Woody Block Puzzle Brain Game Reviews

by Dubcaldonia

Your ads are intrusive and should be illegal. I can’t listen to music or podcasts and play woody because every time an ad pops onto the screen (which is A LOT), your ads take control of my audio. The sound control on all of the ads work 20% of the time. When I try to turn off their sound, the ad opens WoodyBlockPuzzleBrainGame Store. They interrupt my music or podcast and I have to exit the game, turn my music back on and go back to the game only to find… you guessed it, another. ad. Fix your broken UX and stop trying to bully people into overpaying for a simple puzzle game. $40 per year to play without ads!? Are you serious?!? Let’s try $2.99 forever. Actually, anyone who’s had to endure your highly intrusive, authoritative, dictatorial advertising system should never have to pay a dime. You should pay us for putting up with your garbage. Do better.
Edit: your copypasta response is just as predictable as your apathy. Your company, Athena is doing nothing to address the concerns of millions of dissatisfied customers. Great business model.

by StarZoneX

Yes, as others have noted, the ads can be excessive. Their goal at times appears to be to show you more adds than time spent playing. I rarely go for conspiracy-type thinking but when you combine the number/length of ads (which show up when you lose) with the non-random nature at which the pieces appear, then maybe there’s something there. The thing is I know something about probability and the probability that two or more of the three pieces you draw should be the exact same is pretty low. Yes, it should happen from time to time but it shouldn’t happen almost half the time. Off the top of my head, there are at least 19 pieces, which is about a 5% chance I get a specific piece. The probability of two pieces the same is then roughly 2.5%. Why, then, do I go through stretches where every other draw has duplicate pieces? Why do I frequently get draws where the pieces are all the same shape (big L-shaped)? Of course, I’m not mentioning the times I get three pieces all the same. Which, yes, should happen on rare occasions, but not every 20-30 draws. The randomizer is not right, and that is one thing I do not tolerate in games. It leaves me with the impression it’s designed to encourage losing so they can show the ads (or get you to pay for a subscription).

by Nonicknamejeez

This game looked so fun. I downloaded the game yesterday and immediately started playing. I played for about an hour and the ads were typical. After playing a few games I would see an ad. Closed the game thinking ‘alright cool this game seems pretty great’. I had a decently high score and I was excited to play again. Went to play it again and was immediately bombarded with ads after every single game. These were long ads I couldn’t click out of for at least 30 seconds. I get that it’s a free game and uses ads for revenue or whatever but seriously? Pulled into a false sense of typical ad interruption only to be badgered about it the after opening the game for the second time. And I’m pretty sure the game is rigged after the first experience to make it harder to beat your high score after the first time playing it. No matter what I do I can only score about half of what my high score was. This could just be me but with this type of game you would think it wouldn’t be that difficult to beat your score. I don’t need to be blasted with ads to get the point across. I hate when games do that.

by Bobbineye

When I watched the ad for this game it was in landscape mode. Then I download it just to find out it’s in portrait view only. If you can show it in landscape mode to get people to download it, why can’t it be played in landscape mode as well? I will delete it until I am able to play it in landscape mode because I have to keep my Ipad Pro plugged in at all times. Its too big to hold and the plug is in the way for portrait mode.

UPDATE
I decided i would play the portrait mode in landscape and it was fine. But the ads are very annoying, so I thought maybe I would just buy the game to get rid of all ads. Are you kidding me?? The price of this stupid little generic puzzle game would end up costing me a small fortune. No way would I pay a monthly fee to play a minute game such as this. I won’t even pay that to play any of my PS4 or XBOX ONE games, and they are much bigger games then this. I hope no one is dumb enough to throw their hard earned money away on this. I will not, i will put up with the ads until i get sick of it, then i will delete it.

by SimplyMe123!

I loved this game when I first started and found it very therapeutic. But after just a few rounds it started giving unusable/really big pieces almost from the beginning. Each round doesn’t build on itself it builds on the previous rounds. I understand this is what other games do with different levels. But this game doesn’t show you levels so you actually know it will keep getting more impossible and you don’t have the sense of accomplishment that you’re on level “x”. It just messes with you. I love strategy, thinking ahead, etc. And I like competing with the “game”. But it’s not competing when the game clearly decides what “pieces”you have to work with only after you strategize and make a move. Some people may like this. But I personally enjoy a game of strategy when it seems like a fair game...choosing my options AFTER I move is not a game, it’s just a waste of time. And certainly not at all therapeutic any more.

