# Word Wow Big City - Brain game — user reviews > 146 indexed App Store user reviews of Word Wow Big City by DonkeySoft Inc., rated 4.80/5 from 5,176 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/word-wow-big-city-brain-game/id1027978684/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/word-wow-big-city-brain-game/id1027978684.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 4,278 · 4★ 656 · 3★ 169 · 2★ 31 · 1★ 42 ## What do users think of Word Wow Big City? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 🚀 Challenging and engaging gameplay - 👍 Relaxing and mentally stimulating - 🧠 Helps improve vocabulary and word skills - 🎉 Enjoyable and addictive experience **Cons** - 🔍 Inconsistent scoring and bonus system - 📢 Excessive and intrusive advertisements - 🔒 In-app purchases required to progress - 🐛 Frequent crashes and freezes **Commonly reported bugs** - Scoring and ranking issues - Compatibility problems on certain devices - Inability to apply purchased content - Sudden loss of sound functionality **Most requested features** - Ability to turn off timer for more relaxed gameplay - Option to save and resume progress - Improved word list and tracking features - Increased level variety and difficulty progression ## Newest reviews (18 of 146) ### 3/5 — Boring *2026-02-26, version 1.11.8* Very little variety. The word challenges are weak. It takes way too long for new levels to be created and they are exactly the same as the levels before. For the first time, the new level is locked and there are no instructions on how to open it! So lame ### 4/5 — Fun and addicting *2026-01-22, version 1.10.93* This is a great game. It’s very addicting. However there are too many ads. Why do you make us sit thru ads after every shirt level? You spend more time watching ads than actual game play. I’m probably going to delete because of this. Sad. A great game ruined by too many ads. ### 2/5 — Stopped working😖 *2025-11-01, version 1.10.90* Been playing for a few years & now it stopped working. Why? I open the app & it freezes for a second then closes. Very frustrating. Is the app no longer updating? How can this problem be fixed? ### 2/5 — Playing *2025-09-05, version 1.10.88* I have loved this game for years, but lately the constant ads have really upset my enjoyment and I just can’t be bothered to play anymore, it’s boring ### 2/5 — Advert heaven *2025-08-14, version 1.10.86* Great little game but is there really any need for adverts after each & every game, spending more time waiting for ads to finish than playing the game ### 3/5 — What’s up with scoring?!?! *2024-05-30, version 1.10.31* I’ve read how the scoring works several times, but it really isn’t consistent with reality. A player’s overall bonus is crucial to a larger score, but bonuses seem to be arbitrary. It has never been clear how I can get an 80,000+ bonus points on my first simple 5-letter word, yet form several 5- and 6-, or more, letter words in relative short succession, and only end up with 17,000 total bonus points in that round. Further, I’ve had up to 30x speed bonuses with very little to show for it. It’s a fun game, otherwise, but this is frustrating. ### 3/5 — Great game *2024-04-09, version 1.10.24* I love the weekly challenges ### 4/5 — Words in a new way *2024-03-26, version 1.10.24* Lot of fun. Clever game play ### 5/5 — A great game. *2024-01-31, version 1.10.22* I really enjoy this game. Lots of challenges. Many levels. ### 3/5 — Apply my purchases *2024-01-14, version 1.10.20* I would give a five star rating, but I made a In- app purchase that was not applied to the game ### 5/5 — Great fun *2023-08-24, version 1.10.2* Love this game!! Could play it all day. ### 5/5 — Lisa *2023-08-18, version 1.10.0* I love this game and prefer to play it untimed. You do not have to show this message..I would be overjoyed if your company would buy the rights to the game Alphabetty. I’m pretty sure this is just a shot in the dark, but I’m not the only one who loves that game. Thank you for listening. Your game is kind of like it, that’s why I enjoy it! Thank you! ### 5/5 — NO SOUND !!!! *2023-06-29, version 1.10.0* I love this game, but lately there’s NO SOUND!!! And the sound is ON. Please check out this problem. Thanks ### 4/5 — Really? *2023-04-11, version 1.9.97* As soon as I rated the game it messed up. The worm wouldn’t drop. I watched the worm go back and forth for 01:30 used 4 bombs and whoosh the fail music. Cannot control whether the timer is on or off on the save the worm quest. ### 5/5 — Great game *2023-03-01, version 1.9.95* Lots of fun ### 4/5 — How about ads using the same language? *2023-02-05, version 1.9.91* Hey love your game. However, I could do without trying to figure out how to close ads that are not In English. That is the language I’m using for this word game. Thanks. ### 5/5 — Word wow worm city *2022-12-15, version 1.9.89* airport level bonus level there is impossible to compose words blurry words