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LOTUM GmbH · 137,124 ratings · ★ 4.7
4.7
★★★★★
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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"
20 negative reviews mention this · 45% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Ads Ads Ads. The game is fun, but soooooo many ads you have to watch just to collect points. Literally an ad after every other puzzle. I feel like i downloaded the app just to watch a bunch of ads and play a little of the game. Definitely uninstalling." - MackT6
2
"every"
15 negative reviews mention this · 34% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Ads Ads Ads. The game is fun, but soooooo many ads you have to watch just to collect points. Literally an ad after every other puzzle. I feel like i downloaded the app just to watch a bunch of ads and play a little of the game. Definitely uninstalling." - MackT6
3
"play"
11 negative reviews mention this · 25% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Ads Ads Ads. The game is fun, but soooooo many ads you have to watch just to collect points. Literally an ad after every other puzzle. I feel like i downloaded the app just to watch a bunch of ads and play a little of the game. Definitely uninstalling." - MackT6
4
"level"
6 negative reviews mention this · 14% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Ads are over the top. An add after every single level. Are you kidding!" - ATAkaratemom
5
"puzzle"
5 negative reviews mention this · 11% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Ads Ads Ads. The game is fun, but soooooo many ads you have to watch just to collect points. Literally an ad after every other puzzle. I feel like i downloaded the app just to watch a bunch of ads and play a little of the game. Definitely uninstalling." - MackT6
6
"annoying"
5 negative reviews mention this · 11% of all complaints
★★★★★ "The ads are SO annoying.. I understand the developers make money by selling the game, or monetizing ads, but the game is next-door to unplayable with the amount of ads it has. Add after add that force you to click into the App Store, or play some unrelated mini game…" - Squirt - 1
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It Was Good Until
Until I you had to block the game with Puzzle Race. Solve 10 puzzles blah, blah.
Deleting the app. It’s a shame the user who paid you money gets the app I spent money on blocked forced to play a game I do not want to.
Deleting the app. It’s a shame the user who paid you money gets the app I spent money on blocked forced to play a game I do not want to.
Ange
Mettre en français
Ads are over the top
An add after every single level. Are you kidding!
Too much
I get the needs for ads, and is support having an ads version. This game: some of the ads never end if you do not interact with them. I waited 15 mins and the ad stayed. I deleted this game because of the ads.
Forced “League”
I liked the game until I was “forced” into a league. I have no interest in team play, and I don’t see a way to continue without being in one. I’m deleting.
Ads
There is a “race” event that you can do and yet if you don’t pay, you won’t win. There is always an ad in the middle that ends up slowing you down and unless you pay to get rid of ads, removes any chances of winning. I don’t mind the ads but put them between “races” not middle. At this point it’s pay to win.
Ads
It has way to many ads every word I get right a ad pops up it sucks you can’t play any game without ads
4 Pics 1 Word Ads
Toyota ad puts a stop to the game.
Infested with Ads
Every 5 seconds, back to back ads. Not fun, completely annoying app. Don’t get it.
Score
Does not track your score correctly.
Not for
Soon as your get done with basics it is an add every game. Could not even get the feel for the game before the ads rolled in.
Advertisement App
The main objective of this app is to sell you advertisements.
They are getting long and longer. And require several steps to close.
You get an advertisement just to open the app. Ans so on.
This is just bizarre.
I’m quite sure all those 5 star ratings are done by bots. Because nobody are here for so many adds.
They are getting long and longer. And require several steps to close.
You get an advertisement just to open the app. Ans so on.
This is just bizarre.
I’m quite sure all those 5 star ratings are done by bots. Because nobody are here for so many adds.
ADS after every single question
Was going to play with some friends with this game but after the 3rd questions I get hit with ads after every single one. Super annoying. And then there is no way to get out of the ad like a little cross in the corner so you have to close the app. I understand a game will have ads but this is far beyond what I ever experienced. Terrible.
Very sad
Ts sent me so many god dang notifications I’m uninstalling it
Too much ads
Too much stupid ads and when you exit the game because of the ads, it solves the word for you
Disappointed
Ads for a game come up after every game and you can’t x out of it. Only solution is to pay for no ads. 😏
Was good, WARNING TO CHILDREN
I’ve been using this game for years. It has been fun and pushes my mind. The latest update has added more games which are interesting, but the massive amounts of gimmicks are pesky.