Yes, it’s just a “game”...but not the kind that’s fun to play so I’m deleting.

by SirenKnight

Love the game itself, (have to break your old Tetris habits) and I love that I am only working against myself with no time limits or increasing difficulties in order to force sales by purchasing needed helps- However. I am sick sick sick of overpriced subscriptions for things that just aren’t worth it. If I could have been able to locate that info without having to watch three ads I might have subscribed for one month because that’s how long it will take before I’m bored with it. Had there been an immediate option to purchase WoodyBlockPuzzleBrainGame for under $4 I would have bought it.
So instead I deleted it.. I wanted it to de-stress and lemme tell you, forcing me to watch 30sec ads for crap I already have or already know I don’t want that you can’t find the little x and bump the link that takes you out of your game does nothing but tick me off. Stressful. Thanks but no thanks.
Unfortunate, because it was mildly entertaining and therefor your loss. I hope the hard sell vs the free to play advertising works for you, it didn’t for me.

by Petite_gamer

Have had a great time using this game from time to time, and was happy to put up with the ads - but recently the game has really upped the number and length of ads - I can’t even launch WoodyBlockPuzzleBrainGame and start a first game without slogging through an endless, escape-free couple of ads. As a matter of fact, the latest ad blitz appears to only offer the option of installing another game app in order to get to the original game. I finally quit the game because I couldn’t escape out of the ad cycle. So - it is no longer fun. Sure I can pay them money to remove ads, that is the business model. But as part of that model, you would want to at least offer one game round without such a big (and inescapable) ad blitz. I have decided to delete the game, this more aggressive approach just kind of turned me off.

by Krisncrash

I left the below review and the developers told me to force close WoodyBlockPuzzleBrainGame or restart my device. That is exactly the problem with the all. I don’t want to have to restart an app multiple times during a game or have to restart my phone because WoodyBlockPuzzleBrainGame causes all other apps to crash. That’s not a good thing. Screen grabs won’t reveal anything because how do I screen grab my other apps crashing? After this review, I deleted WoodyBlockPuzzleBrainGame and haven’t reinstalled because with the ads and bugs it was too painful. Unfortunately. Because I looovee the game.

Love this game. It is SO BUGGY. It freezes while I try to put pieces into place. Sometimes for a second sometimes so long I have to close the game. It makes my other apps nonfunctional, requires me to restart my phone... The ads are too long and frequent on newer OS. On my husband's old iPhone 5, we never were bombarded with ads or bugs. I play, then delete the game because it is not ios friendly with my version of ios at least!

by Yokinishi2100

So in the game Woody puzzle I believe that it is an awesome game to play but it is just getting old after a while because it's just a wood blocks I understand that it is called Woody puzzle though but really add some color to it I understand that it's gonna be hard making most of those changes but I think it would be an awesome way to brighten up the game a bit so once again I think that believing in you guys would be an awesome way to change it because you guys might be more motivated that way so making those changes would be awesome and definitely like you can still keep the way the theme looks but please just change it up to make the color is a bit more brighter and also the music is a little out of control for me at the end when it goes like a weird country music theme so yeah that's all I really have to say so please try to make those improvements because I'm trying to mean this in the nicest way possible so thank you for reading my review hope you guys had an awesome day!🙂

by AndreaCMartin

Hi, I love this game. It seriously helps me relax to go to bed. BUT, the ads are SO LOUD. I can’t put my phone on silent because I have to have alarms for the morning and my infant sleeps in our room. I find myself having to play a game and the quickly turn my phone on silent for the ad and then turn it back to normal after the ad. I have the sounds turned off on the game itself but it doesn’t mute the ads. Doesn’t really help with the whole “relaxation” part. So I’m nervous that I will fall asleep during a game and then my alarms won’t go off. I totally understand it’s a free app driven by ads, but players should have the option to have the ads muted. They can still get their point across without being so loud. Yea there is an option to silence the ad but it’s not fast enough, you get screamed at before you can hit the button. So I find myself not playing this so much and choosing candy crush. Having to buy everything in that app is annoying but you can still play without buying and you can disable the sound and that’s it. Meh.

