Great fun solo, but disappointed with multiplayer
Mon Apr 29 2024 Mr-GibsAfter really enjoying playing solo, I talked my wife into getting this app so we could play against each other. Rather than the engaging experience from the solo game, where I could watch every move my AI opponents would make, as they made them - multiplayer just pops up a plain text message “your opponent is making a move” and you wait, bored, until they finish. Thought it was going to be fun, instead it was dull. What a wasted opportunity.
Crashing recently
Sat Mar 29 2025 ElizabethNugentI play the co-op game solo a lot, but recently it started randomly getting itself into a freeze state where the only way I have found to get out is to quit the app and then start a new game. (There was a different freeze it used to do that you could get out of by quitting and restarting, but that didn’t work with the new behavior.) It’s super frustrating when you are doing well and then it hangs.
Needs some work
Sun May 07 2023 ZheidenOverall, I was stoked to have the implementation of expansion options, but…there are numerous crash bugs making it unplayable…70% of the time.
Computer players lock up when trying to make a word. This has appeared with more cards on hand, not fewer.
Computer players (smarter AI) have not made words, or have made suboptimal choices. The first is more problematic than the second. After watching them make ‘FA’ or ‘SH’, I question them missing ‘THE’ or SO’.
Computer players lock up while buying letters. I appreciate being able to skip their turn, but that just gets the game moving. It does not solve underlying issues.
Finally, similar to PAPERBACK VOL1., the double score adjacency bonus does not always work.
Again, thanks for putting the work in.
Some more tweaks will get it where it needs to be.
Mike
Game vs programming
Sun Jan 29 2023 Solomonj555The game is 5 stars in concept. Brilliant! Daily, the program freezes unpredictably on AI opponent “finding a word.” AI makes ridiculous fame card buying choices in coop mode, regardless of level of AI. If you set three AI to play against each other, an error occurs in every other game. Glitches are too everpresent for such a good game. I’ll revisit this rating if new versions fix things
New fonts
Thu Jun 26 2025 UncleMatchThe balloon fonts have made this game unplayable. Some don’t even fit in the card. The option ‘vol 1 font’ controls this? But can’t turn it off.
Update; I contacted support about the font and not long after he made a change and the font issue was fixed. It’s back to being playable and I’ve changed my rating to reflect.
Great Game but Terrible App
Sat May 13 2023 Zachary AppsThere are so many things wrong with this app. GUI is awkwardly laid out. Some buttons are way smaller than they should be. Push notifications don’t work for online games. Some of the effects on cards like the “Make an adjacent card wild” don’t always work. There have also been a few very legitimate words that the game rejects.
Glad I own the physical game and also glad I got the app for free.
Dislike New Graphics
Tue Nov 19 2024 man8362I love the game. One of my favorites. Not sure why the graphics had to change with the latest update. Difficult to read. Looks cartoonish. At least give us the option of using the original fonts, etc.
Refuses to work
Fri Jun 03 2022 J puzzle guyI have created an account, but it will not run until I do something with a “confirmation” email message. Except that the message never arrives. Same problem for my friend; the problem is on their end. Further evidence of the publisher’s lack of programming skill: The message displayed when the app pretends to send the “confirmation” email is “password reset sent” (referring to an action button I did NOT press).
Great game
Tue Sep 16 2025 rogerthegardenerUpdated from previous review
This is my go to game for downtime.
Bugs, but nothing fatal:
Blue “Y”: will draw 5 if double letter card with vowel is used in word.
Green “L”: doesn’t always double card value if previous card is selected.
Still some inconsistencies with card descriptions and graphics regarding +1 draw vs +1 value for # of cards remaining in hand.
Where did the cards go that added points based on specific letters in your deck, # of trashed cards, etc?
Still buggy
Mon Feb 03 2025 ThesweetfamilyRelease from 2024 (October?) changed the look, which was bad, but also about 60% of the games against the AI now hang and you lose your progress and have to restart. I reported to the company directly but they don’t seem to care. The November update did not help. Just avoid this app unless you see a fix.
