# Wordlito — user reviews > 51 indexed App Store user reviews of Wordlito by Hannes Sverrisson, rated 3.40/5 from 58 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/wordlito/id1604476553/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/wordlito/id1604476553.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 24 · 4★ 8 · 3★ 6 · 2★ 8 · 1★ 12 ## What do users think of Wordlito? Overall sentiment: mixed **Pros** - 👍 Fun and enjoyable gameplay - 💡 Better designed than Wordle - 🎨 Bigger and more colorful interface - 🧠 Keeps mind active and alert - 🎮 Play as many games as you like - ✨ Simple and clean interface - 🚫 No ads - ♿ Great accessibility for blind users - 🚀 Fast loading times (implied) - 🌟 Highly recommended by many users **Cons** - ❌ Limited and obscure word list - ❓ Many common words not recognized - 👎 Frustrating gameplay due to word list - 🔄 Default setting to American common words - 📉 Low ratings are unfair (user opinion) - 🤔 Questionable vocabulary list (historically) - 💸 Perceived as a money grab (historically) - 🖥️ Interface changed, not good for iPad (older review) **Commonly reported bugs** - Common words not recognized - Game defaults to American common words - Stats reset when word set changes - Obscure words used as answers - Invalid words accepted - Valid words rejected **Most requested features** - AZERTY keyboard option - Play in French - Icelandic word list - German word list - Dutch word list - Worldwide ranking system - Compile for iPad Air running iPadOS 12.5.6 - Fix default setting to English word set ## Newest reviews (15 of 51) ### 4/5 — AZERTY keyboard and French words please. *2026-03-24* Could you please add an AZERTY keyboard option and enable play in French? ### 4/5 — Wordlito *2023-06-25, version 2.1* Love it! It’s not too difficult, it’s Fun! My grandkids help, too! ### 2/5 — Spanish please *2022-08-28, version 1.8.1* Add Spanish please ### 2/5 — Needs repairs *2022-08-27* Has the potential and format to be a great app… Unfortunately at the moment I think it could stand a vocabulary overhaul. ### 4/5 — Keep it up *2022-04-20, version 1.7.5* Please don’t discourage the developers who work hard for us and for their living on providing fun games for us. Yea developer has now provided a free access. Try it and if you don’t like it you can always remover that app. Indeed a very poor must be criticised for improvement, however the present version is satisfactory if not wow ### 3/5 — Casco *2022-04-19* CASCO???? I’ve since learned this obscure word means helmet. Today the word was KLIKS. Someone please tell me what that one is - Google doesn’t know. (And I AM using the 12,000 word selection). Nope. **Developer response:** If you select "Friendly" (500) in settings for the wordlist, then you only get the most common 500 five character words. The setting for 2,500 five character words can contain a lot of not so common words. But you are allowed to use all words there, but the hidden word is only from the most common. We hope that you will like it enough to reevaluate your rating. ### 2/5 — UK Spelling contains obscure American words *2022-04-19* scrod and nisei are not UK words! **Developer response:** I'm sorry about that, we will remove those words and review the list. ### 2/5 — Eidos *2022-04-17* I came here to check on the ratings to see what people were saying. I just lost to EIDOS as a common (2500 words) section. Ya No, I don’t think so. I am disappointed to see the app developers’ responses to previous complaints is to increase the word count to 12000+ just to allow recognition of real words as guesses! What? Are yo saying that all my guesses have to be within the word count limit of the level I choose regardless of their validity?! No no no. Stern is a word regardless if you are playing at the Friendly (500 words) level or the level with the largest word count. Does this app have proper names too? Like India, Jerry, Chile? Because that’s another NO from me and why I dumped the other app I was using. I would be so annoyed if I actually paid for this app. I got it free today. EIDOS: “the distinctive expression of the cognitive or intellectual character of a culture or social group.” Oxford. Not as obscure as Azole but certainly not common. Good words for scrabble though—not this word game though **Developer response:** Names are not allowed.  If you select "Friendly" (500) in settings for the wordlist, then you only get the most common 500 five character words. The setting for 2,500 five character words can contain a lot of not so common words. But you are allowed to use all words there, but the hidden word is only from the most common.  