# Words Without Friends — user reviews > 25 indexed App Store user reviews of Words Without Friends by Les Ganton, rated 3.60/5 from 33 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/words-without-friends/id1212112914/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/words-without-friends/id1212112914.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 15 · 4★ 6 · 3★ 2 · 2★ 4 · 1★ 6 ## Newest reviews (5 of 25) ### 4/5 — Great challenge, but...... *2019-10-23, version 2.3* I love this game as it challenges my mind. I use it daily as a mental exercise. However, I do have one problem. When I reach the ‘use 75 letters’ level on earning free cards it doesn’t count my letters, so I can no longer earn free cards. Also it says that you can repeatedly use the five stars and five targets options for earning cards but I see no way to access that option. Please help! ### 2/5 — Not only do i not have friends left to play with *2019-03-26, version 1.9* But the difficulty level is higher than the with friends version. Insult and injury. Restarted level over 15 times. Delete ### 4/5 — New save option! One more issue though. *2019-02-08, version 1.7* I like this game a lot. The Save option makes me keep it. There are a few “helper” tiles. I would like the capability to EARN more by playing. The only way to get more is to buy them. Which I won’t do. ### 3/5 — Hard! Which is great. But resets often, which is unnecessary *2018-12-20, version 1.3* I can hardly ever finish a level in one sitting. But I’ve noticed often if I leave the app and come back It resets my progress on the current level. This seems to be correlated with using my safari app...even when I am not visiting Safari for the purpose of finding scrabble worthy words....🧐🤪 ### 4/5 — Love this game *2018-12-03, version 1.3* I’d give it s 5 except the “my cards” doesn’t save and collect what you find. If you don’t use the card before the next card is found, it disappears. Would be awesome if they collected from level to level. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Reset *2025-07-27, version 2.9* I was up to level 800 approximately and it has reset me to level 1 the beginning Not happy ### 1/5 — App not working *2024-07-12, version 2.9* Never had a problem until today, July 12, 2024. I just have. Screen of blue tiles with no letters. Have rebooted with no luck. ### 1/5 — New update *2019-09-08, version 2.2* Once you get to the level where you need to get 75 words once you finish the first round, it wont count your words. You never progress to the next level. I’m not sure why, I’ve played this game for several years and this has never happened before. Deleting the app and reinstalling doesn’t help. ### 1/5 — Doesn’t work *2019-08-30, version 2.2* The directions say to drag each letter to the board but it wouldn’t work. Bummed. Oh, well plenty of other games to choose from! ### 1/5 — Can’t continue *2019-08-18, version 2.1* I have achieved all the targets by using a gift card and I cannot continue. Happens over and over on this level, level 35. at the top 9/9 targets achieved but it’s not progressing. So annoying. ### 1/5 — No idea who is playing as me *2019-06-11, version 1.9* I ‘be just installed the game, did not even set up a profile or account with them. I opened the game and it said “ Welcome back... “ and listed a weird name. Wow. This is a brand new device and have never used other products by this company. Uninstalling now! ### 1/5 — Doesn’t work *2018-10-31, version 1.3* (1) Target was not credited and couldn’t go to next level even though I used the red target letter in a word. I correctly spelled and placed words using all the tiles. (2) Kept getting weird message that tiles were placed incorrectly and had to all be on same axis. No idea what that means but tiles were placed in the normal way for this kind of game. Per the rules, center and target boxes were covered correctly. Thanks for fixing these glitches please! ### 2/5 — I love this app but it stopped working *2020-06-14, version 2.5* Help, since the last just days ago, the app won’t load. Help! ### 2/5 — Placement *2019-11-05, version 2.4* Stuck on level 5 for too long. Your letter placements (especially the Q and X) make it too difficult to get them. I don't pay for apps before I've reached the halfway point and I never cheat by looking up word combinations (what's the point of downloading an app if you're just going to pay or cheat your way through the whole thing?). So, since I've tried and tried every combination I can think of in futility, I'm uninstalling this before it becomes infuriating. You get 2 stars for creating a word game that doesn't require swiping or stacking. The other 3... see above. ### 2/5 — Locks up! Very Frustrating! *2019-10-15, version 2.2* I liked this game right up to level 19. It has locked up so many times I feel like I have worked all possible games. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Fine game, but… *2024-07-18, version 2.9* This is a great game. However, once you have finished all 800 levels, there is a promise of more levels to come. Alas, it doesn’t seem like this will happen… still, I’d recommend this to any word puzzle enthusiast. UPDATE AS OF 07/16… new levels! That’s great! 6 stars? ### 5/5 — Fine game, but… *2024-07-09* This is a great game. However, once you have finished all 800 levels, there is a promise of more levels to come. Alas, it doesn’t seem like this will happen… still, I’d recommend this to any word puzzle enthusiast. **Developer response:** Hi there. I have released 50 more levels recently. I will be releasing even more in the near future. Thank you for playing. ### 5/5 — Love this app *2024-01-06, version 2.8* This is a challenge. I have had to attempt some levels many times in order to solve. I cannot solve level 538 due to needing a word ending in V that includes I _ _ V. Any advice? ### 5/5 — Best game ever *2020-05-04, version 2.4* So much better than Words with friends. I love this game bc it’s more a strategy based game like chess. You have to create words in specific pattens so that you can achieve the already existing blocks. So fun!! ### 5/5 — The best word game app Absolutely *2019-12-13, version 2.4* Words without Friends is absolutely the best. I have been playing for many many months and I look forward to new games every morning. I even go back and play games again trying to improve my score. ### 5/5 — Love This App *2019-04-07, version 1.9* For those people who have no friends, life’s lonesome losers, this is a must-have app. Challenging and fun...a great alternative to staring at the walls or binge watching The Office. ### 5/5 — Actually really love game and latest update but ... *2019-02-23, version 1.7* Really love the latest update. Great stuff but suddenly I’m having issues. At first, it stopped allowing me to press “next” after beating a level. The next button grayed out and so, I would go back to home and just pick the next level. Now, I just progressed to level 121 and it just crashes every time I attempt to open it. It does still let me open and play level 120 but not 121, so I’m stuck :( ### 5/5 — Awesome!! *2019-02-08* Love this game!!!! Very addictive and I can’t stop playing it!! **Developer response:** Please let me know if you have any suggestions. support@arutilities.com ### 5/5 — Damned hard sometimes *2018-11-15, version 1.3* Love this app even though, or maybe because, some of the puzzles are hard. If you like chess and word games, this one is for you. My only complaint is that there needs to be more puzzles. ### 4/5 — Stopped working *2020-06-18, version 2.5* I love this game but it just suddenly stopped working all I get is a blue tile screen😭 I am using a 7th generation iPad running 13.5.1. It still works on my 6th gen also running 13.5.1. I tried to email but it said server rejected recipient’s address?? --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. 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