# Spelling Queen Pangrams — user reviews > 225 indexed App Store user reviews of Spelling Queen Pangrams by Frederic Bacro, rated 4.70/5 from 6,012 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/spelling-queen-pangrams/id1591639792/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/spelling-queen-pangrams/id1591639792.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 4,782 · 4★ 791 · 3★ 264 · 2★ 77 · 1★ 98 ## What do users think of Spelling Queen Pangrams? Overall sentiment: neutral **Pros** - 🚀 Addictive and challenging - 👍 Clean and intuitive interface - 🤖 Helpful hints and game features - 💰 Fair monetization with one-time purchase **Cons** - 🔍 Missing common words in dictionary - 🐛 Inconsistent word acceptance - 🙄 Too many obscure/made-up words - 📢 Intrusive ads in free version **Commonly reported bugs** - Game progress not saved properly - Revealed words not matching entered words - Crashes and freezes after updates **Most requested features** - Ability to choose game difficulty level - Option to save and resume games - Improved accessibility for visually impaired - Alphabetized word list display ## Newest reviews (18 of 225) ### 4/5 — Great game *2026-07-31, version 4.4* Love this word game even though a lot of the words are nonsensical to me. ### 2/5 — Not living new format *2026-07-19, version 4.4* I used to really enjoy these word puzzles but really dislike the new format. Need to take a look at others out there. ### 4/5 — What happened *2026-07-15, version 4.4* I have thoroughly enjoyed this app. Unfortunately, recent color change on hints makes this impossible for me to read. ### 4/5 — Great word game *2026-07-12, version 4.4* I've tried a few of these type of word puzzles and this is probably my favourite. I really like the ability to add more words to the dictionary. Just one thing that doesn't seem to work quite right is that short games are very often a lot more than just 25 words. Still a pleasure to complete but can take a lot longer. ### 3/5 — Get a better list. *2026-07-07, version 4.4* I love doing this, but I get very frustrated that I cannot use so many legitimate words. You need to get AI to make a better list. Or use the Anagram Solver app. Saffron is a word! So is retool. So many many others that I can’t remember but are not recognized as words. ### 3/5 — Have been playing for years *2026-07-03, version 4.4* I love playing Spell Queen, but I don’t like the new UI with the yellow and grey/white hints. It’s too hard to read. ### 4/5 — Can't see the hints very well *2026-06-27, version 4.4* Love this app! My only issue is that the hints are very hard to see. ### 4/5 — Good until recently *2026-06-20* The game plays well, lets you recommend words that it does not yet include, and you can choose long or short games. All good until someone in some cubicle redesigned the clues and length of words remaining page. Even that is okay, except for the teeny tiny font chosen and someone designing it in orange font on yellow background. Then folks at sone meeting all gave it the go ahead as though they had never heard of eyeballs much less vision, as though they had no good sense or had not themselves even looked at it. ### 3/5 — Fun game, frustrating dictionary *2026-05-30, version 4.4* I enjoy the game itself and would probably give the actual gameplay/functionality a 4/5. However, the internal dictionary is frustrating. I understand that it’s curated and avoids archaic or uncommon words, but the logic feels inconsistent. There are times when real words I know, and have checked, are rejected, yet other words I’ve never heard of are accepted after I’ve just mashed letters out of frustration. For me, the game works well as a puzzle, but the dictionary holds it back. I’d give the gameplay a 4/5, but the dictionary a 2/5. Overall, I’m still using it because it’s fun enough and, honestly, because I’m too lazy to find another one, but its eccentric word list can be very annoying. ### 4/5 — Addictive! *2026-05-29* I love this app. I needed something to fill the day once I had completed the NYT spelling bee and this is the best I’ve ever found. I purchased the license. Great deal if you’re going to play often. The updates always improve the game experience which I very much appreciate. The panagram words have varying levels of difficulty. I love a good challenge! Requests: • PLEASE make the letter icons more sensitive with a quicker response. It’s slow and frustrating. I misspell words because the app isn’t keeping up with me. This is my biggest issue and it would improve game play dramatically. I’m working to improve my solve time and this is a drag. • nice to have - being able to see the found word definitions before completing the set. Otherwise, the app is perfect! Don’t hesitate to get it. ### 3/5 — Hints are awful *2026-05-29, version 4.4* The tiny, pale print for the hints is very difficult to read. But enjoy the game otherwise. ### 2/5 — Hints font is too small *2026-05-10, version 4.4* Since the change in the hints section the font is way too small and made worse with the contrast in colour which