzzle game
PeopleFun · 1,401,089 ratings · ★ 4.6
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Top complaints - extracted from 44 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"
22 negative reviews mention this · 50% of all complaints
★★★★★ "latest update is dismal. Screen is distorted for game play but is full for ads. Of course." - Jan Prowse
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"play"
10 negative reviews mention this · 23% of all complaints
★★★★★ "latest update is dismal. Screen is distorted for game play but is full for ads. Of course." - Jan Prowse
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"every"
10 negative reviews mention this · 23% of all complaints
★★★★★ "I downloaded the game and everytime I play a star pops on the left of my screen and then slows down the game and then freezes. The app will not let me update so I can fix it. Why is this happening?" - Terri DeLomg
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"playing"
7 negative reviews mention this · 16% of all complaints
★★★★★ "After many hours/years of enjoyable playing, I just couldnt play this game any longer. The latest updates are causing far too many issues for my patience. Stalling, freezing, unable to obtain correct points,ads slowing page loading down to …" - Reesa R****
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"free"
6 negative reviews mention this · 14% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Nickels and dimes you to death. Full Piggy bank should be free to Crack open." - LaDawn
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"puzzle"
5 negative reviews mention this · 11% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Besides the puzzle which is 5★, the theme or the backround is still the same when you advanced to the next level. Please fix it and return to normal theme.😒" - Jhared Lucido
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"phone"
5 negative reviews mention this · 11% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Way too many ads that disrupt play and affect phone usage after closing the app." - James Hoerig
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"games"
5 negative reviews mention this · 11% of all complaints
★★★★★ "It could be fun, but it's mostly frustrating that the creators did not just decide on a dictionary and stick with it. Instead, what is acceptable in one puzzle may be disallowed in another, and it will take prefixes like "anti-," but won't …" - Kerri Woodbyrne
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latest update is dismal. Screen is distorted for game play but is full for ads. Of course.
Scam ads that tell your system is infected or tell you your bank account is compromised. do not install this app, it should be removed from Google entirely. Google please do a better job of policing trash like this.
way too many ads. And to charge money for this? Shame on you.
SO FULL OF ADS!!! 😮💨 So you response is more ads?? cool. this is why I play once a week to collect "dailies" I can't play a board without an ad...I also can't go into other apps and come back without an ad...
Besides the puzzle which is 5★, the theme or the backround is still the same when you advanced to the next level. Please fix it and return to normal theme.😒
Nickels and dimes you to death. Full Piggy bank should be free to Crack open.
I downloaded the game and everytime I play a star pops on the left of my screen and then slows down the game and then freezes. The app will not let me update so I can fix it. Why is this happening?
ad every other match. wants 15 for no ads. good grief.
Changed my review to one star. use to love this game. I bought the ad free version a long time ago. come back to playing again and now there are ads again. apparently this company is greedy now. this dishonesty is illegal. since this company can't be trusted, I will be removing the app and going for another company. these practices are disgraceful peoplefun. you've joined the rest of companies price gouging hard working Americans.
used to be a great app. still fun but it's overrun with ads. after every little thing you do you have to watch an ad. tone it back! Edit: Just had 2 ads in the middle of 1 puzzle. Bad enough they are after every puzzle but now you are putting them in the middle? No thanks. Enough is enough - uninstalled.
too many ads, VERYYYY ANNOYING
We paid for ads free version of this game. A month later game would no longer open. Company refused to help or refund money. Avoid this game.
is trying to force me to download the app.
Way too many ads that disrupt play and affect phone usage after closing the app.
ads after every game. game lasts seconds. do the math. do not install.
it wouldn't let me log in with my Facebook account and won't let me send helps or receive helps after transferring everything onto my new phone
doesn't let you play. The ads freeze the game.
Automatically downloaded a game I didnt authorize. This game runs many ads, which is fine, but at some point I clicked on the fast forward button to skip one, and it downloaded the game instead. That is a very dishonest practice.
Quick games to pass the time if having to wait around. Way too many ads to make it enjoyable. You cannot even check a text, email, or social media without getting an ad when you return to the game! Yes, they need money, but in the several years I have played I am positive they have earned way more in ad revenue off of me than the $24.99 they are asking for to remove the ads.
