Figgerits - Word Puzzle Games Reviews

by Trashboat4thedub

The gameplay is a lot of fun. I find the puzzles to be a nice mix of challenging questions and easy questions so that you’re never stuck for too long.

But sadly you will spend 3-5x longer watching ads than you will be playing the game. It’s utterly unacceptable the developers thought this was an acceptable trade off between gameplay and ads and is not a good way to keep the player base. Each puzzle takes 30-60 seconds to complete, and then you’ll be bombarded by a 30 second ad video (unskippable), another 30 second ad video (unskippable), a THIRD ad video where the “X” finally shows up, but it takes you to Figgerits Store to download the game you’re watching an ad for. So now it’s been 2 minutes, and you’ve solved 1 puzzle. I was also given a choice to watch “a video” for a harder puzzle. I chose it and was forced to watch 2, not 1. On top of that, the video “froze” but the timer countdown kept going until it reached the end, but it didn’t proceed until the video had fully played, so I ended up having to wait for 3 minutes when I was expecting 30 seconds. Dear Developers, the fact you think this amount of ads is even REMOTELY acceptable for the gameplay is truly preposterous. You’ve truly ruined what is an otherwise fun and enjoyable game.

by Aki✨Lucky

The game takes forever for anything to load, whether it’s starting Figgerits , loading a level, completing a level, loading in an ad, everything takes sooooo much time. It lags when I input letters for the answers. I spent like 15 minutes just doing the first 2 levels after the tutorial, one of which I did twice because the ad the game loaded caused Figgerits to crash. It should have taken me like 5 minutes, max, to do those levels.

The game also does all of the work for you. As long as you can get a few basic answers right, it will automatically fill in all the corresponding letters for every other word question, as well as the mystery phrase. There is literally no effort required. Just get a crossword puzzle.

by JCFAUST

I tried so very hard to enjoy this game. It is fun and engaging and intellectually stimulating, but it is so saturated with ads that it was impossible to get into the flow of the game and impossible to enjoy the experience. There were ads in between levels. There were ads halfway in between levels. There were ads if you made mistakes during levels. There were ads if you wanted extra levels. There were even ads after I purchased the full version of the game that guaranteed no ads. You get the point. All of these ads are also long, forced interaction, unskippable ads. Considering you can be solving a level every 30 seconds, and the adds are just as long, you will be spending as much time watching adds as you are playing the actual game Overall, the experience ended up being an exercise in patience, rather than vocabulary and spelling. 2 stars because the base game, at its core, is enjoyable, it has just been made impossible to enjoy.

by ZaCkArY The Boy

I just recently downloaded this game a week ago. It’s a fun game and it’s simple in concept. Finish the word basically and that’s exactly what it is. Now I’m sure I share this sentiment with most people if not all people who play mobile games and that is the hatred for pop up ads. Games never used to have this issue but it seems like this happens way too much with most games now a days and it’s getting upsetting. This game has a big issue with pop up ads which come up after almost every level. I wouldn’t mind if they would come every set because if they were after every 4 levels I would be fine but it seems as if they pop up after every single level and it’s getting frustrating especially since the $5 charge to remove the ads, which I haven’t purchased as of yet, doesn’t seem to actually get rid of the ads. This is a message to not only the developers of this game but to all developers who make mobile games like these, dial back the ads. Make the charge to remove them $0.99 and give more room for playing your game instead of playing watch ads simulator. This game has taught me more about matching colors to save a king rather than actually learning more about the world like it’s supposed to. Please keep games relevant to their theme and dial back the ads

by Zimian

The game is in English, but it's apparent that English is not a first language for the developers. The wording is clunky, awkward, and unnatural which makes solving a little odd and makes the game a lot less enjoyable. The biggest problem though is the topical problem of all modern free games: absolutely relentless ads. The sound in the ads is very loud, most of them don't have a mute option, and they blast the audio even when the silence switch is engaged. You can skip it by force closing Figgerits and restarting but that's irritating as well. Big fail here in what could have been a nice idea.

by Nuboko

Honestly the game is fun and challenging, however the ads in between levels (which I’m completely fine with sitting through) can continue straight into the middle of your next game. I’ve had many occasions where I’ll get an App Store pop up while trying to solve puzzles.

