Word Wiz Reviews

Over 2 months ago I began having issues with Word Wiz. I figured that others would complain and it would be fixed, but after a month I finally sent a message to Support detailing the problems. They responded saying that they were aware of the problem and would look into it. Another month has passed and it still hasn’t been fixed. The screen goes black always after a commercial and it takes several hours to get back in and inevitably after just a few games the same thing happens. I’ve watched countless commercials that didn’t result in a game. I’m not sure why this can’t be fixed but I thought Mobilityware was better than this. It’s a great game but when an issue goes on as long as this it just becomes annoying.

The game is absolutely addicting, but there are more ads than game time. It’s not bad when you get free hints to watch an ad, but I just put down the game until the ad is over. But, you have an ad when you open, an ad when you complete a puzzle, an ad after a word definition, an ad between levels, and an ad when you get to a new level. It is really annoying. I got so tired of the ads I just stop playing and go to a different game. Now that I am deeper into the levels the ads are lasting longer and longer. Some of the ads won’t even let you close out of them. They send you to WordWiz Store and then you have to completely close out and go back to WordWiz to start again, but when you do you have to watch another ad. Yuk!

I’m not one to write reviews. I understand that the company receives revenue from ads and patiently wade through the multiple screens between games. However, over the last few weeks, there are pop up ads DURING play that must be X’d out of. These ads go away only to return (same exact ad with play options) mere seconds later. At Christmas, it was a beverage snowman game and now it’s some car maker game. If I wanted to play those games, I’d go find them! But, not on the middle of a descramble letter game where I’m viewing the letters trying to come up with new words. The pop up ad games block the letters and ruin my concentration. Instead of highlighting the advertiser, I’m frustrated and hoping someone in the developer team gets a clue that if people stop playing and delete their game, there will be less revenue generated. Please stop during game play pop up ads…I don’t want to have to continually X out of them to return to the letter list.

I've been playing this game for years, but had to delete WordWiz when I was having problems with it working after upgrading. I was at a high expert level at that time. Good grief! I now have to start over with a first grader level of "ART, CAT, CAR"??? So I started over again (how terribly boring can you get?), gained a "gift" which I didn't need, but couldn't go on until I claimed it. Didn't want to use it, but it wouldn't let me continue. Come on! Make a game for us educated folk that want to start at a PhD level! Give us a choice. I wish I could go back to where I was before. Very frustrated and disgusted.

Less ads would make it better. Especially since there is a fixed ad at the bottom of each game. Or offer a paid version.

I complete each game pretty quickly. The ads are so frequent and often long (not sure why some can be closed quicker than others) that I spend more time waiting for ads. I love the mobilityware products but this one has way too many ads. Maybe every other game would be better or a paid version, of course.

I will be looking for another word game where I don’t have to be tortured by ads.

I really enjoy this game, I’ve played past the 5,000 mark and also enjoy the daily challenge puzzle. The reason I submitted only three stars is that in the past several months the advertising has become aggressive in its persistence. What I mean is that certain advertisers make it difficult to tap the “x” without forwarding you to their info site. It’s become so bad that I will totally exit word wiz and restart my game when I see that particular ad. The next issue is that in the past week or so I’m getting a pop up ad on the top of the screen, and even when I close it, it reappears every few minutes. Frustrating since you can’t continue playing until you x that ad!! This last issue may be the one that has me deleting word wiz :(

I love word games a lot and really enjoy this game. I do not, however, enjoy seeing ads nearly after every level before getting to the next level. You can, of course, purchase the ad free option which would only last 7 - 14 days, but that’s pretty pricey (over $30 for a month). It’s gotten to the point where I actually dread playing it. Would the developers ever consider giving an option to go ad free for longer? Please?

Thank you for your response. It’s not that it’s difficult to close the ads out. It’s extremely irritating having to do so between every single game unless I want to pay over $30 a month.

There are a large number of words that this game refuses to note as actual words because they are not in common use. As a scientist I utilize a wide range of terms that would fit within the parameters of this game but the game refuses to even acknowledge that it is a word much less one that fits the parameters of the squares. I am also becoming a bit annoyed with having to listen to an add every time I start the game much less every time I get a new puzzle, and it is becoming very irritating that they hide the X button on the ad screen inside of a similarly colored box or behind a word or picture in the ad forcing you to look for it rather than playing the game.

I love playing this game. It’s challenging but not impossible to solve. Some obvious real English words (that aren’t proper nouns) aren’t recognized and won’t get added as bonus words, but whatever - just move on. There is one annoying bug every time I reach ten punches on the crown card. This little “fire” animation will appear in the middle of the screen but nothing else happens and there’s no way past it. You have to completely close the game and relaunch it to move on. I have a screen shot of it but can’t upload it to this review. For this I gave it -1 star.

