# Word Jewels® — user reviews > 282 indexed App Store user reviews of Word Jewels® by Boy Howdy Technology LLC, rated 4.70/5 from 10,715 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/word-jewels/id527176002/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/word-jewels/id527176002.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 8,634 · 4★ 1,595 · 3★ 329 · 2★ 75 · 1★ 82 ## What do users think of Word Jewels®? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 👍 Great brain game - 👍 Challenging and fun - 👍 Keeps the mind active - 👍 Variety of game modes - 👍 No ads - 👍 Excellent customer service **Cons** - 🐛 Occasional crashes or freezes - 🐛 Issues with letter selection and scoring - 🐛 Difficulty resetting to higher levels **Commonly reported bugs** - Crashes when playing offline - Inconsistent scoring and word recognition **Most requested features** - More word options and larger vocabulary - Ability to restart at higher levels - Option to save progress and resume later ## Newest reviews (17 of 282) ### 3/5 — Hearts Game *2026-07-18, version 1.52* Thank you for clarifying! I thoroughly enjoy the fun mode. I play Bridge, which is basically the opposite of Hearts. ### 5/5 — Word Puzzle Pleasure *2025-08-04* Love this game. Played it for years. My go to Word game. Would love a couple of new Power Jewel functions though. Maybe a “slide over” ability, sliding an entire row or column up or down, left or right would be nice. ### 5/5 — Fun & Challenging Games *2025-06-24, version 1.43* There are 6 different challenges in the App. - some harder than others, but all are enjoyable to play. ### 5/5 — Great game! *2025-06-16, version 1.43* Have been playing this game for several years now. Really keeps me sharp and enjoy it even more than my daily newspaper crossword. ### 5/5 — Keeps my mind alert. Love it *2025-06-15, version 1.43* Nothing else to say ### 5/5 — Improve your mind! *2025-05-23, version 1.43* I turn to this word game to improve my mind, learn new words, remember how to spell old ones and reward myself with points! ### 5/5 — Word! *2025-05-12* The best word game(s) in the store. ### 5/5 — Best game out there *2025-05-02, version 1.43* I absolutely love this game! I have been playing for years and it never gets boring. I love the challenge and it keeps my brain engaged. Give it a try, you won’t regret it ❤️ ### 5/5 — Dictionary *2025-04-30, version 1.43* I have checked some words. Not in their dictionary. Beginning to not like this game. ### 5/5 — Word Jewels *2025-01-18* Its a great game. Have been playing for years. Forces you to think and definitely challenges your English skills. Love it. ### 5/5 — Great free games *2025-01-02, version 1.42* Love these free games. They allow me to try different games which I really enjoy. ### 5/5 — Word Jewels *2025-01-02* I’ve been playing ‘Wordizing’ in Word Jewels for many years. It’s intelligent, fun and challenging. Good for keeping the mind active and for learning new words. Also fun to see how you score with other players. Great customer service too. Response is quick and they’re very helpful if you’re having any issues with the game. Love it!! ### 5/5 — Word Jewels *2024-12-18* I have been playing this game for quite a few years and love it. I love that I can play it on my phone without Internet connection! I use it often, especially during times of waiting for an appointment, etc. I think it’s a great way to keep the mind active. Thank you so much! ### 5/5 — Blitz *2024-11-23, version 1.42* Fun, challenging ### 5/5 — Addictive Game *2024-11-13, version 1.42* Super game giving hours of fun. I love it. Challenges the ability to improve best score. Great concept. ### 5/5 — Howdy Julie *2024-09-25, version 1.39* Thank you for all your help with my problem….I’m very happy…and I’ve been playing this game for years and have told many people about it… thanks again and Julie, you rock!! ### 5/5 — Word Jewels *2024-09-19, version 1.39* I love this game as a past time relaxer, gives me a challenge and works my brain. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Sucks *2026-08-07* Sucks ### 1/5 — W *2026-01-14* It won’t go any further than tutorial so I withdrew **Developer response:** Howdy! We'd love to help you fix your problem. Please use the App Support link here in the App Store or the Contact Us button in the game to email us and Julie will help you. ### 1/5 — Word jewels *2022-08-20, version 1.30* Too many of the same letters in the puzzle, next to one another consistently putting the letter U next to a QU. Not getting credit for two letters when using Qu. Enjoy the challenge ### 1/5 — No way to get rid of ads?! *2021-10-29, version 1.28* No way to get rid of ads?! ### 1/5 — Carbage *2020-09-14* Don’t waste you’re time with this total piece of junk ### 1/5 — Note to program staff *2019-04-12, version 1.21* Very limited vocabulary. Many moves disallowed because program did not recognize them. ### 1/5 — Annoying ads *2016-02-05, version 1.10* I might have liked the game but for the constant banner at the bottom which advertises a whole bunch of junk. I can't get rid of it. It is really distracting. The game only uses maybe a quarter of the screen. Terrible! ### 2/5 — It Cheats *2026-08-05, version 1.52* I have used these games for a while & thought it was me until I ran a level through a friend's computer program & also ChatGPT. Both confirmed it was unsolvable. This company seems less intrusive compared to other, so I am still going to use them to destress. If you are using it for mental agility as I was as well, just know the issue is likely not you. ### 2/5 — Word jewels *2022-11-28, version 1.30* I like this game but I would give it higher stars. If it would have more vowels. Sometimes it doesn’t have very many vowels so some of the games I can’t play. ### 2/5 — Good and bad *2022-01-22* As much as I like the game, the amount of private data collection and connecting to other web sites is totally unreasonable. You call it a “free” game but it isn’t. The user continuously pays with personal data. I would rather have a paid game. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Worthwhile *2026-07-30* Good fun, light entertainment, always enjoyable and relaxing ### 5/5 — Keeps the brain agile *2026-07-03, version 1.52* A great change from numbers and emoji search. Those are all good too. This uses different brain skills ### 5/5 — Word jewels helps me fall asleep every night *2026-05-24, version 1.50* Title says it all ### 5/5 — Great puzzle *2026-05-13* I do this puzzle at least once daily and find it very useful as a short puzzle , shorter and easier than a full blown crossword. Entertaining and has an easy “get out” if I can’t solve it. Shall continue with my daily use Thankyou ### 5/5 — Unobtrusive ads *2026-05-10, version 1.50* Appreciate ads are not obnoxious and you don’t have to click them off ### 5/5 — Great *2026-05-09, version 1.50* I have been doing word jewels for years and it’s great ### 5/5 — Endless computations *2026-01-09* The challenge of making words from the endless possibilities that present themselves every time the screen changes, and the increasing level of congratulations as longer words are rewarded, is most stimulating. ### 5/5 — Awesome Game *2025-11-24, version 1.47* Love this game it’s really awesome and fun! ### 5/5 — Word Jewels *2025-11-12* A most enjoyable game! I love it..Personally I appreciate a good word game and Word Jewels works for me..In addition, after achieving many points, I had accidentally restarted the game to the beginning losing all of my points. I then contacted product support and had a very rapid response with instructions regarding the correction of my error…Incredible Support! …..I thank you for a super fun word game with support to match!!!…Thank You! ### 5/5 — Great to keep your mind sharp *2025-10-20, version 1.46* I really enjoy playing the Boy Howdy games, but I really wish there was a setting for left-handed people… --- *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 2026-09-06.*