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Wordscapes Solitaire Word Game
PeopleFun, Inc. · 172,771 ratings · ★ 4.8
4.8
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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"
35 negative reviews mention this · 76% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Was fun. I enjoyed the game when I could just play by myself. Since the opponent level was introduced then the game is not fun anymore." - BranRando
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"play"
15 negative reviews mention this · 33% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Was fun. I enjoyed the game when I could just play by myself. Since the opponent level was introduced then the game is not fun anymore." - BranRando
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"playing"
14 negative reviews mention this · 30% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Signed up for solitaire but now it’s vs. I love the game when it’s actually solitaire but now it switches to forcing me into playing “vs” and I hate it. If I open and it’s actually solitaire I play. If it’s against the app, I close out. I’m about ready to delete the game becaus…" - Oiuythjhfhjydhn
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"every"
12 negative reviews mention this · 26% of all complaints
★★★★★ "I like the game but…. Every time I go to another app while playing a game, it freezes and won’t come back. I have to restart and will lose any points or found words which is super frustrating. And YES, I have the latest update and have uninstalled and reinstalle…" - Mad as h€||
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"delete"
8 negative reviews mention this · 17% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Signed up for solitaire but now it’s vs. I love the game when it’s actually solitaire but now it switches to forcing me into playing “vs” and I hate it. If I open and it’s actually solitaire I play. If it’s against the app, I close out. I’m about ready to delete the game becaus…" - Oiuythjhfhjydhn
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"seconds"
8 negative reviews mention this · 17% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Ads Ads Ads. The ads after every game do not bother me at all. A small price to pay for a free game. On the other hand, the ads that interrupt in the middle of gameplay, NUMEROUS times a game are maddening. You have to leave the game to get the ad to st…" - Pamsy10
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"other"
7 negative reviews mention this · 15% of all complaints
★★★★★ "I like the game but…. Every time I go to another app while playing a game, it freezes and won’t come back. I have to restart and will lose any points or found words which is super frustrating. And YES, I have the latest update and have uninstalled and reinstalle…" - Mad as h€||
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"middle"
7 negative reviews mention this · 15% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Ads Ads Ads. The ads after every game do not bother me at all. A small price to pay for a free game. On the other hand, the ads that interrupt in the middle of gameplay, NUMEROUS times a game are maddening. You have to leave the game to get the ad to st…" - Pamsy10
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"been"
7 negative reviews mention this · 15% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Insane ads. I’ve been playing this for a few weeks now and was really enjoying it. I had literally just this morning decided that I would go ahead and spend the money to go ad free. Before I got a chance I’m now suddenly finding the game unplayable bec…" - Dogsnbugs
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"level"
6 negative reviews mention this · 13% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Was fun. I enjoyed the game when I could just play by myself. Since the opponent level was introduced then the game is not fun anymore." - BranRando
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"while"
6 negative reviews mention this · 13% of all complaints
★★★★★ "I like the game but…. Every time I go to another app while playing a game, it freezes and won’t come back. I have to restart and will lose any points or found words which is super frustrating. And YES, I have the latest update and have uninstalled and reinstalle…" - Mad as h€||
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"times"
6 negative reviews mention this · 13% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Ads Ads Ads. The ads after every game do not bother me at all. A small price to pay for a free game. On the other hand, the ads that interrupt in the middle of gameplay, NUMEROUS times a game are maddening. You have to leave the game to get the ad to st…" - Pamsy10
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Ads Ads more Ads
This is just multiple ads interrupted by a wonderful game! What a waste, now they flash ads into almost every letter selection! What a waste!
Not happy
Having to hit the exit X over and over on ads is very annoying. Please do something about this
Ads Ads Ads
The ads after every game do not bother me at all. A small price to pay for a free game. On the other hand, the ads that interrupt in the middle of gameplay, NUMEROUS times a game are maddening. You have to leave the game to get the ad to stop, only to have another jump on your screen a minute after you come back. It’s not fun, it’s frustrating. I don’t know about any one else but I don’t play to be frustrated. I don’t know how much more I can endure this. The last game I played, seven different ads interrupted one game! It’s ridiculous.
So it’s much worse now. I cannot play today without being interrupted every few seconds. They haven’t even tried to make it better… it’s MUCH worse. I’m not playing until this is fixed completely. I’m not paying to be frustrated.
Do to add to it Devs pay attention. So I keep playing. Some days there are hardly any pop up ads. So I play those days. But other days it is ridiculous. I just played a round where I had NINE pop up ads !!! So I don’t play those days. Then I get penalized for not playing by them giving me easy goals that don’t have high rewards so I cannot be competitive with the other players. The more you play the better the goals and rewards. Fair!?? Nope. They do not care.
So it’s much worse now. I cannot play today without being interrupted every few seconds. They haven’t even tried to make it better… it’s MUCH worse. I’m not playing until this is fixed completely. I’m not paying to be frustrated.
