Wordscapes Search
reviews and complaints

I love this game! However, there are some suggestions that I would like to make. Could this game have some more topics? New topics that I would like to see are other holidays such as St. Patrick’s Day, Easter, Hanukkah,Passover, Patriots day, Halloween, and other holidays or celebrations.
Other topics include Countries, continents, cities, landmarks, cultures, International food and drinks, travel, book topics, book titles, movie titles from different genres, top 100s in different topics, languages, famous colleges and universities, names of games, famous people in History, science, mathematics, and other subjects, types of housing or housing styles, interior and exterior designs, outdoor adventures, international clothing, international jobs, animals from different countries, and other topics.
I am starting to get a little tired of the same topics, but otherwise I am enjoying the game a lot. I cannot stop playing it and the game is fun and relaxing for me.

I like word search puzzles. This app has a relaxing background music, although I wish they would vary it a little. After a while the same song gets less and less relaxing.

The puzzles are ok but there are a couple of issues with them. It doesn’t always register the direction I am going with highlighting, for example if I’m trying to highlight “raw” the game would select war, also it often includes the next letter after the one I stop on, meaning I find a word I wasn’t trying to highlight, which has ended the game if it’s the last word, or it does accept it as a word when on other puzzles it has.

The biggest issue is the lag I have been getting lately. The longer I play the worse it gets I’ve cleared unused apps from my tablet, cleaned the screen, closed all open apps, and shut off the music option but it hasn’t affected the lag at all.

The lag and inconsistent sensitivity and direction issues drag the rating down a lot for me. If those were to get fixed I’d give it a 4 or 5 star rating.

My son saw this game and asked me to download it on his iPad and I thought, hmm well it’s a word game so why not? I simply downloaded it for educational purposes.. but let me tell you, the game also downloaded onto my phone so I started playing. It’s been only fifteen minutes, and I’m already on level 18! It’s a great time passer and it’ll cause you to really look and think. I hardly ever leave reviews for games I normally just go about my day but I just had too. The only thing I’m not fond of is the ads. They aren’t excessive but it does get a little annoying. They do have a feature where you can pay $3.99 for ad/free play. Other than that it’s a great game, the music is very relaxing and it helps you think more but also enjoy the game. Super engaging and beautiful. I liked the message they have at the beginning of the game where they said they’ve put a lot of love into the game. That was adorable. We can tell! Well, I can tell! Great game, though how many levels are there? Cause I’d hate to finish and have to find another game haha.

I’ve been looking for games that I can relax with and I’m a natural with word puzzles, so this seemed right up my alley. The problem is, a lot of these games are geared toward bright colors, loud music, etc. I play them for a while and end up erasing them from my phone. I LOVE, love, love this! The words are easy enough to find that my brain immediately goes into “chill out” mode. The colors and music are just spot on. I usually end up turning off the music in all my games because it doesn’t do anything but annoy me. but in this case, it completely enhances the stress free atmosphere. No stress, no time limits, just a relaxing word find. If you want a challenge or something fast paced, this maybe isn’t the best game for you, but if you want the equivalent of a mental massage, download this game today. I even spent a little to get rid of the ads. It was a small price to pay (literally and figuratively) to have what I think of as “yoga for the brain” at my fingertips. Yes, you can actually enjoy a puzzle game without stressing out one bit. A big thank you to the creators.

I have been using this game for sometime now. I love many features about it. The fact that it is untimed is wonderful! It is very visually pleasing! I love the colorful settings, the improved features of the circling color changing circles, the dictionary addition, and the format.
One of the reasons for the low rating is the repeated use of the same words over and over again in the different puzzles. It would be very exciting to have different categories with different words. But the most disappointing thing that happens in this game is when it DOES NOT tally the points you have earned! That is really irritating and cheating your customer base. It makes me want to delete this game every time it happens! Please fix these things and I will be your game’s best cheerleader!

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As you can see from the above review, I had some issues with your game. I am now on level 1105 with 6566 coins and I have seen that you have fixed the problems! THANK YOU! The game tallies the correct points now and there are more variety in categories and words! THANK YOU, THANK YOU ! I am now YOUR BEST CHEERLEADER! 5 STARS!

