I absolutely love crosswords and this is what I turn to, to play some fun and relaxing crosswords. But the ads keep getting in my way, I know I should just buy the supreme package or whatever but that’s wicked expensive for a crossword app! If the ads were not ever second i would not mind one bit since ya know the people who make this game also need a little cash. But that isn’t my biggest problem my biggest problem is with coins and the game itself. I have a few friends who play this as well (I invited them) and there screens look completely different then mine. They have a classic crossword that I don’t keep and daily rewards? I didn’t even know that was a thing until I saw their screens. Then with the coins. I don’t exactly have problem with coins it is just I am terrible and I mean terrible at crosswords but I still love to play them. I am a person who needs multiple hints every single time I play because if the frenzy didn’t exist I’d be screwed. But the problem I have is the hints are quite expensive for what 5 letters for a tiny one and 10 for a big one which costs ten coins! I only get 1 coin per crossword I complete. Nonetheless I still really enjoy this game and think people who like crosswords should play the game anyway.
I don’t usually write reviews but in this case decided I should because the game is great. It’s really good for me because my brain is busy and it helps me to keep my mind clear. Only one complaint really, it asks you to download other games and invite players in return for coins and then once that is done it never gives you the coins. It only allows a certain number of videos to be watched in exchange for coins a day and then you have to wait hours, which I’m sure is a tactic to make you buy coins with your own money but watching ads is a form of currency for app makers so I don’t feel bad for not giving over my actual money. What I do instead is just stop playing for the night 😕. It’s whatever, but if those things were improved, cuz I’ll watch all the videos they can give me, I’d give it a five. Puzzles are fun, challenging but not impossible!
The app is addictive and I often fall asleep playing it. My only pet peeve is that the “Royal Match” ads play soooo much that I’ve grown a hatred for it. I wish I could block it. When I try to exit away from the ad, App Store keeps popping up 6-10 times to download Royal Match before I can continue playing the crosswords, and I KNOW I’m hitting the “x” button. It’s so repetitive that I’ve considered uninstalling this app. I’ve even had to shut down this app completely and reopen it just to get that ad off my screen. Now, I play crosswords with my volume down so I won’t have to keep hearing, “Help meee” from that king, or whatever he is. It’s almost like a virus smh. I’m certain that at some point I may uninstall this and install another crossword game to run from those repetitive Royal Match ads. It’s as if I’m almost being harassed to download it—as comical and unrealistic as that sounds. I see it during regular ad air-times, when opting to watch a video for extra letters, AND when opting to watch a video for coins. Can’t get away from it. Pleeeeease turn it offffffff. It’s unbearably annoying and overplayed. Even the real-life human promoting it in different ads. Can’t even fully enjoy this app. It’s a relief just to see a different ad the very rare times that I do.
I’ve been playing DTC for a year or so, with very few complaints or problems. BUT—there’s always a but, right?—the last couple months have been horrendous. Certain ads will lock it into a black screen and the only way I’ve figured out how to clear it is to delete the app and reload. Pain in the rear when you’re in the middle of a tournament or within grasp of an achievement that you’ve been working towards. I’ve deleted and reloaded 4 or 5 times lately and I am seriously tired of having to rework puzzles that I completed a month or so ago. Only plus so far is that I’m fast as h*ll and have won the tournaments, etc. for the last 90 days or so (helps tremendously when you’ve just completed the puzzle recently). You guys want some serious cash for a game of this caliber. I’ve thought about it, but with my current bug issue, I can’t see dropping that much on an app that has as many bugs, syntax errors and language-translation issues that I’ve seen in the year or so that I’ve used it. Guess I’m just going to have to keep slogging through the other crossword apps until I find one that suits me and doesn’t have such an issue with my iPhone.
Been playing on this app for 4-ish yrs. Now the past month or so I am forced to watch an ad, or I watch an ad to play a “free” game (as long as you watch ad).. problem is lately many times I watch the dang ad then after it’s completed the ad is frozen, and I have to swipe completely out of the game then bring it back up to unfreeze, then I try to play the “free” game and it states no ads available do you want to purchase. So I decline then go back again, it gives me another (sometimes over minute long) ad and then same thing happens. Many times these frozen ads happen 4-6 times in one group of daily games offered. (They happen different times, sometimes to play free game, sometimes after I complete a game etc etc). It is becoming increasingly irritating to say the least. I have updated and I check for bug fixes updates often and especially when these glitches happen. I really enjoy playing, but I’m tempted to see if there’s a better crossword app available. If I notice an improvement and the ads stop freezing/glitching so many times I’ll update my rating/review. An occasional glitch can happen but I’ve played 2 crosswords today and it’s happened 4 times already. Really frustrating.
