# 8Words: Daily Word Puzzle — user reviews > 110 indexed App Store user reviews of 8Words by Ben Cooper Apps, LLC, rated 4.70/5 from 1,340 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/8words-daily-word-puzzle/id6444903053/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/8words-daily-word-puzzle/id6444903053.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 1,117 · 4★ 114 · 3★ 46 · 2★ 20 · 1★ 43 ## What do users think of 8Words? Overall sentiment: neutral **Pros** - 🚀 Challenging and fun game - 👍 Great concept and execution - 🧠 Keeps the mind active **Cons** - 🐛 Frequent glitches and bugs - 💰 Expensive paid features - 🔍 Limited word dictionary - 🤔 Inconsistent game mechanics **Commonly reported bugs** - Letters not registering correctly - Accepting non-existent words - Incorrect word lengths - Repeated words in puzzles **Most requested features** - Ability to view past game stats - Improved keyboard layout and visibility - Better handling of duplicate letters - Clearer indication of word length ## Newest reviews (18 of 110) ### 3/5 — Could be better *2026-06-03, version 3.05* Don’t understand why the orange color is so light and not the same intensity as the green — really hard to read. Plus, today it told me “every” is not a word. This has happened before. ### 3/5 — 14 chances again please *2026-02-15, version 3.02* Originally when I played this game 14 chances were possible. I have found that often 13 chances are not enough. Please change it back to 14, thanks. ### 3/5 — Fun but Very Buggy. *2026-01-14, version 3.00* Fun but Very Buggy. Lots of UI problems ### 3/5 — What happened? *2025-12-15, version 3.00* I was really enjoying playing this game and I paid to continue playing the extra categories. Then one day I was locked out even though my subscription continues to be active. I’ve tried to contact Support and have received no reply. ### 2/5 — New version has more problems than prior version *2025-12-13, version 3.00* I’ve paid for pro but I can only play one category - animals. And replays are locked. What gives? ### 4/5 — Great but could use updating *2025-12-06, version 3.00* I like this game, play daily. But after a while the repeat in words makes it easy. Another thing, I purchased a year subscription but after the last update it will not let me go back to missed days without another purchase. ### 4/5 — Love playing…however! *2025-05-10, version 2.12* Love playing this game however, have not been able to get game to work for 3 days, letters stay greyed out, have emailed support but not got any response, please fix issues as really enjoyed playing daily, hope that this issue is not trying to get me to pay a subscription! ### 3/5 — Stopped working *2025-03-11, version 2.12* I love this game, but am having issues with it not responding now. No letters are turning yellow or green at all. I am not sure why. I have been using the free version and so not know if there is a limit on usage if only doing the one free one each day. I deleted and reloaded the app, still nothing. Tried over the course of three different days. Disappointing because it really is a good challenge. Would give more stars if it still worked. ### 2/5 — Love playing…however! *2025-03-11, version 2.12* Love playing this game however, have not been able to get game to work for 3 days, letters stay greyed out, have emailed support but not got any response, please fix issues as really enjoyed playing daily, hope that this issue is not trying to get me to pay a subscription! ### 1/5 — Not working anymore *2025-03-11, version 2.12* I’ve enjoyed this game up to yesterday when it suddenly stopped working. Any time frame on a fix? ### 2/5 — Recent updates are a big step back *2025-03-10, version 2.12* The developer is getting too clever. We now have days where the words all rhyme, today the word “phone” was used TWICE, and the new paid functionality is clumsy and too expensive. Go back to the simple, random, elegant game it was before. Also encountering constant errors. Reducing to 2 stars. ### 1/5 — Frequently Down! *2025-03-10, version 2.12* This game is consistently down with no recovery..moving on to other reliable ones! ### 1/5 — Problem with app 9th March 25 *2025-03-09, version 2.12* Problem with all the squares showing grey instead of green & yellow as required. But my friend’s game on another iPad worked fine. This is weird. Please fix. The exact same thing occurred on 5th Feb 25. ### 1/5 — Still bad *2025-02-09, version 2.12* Good game but again still crashes permanently ### 1/5 — Problem with the app today 5th Feb 25 *2025-02-05* Problem with all the squares showing grey instead of green & yellow as required. But my