# Bob's Word Search Game — Offline, no ads, puzzle fun

> Offline, no ads, puzzle fun (iPhone/iPad app by TeamWeb Limited.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/bobs-word-search-game/id6749086169 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [TeamWeb Limited](https://appshunter.io/developer/1828752534)
- Category: Games, Puzzle, Word
- Price: $1.99 (on sale, was $9.99)
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 17.6 · 83 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2025-08-05
- Data updated: 2026-08-25
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/bobs-word-search-game/id6749086169/reviews.md

## What is Bob's Word Search Game?

Bob's Word Search Game is an offline word search game with no ads, no in-app purchases and no coins or gems to buy.

I'm Bob and I was looking for a word search game and couldn't find one that didn't seem like visiting a casino, so I wrote my own. I've loved word searches since I was a kid, and this is the game I wanted to play on my device - and now you can play it too.

Create custom games with your choice of grid size, number of words and difficulty level; compete with your friends in the daily challenge or take on hundreds of levels in progression mode. Beat the target time and see if you can get three stars for each one, you can even change the difficulty depending on your mood.

Sit back and listen to some relaxing jazz music as you find the words in the grid, wind down after a stressful day at work and watch all your stress fall away.

Or CHALLENGE YOURSELF with Evil mode, where the letters can be rotated, in different fonts, colours and styles - for that extra challenge. Or combine Evil mode with searchlight mode, where you can only see part of the grid illuminated by a spotlight. 

See below for the full list of features.

This game requires no data, no internet connection, no wifi - is fully offline and available to be played wherever you might be.

Bob's Games do not contain any ads, tracking or nonsense. 


PLAYERS GUIDE

Tap each letter in a word to match it, or tap and drag your finger across a word to highlight it and complete a match in one swipe.


FEATURES
- Thousands of words, hand picked across different categories
- Custom games with your choice of grids, word count, difficulty and categories
- Daily Challenge with the hardest difficulty settings, share your best time with friends
- Your choice to hide the word list for an extra challenge
- Single word mode gives you one word at a time to find
- First letter mode only tells you the first letter of each word you need to find
- Works in dark mode, perfect for late night play sessions
- Customise the background with your own colours, or pick a photo from your photo library!
- Easy difficulty level where words are only left to right and up and down - perfect for kids
- Add your own custom words, such as your children's spelling words
- Lowercase mode and top sight words for children learning to read
- Medium difficulty introduces diagonal words
- Hard difficulty level now places words backwards too
- Extra Hard difficulty uses dummy words and repeated letters
- Evil mode messes with the colours, size and rotation of letters in the grid! Challenge yourself.
- Enable spotlight mode to only see part of the grid at a time
- Create shareable games which let you send a URL to friends to get the same grid as you
- Earn stars for completing levels within time limits
- Choose the level star difficulty based on your mode, from Relaxed to Hardcore

## Chart rankings

- #32 in Top Paid · Word (US App Store)


## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 1.3.0 — 2026-05-09

- The daily challenge now tracks all your games, with streaks, achievements and a completion calendar
- Thousands of new words across all categories
- New "Run the Gauntlet" mode - 6 minutes to complete as many grids as you can with bonuses and perks along the way
- Fixes an issue with duplicate words
- Performance improvements

The daily challenge in this version is different from previous versions. Make sure your friends are all on the latest version to compare!

### 1.2.0 — 2025-10-26

NEW
* Shows the letters you've selected in the header
* New custom game option - word length

FIXES
* Lots of performance improvements
* UI improvements in custom game setup
* Fix tap letter selection so you can only choose letters in a row
* Better handling for dragging
* Fix for Daily Challenge if you start before midnight, but finish after

### 1.1.0 — 2025-08-18

* Daily Challenge - everyone gets the same grid, easily share your best time with friends every day
* New grid generation algorithm creates better challenges
* Single word mode gives you one word at a time to find
* First letter mode only gives you the first letter of each word that needs found
* You can choose multiple word categories in custom games
* You can now give up in all game modes apart from progression
* Add your own custom words, perfect for children's spelling and adult fun
* Create a shareable game with a URL you can send to friends to get the same grid
* Fixes for evil mode, duplicate words

### 1.0.1 — 2025-08-06

Fixes sound not being silenced by the mute switch, shimmer animation direction, and the searchlight darkness not being removed when you gave up.

### 1.0.0 — 2025-08-05

No release notes.

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