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Word Connect Association
PlaySimple Games Pte Ltd · 18,576 ratings · ★ 4.9
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Top complaints - extracted from 46 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"
40 negative reviews mention this · 87% of all complaints
★★★★★ "ADS. This game is flooded with ads at every turn. It was advertised as ad free which is untrue. You cannot even get thru a level with getting interrupted with an ad therefore I am deleting it." - Dusty Wren
2
"level"
13 negative reviews mention this · 28% of all complaints
★★★★★ "ADS. This game is flooded with ads at every turn. It was advertised as ad free which is untrue. You cannot even get thru a level with getting interrupted with an ad therefore I am deleting it." - Dusty Wren
3
"every"
11 negative reviews mention this · 24% of all complaints
★★★★★ "ADS. This game is flooded with ads at every turn. It was advertised as ad free which is untrue. You cannot even get thru a level with getting interrupted with an ad therefore I am deleting it." - Dusty Wren
4
"play"
11 negative reviews mention this · 24% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Ads. Ads are ridiculous. Can’t play one level without ads." - Wasted money 1
5
"games"
8 negative reviews mention this · 17% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Can’t get far without spending money. As as with most of these games, you can’t get very far until you have to start spending real money. I got to level six and there were no more word choices that I could use unless I bought them. Don’t bother wasting your time. I’m guessing m…" - Srszee
6
"middle"
8 negative reviews mention this · 17% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Ads in the middle of puzzle. The ads in games are usually between puzzles. This one interrupts you mid game. Deleted on level 6 due to being amazingly annoying." - jeff r 5
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"deleting"
7 negative reviews mention this · 15% of all complaints
★★★★★ "ADS. This game is flooded with ads at every turn. It was advertised as ad free which is untrue. You cannot even get thru a level with getting interrupted with an ad therefore I am deleting it." - Dusty Wren
8
"without"
7 negative reviews mention this · 15% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Ads. Ads are ridiculous. Can’t play one level without ads." - Wasted money 1
9
"between"
7 negative reviews mention this · 15% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Ads in the middle of puzzle. The ads in games are usually between puzzles. This one interrupts you mid game. Deleted on level 6 due to being amazingly annoying." - jeff r 5
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"playing"
7 negative reviews mention this · 15% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Ads are awful. The game is fun but there are ads every 30 seconds. Multiple ads inside the game you’re playing as well as the usual ads between games. Not worth it. Deleted game" - LouFlikk
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"frustrating"
6 negative reviews mention this · 13% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Not So Happy. Not even about the ads. Game is unfair and lacking in true rewards. First-not all words are shown at the beginning of play. Often you must use a clue to open it up for the hidden words to fill in, because there are not any matches available…" - Sunshine9@$#><=
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"deleted"
6 negative reviews mention this · 13% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Way too many ads. Great game but way too many ads. Deleted!" - Louiesmom2
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Ads
Ads are ridiculous. Can’t play one level without ads.
Not So Happy
Not even about the ads. Game is unfair and lacking in true rewards. First-not all words are shown at the beginning of play. Often you must use a clue to open it up for the hidden words to fill in, because there are not any matches available. Second- must pay for multiple clues to complete a round. Must play multiple rounds to receive a reward-ONE clue, just cheap! Too frustrating, going to delete.
Way too many ads
Great game but way too many ads. Deleted!
Ads in the middle of puzzle
The ads in games are usually between puzzles. This one interrupts you mid game. Deleted on level 6 due to being amazingly annoying.
Excessive Ads
The game is fun and challenging, but the constant disruptive ads (not just between levels, but also in the middle of games) are beyond extreme, it reeks of greed.
Way too many ads
I really like this game but when you need a hint and have to watch an ad every single time it starts to get boring and like a waste of time. There needs to be a way to get bulk hints. I’d rather watch ads for 30 minutes to build them up than having to watch 1 ad every hint.
Great game
Love this game but can’t even get through a level without long ads. Deleted after 5 levels of enduring them.
Add pop up in the middle of playing the game
Too many ads in the middle of playing game
Fun but ridiculous ads
Love the game but the ads are long and way too many. Seems to get worse the longer you play.
ENTIRELY TOO MANY ADS
It’s a fun game but there is literally an ad every 30-45 seconds. You can’t even play the game! Can I at least get though one game without an ad or even just ONE ad per level? It’s annoying and offensive. And very frustrating.
No ads is a lie
Not surprisingly another game lies to get you to down load it.
Ads during games
Ads are in the middle of a game.
Games are very short, so it would be just fine placing them in-between, but they choose to have them interrupt and break your concentration.
Games are very short, so it would be just fine placing them in-between, but they choose to have them interrupt and break your concentration.
Liars
I was playing another game and they had an ad for Word Connect and advertised no WiFi needed, and no ads!!!!
Liars. They have “ad breaks”! Delete.
Liars. They have “ad breaks”! Delete.
Too many ads to play
Too many ads. App is worthless if you can’t get through a game without ads. At least had 5 times in one round.
Keeps freezing since update
Game freezes every couple minutes since newest update. Please fix.
Ads constantly
Besides all the ads, they are impossible to dismiss after watching. Game not very challenging or fun.
Infuriating
Relaxing and fun to play until the ads start to constantly interrupt in the middle of the game making it absolutely unplayable. Don’t waste your time.
So many ads
The game is ok but there are so many ads, it’s impossible to enjoy the game. Deleting.