single word is not on the screen help to update the app. And restore the level of the airport blurry words. ### 3/5 — Formerly 5 Stars *2022-10-31, version 1.9.79* I used to really enjoy this, and a big part of that was the Word Missions built into each building, but not a fun since they ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Ads during the middle of a puzzle?!? *2024-08-26, version 1.10.36* I don’t understand how these games have such good reviews. I’ve probably watched the same 30 second ad for Solitaire Cash 75 times just from two days of playing this game. The ads make the game completely unenjoyable. You have to have “bombs” because some letters have cages on them, and your options are to pay for the bombs or watch a 30 second ad to get ONE. Sometimes there are multiple cages in the same puzzle so you have to watch 2 or 3 ads in what should be a fun, challenging puzzle. Zero stars! Booo!!!! ### 1/5 — Too many adds *2024-01-19, version 1.10.22* Too many and very longs adds ### 1/5 — Fun app…when it works *2021-12-29, version 1.9.38* App opens then immediately closes. Tried to submit a problem ticket…but that also appears to be not working. Probable solution will be to delete the app and reinstall losing all progress to resolve so probably moving on to a different game vs taking a chance this is going to happen again. ### 1/5 — Désagréable *2021-09-05, version 1.9.31* Depuis quelques semaines ce n’est plus agréable de jouer….le jeux gèle sans arrêt et on doit fermer pour revenir ….je suis à la veille d’annuler l’application.. désolée. ### 1/5 — Very disappointed *2021-04-07, version 1.9.10* Maybe you should be more careful of the types of ads that come across shame on you for putting that garbage where children can see it. I will not recommend your game. 😡😡😡😡😡😡 ### 1/5 — Scam *2020-07-06, version 1.8.82* Like so many titles, this game is plagued by ads. So I purchased the ad free upgrade. As soon as I did the rules of the game changed and the only way to clear most levels is to purchase bombs to clear away the last tile or two. This is a money scam thinly veiled as a game. ### 1/5 — Terrible *2019-02-12, version 1.7.47* Compared to other games in this series this one is poor. I paid to stop adds. They did not stop. The game is slow and tiles don’t light up when you touch them. I only got this game because I finished another version. ### 1/5 — Terrible problems *2018-06-17, version 1.7.21* Such a shame this has not been sorted out! A great game but rubbish app as you have to keep going back into it after the dire ads! Do not waste your time, a waste of space. ### 1/5 — So sad *2018-06-03, version 1.7.19* Love the game. But since the new update the game will not load so I can’t even play. I just removed it completely after trying several times. Maybe I’ll try again in a few weeks. ### 1/5 — Last update ruined the game! *2018-02-22, version 1.7.2* I used to enjoy playing this game. I just updated the game too and now the "help the worm" part of the game which I often enjoyed playing is not scrolling down and the words I enter cannot be progressed. All the time the timer bar drops faster than normal. It is as though the screen no longer fits. Fix this please. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Difficult to get high scores *2026-08-20, version 1.11.20* I have this game on an older ipad and regularly get high scores. I play the same way on this version but struggle to get above100,000. Don’t understand why ### 5/5 — Brain challenge *2026-03-07, version 1.11.9* 👍 ### 5/5 — Don’t like timed game *2026-02-22, version 1.11.8* Like everything but the timed game, which is difficult to turn off. ### 5/5 — Say it *2026-02-08, version 1.10.93* I absolutely love this game, it actually helps me to spell words ### 5/5 — Past time *2025-08-05, version 1.10.86* Relaxing and rewarding ### 5/5 — Rate game *2024-11-04, version 1.10.60* Enjoy c calming challenging like when it’s on the timer because you look to see how much time is left and where you are at hop you make it before the timer ### 5/5 — Excellent Word Challenges! *2024-08-13, version 1.10.36* Keep your mind active and it’s fun. I recommend this game. ### 5/5 — WORM WORD *2024-07-09, version 1.10.33* Love it! BUT NEED TO CHANGE UP THE WORDS OF THE SAME ### 5/5 — Word Wow Big City *2024-05-23, version 1.10.31* This is a great game. My coworker found this game for me when I was whining, complaining and probably sobbing that I could no longer access the game called Bookworm. It has enough options to keep it fun and entertaining. I am increasing my vocabulary and still enjoying it after about 3 years of playing. ### 5/5 — Lots of fun! *2024-02-21, version 1.10.22* This game is a ton of fun for word game nerds like myself. One note: letters DO NOT need to be connected to make words! I also turned off the timer to make a more relaxed game. Totally recommend!! --- *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 2026-09-10.*