I’ve been playing with this app a LOT during the pandemic and am grateful for the distraction it has provided me. It works well on my iPad, and dealing with the ads has taught me patience, especially since the game is free. I like the combination of thematic and mini-puzzles, and I especially enjoy the competitions between players and the chance to earn points through these inter-player matches. It’s just one more weird way of bringing people “together” during these difficult times. My only issue is with the puzzles themselves. They are seldom challenging; rather, the constant re-use of the same words (I will NEVER eat an Oreo cookie again!) and the blatant ease of some clues - “_____ the door (rhymes with ‘hut’)” - can make the game rather dull, especially when competing and doing many puzzles at once. I realize this is a family game and that I wasn’t promised the Sunday Times crossword! Still, we are blessed with millions of words and names, and I feel like only the tiniest percentage of them are being used and constantly rearranged to give the puzzle-makers a break. Sorry about the quibble (hey, THAT’S a word you could use!!!)
This game takes foreeeeever to load. When it does, I repeatedly click the X to close out “connect to Facebook”. I don’t want to connect to Facebook, stop popping up. When the game finally gets to the home page, it takes too long for me to be able to select the daily game. The puzzle opens up and you think you are ready to play, but no. You need to wait some more while the next screen loads to ask you if you want to show errors. Finally you are playing the crossword puzzle. You type in your answer and the letters don’t show up. You wait and the answer finally appears. You go to the next word and type in a letter. It doesn’t show up so you press it again. Now that letter shows up in the next word too. I have a newer iPad with all the updates. No game should run this slooooooow. I detest ads that take you to the App Store. Show me an ad and let me click X. I would gladly pay for this game if it would load quickly and not have any delays when playing. Waiting 5-10 seconds for a letter to appear is ridiculous. I refuse to spend my money and get the disappointment of having the same slow game.
Hmm, thought I wrote a review for THIS app, Lost my phone so they started me from taking “lessons” and a new account. A lot of new things since I started playing a long time ago. ANYWAY, my Mike did the crossword puzzle in his paper every single day! Though he didn’t always get every single one, he said he did them so his brain wouldn’t die before he did! THIS IS THE BEST CROSSWORD GAME of this type. No match 3 or other things that don’t apply and I like it. The puzzles are mostly great. Occasionally, I find myself (cursing to myself) because I don’t know an answer. Generally speaking, the puzzles will challenge some and others will think it’s too easy. Then the other word games that are like bonus play. Word search is great. The flipping letter game I don’t care for. The third option is 6 letters and you make as many words as possible in 50 seconds. That’s my FAVORITE WORD GAME EVER! I know it’s a small thing but when I got my new phone- that’s the reason I frantically searched for THIS ONE!! I installed several, 3 or 4 at least the first time I switched phones. I had never paid attention to the name of the company/game, etc! I found it pretty quickly and tried them all. Hands down, this is the best one!( It’s downloaded, as of yesterday, on everything I touch. (‘Cept PC) I think everything about this app is just right!
Love a good crossword. DC is really stingy about the coins they award in comparison to what they charge you for the help buttons and extra puzzles that want you to pay to play them. The commands are really sketchy when trying to correct a word and jumps all over the place and changes correct answers while you're trying to correct a answer. My biggest complaint is the location of the help buttons are too easily to press by accident when typing. Nothing burns me more than wasting 20 coins on a mini puzzle that I'm about to complete when my thumbs graze the help button. The coins are too hard to earn to be wasted in such a manner when I suspect those buttons are placed there intentionally for that very reason. I understand that the programmers need to make money but this doesn't make me want to buy anything from this app since I keep feeling cheated out of my coins. Also get a bigger vocabulary, tired of all the puzzles having most of the same words. Thank you for all your hard work, but there is room for improvement. JURKILLA
This came up as a possibility for a crossword app, which I’ve been wanting. I opened the first one, typed in a word... and letters were spat across the rest of the puzzle. It told me I could turn it off in the menu, so I exited... and it wanted me to open the free “mini” puzzle for the day. I had to do that before going to the menu. I went back, typed, and when I made a mistake, it popped up something telling me I could see all my mistakes. No. And then it popped something up telling me I could skip a word for free if I was stuck. I wasn’t stuck, I had just typed the wrong letter a couple of times. Halfway through a word, it popped up a box saying I could get “coins” if I let the app send me notifications. Then I finished the puzzle, and it told me that I could finish a puzzle every day for a streak and get something or other. I just wanted to do a crossword puzzle. Nothing fancy, just fill in the words with my wits. The puzzle was pretty easy, and there was just too much in the way.