I play a lot of these word games. The ones I go back to again and again are 1-3 below. 4 is a decided plus.
1. Calm soothing music preferably has the option of playing something to your liking. 😭This needs to be added!!! I turn off the sound on my device cause I cannot stand the sound effects provided.
2. Daily goals which this already has.
3. Levels which show accomplishment which all Mobilityware games have.
4. This version has something I have not seen in many other games—it helps you to learn new words. Already I have learned a new word!

Played the challenge level from the beginning and at times it is quite challenging. But when certain letter combos show up, it is easy to fill in some of the words because they are consistently repeated. There are other times that many words are created but don’t fit the blocks, so points are added but don’t seem to do anything. Viewing ads for clues is part of the game and not a problem, but the new “feature” of throwing up an ad just as a game is won is overly obtrusive. The latest update (either from the game or Apple) requires two tries to start a game — it opens and almost immediately closes, which requires another tap to open it again.

I played this game for the first time yesterday. I like to do crossword puzzles. This game is like solving a section of a crossword puzzle, except it requires a different way of visualizing the words. The first level is pretty easy, but it gets much harder as you increase the level of difficulty. It is a fun and relaxing way to stimulate your mind and learn new vocabulary. I especially like the feature that rearranges the letters, which is quite helpful in jogging the brain to think of new word possibilities. Clever new game!

I have been playing your game for months and I really enjoy it. I had accumulated 200 words and it felt great. Earlier this week the game crashed after playing every ad. If I wanted to continue I had to restart my iPad. This is quite annoying. I reinstalled the game, lost all of the words I had accumulated but that did not work. I closed all other windows and that did not work. Today I noticed that the ads are different. They are smaller and are up in the left corner. Is this part of the problem?
Please look into this and see if you can fix the problem. I really want to continue to play this game, however I am spending more time restarting my iPad than playing. Thank you.

This word game is awesome...but—If you find games that force you to watch a constant assortment of ads and videos in between every puzzle, or make you launch WordWiz Store app in order to return you to the game—wait until they release a paid version like they have for their solitaire games.
I thought I could just turn on airplane mode, which bypasses all ads, but then I forget to turn it back off and end up missing important texts and phone calls—VERY FRUSTRATING!

I like your game but it has become increasingly frustrating when playing the game. About five seconds into a puzzle the small tiny ad pops up, it says the Florida lottery and there’s no way to close it out. So basically the screen is frozen on that you have to completely exit out of the game, Re enter The game and then five seconds later at small annoying ad pops up again and freezes the screen. I have tried deleting WordWiz and then downloading it again and the same thing happens!

Hi! I’ve played this for several years now and thoroughly enjoy it! At first I thought I’d get bored as the “new” words it gave us were too simple, and I was quite familiar with them. But as time passed, the vocabulary words became far more complex and some are really obscure, and I began to really enjoy it. That said, a new problem cropped up for the first time this week:::every time I try to play, the game is disrupted by a McDonald’s ad popping up; sometimes 10-12 times during the game, making it extremely hard to play! Any ideas on what I should do?

I have been playing this game for years, usually while drinking my morning coffee. I have appreciated the toned down approach and lack of game levels to slog through, and no cartoon characters. It’s just a straightforward game that is sometimes easy, sometimes difficult. But I dislike the recent updates! Hate the red “bad word” signifier! What happened to the bonus word scramble? Why add the big “CONTINUE” button that looks exactly like an ad trap?!?! Yeah! I’m old, but we deserve a decent game too! Why mess with a good thing especially when the changes are not going to draw new players.

Please either go back to your original background and sound or set it up for Thanksgiving Day and then for Christmas, etc..
I am Gettysburg Ng very sick of seeing the Halloween background and sound by now. It's way past Halloween time now your logo says one thing but when one goes to open your app it's not the same at all.

I could not find the setting Ng that was mentioned at the time of choosing to change backgrounds when I did try earlier. So, if you mean what you said that you r we as all your re iews here on IOS, Apple App Store here's your chance to prove that you do read andlisten to your faithful customers.
Thanks from a faithful customer.

Thank you for not making me feel I was not smart enough to play this game. I have had other word games but I’ve had to delete them because they either wanted me to buy coins so I could get hints or made it so difficult I couldn’t play. I would eventually have to delete WordWiz because it became too frustrating and too difficult to do.I especially like that you allow individuals to see ads in order to get hints so they can continue playing.I have several mobilityWare games and I’ve enjoyed them all. I live in an assisted living facility and with the pandemic there’s not much to do except watch television and play games on devices. Thank you so much for all your wonderful games.

I’ve enjoyed playing the game everyday, but I have just a few suggestions/questions.
When playing the Daily Puzzle any Bonus Words you get don’t get added to your points (thanks for fixing the game freezing when you earn a crown).
The access to more backgrounds when you earn a crown doesn’t mean that much to me. I think it would be nicer to earn either more clues or bullseyes.