There are also time where you’re forced to sit through a full add and when completed, its chalked up as a “reward” ad… giving you, well… nothing. Like most games that do this they offer you extra lives or more powers or even hints. This does none of that… it just forces you to watch the full ad and you are giving nothing.

I get it, you gotta make that bank on your idea and what you’ve created but this is just milking the cow dry as far as my willingness to sit though all these.

Tone down the ads, I’ll watch them and you can get your money but for crying out loud I’ve spend more time waiting for the ads to finish then I do per level.

by Floodels

Theres way, way, way, way too many ads and theyre annoying as can be. They are the kind that even when you click to close them, they fake close and continue to open Figgerits in Figgerits store over and over again until the add ACTUALLY ends. It’s disgusting that you’re charging 5 dollars to remove the ads you purposely made annoying so everyone would spend that 5 dollars to make them go away. For such a fun game, this completely ruined it for me in every way, you cant even enjoy the game when the ads are so frequent it takes you right out of it.

by Dany Landis

It’s a funner, faster, and quite honestly, slightly easier version of a crossword puzzle that allows me to encounter a challenges meanwhile I’m still learning new quotes or facts.

The only issue is it’s constant push towards ads. In the free version (as with many apps) it pushes you an ad after every puzzle. Given that I was enjoying Figgerits , I paid $4.99 for the ad-free version which is something that I rarely do.

I was a bit disappointed with the company once I learned that the ad-free version is not necessarily true.

To access any “unique” puzzles you still have to sit through a terrible 35 second app ad that tries to get you to play along with it before allowing you to escape the misery. These unique puzzles, if rejected, do not come up again, so it’s not like you can eventually access these topics.

Winning the puzzles don’t get you anything either - no coins, no tokens. So I’m guessing that buying clues or revealing letters also costs the user an ad viewing, which is just terrible.

If they’re going to charge users $4.99 for no ads, then they should allow their users to enjoy Figgerits without ads. Misleading their users is in bad taste.

by Carey1908

Finish a level watch an ad, make a mistake well you can find them by watching an ad or restart the level. Oh wait you want to restart well heres another ad oh you want the special level heres an ad. Oh you closed out of the game and reopened it well guess what heres another ad. I love this game I really do I understand the ads for finding your mistakes or for the special levels but, the forced ads are the worst. Maybe between every category but it’s after every single level. Oh you say you can skip the forced ads? Oh sure after you hit the skip button on 3 screens and spent 20 seconds of a 30 second ad trying to skip. PLEASE back off the ads I know it’s how you make your money but dang it’s overwhelming and ridiculous how many you have to watch just to play a game.

by Jen1018

I was really enjoying the game, but ultimately uninstalled it because the ads were so intrusive. I wanted to read the little facts at the end, but sometimes a pop-up appears instantly covering it up, saying you can watch an ad to get a secret level. Thing is, you cannot actually choose to skip it. Every time you try to x that message out, it warns you that if you skip this you’ll miss out on the level forever, so you end up being forced to watch a full-length ad, and don’t get to read the info from the last level. Regardless, in between each level are ads that require you x them out multiple times, saying no to the download at least once in the middle, running a gauntlet of hitting tiny arrows and x buttons to get out of them. It just became too annoying.

by FreddysNotDead4115

How dare you give me a pop up ad every 30 seconds to annoy me to the point where I spend $5 to avoid ads, only to give me an ad every time I choose to play a “secret level” or ask for a hint. I use this game because I needed something to do on my phone that wasn’t as mind numbing as scrolling through TikTok or Facebook, but giving me ads after I purchase No Ads is just deceitful. I no longer play the secret levels because of this feature.