1. There are too many clues and/or answers that are vague, incorrect, or culturally specific (Britain, India, America?). (e.g. One clue asked for a 5-letter words that was “part of a cowboy’s boots.” The answer was “spurs.” Except spurs aren’t part of a boot, they are a separate device affixed TO a boot.) (e.g. Another clue asked for the leading car in a race. The answer was “polecar”... which I assume is the term in England, but in the U.S. we call it a “pacecar”, neither word is right or wrong, but shouldn’t the clue allow for only one answer? 2. The misspellings! Holy moly! Almost one per game. ‘Ema’ Stone wouldn’t be happy about that. 3. The repetition of clues and answers from one puzzle to the next is too high. 4. The game has way too many ads. There’s one after every. single. game. And they’re all the same. 5. The amount of coins earned compared to how much a booster or clue costs is a little ridiculous. One booster would require me to watch an additional four (4) ads, which aren’t even always available.
I love crossword puzzles and this one is definitely fun and addictive. However, do not buy any coins because there is a definite leak somewhere. My coins just magically disappear. I can have 100 coins and as I’m playing, I look up and there are 95 or 81 and I haven’t bought anything. A few minutes ago I had 35 coins. I could not find my wrong answer to save my life so I bought the answer for 20 coins. That should have left me with 15 coins, right? It left me with 1 coin. I can have 110 coins when I turn it off to eat dinner. When I return and turn it back on, I’ll have 85. Since I get free coins for watching videos, it’s irritating but not costly. If I had paid for the coins and they kept disappearing, then I’d be angry. So if you buy coins, be sure to pay attention because they will disappear. The developers need to fix this issue. Otherwise it’s a fun game.
The game is great. It’s Fun, Challenging and the word discovery adds a very fun element to solving. But, the pricing model is broken. The ad model which works for some games is too frequent and the ads run too long. The ad model doesn’t work IMO. It could be easily fixed by slightly shorter or less frequent ads. Personally, I would go to a subscription because I enjoy it but its difficult to find. There are references in the FAQs. There’s one banner for it. And only premium which seems to have limits on it. The write up in the app marketplace and what’s in the game are different - different prices, different terms which seems shady to me. The purchase coins option also makes no sense for player retention. Perhaps give free coins for playing consecutive days or solving puzzles. As it is, this is a try and uninstall. Low on net promoter because you’ll just waste your time. Now looking for a paid alternative.
I really like this game! It tests my knowledge of facts and trivia. However, I hate, HATE, the fact that the game keeps asking me if I want to see any hints after I press on random rows and columns just to see what other questions are being asked. Keep in mind, I’m just curious what other questions are being asked and if I can solve them but no, the game takes it as if I’m stupid and unable to solve ANY. Then, a message appears asking me if I’d like a hint. It’s not a big issue, I know, but I’m tired of seeing that message EVERY SINGLE TIME. “Would you like a hint?” NO, I would not, no matter how many times you ask. I wish that there’s a way for the game to stop asking me about the hints (like tap here to no longer receive this message, kind of thing). Again, good game, but that one feature REALLY annoys me every single time I play the game!
I’ve done many crossword puzzles, and I know there are somewhat “standard” clues for a given answer, but when “ale,” “Oreo,” “HBO” “Els” to name a few are in every other puzzle...then it’s not a fun challenge anymore, it’s a grind. The ads. The. ADS. I understand they’re necessary, particularly on free apps, in order for the devs to make money. But there’s no discretion as to quality, bugs, etc. There isn’t even variety. I played for 10 minutes the other day and got the same diet pill ad five times in a row. I won’t even get into why these types of ads are harmful to people recovering from eating disorders, or that dubious health claims shouldn’t be promoted in any space. Why the same ad so many times in a row? I didn’t click the first time, I won’t click the second time, I’m still not curious the third time. By the fifth time, I’m annoyed. My phone’s storage is full. Guess it’s time to let some apps go...
Loved this app until recently. Used to be able to watch quite a few ads in order to receive coins. This was great because when I got stumped this enabled me to choose the option for answers or letters to help solve. I would rather watch ads than go to “cheating” websites that have answers for free. Unfortunately, things have changed and I am only able to watch one ad which gives 5 coins. You need 10 coins for most help clues. When I go to watch another ad for 5 more coins, I am now told I have to wait well over an hour before I can watch an ad to receive 5 more coins. Ridiculous! If the point behind offering the coins is to make people watch ads, why would they make you wait well over an hour now? I have actually watched ads and downloaded games from them. Oh well. I am now deleting this app off my screen and have found other crossword games that do not do what this has chosen to do. Lost a customer that has purchased off this app in the past and downloaded from the ads.
