Bingo Showdown: Bingo Games Reviews

by Manoools

While it’s fun game to play, it is also nearly impossible to really get ahead. Rarely ever get bingos. Power ups are also difficult to get. And the “leveling up” has no purpose whatsoever. Made it to level 28 a couple of days ago and because I didn’t realize that they chanced the rules, I’m now back down to level 26. Unfair to change rules without notice. Nearly impossible to get to “silver” in tournaments without using up all your tickets and the reward would only be 125 tickets. Used to be, if you miss a tournament, they deduct a level. Seriously? Now, if you play and don’t “place”, they deduct a level. So, basically they make it so you have to play and “place” daily. That means, reaching bronze at the minimum. If you don’t have enough tickets or power ups, you’re screwed. And, considering how difficult it is to get bingos, it’s a losing battle. Not sure I’m going to hold onto this game much longer. If they don’t change things soon, it will be deleted. I’ll finish whatever tickets and power ups I have, then it’s adios, partner!

by UJustMadeItWeird

Seriously, unless you want to pay a lot of money for short and unfair games, stay away from this one. At first it seems like a great game, you get a good number of tickets and power ups and actually have a chance. After roughly an hour of play you will not have anything left, if lucky you will get a couple hours max. From that point on you will not have fun unless you pour money into this, more so than actual live bingo costs at a casino from the live games I’ve played. You’ll likely come closer to winning the live games too, plus get social interaction at the same time. Normally I wouldn’t endorse gambling but you can’t win anything back in this game and the games are over so fast it’s not even a good way to pass time. This time I started yesterday and already have no tickets left (meaning only a game every few hours to play) and am consistently getting about 5 or maybe 6 numbers per card per game. There’s nothing this game has that a million others don’t except the ridiculous prices to play. One day maybe people will refuse to support developers that clearly design their game with no goal other than bleeding players of as much money as possible. Used to be games were supposed to be fun, not ways to rip people off but I guess when they are so easy to design to be addictive eventually you will pay more than a crack habit. If no one paid they would have one choice, sell for reasonable prices or go out of business.

by Bingopingolingo

I like this game but, my only problem is I only get one bingo every 4 days. So let's say I play 4 cards four times a day. None of the cards ever gets close to a bingo. As for the mini games, I rarely win anything. Waiting an hr for 4 tickets and if all loses I get to play basically 1 round.

*update* please fix! Tourney pay outs. Supposedly moved up to bronze with 20 tickets and 5 power ups. With less than 12 minutes left. Checked back again and there is notification of lose or win of tourney. I'm pretty sure I got a bronze because I'm only 5,000 rank from silver vs 100,000 players daily!

*update* thanks for the update on the performance! I really try not to hate BingoShowdown. But, I don't know if it's the update or this game is setup. It just robbed me of 8 tickets. As soon as I click on 4 games cost 8 tickets (veteran's game diamond bonus) it said too many balls were called out and I didn't enter the room. So I'm like, okay. Maybe it will load me to the next game. Guess what? It did not! Not only I didn't get to play (waited 2 hours to accumulate that 8 tickets) but, I have to wait another hour. Which the tourney ends less than an hour. I'm not even close to bronze yet when I still have a chance to catch up. If players do purchase tickets using real money. They would be upset with this glitch too. Two strikes and if BingoShowdown decide to dupe me again. I'll guess I have to say goodbye.

by Get Frustrated

You may occasionally win every once in a blue moon but don’t count on it. You can’t get anywhere unless you buy power-ups. You’ll never even get to bronze in the tourney without them. I have started with three hundred tickets and winning tickets in between and I could never make it to bronze. The higher up the ladder you go the less points you get. You’ll get enough tickets to just play. You might win some power-ups but that’s just to get a chance to actually daub on them to win them, you don’t actually get them. And even then if it’s the cards, you still have to play a game to see if you can win it. It just makes you frustrated when you start a tourney and even if you win you get your score but when you want to play another game your score goes down by 10 or 15 points so you feel like you’ll never win! It’s fun at first because you are getting a a couple thousand points but the higher you get to bronze you may only get 100 points (if your lucky) for the same score you might have gotten when you started. You can never win!!!

by BLKeeney

Love bingo, in first 8 weeks playing this one I spent over $200 buying power ups etc to play, not problem.....but....like any game you earn levels....more you play, higher your level. This game, however insists not only that you play every day, but that you play to a certain “win” level according to your rank and if you don’t, they takeaway from the level you have achieved. Like i said....too many Sticks! They must realize this is a game, not a life endeavor, people do other things and shouldn’t be penalized when they can’t play a game for a day or two.
Also...they give you 4 tickets Every HOUR.....really? You expect a player to come back every hour? Why not 40 or 50 once a day!?!?
Get a life guys......take out some of the sticks....be glad to see me when I come and play 3 or 4 days a week....dont smack me when I come back just because Ididnt play for a few days.....or I won’t want to come back.
This bingo player is taking her $$ out to find a less punishing game. Too bad you too cause the concept....catching crooks, collecting barrels, etc.....could be really fun.