Not to mention, the phrase is “No Man Is An Island” and yet the clue was “No ___ Is An Island” with the answer being “One”. That’s not the phrase. Plus one and man are the same amount of letters, but I couldn’t figure out the puzzle because I knew that was the phrase. You can’t alter common phrases to make your puzzles harder to solve, that’s cheating.

by Lfjb

I'll start by saying the gameplay itself is fun and addicting. Could play non stop if it wasn't for my first issue, ad frequency. Ads come at you left and right and the ad free version is pretty pricy at $5. Would be much happier with a slight reduction in either frequency or cost of removing ad videos (even though I know neither will happen). Second gripe, and something I hope may actually be changed, is the lack of a dark mode. I prefer playing these kind of games later at night to help wind down before going to sleep and the bright screen is frustrating to deal with. This really seems like a no brainer and I really hope to see dark mode roll out in a future update. Will happily change my review to 5* if either of these problems are remedied.

by Karen - Nc

I like playing these kind of games before bedtime cause they engage my thoughts on non-dreadful things, like the Gobi River or authors. This game does that, but u can’t play offline to avoid the 30 second ads every 40 seconds (not really their fault). Also, the game vibrates even though I’ve turned that off in-game. It’s not a big deal, but please fix that bug. Answers that reveal at the top are parts of sentences, not phrases or a complete sentence. It’ll be like, “Above the crest,” and when ur done, it’ll put that fragment of a sentence into a paragraph. It’s not a bad game, just not what I was looking for. I would like it much better if I could play offline. There’s no reason to need WiFi to fill in these puzzles other than to force players to watch ads. Got me dreaming that bald headed guy from homescapes put Mystery Mansion grandma in jail for trying to husband swap the grandma’s daughter with that girl who keeps getting bad makeovers and walking her baby in the snow to a shack that needs the window fixed. CPA needs to take hat baby back to Mystery Mansion!

by Cepel😏

This game is great for the most part, however, you cannot review past levels. It would be nice to be able to go back to a word or a solution if you want to share it or just remember what it was. Especially when the extra levels that require you to watch an ad pop up and you accidentally click on it before you can go through all of the answers.
It would also be nice if when typing the words, it would skip to the next missing letter rather than have to type the entire thing. Especially if you accidentally hit the wrong letter in the middle of the word and don’t notice it and it changes all the other words as well and makes it confusing to get the correct answers for the following problems.

by Justareview112

I’m begging developers to at least consider listening to some of the reviews here. I really enjoy this game but the ads are too much, I’m completely fine with them being present but not after every level. As so many others have said the levels themselves don’t take long once you figure out a word or two. It is extremely frustrating to have to sit through an ad after every. single. one.

I get needing to make revenue to continue keeping the game free, but truly the amount of ads on each level is just going to drive people to stop playing. Aside from being annoying it’s also distracting and allows time for your users to think about swiping out of Figgerits in favor of another.

There are many free apps that are in the same boat. Everybody has to make a living and I understand that. But the difference is some of those other apps find different ways to make revenue without disrupting the player after every single level. This is truly a fun game but I can’t enjoy it.

by Annielev2017

I did something I never do, and bought this game specifically to avoid the annoying ads. You couldn't play two puzzles in a row without an ad popping up. I breaks the flow of the game so I purchased it.

I've only bought two other games and I have about 20 on my computer. I wasn't disappointed until the challenge pop-up showed up, and I had to watch an ad, to play it that to me is wrong. I also don't like watching ads in order to have a little help or a hint I paid not to watch ads I'd rather some kind of point system for puzzles completed in a row or puzzles completed under a certain amount of time so that you can earn a free hint or a free extra minute. You also have to watch an ad after you finish the puzzle and you've made mistakes in order to correct those mistakes and get back to the puzzle. if I pay for a game ($6 pretty hefty) for a game that continues to waste my time with repetitive ads not to mention offense ones like the woman holding a child being slapped around by her boyfriend ends up in the snow! How can u sell that in todays world. 😠

by Solabrai

This game is great on the whole, but there’s one thing that bothers me.
Sometimes a special level pops up that you can play by watching an ad. But when it pops up, just after you’ve finished a level, you have two choices:
1. Watch the ad and play it but be unable to read the quote or description of your current level
2. Ignore the special level and be able to see the full quote or description from the level you just finished.
The special level should pop up after you’ve had a chance to look through the vocabulary and fact. It seems like an easy fix to me; the creators just need to do it. If this is fixed, I’ll bump my rating up to five stars.