Do to add to it Devs pay attention. So I keep playing. Some days there are hardly any pop up ads. So I play those days. But other days it is ridiculous. I just played a round where I had NINE pop up ads !!! So I don’t play those days. Then I get penalized for not playing by them giving me easy goals that don’t have high rewards so I cannot be competitive with the other players. The more you play the better the goals and rewards. Fair!?? Nope. They do not care.
Ads and can’t join team
I don’t like games with ads. And I can’t join a team for some reason and I do qualify to.
It was great until it wasn’t.
I have loved this game. It’s different than any other word game that I played. I gave it one star because now at level 302, every 5 seconds, an add is popping up when I touch the screen. What a disappointment.
Insane ads
I’ve been playing this for a few weeks now and was really enjoying it. I had literally just this morning decided that I would go ahead and spend the money to go ad free. Before I got a chance I’m now suddenly finding the game unplayable because of constant pop-up ads invading game play. If this is some sort of ramp up to try to force people to pay for ad free it has backfired on me. I’d rather stop playing than be harassed into paying. Very lame.
Seriously!!
I have played for years, but it updated and froze up. Now all of my progress is gone. I had almost 70,000 coins and was on like level 1700. This sucks.
Disappointing
I enjoyed this game for months and then the developers installed some new levels; playing against an unknown opponent, so it is no longer Solitaire. Very very expensive to solve. I feel “gamed.”
Love TONS of ads?
This game COULD be fun if the ads were at least shorter! I got tired of the length of some of the ads, you have to leave the game to get out of them! Nearly 10.00 to buy out of them, too much considering how many other game are out there!
Poor game maker choices ruined this for me
Was really enjoying this game but then ads started popping up mid puzzle and f that! When games get too greedy… delete delete delete
Won’t open
It was ok to play till it would no longer open. Had to delete
More ads than gameplay
It’s fun at first, and the game is highly addictive…ruined by the ads. Once you hit level 60+ it’s an ad for every game you play. An hour of gameplay is about 40mins of ads. I can understand needing ad revenue but not at the sake of gameplay.
They now require too much personal info
I’ve been playing this game for a long time. Now it prompts me to upload a copy of my license stating it’s required for age verification. The game will no longer allow me to play with uploading my ID.
I’m not uploading my id to play a word game. I’m ‘required’ to delete your game for personal protection reasons. Who in their right mind would provide that kind of information to a greedy marketing team just to play a game.
I’m not uploading my id to play a word game. I’m ‘required’ to delete your game for personal protection reasons. Who in their right mind would provide that kind of information to a greedy marketing team just to play a game.
Ads ruin it
This would be an awesome game if it weren’t for the constant ads.
Turn for the worse
Up until very recently this has been one of my favorite games. However, the recent addition of the challenge rounds that cannot be skipped has me rethinking my opinion. I play this game because it is a SOLITAIRE game. Had I been interested in playing with random there are a plethora of other games from which to choose. If this “feature” is left in the game I will probably stop playing it and will no longer encourage others to join.
New update
After your most recent update the app won’t load. I deleted and reinstalled…did not help. Please fix.
Was a Great game. WAS. Now Glitched.
I was forced to update the game 5 minutes ago. Now it is glitched and will not even move past the opening screen! What a waste.
Update Not Good
Had to delete and reinstall app after every game. Not worth it.
HORRIBLE
The game freezes. It takes your additional points away from you. It’s just a horrible game.
Game Locks Up
I really like it then it started getting glitchy. Can not open tabs. Only thing I can go into are the ads!!!
Excellent
Wonderful!!!!
Game would be fun but glitches screen freezing and ads not delivering.
Tried the game again after deleting hoping it would be better. They fixed one problem but now they don’t put enough letters on the board to complete the game causing you to watch ads over and over and over just to get enough letters. Not right. Excessive unmanaged Ads. Will Delete again. Too bad was leader on the board.
I’m done!
I’ve been happily enjoying your game for a while now. The only thing I had a problem with was the enormous amount of ads you have. NOW I GET AN AD DURING PLAY EVERY 5 TO 10 SECONDS! YOU HAVEN’T FIXED ANYTHING YOU’VE MADE IT WORSE. I’M DONE!
Ads ads ads and more
If you like ads, you’ll love this game pop up all the time in the middle of the game just a little short annoying ones and that big long ones and then mod short ones. Too bad I used to like this game. It is now deleted goodbye.
Constant Ad bombs
Decent game but ads along the top keep expanding right in the middle of the game and the more you play the more it happens. Ready to delete the game it is so annoying
Not As Advertised
I’m 74 levels in and the game is still nothing like the ads or the pictures on the App Store, and now a video ad pops up every 30 seconds while playing.
Pop up ads are ridiculous!
I used to play this game a lot. The pop up ads are ridiculous! They used to never happen. Now they literally happen every few seconds. It’s absurd. I wrote to the maintenance and they said that their advertisers weren’t doing what they were supposed to, but nothing has changed. I’ve been playing this game for a long time…I’ve seen the digression. It’s bad!
