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Wordscapes - Word Game
PeopleFun, Inc. · 1,108,924 ratings · ★ 4.8
4.8
★★★★★
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Top complaints - extracted from 31 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"
19 negative reviews mention this · 61% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Overloaded with add. Enjoyed this game up until they started interrupting game play with ads. Having ads during pauses or breaks in the action may be a necessary evil, but there is no excuse for arbitrarily interrupting the action with ads. I’m done with it. To…" - Jetbutt
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"play"
9 negative reviews mention this · 29% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Adds. The recent update added adds mid level now it is not worth playing" - N!ndjwnnsi
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"words"
6 negative reviews mention this · 19% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Drj. Fun but many real words are not accepted and the ads while typing in words are terribly annoying" - Josefudeyama
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"every"
6 negative reviews mention this · 19% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Frustrated for Years. PART I Get rid of the stupid exploding diamond/square when you complete a puzzle. It’s not needed, it’s annoying, and it could cause medical issues for players. Can you say law suit… PART II 02Jun26 “No Cow Token” I’m at least 400 Cow tok…" - zdwartdq
5
"puzzle"
5 negative reviews mention this · 16% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Pop ups. I’ve been playing this off and on for about 7 and I finally had enough. I paid $2.99 back in 2019 to remove adds but the pop ups after a puzzle to claim this and that are really out of hand. All I want to do is puzzles. Can’t you set it …" - DarinBell
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"playing"
4 negative reviews mention this · 13% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Adds. The recent update added adds mid level now it is not worth playing" - N!ndjwnnsi
7
"been"
4 negative reviews mention this · 13% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Pop ups. I’ve been playing this off and on for about 7 and I finally had enough. I paid $2.99 back in 2019 to remove adds but the pop ups after a puzzle to claim this and that are really out of hand. All I want to do is puzzles. Can’t you set it …" - DarinBell
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"people"
4 negative reviews mention this · 13% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Pop ups. I’ve been playing this off and on for about 7 and I finally had enough. I paid $2.99 back in 2019 to remove adds but the pop ups after a puzzle to claim this and that are really out of hand. All I want to do is puzzles. Can’t you set it …" - DarinBell
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"watching"
4 negative reviews mention this · 13% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Rewards for watching adds. The only thing I don’t like about this game is that it offers rewards to watch adds but rarely deliver." - Olinsguitar
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Adds
The recent update added adds mid level now it is not worth playing
Overloaded with add
Enjoyed this game up until they started interrupting game play with ads. Having ads during pauses or breaks in the action may be a necessary evil, but there is no excuse for arbitrarily interrupting the action with ads. I’m done with it. Too bad, it was fun until that started.
Pop ups
I’ve been playing this off and on for about 7 and I finally had enough. I paid $2.99 back in 2019 to remove adds but the pop ups after a puzzle to claim this and that are really out of hand. All I want to do is puzzles. Can’t you set it up to allow people who paid for no adds to choose puzzles and nothing else? No animals, tournaments, prizes, etc. I end up just closing the game when I’m forced to claim something just to do puzzles.
Scam ads
This trash app has scare ads with misinformation about virus threats and a link to a dodgy phone number for “support” that could easily mislead and scam older users. Do not support this abusive app.
Frustrated for Years
PART I
Get rid of the stupid exploding diamond/square when you complete a puzzle. It’s not needed, it’s annoying, and it could cause medical issues for players. Can you say law suit…
PART II
02Jun26 “No Cow Token”
I’m at least 400 Cow tokens behind because your 3-hour Cow Token icon never showed up on 02 Jun 2026. I recommend you fix the problem ASAP and give every player 4000 Cow Token for the inconvenience. Additionally, your new wildlife levels are unrealistic especially since a basic egg hatching doesn’t get you very many of any of the wildlife animals. So why would I waste 5,500 hearts for a onetime 10x multiplier when not a one of the items will be an epic animal?
PART III
In app support does not function. Keeps closing conversations before I can even put in a comment.
This means I am UNABLE to leave comments within the App.
CONCLUSION
Maybe one of these years you will make actual comments when customers leave feedback instead of the standard comment left on every post.
Let’s see if you respond to this one.
Get rid of the stupid exploding diamond/square when you complete a puzzle. It’s not needed, it’s annoying, and it could cause medical issues for players. Can you say law suit…
PART II
02Jun26 “No Cow Token”
I’m at least 400 Cow tokens behind because your 3-hour Cow Token icon never showed up on 02 Jun 2026. I recommend you fix the problem ASAP and give every player 4000 Cow Token for the inconvenience. Additionally, your new wildlife levels are unrealistic especially since a basic egg hatching doesn’t get you very many of any of the wildlife animals. So why would I waste 5,500 hearts for a onetime 10x multiplier when not a one of the items will be an epic animal?
PART III
In app support does not function. Keeps closing conversations before I can even put in a comment.
This means I am UNABLE to leave comments within the App.
CONCLUSION
Maybe one of these years you will make actual comments when customers leave feedback instead of the standard comment left on every post.
Let’s see if you respond to this one.
Used to be decent
The game has become extremely glitchy. Takes forever to load, freezes and when you finally finish you may or may not get the stars added to your total.
Played it for years, but ready for the proverbial dustbin.
Played it for years, but ready for the proverbial dustbin.
Used to play this Crossword Game
Now it's not even a crossword game they just list the words? On level 19 now and still just listing words no crossword? Sellouts.