by Sleepy07

I understand the need for ads I truly do but you do not have to play an ad every single time you finish one level. At least let me play three levels before you bring up an ad. When you try to skip the ad it just opens the ad up. I’m upset because this was actually a really good game and it had very good potential but the ads just ruined it for me. I know you need to make money but not at the expense of your customers. Do better.

by Pheebers

I love this type of puzzle. But Figgerits needs some features to make it something I’ll come back to.

Mostly: when a letter is filled in, the cursor should go to the next unfilled letter, not make you either tap there or overtype to get there. This is a basic puzzle function.

Also: need some more challenging puzzles! Even with the extra tapping, I’ve gotten through all of the puzzles I’ve tried in less than a minute. With clues like “opposite of short” being typical it doesn’t exactly keep you challenged.

by Pinkgold87

Overall, it’s a very great game. It keeps your attention and you discover new meanings to words. This game is great for keeping your brain stimulated.

The reason I gave it 3 stars is because the game is very buggy. The moment I downloaded Figgerits, my phone kept freezing and it was hard for me to close out Figgerits at times. It also made my phone very hot. I only had Figgerits for a day and a half before I decided to remove Figgerits completely. After I removed Figgerits , my phone went back to working as normal. I hope the team works on the bugs

by Kajdjbe

I like this because it’s not too challenging but still uses my brain. However, as with all free apps, the ads are overwhelming. In addition, the ads are too eager because when you solve a puzzle you’re supposed to be able to read a fact or the continuation of a fact being quoted but the ads often jump in too soon to read it and there is no way to go back and see what it said. And, the bonus hard levels being offered always get in the way of that as well. You have to opt into the hard levels when offered or you don’t get to do them at all. I think if we could just get to see the puzzles we’d already completed, this would fix my irks with the game. Because we all know ads aren’t going away without paying.

by Lupe Lupita

Lots of broken English which makes it hard if you aren’t use to it:) sometimes even I can’t figure out what the creators meant to say. Only con so far is that you can’t adjust the settings. My brightness is always set to as off as the phone allows but this application has its lighting set to max. It would be nice if it linked with phone settings or allowed us to change the brightness to our preference. But also would be cool if they allowed you to mess with all of the display. Add your own background, change font (color, etc.) and if it isn’t already a thing allow music from phone to be heard while app is in use.

by Myrontaslov

I like this game a lot. It’s fun and reasonably challenging. I almost never get stuck on a puzzle except for the special ones that occasionally pop up.

I am a bit annoyed that even after paying to remove ads, I still have to watch one to play the special puzzles. That should be included in the purchase.

Also, if you make an error, you have to watch an ad to go back and fix it. This is still locked behind an ad even after paying. Or you can completely reset the puzzle, which often also triggers an ad if you haven’t paid to remove them. It usually isn’t an issue, but it feels like an essential mechanic is locked behind ads even after paying for the game.

by SuZeN113

The only thing I have to say that I do not like is when you put in the last letter it doesn’t let you go and check to see if you want to change any? The amount of times I have accidentally put the wrong letter and not know it was that last one and it immediately either tells you that there is however many wrong or goes through them with green checks (that’s how you know you got them all correct) instead of having like a “complete” button so you can double check your answers and if you do get however many wrong it’s either restart the ENTIRE level or watch an add for it to tell you what ones you got wrong? Why? The game is amazing and I’ve only been playing it for 2 days great game just some kinks for later updates!

by N5gmj

I have had this game for a while now and have really enjoyed it. If you play it for a while you do realize that many of the questions get repeated in other puzzles. But all in all it’s a great game. Except that they recently made some changes that really don’t fly well with me. I paid for this game to exclude ads and it has done this faulty well up until recently. But now, if you make a mistake in the puzzle, the only way to go back and find your mistake and fix it is to either watch an ad, or clear the puzzle and start over. I don’t understand why we are being forced into an ad, especially if we specifically paid to not have ads.