456 Teapot

How fair this game is when the weekend contest is going on. I will complete 3-4 puzzles and no points go towards my contest points. All of my puzzles are “very hard”. I can be 800 points ahead of someone and they quickly catch-up to me because of this and I complete my puzzles fairly quickly despite the difficulty of the level. It truly makes me wonder if everyone has the same level of difficulty and if they are getting points on each puzzle because I’m not. I’m also going through ads after each puzzle which I don’t get during the week when there isn’t a competition. It’s just odd how others seem to gain points a lot faster and move up when I solve pretty quickly yet I don’t get points each time, sometimes very little, all puzzles are level “very hard” and I get ads after each puzzle having to wait to X out of them. It’s frustrating and I’m about done. Also, during the weekly collection games. Once you have collected all the items in a collection, why is it still open? Why would you not give me the ones I still need to get? Instead I spend 3 days of doing puzzles that aren’t getting me anything more than if I were playing regularly. There are major improvements that need to be done.

If you enjoy word searches, and have been dissatisfied with other mobile versions that have been available, then I can tell you in my opinion your search if finally over!

This is a great mobile version, that at times can be challenging, however not so challenging you feel like your playing “Jeopardy” with a migraine. LOL.

This game features both a daily challenge and the option of level play. Puzzles seem to increase in difficulty as you progress through both and there are random puzzles where you are to not only find the words. but also need to figure out what the missing word is that is related to the puzzle.

And Lastly, in my opinion, the best feature by far is the low level of ads that “no-purchase” players have to deal with! #winningfeature

As of this review, I have not finished all the available levels, but I’m hoping that I never do. If I could recommend anything to make this game better, I’d say maybe implement some or all of these requests - 1) ability to play against friends or multiplayer challenges, 2) seasonal/holiday themes (perhaps offered for completing a set level or for limited time purchase), 3) better directions and game key definitions (for younger players or those who have never played)

I often take screenshots of the score throughout the weekend to ensure I’m on top of where I am. I know the scoring updates are wacky. I know you have to keep plying to see the accurate score. So, I always keep playing and always take screenshots I took a scene shot of the score and it said the person behind me hold 16,000 points. I check the score exactly 12 minutes later (screenshots are timestamped) and ALL OF A SUDDEN the person behind me has 17,600 points. Which is BULL! I hate cheaters. Cheaters never wins developers. Remember that!I used to play all the time. Where are the games that offer real prizes like, fans, light bulbs, or coins?.. so now you play ALL week and all you get is duplicate ugly dinosaur stickers, or ugly cat statues? Why would any game developer keep “updating” a game to actually be worse than previous version is beyond me. Still not divers, still populating words that are Not in dictionary. Developer seriously needs to talk to users and fix issues! At this point you pretty much get nothing for playing up during the week. Zippo. So, I now I play from time to time. Representation matters. Diversity matters. Aesthetics matter. Logic matters. This game lacks all of it… They could do so much better.

When I first saw the ads for this game, I thought it be would just be one of those cheap ones that have way too many ads, boy was I wrong!
This game completely exceeded my expectations, just by looking at it and playing for a while, it doesn’t even seem like it was free! I seriously forgot that I didn’t have to pay anything, granted, it does offer in-app purchases and they’re optional, but this game does not seem like something that’s free!
I got this game earlier today, and I’m already at like, level 19 or something. While, it is easy, it does have some challenging levels as well, like how it’ll start giving you “hidden words” where they only give you the first letter of the word, and if you can find it, you’ll get coins. Or how it’ll give you levels that are more difficult than others, cause the text gets smaller and there are more words to find. I really enjoy word games like this. They’re fun and easy, whilst still having challenges. And, there IS BARELY ANY ADS! And I’m not complaining, however, I don’t know why you’d need to make an in-app purchase to get rid of ads, when there really isn’t any.
There is absolutely nothing that I can think of to complain about this game. It’s so good, and if you’re interested, I would highly recommend you to get this!
There isn’t much to say, besides the fact that it’s just an amazing game. Good job, developers! ☺️

Long read but I literally stopped mid-game to write this I’m annoyed CONS: There are ads after EVERY SINGLE PUZZLE and don’t put your phone down for more than 2 minutes because you’ll have to watch ANOTHER ad in the middle of your current word search. Yes, you remove ads by spending 6 bucks but you get none of the extras that are offered in their other bundle buys for the same amount! And who wants to spend $6 when other games offer to remove ads for much less. Trust me, I don’t mind spending money on games that I like. Searching for bonus words don’t include 2-letter words or some simple words that are clearly in the dictionary. Ok, the challenges that get you coins and move up the leaderboard… 1st place is 1K coins but 2nd-4th is all the same amount, 750…no matter the difference in scores. I scored 2K over 3rd place and that’s crazy. Lastly, I’ve found words during a mini game to collect pics to use as your in-game profile pic but the game will definitely say you missed it when you haven’t. It’s not a big deal but it will get you slightly irritated. PROS: It’s addictive and passes the time when you’re bored or have downtime. I’m a linguist so I enjoy word games…if you’re one in the same you’ll like it. The different colors once you’ve found words is cool visually. There’s no time clock so take all the time you need, no feeling of being rushed while relaxing.