Fun game? Not anymore
I deleted this game once because of all the pop up ads while I am playing the game. This has gotten really bad again! I can’t even get a word formed before another ad popped up. Five times in the latest game. I’m sick of it!
Too greedy with ads
Ads have always been bad but now they pop-up every 20 seconds (no exaggeration). About to uninstall
Ads! Ads! Ads!
I thought I had found a game I could truly enjoy. Even the ads weren’t so bad however today I am getting pop up ads 2 or 3 times in the middle of a game. They are not only annoying but break my concentration. Great way to ruin a game Looks like this game will go the same way as others. I wouldn’t mind paying for no ads but not $10 a month.
Ads interrupt play
I really enjoyed this game at first. Then ads began flashing on screen during play and interrupting my concentration. I began playing less. Today the interruptions were constant, 4-5 at a one after the other, before I could return to play. Then, literally before I could finish the word I had started, they began again. This happened 3 times before I could finish one word! Then there are the ads that take you to their website even if you click X or cancel. If these flash up ads during play don’t end, I WILL be deleting this game. A great game ruined by greed.
Ads are awful
Ads are obnoxiously long. They are an insult. Do not bother.
Was fun
I enjoyed the game when I could just play by myself. Since the opponent level was introduced then the game is not fun anymore.
Signed up for solitaire but now it’s vs
I love the game when it’s actually solitaire but now it switches to forcing me into playing “vs” and I hate it. If I open and it’s actually solitaire I play. If it’s against the app, I close out. I’m about ready to delete the game because it didn’t sign up for playing against someone even if it’s just against the app. Letdown!
I like the game but…
Every time I go to another app while playing a game, it freezes and won’t come back. I have to restart and will lose any points or found words which is super frustrating. And YES, I have the latest update and have uninstalled and reinstalled so it’s definitely not me.
Ads are not in English
Why am I seeing ads that are not in English. I think the ad was Japanese or Chinese but I have not clue. Very annoying.
Ads interrupt gameplay
I totally understand the need for ads when you offer a game for free. You have bills to pay and profit to generate. I get it.
But is it really necessary to play ads during gameplay less than a minute apart? Is it necessary to even do this during the 2:30 sec timed rounds? I don’t believe anyone is that desperate to play a game that breaks your concentration every thirty seconds just to play an ad.
This is a super great game that I can’t even enjoy because Youve gutted it with ads every thirty seconds.
But is it really necessary to play ads during gameplay less than a minute apart? Is it necessary to even do this during the 2:30 sec timed rounds? I don’t believe anyone is that desperate to play a game that breaks your concentration every thirty seconds just to play an ad.
This is a super great game that I can’t even enjoy because Youve gutted it with ads every thirty seconds.
Really really need to assess your ad situation.
Most of the ads are very, very long! Many times the ads are glitchy and will cause the app to crash, cause I’m used to lose a lot of times a whole lot of progress.
Pop ups
Love this game but lately there has been what I hope is a glitch (and not intentional) that has been causing ads to pop up frequently and repeatedly in the middle of gameplay and other inappropriate times (not just at the end of levels or for extra rewards). Please fix as this is not okay.
Was a good game
Great game with challenging options to keep the games interesting. Latest version now has ads popping up randomly during the game while a time clock is running for the game. I deleted the game. I don’t mind ads in between games but the pop-up is too much.
Quitting because of ads
Ads after every single level and now ads that pop up during play. No thank you
Great game but unplayable
I really like this game. It is challenging and keeps your interest. The downside is that glitchy ads have made it unplayable. You will be working on a level when an ad starts playing. If you x it out, another one starts playing. Keeps going and going. Absolutely terrible and infuriating.
Pop-up Ads
All of a sudden, this app has pop-up ads. In just one game, there were 11 interruptions from Amazon and other ads. If this persists, I will delete. A daily game I’ve come to enjoy will be taken off my list.
Frustrated
Very fun game and addictive as well. Loved it until the ads started popping up in the middle of a timed game and yes it does still take your time away. Sometimes it’s three in a row. Very aggravating, deleted it right away, I want relaxing games.
Ads are ridiculous
I’ve enjoy the game for quite sometime now even though some of the ads are ridiculously longer than need be. I mean how long should you have to watch an ad repeat itself? Now what makes these ads even worse are the ads at the top of your screen during word play begin playing while your in the middle of the game too. Almost impossible to continue playing.
Ads wont close
I downloaded and played this game several years ago. Not terribly interested in playing it again, but the ad keeps popping up in another game and it won't close for 2 to 5 minutes. Listen game maker, potential customers can tell within 30 to 40 seconds at the most if they're interested in your game... So torture your potential audience with an ad that won't closed for 2 or 3 or 4 minutes? An ad that has no progress bar at the bottom, or timer so that we know when we can go back to our root game...?
Sentiment summary
96%
Positive (4-5★)
4%
Neutral (3★)
1%
Negative (1-2★)