If you can get past this, it’s a great game. Lots of fun. I would recommend it. I couldn’t rate it five stars because of this one glitch.

by Shell4860

I’ve only played this for a few days and so far it is fun. The only annoying thing is that when you pass a level there is a saying or more information about what you were solving. However, a pop up appears before I have time to read the solution. Usually this is an ad so I eventually can read the solution but sometimes it is for a hidden level that will only appear once. If I do the hidden level I never will have the chance to read the solution. It would be nice if even just a 5 second delay before the pop ups so I can read the solution I spent several minute working towards.

by Starrphyre

I enjoy the gameplay a great deal. I also enjoy reading and learning quotes, new information and obscure facts as presented in the final answers. The issue here is the timing. The next puzzle appears so quickly, there is no time to read the complete paragraph once your answers are all accepted as correct. This is especially the case with the bonus this app- the previous puzzle paragraph, while usually rather short, disappears with the next puzzle.

I prefer fast paced games - but I would much prefer were there at least the choice to read prior to moving on to the next puzzle. It seems as though a minor change in programming would allow the player to read and progress with a simple check box of some sort. As one who enjoys learning obscure and esoteric information, that would make this game much more enjoyable.

by Ketchup00

i love the game a lot, such a fun idea.

however, i have one complaint that i would like to have adjusted:

Please remove the hints that inform the player if a word is right or wrong; i think it would be way more interesting without it, as the player would have to figure out on their own if their answers are right or wrong. Otherwise, the game feels too easy ,which would eventually become boring.

by Yellow Rose 64

I have recently started playing this game & I enjoy it. But please slow it down, or even make it so we move on ourselves, when the words of the clues have been finished. The whole point is to see what each of the clues are & how they fit the phrase we’re trying to fill in. But you have it zip by. It’s not allowing the game purpose to be fulfilled & it’s extremely frustrating. Fix this & it’ll be a top notch game!!

by TheMcTier

I love solving codes to determine words and phrases. The ads were a bit annoying, so I purchased Figgerits to get rid of them; however, they aren’t overpowering since there is a way to speed them up if you aren’t interested in them.

What could make this better? Daily challenges. Easy, Medium, and Expert Levels.

Otherwise, this is an enjoyable way to pass the time and/or focus on something else to help de-stress yourself.

by Zky King

Really enjoy this game. I just have one major complaint and one minor. The major - it would be very nice to know where you stand. By that I mean - how many levels you have completed. One of my coworkers and I are playing. There is no way to find out who has played the most levels.
The minor is that the person creating the questions must be using a translator or something as they are sometimes not quite right.

by Midnight180

I really enjoy the execution of this game, but I think it could be improved by adding sources for the facts. Most of the facts are simply ended with something like “ -space fact” which feels very silly and makes it hard to trust. Otherwise, I think having some harder levels would be nice as the current selection is very easy. Overall this is a really fun little game and I hope there will be more levels/topics in the future- I’ve already finished all current levels and I’m eager for more!

by Wind Shadow

Game is fun. It is misleading that you pay to have ads eliminated, but to play the special boards you have to watch a video and then the same ads you paid to eliminate. Would rather pay a bit more for the game and have a true Ad free game. Something to consider on an upgrade-if the letter is correctly placed over a number the letter should be locked so you can skip it when later typing in the rest of the word. 4 star review is for the deception of paying for no ads, when it only eliminates SOME of the ads.

