Needs an editor
Typos in word games are really annoying, and they’re common here. Today’s “way” for “why” is typical. Crossword clues frequently have the last letter truncated (is the clue “Sol” or “Solo”?). Whole games get repeated two consecutive days. There are frequent minor bugs - crosswords can’t decide whether they’re going to skip filled-in squares or overwrite them for example. All in all this feels like Lex is overextended and frantically rushing to complete the puzzles every day, making a bad experience for users.
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Crossword is mad buggy
Fun games. But the crossword is ridiculous: on an iPhone SE at least, the yellow highlight boxes and grid outlines are misaligned, the error checker highlighting is erroneous, long clues cannot be expanded, the completion checks on the Home Screen are mismatched with the crosswords (fine for other games), and the algorithm for advancing the cursor is unpredictable. Also: incessant prompts for a rating are vexing, especially when (clearly) I have rated it.
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Sub is well worth it
Great selection of games, fun to play, idiosyncratic and challenging. The only problem is the fantastically buggy crossword — it draws poorly on my (small, I know) SE, the completion checkmarks don’t line up with completed crosswords reliably (only game that has that issue), a couple days ago it just wasn’t there, and today I had it right, but it claimed I was wrong. I revealed the words that were marked wrong and it wrote exactly what I had, but in lower case. 🤦♂️
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Constantly asks for a review
Here you go. One star.
I don’t like word game, but love this
Never thought I’d play word games daily, but here I am
deleting
ugly ugly UGLY new appearance to the mini crossword AND you reset my progress? i’m done.
Good games
I like the games but the keyboard is cut off on the right side when I try to play Cryptogram on my iPhone 15 Pro running 26.2.1. A fix would be appreciated!
put it back the way it was!
the new mini crossword looks awful! what was wrong with its old appearance? now it looks cheap! it’s harder to read the clues, and the animations are sluggish! put it back how it was before, please!
Response from developer
I’m using Apple’s built-in functionality for developers to request ratings. One star ratings when you enjoy the app are… rough. I’m sorry the requests bothered you, but Apple actually determines how often you see them.
Games are great!
The games are fun! I love the punny Crostics! I had an issue restoring my purchase and Lex helped me.
Games are great but no restore your purchase function
The games are fun. However I purchased the subscription and had to uninstall for an issue with my phone. I cannot get the app to recognize my username and it does not restore my purchase so I cannot use the paid functions. I tried to reach out to the developer via email with no response. I took off 3 stars because of this problem.
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love this app and love the website
was looking for an alternative to nyt daily games after they put the mini behind a paywall and found this. i love it!! no invasive ads and updated daily!!
Several games in one
There’s bound to be one in the collection to interest most people.
Not to fond of the “gray” design pattern that encourages the player to post a social result after each game. I just wanna play, not advertise.
Not to fond of the “gray” design pattern that encourages the player to post a social result after each game. I just wanna play, not advertise.
Fun daily distraction!
I enjoy playing most of the games most days. There was an issue with one game but Lex got it solved! Fun app!
Fun daily distraction but one broken bit
I enjoy playing most of the games most days, but I currently can’t submit guesses in the Mind Control game. After picking guesses, there button does nothing. iOS 26.1
Response from developer
This will be fixed shortly. I’m traveling and can’t publish the fix until I return home. My sincere apologies.
Longtime player
My doorway in was through Colextions - but I stayed because of that and the other games being introduced. Daily party of my life.
beg for a rating, get a rating
honestly, this game is great, but unless something has changed, apps aren't supposed to beg and nag for reviews, and this game has done so twice now.
Response from developer
I’m using Apple’s built-in functionality for developers to request ratings. One star ratings when you enjoy the app are… rough. I’m sorry the requests bothered you, but Apple actually determines how often you see them.
Leaderboard bug
Leaderboard for archived letter opener games only shows the leaderboard for puzzle #1, no matter which puzzle you just solved.
Who knew Lex Fridman made a game app?
Fantastic app #TheRebound
Awesome collection
These games are fun and clever and the app is really user-friendly!
A daily treat
I love the daily games and the ability to compare my scores with other players adds an element of competition that I really enjoy (especially when I’m near the top).
