# Wordplay: Search Word Puzzle — user reviews > 319 indexed App Store user reviews of Wordplay by G5 Entertainment AB, rated 4.50/5 from 1,443 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/wordplay-search-word-puzzle/id1482276073/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/wordplay-search-word-puzzle/id1482276073.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 949 · 4★ 323 · 3★ 109 · 2★ 33 · 1★ 29 ## What do users think of Wordplay? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 👍 Helps improve vocabulary - 👍 Challenging and engaging - 👍 Relaxing and calming - 👍 Keeps mind active - 👍 Fun and addictive - 👍 Beautiful graphics and music **Cons** - 🐛 Certain words not recognized - 🐛 Levels repeat too often - 🔍 Too many ads/intrusive ads - 💰 Expensive to progress without paying - 🤔 Confusing mechanics/instructions **Commonly reported bugs** - Game crashes or freezes - Progress reset or lost - Inability to advance past certain levels **Most requested features** - Ability to play without ads - More variety in word puzzles - Sync progress across devices - Easier way to earn free resources - Better handling of plurals and alternate spellings ## Newest reviews (20 of 319) ### 4/5 — Wordplay *2026-08-05, version 1.14.1600* Enjoy this game really makes me think ### 3/5 — It works *2026-04-24, version 1.14.1600* I wanted a brief crossword puzzle in French so I could learn and practice the language. This delivers but I don’t care for so much game frills. ### 3/5 — Ok game *2026-01-17, version 1.14.1600* … ### 3/5 — How many levels are possible? *2025-10-25, version 1.14.1600* My husband and I both have this game. We are at different levels. I cannot figure out the puzzles to save my life. It is very annoying to try a word that is not accepted, only for it to be accepted after a couple of tries. My biggest problem is that the game stops at level 6000. I got a message that said that new levels would be added soon. What is the timeframe on that? ### 4/5 — Weekend contests *2025-09-16, version 1.14.1600* I’m not interested in playing a contest every week. If I don’t play, I either forfeit 5 days play or spend coins to maintain my place. There needs to be an opt out option. ### 5/5 — CheeryMitten6 *2025-04-18, version 1.14.1600* CheeryMitten6 has been working on the project since the start and we hope you will be ready for this opportunity soon and to be the first ### 5/5 — Awesome *2025-03-03, version 1.14.1600* This one is the most easiest one for me to play to search words all the other ones are hard. There is no time and you could take a break and then come back where you left off. Thank you. ### 5/5 — Good *2025-01-08, version 1.14.1600* Good ### 3/5 — Playing Against Other Players *2025-01-04, version 1.14.1600* I would like to be able to quit playing against other players. Waste of time and have to keep tapping to get back to original play. ### 5/5 — Wordplay *2024-11-23, version 1.14.1600* I’m enjoying Wordplay. I’m 75 and need to keep my mind sharp. I have other word games but I like this one better ### 5/5 — Cool game *2024-11-19, version 1.14.1600* Love the graphics ### 5/5 — Sinnvolle und kreative Beschäftigung *2024-11-14* Hält Geist, wach und kreativ. ### 5/5 — Landscape mode! *2024-11-08, version 1.14.1600* Great game that plays in landscape or in portrait mode for tablet and iPad users! ### 5/5 — GREAT GAME *2024-11-03, version 1.14.1600* GREAT GAME HELPS STIMULATE THE MIND, ### 2/5 — Stars *2024-10-28, version 1.14.1600* How can stars be used? ### 5/5 — Wordplay *2024-10-19, version 1.14.1600* Great game no problems got better at vocabulary ### 5/5 — So far it is good and affordable. *2024-08-21, version 1.14.1600* Only my 2nd day playing and I am enjoying it totally. ### 5/5 — Cool game *2024-08-18, version 1.14.1600* Cool game ### 4/5 — Word game *2024-08-15, version 1.14.1600* I love love love this game. I am so addicted. Let’s keep this game free as long as possible. ### 3/5 — Too many pop ups *2024-08-07, version 1.14.1600* Good game but could do with less pop ups. Just started playing so we shall see how the game progresses as to whether I’ll stick to it or not. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Intrusive ads *2024-07-09, version 1.14.1600* The ads are worse now than ever! There is an intrusive ad after every single game screen. The ads are longer than it takes to play a screen. One ad in particular (for Booking.com) goes like this: starts with loud music so you have to mute speaker symbol, then a countdown timer to X. Tap X…another countdown timer appears, do this at least 3 times, then on tapping X it brings up screen to take you to app store, tap “done”, another countdown timer, at the X tap and it brings up actual app store page, tap small blue arrow upper left to “back to Wordplay”, another timer then same taking you to app store, tap blue arrow again, another countdown timer then finally tapping X goes to game screen. Every ad does similar thing….tapping after timer always brings up another timer. About 80% of ads have unwanted music and are video types. Ads for other apps are equally as long. One ad touts an app claiming the camera on your phone could do your pulse, oxygen level and blood pressure….if you check out this app it ONLY does pulse rate…other data has to come from a pulse oximeter and BP machine (if you have these) and you just log data onto app. Out of interest, I checked some other of the advertised apps (like the one to tell you if your plants are sick, one to identify plants, one to identify if by photos of your jewelry if the stones are real gems)….none can do as claimed, misleading ads/apps! If we’re