The latest annoying thing is I have 2 games in progress from several months ago. If I click one it takes me to the correct puzzle but then freezes. The puzzle is shown with no clues anyway. No matter how many times I’ve tried going back to those 2 specific dates the game freezes or there’s a black screen. Please fix! Could’ve been 5 starts but...I agree with most reviews that the coin system is severely lacking. Overall a great game but 2 things I have a real problem with: one is the volume when doing the bonus packs for instance. I have the sound turned off in the controls but when an ad plays the volume is ON which is not great if you’re sitting in a waiting room for example, plus it’s just downright annoying in the first place. Second is the small ads at the bottom of puzzles. I have epilepsy and the ads blinked and flashed so rapidly I thought I was going to have a seizure. If it happens again I will uninstall the game.
The app itself is ok. I have had only a few puzzles that have had an issue. (Letters I type not showing leaving box blank) I’ve played for a few weeks now and majority of the puzzles have had the same clues/words. (I have had the word era in nearly every puzzle! Several other ones as well) Otherwise the game itself is ok. Let’s talk about coins....watch a video you get 5 coins but then have to wait 2 hrs before you can watch another one. Daily gift...so far all I have gotten is 1 coin in my box. Letters and see wrong options cost 10-20 coins. See the problem!?!? Cost of “helpers” needs to be less or rewards need to be higher and there needs to be more ways to quickly earn coins. I plan to give this app a little longer and see if there are any improvements worth continuing with this app.. if so, I’ll come back and update my review. If not, well, I’ll have to delete this app and look for a new crossword app.
I just starting doing crosswords on your app and so far really like it!!! I get more double the daily puzzles and different types of crosswords. I think I’m getting more points for my wins here too. I started doing Crosswords With Friends and just had too many problems with them, not enough new puzzles and not receiving any points I should get for playing the games. I had played all of their games, most of them twice. I would be playing in a weekly tournament and play a game and not get any points towards the tournament. Their answer was they were trying to work out the problems. I was paying them for coins to play and they didn’t offer me anything for their problems that were costing me winning the tournaments and getting coins to continue playing games. I’m really enjoying all the different puzzles on here!!!
Hi there, fellow regular player here! As I have been playing for about a while now, I’ve noticed a lot of things that are enjoyable and things that are frustrating to bear. The first thing to know is that there are repeating crossword clues. It isn’t much of a problem yes, but it can get annoying for other players to deal with. I think I’ve at least seen “Name that sounds similar to stew” fifty times already, but I for one don’t mind. Just watch out for that. There are also of course, ads to deal with. As a mobile game fanatic, the ads aren’t as bad as other mobile games, but there are still multiple to hassle. However, if you want a couple of coins, let say 5, you’ll need to watch of max of about 3. It is annoying but it isn’t bad. The game in general isn’t a bad game and isn’t boring either. They have a lot of events every few weeks and has a bunch of collections of crosswords with a different theme to it. My favorites are the Pottermania and Funky Shapes. Yes they do bait you to get their other apps, but don’t do what I do and download them for the money. Just complete the quests and that’s that. P.S their games are NOT worth the coins. They are practically another version of those other popular games like wordscapes.
I enjoyed their puzzles and depending on the day, they can range in difficulty but are great for beginners or advanced users. At first, I didn’t mind the ads too much, but after a few more plays, I noticed that sometimes, I’d HAVE to play a mini (ad) game in order to continue on to play or exit my current puzzle. There was also a little counter in the bottom-left corner, which starts ticking backwards from 30 seconds, so although I never waited for it, I assumed this was the amount of time you had to wait to hit the “X” and close the ad. In addition, many of the ads (disguised as mini games) had graphics very similar to this app’s overall theme. This was probably done intentionally, so younger users and new players would confuse it for the game itself. This sort of behavior is unacceptable, and was 100% the deal breaker reason I decided to immediately stop playing and delete from my iPhone. NOT worth it!
For what it is, it’s a good little game. You’ll see a lot of the same clues, so it’s not overly complicated or challenging. Every now and then you’ll see a new one that makes you think, but then it’ll be familiar like everything else. This could probably be because I put a LOT of time in here, challenging everyone on the leaderboard and advancing in rank because of you’re not first, last. I put so much time in to this that I decided to spring for the Premium because I was getting ads every other puzzle. It may not sound bad, but when you’re completing puzzles in 3-4 minutes then it feels kind of excessive. It reduced the amount of ads I get, but I still have to watch ads before I can play a puzzle. While I did only have to watch one instead of two, it’s enough an inconvenience for me that I’m cancelling the Premium and uninstalling this app. Take care, everyone!
