Less than meh
I was so hoping for iassociate2. I can’t even play this one. It’s so disappointing. I miss the connection maps and the challenge. This is like all the basic word games out there except this one reminds you of what could be yet isn’t. Hopefully one day someone will bring back iassociate 2
Can no longer access older versions
I associate was a great game, challenging with lots of great levels available.
Unfortunately the only version downloadable now is this, stuffed full of currency and timers and not good.
The earlier, far better, versions have been removed from the app store so cannot even be re-downloaded.
Unfortunately the only version downloadable now is this, stuffed full of currency and timers and not good.
The earlier, far better, versions have been removed from the app store so cannot even be re-downloaded.
Totally inaccessible
Just tried it again today after several years. No improvement. Bring back i associate 2 and more puzzle packs, at least it was accessible and fun at the same time
Too easy and busy
This version is too flashy and stupidly easy. Very disappointed. Please bring back the original versions.
Bad
Not as good as the original from Ticbits. Pity they’ve disappeared from the App Store.
Used to love this
I wanted to play this game with my kids now that they are getting older. But the new game, while easy enough for them to understand, is terrible!!! It’s got that awful Vegas style play and the levels are weird—just as you get started it moves you to a different level. What a disappointment. :(
Fun but bring back the OG
This is fun, but I wish the letters weren’t there and you had to think of it for yourself. iAssociate2 was soooo great! I wish it was still available! There’s no other game like it! I’ve looked everywhere
I don’t like this game
The puzzles most time don’t make any sense and no clue except you buy the clue/help with real money. The time to unlock new levels too doesn’t make sense. I most likely will end ip deleting this game.
Fun game
I’ve been a fan of the iAssociate series since the first one. It’s a great brain workout, and I love that I can unlock new levels without spending cash, you just need patience. I would love a iAssociate 4!
REVERT BACK TO IASSOCIATE2
No where near as challenging and enjoyable as iAssociate2. I really miss that game and although this should be a better version, it’s lost all the aspects of 2 that made it so enjoyable. Now it’s just a money grabbing game.
Not as good a iAssociate2
I really liked iAssociate2 because you didn’t have to wait for a timer for the next level to open. Why make us wait when each additional level cost more and more keys? I think it’s a ploy to try to get you to spend money on the game. A level should open immediately after unlocking it. I had to wait 20 minutes for the last one on the easy level. Lord knows what it will be on the medium level. Associate was enjoyable. This one not so much even with the cute animations.
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Ruined.
Why?! This once was a time diverting excellent game. It was probably simple to develop too. If the entire alphabet doesn’t pop up than it’s just an anagram with clues. And keys. And rewards. Fluff, fluff, fluff! All the bells and whistles do not hide that is a very dumbed down version of what was once a top notch game.
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I wish this game was accessible like I associate two
I wish this game was accessible with the Apple's voiceover feature like your last game, which was I associate two.
But sadly it is not and it is a shame because I associate two was a very very good game. Spent a lot of money on that game. It was fine because I enjoyed the puzzles but I wish that this game I associate three was accessible to play.
But sadly it is not and it is a shame because I associate two was a very very good game. Spent a lot of money on that game. It was fine because I enjoyed the puzzles but I wish that this game I associate three was accessible to play.
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No saved progress
This game is awesome! If you like the old board game Tribond, you will like this game! I only wish is that it would have a save progress option. I got a new tablet and had to restart the whole thing! I lost a lot of keys and jewels.
Good Game
I would rate it 5 Stars if you could play it in landscape mode. Also I really liked iAssociate2. It had a lot more subjects and levels. But I do like some of the new aspects of iAssociate3. Like the offer of the letters. What I don’t like that you have lives and you need to buy crystals to buy hints. But it seems that most games are this way now. I hope iAssociate2 is still supported. I haven’t played all the levels yet. But all in all keep em coming. It is a unique and entertaining game.
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Too Easy!!!
I loved the stimulating game this used to be. This one is not even challenging at all. I was hoping the medium and hard levels would be more like I associate and I associate 2 but still far too easy. It’s probably going to be deleted. We don’t want super easy games just because the majority of the world has decided they’d rather be dumb; some of us want to be challenged. PLEASE BRING BACK THE CHALLENGE! You could even make turning on letter choices a an option. The new graphics are cool but I’d still rather the old game!!!
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I wish they didn’t change the original
Wish there was a way to play the original iassociate, where it was a large growing web that all stemmed from a single word. Now you get the letters to choose from. Bring back the original!!!!!
Sad replacement for iAssociate 2
I was initially delighted to see that there was still a version of iAssociate available. iAssociate 2 is one of my all-time favorite games. When they stopped releasing new levels for it, I was disappointed.
Unfortunately, iAssociate 3 is a sad, microtransaction-riddled, error-laden, dumbed-down piece of garbage. Instead of just letting you guess the words directly, it’s combined gameplay with another old Ticbits game, Word Strike, providing you with a selection of letters to choose from. (The daily challenge appears to be straight Word Strike, using four-word clues instead of associations.) This makes the game too much easier, in my view.
The worst change is how you open levels. In iAssociate 2, you simply bought level packs outright, and unlocked new levels with the keys you got from completing the previous level. In version 3, you still need and get the keys, but you also have to either wait an amount of time that increases as levels get harder, or spend gems to open them immediately. You get gems when you complete a level, but not fast enough to open all levels without waiting. The idea, obviously, is to encourage the player to spend money on gems.
This proliferation of in-game currencies being needed to advance through a game has absolutely ruined far too many puzzle games. I have no objection to purchasing level packs or puzzle packs. I do object to being pushed into spending additional money or forced to wait for arbitrary amounts of time to keep playing levels I otherwise have already paid for. I want the puzzle challenge, not the stupid ancillary gamification.