by Bogustorequirenamereally

This has been a fun game for last week or so. A couple days ago, I noticed scoring is no longer 10 points for each block as stated in game Q&A. It’s only scoring 1 (one) point per block now. No big deal—it is just a game, but thought it was weird...thought maybe it was just me imagining I had been seeing 10points per block, lol, so looked up Q&A. Also I tried to give feedback on the scoring through that “have a question” option but it’s an automated “let’s-play-20-questions-first-before-you-can-select-the ‘nope none of the above,’” But...to SEND the question, you have to provide your email address without any info avail on what is done w the email address(privacy & retention policy). Anyway, overall a very fun game! Gave 4 stars because ads are rather long considering the frequency & that several of the ads don’t actually load a way to “x” out, even after waiting—the ads only load an “—>” which then boots you over to the advertised app in WoodyBlockPuzzleBrainGame Store. I understand that “free” is not free and the ads won’t prevent me from playing this game. Just thought I should provide feedback for the developers. Did I say it’s a FUN game? Thanks for providing free option to play :D

by Marie. W

I have been playing this game for over a year if not more...Love it! My grandkids love it and they are only 4 & 3 yrs old, they are always asking for my phone to play the “brown game” as they call it 😆they like moving the pieces onto the board and seeing them disappear. s played with them. For me, it's just so relaxing. I play it when I'm waiting in line, or at the doctor’s office and when I can't sleep. But lately, it hasn't been so enjoyable due to so so many ads...very frustrating to the point that it's not relaxing anymore and I just deleted it 😢I don't watch the ads I put my phone down and wait until they're over...I will miss this game and I understand why you have ads but this is over the top...to me 😏 so if you're reading my review to decide if you should download this game I would say yes, but know there are lots of ads to sit through.

by Farmanatic

Overall, I’m addicted to this wood puzzle. It!s a lot like another wood puzzle that although I was also addicted to it, I quit playing after it didn’t heed my warning about the political ads - Specifically Biden - Harris ads. The other wood puzzle did at least have a couple of Trump ads before it incorrectly assumed that I preferred the other. They didn’t listen and made excuses when I complained, so now I am playing this game. Since kids probably play these games more than adults, showing any political ads is a gross manipulation of their innocence & naivety . POLITICAL ADS HAVE NO PLACE IN THESE GAMES. I don’t care that they’re only 4 seconds. That’s 4 seconds too many. I play these games to de-stress from the aggravations Biden & his radical liberal party are causing our nation. EITHER STOP WITH ALL POLITICAL ADS OR I’M DONE WITH THIS GAME ALSO!!

by Stabbysabi

I love this game. It is relaxing and super fun. Not buggy or laggy. Just fantastic to wind down or pass time waiting in a waiting room etc.

I subtracted a star because like most people the ads are super overwhelming to me. I would rather have an option to buy WoodyBlockPuzzleBrainGame . Just having ads in general is one thing. I have had WoodyBlockPuzzleBrainGame for about 3 months and before I updated WoodyBlockPuzzleBrainGame it was an annoyance to see the ads after losing a game. Usually a 30 second battery sucking video it forces you to watch without option to skip. Ok.
Then once I updated WoodyBlockPuzzleBrainGame this week... i now get ads before and after games. Some are better stoppable ads but a lot of them blast sound even when your phone is on mute and sound turned all the way down. And if they’re both non-skippable... that’s 1 minute of your life wasted on garbage any time you want to play a game. Not really worth it anymore.
The game itself is great. But don’t use it if you don’t want to basically get bombarded with sound for annoying ads every time you start and end a game.