We hope that you will like it enough to reevaluate your rating. ### 5/5 — Fun! *2022-03-03, version 1.7.2* Just plain old fun! ### 3/5 — Good alternative to wordle *2022-02-19* Am enjoying Wordlito and it’s great that the stats have been added. My only grumble is that the game always defaults to American common words when I’d rather play with the English word set which has more words. This means that because the game reverts to the American word set the stats likewise are reset. I’d give more stars if this annoying glitch was fixed. I do like the simple interface and that there are no ads. Thank you. **Developer response:** Dear Word freak48, this is the first time I hear about the list reverting to us words. Could you send us an email from "Settings" (add feature) and describe in more detail, what you are experiencing, it could help us a lot to fix this. ### 5/5 — Excellent support *2022-02-10, version 1.6* As a blind person, there was no other apps accessible, nor the online versions of this quiz. At least the developer is listening to suggestions and making change. Thank you for adding great accessibility ### 2/5 — Quirky *2022-02-10* I like the premise and the game play. However, there are many English words such as “swarm” or “pluck” are not valid words while “bassy” or “ranco” are legitimate. It makes the game frustrating. **Developer response:** Dear Tguy27sdaw, you can change the word list in the Settings (click on the gear icon). Change the wordlist to the 12,000 US words, then you can submit all these words, except RANCO, which is not allowed as it is Spanish. We hope that you will like it enough to reevaluate your rating. ### 2/5 — Changes did not improve the game! *2022-02-09, version 1.5* Unbelievable. Common 5 letter words are STILL not allowed (eg.Forks, Forts) along with others. Come on developers, this could be fun but at this point does not come close to Wordle! ### 4/5 — Very Disappointed *2022-02-09* Obviously they have not mastered the English language. Constantly told that word I entered is not a word, when it is in fact a proper word!!! **Developer response:** Dear PrincessHunnyBunny, you can change the word list in the Settings (click on the gear icon). You can change the wordlist to 12,000 US words. The default setting is only the most common 2,500 words. We hope that you will like it enough to reevaluate your rating. ### 5/5 — Awesome *2022-02-08* Missing a worldwide ranking system but amazing otherwise! ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Game is flawed. *2023-07-29* When I play a game, I want to know the exact parameters. In this game, you can guess Four of the Five letters and STILL lose. That is unacceptable. At one point I had nearly 100 winning games all but to lose a round due to the number of possible letters that were needed to fill just ONE slot. I have moved on to other word games, sadly so. I really liked this game, but when a person puts real time and effort in , and STILL loses, well it’s extremely frustrating. ### 1/5 — WHY?? *2022-06-29* I don’t expect every game to be ‘made for’ those of us who speak English, and I give some leeway to games that are hindered (but actively working on improving), how they handle language barriers/issues. PARDON MY CAPS, BUT: WHAT I FIND RIDICULOUS ABOUT A MEDIOCRE APP TRYING TO BUST IN ON THE ‘WORDLE’ FAD… You have the “DEFAULT SETTING” for most common 2,500 words, and the player must change this to get 25,000??????!!! Dear Dev, look at how every review is frustrated players complaining about common words not taking. Now, think of the 99.9% of ppl who don’t bother reviewing games they find ‘bad’. How many have you already lost to IMMEDIATE DELETION, by those who even gave a low rated game a chance at all, esp w/tons of copy cats, millions of apps, little time. Most horrible games have fake reviews to boost them in the above 4.0 stars. We know it. Seeing less than, most will never even DL this. I only checked reviews before deleting myself. Apologies on long review. I didn’t plan to b4 deleting. But…I just thought I’d give u a honest review about common sense. At minimum, change your default setting. DELETE. ### 1/5 — Total copycat *2022-04-17* You should never pay for something someone else invented. One star for being a copycat and thief. **Developer response:** If you are referring to "Wordle", then it's not an original game either. That game was based on a game in "Lingo", which was based on "Jotto" which is the pen and paper version. ### 1/5 — Wordlito *2022-02-11* Doesn’t recognize many common English words. Frustrating! **Developer response:** Dear Bokan, which word are you referring to?  You can change the word list in the Settings (click on the gear icon). You can change the wordlist to 12,000 US words, then you should be able to enter almost any 5 letter word. We hope that you will like it enough to reevaluate your rating. ### 1/5 — Money grab *2022-02-10, version 1.6* Shameless that this originally cost .99 to purchase. Probably made free to get some positive feedback. Well we all live in hope. Edit: I didn’t pay for it, I’ve more sense than that. I just know that it was 99p from launch until a few days ago. ### 1/5 — No words are considered words *2022-02-07, version 1.5* I input like 15 legitimate English words, and it kept telling me they were invalid. I’m a native English speaker. I have a college degree. I know valid 5-letter words. ### 1/5 — Word dictionary is limited to a bizarre collection *2022-02-07* Standard, well-known English words result in an error. Words 90% of the people have never heard of are the most common answers. Takes a lot of the fun out of the game. I certainly wouldn’t spend any money on it. **Developer response:** Dear The.Big.O, you