And as for errors, the puzzles are filled with them. This may be the most frustrating part of all. The errors range from simple obvious typos (ALWAYS PROOFREAD EVERYTHING when you’re making word puzzles!) to sometimes-significant errors of fact. (For example, in one puzzle I just completed, a clue linked to “Hulk” asked for the character played by Bill Bixby in the ‘70s TV show. It was also linked to “Bruce”, indicating that the answer being sought was the name of Hulk’s human alter ego in the comics (and MCU), Bruce Banner. But in the show (and in this show alone, of all productions featuring The Hulk), the name was changed to David Banner, making the provided clue blatantly incorrect.)
Repetition is also everywhere in this game. Certain link chains seem to pop up in almost every puzzle. If you get “cat”, it’s absolutely certain that it will link to “dog”, which then almost always leads to “boxer” and then something else related to the sport of boxing. “Berry” always leads to “Halle Berry” which always leads to “Storm”. Knowing that half the words in any given level are going to be connected in the same links as in already-completed levels makes the game less challenging and less interesting. I’ll grant that this was common in previous versions as well, but here it’s one more annoyance on top of several others.
Finally, it’s clear that the game has been completely abandoned by the developers. If you follow the link her in the App Store for support, you are sent to the developer’s web site, which not only has no links for support for any of their games, but also does not list iAssociate as one of their titles. Emails sent to the only email address I found on the site have so far gone unanswered. This is, in my view, the worst offense a developer can commit: failure to acknowledge feedback and support requests. Setting up an autoreply for support emails is trivial; if you can’t be bothered to do even that little bit, you have no business asking people to give you money for anything related to your software.
I sorely miss the old Ticbits company. I have several of their games still installed, passed down from device to device via the old iTunes library on my Mac (from before Apple stopped letting you archive iOS apps on a Mac), and I will keep them as long as they are playable. Sadly, as there are no more puzzles for iAssociate 2, once you’ve finished all the ones that were released, you’re done. It appears that iAssociate 3 will suffer the same fate, as the lack of development (no updates in the last five years) and lack of developer response to email dooms this game to the abandonware void.
If you’re a fan of the first or second versions of iAssociate, DO NOT download this one. You WILL be disappointed.
Unfortunately, iAssociate 3 is a sad, microtransaction-riddled, error-laden, dumbed-down piece of garbage. Instead of just letting you guess the words directly, it’s combined gameplay with another old Ticbits game, Word Strike, providing you with a selection of letters to choose from. (The daily challenge appears to be straight Word Strike, using four-word clues instead of associations.) This makes the game too much easier, in my view.
The worst change is how you open levels. In iAssociate 2, you simply bought level packs outright, and unlocked new levels with the keys you got from completing the previous level. In version 3, you still need and get the keys, but you also have to either wait an amount of time that increases as levels get harder, or spend gems to open them immediately. You get gems when you complete a level, but not fast enough to open all levels without waiting. The idea, obviously, is to encourage the player to spend money on gems.
This proliferation of in-game currencies being needed to advance through a game has absolutely ruined far too many puzzle games. I have no objection to purchasing level packs or puzzle packs. I do object to being pushed into spending additional money or forced to wait for arbitrary amounts of time to keep playing levels I otherwise have already paid for. I want the puzzle challenge, not the stupid ancillary gamification.
And as for errors, the puzzles are filled with them. This may be the most frustrating part of all. The errors range from simple obvious typos (ALWAYS PROOFREAD EVERYTHING when you’re making word puzzles!) to sometimes-significant errors of fact. (For example, in one puzzle I just completed, a clue linked to “Hulk” asked for the character played by Bill Bixby in the ‘70s TV show. It was also linked to “Bruce”, indicating that the answer being sought was the name of Hulk’s human alter ego in the comics (and MCU), Bruce Banner. But in the show (and in this show alone, of all productions featuring The Hulk), the name was changed to David Banner, making the provided clue blatantly incorrect.)
Repetition is also everywhere in this game. Certain link chains seem to pop up in almost every puzzle. If you get “cat”, it’s absolutely certain that it will link to “dog”, which then almost always leads to “boxer” and then something else related to the sport of boxing. “Berry” always leads to “Halle Berry” which always leads to “Storm”. Knowing that half the words in any given level are going to be connected in the same links as in already-completed levels makes the game less challenging and less interesting. I’ll grant that this was common in previous versions as well, but here it’s one more annoyance on top of several others.
Finally, it’s clear that the game has been completely abandoned by the developers. If you follow the link her in the App Store for support, you are sent to the developer’s web site, which not only has no links for support for any of their games, but also does not list iAssociate as one of their titles. Emails sent to the only email address I found on the site have so far gone unanswered. This is, in my view, the worst offense a developer can commit: failure to acknowledge feedback and support requests. Setting up an autoreply for support emails is trivial; if you can’t be bothered to do even that little bit, you have no business asking people to give you money for anything related to your software.
I sorely miss the old Ticbits company. I have several of their games still installed, passed down from device to device via the old iTunes library on my Mac (from before Apple stopped letting you archive iOS apps on a Mac), and I will keep them as long as they are playable. Sadly, as there are no more puzzles for iAssociate 2, once you’ve finished all the ones that were released, you’re done. It appears that iAssociate 3 will suffer the same fate, as the lack of development (no updates in the last five years) and lack of developer response to email dooms this game to the abandonware void.
If you’re a fan of the first or second versions of iAssociate, DO NOT download this one. You WILL be disappointed.
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Liked iAssociate 2 better
I don’t like timers or that it gives you letters to select from. Not the same.
Poor upgrade
No where near as good and enjoyable as iAssociate2. I really miss that game and although this should be a better version, it’s lost all the aspects of 2 that made it so enjoyable. Now it’s just a money grabbing game.
