Dingbats Reviews

Dingbats totally copied this app, yet it’s still way worse. It just tried to be this app, but it failed. Miserably. If anyone wants a real game like this but better, download this app. I have both apps and there are many. MANY. differences on quality, actual puzzles, and ads. The only thing I might like about this game is that there are not ads every two puzzles like this app.

Like other players I agree the puzzles are challenging and some tend to be more British in nature. What I don’t like is that you have no way of knowing if a word in the puzzle is correct until the puzzle is complete. Random letter clues don’t do enough to help me work through multi-word puzzle phrases. If this were to change I’d enjoy Dingbats more. I’m almost ready to delete Dingbats . To be challenged is good, being frustrated leads to unhappiness.

Got a new phone and cannot transfer the game over. S have to start from level one again. That is frustrating, cause most games I was able to log in and continue where I was at.

Pop up ads were hard to click it of. Forcing me to purchase/download another game.

My biggest complaint is you can’t solve part of the puzzle. You can know what some of the words are, but even if they’re in the right place, it’s not counted when you ask for a hint. So you can ask for either one or four random letters, only to have it reveal letters you already had in the right place. There is “reveal a specific letter”, but it’s double asking for one random, and half of getting 4, so…

I don’t know if Dingbats was just developed in a different country, but — even as an educated person — I’ve never heard of half of the sayings/phrases. Like “All cats are gray at night” or “Too clever by half”. Some are common adages, just using different words (eg “One brick short of a full load”), but there are too many different possibilities. Some, after I solve it, I can see what they were going for, but when it’s a completely foreign expression, the depiction has to be spot on to have a chance. I often end of solving it and still thinking, “What?? Did they make that up?”

The basic game is fun, but it needs some fine tuning

This a great game, but it is lacking somewhat in that there is no sound. Sound makes the game much more pleasurable and some sort of sound when you win keeps your interest and encourages you to keep playing.
I would bump up my rating to 4 or 5 with the right sounds included.

Dingbats contains a LOT of thinking. It gets harder and gives ME a headache, so you can try it but.. I’m not a big fan, that’s in my opinion at least. Try it out and see what you think, But you’ll need a lot of brain power.
Thanks. -someone

Some of the puzzles are challenging, but fun. Others are way too hard. Also, I would like to be able to buy hints, but I don’t know how much I have to spend.

Lots of the answers are not American but British. I’ve learned a few things but I had to cheat to get the answers.

This awesome game gets the mind thinking and gives some good laughs too

Once you’ve solved a puzzle, you can swipe left to the next one, but you can also swipe if you haven’t solved it. It’s very easy to accidentally swipe while you’re typing in the answer. On a puzzle with a long answer to type, you’re pretty much guaranteed to accidentally swipe. And when you come back to the puzzle you were in the middle of solving, everything you already typed is gone.

I’ve only done maybe 12 puzzles, and swiped left accidentally so many times, it got frustrating very quickly.

I really like this game but the ads never play so that I can get more coins for hints. Some puzzles stump me and hints would be nice...

These puzzles are addictive! Some are VERY difficult and some are a little skewed from how we Americans would SAY them, and I find them fun (mostly) and challenging.

This game forced me to tap into my creative side and look and think from different angles to solve the puzzles. My friend and I downloaded it at the same time and had a blast seeing who could figure the harder ones out first. It took us about 2 or 3 weeks to solve all of them.
And that was the one big downside - there are a limited number of puzzles, especially when you enjoy doing a few at a time, and once you have worked through them there are no updates, additional levels or other sets of clues to download and continue with. Still waiting (and hoping) for an update but there haven’t been any so far.

Great way to pass some time and keep the mind sharp.

Makes my brain work but love doing them

This is great you have to think obliquely which is great. Almost all the puzzles are quite satisfying when solved

It's like the gym, only for your brain, but better.

This is a great game, and one that makes you think outside the box. It is challenging and clever, while also fun.

Much fun and really gets the gray matter stirring!

The puzzles are very tricky and I really enjoy them, but I wish they updated them more often. I’ve reached a point where I have everything solved, and it can take weeks to months to get something new.

This game is both challenging and captivating, I have been looking for a game like this for awhile and glad I found it!

I love it! Please add more, I’ve finished everything! Going through ‘Dingbat’ withdrawals.

I absolutely love this game. I play it all the time with my family and it has been so fun. We bought the physical game and play it with groups of people. I love this game.

Love this game! I’ve been doing these kinds of visual play-on-word puzzles for decades, and yet I still find these puzzles to be fresh, original, creative, and fun. I’ve never seen most of these before (that’s saying something), but they’re right on target. It’s also nice to pick the game up for a minute and be able to put it down without losing any progress. And I love its relaxed, untimed play (a pleasant escape on a stressful day). Dingbats runs seamlessly and glitch-free on both my iPad mini 4 and my iPhone 8. Thanks for a terrific puzzler that forces me to think outside the box!