This is one of my favorite word search games. I like that the letters aren’t so small that you need a magnifying glass to see them. The letters are spaced out well enough that you can pretty much see the word that you are looking for at a glance. Not only that, it’s easy enough to highlight the letters you want without hitting the wrong letter because they are crammed together so closely. I’m currently at level 18 and the game lists the level at ‘hard’ but I have yet to come across any level which has posed any difficulty. The game occasionally has a ‘secret’ word which isn’t on the list of words but if you highlight it you get extra points. Again, it isn’t very difficult because you are given the first letter and shown how many letters there are in the word. My only complaint is that as you complete each level you have to sit through a video advertising yet another game. Yawn.

Seriously developers, do you really think your players appreciate ad after ad after ad? So many ads! I’ve not yet been offered an option to go ad free but since I do enjoy the game if the opportunity comes I will probably go for it…as long as the price is reasonable. I don’t mind paying $15-20 for a game like this but that’s about it. It’s not graphic heavy, it’s not an action game, it’s pretty static so if the developer doesn’t get greedy I’m willing to pay him for the work he put in. Otherwise, onward and upward. If you haven’t tried the game yet I say go for it. It’s a fun time waster.

I’ve been playing this game for a couple of months and I’ve noticed the same thing that many other players have seen. After a certain point the same themes repeat themselves. It gets kind of annoying to always look for the same words over and over again. And there are many words that this game doesn’t recognize as valid words. “Quart” for example. One of the puzzles had “Quarter” on the word list. I highlighted “Quart” to get extra credit but the puzzle didn’t recognize it as a word. Why? Quart is a liquid unit of measure that has been around for decades. But then I’m told that ESS, ARS and FEU are words that I could’ve got an extra credit for it. When I looked up FEU, it is an antiquated feudal term for a piece of land in Scotland that is purchased by trade. Who would use that term in modern-day English? I don’t even think the Scots use it anymore. ARS is an abbreviation, and ESS is a way to spell out “S”. Seriously? Can we get real here please? There are so many more words in the English language than are being utilized in this game.

Update: it still doesnt recognize words like Quart or Ounce, but then says that OX and WE were words I could have picked for bonus points. Ok, that being the case, why can’t I use AS, AN, AT, BE, BY, IF, IN, IT, IS, OF, ON, OR, SO, TO and US? Those are words, too, you know. One more question: is there some reason why there has to be a Brilliance Tournament on EVERY SINGLE WEEKEND? Why can’t you leave the DinoMite or Atlantis event going along side the tournament? I’d rather play that on my days off and actually earn badges and frames. Coins don’t buy anything in this game so winning them is pointless.

I have gotten addicted to this game and have played it pass 2700 levels! I have been playing the weekend tournaments and have made 1st place several times, not bragging, but really enjoy playing! I only wish they would add some additional prizes for the top 5 tournament winners beside just gold coins! Maybe special trophies, special coins or additional special games or winner titles! I would also like to see my point winnings for each level as I compete. They show a rounded average but no individual round totals. The competiton gets tuff on the tournaments and sometimes I’d like like to see what the exact points of the player above me is. I sometimes feel I am playing against an “AI” because the player above me is advancing very fast, almost at an impossible speed. This is an excellent game and it will hook you in if you’re not careful! Ha! Update: I still enjoy playing this game after several months! I have done real well in the tournaments, BUT ! Some of the tournaments seem unreal! I have won 1st place, playing hard and competitive, for a full weekend with a score over 6 K, which takes a lot of playing! Then the next weekend tournament starts on Friday and over night the leaders are up to 7K to 9K overnight! Hmmm ? It takes many games to score that high! Am I playing against real people or an “AI”? When I see overnight scores like that I just stop playing! I could play, nonstop all Saturday and Sunday and never catch them! And I know how to play very well and how to score high on each game! Hmmm? I think I’m burn’t out! Ha !
I’m at level 4503 now and still play this game! It’s a good brain builder! There has been a lot of extra awards added, which is great! I would only ask if you guys could make a landscape mode available! Putting my big IPad on it’s side to play is kind of a pain! I seem to go to some of my other landscape mode games pretty quick from playing this game!