The puzzles are great, the variety each day keeps your interest, I’ve accepted that you will watch a 30-second ad pretty much before and after everything you do, but lately, those apps have stopped allowing me to return to the puzzle. The exit buttons either don’t appear, the screen might go blank, but either way, it just sits there. Restarting the puzzle app usually erases the bonus you were trying to get by watching the ad in the first place, but since you’re starting again, you have to watch another ad. Some ads seem to cause this more than others. It’s kind of frustrating. On those times, I just skip this and move onto a different game.
I liked this app but I don’t like the mini crosswords they have and that’s basically ALL they have. Some of the stuff that’s supposed to help you figure it out was really stupid, for example mine said “because”. Like how is that supposed to help me figure out a word that’s 8 letters down?! Because. That’s it. There were no other hints. Plus, getting from across to down was annoying! They don’t have it where you can just flip to one or the other, you had to hit the arrow until it changed from across to down (or vice versa) by itself. Lastly, I had it where it was supposed to show me when I words wrong but after doing one puzzle that stopped working even though I had it turned on still. I only had this app installed like 30 minutes before uninstalling it because all of that happened that fast. This app isn't for me. If you like “mini” crosswords and being timed while doing crosswords then you might enjoy this app. I didn’t and I wouldn’t recommend it.
I’ve been using this app for the past few months and I have really been enjoying it. As of late however (the last month or so) the “see wrong” button keeps turning on by itself and each time my total stars drop by 20 when I hadn’t even asked for this. I had lost over 100 stars when I finally looked into the settings and realized that by some mysterious ways the option to confirm hint use was unchecked when I knew I had checked it initially when I downloaded the app. I checked it again and things were fine for a few days until again “see wrong” started turning on by itself each time I started a new puzzle. I went to the settings immediately and confirmed it was in fact checked. I’m not sure if this is on purpose or if there is a glitch in this app, but either way the experience became frustrating enough that I just uninstalled the app, and I’ll be looking for another crossword puzzle app in the App Store.
Ah, the joys of modern technology, giving us delightful apps that promise hours of fun and entertainment. Just when you're getting into the groove, mastering every twist and turn, what pops up? An ad. Not just one or two, but after every single level! It's like being on a thrilling rollercoaster ride only to have it stop midway for a brief commercial about socks. It feels somewhat out of place, doesn’t it? Of course, developers need to earn their keep, and advertising plays a role in that. But one has to wonder if there's a balance to be struck. Instead of an onslaught of ads at every level's end, maybe sprinkle them in here and there like surprise confetti? A bit of unpredictability to keep us on our toes! After all, we're here for the fun, and while a sock ad can be entertaining in its own right, we don’t necessarily need a reminder after every triumphant moment.
I love this app and have had it for a few months now, however, i wish one of the new updates would include a multiplayer mode instead of just bug fixes :/. My boyfriend and I play it together, but only if we are visiting one another, and it’s harder to do over the phone, so I wish there was a way we could do them together instead of having to complete two separate puzzles, both individually on our phones instead of completing one puzzle together. This is one big factor that makes me consider other crossword apps, because we kept doing them together when we got to see each other in person but we spend more months apart then together, so it’s a fun way to stay connected even if we are hundreds of miles apart. please consider adding this option on one of the next updates! I think it would make the app more popular as well :):)
The cost of quests is absolutely ridiculous compared to the rewards for completing it. I kept track of the most recent quest. It cost 225 coins to complete the 60 levels. The total rewards for completing it.....45 coins. That’s 20% of what it costs to complete it. Nice way to reward people. The first 8 levels cost 50 coins. There is a reward between levels 8 and 9. The reward was 2 coins. Why would anyone want to complete a quest when you don’t actually get rewarded? I’m still out 180 coins after completing a quest. I will no longer be completing any quests. Rewards in general are very low compared to cost. It cost 20 coins to see wrong letters. The daily reward is typically 1 coin. If you’re lucky you might get 2 coins. There are a few other issues. Several of the clues/words are repetitive. Oreo is one of the most frequently used words. There are several others. They frequently misspell words. The final issue is a minor annoyance. The show wrong and help buttons are on the bottom making it easy to unintentionally slide your finger across them. They should either move them or have a secondary confirmation process so you can cancel it. I hope they fix theses issues but for now I won’t be playing as often. I will only be doing the free daily puzzles. It’s not worth the cost to play.
