# Boggle With Friends: Word Game — user reviews > 823 indexed App Store user reviews of Boggle With Friends by Zynga Inc., rated 4.50/5 from 44,323 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/boggle-with-friends-word-game/id1197041040/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/boggle-with-friends-word-game/id1197041040.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 31,730 · 4★ 7,308 · 3★ 2,089 · 2★ 1,236 · 1★ 1,960 ## What do users think of Boggle With Friends? Overall sentiment: neutral **Pros** - 🚀 Fast and addictive gameplay - 👍 Challenging and engaging word game - 🤝 Ability to play with friends **Cons** - 🔍 Lack of transparency on opponent's power-ups - 🔍 Unfair advantage for players using power-ups - 🔍 Excessive ads and in-app purchases - 🐛 Frequent crashes and bugs - 🔋 Battery drain issues **Commonly reported bugs** - Leaderboard and daily challenge issues - Freezing and crashing during gameplay - Inconsistent loading and connectivity problems **Most requested features** - Option to play without power-ups - Ability to see opponent's power-up usage - Ad-free paid version - Improved tournament matchmaking and experience ## Newest reviews (20 of 823) ### 2/5 — Wow *2026-08-31, version 17.94.1645* I use too love this game and never gave a review but you have ruined the dang game with popup ads. I get you need advertisers but just like reg tv ads are horrible and they rarely find their intended audience. Now ai don’t want to play the one game that relaxed me! Thanks for ruining the game! ### 2/5 — If the round doesn’t register and you have to play it again, they should give you the power ups you *2026-08-31, version 17.94.1645* Used power ups in one of my games and after the round it didn’t register. Had to play the round again but it didn’t give me the power ups back that I had used. ### 2/5 — Laggy interface *2026-08-30, version 17.94.1645* Screen freezes everytime I try to play ### 3/5 — Please fix the pop up issue. *2026-08-28, version 17.94.1645* I used to love this game. Now it takes forever to load. If I wanted to upgrade to Premium I would have done so by now. If I change my mind, it’s not hard to find the box to upgrade. Instead, when I open the game I have to wait for it to load - twice - then the other ad pops up. Am I the only having this issue? ### 4/5 — Updated rating *2026-08-27, version 17.94.1645* Ok. It seems that they have heard the bad reviews because I haven’t had any pop up adds while playing for the last few days. I happily amend my rating. And I was finally able to get rid of my words with friends acct. Thank you. I really love this game. ### 3/5 — Frequently glitches *2026-08-26, version 17.94.1645* Ads cover the pause button, if an ad or system notification comes up mid-game it freezes the screen and cannot be resumed. Frequently freezes on empty gameplay screen when a level ends. I’ve just encountered many instances of the screen or buttons becoming unresponsive - as well as repeating letter tile/square arrangements etc. I enjoy the game when it works but I’m wishing they’d address these issues. ### 2/5 — It used to be fun *2026-08-26, version 17.94.1645* I’ve been playing for 10 years & I enjoy it but for the last few months it’s been lagging, taking a long time to start a game. Very frustrating, makes me not want to play anymore, I’m very close to deleting it ### 2/5 — Ads galore *2026-08-22, version 17.94.1645* The game itself is fine, completely ruined by ad after ad after ad. Every time you do anything, you get an ad. Makes it a terrible experience. Will be uninstalling ### 3/5 — Won’t Load on older devices *2026-08-19, version 17.93.1641* Awesome game but if you play it on an iPad that’s just a few years old it takes forever to load. Pretty bad…until it eventually loads then it’s fun ### 3/5 — Starting Random Games each time I open it. *2026-08-17, version 17.93.1641* It’s recently been starting games against random opponents without my doing so. So many games in my queue now when I open it up and I have to resign because otherwise I’ll be using up all my free tokens after the 3 games I normally play at a time. Been playing for 10+ years without it ever having done this. Don’t know if this is a deliberate tactic designed to force players to purchase tokens or a glitch. Hoping it’s a glitch that they can fix. I’ve enjoyed playing it for many years without this new “bug”. ### 3/5 — Glitch *2026-08-16, version 17.93.1641* This app glitches so bad! I have multiple rewards I’ve been unable to collect as it always says there is an error. Many of my game rounds have not been counted and I’ve lost my tokens for playing a game that never registered. Gross!! Fix it! ### 3/5 — Bots *2026-08-11, version 17.92.1618* Love this game but despite making all settings as private as possible have bots requesting games every day. I just want to play my friends! ### 4/5 — Smaller fonts *2026-08-09, version 17.92.1618* I really like the game it is one of my favorites. I’ve noticed that in the current version the font used in displays has gotten smaller. The choice of colors whit letters on orange background is already difficult to read but with the smaller fonts it is very difficult to decipher. ### 2/5 — Too many ads. Can’t see results after play *2026-08-04, version 17.92.1618* I have been playing for a few years and love the game but an ad after every play and it pops up even before I can see the score of my opponent. ### 2/5 — Too many matches *2026-08-02, version 17.92.1618* Something has changed recently. I’m getting bombarded with more matches than I can keep up with, and the game keeps creating more, even though I resign some of them. Please change it back! ### 2/5 — What has been happening with this game for the last year??? *2026-07-29, version 17.92.1618* This game use to be good but for the past couple of months it has been sucking my Iphone’s battery down & when I just try to load the game on my phone it is nearly impossible unless I am willing to wait AT LEAST 5-10 minutes. I have done any update the game might have & my IPhone is up to date. What is going on with this? I’m getting to the point of pretty much deleting this game off of my phone bc I can’t access it anyway without it draining the phone battery. Exhausting! I’m not sure if they have not kept up with IOS over the past couple of months …or what the issue is….but, it’s about to go if they do not fix it soon. ### 2/5 — Tournaments *2026-07-29, version 17.92.1618* I enjoy playing boggle but the tournaments drive me mad. I tend to play against many bots and the bots always do terribly the first round hundreds below my score then they rank up or something because they beat me by hundreds🫪. Genuinely this isn’t about skill I just hate the bots. lots of ads and it’s hard to find players at my level when I’m only a 45… ### 3/5 — Too many ads *2026-07-28, version 17.92.1618* Wish you could pay to disable annoying ads! ### 3/5 — Oops *2026-07-20, version 17.92.1618* I don’t know what has happened lately, but there seems to be a lot of glitches now, so losing the fun. I feel sad but think time to stop playing. Otherwise a great game for the brain. ### 3/5 — It’s fun bit ads are ridicilous *2026-07-20, version 17.92.1618* Game is fun and good for unwinding for a bit but after every game there an ad and it can’t be closed!!!! I din’t want to save the king anymore. You can’t even pay off for the skip option. Please fix this! ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Abysmal *2026-08-31, version 17.94.1645* Unreal, played one game and forced to sit through an insane trash game advert. Do not install. ### 1/5 — Ads within game rounds *2026-08-27, version 17.94.1645* I actually still enjoy the game, but inserting ads into the actual game play (interrupting your round and throwing you off, causing you to possibly forget which words you’ve already played) is an automatic fail. Would give zero stars if possible. And the new “starting games automatically” thing even though I turned off that setting is another obnoxious feature. Sometimes I may accidentally swipe slightly to the side after a game round, and it starts a game with someone new. I didn’t ask for this! Get rid of the ads within game play and maybe you’ll get a better review, we’ll see. ### 1/5 — Poor support. *2026-08-11, version 17.92.1618* I have received a zero score several times when I played against an opponent. It just happened again. I got a message that said “Repaired client issue. Just restart the game.” Fine. You have to repair the game. But that shouldn’t delete my score entirely for that round. Worse yet, it showed that I could replay the round. That’s okay. But, no, it ended the game and game me a zero instead of the winning score I’d just earned. I rarely write bad reviews, but this keeps