# Spellix: Strategic Word Play — user reviews > 26 indexed App Store user reviews of Spellix by Ares Interactive, Inc., rated 4.30/5 from 26 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/spellix-strategic-word-play/id6743176123/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/spellix-strategic-word-play/id6743176123.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 18 · 4★ 2 · 3★ 3 · 2★ 1 · 1★ 2 ## What do users think of Spellix? Overall sentiment: mixed **Pros** - 👍 Fun word game - 🎨 Cozy visuals and soundscapes - 🧠 Exercises the brain - ⏱️ Good way to pass time **Cons** - 🔍 No clear goal or instructions - 🔒 No way to save progress - 💰 Excessive ads and expensive ad-free version - 🔄 Recent update ruined the game **Commonly reported bugs** - Loss of player progress after updates **Most requested features** - Alphabetical listing of bonus words - Sign in with Apple ID to save progress ## Newest reviews (6 of 26) ### 4/5 — Help! *2025-12-20* I really like this game, but now it says "Update to keep playing." I updated it, and now it still says, "update to keep playing." In the App Store, I can't update it, the only option is "open." Now what? ### 4/5 — It’s cool *2025-09-22* Just a cool spelling game. The only thing I truly wish was….the bonus words where you earn bonus coins. I with they were listed in alphabetical order. It would be easier to skim the words and memorize them to spell them out to earn the bonus coins. Other than that. It’s cool. ### 4/5 — Good *2025-09-12* Amazing but there’s no Sign in with Apple ID to save your progress **Developer response:** We've just added cloud saving via Game Center with v1.3.1. Please update to the latest version, then tap the gear icon on the top left side of the main screen, then tap on account to link your Apple ID/Game Center account to save your progress. ### 5/5 — great *2025-09-04* love it! been a great way to pass time ### 5/5 — Awesome Game!! *2025-09-03* Been loving this game!! Great way to exercise your brain while having fun :) ### 5/5 — Great game *2025-09-03* Fun way to kill time when I’m riding the subway ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — All Progress lost!! *2025-10-20* I’ve been enjoying the game enough to purchase the ad free plan. Last night, I was at the top of the leaderboard for this weeks’ “fruit”event with over 65k points. I logged on this morning to find all of my progress gone - not lower - just gone. The game is acting like I haven’t played a single game this week! As another reviewer mentioned, there is no “goal” other than the weekly events, and no place to spend the endgame currency. Needless to say, I will not be paying for another month. **Developer response:** We're sorry to hear that your progress was lost! We have implemented cloud saving via Game Center in the latest version of the game (go to the gear icon top left side of the main screen, then tap account). Also, if you could tap on the support button in the settings screen and send us more information, we are happy to look into restoring your progress. ### 1/5 — Ruinedx2 *2025-09-02, version 1.0.0* Goodbye. You took my 400,000 points on my phone. And 200,000 points on my iPad. The new update doesn’t look anything like the old version. Plus too many ads as well. You had such a great game why did you have to change it? Bye bye ### 1/5 — Ruined *2025-08-28, version 0.1.12* An enjoyable game totally ruined after recent update. Advertisements that run for minutes after every game, reduced rewards and excessive $$$ for ad-free version ($9.99 per 30 days). Do yourself a favour and forget it! ### 2/5 — Stuck *2025-12-20, version 1.5.1* Love the game but the latest update has me stuck on update required. ### 2/5 — No goal *2025-10-03* The game is fun but once you get to a point all you do is gain gems with no way to use them to advance on the map. There is no way to ask for help or instructions on the object of the game. ### 3/5 — A few bugs *2026-01-12, version 1.5.1* Not sure why but I can’t seems to get past a level or two without it freezing. When I migrate away and come back, the screen then flickers and is frozen so I have to shut down. Kinda broken. I have an iphone17 - brand new. Pretty great concept though! Which is why this is such a hard one to walk away from… ### 3/5 — Should be able to spend points *2025-10-24* fun but what’s the sense of the points and redraws can’t do anything with them 😩 ### 3/5 — 7 out of 10 *2025-10-20* This game has potential but misses the mark. You earn gems but there is no purpose to them. There is a very long ad after each completion of the words! It’s enjoyable to figure out the words but that’s about it. Deletion is a definite possibility when there’s really no goal or purpose. ### 3/5 — How are we supposed to get *2025-10-17* The names out of the books if you make us start with the letters I don’t understand why it’s so freakin hard to get 1 letter that we need I spent 50 freakin helps just to get a W and out of 50 I got none ### 3/5 — adequate *2025-09-28, version 1.1.2* unless i'm missing something, it's not possible to get "qu" in your hand, rendering words like "tequila" and "turquoise" (required for collections) unobtainable. also 10 letter words starting with "qu" seem to not be in the dictionary despite looking like they would fit otherwise pretty fun game ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Love it! *2026-03-13* It is strategic ### 5/5 — Challenge *2026-01-16* Spelling gives you exciting gales to conquer ### 5/5 — Athens *2026-01-05* I was not credited for all the words collected from the Jewels set , please credit me , I love the game I play daily ### 5/5 — Great game *2025-11-13, version 1.3.1* Loving this game, love how you can store the letters and swap them around to improve your score , but what is the point of collecting all the diamonds/tokens? ### 5/5 — Awesome *2025-11-03, version 1.2.2* Brilliant App! ### 5/5 — Brilliant Game *2025-10-21, version 1.2.1* What a great game. I used to play a similar word game that was full of ads. This doesn’t have the problem. Like the fact that you collect extra words in categories to earn good rewards. Keep it up. Thoroughly recommended. ### 5/5 — Great Game! *2025-10-19* I really like this game. It’s very challenging and enjoyable. The only problem I have is that I don’t understand what the gems are for. Maybe I’ll find out later in the game. ### 5/5 — fun word game *2025-09-26* cozy word game!! i really like the soundscapes and sense of progression. ### 5/5 — Fun time killer *2025-09-10* No stress, fun way to kill time and exercise your brain ### 5/5 — Love this game!! *2025-09-06* The visuals and the soothing soundscape add to the pleasures of this word game, which is absolutely addictive. --- *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 2026-06-10.*