going to be INUNDATED by ads, please vet them for quality! I like word games and would rather pay a monthly fee to play game without interruption! During the regular weekend tournament it’s now very difficult to play properly because it’s 70% ad time and 30% game screen time! Please developers…make this game fun again! A few years ago you got sometimes 5 game screens between ads, and then the ads were simply a screen and an X, no timers. I’m more likely to see those than the current ads that make me so angry I’d NEVER consider those products. ### 1/5 — Sent to the playstore through Secret Society without asking *2024-01-28, version 1.13.1500* Please change your ad presentation. ### 1/5 — Word Play & Ads! *2023-04-04, version 1.13.1500* This used to be a fun game! Now it is beyond frustrating because every few games you have to watch an ad! These are sometimes two minutes long, you can’t bypass them, you try to x out and off to the Apple Store you go and they often freeze so that you have to restart the game. It’s bad enough that there are ads all over most games but the way this game stops every few minutes for an ad makes it virtually no fun anymore! I stopped playing awhile back but figured enough people would have complained by now that they would have changed the way it worked but alas this last weekend’s tournament was worse than ever! ### 1/5 — Word *2023-02-17, version 1.13.1500* Have now uninstalled this game as fed up with all the ads ### 1/5 — Used to be fun *2022-09-11* My husband and I loved this game and have been playing for a very long time. Recently, in the past month, they have upped the ads to the point that after every level there are ads. Not just an ad you can exit out of but now they are videos that you have to watch to the end before continuing. The X is often hard to find and even when you do press it it takes you to the advertisements. It is a severe drain on the battery. I for one am removing this app which is a shame because we really enjoyed it. ### 1/5 — Problems with Wordplay *2022-04-16, version 1.12.1401* I have tried to fill in the information needed but nothing happens and I have do this many times. So, I am write to you this way to get action. ### 1/5 — Une catastrophe en français *2021-12-25* La sélection de mots français est catastrophique. Presque tous les mots avec accent manquent, et donc comptent pour une erreur à chaque fois. 20% des mots sont d’un usage inexistant pour 99,9% de la population. Au final, le jeu revient à taper des mots au hasard en espérant que l’un d’eux existe, même si l’on ne s’en servira jamais de toute sa vie. ### 1/5 — Dreadful change to Friends section *2020-12-05, version 1.8.1001* If you change the friends screen back to the original instead of the disgustingly childish and difficult to use buggy version I will be happy to give a better rating. You have completely ruined this aspect of play across all G5 games since the friends section is common to all of them. ### 1/5 — Wordplay *2020-10-04, version 1.7.902* My wordplay has frozen? ### 1/5 — Game sync *2020-09-22* I have two iPads and this game is on both of them. I play the game on one sometimes and on the other when the first one is charging or in another room. Yet, the games are not in sync with one another. Why? I am the same person. I have tried doing your log in to get them to sync, but to no avail. I would consider this as a serious screw up. One game level is 1259 and this game level is 1120 something? REALLY??? Need to fix this. Update: the issue above, never got resolved. New problem: on one iPad, I at level 1680 on the game and it is stuck or something because, I enter the words and it tries to cycle to level 1681, but it loses the image and goes back to level 1680, with the same clues/words to fill in. I do that and boom, it keeps recycling??? FIX THE BUGS, PLEASE. Newest issue: my "words not in puzzle" which should ADD to my stars is no longer adding??? Why can't you FIX these bugs? **Developer response:** Hi, we apologize for your frustrating experience! Please contact our Support Team at support@g5e.com, let them know about this issue and specify the following information: 1.Your G5 Friends Player Login. 2.Your device model and firmware version. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — From Madison *2025-12-03, version 1.14.1600* I like this because it helps me spell faster and the puzzles ### 5/5 — Wordplay *2025-11-03, version 1.14.1600* Awesome just need to have more help cause words always changing ### 5/5 — Nice n Chill Game *2025-10-20, version 1.14.1600* This is a nice and chill wordplay game. I really like the background music on this one. This game isn’t incredibly hard but hard enough at certain levels. ### 5/5 — Great Word Game *2025-09-30, version 1.14.1600* Love this game keeps my mind working !! ### 5/5 — Words challenge *2025-09-06, version 1.14.1600* Love this game! Helps pass waiting times :) ### 5/5 — Great game *2025-08-27, version 1.14.1600* This game is very addictive. Love it ### 5/5 — Fun to play while there’s a lull at work *2025-07-24, version 1.14.1600* Currently waiting for a party of 25 people at the restaurant I work at. And this is the perfect thing to pass the time. ☺️ ### 5/5 — Wordplay *2025-07-21, version 1.14.1600* I love this game as it makes me use my brain and I’m all the better for it so a huge thank you ### 5/5 — best game ever *2025-07-01, version 1.14.1600* love this game ### 5/5 — Love the game *2025-06-08, version 1.14.1600* I enjoy playing very much! I do wish you could earn more coins and hints a little easier! --- *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 2026-08-27.*