4 Pics 1 Word Reviews

by Petit Fromage

So I’ve had this game for many years and I think the user base is getting tired of the “bug fixes and performance enhancements” updates which are really just adding more advertisements. There is absolutely no need for the giant orange ask a friend for help button at the bottom of the screen. It takes up space and has no function. When you click on it it just highlights the other 3 buttons on the right side of the screen. I have no interest in growing your user base by inviting others to play, and that is essentially why these buttons exist. Instead of saying “Ask a friend” it should say “Ask a friend so they can download the game and spend money on it! We love money! Come on just click it!” The buttons are so intrusive that you’ll end up clicking on them anyway when you don’t intend to. You know what? Just remove the word guessing part of this game and leave the ads. We know that’s the only thing that you care about. Deleted!

by DarlingD59

I opened up 4Pics1Word for the first time in a long time and was disappointed to find that most of the puzzles are too easy; their answers are too obvious. When I first started playing 4Pics1Word years ago, I really had to think about the answers to most of the puzzles which I don’t need to do now. So disappointing! Also, the transition from one puzzle to the next is too slow. Next, I would like a button that drops all of the letters back down when I get an incorrect answer on one of the few puzzles that is challenging. On those same few challenging puzzles, I don’t want to have to put the letters in the boxes starting with the first letter; I may want to place some vowels in some of the middle boxes first to give me some ideas about the common word. In summary, you may need to change the age range and the puzzles to a higher level in order to keep adults challenged and playing. Why not develop a children’s version; on a game like this, one size does not fit all!

by Windy.Skies

I enjoy the challenge and played it often but discovered the “multi-player” button takes you to a completely separate version of the game. I invited friends to play and now have two versions of the game going with separate scores. That’s one issue but the bigger issue is that I paid to remove adds discovered it only removed them from 4Pics1Word version and not the other one. The only way to access the other one is either from inside Facebook, which doesn’t display correctly on my screen, or from inside FB messenger. There no reason to download or buy 4Pics1Word when I the notifications open the FB version that still has ads and a separate score, and 4Pics1Word version doesn’t let me assist my friends. This game is a real bait and switch, do not spend money to remove ads if you ever play with friends.

by Tthoneybear

Can’t zoom in on pictures. Yes, I tap them on my iPhone, but they’re not big enough for me to see. One missed day, you get no bonus for the month. Or loss of power before coins are rewarded. Or ads freeze. All these cause me to miss being credited for solving. Do this game religiously every night (Alexa reminds me), but only one month in last year able to get fourth bonus (so all four tokens move). Supposed to fun — but one mistake and the month is blown. And really dislike the changed graphics/sounds (it’s the same and shortened for any number of coins) when coins are rewarded. Really loved the long ones with more coins... boring now and disappointing.

by Bold Brock

This is a good game but it is next to impossible to get the people at 4Pics1Word support to understand issues with the game that impedes people playing & gathering monthly badges with their animation & completion star. I just wasted more than 20 minutes trying to get help with a very recent issue with the Animal Friends monthly end game badge that looks like a brown horse with a picket fence & bales of hay as well as sending my iPhone operating information to try & address the problem with screenshots & was told that the emails were too short & didn’t give enough information. Now without such informational content, everything is going to be for nothing within 72 hours or 3 days. Such issues are stupid.

by Dipperpines027

I wish they would get rid of the ads!! I know you can buy the thing to get rid of ads, but after every 3 puzzles,BOOM!!!An ad. It gets really annoying and I just want to get rid of 4Pics1Word . The ad that keeps popping up is Toon Blast, so please could you get rid of it. It makes me want to get rid of 4Pics1Word and go play Pictoword, which by the way, is super fun and you should definitely play it. But please, get rid of the ads. It’s my one complaint. But, other than the ads popping up every 3 puzzles, the game is fun, and I definitely recommend it to many people. I’m only ten, so I really enjoy this game. This just proves that it’s fun for any age, and if you’re 5 or 95, you’ll enjoy this. So, please get rid of the ads, but otherwise, the game is miraculously fun, and everyone will have fun and enjoy this game.

by Wagginpitbull

The game is okay. I felt most of the puzzles were too easy. However, the multiplayer mode adds a time component which makes the puzzles a little more challenging. You compete against another play to solve 5 puzzles, moving up or down in the "leagues" depending on if you solve more puzzles than your opponent.

