# Missing Link — user reviews > 130 indexed App Store user reviews of Missing Link by Sarah Pierce, rated 4.50/5 from 344 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/missing-link/id494193768/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/missing-link/id494193768.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 239 · 4★ 76 · 3★ 15 · 2★ 5 · 1★ 9 ## What do users think of Missing Link? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 🤓 Challenging and engaging - 🧠 Keeps the brain active - 👍 Enjoyable and addictive - 🕰️ Good for passing time - 🎨 Unique and different from other word games **Cons** - 🐛 Occasional bugs or glitches - 🔇 Mutes audio/music - 🕰️ Rounds can be too long - 🤖 Needs more updates and new levels **Commonly reported bugs** - Back and volume buttons not working properly - Spelling mistakes in some levels - Compatibility issues with older devices **Most requested features** - Add a level select screen - Provide progress tracking - Implement a timer or scoring system - Add support for landscape orientation - Offer an ad-free version ## Newest reviews (15 of 130) ### 4/5 — Fill in! *2020-03-30* Nice word game for the brain and I love the sound, so healing :) ### 5/5 — Love this game! *2018-04-09, version 2.0* Since I found my first Sara pierce game I've been hooked. I like puzzle type games that challenge and make me think. Thanks for the great games. ### 5/5 — love it *2018-04-08, version 2.0* I love this game and play it alot. It relieves stress and sharpens my mind, and it's fun. It frequently has me tapping my front teeth with my index fingernail for a little while before I solve it. ### 5/5 — Love games *2018-04-02, version 2.0* Great challenging game. I am happy it was updated so I can keep playing it. ### 5/5 — Missing Link *2017-12-13, version 1.0* Hello I enjoyed playing Missing Link. But at one point, I could no longer play it because there was a message on the screen that said it needed to be updated. So now I can’t play it unless it’s updated. Are you going to get it updated? Diane ### 5/5 — Awesome puzzle game!!! Please update! Thanks! *2017-08-06, version 1.0* This is an awesome puzzle game. It is super cute and I love the challenge it provides. It is great for playing offline. 👍🏾 Please update it so that I may continue enjoying it. Thank you!!! ### 4/5 — Missing Update *2017-07-26, version 1.0* 2 years ago I wrote that it is time for an update. Where is it? What gives? A nice little word app. However, it's time for an update. ### 5/5 — Nice and simple word game *2016-11-23* Challenging yet effortless game. UI is rough but it reminds you of the fantastic but small games of yesteryear. Developers did a great job on it. ### 5/5 — Great word game *2015-08-06, version 1.0* Fun game. ### 4/5 — Great game *2015-06-03, version 1.0* I thought at first this was an easy game! It sure can stump you and get those brain synapses snapping just when you think you are on a roll. ### 5/5 — So fun!!! *2014-05-03, version 1.0* I would probably pay for this app!!! Beware: it is addictive. Addictive= super fun. ### 5/5 — Awesome *2014-04-10, version 1.0* Lovely game ### 5/5 — Great word game *2014-02-18, version 1.0* Great game really gets your brain working worth playing ### 5/5 — Missing link *2014-02-15, version 1.0* Fun!!!!! ### 5/5 — Philip; 21 *2013-12-01, version 1.0* Lotsa fun!!! ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Fun and challenging but mutes music *2016-12-17, version 1.0* Fun but I can't listen to music while playing. The app mutes all sound. ### 1/5 — Brock Johnson *2015-04-21, version 1.0* Not as good of a game as I thought it would be. Too many adverts I disapprove of left and right & slowness from one puzzle to the next. Won't be reinstalling this one, ever! ### 1/5 — so hard *2014-05-13, version 1.0* ((thats what she said ⬆)) this game is next to impossible. ### 2/5 — Needs refining *2025-09-16, version 2.0* I think there was a spelling mistake in one of the early easy levels but it could just be that I don’t do American spelling (being British). There was an 'i' towards the end of a word where I would have used an'e', but I can't remember what it was (maybe a word ending with 'eal' and you had 'ial': something like that). I mention it in case it's an actual mistake rather than an Americanism. Aside from that, I do like the concept; but it's one of those games where you just keep on and on with one more puzzle and never get to a milestone. It needs 'Well done, you completed level 2 in only 2m 39s!' kind of encouragement. And a bit more colour would be nice! So I kept ploughing through the easy puzzles, trying to reach a milestone, at which point I would switch to more difficulty. The moment never came