by Sailorscout5ever

So the game has a couple funky functions that I’m not used to with puzzle games. When filling out words if you already have that letter up you have to either tap for the next letter or type over it. Honestly that doesn’t bother me that much. Even the ads that are in the game are completely skippable you may have to sit for about five to ten seconds. Beside that I love this game. The puzzles aren’t too difficult and I can’t wait to find some harder levels but it’s a ton of fun. A great way to pass the time and maybe even learn a little. 10/10

by Everbody's Nana

I love word games and this is one of the best. It is very challenging, but there are so many ways to discover the correct words. It combines clues like in crossword puzzles, interesting facts, and the ability to learn new words without having to look them up. If you don’t know the answer to any of the clues, you can guess at some of the words in the answer, such as the, it, of, or…If you are still struggling, you can buy clues by watching ads. If you have incorrect letters, eventually, the game will help you to identify them. There are a lot of ads, but absolutely NO ability to spend real money.

by CocoeFP

I must admit I saw this game on an ad for parking garage, but it looked interesting, and hey, it was free. After downloading it, I got to around puzzle 60 before I couldn’t stand all of the ads. I decided to pay $5 for no ads, and SO worth it! You still get an ad if you open the special puzzle, but I can deal with that.
Love this game!
I only wish you got to go back and check your answers before the game auto checked answers for you. If you have a typo , or fat fingers like me( ugh), it forces an ad on you if your answers aren’t 100% correct, then allows corrections. I am trying to count how many fill in blanks each puzzle has, so I never fill in last blank, so I can do all corrections before game forces a review/check on my answers!

by JacksonBritt

I enjoy this game, but I have a few issues with how the writing feature works. If you delete a letter it jumps to the previous space so you have to click and change it back the the space you just deleted. If you’re filling in a word you have to retype the letters you’ve already filled in which is a bit annoying. Additionally, once you finish a word you have to retype it entirely before it jumps to the next word which is the one fix, if any, I hope they’d make. Overall it’s a great game though!

by Teso123

So I downloaded this game to see if it really was like the ads said it was, and it is exactly how they pro tray it in the ads. I also I’m very happy that they had the option to purchase the whole game without ads versus a monthly subscription for no ads and I really enjoy the very interesting facts that they give you.

by LynnZ1234

When a person finishes the game it would be nice to see all the completed words before it closes out the puzzle and moves on. There are some that are automatically filled in and I would like to see the answer for the ones that I didn’t know. You could flash “FINISHED” up and a continue button. Thx

by Jjnotts

This game is super and really fun. Great way to work on definitions, words, synonyms, and more. Great prep for SATs/ACTs and really challenging. The only drawback is that the answer is put up so fast and u can’t even read it to think of the meaning before they flash to their stupid commercials. I know u have to show them but please give the player time to see the answer created before u move on so fast they don’t know what it said. Really great challenging game.

by Docnewtonswife

Overall I really like the game. I love word play games and this one makes me feel like it really stimulates my brain. My only complaint is that it would be nice to see some kind of record of how many levels I have completed. I introduced one of my friends to the game and we were talking about how far we have gotten in the game, but there is actually no way of really knowing because it doesn’t show you anything outside of the current set you are working on.

by Mcarrules

At first, I didn’t understand why the numbers were necessary. After I stopped being a Dumb Dora I understood that part. The game is very well created and is challenging enough without being overly so. I learn some new things along the way too that are interesting to me. The ads are annoying but I realize there has to be some way to keep these games free so I will bear it gladly. I am so happy to have found this game and will tell others about it. Thank you so much for creating it.

by Stoopid91

I absolutely love this game- it’s so fun and I’ve learned a lot of really cool and interesting facts along the way. I also love that if you’re stumped on a specific clue you can skip it and eventually figure it out before the end- it’s not one of those games that’s pretty easy for the first 10 levels then gets ridiculously impossible to solve. I love it, it’s kept me coming back for more on a daily basis. I also love that it’s a game I can play without the need to spend money at all, which actually makes me want to spend money bc it’s worth it.

by Jeanne76, Mobile, Al

I love this game and have learned a lot. It’s fun and challenging at the same time. However, when you have completed all the definitions and you are shown the right words, they fly by so quickly that you can’t read them again. Also, the saying that you have completed flies by the first time. It’s a little slower the second time but to be really enjoyable the developers need to slow some of the functions down. I want to continue playing but this speed thing is getting a little annoying. Good definitions and sayings. Thanks. JG