# Semantle: Daily Word Game — user reviews > 65 indexed App Store user reviews of Semantle by MPL Ventures, LLC, rated 4.70/5 from 1,144 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/semantle-daily-word-game/id1616130804/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/semantle-daily-word-game/id1616130804.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 980 · 4★ 93 · 3★ 31 · 2★ 10 · 1★ 30 ## What do users think of Semantle? Overall sentiment: mixed **Pros** - 🎮 Challenging and engaging game - 💡 Unique word association gameplay - 👍 Easy to use app - 🧠 Exercises the brain **Cons** - 🐛 App crashes and freezes - 🚫 Semantle Jr. not working - 🤔 Inconsistent hint system - ⚠️ Buggy and unreliable **Commonly reported bugs** - App not loading or recognizing guesses - Inconsistent word selection between web and app - Hints not working as expected **Most requested features** - Add a hint button - Allow seeing the answer after giving up - Implement a team/multiplayer mode - Sync progress across web and app versions ## Newest reviews (11 of 65) ### 3/5 — Love this! (Plz fix Jr) *2025-09-04, version 1.0.19* Great game! Lots of fun. Frustrating in the right ways, and just keeps me coming back! Why won’t Semantle Jr load, though? Just spins and spins…fix that, and it’s a perfect game! ### 3/5 — Fun game but the app needs some fixing *2025-07-06* I love playing the game but noticed semantle junior never loads anymore. It just has a loading symbol that spins and spins. Looking at when the app was last updated, it was 2 years ago. Developers, can you please fix this issue? It seems like other reviewers have ran into it as well. ### 3/5 — Great when it works *2025-02-01* Good game, sometimes can be confusing and frustrating but that’s part of the fun imo. Would be five stars but it’s buggy and won’t always load, especially the junior version. ### 4/5 — A Brilliant Game *2025-01-17, version 1.0.19* This is such a fascinating, addictive game. Got me off drugs. ### 4/5 — Entertainingly Frustrating *2024-07-25, version 1.0.19* It’s a great word-guessing game based not on spelling but on semantics/connotations instead. PS, I found that when you input ‘party’ it shoots confetti! ### 4/5 — Love love love *2024-03-27* I love this game play it daily regular and junior versions however the app insane as good as online there’s discrepancies and weaker hints on the app sometimes I play online and then plug in the word on the app! There’s a big difference in the hints revealed and the graphics ### 2/5 — No team playing option *2024-01-16, version 1.0.19* I enjoy playing with friends in team mode. I guess I will be sticking with the browser interface. ### 5/5 — Challenging *2023-09-03* I enjoy the challenge of Semantle. Semantle helps me to think bilateral. Thank you ### 5/5 — The most addictive word game yet *2023-07-27* Practically everyone I’ve shared IG with is now playing. ### 5/5 — Daunting but fun *2023-06-25* No complaints here except I’m not getting my household chores done some days… & neither is my wife. 🤦🏻‍♂️ ### 3/5 — Semantle issues: *2023-06-04, version 1.0.19* Normally play Semantle on Safari through the website Semantle.com. But it seems to freeze up on giving hints; says it gave one but none are given. Same thing when accessing the page through Google or directly via chrome. On an up to date iPhone. Not a WiFi/router issue rebooting does not help. It seems the hints on the web version are disabled once one or more scores above 990 are made. [I got a hint of 3/1000 on chrome, then put I scores from 988 to 981 (below) and some lower and was given a hint of 991. The put in scores scores from 998 to 990 (below) and the hints died.] Downloaded app and put in scoring answers from Safari. 998, 997, 994, ????, 993, 990, 989, 988, 986, ????, ????, 985, 981 plus many lower scores. App gave hints, none above 929, and most <700. First one was 127. Many are “dead ends”; no synonyms or related words like dynamometer, Varistor. (Definitely seems the hint choice is designed to maximize the number of ads that need to be viewed; least helpful hints given, without making it too obvious i.e. starting from 1/1000 and working upwards.) The app gave several hints where the hint given was lower scoring than not only most previous scores but also lower than at least one previous hint. App does not seem to have a quit/ I can’t solve, give me the answer button. App does not give a “tepid” ranking like the web game, just says far. Over all, the web game is better, when the hints works. And even when they don’t, launching a separate browser to access the game and putting in high scores, but less than 990, would be a better option than playing on the app. