Alphabear User Reviews

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So much content!

I adore this game! It has so many elements, I can play for hours each day before running out of game areas to play with, especially now that I’ve finally broken down and bought the ad-free package. My one request is that the developers give us some way to sort our bears!!! It’s not so helpful to only see them by Rarity type when the Events sort them by their types and levels. It’s hard to scroll through 40 bears just to check if your celebrity bears are all upgraded before the event comes. Some kind of sorting mechanism so we can choose the order we view our bears would be great!
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Fun but lots of not real words

Would prefer only dictionary words. There are many where the game says it’s sure it’s a word but don’t know the meaning. Those are not real words and should be removed.

Cute but flawed mechanics

A lot of the features don't work reliably. For instance, some bears are able to "summon" word endings like "ED", "ER", etc. but even when you have more than adequate space for the letters to appears, sometimes only one of them will pop up. There's no way to guess which orientation they'll drop in, so you often end up wasting them. But you still have to upgrade those bears because not having the right "type" will keep you out of earning for special events.

I already have the paid version, and I can tell this is all meant to squeeze more out of me. It just won't work. Eventually when it gets frustrating enough, I'll just stop playing.
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Would like to restart…

Got this game when it first came out and thought it was great. Now I would like to restart as it’s been years since I replayed. I followed the steps to email the developer, clarifying that I wanted to delete all my progress, but have had no response. Very frustrating as I just want to play some more Alphabear!
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Smart casual game; trying to make progress is very grindy

This is a game I come back to again and again for when I just want a quick word puzzle. After a while, if you want to progress in the map, even if you play a perfect game you’ll need higher bear levels. It does become incredibly grindy and can take weeks to level up bears enough to move forward. I also dislike the tournament event, which seems to reward only the same 3-4 players over and over.

But if you play it casually and disregard campaign progress it’s still the best word game I’ve found on mobile.
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Nice

Nice little game with a sense of humour. BUT, after you do a certain amount it becomes really grindy. Your bears are not high enough level to continue the story nor take part in all parts of the special events. So you may grind away for weeks doing much the same stuff to level up your bears. Even if you shell out £8.99 to level up some bears, still not enough to avoid doing more grinding. I’ve been stuck in the main story part for weeks while I level up my bears. Then it’s just more of the same.
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Fun game… if you can play it

Each regular game “play” costs you 25 coins. If you’d like to pay to accumulate coins faster, that’s an option. You can watch embarrassingly bad ads for coins… when they have ads available to watch. Otherwise, this game is unplayable for more than 10 minutes every few hours. Don’t even get me started on the whole leveling up your bears thing. Only certain bears can be leveled up during certain days of the week, otherwise you’re stuck where you are, if you can even get a play in. Got a booster finally to help you pass a level? This game will purposely give you letters to that don’t create a word in the middle of the game, creating a wasted booster scenario. The creators of this game truly don’t want to make any money, nor do they want you to play this game. If they had any intelligence, they would create a purchase option for an hour of unlimited plays. Instead, they created any other purchase option, except for more playing time.
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Addictive

I love this crew…. I love all their games and tend to play over & over again 😍🤩

This is amazing!! ʕ•ᴥ•ʔ

For one thing, the graphics in this game are absolutely adorable and so well made! It makes me smile every time!
I also love the little story line, and the hidden puns and back to the future references. I also loved the first Alphabear, but this is even better!
My only complaint is the ads, but I won’t take off stars for that!
Keep making amazing games, Spry Fox! You’re my favorite game-making company, all your games are amazing!
Keep being an amazing company! ♡︎
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So many ads it's nearly unplayable

I played the first Alphabear game religiously back in the day and was excited to see there was a second one. While the core mechanic is the same, it's a completely different game and not in the good way. I've been playing this for a couple weeks and as an example of how obtrusive the ads are, I just played for about 20 minutes and at least 5 of those were ads. Finish a level? Watch a 30 second ad. Finish another level? Another 30 second ad. And so on. There's also a very fast progression block, with the story uncontinuable without spending a lot of time leveling up your bears. I could go on - there was so much to love about the original game and so very little to love about this one.
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