friend’s game on another iPad worked fine. This is weird. Please fix. ### 2/5 — So so *2025-02-02, version 2.12* Good puzzle game but often glitches out where it doesn’t actually check the letters and you can’t do the puzzle. Also the cost to updated advertised doesn’t match up with the charge which is frustrating. ### 3/5 — Recent updates are a big step back *2025-01-31* The developer is getting too clever. We now have days where the words all rhyme, today the word “phone” was used TWICE, and the new paid functionality is clumsy and too expensive. Go back to the simple, random, elegant game it was before. ### 3/5 — Not able to play, letters grey *2025-01-30, version 2.12* The game has been faulty for the past two days. When I enter each word the letters are greyed out. Can you please fix this problem? Other than this type of problem occurring sometimes it’s a great game. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Not functioning *2026-01-26, version 3.00* I was enjoying the app but several months into an annual subscription, it failed to recognize that I was actually subscribed. I can’t access any of the categories. ### 1/5 — Update removed subscription *2025-12-24, version 3.00* Unable to restore my subscription after recent update. Help function in app doesn’t work. Email address for support also don’t work. ### 1/5 — Buggy, issues with coin purchases and submitting feedback *2025-12-19, version 3.00* Purchasing coins doesn’t offer much value unless you also have the subscription. The coins I bought didn’t work when I tried to retry a puzzle I had failed. To make matters worse, when I attempted to submit a bug report, I ran into another bug that prevented me from doing so. Overall, this felt like a waste of money. ### 1/5 — No Longer Free *2025-12-06, version 3.00* This app finally followed all the other money grubbers and started charging money, so I deleted it. Cheers ### 1/5 — The worst… *2025-11-20, version 2.12* Wow. Today’s answer was XXXXX. For all 8 boards. Really?? Y’all need to fire some people ### 1/5 — Lame *2025-11-13, version 2.12* Was hoping for an 8 way Wordle game (like a mini Senecordle) but in this game you don’t have to put in actual WORDS. You can just enter a bunch of random letters turning this into basically a scrambled word game. ### 1/5 — Back To Allowing Wrong Spelling *2025-10-24, version 2.12* I gave this one star before for the same reason but then it was fixed. If I’m not paying full attention and I have a fat finger press then it accepts the word, it spoils the game! ### 1/5 — Too many glitches *2025-09-13, version 2.12* 2 days now with greyed out letters in the daily puzzle - and not for the first time. Will now look around for an alternative. ### 1/5 — I paid $19.99 + tax *2025-04-05, version 2.12* I subscribed and paid $19.99 + tax sometime in February 2025. Then when it was having problems I deleted the app then I downloaded it again hoping it would work. But to no avail. When it finally did start working about a week later my subscription was completely gone and I lost my money. I would like to get my subscription back because I paid for it. ### 1/5 — Was fun but so buggy it’s broken *2025-03-11, version 2.12* No hints are generated anymore. All letters are grey ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Love This Game! *2026-04-28, version 3.03* This is a no frills octordle word game with NO ADS! I play it every night because it doesn’t scream with ads. Very low noise ( only the keyboard haptics) Thank you for a simple yet challenging game! ### 5/5 — Explanation of the score. *2026-01-18, version 3.00* How does the scoring work? ### 5/5 — Exceptionally lucrative (brainwise) *2025-01-13, version 2.12* Played every morning, this game awakens my brain’s focus to “this, not that, then what’s next?” ### 5/5 — Octordly *2024-12-04, version 1.25.0* I enjoy playing the game,its great for the mind ### 5/5 — Needs harder words *2024-11-24, version 1.25.0* The words are not that challenging when compared with an earlier version (Quordle?) which is no longer offered on the App Store and offered a 2, 4 or 8 panel game… ### 5/5 — Wish more than 1 a day though *2024-11-24, version 1.25.0* I love it. Just wish I was able to do more than 1 a day. ### 5/5 — Perfect with coffee *2024-09-26, version 1.25.0* First thing I do in the morning with my coffee. Very fun! ### 5/5 — Morning challenge *2024-09-20, version 1.25.0* To see if the brains working ### 5/5 — Octowordl *2024-08-26, version 1.25.0* Great thinking game ### 5/5 — Not working *2024-07-06, version 1.25.0* Puzzle has not been working for 3 days now. --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-08-28.*