Too Greedy
If you need extra moves you can watch an ad to get more. They just cut the number of extra moves from 10 to 5. The game is now too frustrating to play. Keep
Looking
Looking
Lots of ads
Specifically chose this game because their ad says no advertisements. They lied. 5 levels with no ads, then an ad every level - the kind of ads that take over and shut down anything you’re listening to in the background.
Word connect Association
This app has to many adds pop every 30 seconds it’s annoying.
Oldtimer
I love this game but I gave it 1 star because and ad pop up about every 5 seconds even when
it’s not ad break. This just started and I probably will delete because of this even through it’s a fun game.
it’s not ad break. This just started and I probably will delete because of this even through it’s a fun game.
No such thing as ad free
This said it’s a perfect game for seniors because it’s ad free, fun to play in a great way to spend time.
Total BS - half of your time is spent waiting for ads!!!! I’ve now been waiting one one screen (ads for Kalshi) and cannot get past it.
This game is trash!!
Total BS - half of your time is spent waiting for ads!!!! I’ve now been waiting one one screen (ads for Kalshi) and cannot get past it.
This game is trash!!
Too Many Ads
The game is enjoyable, BUT the amount of ads are so annoying. I get it that the ads are necessary, but not this much. It’s like every 20 seconds. As much as I like the game, I am deleting it.
Cannot pass level 10
Game works best in airplane mode. Cannot get past level 10. Very frustrating. Deleted.
Oh there’s ads!!!
Lots and lots of pop-up ads. The claim of “No Ads,” is a complete lie! Fun game tho, too bad about the intense level of super annoying pop-up ads. I’ll be deleting this spam ridden game right after I post this review.
Do not pay for “no ads”
I do enjoy the ap, but I made a mistake and paid to avoid ads…After 3 weeks and promises to fix the problem…they have not fixed the problem. I am asking for a refund, but have my doubts about delivering a refund. This seems to be scam…
Ads Galore
This game was advertised as ad-free. Not so. I refuse to pay to get rid of all the ads, so I deleted it.
Should be more fun
The game itself is fun, not questioning that. But unlike other games where you have to pay to be at free this game doesn’t wait for you to finish around. This game interrupts your around multiple times without advertisements that come out blaring and have nothing to do with any interest I have. So I guess the good thing is at least they’re not paying attention to the things I look up and had to have interest on.
No ads
Claimed no ads….but after a few mins. I got ads.
ADS
This game is flooded with ads at every turn. It was advertised as ad free which is untrue. You cannot even get thru a level with getting interrupted with an ad therefore I am deleting it.
Can’t get far without spending money
As as with most of these games, you can’t get very far until you have to start spending real money. I got to level six and there were no more word choices that I could use unless I bought them. Don’t bother wasting your time. I’m guessing most of the glowing reviews are written by fake people pay to write them or by bots.
Frequent Ads
Game is fun, but you can’t even get through one whole level without at least one forced ad break (sometimes two or three). Free games are nice, but this one isn’t worth so many ads. Maybe if there was only one ad between levels.
Ads are awful
The game is fun but there are ads every 30 seconds. Multiple ads inside the game you’re playing as well as the usual ads between games.
Not worth it. Deleted game
Not worth it. Deleted game
Ads Add Add
I played the game for about an hour. The longest time of actual game play in between ads was 5 minutes. The shortest was 3 minutes and 15 seconds. Mostly it was 3.5-4 minutes of legitimate game play between ads. Absolutely insane. Fun game, but deleting because it becomes NOT fun with that many ads.
Freezes Up
Game constantly freezes up.
Too many ads
Great game but ads pop up after every level!
Too many Ads
Game is fun, however there are way too many ads during and after each level. Definitely ruins gameplay.
Fun but…
This game has ridiculous ads!!! Plus it freezes up in the middle of playing. More frustrating than fun.
Ads!
I downloaded this app because it said no ads. There are so many ads it’s ridiculous. I got to level 15 with a huge struggle because I kept getting ads and saying I’m going to delete this. No, I’ll play one more level. The game is a lot of fun. I really enjoyed what I did play of it I can’t deal with all the ads and there’s way too many and I refuse to pay for no ads. I do realize the ads are important for the developer, but there’s too many! Sadly deleting right now.
Ads out the wazoo
Kind of fun but right in the middle of a puzzle an ad pops up and then a minute (it seems) later another ad pops up.
Too many ads
Great game but you get several ads in each game. I spend more time watching ads than playing. Uninstalled
Way too many ads
I actually love playing this game. But sometimes, in the middle of a move, an ad pops up and interrupts the move. Ads now pop up all most constantly. It’s become so annoying that I’ll be deleting the game after I ok this review
Constant Ads
When I started playing this game the ads would play in between games. Now they pop up constantly while playing the game. While you are just figuring out what words will work together an ad pops up interrupting your train of thought. I don’t mean occasionally, I mean constantly. There is no use keeping the game. It is so frustrating! It used to be so fun and thought provoking. Now it is maddening. 😞
Too Many Ads
I really enjoy this game but the ads are insane. Not only are they after every game, there are also several ads during a game.
$7.99 seems high to remove ads so I’ll probably just delete the game.
Wish these developers understood that they could make more money by pricing stuff reasonably.
$7.99 seems high to remove ads so I’ll probably just delete the game.
Wish these developers understood that they could make more money by pricing stuff reasonably.
Too many ads.
This game is okay but the ads will drive you crazy.
Sentiment summary
102%
Positive (4-5★)
-4%
Neutral (3★)
1%
Negative (1-2★)