makes things hard to read. It’s a real downgrade from the previous version and I play it a lot less now and will look for alternatives ### 3/5 — Letter taps don’t register *2026-05-05, version 4.4* I have enjoyed this game immensely, but with the latest update I experience frequent cases of tapped letters not registering. This means a lot of backspacing and retyping, which kills the speed and enjoyment of the game for me. ### 2/5 — Ads *2026-04-29, version 4.4* One minute in and the ads started. Hard pass ### 3/5 — Fun but glitchy *2026-04-26, version 4.4* App is fun but glitches a lot. Letters often do not populate, words I have put in do not populate and no idea what the custom word list does. No info on Google and no “help” or way to ask a question. If it happened now and then I’d say user error but it’s a constant frustration. ### 2/5 — Hints change explained? *2026-04-20* I’m a longtime user of this game and came here hoping for the developer to explain something with the recent hints change (rather than just hating on it, though I’m admittedly struggling). Could the columns of hints signify word length and if so, can you add a column header? I really would appeal that you somehow incorporate word length or even an option to toggle to the old hint view if that isn’t possible. That is a must have for me. Also what do yellow vs white hints mean? I can’t find an explanation nor in the help menu which could be added please. For all the hint update haters, I will say that I appreciate the attempt to show more hints at once rather than just one word (and having to fail-attempt to get it to cycle to the next hint), but I definitely need word length back. Lastly, can you change the sort of the word list back to vertical? Not sure if you knew but some of us, due to poor vision, have to use zoom controller on our phones to see small print. When I do this I can only see one column and scrolling left to right is difficult both visually and mentally. You would make this more accessible reverting back to vertical column sorting. Look forward to a response and I do love this app. Strangely it’s my go-to for insomnia…about 15 minutes of this helps me go back to sleep. Thanks for listening. ### 4/5 — Sticky buttons for fun game *2026-04-16, version 4.4* I have been a regular player but noticed that with the recent update the letter buttons don't always work as well, leading to lots of spelling mistakes and back tracking. Didn't know how else to reach the developer so hopefully they are seeing this! ### 4/5 — Great but need some quality of life updates *2026-04-16, version 4.4* Love the game but would also love some QoL updates. Always Dark mode needs to happen. In light mode the yellow on yellow contrast under the hints is really hard to read. Please consider some accessibility improvements here ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Upgrade not good *2026-08-11, version 4.4* Don't care for the change. Doesn't work well on iPad ### 1/5 — So so *2026-07-13, version 4.4* It is annoying that you ask for a review so frequently ### 1/5 — Update Stinks *2026-06-02, version 4.4* Agreed with others - the newest update makes playing SO much less enjoyable. Not sure why a basically completely new interface was necessary… plus I have seem to run out of new words. Sad. ### 1/5 — BEST WORD GAME EVER. Update: You guys changed it :( *2026-05-30, version 4.4* Update: I'm so disappointed to see that the terrible update wasn't reverted. Like in my original review, I said DON'T fix what ISN'T BROKEN! It's confusing and unnecessarily complicated to read the new hints, and I don't recall the word bank alternating between columns. I thought it used to be read vertically? Not ideal to have your eyes rapidly flickering side to side when quickly scanning the list. Inefficient. This sucks. I miss when devs listened to players. I haven't played in months. — I rarely download new apps because of how visually cluttered they are with pop ups, bright colors, boosts, power-ups, overstimulating ads, etc. The attention grabbing is exhausting, and I wind up going on social media in my downtime instead of opening any games. I LOVE Spelling Queen because it isn't a violation to your senses. There aren't a million different options to choose from, no vibrant/energetic colors, there's not even a "home" screen—you're just right into the game. It's simple, straightforward, and that's exactly how I like it. The CO-OP doesn't work very well, but me and my partner play by screensharing on Facetime and letting each other control the screen. We're long distance, and play together almost every night before bed, so this game holds a special little place in our relationship. 🩷 For future game updates: please devs, don't fix anything that isn't broken! You have an amazing game here, I hope y'all can make any additions as nonintrusive as possible. And respect for offering a one-time purchase to go ad-free instead of a subscription, you guys rock for that. Thank you!! 