can change the word list in the Settings (click on the gear icon). You can change the wordlist to 12,000 US words. The default setting is only the most common 2,500 words. We hope that you will like it enough to reevaluate your rating. ### 1/5 — It’s basically Worldly but not *2022-02-06* It’s basically Wordly but it has an extremely limited list of words you can try. What is wrong with Rusty? Manse? Plait? Dirth? Plaid?Lance? Come on, this is ridiculous? I think it is awesome that people from all over the world make apps and I’m guessing this was made by non-English speaking people. But you can’t make a word game and simply leave out many, many words. Sorry, am deleting this game. It’s no fun to play. **Developer response:** Dear Citymominwoods, you can change the word list in the Settings (click on the gear icon). You can change the wordlist to 12,000 US words, then you can enter the words that you listed. The default setting is only the most common 2,500 words.  We hope that you will like it enough to reevaluate your rating. ### 1/5 — What dictionary is this game using?!? *2022-02-06, version 1.5* My second suggestion was SALTY. The game came back and told me it’s not a valid word! Hahaha A very lame attempt at a wordle rip off. ### 1/5 — Bad wordle copy *2022-02-06* I love wordle and got this since it copies that. It’s a terrible clone though. I tried to enter spill as a guess because I had an i in the middle of the word and it told me that’s not a valid word, please try another. Then I tried windy and was told again that’s not a valid word, please try another. Then it took kinda as a valid word. I finally solved it and the word was bindi. Very strange and frustrating game. **Developer response:** Dear Magicandmayhem, you can change the word list in the Settings (click on the gear icon). You can change the wordlist to 12,000 US words for example. The default setting is only the most common 2,500 words. We hope that you will like it enough to reevaluate your rating. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Wordle, but better *2025-05-05* This is the same game as the NY Times’s daily puzzle “Wordle” except free. It’s also better designed, bigger and more colourful, which makes it more fun to play and easier on the eyes. Occasionally it has had a questionable vocabulary list, but that has greatly improved over the years. Easy to use and fun; I recommend it. ### 5/5 — Excellent game *2024-01-13* I don’t understand the fuss about the low ratings. The game is awesome! I'm adding a comment because I found the low score and other comments completely unfair and unjustified. Plus, the developer seems engaged, responsive, and very respectful. Highly recommended! I’m hooked. ### 5/5 — Dexter *2022-12-02* Excellent game, well presented anda joy to play. Highly recommend. ### 5/5 — Mental Alert *2022-10-12* Love this keeps my mind active and alert ### 5/5 — love word list options *2022-10-09* I love the word list options. I can choose UK Spelling (5,000), 12,000 wordlist which is called “Interesting” and includes some unusual words. The defaut might only be 2,500 common words, but what you do with that is try to get better at guessing which of the 2500 words it is. Plus, part of the challenge is to find a valid guess word, just like in wordle. This app is called wordLITO, and in my mind, means shorter allowed list. What I’d like to see is Icelandic list, German list, and Dutch word list for me to switch between. I hope to learn icelandic someday in the next short few years. He also has a 500 word list. Wordle ALSO has a word list of allowed words but just has more words so the negative reviewers, haven’t noticed it. I’ve entered loads of invalid words on wordle and got a not valid response. I just know more words than the other reviewers perhaps? Thanks! ### 5/5 — Enjoyable Game *2022-10-06* This is an enjoyable word game. And, it can be played offline! Is it possible to compile Wordlito to run on an iPad Air running iPadOS 12.5.6? Then my wife could play it. Thank you. ### 5/5 — A wonderful game, very entertainig *2022-05-30, version 1.8.1* You have to guess a word in a maximum of six tries, and it's a very entertaining game. You can choose the difficulty level, with common words, friendly (the easiest), interesting and UK spelling. I have played so far with common words, and I could solve most of them, even though I'm not English-native, although a couple of words were unusual. Anyway, you can always use the friendly database, which is easier. For me, it would be wonderful to also have it in Spanish, and be able to switch languages (also being Spanish the fourth most spoken language, only after Mandarin and Hindi). Thanks a lot to the developer for such a nice game ### 5/5 — Great app! *2022-04-28* Great app! much better than the original. Just need a quick review of common words. Otherwise, it’s great! 5 stars! ### 5/5 — Perfect time killer *2022-04-21, version 1.7.5* Play as many games as you like in a day, just as challenging as any other similar game. ### 5/5 — Good thinking *2022-03-04* It was so simple but made you do some good problem solving! --- *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 2026-08-22.*