# Otium Word: Relax Puzzle Game — user reviews > 496 indexed App Store user reviews of Otium Word by Palmax Group Limited, rated 4.70/5 from 147,616 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/otium-word-relax-puzzle-game/id6479394113/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/otium-word-relax-puzzle-game/id6479394113.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 113,555 · 4★ 22,888 · 3★ 8,200 · 2★ 1,626 · 1★ 1,347 ## What do users think of Otium Word? Overall sentiment: negative **Pros** - 🧠 Mentally stimulating - 🎨 Colorful and visually appealing - 🕰️ Keeps you alert and focused **Cons** - 💢 Excessive and intrusive ads - 🤯 Frustrating ad experience - 🔄 Forced to restart progress after updates - 🔇 Inability to disable sound effects **Commonly reported bugs** - Inconsistent word acceptance - Crashes and freezes after updates **Most requested features** - Difficulty settings to challenge experienced players - Offline play mode without ads - Progress saving across updates ## Newest reviews (13 of 496) ### 2/5 — Annoying ads despite paying $14.99 *2026-08-11, version 2.2.1* I enjoy this word game itself but get very frustrated getting ads that take ages to get out of. Especially as I have paid $14.99 to avoid them. I try to avoid anything that might cause an ad to pop up, but even just clicking on Daily Puzzle brings up an ad, before I even start. I feel I shouldn’t be looking at the same ads over and over again for so long. ### 2/5 — Where? *2026-08-10, version 2.2.1* Where is the game you show as an ad? Don’t want to play thru the 10 yr old games to get to it. ### 3/5 — Not ad free *2026-08-08, version 2.2.1* Not ad free ### 3/5 — Not as good as it used to be! *2026-06-22, version 2.1.7* The game was promoted as relaxing. I am on level 10006. I am solidly in it, but recently the game added a feature giving percentages on the completion of each level, making it feel competitive ie; (you beat —% of players!). I don’t know what the parameters are, but I personally challenge myself to find extra words that are not in the puzzles. I think they are calculating speed on the scoring. The point is, it’s promoted as relaxing and stress free. This new feature is adding stress. ### 3/5 — OM word, relax puzzle game *2026-05-24, version 2.1.3* Every time I try to play this game some other people color advert pops up and blocks it did it 10 times in a row. ESPN app is more than. ### 4/5 — Diverting… *2026-03-06, version 2.0.9* …enough. ### 3/5 — Pretty mid *2026-02-26, version 2.0.9* Fun enough. Puzzles are a bit repetitive though, and there are all these stupid gotcha pop-ups. Seems like the more I play the more intrusive the popups are getting. I just got a full blown ad I had to sit through for the first time - if I get a few more I’m deleting it. Banners are one thing but when the game fully stops for a dumb ad.. forget it. ### 2/5 — Stealing my points *2026-02-20, version 2.0.9* I can have over a thousand points racked up at night and when I start playing again I’ve lost hundreds?! ### 2/5 — It updates so often …. *2026-02-03, version 2.0.8* Everytime I play it up dates and then it starts me at the beginning again, how does a person get to level 50? Or 150? ### 5/5 — My game *2026-01-31, version 2.0.8* Yes it’s good so far without ads the other game drove me absolutely mental waiting ### 4/5 — Entertaining *2026-01-30, version 2.0.8* Annoying tutorial ### 2/5 — Game problems *2026-01-29, version 2.0.8* How come when I try to do the daily challenge or get extra points it’ll say no ads try again later ### 4/5 — Rose *2026-01-29, version 2.0.8* Fun ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Puzzle game *2026-07-05, version 2.1.9* I don’t like these games shove down my throat if I want it, I will get it ### 1/5 — Too many ads *2026-07-01, version 2.1.7* I downloaded this only because it promised no ads and yet there were many. ### 1/5 — Too many ads *2026-06-28, version 2.1.7* I like the game but come on - how many times do we need to click on an ad to make it go easy. I don’t mind ads it makes the game cheaper, but to have to click on the x 5 or 6 times to clear it???? I deleted the app before and I’m about ready to delete again. I like playing but the ad situation is too much!!! ### 1/5 — Fed up *2026-05-19, version 2.1.3* So fed up with your ads on junes journey. Can’t get out of them even though I downloaded your WORD app ### 1/5 — Get rid of the flashing red advertisement *2026-05-06, version 2.1.3* Until today, I would’ve given this game five stars, but there is now a red flashing advertisement that you can’t get rid of and it is the opposite of relaxing ### 1/5 — Advertisers *2026-02-09, version 2.0.8* They need to review their advertisers. They redirect you off the game. They also lock the game so you have to close and reopen. I would never let an advertiser do that. I quit playing the game ### 1/5 — No *2026-01-30, version 2.0.8* All effort scrubbed when told to update but still get ### 1/5 — Deceiving *2026-01-09, version 2.0.7* DO NOT PURCHASE, after a few levels it will tell you to down a whole nother app because it is out of date . Please! A joke! ### 1/5 — RIP off *2025-12-29, version 2.0.6* Got all the way to level 5670 and game froze, uninstalled it and reinstalled it and it took me right back to level 1 ### 1/5 — Ads are relentless *2025-12-21, version 2.0.6* Every time you finish a level, it’s another ad that doesn’t even give you the option to close or skip. Take about 1.5 minutes every single level just on ads. Not to mention they want you to download a new one every day. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Jenny *2026-08-16, version 2.2.3* An old lady and love these!! Challenging and fun even if I can't always win!! ### 5/5 — Jenny *2026-07-14, version 2.2.0* An old lady and love these!! ### 5/5 — Thank You So Much *2026-07-11, version 2.2.0* I can’t begin to tell you how these puzzles help me! I’m 76 in a few days and they really help with my memory. Thank you so much! ### 5/5 — Johnson *2026-06-08, version 2.1.6* I like this game however there are way too many ads. ### 5/5 — Awesome *2026-02-11, version 2.0.8* Excellent ### 5/5 — Word game *2026-02-07, version 2.0.8* Good game ### 5/5 — Great mind *2026-02-06, version 2.0.8* It makes me think ### 5/5 — Fun *2026-02-05, version 2.0.8* Keeps me sharp ### 5/5 — Chacha *2026-02-03, version 2.0.8* Baxter ### 5/5 — Word game fun *2026-02-01, version 2.0.8* Nice game --- *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 2026-08-28.*