# Topics: Hidden Word Search! — user reviews > 212 indexed App Store user reviews of Topics by Neil McGrogan, rated 4.70/5 from 5,208 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/topics-hidden-word-search/id6499083211/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/topics-hidden-word-search/id6499083211.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 4,405 · 4★ 503 · 3★ 153 · 2★ 57 · 1★ 90 ## What do users think of Topics? Overall sentiment: mixed **Pros** - 🚀 Fast and addictive gameplay - 👍 Challenging and engaging puzzles - 🚀 Unlimited puzzles to play **Cons** - 🐛 Frequent glitches and bugs - 🔍 Misleading or unclear puzzle themes - 🤔 Overlapping words causing confusion - 🔍 Unsolvable puzzles due to errors **Commonly reported bugs** - Hint button not working as expected - Letters not registering properly - Puzzle errors preventing completion - Progress reset after exiting the game **Most requested features** - Ability to skip or restart puzzles - More reliable and consistent hint system - Improved letter registration and responsiveness - Option to view past puzzle solutions ## Newest reviews (16 of 212) ### 3/5 — Accuracy *2026-06-06, version 2.15* Some of these aren’t accurate. ### 3/5 — Pretty good *2026-05-16, version 2.15* Way to many ads ### 4/5 — Yay *2026-05-16, version 2.15* Yay ### 3/5 — Too Many Repeats *2026-03-16, version 2.15* Why bother to number the puzzles at all if they are going to be duplicates of prior levels? This is an awesome concept but sadly underdeveloped ### 3/5 — Aggressive Ad Tab *2026-01-25, version 2.15* If you accidentally press the wrong spot on the screen, a web page is opened dozens and dozens of times. I searched online how to disable this and read it’s part of the app. I could have paid to disable this in the app but decided to delete the app instead. ### 2/5 — Needs to Add New Grids *2025-12-17, version 2.15* I love the game, but at this point, it’s repeating the puzzles. New ones need to be added on a regular basis. ### 3/5 — Very dum dum *2025-11-16, version 2.15* Nuh uh 67 41 ### 3/5 — Good, but needs more puzzles *2025-11-01, version 2.15* I do enjoy the game, but there is only 100 or less puzzles before the repeat indefinitely. I think even if you asked the community to help make some of the levels we can get a lot more for all of us to play. ### 4/5 — Is it just me? *2025-10-30, version 2.15* The title of any given puzzle can be somewhat arcane. I previously reported that the Clue button was malfunctioning, but I was probably mistaken. ### 4/5 — So far so good! *2025-10-22, version 2.15* Only on level 12 so too soon to say but could be heading for a five star! ### 2/5 — Repetitive *2025-10-19, version 2.15* Was fun until all the puzzle kept repeating multiple times ### 3/5 — needs more puzzles *2025-09-22, version 2.15* they start to get repetitive very quickly. they’re also not nearly as challenging as the NYT strands which makes sense, but i still wish there was more variety. ### 3/5 — Topics Hidden Word Search *2025-08-27, version 2.15* Needs more polish. Using on iPad, occasionally the clue and word count displays leave screen in portrait, reappear in landscape but then letter matrix overlays the display info for guess entries. This occurs randomly. App does not keep track of where I left off on a puzzle sometimes, causing a puzzle restart. But the game is enjoyable, just fix a few minor screen bugs. ### 4/5 — Repeating levels *2025-08-09, version 2.15* Very fun but once I got to level 250ish it started repeating the old levels. I may have played them months ago but I do remember them lol ### 3/5 — Bruh *2025-07-21, version 2.15* Bruh ### 3/5 — Pretty good *2025-07-18, version 2.15* Fun, but the puzzles repeat after number 259, and the puzzles are lower quality than the similar NTY spangrams puzzles. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Repetitive *2026-06-28, version 2.15* The same or similar topics come up the longer you play the app ### 1/5 — Too many ads! *2026-05-20, version 2.15* You have to watch an ad before playing a game. Nonsense. Do better! ### 1/5 — Careless errors *2026-03-11, version 2.15* It’s “Zinnia,” not “Zinna.” “Kelvin”is not a unit of measure. It’s a temperature scale on which “degree” is a unit of measure. ### 1/5 — So stupid you can’t skip a puzzle. *2025-10-02, version 2.15* There are some that are I can’t solve, but there is no way to give up and go to next puzzle. So stupid ### 1/5 — Doesn’t fit screen *2025-05-06, version 2.13* I have an iPhone SE so my screen is smaller. I can’t complete a puzzle bc the last row of letters are cut off. I haven’t had this issue with any other app. ### 1/5 — App is not working *2025-04-01, version 2.8* Do not waste your time. Latest update broke the app entirely. Was good when it worked…. ### 1/5 — Topic 511 *2025-03-26, version 2.8* There is a flaw in Topic # 511 (Units of Measurement). After finding 3 words to get a clue, nothing is revealed. This prevents me moving to the next Topic. The game was fun and challenging through Topic #510 even though there was some repetition. ### 1/5 — Please speed up your game *2025-02-21, version 2.6* The game is so laggy. Takes forever to register a press and when I start it’s swipe, I’m three to 4 letters into the word and it just starts doing the draw animation that doesn’t even pick up the last 3 letters. Very frustrating ### 1/5 — Lag and frame drops *2025-02-18, version 2.6* Every time i open the app it becomes significantly worse with frame drops my inputs not working. I have a 13 pro max iphone so its not the phone ### 1/5 — Not For SE *2025-02-10, version 2.6* Impossible to play because it doesn’t fit on my screen. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Good game *2026-06-15, version 2.15* Better than scrolling✅ Widens vocabulary ✅ Not to many adds ✅ Fun Game✅ Levels make more sense than NYT lol✅ Would Recommend! ### 5/5 — FUN *2026-05-23, version 2.15* Very fun to play could play for hours on end. ### 5/5 — Very nice *2026-04-10, version 2.15* I am comparing this to the NYT game. It has just one small failing: if a word is on the list ( but not that puzzle), it shouldSHOW that it gets credit for hints. ### 5/5 — Scratches that Strands Itch *2026-01-15, version 2.15* This is the perfect game for when you want to play more Strands levels. ### 5/5 — Hits the spot! *2025-10-28, version 2.15* Morning, noon, and night, this game rubs me the right way :) ### 5/5 — NYT Strands Dupe *2025-10-27, version 2.15* If you like NYT strands you’ll love this. ### 5/5 — LOVE! But wish …. *2025-09-24, version 2.15* I love this game so much, I have been playing it daily …but I guess I loved it too much because it seems there are only so many puzzles before it resets back to the start. Developer: Any chance you will be adding new puzzles to the game? And if so: Will we be allowed to jump ahead? Or do we have to replay our way to the new ones? ### 5/5 — Awesome *2025-09-09, version 2.15* Easy to get hints and no ads!! I love this game. ### 5/5 — Super fun! *2025-09-09, version 2.15* Maybe a bit less challenging than NYT Strands, but still quite fun ### 5/5 — Just Like NYT *2025-09-06, version 2.15* I really enjoy playing the daily Strands Game in the New York Times. This game is just like it, but you can play in multiple times. Everything seems to work the same. Give it a try. --- *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 2026-09-01.*