The latest updates have destroyed the fun of playing this game for me. Being forced to play against an imposed character after so many levels is irritating and not needed. You can challenge yourself against others through the challenge levels if you need competition. This was a fun, stress free game to play. It isn't anymore and will be removed from my system.
Despite having paid before to remove ads, I'm expected to pay again years after.
for 1 letter you have to loose 100 points do not download
very lagging and disturbing
Lot of ads and very few/little rewards.
The adverts were overpowering. uninstalled the game.
I made it to level 40, no issues at all then let the crashing begin. every 3rd word, crash, watch an ad, crash. uninstall, reinstall, 2 moves, crash. And not my phone because out if 22 games I play this is the only one that crashes. Change the name to WordCrash instead of word scapes
fun at first, but it did not take long before there was an ad after every. single. game.
Too many ads now.
I update every few months and somehow this game gets worse. Seems like they're actual cheaters who are able to get stars in competition in seconds. One went from 0 to 1300+ in less than 5 minutes. Trash.
annoying ads request deletion please
Update.... Intrusive ads that never end are back. Update. The game is unplayable, the ads lockup the game and then doesn't give all stars. ADS ARE HORRIBLE... Original Worse and worse over time....the ads are now incessant, locking the phone up. Way too long and super intrusive. The app fails to give the stars with the latest upgrade when a puzzle is solved, so many ads interfere. And now they trick you into making in app purchases. Time to uninstall and look elsewhere.
too many ads
worst game
Wordscapes? More like Adscapes. In-game ad banners, plus there are ad breaks nearly every other round. Feels like I spend more time trying to ignore ads than I do actually playing the game.
They keep on adding new creatures to use. But they won't let you use hearts to maximize them.
They disconnected my device from its server. They refuse to enable support button for me and me alone. We checked with other players on Android. Fix your app. I am not emailing when you intentionally blocked my support. you know m6 userid. fix it.
Used to be good, now it's a conatant barrage of ads and "in-game rewards" that are just annoying distractions from the actual game. I'm aware that there is an ad-free package you can pay for, but the amount they ask for a short amount of time without them is robbery (something like $10 for 30 days, I think it was, I never bothered looking because it's an automatic no for me). The free version now has a video ad after every puzzle, and the game is bloated by side content I don't care about.
this game is terrible! I say that because there are so many problems. there is literally a commercial every level so of ur playing for an app u wouldn't complete any of ur timed levels because there's so many commercials so go add free. and then every time u have to watch an ad when u click the real x. it closes the app. so I'm spending most of my time with commercials and reloading. it's almost unplayable. and I like these games 2 this is like the 6th one I've played this one is the worst.
After many hours/years of enjoyable playing, I just couldnt play this game any longer. The latest updates are causing far too many issues for my patience. Stalling, freezing, unable to obtain correct points,ads slowing page loading down to the point where I keep getting kicked off the game entirely.I dont know what happened,but this relaxing enjoyable game turned into a frustrating, annoying "job" to even load a picture, let alone play a decent game again-it's a shame. Will miss my daily fun.
This used to be fun. THERE ARE JUST TOO MANY ADS!!! Play for a few seconds, AD. Another 3 seconds, 30 second AD, then another. Where is the fun IN THE GAME if ya have to sit through that many Ads?! I end up playing ONE game, then (turned off by the ads), play a different word game that at least lets you play quite a while (up to 10 levels) before slapping an AD on the screen. I have more fun playing their game than this one.
Way too many ads.
It could be fun, but it's mostly frustrating that the creators did not just decide on a dictionary and stick with it. Instead, what is acceptable in one puzzle may be disallowed in another, and it will take prefixes like "anti-," but won't take actual words like "lade." Not a fun game for people who like consistent rules. Disturbingly, if you block ads on your phone, you won't see them, but it will automatically install some games.
Absolutely love playing this game and have done for a long time, but the ad experience has got so much worse recently. At the end of every level, you now have to watch at least a minute of adverts before you can skip on to the next level
I've played this for years but the adverts are getting ridiculous. You try to close them and the regularly open and you then have to reload the game which then loses any rewards you are trying to get. For instance "Play 3 games" first game advert it opens instead of closing by pressing the X you have to reload and apparently you never played that game. I've just played 5 games yet because of the adverts I've only played 2.
Sentiment summary
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Positive (4-5★)
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Neutral (3★)
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Negative (1-2★)