# The Game Gal's Word Generator — user reviews > 81 indexed App Store user reviews of The Game Gal's Word Generator by Spark Genius, rated 4.80/5 from 42 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/the-game-gals-word-generator/id546236058/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/the-game-gals-word-generator/id546236058.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 39 · 4★ 1 · 3★ 0 · 2★ 2 · 1★ 0 ## What do users think of The Game Gal's Word Generator? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 👍 Simple and easy to use - 💡 Great idea, very useful - 🥳 Fun for families and parties - 🆓 Free to use - 🎯 Perfect for Pictionary and Charades - 🔠 Wide variety of words and categories - ⬆️ Adjustable difficulty levels - 📱 Great for on-the-go games - 🚫 No ads - 🧑‍🏫 Useful for ESL/EFL/ELL classrooms - 👩‍⚕️ Useful for speech therapy **Cons** - 🐛 Buggy with iOS 9+ - 🔄 Needs updates - ❓ Some users get repetitive words - 🤔 Difficulty selecting options in older versions **Commonly reported bugs** - Unable to select anything other than 'easy' difficulty - Wheel selectors do not work - App not updated for iOS 9+ - Cannot change selection wheels - Scrolling between games and categories not allowed - Picker wheel won't allow selection on iOS 9 - Cannot change game or difficulty settings - Spinning wheel won't work on iOS 9 - Rolodex scrolling interface not functional on iOS 9 - Cannot select anything other than Pictionary and easy **Most requested features** - Add a timer - Option to change font size - Info section with game rules - Ability to create custom word lists - Include pictures with words for clients with reading difficulties ## Newest reviews (19 of 81) ### 5/5 — Awesome game for families *2017-02-28* Our family loves playing CatchPhrase - but our unit is old and a lot of the terms aren't good for kids. Enter Game Gal's Word Generator - the PERFECT replacement. Plenty of words. We loved the different games available. Loved the play levels or themes (especially "People"). We also had fun with the getting to know you questions. Highly recommend this. It worked great! ### 5/5 — I love this app *2016-12-09* I had it for months but never used it, actually is really funny and full of opportunities :) it has become one of my favorite game app on my phone! I'd like to have a info section with rules for games and other way to play them! I will recommend it to friends! I'd like to have a list of word to create my own "deck", to select question/word and add my own. ### 5/5 — A great games night tool *2016-09-21, version 2.0* I have just come across this app! I haven't even used it for my games night yet but I already know that it's gonna. E worth its weight in gold! Thanks games gal! ### 5/5 — Really useful *2016-07-29, version 2.0* Such a simple idea, but when you've exhausted all your Pictionary cards and you have children who are too young to know what most of the phrases or words are, this is an absolute must have. ### 5/5 — Thank you for this! *2016-07-10* We were looking to play Pictionary but don't have it where we are and just having the words was enough. Me, my husband and 7 and 9 year old really enjoyed playing thanks to this app! The easy to hard levels made it an even playing field for us to play together. Thank you so much for putting this together and offering it for free! Very kind of you! Any way of adding a counter or "rules of the game"? ### 5/5 — Good app *2016-06-21, version 2.0* Easy to use, nice looking interface, simple. ### 5/5 — Love this app! *2016-06-01* This app is so useful to have on the go. It vastly improved any waiting or down time, but in a fun way that involves everyone. ### 5/5 — Bad *2016-05-25, version 2.0* This sucks ### 5/5 — Awesome App! *2016-05-15* My family has had so much fun with this app, a pencil, and some paper! ### 5/5 — This app was perfect for Pictonary! *2016-05-08* A free app I would pay for. ### 5/5 — I needed this app *2016-04-10* Perfect ### 5/5 — This is great *2016-03-27, version 2.0* This app is so great and useful I play this with the children at my daycare all the time and they really respond it also has a range of different difficulties to make it easy for anyone experiance or inexperianced to play. I love how it has more than one game on the app so i can change when they get bored, this is a must need app for any parents or childcare works or parties it is the BEST 10/10 ### 5/5 — Good inspiration for any artists (film, music, etc.) *2016-03-20* Learned about this from Funhaus playing Tilt Brush ### 4/5 — Not bad, but could be better *2016-03-05, version 2.0* Good variety of games. A big problem is the fact that it doesn't have a timer (adjustable would be best) built-in to the app for certain games. Would be really good if they gave a word and then