# Well Word — user reviews > 50 indexed App Store user reviews of Well Word by Bird Cartel LLC, rated 4.80/5 from 760 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/well-word/id6444421249/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/well-word/id6444421249.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 663 · 4★ 60 · 3★ 23 · 2★ 6 · 1★ 8 ## What do users think of Well Word? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 👍 Fun and engaging game - 🧠 Challenges vocabulary and brain - 🔒 No ads or distractions - 💰 Fair one-time purchase model - 🎨 Visually appealing design **Cons** - 🐛 Limited word recognition - ⏰ Can only play once per day - 🤔 Lack of social features (leaderboards, sharing) **Commonly reported bugs** - Occasional crashes or freezing - Issues with game progress/history **Most requested features** - Ability to replay past daily challenges - Option to see top words used by others - Expanded dictionary and word recognition - Longer timed mode (e.g. 3 minutes instead of 2) ## Newest reviews (13 of 50) ### 5/5 — Test your Vocabulary *2025-07-07, version 1.12* Great way to feast your vocabulary and maybe even learn some new words. Fun for the family. ### 5/5 — Simple & Great *2025-06-11* Awesome game that provides a perfect daily puzzle. Pro was purchased and so worth it for the older puzzles. Scratches the NYT games itch but better. Wish this game got more attention! Couple of notes to dev. 1) wish the game history showed the average of all your scores 2) the color schemes for pro are ok, wish there were more options ### 5/5 — Great game *2025-04-24, version 1.12* Never an ad. Always a different game each day. Consistent and respectful. ### 5/5 — Well word *2024-08-31, version 1.12* This game really gets you thinking, how to get the best words, then trying to clear the board at the end. ### 5/5 — Great Game *2024-07-15* One of the best word games out there. I’ve gotten tired of so many other word games. They either become boring or so competitive that you know the constant top scores are using online cheats. I was a bit hesitant to go with the Pro version because it’s only one game daily but I’ve since realized that you can go to your history and play the games from way back, albeit only once but that’s totally fine with me. The developer should make that clear because it’s so worth it to go Pro. I just wish the Lightning mode would be 3 minutes instead of 2, since I always freeze up a bit a the beginning. Awesome game! **Developer response:** Thanks for the review! I started with Lightning at 3 minutes but felt it was too much time. I like the hard choices you have to make with 2 minutes. Though I freeze up a lot too! ### 4/5 — Fun *2024-01-16* Fun game! I showed it to my family and we like to compare scores. I wish they would add a friends feature so you could all compare your scores and what words you did that day **Developer response:** Thanks, glad you like it! It's a lot of work to build a friends feature so I was hoping people would share their scores via text or messenger or whatever they prefer. You can share your stats and word list after you finish a game from the post-game menu. ### 5/5 — Word recognition *2023-12-29, version 1.12* Why doesn’t it recognize “counterclockwise” as a word, that’s massive points for me man 😢 ### 4/5 — Crashing *2023-11-28* Amazing game super enjoyable but starting today my game crashes every couple of seconds after opening I’ve tried to uninstall and re install but the issue hasn’t resolved **Developer response:** Hi Karen. Really sorry you're having issues. I'll look into it on my side. ### 5/5 — Great way to start the day! *2023-11-20* I love this game but I never get close to the global record. Sure wish the developers would publish that high score response sheet so I could see what others do. Even a day or two late. **Developer response:** Glad you're enjoying Well Word Shroomdoc! Great suggestion about publishing word lists from top scorers. I'll think about how I could accomplish something like this. Thanks! ### 5/5 — A fun daily puzzle *2023-09-28, version 1.12* Straightforward play once a day ### 5/5 — Engaging addictive fun *2023-09-24, version 1.12* Great word game look forward to it each day ### 5/5 — Excellent game *2023-08-08, version 1.12* Thoughtful, clever, simple, difficult, rewarding, frustrating and challenging - all you really want in a word game! ### 5/5 — So fun! *2023-07-29, version 1.12* Love it! ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Limited dictionary *2025-11-16, version 1.12* PEEBLE is a word, but your app would not let me use it today. Not the first time you have omitted words. ### 1/5 — Fun game but *2024-04-06, version 1.12* The game is really fun but you can only play once a day, which makes the game not worth keeping. Definitely uninstalling. ### 1/5 — Scam *2023-06-13, version 1.11* You Have to pay after you play it’s also trash btw you can play free games. If bj want money that’s what ads are for he’s trying to double dip. ### 2/5 — Frustrating *2024-07-04, version 1.12* Does not recognize many valid words in the English language dictionary ### 2/5 — Fun but wth *2023-04-26* Can SOMEONE please post some challenge codes somewhere so that I can keep playing!!!???