happening. ### 1/5 — Ads and over fluffed *2026-08-08, version 17.92.1618* Just play the game simply. Power ups, fluff and random nonsense all over. Ads are ridiculous. ### 1/5 — It’s pay to play *2026-08-05, version 17.92.1618* Tons of ads and they still want you to buy “tokens” for money. Dream on. I would buy the game but I am not going to pay per use. ### 1/5 — New update broke game *2026-07-29, version 17.92.1618* With the new update, resigning a game doesn’t remove it from your queue and it fills all your available games with smart matches/challenges so you don’t have any game slots left to play your ACTUAL friends, AND the support function is broken so you are basically just short of luck ### 1/5 — Ad Infestation *2026-07-24, version 17.92.1618* Horrible monetary practices. They’ve even gone as far to insert ads INSIDE the rounds. That’s just disgusting. Worst part is you can pay for no ads FOR THIRTY DAYS ONLY AND IT ONLY BLOCKS ADS BETWEEN ROUNDS!!! These idiots don’t realize anyone can make these apps with ai now, so you’ve just inspired a competitor. ### 1/5 — Freezing & won’t open *2026-07-23, version 17.92.1618* Love this game but recently keeps freezing up & won’t open. I have 4 bars & WiFi!😡 ### 1/5 — Horrible ads *2026-07-15, version 7.91.1601* Cash grab ### 1/5 — Boggle with friends *2026-07-11, version 7.91.1601* My game keeps creating games nobody started. Can’t fix it have deleted it several times and the keep showing up very irritating. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Really fun *2026-08-12, version 17.92.1618* Super fun game. Been playing it for years. Just like the real boggle game. The more you play, the faster you get. ### 5/5 — Blip? Glitch? *2026-07-30, version 17.92.1618* I’ve been playing this game for at least 13 yrs, love it .. but there are a couple, little glitches that should be addressed.. lately the game has been starting games for me without me prompting it too... can you pls address this! Super annoying! Also, please fix the chat option .. it’s never worked .. equally annoying! Thanks! ### 5/5 — As free? *2026-06-26, version 7.91.1601* Is there a way to play ad free? ### 5/5 — AI/Bots won’t stop challenging me *2026-06-01, version 17.90.1583* I have been playing since 2011 and LOVE the game BUT… The AI/Bots continue to challenge me daily. I keep declining them and will continue to do so. I only want to play other humans. ### 5/5 — Live the game! *2026-05-28, version 17.90.1583* If you love word games you’ll love boggle! Fun! Challenging! ### 5/5 — Awesome game *2026-05-09, version 17.89.1545* Have a bunch of boggle friends … playing for years. Fun game and keeps brain functioning ! ### 5/5 — This Game Is One Of The Best Free Games IMO *2026-05-07, version 17.89.1545* It just never gets old- and I play it very frequently (at least 15+ rounds a day. I like it bc the game can match you against random players as many times as you want. Just begin the game and complete the first round. Sometimes you'll get paired with someone who won't accept you challenge, but that's no big deal. There is no required etiquette about playing all three rounds with an opponent as soon as the challenge is accepted. Just take your turn and check back in at your convenience. I usually play 2-3 times a day within a 12hr period. I take my turn against all my opponents (I often have 10 or more games going. After I'm done I'll exit the game and check back in a few hours later. Also the adds are a pain in the butt, but it doesn't bother me too much (thecompared to other free to download game apps. I highly recommend it for lovers of good word games ### 5/5 — This game changed my life *2026-04-13, version 17.88.1537* Before boggle i was a normal person now im consumed in the words my vocab has expanded and i am a better person all because i began playing boggle. ### 5/5 — Stop!! *2026-04-03, version 17.88.1537* I've been playing this game for more than 10 years please stop making me play against bots! I can tell they're not human, they all score the same! You're gonna put the final nail in the coffin if you do this! ### 5/5 — Poorest customer service *2026-04-01, version 17.87.1476* Been playing game for years and as another player has said game doesn’t load in fairs out t of time. Guess you just want all of us who paid to play years ago just gone. --- *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 2026-09-05.*