# Word Chain Puzzle — user reviews > 449 indexed App Store user reviews of Word Chain Puzzle by Tribom Games, rated 4.60/5 from 43,191 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/word-chain-puzzle/id6736897776/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/word-chain-puzzle/id6736897776.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 32,904 · 4★ 5,277 · 3★ 3,151 · 2★ 852 · 1★ 1,007 ## What do users think of Word Chain Puzzle? Overall sentiment: negative **Pros** - 🤩 Fun and enjoyable game - 🧠 Challenging and educational **Cons** - 🐛 Repeating word chains - 💸 Excessive ads interrupting gameplay - 🐞 Frequent crashes and bugs - 🔁 Repeated puzzles after certain levels **Commonly reported bugs** - Notification glitch sending repeated notifications - Game freezing and becoming unplayable - Levels resetting after updates **Most requested features** - More varied and unique puzzles - Ability to disable hints and word suggestions - Improved stability and reduced crashes ## Newest reviews (17 of 449) ### 3/5 — Annoying *2026-09-15, version 2.8.0* The bottom word is often obscured by icons ### 4/5 — Need daily challenge update *2026-09-14, version 2.8.0* This is a fun game but once you do the 60ish daily challenges, it never updates. ### 3/5 — fun but... *2026-09-05, version 2.8.0* i enjoy playing this genuinely, but it's really getting on my nerves how if the chain is longer, the last word is partially covered up by the UI and the first letter of the last word is pretty much just unreadable 🫩 ### 2/5 — No way to report bugs *2026-08-21, version 2.8.0* Fun game but buggy. Formatting issue so sometimes you can’t see the last word because the icons are overlapping it. No way to report bugs either in game or on their website (contact just brings you back to the homepage). ### 2/5 — Poor game quality *2026-08-11, version 2.8.0* I love this game but the screen freezes too often and you can’t go past day 56 with daily challenges or rewards. It stops at day 56 and you must delete and start over or forget about daily rewards. ### 2/5 — Games freezes up *2026-07-28, version 2.8.0* I was enjoying this game a lot but now every time I play it freezes up. I have to end up shutting my phone off to even get out of the screen. Now I’m afraid to play it any more ### 3/5 — Enjoyed the game *2026-07-27, version 2.8.0* It was fun up until level 650 when they started recycling the same boards ### 2/5 — Glitch *2026-07-27, version 2.8.0* The game keeps getting hung and nothing works for few seconds and then either it crashes or becomes unresponsive so have to kill the app ### 1/5 — Glitches *2026-07-26, version 2.8.0* This game could be so fun, but the app freezes every few seconds. I’ve never made it through a full round without it freezing. I have tried different things to see if it would help. I bought the no ads thinking that would fix it. Nothing. A waste of $6. ### 2/5 — Ridiculous unskippable tutorial *2026-07-26, version 2.8.0* If you have above a room temperature IQ and you need this tutorial then you shouldn’t be playing the game at all. The freaking tutorial is actually patronizing. There was no reason for the tutorial several puzzles long I cannot enjoy a game, where they force you into tutorials for something so simple as a Word Chain puzzle I need Game writers and developers to understand that we are not so incapable stupid that we need hand held through the easiest words in the planet and then forced to use bonus or helpful items within mere seconds of opening the game. It is unplayable when the tutorial is FORCED on me. Developers think creature without brain stems are playing their games. Kindergarten level words and you think I need an unskippable tutorial. It’s insulting. ### 1/5 — Freezes *2026-07-25, version 2.8.0* I could barely play the game because after clicking just a few times to answer the game would freeze up. The only way to move forward was to force close it. I had to attempt to power my phone down to get it to move off the screen once—thought it was a fluke. Did it again right afterwards, so I deleted the app. Barely got past the tutorials because of the freezing. ### 1/5 — Freezes *2026-07-20, version 2.8.0* Game freezes constantly ### 3/5 — Fun game some issues *2026-07-20, version 2.8.0* The game is really enjoyable