# Pangrams — user reviews

> 62 indexed App Store user reviews of Pangrams by Fifty One Forty Nine LLC, rated 3.05/5 from 84 ratings.

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/pangrams/id1504475352/reviews
- App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/pangrams/id1504475352.md
- Rating breakdown: 5★ 31 · 4★ 7 · 3★ 6 · 2★ 15 · 1★ 25

## Newest reviews (14 of 62)

### 2/5 — Needs Updates

*2025-02-19*

I love this game, and play in game rooms with friends/family. But they aren’t updating the game. I no longer get notifications when a new game is started, and now the game rooms continually say “0” active games when in fact we have several active games. I fear it won’t be long until this game stops working altogether. I’d hate to see that because this app is my favorite version of this game. 😔

### 3/5 — Stopped working

*2023-08-23, version 1.0.52*

I loved this game. Played it every morning while I had my coffee for a couple of years. Then 2 days ago it just stopped working - no new panagrams. I’m bummed.

### 4/5 — App not working?

*2023-08-23*

Anybody else having issues with new puzzles loading? I have been a big fan of this app and a daily user for years. Just can’t get the app to load new puzzles! I tried restarting my phone and deleting and re-downloading the app. Is it kaput?

### 2/5 — Good game but needs to eliminate the slurs

*2023-05-28, version 1.0.52*

There’s a lot to love about this game and the functionality, I do just wish they could eliminate that obviously offensive racial slurs. Seeing them when I tap to see the answers is so disappointing.

### 3/5 — Good app but need to remove slurs!

*2022-06-02, version 1.0.52*

The game I played today had a anti Semitic slur that starts with k. Please remove!

### 2/5 — Irritating

*2021-03-11, version 1.0.49*

Not certain what they are using as a word source, but it is repeatedly maddening to try a valid, non-obscure word*, have it rejected and then find that something like “hmmm” is considered a word for the puzzle. 

*dictionary verified

### 2/5 — Need to extend dictionary please!!!

*2021-02-21, version 1.0.49*

Can you please upgrade your dictionary. There are so so so so many “common” words missing, in every single puzzle there are at least two completely legit and common words it won’t accept. Infuriating. Will be happy to update review once that’s done.

### 4/5 — Extra words?

*2021-01-05*

I love playing this game and play often with friends in the game room setting. One thing that drives us all NUTS though, is when you find a word (and this happens a lot) that is not included in the puzzle’s count and so, NOPE, it’s not a word! Argh!! Yes it is! Would you consider perhaps having an extra section that could list those extra words (allowing us the sweet satisfaction of having found them) without messing up the word count? This would be ever so appreciated.

### 3/5 — Inappropriate words for 4+

*2020-12-30, version 1.0.49*

Should reconsider the recommended age or update filters.

### 4/5 — Missing words. Other than that great game.

*2020-11-19*

Love private rooms and the challenge. Biggest flaw is games missing common words. Playing a game with center letter “I” and p, n, g, a, y, r. Words that aren’t playable: aping, apiary, ninny, nippy, prig, parrying. Not esoteric words at all. But create a game that uses “all” words and you’ll get non-English words and words with four Xs a Q and two Ks. So, the biggest drawback is the naming of your dictionaries and the depth of your dictionaries. 

Still, a great way to pass the time as you wait for a zoom meeting to start.

**Developer response:** Thank you for the review! We are currently working on a new dictionary that we hope will have a better balance of words. Stay tuned!

### 1/5 — No substitute for NYTimes Bee

*2020-11-04, version 1.0.19*

The racial slurs included as acceptable words are alone enough to give this one star. Understanding slurs is one thing, being awarded points for them is another.

### 2/5 — Common words left out

*2020-10-30, version 1.0.19*

The functionality of this is fine, but every puzzle I've done so far leaves out common words. For example, the last one I completed left out "airily."

### 1/5 — Poor imitation of the NYT Spelling Bee

*2020-10-22, version 1.0.18*

Not pleased. Word list is not close to acceptable. Rejected “turgor” and “googol” and many others used in the Bee. The words they DO accept border on nonsensical. If you think that you are getting a close facsimile of the NYT Spelling Bee you are in for a bitter disappointment!

### 2/5 — Offensive slur found in puzzle

*2020-10-18*

I wish I could say this was a good game, because it (almost) is. The puzzles are enjoyable, you can create rooms to play against other people, there are many positive elements. Yet the other day, I opened up the October 16th puzzle in hopes of having a good challenge, but was instead subjected to shock. I found that this puzzle deemed the F slur as an appropriate word to include. While this is indeed a word, it’s still an adjective/noun with an incredibly homophobic past. I find this completely unacceptable, and am extremely disappointed that you would include this word in your game. Definitely bumped the star rating down a few notches.

**Developer response:** (Update 11/22/2020) We have been working behind the scenes to add a word blocklist to prevent offensive words from appearing in our games. We have just updated our daily games going forward to remove any offensive words. Updating older games and games in game rooms is more challenging, as we need to ensure we don’t break older versions of our app. We are continuing to work on these as well and will update this comment when they are fixed. If you find another offensive word in a game, please email us at admin@getpangrams.com. Thank you!

(Original response, 10/23/2020) Thank you for the feedback. We’re in the process of both improving our dictionary and building a block list to prevent offensive words from appearing in our games. We take this seriously and are working to address the issue. We’ll post an update to this comment when the new dictionary is available.

## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated)

### 1/5 — Questionable

*2024-06-08, version 1.0.52*

Pangram of the day in *June* was ‘homophobia’- I don’t think that was a mistake. Leave the bigotry out of word games ! Ty

### 1/5 — Stopped working

*2023-08-23, version 1.0.52*

Been using every day and last 2 days there have been no new puzzles. Are you guys out of business? Are you in China?

### 1/5 — Great...one big but!

*2022-02-12*

We love the NYT Spelling Bee, but wanted to play against each other. This app has been perfect for that. The one major issue we’ve found related to the dictionary. I’m playing a game right now that rejects the word “dollhouses”—the singular is okay—but it thinks “holo” is a word that most people use. There appears no rhyme or reason to the words allowed. We think better dictionary curation is in order. It would also be great to be able to delete players no longer involved. There’s no help or settings options.

But here’s the worst of it: the un-curated dictionaries include racial epitaphs. I’ve deleted the app as a result, even though this is the best of the pangram apps.

### 1/5 — Does not work

*2021-08-26*

App does not work. Requested refund from APP store.

### 1/5 — Racial slurs in games

*2021-04-27, version 1.0.49*

Seriously?!? You have the n-word in there?? My kids play this app. Not anymore. Have some decency

### 1/5 — Only for adults - age rating is misleading

*2021-03-22, version 1.0.49*

In today’s puzzle, 2 of the words were “f—ck” and “f—ckwit” (a new obscenity to me). The age rating for this app of 4+ years is ridiculous. I’ve deleted it.

### 1/5 — Awful

*2020-12-04, version 1.0.44*

It could be fun if it worked. But the add and delete keys started to hide themselves yesterday and the game is unusable without being able to add or delete a word. I reinstalled the app and it still doesn’t work on my relatively new ipad.

### 1/5 — Tilted tiles

*2020-12-02, version 1.0.44*

This game is now barely playable since they changed the alignment of the tiles. Please change the tiles back to the original symmetry. Please. Also, you should allow user to change colors and fonts.

### 1/5 — Offensive, uncertified dictionary database

*2020-11-09*

I wanted to choose 0 stars but... I just deleted this app. There was an offensive, racist pejorative once I revealed the answer list. I took a screen shot to share with the developers if they care. This app is not checked by humans before daily puzzles are pushed out. Whatever database this app pulls from includes slang, racist and random non-English dictionary words that decent people would never think to type into a word game and therefore will probably never win/complete a game. I prefer The NY Times Spelling Bee game. Words in Spelling Bee are not offensive and are from official English dictionaries so I win/complete most and if not at least I learn something.

**Developer response:** We deeply apologize for your experience. We have been working behind the scenes to add a word blocklist to prevent offensive words from appearing in our games. We have just updated our daily games going forward to remove any offensive words. Updating older games and games in game rooms is more challenging, as we need to ensure we don’t break older versions of our app. We are continuing to work on these as well and will update this comment when they are fixed. If you find another offensive word in a game, please email us at admin@getpangrams.com. Thank you!

### 1/5 — November 4 puzzle

*2020-11-05, version 1.0.19*

When I looked up the answers to see what words I missed, one of the words on the list was an ethnic slur.

## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated)

### 5/5 — So fun!

*2022-04-08, version 1.0.52*

Great game and you can play with friends :)

### 5/5 — New stuff

*2021-07-20, version 1.0.52*

Great that it tells you how many Pangrams will be in the puzzle.

### 5/5 — Great game.

*2021-04-01*

I’m a big fan of this game.  However, since Daylight Savings Time started recently, new puzzles come out an hour later than they used to.  In Central Time, new puzzles aren’t released until midnight.

### 5/5 — Developer is very responsive

*2020-11-26, version 1.0.19*

There was a bug where I couldn’t access the daily puzzle and the developer responded quickly.

**Developer response:** Hello, as part of regenerating our daily games we had a bug where yesterday’s game was unavailable, this has been fixed moving forward and shouldn’t happen again. Sorry for the inconvenience!

### 5/5 — Amazing App!

*2020-11-25, version 1.0.19*

I love playing Pangrams with my friends!
We can see each other’s scores and chat.

### 5/5 — My new favorite game!!

*2020-11-25*

This game is great because you can play against a bunch of friends at once.  And game can last several hours so people can come and go as they please.

**Developer response:** Thank you for the review! We’re glad you like the game.

### 5/5 — Great fun

*2020-10-12, version 1.0.18*

Challenging and satisfying. Look forward to it daily.

### 5/5 — Best word game!

*2020-05-22, version 1.0.11*

This is my favourite game to play and it never gets old. The app works really smoothly and has a nice aesthetic. Super easy to play with friends but also a lot of fun on your own!

### 5/5 — Fun game to keep friends connected!

*2020-05-20*

Easy-to-use app with artful graphics in a soothing, eye-pleasing color scheme - and more importantly - FUN FUN FUN!!

Playing with friends is great!! The short, spontaneous games keep things fresh and exciting, and I love challenging a group of friends throughout the day. I’m terrible at it, but it’s so entertaining that I don’t mind losing all the time. 

Thank you for making this game - I’ve been recommending it to everyone!!

### 5/5 — LOVE THIS GAME!!

*2020-05-19, version 1.0.11*

I play all the time with friends. So much fun!!!!!!

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