and I gave up after level 100. I love Sarah Pierce games; they are supremely well designed, colourful, attractive and not constantly interrupted by lengthy adverts. This one was an exception, however: I was trying to get the easy stage over and done with and kept having to wait for the same irritating advert to allow me to continue. I guess this was an early product; if you could bring it up to the standard of some of your more recent games, I might be hooked. As it is, not so much, I'm afraid. ### 2/5 — Ms *2013-06-06, version 1.0* Complete words missing would be better.eg. Poll Public Second = Opinion And can be used before or after ### 3/5 — Good game but.... *2014-05-10, version 1.0* It is good but it is hard sometimes. I think that the easy levels are kind of hard. By glitter girl ### 3/5 — Needs improving *2013-06-28, version 1.0* The game is pretty good, but the back and volume buttons don't work properly, and you can't mute and listen to music at the same time ### 3/5 — Fred *2013-03-13, version 1.0* Having just downloaded this app, so far so good. ### 3/5 — Game *2013-03-08, version 1.0* Game is okay. Should have a timer to make it more interesting. Don't like that it's on going. Great for spelling. ### 3/5 — Missing Link *2013-01-19, version 1.0* Interesting. Need more time to assess it but I like it. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Great fun *2026-04-10, version 2.0* Play this whenever I have a long wait somewhere. Really fun game! ### 5/5 — Excellent brain game *2025-12-09, version 2.0* This gets me thinking and occasionally learning a word (using an online dictionary). I’ve played 60 games on medium, several on easy and some on hard. I have not found any faults with it if any kind. It’s great as part of a mix of games. Getting rid of adds and giving a thank you to the developer is so cheap and worthwhile. Brain Yoga by the same developer is also highly excellent. ### 5/5 — Great Fun *2022-08-16, version 2.0* Best word game I've found on the Net Not too Hard,and the App works every time. Credit to its Author,Well Done ### 5/5 — Really fun *2021-12-23, version 2.0* A very pleasant way to waste time. Well-crafted! ### 5/5 — Missing link *2021-05-20, version 2.0* Love this game.it’s the one I turn to when Iwant a quiet game. I loathe games which have crowns, gold cups ,stars, comets etc........bursting out all over the place. Tacky and confusing. Sue ### 5/5 — Simple but fascinating *2021-02-12, version 2.0* There are lots of wonderful "aha" moments as one suddenly figures out the missing letters. I like the hard level. ### 5/5 — My new favorite *2020-05-02, version 2.0* I just came across this game and love it. The three levels offer me choices according to how much time I have to play. I like to set a goal of the number I want to reach at that time. I make sure I reach it at all three levels. They are generous with the clues as you can earn more quickly. Thanks for a great game. ### 5/5 — Excellent! Except for sound *2019-11-20, version 2.0* Fun game! I’ve mostly played the hardest level, which can be a tough challenge. I’m glad there’s no timer because I don’t like feeling rushed. I prefer relaxing games. One problem is that I can’t listen to YouTube videos in the background. Whenever I open this app, the sound is cut off (yea, I have the upgraded YouTube service). Other apps aren’t a problem — just this one. Also, I’d prefer to have landscape orientation for my iPad because it’s annoying to have to rearrange it from how I use it 95% of the time. I also lose the prop-up feature of my case because that only works in landscape. Note that this game does not have a “level select” screen. The plus is that you jump right into a game without having to navigate to and select your current puzzle. The minus is that you don’t have any goalposts. You don’t know the total number of puzzles, and you don’t know what your progress is (20% done? 50%?). I kinda miss knowing that. You also can’t go back to a previous puzzle. Most of the time, I only want to go forward, but for one or two puzzles (hard ones where I was caught by surprise when I solved them), I’d kinda like to go back. ### 5/5 — Missing Link! is excellent. *2019-07-23, version 2.0* Recovering from a stroke ( left side, mainly aphasia ). I’m still playing with the Easy challenge, still getting stuck every third or fourth pattern. Can you keep the finished words on the screen while I can read them / sound them out. The screen switches to the next pattern set and I haven’t even worked out what words I have recovered. ### 5/5 — Unique! *2018-04-16, version 2.0* Different than other word games out there. Makes u think. --- *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 2026-09-01.*