you could cover it with a timer (as an option), or just have the timer separate. ### 4/5 — Love it *2016-03-03, version 2.0* I've always been one to play games with friends and this app has made it so much easier! Thank you a ton! ### 5/5 — Thank you for the update! *2016-02-07, version 2.0* I can't say how many times this app has made a boring evening turn into a memorable time with my friends. I really appreciate the update that has brought this great app to iOS 9 and above. There are so many words and all are clean and none are awkward to play for any age group. Thanks a lot for this gem! ### 5/5 — So convenient! *2016-01-21, version 2.0* Love this app! Simple and effective...we've played Pictionary every night since I got this and oh the laughs and the fun times! It would be cool if it had a timer as well but other than that...perfecto! (And thank you) ### 5/5 — Just what I was looking for. *2016-01-08* Simple, easy, good words. I love the word difficulty setting. I just used it for pictionary with my kids and their friends. Thanks for putting this out. ### 5/5 — Great app *2016-01-01* Needed something to play a game and this worked perfectly! Grab some paper and a few people and play! Thanks for making this great app! ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Terrible. *2022-08-06, version 2.9.1* Loads of great categories but all of them just use a random word generator. Charades for example, the first three choices were door, welcome and cabbage. Useless. ### 1/5 — Only the easy cards work. *2015-12-15, version 1.0* The others can't be selected. ### 1/5 — Can't select past "easy" difficulty *2015-11-26, version 1.0* Only lets you select easy and you can't get past that from medium to difficult. ### 1/5 — Needs major bug fixes *2015-11-26, version 1.0* Unable to select anything other than "easy," so unless I'm playing Pictionary with a 5 year old the app is completely unusable. ### 1/5 — Broken! *2015-11-26, version 1.0* Was great before but now the wheel selectors do not work. ### 1/5 — Needs updated *2015-11-26, version 1.0* Please update. ### 1/5 — Not functional *2015-11-14, version 1.0* App doesn't allow scrolling between games and categories ### 1/5 — Can't change options *2015-11-08, version 1.0* After update, I'm no longer able to cycle through and change options, e.g. change difficulty or game. ### 1/5 — NEEDS AN UPDATE *2015-11-04, version 1.0* Can't play harder words or options on iPhone 6+. Please uodate ### 1/5 — Can't change game or difficulty *2015-11-01, version 1.0* Must have some glitch, I cannot change the game or the difficulty. Tried deleting and redownloading and it didn't fix the problem. I'll give a better rating once it's fixed! I'm an iPhone 6 user. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Word Generator *2025-01-27, version 2.9.1* Top Tier app ### 5/5 — Genius indeed *2024-09-30, version 2.9.1* What a great idea! Simple but so useful. Thank you 😊 ### 5/5 — Whoever created this app is brilliant! *2023-06-13* I love to play games, but sometimes I find myself with friends and my boxes of games are at home. This amazing app has allowed me to play any game I want at any level I want with as many people as I want with nothing in by hand but my phone. I love you to pieces and I could not be more grateful to you for creating this app. You have brought so much joy into my life! Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. ❤️❤️❤️ ### 5/5 — Perfect for Pictionary *2022-01-06* Tons of options for difficulty and tons of words. Been using for years and repeats still are not often. ### 5/5 — Hard to find *2021-11-04, version 2.8* This app is a must have and is awesomely cool for many game I reckoned it ### 5/5 — Absolutely Brilliant! *2020-04-04, version 2.6* I'm a new migrant English teacher. I'm teaching beginners. I was considering using 'Pictionary' with my students, but the words were mostly too hard for them. This solved my problem at a click. Thanks so much! ### 5/5 — Kids love it *2019-09-18, version 2.6* Play this with my kids all the time. It’s basic to use with many different options so they don’t get bored. And it’s FREE ### 5/5 — Very good *2019-07-31, version 2.6* Lots of variety good for families little bit of fun! ### 5/5 — Love it! *2018-11-24* Just learned about this app (and website!) today! It’s exactly what I need for lessons and game nights. A great resource with a very simple user interface. Very sensibly done! Is there not a settings button? I wonder if there’s an option to change size of fonts (looks small on iPad) or if an in-app timer will become available. Keep up the great work! ### 5/5 — Lots of fun *2018-05-30* We do not have a pictionary game, so this was perfect! Great, easy APP --- *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 2026-09-04.*