by Kkthefab103107

I love this game!!! I play everyday. When I’m stressed or annoyed like right now cause my sister has her google up so loud I can’t hear the TV, I play this game. Trust me this is the most relaxing app I’ve ever had!!!! My high score is 1072 right now! I want everyone to have it. But I want u to add like colors and different size and shapes make each shape a different color. Also change the pics of the dogs and cats. Maybe do like other pics. Also for other people a time limit like for example. Time limit and than that time limit could be 3 mins and than there’s a Original button that has no time limit. I’m not hating on this game. In my opinion this game is awesome!!!!!! But pls take notice on what I suggest. Thank you for ur time and it would be the world to me for that to happen! ~Cailee❤️

by OrageMortel

This simple game helped me focus while trying to fall asleep and the levels are usually quick enough for me to play one or two games while waiting at dr appointments etc. I have ADD, and games that are too flashy and have several layers tend to overwhelm me. The game usually played one quick ad after each level which was frustrating when I made a particularly bad move, but when I saw they had a lifetime ad-free offer for around $2, I jumped on it. I play this game almost every day and without ads it’s SO much better. They also have a free skin that’s available around most holidays that you can opt to use.

The only con is that unless you opt to use the holiday skin, you cannot change the board appearance. I wouldn’t mind buying simple skins, especially since I’m ad free.

by Juliete2324

Great way to have fun without killing too much time. Super awesome way to challenge yourself, very addictive.

Point to note; Always almost immediately after beating my high score I’ll die. This stinks, because the game will generate not one but three giant pieces in order to force you to lose. It really stinks considering the fact that this shouldn’t happen, I should be able to play after beating my high score, but the game doesn’t just get harder, it almost immediately forces you to lose. This has happened a few times now, it’s a huge bummer... 🧐🙁

The Ads are ok, they don’t interrupt gameplay and I have yet to see any pornographic imagery so everything is good, thumbs up on my end
😁 👍

Having a competitive mode would be cool, but I feel like it takes away from the whole aspect of the game. I’ve played and deleted several high paced, action games, and this feels different, and it makes me want to keep it around. I feel as if the game was changed, it would morph into another imitation Candy Crush, Lord knows there’s too many of those.

All in all it’s a great game. It’s practical, functions well, and has a slightly competitive aspect without being too overwhelming. I tolerate the ads, for the beauty of the game and will probably keep WoodyBlockPuzzleBrainGame longer than I have any other app I’ve downloaded.

by Mountain Jump Was Bad

I love Woody puzzle! It’s simple, easy, awesome. I highly recommend downloading this game, it is a fun time killer, and very entertaining! Which is saying something. I’ve downloaded many puzzle games a bit like this one, but none of them will ever top woody puzzle. It reminds me of Tetris just better because you can go at your own pace, play your own music, and it doesn’t make me want to rage quit when I know I’m about to fail.
Woody puzzle is an amazing app, and it doesn’t really have adds! I think this might be one of the best most fun games I’ve ever gotten.

UPDATE: I still LOVE LOVE THIS GAME! However, could there be a mode in the game settings where you can select the option to undo a block that you misplaced? I’m sorry, it’s always my error, there’s NOTHING wrong with the game at ALL, I just always misplace blocks and then I fail. 😂😂sorry i just think it would be cool!

by IDon'tNormallyReviewApps

This game is way more addicting than it seems like it should be. It’s like Tetris, but without all of the things I hate about Tetris. It’s not timed or anything, so you can play at your own pace, and you can put the blocks anywhere they fit on the board, not just on top of previously placed blocks. It’s a great game because it doesn’t require much concentration, so you can have somewhat absentminded conversations while playing it. I mostly play it while listening to podcasts, because it helps to have something to occupy that part of my mind that just gets bored listening to things and doing nothing else.
Also there’s no competition or anything. The only score you’re trying to beat is your own. So you set the bar as high as you’re able to, and then work to beat that personal record.
I would definitely recommend this game for anyone looking for a casual challenge.

by Knowerzeke

I play this a lot but purely for my relaxation, not in competition with others. I don’t need it to be more complicated. My only complaint is I’m being interrupted between almost every game with offers to download other games. I understand you make money by “in app sales “ but does it really have to be that often? And the one that just started a few days ago shows a scantily clad couple with the female saying something about whether she should forgive him or make him do something ... I don’t know what it devolves into because it looks like it’s going to become pornographic - NOT interested so I completely delete the game for several days. Please clean it up and leave the porn for porn sites