# Pressed For Words — user reviews > 90 indexed App Store user reviews of Pressed For Words by Alexander Harm. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/pressed-for-words/id1012507991/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/pressed-for-words/id1012507991.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 6 · 4★ 5 · 3★ 3 · 2★ 0 · 1★ 4 ## What do users think of Pressed For Words? Overall sentiment: negative **Pros** - ❤️ Addicting gameplay - 👍 Simple and fun - 🤩 Great word puzzle - ✨ Large, clear display - 💯 Challenging word puzzle **Cons** - 😠 Too many ads - 👎 Ads are intrusive - 🤬 Ads are unskippable - 😵 Ads interrupt gameplay - 😤 Ads are annoying - ⚠️ Malicious ads shown - 🐌 Game is too slow - ❌ No option to pay to remove ads - 🫥 Inappropriate ads shown - 🤔 Nonsense words accepted - 🤷‍♀️ Real words not recognized - 🐌 Rolling over letters takes forever - 🚫 Button to close/start new game gone - 📉 User experience ruined by updates **Commonly reported bugs** - End game not working - Game freezes after a few plays - App crashes after games - Game won't open after updates - Game crashes when beating high score - Letters unresponsive - App disappears after one game - Ad pop-ups don't go away - Fake security alerts with ads - Linking to malicious sites - Game not opening on new iOS versions - Game crashes after every round - Constant pop-up reminders if typing too fast - Button to close & start another game is gone **Most requested features** - Option to pay to remove ads - Option to turn timer off - Ad-free version - Extra minute on the clock - Allow mixing letters while selected - More puzzles - Play in landscape mode - Editable dictionary - Different difficulty settings with varying time limits ## Newest reviews (19 of 90) ### 3/5 — Ruined *2026-06-14, version 6.0* Love the game but can you fix end game as it doesn’t work or maybe after pressing 50 times. ### 2/5 — Ads annoying *2026-05-23, version 6.0* The new version is nice, except for the ads which are far too hard to get out of. So when a game is over I simply leave the game now. If your aim was to drive players away then congratulations you have succeeded. ### 3/5 — Enjoying the game but… *2025-01-25, version 5.1* Too many ads. After each game there’s an ad. It very annoying. ### 4/5 — Ad free option? *2024-02-10, version 5.1* I’ve played this for years but I wish there was a way to get it ad-free. ### 4/5 — Bugs *2023-03-30, version 5.1* Love this app been playing for years but lately there is some kind of AD playing in the background even if you toggle the sound on and off very annoying deleted the game twice in a week because of that I’ll try to download again soon to see if it’s gone thanks. ### 4/5 — Missing words *2023-03-26, version 5.1* The game is very addicting but it doesn’t recognize some words. ie Threw. I knew it was a word. I looked it up. It is a word. ### 1/5 — Bad no bad very *2023-02-28* It track me sounds ### 3/5 — Needs option to turn timer off *2022-09-12, version 5.1* I am not learning anything by rushing through game. Isn’t learning one of the goals of the game? Some of us need an alternate version where the objective is to see how many words we can make with no time limit. ### 4/5 — My favorite game!! *2022-04-21, version 5.1* I’m addicted to this game! But there’s just a few tweaks I’d recommend to make it better: Make an ad free version. I’d pay for it! Give an extra minute on the clock. I need just a little extra time. Allow users to continue to mix the letters while letters are already selected. That’s all I have. Thank you for a great game! I hope I can at least pay for an ad free version in the future! ❤️❤️❤️ ### 1/5 — Not as good as it used to be *2022-02-27, version 5.1* The game must’ve had an update because it used to give you a really useful letters it was fun to play you spell to make some good words now it gives your stupid mix letters sometimes gives you 3J is in what work can you make this got 3J is in it not as good as it used to be ### 3/5 — Problems with the latest update *2021-12-14, version 5.0* I love this game, but recently I haven’t been able to open it. I tried deleting the app and downloading it again, but that didn’t work. I hope this problem gets fixed soon. ### 2/5 — Love the game but.. *2021-12-10, version 5.0* I love this game! Unfortunately, it keeps on shutting down for no reason these past few weeks. Don’t care how simple it is, but please do something about it just shutting down for no reason. ### 1/5 — Update Gone Wrong *2021-12-03, version 5.0* I’d love to give a 5 star rating, but can’t. Last update also caused game not to open immediately. Or not at all. I enjoy this game but will delete if problem continues. Please repair issue. ### 1/5 — Last update was not tested *2021-11-28, version 5.0* I really like this game, BUT, after the last update I have a hard time opening the game. And when I finally am able to open the game, it crashes every time. This morning it will not open at all. Please test your product before you release an update. Once this is fixed, I give this gave a 5 star rating. Right now I would give it a negative rating. So give the game a try and hopefully they will have fixed this issue before you download. ### 1/5 — Broken *2021-10-27, version 4.1* After a couple of games it won’t let you click “new game.” It’s just frozen. Also can’t pay to remove ads!! This used to be my favourite because of the simplicity, but not anymore. ### 2/5 — Nonsense Words *2021-10-21, version 4.1* I finally deleted because some of the words are not real words in English or are spelled wrong. ### 1/5 — Freezes when time is up *2021-09-28, version 4.1* I used to like this game. I was getting good at it and was even beating the clock about 80% of the time. Recently, like the last month or so, 2 things happened. Ads run after every single game -assuming the game doesn’t freeze up. All of a sudden, when either I beat the clock or run out of time, the game won’t reset. It freezes. If I beat the clock and still have a few seconds left, it freezes, hanging on to those few seconds. The only way to clear the board is to turn the phone off and back on again. That’s too much trouble to go through after every game, so I’m looking for another word game now because this is no fun anymore. ### 1/5 — Uodate *2021-09-04, version 4.1* The update made the app glitchy. Cannot play more than two games and then have to close out the entire app to continue playing. ### 2/5 — Not good. *2021-07-28, version 4.1* I’d also pay to remove ads. And I can only play 3 rounds at 1 time. Super Text Twist is MUCH better but is not available for IOS. BOO to this. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Terrible ads and no option to pay to remove them. *2026-05-30, version 6.0* Ads should be removable by upgrading to a non ad solution. This game is now ruined ### 1/5 — Hate the updated game May 2026 *2026-05-28, version 6.0* I used to love this game, I hate the updates they made in May 2026. Game is way too slow to play now , I will uninstall it after this review and search for another game. The rolling over of letters takes forever and is annoying, the constant pop up reminders if I type too fast , instead of just letting me play. The button to close & start another game is gone, you have to now go through the settings, no thanks! Do not like anything about this new version of the game. ### 1/5 — What a shame i would pay for app no problem *2026-05-23, version 6.0* What a shame on the last update I played every day why not just release a paid version without having to serve ads or collect all the data they can and selling your data to hundreds of the so called trusted partners ### 1/5 — Newest update ruined it for me *2026-05-23, version 6.0* I LOVED this game. I have been playing it for more than a decade. The update that was installed yesterday has removed the button that lets you end a game without having to wait for the timer to run out. What was the point of removing it? Sometimes I will be super stuck on a game and it was nice to quickly end it so I could see which words I missed and then start another game. Now I have to wait for the timer to run all the way down before it’ll let me start a new one? This game was super outdated but that genuinely what I ENJOYED about it. So many word games make you wait while coins stack, scorecards get boosted, cards flip over to reveal their other side, etc… I liked that this one you could just PLAY and PLAY and there was nothing to interrupt it in between each set. My dad used to say “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.” There was nothing wrong with this game but the app developers felt the need to tinker with it anyway. I’m probably going to uninstall it now. Taking away that simple control didn’t improve a single thing on the dev end, as far as I can tell. And it wrecked the user experience for me entirely. ### 1/5 — Literal scam *2026-04-09, version 5.1* I wish I could include a screenshot of the most recent ad I got playing Pressed for Words. It looked just like my iPhone Home Screen, except for a dialogue box in the middle that said “Apple Security Alert: 8 viruses have been detected on your iPhone. Now iOS is damaged by 72%. Further damage to the system will result in device lockup and loss of all data within two minutes. Please click the button below to get instructions to remove all viruses.” - if this is a legal way to advertise on a game app, then I don’t want to live in this world anymore. New York Times has the same game btw - it’s not original and it doesn’t work very well. Oh also, try requesting app support and see the website it takes you too. Absolutely no links except to their other games. ### 1/5 — Linking to a malicious site *2026-04-06, version 5.1* Lately I’ve been seeing a fake warning that my phone is infected with viruses, along with a link to a site I am sure would download malware. They should not be allowing such ads. ### 1/5 — No good! *2025-07-22, version 5.1* This game is ridiculous. Whoever developed it does not know the English language. They have made up words that do not even exist! How about “outhit”??? What does that word mean??? I am deleting this game! ### 1/5 — Too many ads *2025-04-12, version 5.1* Game is riddled with ads. Forget it ### 1/5 — Too many ads *2024-02-12, version 5.1* I’ve been playing this game for years. All of a sudden pop ups after every game. The ads are longer than it takes to solve a puzzle. And no options to pay for ad free ### 1/5 — Ads ruin this game *2023-04-09* I used for Eww that 30 mins and 3 ads popped up and last one I couldn’t get free the screen. Don’t waste your time. Totally irritating, ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Challenging word puzzle! *2022-03-05* It’s pretty fun and addicting ### 5/5 — Words *2020-06-02, version 3.6* I love this game. But some of the words are archaic, obsolete, not in daily use. I have played super text twist, which is similar, not quite as good, and the words are general words we often use. Many words in this game are abbreviations, acronyms, etc. or relatively unknown. The puzzles could be completed on time, if words like this were not there, Examples: dos yin dopa tut hes ani nae ghat brr idem mus psi def nus . My auto correct tries to “ fix” each and every word. Please make this game more enjoyable by updating or modifying these ridiculous “words”. ### 5/5 — Pressed for words *2019-10-17, version 3.2* I have been plAying this for years but since my I pad updated it won’t open the game. I deleted the game but now it won’t download . Fix this issue please ### 5/5 — Will not load *2019-10-16, version 3.2* Since last IOS update- I love this game!! ### 5/5 — Black screen *2019-10-16, version 3.2* Try to open program and the screen goes black. ### 5/5 — Love it but not working with iOS 13.1.2 *2019-10-12, version 3.2* I love the app but it’s not compatible with latest iOS 13.1.1 : - ( ### 5/5 — Pressed for words *2019-10-07, version 3.2* Please load my favorite game i can’t believe someone actually would decide to have it removed it’s my favorite game please help ### 5/5 — Excellent!! *2019-10-01, version 3.2* We love this game and play it every night before sleep!!!! ### 5/5 — I can’t put my phone down! *2018-08-11, version 2.1* I need more!!!!! ### 5/5 — amazing *2015-10-30, version 1.3* I couldn't install Text Twist and I found this!! ❤️❤️ The graphic design might be simple but no problem! The best part is this one's free. 👍 --- *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 2026-08-05.*