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Won’t tell you the answer *2025-06-22* 1) If after 15-20 minutes if you want to give up and see what the answer is…..you can’t. They’ve removed the ability to see the answer. You have to wait until the next day. 2) the “Hint” feature does not work. On the website when you choose “hint “it gives you a word better than your best guess. On this app, it’s random and often times much worse than your best guess ### 1/5 — Nope! *2025-03-13, version 1.0.19* Love the web version so decided to get the app version. I play semantle junior. Only i cant play as all i get is the wheel of death. It never loads. ### 1/5 — Frustratingly random *2025-01-14* The word relevance rating system/algorithm seems nonsensical, and often performs poorly. After discovering a correct answer word, when I then apply apt synonyms and topically related words, they typically score far lower than unrelated words, including those the game generated as Hints. Contexto is a similar game with better word relevance measures and Hint system. ### 1/5 — App Freezes *2024-11-03, version 1.0.19* The app no longer works and freezes once you click play. ### 1/5 — App has never loaded passed the main screen *2024-11-01, version 1.0.19* App freezes right after I press play Semantle, I’ve bender actually gotten to play ### 1/5 — Done and Gone *2024-10-25* This game very entertaining and loved to play throughout the day. Unfortunately it seems the developers have stopped maintaining the app and it is now completely unplayable. I tried writing to troubleshoot the issue and no resolve. Don’t waste your time with this, once wonderful, app. ### 1/5 — Won’t load at all *2024-10-08, version 1.0.19* I have a new phone I’m downloading games, this game won’t load AT ALL. I tried to wait for five minutes or close the app and try again but absolutely nothing worked ### 1/5 — App stopped working properly *2024-10-04* For some reason, the puzzle no longer loads. It’s just stuck in a constant state of loading. So the app is useless until that’s fixed. I’ve tried all the standard troubleshooting methods with no success. Will just have to play via Safari instead. ### 1/5 — Never loads *2024-09-30* I get it to open but it gets stuck in the “loading puzzle” screen ### 1/5 — Broken *2023-05-21, version 1.0.19* Great game but not recording my guesses. Hasn’t been working for past several days. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Lacy ervin *2026-05-29, version 1.0.19* I haven't had much luck with it but I have more braincells ### 5/5 — Classic game *2026-04-20* Played this for years. It never gets old and is a great way to keep your brain healthy . Nothing intrusive , play at your own pace . It can be actually very zen and relaxing, or complete against your friends to see who gets it first. Love this game🥰 ### 5/5 — Best thing ever *2025-11-05* My life would not be complete without this game.😍👌🥰😘 I love this game and I would not know change it for the world 🌍 ❤️💕💕❤️♥️💖💙💙💗💜 ### 5/5 — I love it!!! *2025-02-25, version 1.0.19* I’m hooked. Need archives Though. ### 5/5 — Love the web version. App does not work. *2024-10-17* Absolutely love this game. However the app version does not load after clicking daily puzzle. ### 5/5 — Challenging *2024-08-22* I play this game every morning and find it very challenging compared to other word games. It feels great when I see the 100% pop up and know I’ve finally figured out the word! If you want a game that will make you think….this is the one:) ### 5/5 — Great game *2024-06-12* Love the challenge. Really works the brain. ### 5/5 — Gets your thinking going *2024-03-25* Makes you think ### 5/5 — Unga bunga *2024-03-05, version 1.0.19* Very Yummylicious ### 5/5 — Very fun and frustrating game *2024-01-26, version 1.0.19* Its perfect. I love word games. --- *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 2026-08-31.*