I’ve been playing g this for a while and I enjoy it, but it reuses the same clues over and over, so it’s not like you get all new puzzles each day. A lot of the words just keep appearing in every other crossword. I have an issue with the amount of coins it costs to get a hint or see a mistake, especially since you are only awarded one coin for each completed puzzle. The worst part is, they will randomly deduct coins , even when I don’t use any hints. I understand deducting them when you use a hint, but the creators of the App will randomly deduct 10 coins for no reason. There’s a place within the App to reach out if you have questions or issues, which I did, but I never heard back. My advise is to accumulate as many coins as you can by watching the annoying ads. It’s the only way to ensure you keep a stockpile for when you need them.
I get it that I have to suffer through ads if I want to use the app for free (I do). However, too often an ad gets stuck and I have to close out the app and restart. When that happens, I lose whatever points or tickets I’m due. This is beyond annoying. I’ve also completed every possible free/available crossword puzzle including the mini puzzles and all packs. I have to wait until new packs come out and the new puzzles each day. It would be great if packs come out more often than what appears to be once per month. Generally about all I can do are the two daily puzzles. I enjoy the crossword puzzles but just two is disappointing. The ads are annoying and stupid and the ones that don’t accept my pushing tge X to exit drive ne crazy. I’m looking forward to hitting 365 days because then I’ll stop using the app so I can have a bunch of puzzles to do.
Fine game, puzzles are so-so on a challenge level, entirely too many “mini games” mixed into challenges for me and not a great interface. The Home Screen is quite cluttered and there are some odd choices with button placement and behavior versus typical patterns you see in other apps and games. All that was fine and I tolerated it until a recent chnage: My big problem is recently they started placing non-closable banner ads that cover the entire bottom row of my keyboard. Literally can’t play without clicking the ad or closing the app and reopening it because the keyboard is covered and it’s super annoying. Even that doesn’t always get rid of the ad so I can start typing again. I also agree with another person’s review that hints are too expensive given the rate at which you can earn coins to buy hints. Gonna go look for another crossword app.
I’ve been playing daily well over a year now and I play for free. I play for free and because of that do I really have the right to complain? Probably not but I’m going to anyway. I came to see what the last update included but all it had list was your normal debugging. There wasn’t anything about no longer revue if a gift when you complete the first or three daily puzzles which was a goal. There wasn’t anything there about no longer having goals 2 and 3, all the daily goals just vanished without saying a thing. It would of been nice if you gave players a heads up about the changes imho they were kids big. Not sure if I’ll keep playing no skin off your nose though since I only play for free except the part where I watch the very long ads your required to play.
I’ve been playing this app for several years. Love it because it can be a quick little puzzle to pass some time while waiting. I love to challenge myself on the time it takes me to complete a puzzle and try to shave a second off the last personal recored. HOWEVER, about 6 or so months ago it just stopped working. Like one day it was fine and then it just came up with a black screen. I tried closing it and waiting a bit before opening again. I deleted it from my phone and downloaded it again. I accidentally deleted from my home screen and didn’t know how to get it back so just left it. Just reset it on my home screen and still nada. Highly disappointed as this was really helpful to me during a difficult time in my life.
I love playing this game but the ads, especially the one featuring the King character, (as you can see, I always look away because it is so long and annoying) is impossible to close on my iPad unless I actually shut my iPad down. Please correct this. I don’t even look at any other ads due to this very annoying glitch. You should be able to let an ad play, then click it off and continue playing without shutting down your computer. If the intent of the game developer is to entice you to download their game, I’ll never download a game that causes me to shut down my computer in order to be able to return to my original game. If you’re allowing a developer to place ads like this on your game, I will then be forced to stop playing your game, even though I really enjoy it. That’s the only reason I gave this game 1 star, otherwise I would be rating it 5 stars.
I used this app every night as my chill out from a long day of workin at a prison. I absolutely love it. Some words are challenging. Some are easy. It’s a good balance. Also some people on here complain about coins. But compared to other apps, you get more for your efforts. But I had a Situation where I accidentally made a purchase. Therein is where this app gets 2*. I had used the help button options a few times. It sends you to your email app to send an email. Then you’ll get an automatic response saying someone will get back you (typically within 24 hours) and within less than 2 hours I got a personal response with the next steps to help my situation. Well this time I didn’t get that second response. It has been 3 days and I don’t dare play the app. I was able to resolve the situation, but not through this app, through Apple iTunes or something like that.