😡 **Developer response:** Hey Jesus_Saves_Boo. You can join my Discord (link at birdcartel.com) to trade challenge codes with other players. Even without challenge codes, you can play as much as you want. Just tap Challenges -> New Challenge after you've finished a challenge. Did you have any other feedback about the game, something that I can improve to increase your rating? As a solo dev, reviews really help me. 2-star reviews affect me a lot! Let me know what I can improve. I appreciate your help. ### 3/5 — Word game *2026-05-31, version 1.12* I do like this game but it doesn’t look good and to only play one game without an expensive upgrade is annoying ### 3/5 — Disappointing *2024-12-15, version 1.12* This is a good game, but you can only play it once a day. That’s a shame. ### 3/5 — Fun but could be so much better! *2024-04-14* I love this game but there could be so much more to it. Add some more competitiveness. Let’s see those global rankings and how we compare! How do I know where I am on the global list? If I get the number one score, who did I beat? Is it the same players every time? I want to know! Also, what were the top words for the challenge I just played? What words did I miss? I want to be able to play with other players who already know the game on a new challenge and see my ranking on these boards too. **Developer response:** Hi Vicachic. Great suggestion about being more competitive. If you have Well Word Pro, you can see how you compare to the rest of the players. You can also see the top word of the day. Challenges are unique so unless you share a challenge code, it's unlikely anyone else has played that board. Hope this helps. I appreciate your review. ### 3/5 — Decent game *2023-12-04, version 1.12* Pretty good game, but I went ahead and deleted when a Q came up, but no U. Come on developers, you can do better than that. ### 3/5 — really fun but not *2023-04-13, version 1.9* i downloaded this game and played for a little. it was extremely fun but soon i couldnt find anything to do. it seemed like you needed pro for EVERYTHING. i am quite devastated :((( ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — love it *2026-04-03, version 1.12* Ive been addicted to this for ages. part of my morning routine .. still never managed a score over 300 !.. I just wonder if you ever doing an update , please can you make it so its playable in landscape. ?? ### 5/5 — Word wall *2026-03-16* Word wall is the name for this that makes sense! Fun game. Suggestions: 1) Allow for seeing/sharing/saving the words found in a game afterward for reviewing when sending score to someone 2) The visual options (color combos, stripes, etc) are all visually distracting from the letters. An easier-to-quickly-navigate appearance option would be nice. ### 5/5 — Best game at old iPad *2026-01-24, version 1.12* I like this game.I play it with my friend every day.It is so funny and beautiful. ### 5/5 — Great game *2026-01-07* This is an addictive word game, with no bugs or ads. I recommend supporting the maker and buying the full version so that you can play all the past puzzles. The words you make give bonus points if they include the central letter or if all letters are touching. Clearing a tow or column will also award bonus points. You can easily see which days you corrected the board- they are represented by a brighter colour. There is also a summary at the end of a game showing your best words and score ranking (in rough bands of points). You may want to set yourself a time limit for this app, or risk getting sucked in. ### 5/5 — Love it *2026-01-02* I look forward to this every single day it just makes me sad you only play it once a day ! ### 5/5 — Best game on Apps *2025-12-09* The two options of a timed or non-timed game, the challenges of having hard letters sometimes but not always, the option of trying to get high score versus emptying out the entire grid, being able to see your stats compared with others, and great aesthetics makes me love this game! I love the simplicity of its design. Hoping for a new game from this maker! **Developer response:** Thank you Sei! ### 5/5 — Good way to decrease unproductive phone use *2025-12-03* Fun way to get your brain working! Easy instructions, no distracting visuals, and it gets you thinking! **Developer response:** Appreciate your nice review, Kool Kat! ### 5/5 — Best game on Apps *2025-10-05* The two options of a timed or non-timed game, the challenges of having hard letters sometimes but not always, the option of trying to get high score versus emptying out the entire grid, being able to see your stats compared with others, and great aesthetics makes me love this game! I love the simplicity of its design. Hoping for a new game from this maker! ### 5/5 — THE word game for wordsmiths *2025-08-10* There are a lot of repetitive words games doing much of the same thing. Word Well is different. It’s challenging, never repetitive, unique, and fun. I’m honestly surprised more people aren’t playing it. They’re missing out. **Developer response:** Wow! Thanks for the very kind review. With your help, maybe we can keep getting the word out and get more players! ### 5/5 — So fun! *2025-07-26* This is the only game I play every day. It’s a fun challenge; we have a family group text where we send our stats everyday. My husband and I save the lightning game to do against each other at the same time. I love word games but can be picky about them and this is my fave! **Developer response:** Thanks for the nice review! I'm honored that Well Word is part of your day and part of your connection with your family. --- *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.*