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Associations - Colorwood Game
Burny Games · 29,982 ratings · ★ 4.7
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Top complaints - extracted from 49 negative reviews
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"game"
28 negative reviews mention this · 57% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Annoying ads and buggy game. When I was in the middle of a level, the game interrupted me with a pop up that said ad break, it showed me an unskippable 45 second ad. They also show one every time after you beat a level. This game is forcing you to pay money to block ad…" - EpicGeometric
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"level"
16 negative reviews mention this · 33% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Annoying ads and buggy game. When I was in the middle of a level, the game interrupted me with a pop up that said ad break, it showed me an unskippable 45 second ad. They also show one every time after you beat a level. This game is forcing you to pay money to block ad…" - EpicGeometric
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"every"
8 negative reviews mention this · 16% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Annoying ads and buggy game. When I was in the middle of a level, the game interrupted me with a pop up that said ad break, it showed me an unskippable 45 second ad. They also show one every time after you beat a level. This game is forcing you to pay money to block ad…" - EpicGeometric
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"levels"
7 negative reviews mention this · 14% of all complaints
★★★★★ "What happened?. Got up to the high 400s and now all levels pop up completed Impossible to play now. Deleted 😢" - Goolynbnb
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"play"
5 negative reviews mention this · 10% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Annoying ads and buggy game. When I was in the middle of a level, the game interrupted me with a pop up that said ad break, it showed me an unskippable 45 second ad. They also show one every time after you beat a level. This game is forcing you to pay money to block ad…" - EpicGeometric
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"deleted"
5 negative reviews mention this · 10% of all complaints
★★★★★ "What happened?. Got up to the high 400s and now all levels pop up completed Impossible to play now. Deleted 😢" - Goolynbnb
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"words"
5 negative reviews mention this · 10% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Game freezes constantly. I actually loved the game til I got further up and it’s constantly freezing and not connecting the words together. Ugh. Wayyyyy too many ads. Absolutely ridiculous on the amount of ads you have." - A49ftb
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Annoying ads and buggy game
When I was in the middle of a level, the game interrupted me with a pop up that said ad break, it showed me an unskippable 45 second ad. They also show one every time after you beat a level. This game is forcing you to pay money to block ads. The gameplay is also buggy as the tiles won’t move the way that you pressed them. The hint sometimes doesn’t even do anything and that is a waste of my item. Overall this is a cash grab that you should avoid for better word games that don’t glitch out.
Awful game support
I had one puzzle that I had the only possible word group left and it wouldn’t mark as correct. I used hints and the hints showed that they belonged together but still wouldn’t let me move on. I even looked it up (which I hate) and every one said my word grouping was correct. I contacted support and got the automatic response saying it would take 4 working days but they usually do it quicker. Well it’s been 3 weeks and still nothing. I even sent reply’s to that email like it says I could and nothing. I contacted support a second time and still only received the auto message. My kids and I did enjoy the game but thanks to no support answer haven’t been able to move on from puzzle 41 so the app is completely useless now since it’s stuck on that one puzzle.
Too many ads
By far the worst with many ads. The game itself is fun but you have to watch 3+ ads per game. The only option to remove ads is a weekly fee, there isn’t an option to permanently remove them, which gives off greedy from creator.
I made it to level 14 before becoming so annoyed with the ad breaks. Deleting.
I made it to level 14 before becoming so annoyed with the ad breaks. Deleting.
ADS
Way to many ADs, really dumb I have to pay to have no ads.
What happened?
Got up to the high 400s and now all levels pop up completed Impossible to play now. Deleted 😢
Glitch
Got to a certain level and it glitched. Deleted the game.
Levels
Currently, as the app is opened the next game will show up already completed and it moves onto the next level without doing anything. Other times, the whole screen will freeze and you have to turn the phone off to be able to use any functions of the phone. Or, the app will immediately show ads upon opening it.
Downloaded, but unable to play it.
I downloaded this game, but it doesn’t open (it doesn’t load to go in the game).
Annoying
Too many ads
I’m done.
They’ve added even more ads. It’s horrible! You can purchase ‘no ads’ but it’s only for 7 days.
Buh bye.
Buh bye.
ADS ADS ADS ADS
this is the first review for an app i’ve ever done and i can’t believe it’s to give a 1 star. :/ the app is great, amazing even! but there’s an add literally every 30 seconds. there’s multiple ads during the level, after the level, and to get hints (the last is the only one i understand) but there is no reason there should be so many ads.
Too many loooong ads
Got to level 9, and before that, the ads weren’t TOO bad. But after that, the one-minute ads started showing up. Thirty second ads are one thing, but ONE MINUTE?! No thanks. Deleted the app.
Different game
The game you show in your add is different than the game that downloads
Glitch
There’s been multiple times where it doesn’t fill in one of the tile spaces so it is blank and you are unable to finish the level. Sometimes I can start the level over and then it’ll fix itself but currently I’m on a level that there is no way to complete it. Glitches need to be fixed.
Bugged Levels
Paid for no ads and now one of the levels is bugged and I can’t get past it. Two tiles are missing. You can’t move the rest anywhere as there is only one line.
Horrible ads ruin a fun game
The actual game is really fun but this developer has decided to monetize it in the grossest way possible. It’s really a shame. It’s kinda like NYT Connection but with some fun twists.
The banner ads on the top or bottom of the okay board are not the prettiest thing to look at but they are fine I understand yall need to make a living. But the full screen ads after each round are awful and idk if it’s a big or something but I do not see a why to X it out on my iPhone 17 Pro. I tapped everywhere and there was no way to close the ad after it was finished.
