# Words to Treasure: Co-Op Games — user reviews > 30 indexed App Store user reviews of Words to Treasure by PLAYERS GUILD LLC, rated 4.15/5 from 135 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/words-to-treasure-co-op-games/id1308089256/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/words-to-treasure-co-op-games/id1308089256.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 73 · 4★ 37 · 3★ 7 · 2★ 8 · 1★ 10 ## Newest reviews (10 of 30) ### 3/5 — Migrate phone *2020-06-16* I love the game and have bought the no ad option. However, I now have a new phone and I see no option to restore purchase. App starts with pop up to make a new username. Would give it a five star otherwise. ### 3/5 — Good game but... *2020-02-14, version 1.4.2* Need this in french! ### 2/5 — Ridiculous amount of ads! *2019-03-01* Which isn’t surprising for a blatant rip off of “codenames duet”. You see an ad every 1-3 turns you take. Which if that wasn’t bad enough you have to click the X twice to get rid of it. ### 2/5 — Too much ad *2018-10-10* Too much ad ### 3/5 — Word treasure *2018-09-09, version 1.4.2* This game needs a tutorial ### 1/5 — Too many ads *2018-07-10* It’s a fun game (Codenames) but a thirty second ad after every move is too much. I understand they need to generate revenue, but it’s quickly losing its appeal. ### 3/5 — Good game but... *2018-05-27, version 1.3.1* An ad after every turn you take seems a bit much and the price to get rid of ads...I could almost buy the tabletop version! ### 1/5 — Buggy & ads *2018-05-03* It’s codenames basically. But it’s buggy and you have to watch an ad after EVERY move or pay $10, Which is kinda high, especially for a game they just ripped off from someone else. It’s also buggy, I played a game where me and a friend won with 4 turns left but it kept saying we had to give hints, then the game just disappeared. ### 3/5 — Fun, but needs work *2018-03-23, version 1.1.1* Lots of fun...like the Code Names game (with some different ways of playing). It needs some work though: Needs instructions/tutorial how to play as lots of people don't know. Needs more selection of cards. Would be nice if you could invite people in the app, who don't have the app :) Overall lots of fun ### 2/5 — Not enough words *2018-02-27* There aren’t enough words in the game....to describe how frustrating this poor man’s version of Codenames Duet can be. With 100 words, seeing 24 per game ensures you will be making the same connections over and over. More words are available through in game currency you can spend real money on or spend weeks earning, and the one good thing about this app is that only one player needs the expansions, but they are not worth the time and money. Why? When Codenames was first announced, lots of people tried to make their own decks or online games and most of them aren't as fun because people like these developers don't understand what makes the game work. Words need to be carefully curated and only words with multiple meanings or multiple connections should be in the game. The fun is in stretching your vocabulary and imagination. You can use people or places as words, but only if you have enough variation to prevent “Males,4” from clearing half the board in half the games. This is even more exasperating in the expansions as 10 of the 25 cards will be synonyms. And too many of the cards can all trigger to one word. Other than a 24 card grid instead of 25 and terrible word selection, theres also a major rules change allowing infinite guesses if you keep guessing correctly instead of +1. Its not that big of a deal but a pointless change. Edit: apparently, this is in the rules for codenames duet but not the original codenames. still would make the game much easier if the playerbase knew how to use it. There is nothing prevented people from typing whole sentences as clues unless you self-enforce. I get that inputting a game dictionary is work, but if you are trying to sell a product, put in some work instead of making a 2nd rate copycat because the official game app is taking forever. The final problem is there doesn't seem to be any difficulty scale and no reward for finishing in less clues, so after one or two decent clues players revert to giving lame 1 word clues. Super flawed version of a great game. In a few months when more people have more expansions it might be better but hopefully by then we can play the official Codenames app and pay the actual designer. Edit: the lack of post game chat is also a problem. the fun of Codenames is arguing with your friends about who screwed up. although with the high amount of trolls, cheaters, and bad players chat would probably be a toxic cesspool. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Board Game that Doesn’t Work Online *2023-07-27, version 1.4.2* The board game this is based on is great. However, if you play online it’s no fun. Random players cheat more often than not by combining multiple words into one word, eg) gamefuncheat. That goes against the spirit of the game. Other random players start games just to get the gem or coin reward and then stop playing. Get the board game. Pass on the app. ### 1/5 — Potential but…no thanks *2023-07-23* This has the potential to be an awesome game but it totally flops as a game to be played with another person on the net. I tried two different times to play a game. I played minutes went by and no response. More minutes went by and no response. Don’t waste my time. This game should be redone so you can play against the computer or another player in my house. ### 1/5 — Steals your clipboard data, I uninstalled it *2021-12-11* I like this app and even used it for a week. But I noticed twice that upon opening it it copied my clipboard contents - in both cases it was sensitive info. Why is this needed? Is this because of the ad library you use? I’ll reinstall after you fix this. ### 1/5 — Not working *2019-12-19, version 1.4.2* This game was not working. Too bad. ### 1/5 — App not opening *2019-10-26, version 1.4.2* Hi I have just downloaded this game on my iPhone 11 and it is not opening. I click on the game it opens to player guild then disappears or closes down. I will be deleting game without even playing unless you can fix this. ### 1/5 — Doesn’t work *2019-05-02* Was sitting right next to the person I was playing and it just constantly said it was the other person’s turn. Ads worked though. Great. ### 1/5 — User interface is horrible *2018-12-02* Refresh is slow. ### 1/5 — Not enough players *2018-08-07* Not enough players so constantly waiting on matches. Some AIP’s would make it better while they build an audience ### 1/5 — Not great *2018-08-05* Not many words. Disgusting amount of ads. ### 1/5 — Needs work *2018-08-05, version 1.4.1* No opponents and the few that are you’re matched with don’t play. You have to manually refresh to see if there’s been changes and can only do it “once every few minutes”. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Love it! *2018-02-17* Great idea and well done. Fun back and forth team challenge. ### 5/5 — Really REALLY fun- makes you think! *2018-02-05* This game is great and actually takes a little brain power which is a refreshing change from mind numbing candy crush clones. Sit, think, exercise your noggin and try and make up/force connections between things you’d normally never place together. Hehe helps me keep in touch with my aunt, too, which is a big bonus! Thanks for a great game ### 5/5 — Awesome Game *2018-02-03* This game is fantastic! ### 5/5 — Great game *2018-01-24* It’s fun and a great way to waste time! ### 5/5 — Love the game! *2017-12-28* I play this game all the time now when i’m bored and have extra spare time, it’s more fun than I thought it would be. It seems like it’s going to be the next scrabble type game and i’m proud i’m one of the few to play it first. ### 5/5 — Fantastic game *2017-12-26* This is a fun and challenging game to play with friends. I like the theme and humor. ### 5/5 — Awesome game!!! *2017-12-22* Really enjoying this game! It's super fun, engaging, and fresh. It reminds me of Codenames, but it's better! Love the great card decks and that I can have different games with friends. Feel like I'm keeping my mind active and bonding with friends at the same time. Love it! ### 4/5 — Do we want the rubies? *2019-01-20, version 1.4.2* I really enjoy the game as I recently played the boardgame version. I would just ask for a legend or in the game description if we want the other person to guess the word with a ruby or do we avoid it pls. Other than that, I really like the game. Thank you. ### 4/5 — Fun, give it a try! *2018-03-23* Just like codenames— this was very fun, challenging enough but not impossible or ridiculous. Looks a little old school but works perfectly well, Only downside is lacking players and sometimes buggy: my hint somehow became my partner’s hint... ### 3/5 — Ok but has issues *2021-08-23* As a 2-person implementation of codenames, this is enjoyable and challenging. But it has issues. One is, I installed it on an iPad, then moved to iPhone, but it wouldn’t let me connect to my existing account. Another is that it generally doesn’t alert on new moves, even though that’s enabled and I get alerts simply urging me to play. Finally, the instructions were visible when I started but aren’t accessible in the app, that I can find. --- *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 2026-06-10.*