I am eight and it really makes me think about how would I spell this word I can spell diagonal backwards but it really helps you think know if you’re in adult you probably think it’s really easy for us kids it really helps us think so 10 out of 10 The music is claming good job developers you are super smart we love your app everybody’s reading it five stars the music is lovely the background is beautiful you have a really good game keep it up I thought it was one of those cheap ones you know every add after every level but now there’s like barely any ads you can make in game purchases to disable ads but what’s the point there’s barely any ads I’m not complaining but this is a really good app I highly suggest you install and all those other games it’s just like not complicated you get ads every single time it’s super annoying like the other ones are super annoying this one is super nice I just wanted to say developers you have a really fun game I was just on level 1617 and it said do you want to Raiders are rated five stars and that’s how I was getting to the review so I was really high suggest you download this game and I ate a child in this game is really good so far of us kids I know you guys don’t like warning but maybe you can give this game a try to adults you guys might really like this game because it’s hard kind of hard but it’s easy for you guys but you guys might have to think on some level is worth and some of those that only gives you the first letter like him I had to try to spell date but I didn’t know it was gonna be date so I had to really think does it only give me the first letter and it was super complicated I had to spell all day but I didn’t know the word was gonna be dead but I was doing fruits I was on level 1617 to the fruit category and I beat it so 10 and 10 again I’m not complaining because he was super fun I have a suggest you download it❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

I have been having problems with this app for a while. I have been playing for a number of years with no problems at all. For a few months it freezes or is very very slow, stops all together and won’t turn off. I haven’t deleted and downloaded three times and now it’s worse than ever. It is impossible at times to play the weekend tournament as the timer runs out before I have been able to put the word in. Any suggestions please.

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15.11.2023

I have played for 3 years. I had to reset my phone again. This is the 3rd problem I had with my phone. Support told me that they respond in a short time. 5 days later still not fixed. I wrote to Kenny, useless, very argumentive from Peoplefun. Everyone in my group complains about him. No help. They told me to backup my file to facebook. I didn't have an account, so I made one just for this. Reset my phone, and NOTHING. Not only was the facebook backup not legitimate, they could do nothing to help me. I'm sorry, I was on a high lever with many events completed. They said sorry, they would give me the money, the brillance and the level but NONE of the items I spent A LOT of hours earning. Do NOT waste you time with any Word game this company is part of if you want to truly play. I even paid for no ads to make it better. The support is useless and should be fired.

I’ve been playing this game for years. It’s just too easy for people to cheat on tournaments. I was 300 points ahead of someone and in second place. I checked 20 minutes later and the person in third was now 200+ points ahead of me! That’s over a 500 point swing in 20-25 minutes. Even if you do win, you only get 1000 coins which is only 10 hints. I’ve completed over 19,000 levels and I think I’m sick of being cheated on this game. Play something else.

I really want to like this app, but I don’t. I don’t understand the high reviews. This game is “sticky” or buggy… it glitches and freezes on me all the time. I have checked multiple times to make sure my phone is up-to-date on software, so it’s not that. It’s the game app. I’ve considered whether or not it would help if I actually purchased the game, but it should work fine on the free level. And frankly, I don’t want to throw good money at a bad experience.

I paid for no adds , fine with that, love it ! But you can spend hours off the app sitting in 2nd place then when you start playing the first place person magically starts increasing in points I will gladly accept any explanation and leave with my tail between my legs if I’m wrong ! But why do a competition if it’s not truly a competition it seems pretty sketchy . And there are way worse problems in the world I know but it’s a fun competition just wish it was real .

Since the update to 15 and above, this game hasn’t worked. It’s so slow and constantly freezing so that it can’t even handle my finger touching the letter or sliding. Sometimes it freezes my whole phone and I’m forced to turn it off completely so that I can close out of the app. I even had the battery replaced. I was contemplating purchasing but I doubt that would help the issues any. Would love it if you provided support for this. It was such a great game that I enjoyed playing very much.

This was my go-to game. I like it enough to pay the ad remover. Not so much any more. For days I have been trying to load the game. The splash screen comes up, but that’s as far as it goes. I have waited several times, just in case I was being impatient, but I can’t play it on my iPad. It works on my iPhone, though. I have deleted the game several times, making sure to delete it from my iPhone and iPad at the same time. It still will not open on the iPad. Al I get is the splash screen. Help.

Fun challenging game with enough variation to be interesting. BUT a terrible interface! On my iPhone, near the bottom of the screen is an area with buttons you can tap for hints. I do not want hints! Those buttons are way too easy to hit accidentally, when hit they do strange things to the display hat make some letters hard to see. This is supposed to be helpful?!? I quit. If only they had a “do you really want to spend 200 coins to mess up the display?” option, it would be nice. Now, just a mess.