The craziest thing is they have an ad free in app purchase. 2.99 for SEVEN DAYS. That is so gross. This game could be huge if the publishers weren’t driven but gross greed.
The banner ads on the top or bottom of the okay board are not the prettiest thing to look at but they are fine I understand yall need to make a living. But the full screen ads after each round are awful and idk if it’s a big or something but I do not see a why to X it out on my iPhone 17 Pro. I tapped everywhere and there was no way to close the ad after it was finished.
The craziest thing is they have an ad free in app purchase. 2.99 for SEVEN DAYS. That is so gross. This game could be huge if the publishers weren’t driven but gross greed.
Ads
Game should be called Ad associations
ADS ADS ADS
Way too many adds and the ads are waaaayyyyy too long, made the game horrible. Uninstalling.
Ruined by ads
A fun game but you need to be connected to Wi-Fi and each level ends with long ads. Disappointed and uninstalled.
Made my phone lock up
Deleting this app because it made my iphone lock up & I had to cycle power to get it where I could close the app!
Performance issues are horrible on iPhone 16 Pro
Very basic generic gameplay that for some reason makes this app just freeze my iPhone 17 Pro. Not recommended
Ads above the usual
Banner ads and ads in between rounds…annoying but I get it. I was enjoyable my the game but by round 8, I was getting 5-10 sec ads every time I made a connection of words in the round AND then a full add break somewhere in the middle of the round. That is excessive.
TOO MANY ADS
Never have I seen this many ads just trying to play ONE game
Loved it, but…
I really enjoyed this game until I got to level 84. This level was corrupted; words would appear and disappear, there were empty spaces. I tried restarting it over and over again, but nothing helped, and it wouldn’t let me skip to level 85. So I finally had to delete it. Very sad.
Scam pop-ups
I kept getting Scam pop-ups and being redirected to websites. I had to delete it, I don’t trust it!
Excessive ads
Would be much better if ads did not pop up every 2 seconds, uninstalling
Ads
Way too many ads, some lock up my tablet. Couldn’t take it anymore, had to uninstall.
Deleted
Associations are purposefully vague and weak in order to try to get you to watch ads. No thanks.
Bugged
Can’t make it past level 28 because it won’t accept my combination. The hint shows the row is supposed to match but the game doesn’t recognize.
ISSUES!!!
Love the game but since yesterday I keep getting “OOPS - Something Went Wrong” and a notice to restart the app, when I click the button to restart I get kicked out. I have tried SEVERAL TIMES and it’s the same.
Way too many ads
I had to stop playing and delete the app because there are ads basically every 3 seconds. It makes the game practically unplayable
Way too many ads
An ad between every level and there an ad during some levels? No thanks. Unplayable
Too many ads
Interrupting game play to show another ad is obnoxious & ruins the relaxation… add to that ads between levels = too many ads
that ads between levels
that ads between levels
It’s fun if it works.
You put a row together and then the game takes a break but it rarely comes back to the game. I have to close the app down and start over. If I want a hint and I understand that I have to then watch an add, but again I can’t get it to go back to the game. So I restart it over 🤦♀️
Bit difficult
It all depends on the level I guess because this game is a bit boring
Not As Advertised
The advertised game and the actual game are not the same. Very disappointing.
Love the game!
I’m hooked on this game but getting tired of all the ads. They play the same ads over and over. They ruin the game. You can pay to stop the ads but for only a week at a time. Too bad you can’t pay once and be done with ads altogether.
Game freezes constantly
I actually loved the game til I got further up and it’s constantly freezing and not connecting the words together. Ugh. Wayyyyy too many ads. Absolutely ridiculous on the amount of ads you have.
Crashes often
Fun…when it works. I’ve had to restart multiple levels due to an error.
Glitchy
It was fun until it kept glitching around level 15-20. I’m giving up.
This game cheats
I love the concept of the game, it is great. I love that you either have to match an image in a word together to make another word or image and I also like the concept of the color for the category, but I found that this game does cheat when you pick four to make a color. I know I had the four correct ones and it would never make the color but two other moves later for other colors or make an image or another word those same four that I picked were actually correct.. So this game will make you question yourself and I think that’s wrong because there’s tiles that can have a number of possibilities together. It is challenging.
Stopped working at level 17
I really enjoyed this app until it stopped working at Level 17. Tried to uninstall and reload but to no avail.
Difficulty leads to misunderstandings.
Most of the “hard” levels aren’t even that hard, they’re just long. Some levels that are “not hard” are super tedious even those with only 6 pairs. Most of the time you think words would pair up when they acually don’t, and that happens most often with the “not hard” levels.
Glitchy
Love the game but it has been glitchy for the last few days
No longer works
I was enjoying the game, except I hate you only receive two hints. Also, I just updated the app but it freezes at the start of the app. I deleted and redownloaded but it still freezes. I’m deleting and moving on.
Review
Too many adds and it would help to identify pictures once it’s combined with other pictures!
Keeps freezing
Nice game but it freezes in the middle of a level almost every time. iPhone 16
Review
Too many adds. No time to review approved selections.
Optimization
I really enjoy connections and linking words to create the overarching topic, so I tried this game out in hopes to satisfy that urge. Unfortunately, with how replayable this game is, it reuses the same concepts and string of words to the point its about pattern recognition more above else. The app constantly freezes midway through the level, completing 2 rows at the same time breaks the level, and your phone overheats playing this game. I would think itd be rather tame since its all about connections, but it runs worse than a browser version of the same game. I would spend money to get rid of the ads but it hasnt proven itself yet.
Sentiment summary
92%
Positive (4-5★)
5%
Neutral (3★)
3%
Negative (1-2★)