but the bottom row of letters is sometimes hidden under the boosters so you are unable to see what the letters are if there are any or it’s hard to press on them without accidentally pressing a booster and using your coins. ### 2/5 — Glitchy *2026-07-19, version 2.8.0* I downloaded and within 20 mins deleted. It kept glitchy and freezing. Kept having to close and reopen the app. Too bad. Seemed like a fun game idea. ### 1/5 — Don’t waste time *2026-07-16, version 2.8.0* Keeps freezing and cuts out halfway through game. Very sluggish ### 1/5 — Crashed constantly *2026-07-11, version 2.7.1* I had to remove this app. It crashed every time I tried to play it. Over and over. Awful ### 1/5 — Crashes Galore *2026-07-08, version 2.7.1* Fun at first, but so many crashes. Some levels I had to restart several times because the app crashed and I lost my progress. Levels 21 and 22 are the worst, and ultimately where I gave up on fighting the crashes. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Can't see bottom word!!! *2026-09-11, version 2.8.0* How can you solve a puzzle if there is no way to even see the bottom word. How about you beta test your product before you release it. ### 1/5 — Let me do it *2026-08-31, version 2.8.0* I don’t like all of the “help”…it cheapens the game. Let me do it by myself ### 1/5 — Mad annoying fr *2026-08-22, version 2.8.0* There’s a damn tutorial for every damn level acting like we’re 2 years old if we need a tutorial I wish there was a damn option but I can’t even play in peace without a fudging tutorial every sec. ### 1/5 — Freezes phone *2026-08-20, version 2.8.0* The app is constantly freezing the phone ### 1/5 — Too Buggy *2026-08-10, version 2.8.0* Recent update made game too buggy to play. Makes whole phone freeze. ### 1/5 — Too Many Ads *2026-08-06, version 2.8.0* Seems like a fun game but definitely not worth $8 a week - ridiculous. Can’t play with ads as there are way too many and they are long; half the time the ad won’t close after watching g either . ### 1/5 — GLITCHY *2026-08-03, version 2.8.0* made my phone glitch ### 1/5 — Ongoing Tutorials Are Too Much *2026-07-26, version 2.8.0* The tutorials drag on one after another, knock it out in one or two then let people actually play! ### 1/5 — Complete crashes iOS *2026-07-26, version 2.8.0* I don’t know what the developers are doing but the game sometimes locks my device up completely and Springboard has to restart. I play a lot of games on my phone and use a lot of other apps as well, none of them do this so it’s something this app is doing rather than a problem with my device. ### 1/5 — Ad Machine *2026-07-26, version 2.8.0* An excuse to play ads. Crazy long ads. More than game play. AS always DELETED!!!! ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — This Game!! *2026-08-30, version 2.8.0* Addicted ### 5/5 — Love *2026-08-27, version 2.8.0* Love it ### 5/5 — Word Chain Puzzle *2026-07-04, version 2.7.1* Excellent game to pass time and get brain exercise!! ### 5/5 — Nice *2026-05-20, version 2.7.0* I love spelling & games that strengthen my mind… ### 5/5 — Bad *2026-01-23, version 2.3.2* Badly needed help from the people and they ignored me ### 5/5 — New update fixed crash *2025-10-02, version 2.0.1* Fixed ### 5/5 — Why are my lives never reviving? *2025-09-17, version 1.4.2* Can’t play anymore it won’t give me any lives unless I watch videos ### 5/5 — Helped with stroke recovery *2025-09-03, version 1.4.1* Playing this game helped in my stroke recovery as I developed new neural pathways. While every stroke is different, I’d recommend giving this a try to see if it helps you too. ### 5/5 — Something’s Wrong *2025-09-03, version 1.4.1* The past two days, I’ve lost getting coins and being able to finish the puzzle because the app gets stuck on the Ad. I can’t close the Ad, so I have to start over. ### 5/5 — Word Chain Puzzle *2025-09-02* This is a fun and challenging game to play when building vocabulary or learning word pairs. I found I got a challenge on some of the words, however, I was able to use the helpful tools below to help me solve the puzzle. My only suggestion would be to use some pictures to give us clues on how to solve the harder puzzles. Overall good game! --- *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 2026-09-18.*