The adds in single player mode are much too frequent. It plays a 15-30 second ad every three puzzles. Since most of the puzzles are easy, I spend more time watching ads than playing the game. In the multiplayer mode the ads come every 5 puzzles. I found the frequency of ads in multiplayer mode more tolerable because they coincide with the end of each round of competition.

by Jabal336

This is a very lovely game it deserves a 5 Star rating but I’m taking one out because of a draw back I’ve noticed. Over time I have used about 6 or more iPhones, I loose some and upgrade some. Anytime I change my device I have to start from the begining😤😤😤, this can be very frustrating. First time I got 4Pics1Word , I had to wait for the next update to continue cos I had finished all. Just imagine getting there then starting all over again😤😤😤 bcos I had to upgrade my device!!! This made me loose interest completely.
Secondly, what’s with the link to 4Pics1Word when we’re asking a friend for help? It was easier before, now we have to screenshot it!
Developers, Please find a way so we can store our progress, probably link it to fb, an email, or we could also create an account with your app too. Please and please

by LunarAnime

I have played “Almost” everyday for several years. Enough so that I had done all puzzles and had to start over. Generally the puzzles are interesting, some easier than others. The problem is that the coins I get for solving I now can rarely use. I may need a joker or two weekly but not often. REQUST: can we please use coins to catch up on the 2nd of the Daily Puzzles so more of my badges move. After all, sometimes life gets in the way of doing daily puzzles.
ALSO: can more puzzles include the American English usage of words (at least one of the pictures). [For example we just had the word pastries with a meat pie, a muffin, gummies/jellies and pie dough. Pastries in America are almost always sweets like cinnamon buns and fancy donuts with fruit topping & maybe lemon bars.]
Keep going. You have improved with the addition of Daily Puzzles
UPDATE: I received a timely and very nice reply to my questions. I have upgraded my rating to 4 and hope to soon see further updates to a wonderful game

by Shog88

I think we all know how this game holds up. It’s basically a classic of phone games and is generally great. But what’s up with those daily challenges? They’re more annoying than anything. Today’s challenge for me was to complete three bonus daily puzzles. I’m not even sure how it’s possible to fit three days worth of bonus challenges into one. Other times I just have to think “I’m not putting that much time into this game today, thank you.” Sometimes you have to pay to unlock missed daily puzzle to be able to complete the daily challenge, which still nets you a loss in gold. I appreciate daily goals as much as the next guy (I love the daily puzzles), but make sure it’s actually worth it.

by Sleezy Leroy

My screen is frozen and do not know what’s going on or who to tell so here I am what do you need to know my name or what’s ya happened again you know of all the 4 pics I word out there I deleted them all but yours one of the others charged 100 for a letter but when you win they give you 10 coins some of the others don’t have anything but the game .. I played your game a year or so ago but when I got to 5000 you got more words for me more words and photos but my tablet gave up on me and turned to dark to see I was devastated but thought I would get a new one but 3 famely members passed away and never got a tablet but my daughter got me a phone and being 76 yrs young, it took awhile.. so glad I found your nem game and now if it stop freezeing up I’d bet a champ again hahaha HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO YOU ALL

by KennySteven

This game is challenging enough to keep me interested over time, and is very well-designed. If it seems too easy at first, know they start you off with some very simple puzzles. Some of the picture clues occasionally seem to be too much of a stretch in their connection to the word you’re supposed to guess, and occasionally a clue has pointed to a homonym of the word (unintentionally?), but that doesn’t happen often.

I used to play this *a lot* and once reached the end of the clues and had to start over. These days, I play the two Daily Puzzles and that’s enough for me.

Another review talks about how this game helps with mental acuity. I am still waiting to become a genius, but at least I have a fun game to play while I wait!

