# Words Alone — user reviews > 112 indexed App Store user reviews of Words Alone by Gano Technologies LLC, rated 4.50/5 from 136 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/words-alone/id474662296/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/words-alone/id474662296.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 90 · 4★ 30 · 3★ 9 · 2★ 2 · 1★ 5 ## What do users think of Words Alone? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 🎮 Engaging solitaire word game format - 👍 User-friendly and easy to pick up - 🧠 Mentally stimulating and challenging - ⏱️ Play at your own pace anytime - 🚀 Fast gameplay without waiting for opponents - 📱 Works offline without internet connection - 🎯 Leaderboard and scoring system motivating - ✨ No cheating or unfair competition - 🎨 Clear graphics and colorful design - 🔄 Regular updates and improvements - 💰 Good value for price - 🧩 Unique challenge of using all tiles - 📚 Expands vocabulary and word knowledge **Cons** - 🐛 Achievement bug - Bonus Hog not unlocking - 🔊 Music/sound won't mute completely - 📢 Intrusive pop-ups and ads - 📚 Limited dictionary - missing common words - 🎲 Unbalanced tile distribution (all vowels/consonants) - 🔄 Swap feature too restrictive - 🎮 No blank tiles like traditional Scrabble - 🎨 Color scheme too bright/dazzling - 📊 Removed leaderboard features - 🔄 No auto-start for new games after winning **Commonly reported bugs** - Bonus Hog achievement not unlocking despite meeting requirements - Sound settings not respected - music plays at 0% - Multiplayer button missing on iPad version - Letters enlarge despite option being turned off - Game doesn't auto-start new game after winning **Most requested features** - Add blank tiles to game - Show word score before playing - Allow selective tile swapping (not all tiles) - Multiple swaps per game - Built-in dictionary function - Undo feature with point penalty - Display remaining letters/letter count - Hint system for missed opportunities - Multiplayer button for iPad users - Different difficulty levels - Ability to change color schemes - Restore daily/weekly/all-time leaderboards - Expand dictionary with more Scrabble words - Dutch language version - Two-letter word list reference - Points display persistence between plays ## Newest reviews (15 of 112) ### 4/5 — Peer Pressure *2017-07-19* I have 3 sisters who are very competing at Scrabble. I find this very helpful to practice. Sometimes wish it could show some hints or missed opportunities. ### 4/5 — Love it! BUT..... *2016-03-13* Show the score before playing the word so one can decide to change it to try to get a higher score word. Then I will give it 5 stars. ### 4/5 — Almost perfect. *2015-08-17* This really is a great game. If anyone wants to use it to improve their scrabble play, please be aware that the word list it uses is probably not the one you will use playing the board game. Many words are absent from the official dictionary, for example, and the best I could find if the word list it uses does not have even rudimentary definitions, or other justification for its inclusion, let alone information on who compiled or maintains the word list. This isn't so much a complaint, as I suspect this is some nonsense involving copyrights, et cetera, but I would love to have a dictionary like version of the words the game deems acceptable. ### 5/5 — MajorC *2015-07-15* I love this game. Like others I agree that playing against yourself is just as challenging as competing with other, and frankly allows me to go at my own pace when I have time. It is great to be able to play for a few minutes or so then pick up later. If you like Scrabble, you should like this game. ### 5/5 — Super Game *2015-02-28* Try and beat yourself - no pressure! ### 5/5 — Review of words alone *2014-12-30* I like the game because I don't have to wait for a partner to play. I do NOT like the music you add. Please turn it off, as it is so distracting and difficult to concentrate. Thank you. ### 4/5 — Scarily addictive *2014-12-13* Very engaging if you like words. But be careful, or you'll spend hours playing. ### 5/5 — Words alone *2014-11-19, version 3.0* This is my favorite word game. ### 5/5 — This game is in my top 3 word games *2014-11-12* I play Scrabble and Words Alone every night before I go to sleep. ### 5/5 — Words Alone *2014-11-09* A fun solitaire word game for those who like to beat their own records! ### 5/5 — Tempus fugit with a vengeance *2014-11-08* This game. Puts only 15 minutes to the hour! The time passes so quickly you don't notice. A game for all word enthusiasts with a doubt. ### 5/5 — Best word game period! *2014-11-06* Playing against yourself is a lot harder than it might seem. To end a game using all of the letters and seeing the confetti fall is quite an accomplishment. In other word games it is hard to find an opponent that isn't using a "helping" service which takes away the challenge of the game. ### 4/5 — Keeps my mind sharp *2014-11-06* I do Wordly just before retiring and actually calm down after a busy day. I never meet or beat the goal, but it's fun trying. ### 5/5 — Great for use during flights *2014-11-06* Since Internet access is not needed, this is my favorite app to use when flying. ### 5/5 — Words alone *2014-11-03* A good challenge...diabolical at times . Very addictive. Some English words not accepted but I can live with that.....just! ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Pesters you *2016-06-07, version 3.0* I paid for this and it pesters me with pop-ups. Can I have my money back? I won't be buying any more Gano Technologies games or apps. ### 1/5 — Music won't shut up! *2015-02-09, version 3.0* Even when you set It to 0% it still makes noise. Had to shut the app before I could even play. Waste of money! ### 2/5 — Good fun *2013-04-23* Good game a lot of fun ### 2/5 — Disappointingl *2012-10-24, version 2.4* It was fun at first but then got annoying as the letters became repetitive. Kept getting the same letters back as just played and also often either all vowels or no vowels. Usually nothing worth more than 2 points to work with. Just not a fun mix. Would be nice to have blanks! Also irritating to lose all letters if you swap as well as losing points, and you can only swap once. A typical rack of letters is I I I U U O T. That is expected to be the case sometimes, but MOST of the time? Hope it can improve as it could be very enjoyable! ### 3/5 — Acuaduct *2014-01-21* My favourite game but not nearly so much fun now there are no daily, weekly and all time scores. Please bring them back. ### 3/5 — Not bad *2013-04-24, version 2.4* Like the idea of being able to play a scrabble like game myself. Don't like that you can't swap only tiles you want to, you're forced to swap all & you only get to do that once a game. ### 3/5 — Words Alone *2012-01-21* Great to play whilst waiting for opponents in other games. Keeps your word skills up. ### 4/5 — Bonus Hog Problem *2022-02-09* I love this game and have been playing it a long time. I only have two achievements I had not achieved until today, one of which is Bonus Hog, cover 50 or more bonus spaces in one game. So, today I did it. There are a total of 65 bonus spaces and I counted, repeatedly, that only 15 were left uncovered; yet the Bonus Hog achievement is still locked. That hurt my feelings. I worked so hard to accomplish that, forsaking high scoring to get there. Don’t know if I’ll be able to do it again. Wish this had worked. 😞Still love the game. I’ll give 5 stars when that is fixed. ### 4/5 — Love playing this game *2018-11-09* Love it just wish you had the choice to change colour schemes, it’s a bit dazzly for me. Love playing it. ### 4/5 — Worthy option *2018-01-06* Wanted a scrabble-like alternative where I didn’t have to play against another person/computer. This is the best option I’ve found. Playing alone is great, the challenge is using all the tiles. Love it but: Sometimes the only tiles that come up are all vowels or consonants After you win it doesn’t automatically start a new game Wish the dictionary had all the scrabble words ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Words Alone *2023-04-25* Great game. Once you get in it it’s hard to leave Alone. ### 5/5 — Love this, *2020-12-03, version 3.1* Great word game! Love it! ### 5/5 — Epic! *2020-09-14* All though people that play on IPAds do’nt see the multiplayer button, it’s still fun anyways! Can you get to 400!? It’s ultimate! Check this out and when you start try to get to just 250. Or ATLEAST 200 or something around 150. Check your level! Are you a noob? That means your best score was only up to 100. Or are you a ametur? Than your best is 200. Or a PRO!? That means you’re best is 300! Or a HACKER!?!? That means you got that ultimate achievement I said! 400 points! Can you get to it? Than tell me in your comment! BYE! Thanks for reading 🙂 ### 5/5 — Nice app *2020-04-05* Well designed and flexes the brain muscles. Dictionary a bit strange e.g. why is Ra not accepted yet some other gods are? And I think the lexicon should contain words that occur in more recent internet usage. ### 5/5 — Great word game. *2019-01-29* Well designed & quite addictive. Enjoying the challenge of climbing up the Leaderboard. ### 5/5 — Great Game *2019-01-13* Good way to keep your mind sharp . I enjoy this game while waiting for appointments or just having a cup of coffee . It’s portable and versatile . ### 5/5 — Almost Perfect *2017-11-18* This is a game perfectly suited to me in that it is easy to pick up and play for as long or short as I like, the format is great, and I have yet to encounter a glitch. I started out playing words with friends before my son in law showed me a cheat AP people use to win those games (really?!). So I love this ....can challenge myself by trying to up scores knowing I do not cheat! It is e only game I play as well. ### 5/5 — Challenging and Fun *2017-03-03* I like the fact that I am competing with myself ### 5/5 — Favorite *2017-02-21, version 3.0* Love this as it's creative and relaxing too. ### 5/5 — Addictive *2016-01-15* This game is very addictive! I'm playing way too often. --- *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 2026-09-19.*