# Word Search Round — user reviews > 119 indexed App Store user reviews of Word Search Round by Norman Basham, rated 4.80/5 from 317 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/word-search-round/id1148342858/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/word-search-round/id1148342858.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 262 · 4★ 39 · 3★ 12 · 2★ 2 · 1★ 2 ## What do users think of Word Search Round? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 👍 Relaxing and enjoyable gameplay - 🚀 Fast and responsive app - 🔒 No ads or in-app purchases - 💡 Variety of difficulty levels - 👍 Clean and pleasing design - 👍 Great for passing time and brain exercise - 👍 Fun for all ages **Cons** - 🐛 Occasional crashes or glitches reported - 💡 Could use more challenging puzzles or difficulty options **Commonly reported bugs** - Login screen freezes - Purchased content not accessible **Most requested features** - Dark mode option - More free puzzles or levels ## Newest reviews (17 of 119) ### 5/5 — Good puzzles *2024-12-23, version 2.7* Easy but keeps me looking. I like these for when i just need to fill a fee minutes time but dont want to sit there and seem like I am bored waiting. ### 5/5 — good *2024-12-05, version 2.7* the format is nice and i like dogs ### 5/5 — Word search *2024-09-21, version 2.7* This game is great for settling the mind and helping one to relax. It’s perfect pre-sleep entertainment. ### 5/5 — Word search Fun *2024-09-05, version 2.7* I’ve been playing this game for quite some time. It has a clean look. I really like that it looks and plays the same on both iPad and iPhone. ### 5/5 — Relaxing *2024-08-07, version 2.7* Helps wind down after a long day. ### 5/5 — Wordsearch *2024-06-02, version 2.7* Game is very well organized and relaxing. Provided me with exactly the mindless fun that I needed! Would definitely recommend. ### 5/5 — Love these games! *2024-04-09, version 2.7* I absolutely love this dev’s games! I have found a couple of errors in another one of their games (I’ve reported one to them, but need to send the rest!) and when I reached out to let him (Norman) know, he responded within 10 minutes of my email! He was really friendly and seemed genuine and honest imo. I was a bit skeptical about his generosity with making so many of these games for free AND without ads, which I mentioned to him. Norman explained that he made these apps to be the sort of thing he’d want to play, based on fond childhood memories of similar games with his dad. He also explained that there is an option to pay for more puzzles beyond the initial free rounds (which I have already purchased for his CryptoFamilies app!) and that this allows for some income from the apps, but that the fun of them is most important. I’m working my way through these word searches (on evil difficulty with clues hidden to get the most out of each one!) and am likely to purchase the extension once I’ve reached the limit. The only suggestion I can think of would be to add a “dark mode” option. It works out okay to use the invert, and smart invert settings on my iPhone with his other app, but with Word Search, inverted colours doesn’t show the words already found in the puzzle very well (come to think of it, I might’ve used “smart invert” and might need to try just “regular invert”!). The stars show up kinda funny on my iPhone, so just in case I’ve messed it up, or it doesn’t show properly, I give this game, and all of this dev’s games that I’ve come across so far 5 stars! Thank you Norman! Your hard work is appreciated! ### 5/5 — Entertaining *2024-04-05, version 2.7* My grandson helps me. A great way for him to learn letters & letter patterns for spelling words. ### 5/5 — Love this game *2024-03-28, version 2.7* So much fun ### 5/5 — Fun! *2024-03-25, version 2.7* Love all of the apps in this series. And no ads! ### 5/5 — Word Search *2024-03-09, version 2.7* Playing the puzzles has changed the way I view the letters. It is fun to see if you can solve them faster and faster with practice. It is addicting and convenient to play. Challenge your brain, stay sharp. ### 5/5 — Great Game *2024-03-03, version 2.7* I started with the daily puzzles and really enjoyed them. I liked the fact that they were weren’t too difficult and I could easily finish them. I found out that there were additional puzzles available with each type having their own app. I love these puzzles because they’re relaxing and I don’t get frustrated doing them. ### 5/5 — Good *2024-02-16, version 2.7* Fun game ### 5/5 — Love these games! *2023-12-18, version 2.7* The design for each game is clean and pleasing. No annoying distractions. Easy and enjoyable to use. ### 5/5 — Star *2023-12-05, version 2.7* Entertaining ### 5/5 — Love this game *2023-11-13, version 2.7* Great game-my grandchildren enjoy it so much ### 5/5 — Love these word search... *2023-09-08, version 2.7* Best word search puzzles I could find so far in the Apple App Store for free lots of puzzles very simple no ads and gimmicks no internet needed you can choose play difficulty all around I love this app and would recommend it and no paying anything to play is a great bonus ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Crashes *2026-03-16, version 2.7* Crashes as soon as I choose a puzzle to play 🤷‍♀️ ### 1/5 — Ruinous frustrations *2018-03-12, version 2.7* Using word search in evil mode provides two huge and quite unnecessary frustrations. First: The attached contact applet won’t actually send what you write. Second: when you have identified a word and you have hands the size of mine it takes up to half a dozen attempts to register your find. You have to enable enlarging the screen. ### 2/5 — Bought Additional Rounds Gone *2021-09-19, version 2.7* I bought three sets of additional rounds of cryptograms and now I cannot access them. I want to see them again. ### 3/5 — Ok *2021-03-03* This game is very similar to all the others. It needs harder more challenging games, make some with longer words, as many as 35 to 50 words each. Then do some with only two to five letters long and some with numerals. Just a thought! ### 4/5 — Nice and relaxing *2024-05-18, version 2.7* I like the variety of puzzles and the themes ### 4/5 — Review *2023-09-12* Nice layout - pleasing and easy to use as well as nice graphics. Could do with a greater difficulty option ### 4/5 — Free Levels *2023-07-03, version 2.7* Great game. I just wish there were more free levels to play. ### 4/5 — Pretty good *2023-02-08, version 2.7* Not bad for a free app ### 4/5 — Word search *2022-12-14, version 2.7* The game is fun to play. ### 4/5 — These are fun *2020-06-02, version 2.7* I really enjoy relaxing with these word searches. They are fun, interesting and good brain tools. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Fun *2026-06-08, version 2.7* Fun game! ### 5/5 — Relaxing fun *2026-03-09, version 2.7* Easy but fun ### 5/5 — cool *2026-02-11, version 2.7* i like playing this while watching videos and it’s pretty nice ngl, I feel like a grandma but it’s nice being a grandma sometimes. :3 ### 5/5 — Wonderful game *2025-12-14, version 2.7* So nice to place a challenging game with absolutely no ads!!!!!, ### 5/5 — Great app *2025-12-12, version 2.7* Great app and good value for the price paid ### 5/5 — Relaxing *2025-11-15, version 2.7* Relaxing ### 5/5 — Fun game!! *2025-11-07, version 2.7* This is way funnier than I thought it would be!! ### 5/5 — Just right for a short break *2025-04-01, version 2.7* Got a moment? Need a distraction? Here it is. Warning: has a way of turning short breaks into long ones. Fun! ### 5/5 — Enjoyable *2025-01-30, version 2.7* Nice word search with different levels and no annoying ads!!!!! So glad I found it! It’s a keeper. ### 5/5 — Fun *2025-01-18, version 2.7* Fun game . With the money. No timer. Sometimes repetitive words. Also has varying degrees of difficulty. --- *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 2026-08-30.*