90% of this game is just annoying ads and pop ups. The game basically forces you to watch a fifteen second ad after any action. The pop ups are ultra annoying because they’ll pop up whenever you just tap on a row to edit it. Sometimes three pop ups will appear back to back. The gameplay itself is also pretty limited. You get one daily crossword and one mini one. If you want any more puzzles you either have to watch ads or spend coins, which are unnecessarily difficult to get. The clues are also super repetitive, to the point that I have many of them memorized. Basically you’re having to sit through absurd amounts of ads for very little actual gameplay. And the gameplay itself is repetitive to the point of it being boring. Don’t waste your time on this.
I totally understand their need for ads, as nearly every app has them, but I get s long ad at the start and finish of every single puzzle. Also, considering you only receive one coin for completing a puzzle you end up having to watch many more ads if you want or need boosters complete a game. if you can’t seem to figure out which answer you got incorrect, you’re stuck watching more ads or buying coins to reveal which letters are incorrect. To my knowledge there’s not a way to pay to remove at least the ads at the beginning and end of each puzzle, which I would happily pay to do so as I love this game. Anyway, this is just basically a long way of saying there’s too many ads. It’s a great game and I love it otherwise.
Crossword fans look elsewhere. Repetitive clues game after game, every game has Mika Kunis, Ale, Ooh, Aah, IPA, Game of Thrones clues, sci-fi clues, people and abbreviations you’ve never heard of. Tons and tons of clues are abbreviations or stupid phrases like “I see” or “is at” or “at no”. Sometimes half the puzzle is like this. Not true crossword puzzles. Very badly done. The bugs are almost all associated with ads. You have to watch a 30 second ad before AND after each puzzle! They get stuck, volume blares even if you have volume off, and they are for very weird apps where pleasant games have been paired with drowning bears or women about to be attacked by viscious dogs - it’s like a single teenager obsessed with his Mika Kunis/Sci-fi world had to come up with 300 tiny crossword puzzles and he gave up trying to think up new clues, or exhausted his vocab. and started looking things up. Really bad. Don’t waste your time.
It’s a good, fun game to play and I really enjoy the theme days and stuff but the reason I only gave 2 stars is because the game doesn’t give out nearly enough stars for winning or watching videos. You only get 5 stars per video that you watch and everything in the game is between 10-20 stars, so at minimum you have to watch 2 videos just to get a small hint or 4 videos to get a bigger hint. So to me that makes it not worth playing because you spend more time watching ads than you do actually playing the crosswords. And for me it’s all usually over only a few letters if not just one that I got wrong/couldn’t guess. I enjoy the challenge and being able to learn things that I hadn’t known before but I can’t do that unless I buy more stars which isn’t in the budget for me right now unfortunately.
I used to avoid crosswords and similar games because I always felt like I didn’t have the vocab knowledge to make it any fun - this game has totally brought me around to truly enjoying this game. There are mini puzzles which are small and quick which definitely boost your confidence if you’re intimidated by the big puzzles. For the medium-larger puzzles I have had to do some google searches and such, but it’s fun to learn new things and also to work on beating my time so I can get a 2-3 star rating. Yes, there are ads and I don’t mind watching them (which can give you coins to use towards helpful features) and I’ve even found a couple other games to enjoy due to them - HOWEVER if I have turned off the volume feature and even have my phone on vibrate that means I shouldn’t have to worry about ads! So far, all the ads are “mute-able” except for one, but this still annoys the crap out of me. TL/DR: Game has different sized puzzles for all levels and is a lot of fun. Only complaint is noisy ads (even with volume off feature).
I have been playing with DTC for awhile now and you know what? I thought I was smart to finish every level. But did you know that most of the answers on all the level so far that I’ve played are practically I mean literally all the same answers but with different questions. I don’ even have to finish looking at the questions I already know the answer. Even with the mini crossword have almost the same question as the main crosswords. All the theme days are practically the same answer but on a different days. Sample: Movie Mondays and next week Movie Thursday have almost the same answer but different questions. However I still play with it for memorization and to fall asleep at night. I think DTC’s data base have only 200 main answers but with 1000 different questions. 😜
I loved this app, even bought the yearly subscription. Then when it renewed, it stopped giving me access to the Mini Puzzles Archive...which is one of the main reasons that I subscribe! So I decided to resubscribe, thinking something went wrong. Nope, I still have a subscription, the app tells me! So I ask for help, got an email saying I’d get a personal response, NEVER DID. So I tried again. STILL NO RESPONSE! This is my third time trying. WASTE OF $50!!! UPDATE: After posting this review and reaching out again, I did get a response and my subscription is now up to date and working. I do love this app, but the customer service part was frustrating. I appreciate their quick response in the last time through, though.