🥰 ### 1/5 — Ruined it *2026-05-18, version 4.4* I was completely addicted to this game until the recent update where they destroyed the hints and started in with the transparent overlays. What a mess. Deleting it now. ### 1/5 — Dislike Update *2026-04-17, version 4.4* Looks terrible now. What a dumb way to list the words! It’s not natural to read a list across like that when there’s only 2 columns. So dumb! And please get rid of the box so the complete list of words are shown. Gonna try a better app! ### 1/5 — HATE NEW UPDATE *2026-04-10, version 4.4* WHY IS THE NEW UPDATE LIKE THIS?? I hate it, the game was great for its simplicity and all of the extra details overcomplicate things and make it all messy. also why is the found word list ordered like that now, it makes it so hard to read and it was so better when it would just go down the columns alphabetically. i hate this new update please return it back to how it used to be this sucks i hate the hints too and all the starts of the words shown it’s the worst. change it back ### 1/5 — New update is horrible *2026-04-10, version 4.4* It seems that they ruined the hints feature to encourage people to pay for ad free. Jokes on you - I’m simply deleting. ### 1/5 — PLEASE go back to the previous version *2026-04-07* The new version is hard to read. The hints in yellow are too small and are placed over a part of the puzzle options of "settings", etc. You have to look at those hints about five inches from your eyes and read over the overlap of letters and symbols. And the yellow color is ridiculous. There was absolutely NOTHING wrong with the previous version. If it ain't broke, don't fix it. Just because someone comes up with a change and wants it to look different, does NOT mean it's better. I only play on my iPad, and this game change is terrible. ### 1/5 — Unhappy with Latest Update *2026-04-06, version 4.4* I play this game almost every day and thoroughly enjoy it. But this latest update has changed the font and text color on the clues in the hint button and it’s nearly impossible for me to read the text. Making the text strictly black and white would be best, and/or allowing the screen to be enlarged by “stretching” with your fingers. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — A couple of things *2026-07-17, version 4.4* I don’t like when the word box shrinks when you leave the game, and I don’t like the yellow coloring on the suggested beginning letters. They are very difficult to see. ### 5/5 — The hint *2026-07-05, version 4.4* The yellow writing is very small and not seen Can you make it all black and bigger ### 5/5 — Love *2026-06-13, version 4.4* Fun game ### 5/5 — My mom loves this game *2026-06-09, version 4.4* Berry fun ### 5/5 — Super spelling game *2026-05-29, version 4.4* This is a spectacular spelling game. Much better than the Times Sunday version….which is only available once a day. The format for getting hints is very useful and it is laid out very nicely. ### 5/5 — DEVELOPER PLEASE READ THIS *2026-05-07, version 4.4* Please add a way for us to start a new game without ending the current one that way we can go back to it if we find a new word without having to end the game prematurely, they can be in a list format or whatever PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE ### 5/5 — Design change of Spelling Queen *2026-04-13, version 4.4* I hate the update to the look of this app. It is now too hard to read and shows the ghost of the game behind the clues. Please fix it so I can continue to play what was my favorite game. ### 5/5 — Love but needs better responsive touch *2026-04-10, version 4.4* I love this app but I do wish it had better response to touch. Often when I try to type letters the app doesn’t recognize a letter I touch and I have to delete and go back. Otherwise it is the perfect game. ### 5/5 — Bad update *2026-04-02, version 4.4* Awful interface ruined a perfectly good game ### 5/5 — BEST WORD GAME EVER. *2026-03-17* I rarely download new apps because of how visually cluttered they are with pop ups, bright colors, boosts, power-ups, overstimulating ads, etc. The attention grabbing is exhausting, and I wind up going on social media in my downtime instead of opening any games. I LOVE Spelling Queen because it isn't a violation to your senses. There aren't a million different options to choose from, no vibrant/energetic colors, there's not even a "home" screen—you're just right into the game. It's simple, straightforward, and that's exactly how I like it. The CO-OP doesn't work very well, but me and my partner play by screensharing on Facetime and letting each other control the screen. We're long distance, and play together almost every night before bed, so this game holds a special little place in our relationship. 🩷 For future game updates: please devs, don't fix anything that isn't broken! You have an amazing game here, I hope y'all can make any additions as nonintrusive as possible. And respect for offering a one-time purchase to go ad-free instead of a subscription, you guys rock for that. Thank you!! 🥰 **Developer response:** Thank you so much! -- Frederic --- *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 2026-09-08.*