# Wordsearch Galore! — user reviews > 60 indexed App Store user reviews of Wordsearch Galore! by John Blackburn, rated 4.60/5 from 84 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/wordsearch-galore/id1100108242/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/wordsearch-galore/id1100108242.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 60 · 4★ 18 · 3★ 3 · 2★ 1 · 1★ 2 ## What do users think of Wordsearch Galore!? Overall sentiment: mixed **Pros** - 👍 Relaxing and enjoyable gameplay - 💡 Inventive and challenging puzzles - ✨ No ads for a clean experience - 📱 Nice app interface - 🎮 Adjustable difficulty levels - 📚 Many different topics and categories - ⏱️ Option to play with or without a timer - 🤯 Addictive and engaging - 💯 Great for killing time - 🎨 Good layout and colors - 🌟 Fun twist with 'Hide and Seek' format - 🚀 Offline play available - ⬆️ Regularly updated (mentioned in older reviews) **Cons** - 💰 Coin system limits play - 💸 Requires payment for continued play - 📉 Lack of updates in recent years - 🤔 Unclear purpose of coins for some users - 😵 Words can be hard to see when marked - 🐛 Spelling errors noted - ❓ Difficulty in purchasing unlimited coins **Commonly reported bugs** - Cannot start the first game after purchase - App won't load a single game on iPad Pro - Double-tapping word list finds words too quickly **Most requested features** - Way to earn coins without subscription - Keep the app updated - One-time purchase option - More words per puzzle - Option to circle found words instead of solid color - Make words cross each other more often - Easier topic selection from a list - More free play options - Option to choose board size, number of hints, or amount of time ## Newest reviews (11 of 60) ### 4/5 — Earn coins *2022-07-07* I give it a 4.5/5 bc the amount of games/categories/words is great! There should be a way to earn coins to play if a person doesn’t want to pay a subscription. Seeing that it hasn’t been updated in years, I would be skeptical to pay. Please consider a way to earn coins and keep it updated. Perhaps more people would pay (like a one time fee). Update (7/7/22): I see there’s still no update to the app. Great concept because I tried doing back to back puzzles and it did give a different list of words. Something with more words would be great and chances to earn coins or unlock. Shame.. find a decent word search app not meant for kids and I breeze through it. ### 4/5 — Lots of word searching *2018-02-05* I love that there are lots of topics and levels. The only option I wish they did offer was to circle the found words instead of a solid color. The solid color makes it hard to see other words. My eyes tend to avoid the letters already found in a solid color. The option to have them circled would help to see all letters evenly if that makes sense. Other than that I love it. ——————— Edit I’ve noticed that most words never cross each other so in a way the solid color marking the ones you’ve already found can be helpful and makes it easy. To make it more challenging they should try and make words cross into each other more often and have already found words circled and not solid. ### 4/5 — Very easy to use *2017-09-14* It's fun and easy to use ### 4/5 — One of the best word search games *2017-09-06, version 1.2* This one is a good one! ### 4/5 — Fun *2017-09-05, version 1.2* I like the categories and the hide and seek feature. ### 4/5 — Good word search *2017-08-14* Love the expert setting. How can i get the 6.99 unlimited coins to show so i can buy it? Thats what i hate needing coins. Thats why i get rd of games. Cant afford it. The unlimited however would work. **Developer response:** Might be a bug in the app. When you say the Unlimited Coins option doesn't show, you mean it literally doesn't show up in the app's little Store page? You can see the other purchasable options but not the Unlimited option? First I've heard of this... ### 5/5 — Fun to play *2017-06-28, version 1.2* Great to have levels of difficulty!!! ### 5/5 — Great game *2017-06-28, version 1.2* Great little word find game. Well worth the download., ### 4/5 — Word search *2017-06-05, version 1.2* Great! ### 4/5 — Very Relaxing 👍🏽 *2017-05-28, version 1.2* Fairly easy, but I enjoy puzzles regardless!! ### 5/5 — Engaging *2017-05-23, version 1.2* Very nice for a free game. Not very challenging but relaxing. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Cliff *2021-04-20* How come I’m not able too play this. Spent $4.99 for extra coins. And can’t even start the first game ( which is titled animals). I reset & deleted it then downloaded again. So what gives. If I can’t play then I should get my money back. Help if you can. **Developer response:** Hi Cliff, sorry about the trouble. By coincidence the app's signing certificate was updated right around then which might have been the cause. If so, deleting it and downloading yet again may fix things. ### 1/5 — Won't Load *2019-05-25* On my iPad Pro I can't get it to load a single game! The app opens up, offers me the different options to play, but when I pick one out takes me to a blank screen and won't load. ### 1/5 — Must spend real money *2017-06-30, version 1.2* After just a couple of days I was out of coins and there isn't a way to get more, except real $$ money purchases. Was great fun until then, now I can't play at all, I'll be uninstalling this. ### 2/5 — ☹️ *2018-02-08* This would be 5 stars if there weren’t coins involved. I didn’t know that each puzzle was a coin! Now that I am out of coins this game is pointless ### 2/5 — Disappointing. Or, I just don't get it *2017-02-05* So if you double tap on the word you're looking for, that is, the list at the bottom, it finds it for you. It takes like five seconds to find all the words. Shouldn't it be quite a bit more challenging than that? **Developer response:** Hello. The idea is to find the words in the grid on your own. If you're stuck, you can tap a word in the list once to see where it starts, and tap it a second time to have it auto-revealed in the grid. I can believe the game wasn't much fun if you were only tapping the words in the list! Sorry for the confusion. I hope you try again, this time finding the words in the grid. Thanks for playing! ### 3/5 — Words Galore! *2018-01-21* Words Galore is a great game to relax to. There is an option for no time limit which is great to help me relax. ### 3/5 — Ok *2017-07-05, version 1.2* It's fun but my ideal crossword has more words to find for each puzzle. Like in a 20x20 grid I prefer to have as many words packed in there as possible. ### 3/5 — Fun while it lasted *2017-07-05, version 1.2* it was fun until you ran out of coins. makes you pay after a while. ### 3/5 — Good layout *2017-05-30* I like the overall layout and color for searching. It has different levels for all. Not much Free play tho. Would also like to choose my topics from list easier. ### 3/5 — Cat in the Hat *2017-05-25, version 1.2* Not sure what the coins are for. I guess I'll play till there gone. Time fill in ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Ms derby *2026-07-20* Love this so many words and the colors are great. ### 5/5 — So relaxing, inventive *2024-06-19* Great to have no ads. Nice clean looking app-face. ### 5/5 — Challenging Game *2023-11-05* You can make this game easy,hard, challenging etc. ### 5/5 — Word search galore *2021-09-08* Challenging and fun! ### 5/5 — Fun *2020-11-22* Fun word search game ### 5/5 — Review *2019-03-09* Very enjoyable. Unlikely locations for words make for some serious searching. ### 5/5 — Addictive *2018-08-12* So many different topics. There are different skill levels and the fact that you’re able to play against the clock or just relax and search. This game is a good way to just kick back relax and relieve stress. ### 5/5 — Love word puzzles *2017-10-25* It is a wonderful game. Love learning all the different animals and looking them up afterwards. ### 5/5 — Fun *2017-09-08, version 1.2* Fun ### 5/5 — Love it *2017-07-09, version 1.2* Amazing app! --- *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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