This game cheats by changing letters you typed in correctly so that you’ll spend coins to see which ones are incorrect. Several times I have noticed that despite being absolutely sure I put in correct letters by checking both as I type and after I type, that by the end of the puzzle it will say “one or more letters is wrong” with the option to pay 20 coins to see which. Each time, when I go back and recheck all the clues for spelling I notice a word with a letter changed that I know I had spelled right. For example ice gets changed to icw to make unsuspecting folks think they hit the letter next to the correct one while typing. After it happening so often, I discovered it wasn’t me.... this game makes its own rules.
Don’t try to listen to music or a game on your phone in the background while using this app. The advertisements are all videos with sound so it constantly pauses whst ever you have playing in the background. Mute button doesn't do anything for adds. Sometime even when muted the sound for ads still play. Muting the game makes no difference either. How long will it be before some smart lawyer out there decides to sue all of these app developers who use video adds in their games. Vides use lots of data and for people who do not have unlimited data plan these app developers are forcing additional datata to be used. A smart attorney would file a class action lawsuit to stop video adds completely.
There is far too much going on. Tournaments, dailies, rewards, packs, quests, goals, calendars, etc… and tons of pop ups for each of them. Like at least me personally, idc, I just want to do crosswords, not turn it into some crazy competition. My other gripe is the greed. No one time payment here for turning ads off. It’s a … (drum roll please) SUBSCRIPTION!!! In case you can’t tell, I don’t like those. Especially for a mobile game. Mobile devs are crazy if they think I’m gonna pay another expensive subscription in this economy, especially just to remove ads and gain … bonuses? Again, who cares, I’m playing to do crosswords, not compete. So anyways, aside from that, the crosswords themselves are fun, and the ads are relatively non-intrusive. Not awful.
I never really cared for crossword puzzles because I wasn’t good at them due to the various topics I wasn’t interested in or had no clue about. However, this game is much different. There are hundreds of puzzles with lots of different themes that I guarantee you can answer. If not, just filling squares with other known answers will help you to complete the others that you miss. Before you know it, you’ve solved the entire puzzle. So fun. I make sure to log in everyday & play as well as watch ads to earn lots of free coins to purchase perks to assist with puzzle solving. I like to challenge myself to complete a puzzle before a certain time to get my coins as well! I love this game!
I really enjoy the daily puzzles, but I used to be able to earn additional coins by watching videos, sometimes up to 10 videos per day were available, earning me an additional 50 coins, but they have since discontinued this practice, and now I can only watch 1 video per day for only 5 coins. When each puzzle could potentially cost you 20+ coins, if you want to see the wrong letters or buy a word, you use up those coins very quickly. I know they did this to make you purchase additional coins, but I feel they should have kept the option to view several videos to earn free coins rather than make you buy them. Chances are when I run out of coins I’ll stop playing the game and will look for another crossword puzzle app.
I really enjoy doing the puzzles, but get really frustrated when I finish a puzzle and random amounts of my coins have been used without me even knowing it was happening or why. I never play a puzzle when it says I have to use coins to play - in other words I only play when it claims the puzzle is “free” or “free with viewing an ad video”, but I’ll get done with the puzzle and sometimes upward of 30 coins will have been used without my knowledge - and this is without using any of the “help” items at the bottom of the puzzle which use coins. I wouldn’t care as much if I only ever used coins I earned just by playing puzzles, but sometimes I buy the coins so it is really irritating. It would be nice if something would pop up warning you that something you’re about to do is going to cost you and list the cost.
Great exercise for the mind, and free. I thank you very much. I can’t get away from it, and now I have time; it’s addictive and keeps my mind sharp. However, I assume that these are glitches. I had already gained a few points which I have been losing very easily. Whenever I get the window o flap announcing “wrong answers”. I began to watch carefully, and on my last one I finished a few minutes back, (Sports Tuesdays) clue 59a and 45d clash. Partly with those letters are awarded and go wherever they want and apparently cannot be changed unless you turn points in. Is that supposed to happen or is it part of your strategy? But none the less, it’s a great game! Thank you.
I enjoy the daily puzzles and the different subjects on each day. It’s fun while you’re in a waiting room, bored, have extra free time, etc. But, be prepared - no matter how many times you update the app, it’s loaded with bugs. You’ll finish a puzzle but at some point, it shows you didn’t. The countdown of days you’re playing in a row seems to reset itself. Normally, I wouldn’t care but you’re supposed to get free coins for playing so many days in a row. After two years of playing, I can never seem to get to the 180 consecutive days for the 100 coin bonus. Maybe it’s because the puzzles aren’t counted as completed, even when you do finish them. It’s a decent app but if you’re a perfectionist or you like keeping score, find a different app.
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