Word escapes
Game is rigged, and it it doesn’t work
This and that
All of the extra things added like the cow this time around are ridiculous! Please stop so we can get the coins and other items needed to solve the puzzles!!!
Could be so much fun
The app itself could be great, if it worked properly.
Been testing it for several months, and found major issues with the advertisements that are forced on users not paying for the app.
Ads automatically open apps or websites, which should NEVER happen (simple cyber security issue).
Fake X used to confuse players and open apps or websites (another security issue).
After the latest update, video ads don’t work. No coms to users through the app, though the company’s website clearly states that they are fully aware of the issue. No fix for a week.
Look for a better app, if you appreciate basic cyber security and decent communication from the company making money from you using their product.
Been testing it for several months, and found major issues with the advertisements that are forced on users not paying for the app.
Ads automatically open apps or websites, which should NEVER happen (simple cyber security issue).
Fake X used to confuse players and open apps or websites (another security issue).
After the latest update, video ads don’t work. No coms to users through the app, though the company’s website clearly states that they are fully aware of the issue. No fix for a week.
Look for a better app, if you appreciate basic cyber security and decent communication from the company making money from you using their product.
Continuously missing animals
I have been chatting with support over the past month trying to recover missing animals earned in the gameplay. It’s really ridiculous. They restore them and then they go missing again. I’ve done updates, synced everything, etc. I would like to enjoy the game because it is fun to play, but NOT when you have to go back-and-forth with support. It’s gotten so bad I’ve had to keep screenshots that these animals were earned I’m at my wits end with this game.
All ads
All ads. I’ve never seen so many ads
Would not recommend
I had this game for a week then deleted it because it had several ads and I could never actually just play the game. It just kept sending me notifications and there is chat and people were saying really inappropriate things and if kids wanna play this, I would not recommend it so parents do not let your kids have this.
WS TARGETS PLAYERS ABD CORRUPTS GAMES AND DEVICES
They have done this relentlessly. There’s are vindictive and controlling. Do not download this app. They even put some weird lock on team chat. After I brought over everyone from my team that I curated…and they ruined.
Fun game but….
This was a good time killing game, now I spend more time watching ads than playing, which absolutely sucks. I’m not anti ads these people need to make their money but the amount of ads and length is just criminal at this point.
Deceptive Please stop
The Mt. Fortune climb is rigged in the code where you will alway get hit with the rock no matter what. If you are lucky to past the first climb, you are sure to chose the rock on the next rounds because it is set up to select the rock no matter what you pick at some point. PLEASE STOP THIS. You guys are acting like generating rewards cost you to manufacture them each time. They are code generated and you already paid your developers for that and made your money back. Make the Mt. Fortune climb fair!!!!
Ads…
Ad after every single puzzle, even if it only takes you 5 seconds. Even worse sometimes you’ll get an add right in the middle of your game. Probably the most greedy app on I’ve ever experienced
Hate the side hustles which must be aimed at 9 year olds
I keep wanting to play the game that has been my all time favorite, but the side games - cows! - are just too annoying. Also, it seems that less people are playing so competition has declined for the weekend tournament. I am sad that this game has been ruined.
why….
This game is so much fun but it doesn’t let me play anymore because I have parental controls on and it is rated 16+ like what?!! I used to play this game all the time and it was so much fun and now I can’t play it because it’s rated 16+ when it isn’t even that bad. There isn’t even any bad words or inappropriate stuff on it.
Commercials after EVERY play.
Spent more time watching commercials, then actually play the spelling game. The game itself is OK but the commercials are ridiculous. I suggest find another game.
Fees
I can’t stand the hidden fees
The ads are insane
There is no fun left as ads are popping up every 2 seconds. I don’t mind the ads between levels but this just kills the whole fun of the game and makes you hate the brands with the ads too. On top of that when you watch the ad, there is no way getting out of it until you force wuit the game.
Ads are too intrusive
Perfectly fine with ads in a free game. Not very helpful to have them covering the letters on the bottom. Was really enjoying g thee game until this. A clear example of greed exceeding common sense.
Drj
Fun but many real words are not accepted and the ads while typing in words are terribly annoying
Tiring
Lately the top 20 actual words go into the not used bin for the daily puzzle. Too tiring to play.
Game is Rigged
On the daily puzzle where you earn stars towards coins, they rig it so the common words are bonus words and the difficult words we rarely use are words in the puzzle. In one puzzle, of all the words I entered 26 of them went to bonus words (not words with S At the end). This forced me to use my rockets hints and bullseyes to fill in blanks to solve the puzzle, the equivalent of thousands of coins. This is a tactic they use to make you make additional purchases. It also makes the game more frustrating than one of enjoyment.
FAKE WORDS
Or so archaic as to be absurd. “Stane” for stone. Why? So stupid. I like a challenge but this is just lazy.
Rewards for watching adds
The only thing I don’t like about this game is that it offers rewards to watch adds but rarely deliver.
Ads are terrible
Fun game but every time you play a level, you get horribly long ads with no way to get out of them after watching. It makes it not worth it to play.
Started over 4 times
Challenging game. Sadly, you have to start from the beginning every time you switch phones. Hours of gameplay down the toilet. For me, that’s about 4 times I had to
restart. Will not do it again.
restart. Will not do it again.
Ads ruin an otherwise good game
The ads vary widely from acceptably short to making you consider deleting the app. Additionally the 30 day long challenges serve no apparent purpose.
Sentiment summary
96%
Positive (4-5★)
1%
Neutral (3★)
3%
Negative (1-2★)