The one star is because there is a quite disturbing advertisement repeating: some guy is forcibly being injected with needles. Don’t know what it is proposing to sell, but children should not play this game until the add is blocked or the ability to block horrific add stories is added to advertising. I get that advertising is necessary, but forcing brutality on even animated people should NOT EVER be permissible in what is otherwise a G level educational type app.
Developers please help get the ability to block this content while using your app.
The one star is because there is a quite disturbing advertisement repeating: some guy is forcibly being injected with needles. Don’t know what it is proposing to sell, but children should not play this game until the add is blocked or the ability to block horrific add stories is added to advertising. I get that advertising is necessary, but forcing brutality on even animated people should NOT EVER be permissible in what is otherwise a G level educational type app.
Developers please help get the ability to block this content while using your app.
Too much league stuff
It was great until all the league competition
NOT AD FREE!!!
Game is only ad free when you pay money.
Too Many Ads!!?
Hard to play and level up when after every other puzzle is a 90 second ad!!!! Deleted
WHAT
An ad after each level? No thanks.
Foreign language Ads
You idiots are inserting ads in foreign languages that I don’t understand.
Word Wheel
Word wheel says 0/1 after playing 6 levels??? Please fix this ridiculous error. Very annoying.
Disgusting Bra Ads
It’s bad enough that an ad pops up after every other puzzle, but these bra ads gross me out.
Multiplayer game is a farce
The admin. is either allowing cheating or they are using fake players to create competition. I went to bed with a 11k lead and 10 hours later I was 13k behind. It’s IMPOSSIBLE to 24k in points in 10 hours. Two days earlier I woke up to a 13k deficit. Funny thing is, I never see this player getting points 16 hours out of the day. I will probably be deleting this app. Don’t bother if you want fair competition.
Too many ads
Way too many ads to play free, deleted!
Malo
Por qué no está en español
Ridiculous Plethora of Ads! Say “NO” 6 x’s, Ad Goes Away
I realize companies must have commercials for their “free games”, but if you have to have a 30 second ad after every other game, maybe it’s costing you too much money for this game.
Fun Game - No Save Options
I love the game but it will not let me save my progress with any of the options available.
ads
hate just started then full ads popped
Don’t like the changes
Changes are awful
Ads Ads Ads
The game is fun, but soooooo many ads you have to watch just to collect points. Literally an ad after every other puzzle. I feel like i downloaded the app just to watch a bunch of ads and play a little of the game. Definitely uninstalling.
The ads are SO annoying.
I understand the developers make money by selling the game, or monetizing ads, but the game is next-door to unplayable with the amount of ads it has. Add after add that force you to click into the App Store, or play some unrelated mini game, while leaving no method to get past it.
The ads are legendary bad on this game.
The ads are legendary bad on this game.
Ad CENTRAL
Loved this game in like high school. But yall wanna make it ad focused. I’ve got an add after finishing 1 puzzle for like 4 puzzles straight. That’s ghetto man. Let people play the game.
Comment
Way to many ads
Too many ads
I played this game when I was in elementary school like 10 years ago and now I’m in college. I redownloaded it for fun and every time I go up a level there’s an ad DON’T DOWNLOAD it’s not the same!
Pop ups even with paid premium
I have premium no ad service and I’m in the middle of racing and I get pop-ups. So of course you lose the race. Customer service is nonexistence so you can’t complain to them. So they get a bad review instead. Fun game and it is challenging the pop-ups ruin it.
Adds too many
Used to be good now its an add every minute. Do not waste your time unless you want to buy.
Ads
Too many ads.
Demande
Pourquoi c'est pas en français
Poor sync
The account syncing in this app is pathetic. I have to redo levels that I have already completed every time I open the app. What a pain.
Cambio de lenguaje
Debería de colocarse en español
It’s okay, but
I have played this for years. Lately it has gotten far too many ads. You have to watch ads after every level plus ads to get your rewards and then another ad to get a new level. I’m probably going to delete the whole thing because I’m frustrated!
IQ Points Taken Away!
I like the game a lot, but every single day when you open the app it takes away IQ points. So if you’re at 146, it will take you back down to 145. And then you have to do another 70 or 80 puzzles just to get back to where you were. And if you take a couple of days off then you literally have to do two or three levels just to catch up. It’s very annoying and frustrating to keep redoing levels over and over. It makes you want to give up and not play anymore.
Sentiment summary
93%
Positive (4-5★)
4%
Neutral (3★)
3%
Negative (1-2★)