They replied that they reply to all but they did not respond with an answer here either

So i see lots of simple words that are not recognized when trying to get the extra points and they're not proper nouns. I sent an email to customer service which promised a reply in 24 hours. They ignored me and closed the ticket. They have not updated their dictionary. Also u can tell they use the same format for the next puzzle but it’s turned 90 degrees. Someone is sloppy and someone is lazy. It could be a fun little game

I am still having problems with my score getting zapped because the selections are too close to the puzzle. I would rather opt out...I never use these...If I have a problem I will rotate... Thanks for your help... I cannot post this because every name I use has been taken...I enjoy the game but I cringe every time I hear that sound telling me I have lost a certain amount of credits…I have never ever asked for this kind of help…
Please help with this problem…Please credit me for all of the points taken away…Thank you…

Since you updated the version of this app 2 days ago, it keeps deleting itself. I even literally deleted it myself and reinstalled it...it’s still deleting itself. It WAS a great word search till that happened.

Update- it has been a couple of days since I wrote the above. Today I reinstalled the app, it’s been running about 20 minutes and still going strong. (About 15 minutes longer than it was staying active). I’m thinking you must have fixed it or God answered prayer. At any rate, I believe I’m back in business. And, am thankful!

I like word puzzles, but probably going to delete this one soon. Why do you need to play an ad after every single puzzle? It like 2 minutes of play, 2 minutes of ads, most of which are stupid games and they won’t close. You have to continually close the entire game and re-open. Not paying $3 to stop ads as I bet they won’t stop, and as others also pointed out, it loses your levels and you repeat the same games. Guess if your goal is to appeal to idiots who like project makeover and homescapes, then don’t fix these issues- the smart ones will delete.

App looks great, scenery backgrounds are awesome, music is awesome, love it. Except…it’s impossible to play. The app crashes continuously and randomly. The first time, I bulldozed through to level 5, after reloading the game 13 times. I uninstalled, reinstalled…crashed on the start up screen. Tried again. Level one tutorial…the word “find”. Crashed. Uninstalled and reinstalled. Crashed on startup screen again. Uninstalled, forget it. Stability issues big time. Waste of time. Thanks for that. Stay with a simpler, less glamorous app that doesn’t keep crashing and that can actually be enjoyed.

I was really enjoying this game for a few months. I would play while watching TV with other people or while sitting next to my sleeping grandson etc… I would put my phone on silent so as not to disturb anyone or wake the baby. suddenly an ad pops up with blasting casino noises while in silent mode! Awful! And loud! Why is this allowed? Ads can actually override your silent mode? This is just wrong. I am deleting this ap and leaving this review now to inform people of this invasive way of advertising. Enough! I realize ads are business but not this way. My silent mode is on for a reason and noone has the right to override it.

Honestly, I downloaded this game because I thought it was going to be fun and yes, IT WAS FUN.

But while playing the game, my phone started to heat up and become slow. Even when i was out of the app, my phone continued to be slow. As I was gonna shut off my phone, it asked for permission to allow notifications. It did not allow me to click on anything or touch anything on my phone. I could turn my phone on or off but the “allow notifications” pop-up was still there. I was able to force restart my phone and it was gone. After deleting the game, my phone was no longer slow and overheating.

Therefore, download at your own risk :)

I read the most recent reviews of this game and decided to download it due to the numerous positive feedback it received. It took forever to load (the orange screen with the PeopleFun logo was all I saw) only for the app to shut down. I restarted my gadget and even deleted a (different) game that I no longer played, thinking my action would free up space. That orange screen and logo showed up again for several seconds, then a blue version of the screen with that blasted PeopleFun logo replaced it for several seconds. Then, once again, the app shut down. So, while I’d love for the chance to review the game itself, it didn’t even let me in. So, thanks PeopleFun, for nothing.

I’m currently at level 3188 and far too often it “Stalls Out Completely or Temporarily” lasting several Minutes where the Word Pad is Completely Frozen…? (It’s been doing this intermittently since after having completed About >500-Puzzles

When I first downloaded it the app worked great. I’ll be honest, it is one of those apps that play ads constantly, but they were played in between levels and weren’t suffocating so I didn’t mind it until the ads began glitching out. Eventually I wouldn’t be able to exit out of the ad pop up even when the ad was done playing. No matter how many times I pressed the “X” button nothing happened and every time the only option to fix it was to swipe out of the app, close it completely and reopen.

Saying that, it was annoying but I really didn’t mind exiting the app every ad pop up in order to continue to play. (Because I really did enjoy it!) The glitches advanced though, and now after every time I find a word the app freezes up. An ad wouldn’t even come up, it was genuinely the app just freezing after every word being found. At that point the glitches became excessive, and my annoyance levels exceeded my enjoyment.