One last note: kudos to the developers for responding to feedback when the game design was changed for the worse. It’s much better now!

by Merlin205

I have been playing this game for I don’t know how many many years. I absolutely love playing this every day! My suggestion is the option to “catch up” on the bonus word. That’s a lot of points that are lost when you don’t get the option to play catch-up. I also think having the words fall back to the tray if you get a wrong word would be really nice (I’m being lazy)!!!
Other than these couple of things I think this game is absolutely the best one I have ever played. I start my morning every single day playing this

by Luckyladycj314

I used to look forward to playing this game for a while every day. Then the past couple years it has more and more ads popping up than it’s worth to try to play. Ads when you first open it, then click on play and another ad pops up. Then if you go for bonus points, another ad that you HAVE to watch to get the bonus points, then when you get the bonus points and click on the next puzzle yet another ad pops up and you close it and another one pops up. It’s ridiculous.

by Grammy2 3

This is so fun. And I have been playing for years, but I could give 5 stars if only you could do something about the league play. It is not fair to consistently have players who are ranked in the 1000s and are trying to gain a lower ranking playing ppl with single digit to 200 ranks. The ppl who are ranked that low clearly have an advantage. They have seen the same pics sooooo many times it is obvious. I love the game and I continue playing but it is frustrating. Rather than be ranked 1242 trying to rank down and have to go against the person ranked 2. Seems like the ranking play could be done a bit different.....Just sayin 🥴

by 4pics1star

Don’t get me wrong, I really love this game, but its inability to backup and restore data is disappointing.
I have been playing this game for a while (probably since it started) and unfortunately, every time I install it in a new device, I have to start over. Never bothered me before but in 2017, I started collecting badges from the Daily Puzzles and I haven’t failed in collecting them.
My phone broke and alas, I have to start over again, which also meant, I lost all those badges I worked so hard to get. Can there be a way you can restore them?? I’m already too far into the game and honestly, I don’t wanna start over again.

by Ellybelly10

This is the only puzzle I play absolutely every morning - I think of it as my mental calisthenics. The clues are clever, the level of difficulty is varied and in over about 8,000 puzzles I’ve solved, I’ve found very few that didn’t make sense. Also, the number of ads are reasonable. You can buy a letter clue by watching a video (I’ve actually clicked on many to find out more about a product) but other than that, ads are at a minimum. I’ve quit playing many other games because of excessive ads. Thank you and congratulations to the creators/writers of the thousands of clues and for helping keep my brain in decent shape!

by Bunqueen

I have been playing 4 Pics 1 Word for years. I enjoyed it so much, I bought the premium edition early on to get rid of ads and give the game my vote of support. I’ve finished all of the main game levels and eagerly look forward to the fun themed daily puzzles. I noticed a couple of weeks ago that selecting the main game now asks me if I want to try the Prestige Mode and tells me that won’t be able to reverse my decision. Before I choose Prestige Mode, would it be possible to find out what It is?

Thanks for the response! Sounds like a worthwhile challenge - I’m game! I’ll take the plunge and see how far I get. Thanks for the years of enjoyment and for keeping the game fresh and fun!

by B'Shert

This game is so much fun it’s addictive! My wife introduced me to it and now we play daily. We have also shared this game with family and friends and many people still play to this day! What’s also cool is that you can message for help through 4Pics1Word and it sends everything you need to solve the puzzle, which makes this game interactive. Eventually, you develop many skills to help you solve the puzzles. If you get stuck, you can ask for help or use your coins to purchase letters. Before long, your network is playing as much as you do, so they are sending puzzles for help. Did I mention that when you solve puzzles that were sent to you for assistance you get bonus coins. Pretty soon your rolling in gold coins!

by Bighurry

I been playing this game for many, many years. As another reviewer mentioned, the system runs out of new puzzles frequently! It takes seemingly forever for new puzzles to be released! I’d like to see an effort to generate new puzzles frequently so a continuous supply is available to customers to download and play. Most of the puzzle pictures are relevant but there are many, many pictures that have little to no relevance to the pictures presented. I sometimes scratch my head, look up the word and the dictionary provides no connection to some of the pictures. It’s very frustrating when some of the clues are distracting and detrimental to my puzzle solving efforts! Please seek out these pictures and replace them with appropriate ones. Thank you!