by Frieza's 4ft Tail

It’s a fun concept, having these different power-ups. However, if you use all your power-ups, you’re less likely to get bingos. The system is built to give the right numbers to those with the most power-ups with the theory that those are the people who are pouring money into game to buy more power-ups. I tested this theory by starting over and saving all of my power-ups. I was getting a bingo almost every game using only 2 cards at a time. My bingo percentage rate was well over 50%. I after many games of not using any power-ups, I decided to use them until I had no more. When my inventory was empty, sure enough I would go multiple games without every getting a bingo. After playing 14 games without a single bingo (playing with 2 cards) I had finally got another bingo on the fifteenth game. Smart system and props to the creators; this isn’t something most people would think about and they are taking advantage of that.

by Fanoflmp

I play multiple bingo games, this one seems to give you less time to mark your cards before calling the next number. My biggest problem with this game is that it’s virtually impossible to get bingos. This is partially due to the fact that each game typically has well over 500 people per game. It may start off with 250+ bingos but those go quickly when you have so many people playing and each person having 2-4 cards. Could actually be fun if they limited the amount of people per game so that you at least have a chance at getting a bingo or 2. Also add a few more seconds between numbers being called. I will give it another day but more then likely I will be deleting BingoShowdown. There are way better bingo games out there.
I found this game after seeing an ad for in another bingo game I play. The ad showed what looked like interesting mini games but I haven’t been able to play any of them. It appears the only way to get to the mini games is by using a mini game boost while playing bingo and getting lucky enough to have that number called. I have not been so lucky and they only give you a couple of those boosts at the start.
I really wanted to like this game. Unfortunately it needs some improvements.

by Giraffe53

This is the third time I have entered a rating. Still no response or notice any changes. Guess since everyone gives a high rating, you don’t want to acknowledge the frustrations of the players. It would be nice if you would respond! After all, WE are your customers!

Love playing this game but agree with others that there are very few times a player gets a bingo. So, who is getting the bingos? I usually never get more than 5 daubs. I will not pay money to play a game for my relaxation! It is very difficult to advance in ranking. Why are the tournaments always 24 hours? Why can’t a player get points more often than hourly? You also don’t have any way for the players to “contact us”. Why is that? Again, I love this game but get frustrated when I can’t play as often as I would like AND win more than once a week! I can’t get past my ranking. Who is winning these games? And, do you read these reviews??

I’ve played in 20 tournaments and still have not advanced in level. Again, who is winning? Can’t play more often if I can’t get tickets. I WILL NOT spend money! I’ll ask again, do you read these reviews AND try to “fix” any if the issues??

by Bornelau

I like this game. I have been playing off and on for quite a long time. Play seems to be realistic. One thing that I would like to see as an improvement is to make it easier to catch the outlaws. For example, I might play a half a dozen games before seeing a puzzle piece and then I still have to Bingo before being able to collect it. So collecting pieces is rare and it is almost impossible to complete the puzzle in order to catch the outlaw. I accomplished it only one time, during a time when I was home sick and all I did was play this game just to see if I could complete it. Even with all of that playing time, I still had to make a purchase in order to complete the puzzle. So please, make the change so that a bingo will get you a puzzle piece. It is still tough to just get the Bingo. Thank you.

by Motoracer66

Love this game, but I think that because the cards are randomly picked for you, the called out balls are random, and the placement of power ups are random, if you can’t daube a power up during a game, it should be returned back to you for use in next game. To collect the 2-all and instant bingo power ups are so rare that if you can’t daube one during a game that to lose them through no fault of your own (just because the number was never called) in a game stinks. All power ups should be given back. Also observed that numbers are often called for a single column or two more prevolently than others columns—example: you hear 4 or 5 “I” numbers then one in “O” column, then back to the “I” column again. “B” col7mn is often rare to have called more so than the others. Not quite totally random. Bu5 it is a very addictive game....virtually impossible to get 1st, 2nd or 3rd place in a tournament...you would have to play all day without end and get bingos and all power ups every game to accomplish that and no one can do that, so I wonder if those placing are “rigged” in some way? One more thought...if last number called gives you bingo but you can’t flip to that card and click the center star in time, the game should auto give it to you. In fact, maybe it should daube any last call number on all cards in any situation to give you those points at least.

by Curly Grrl

This is a pretty fun bingo game, in that it doesn't have all of the distracting animations and graphics or a bunch of ads. It is usually easy to keep up with the caller when playing 4 cards at a time, but the pace is not always consistent. My one pet peeve is that Spicerack is not big on communication with their users. There is no "contact us" link within the game directory and who knows if they bother reading the reviews in the AppStore. There are times when the game freezes/crashes but not completely. The little animations in the corners are moving and if you try to opt out, the game will ask if you are sure you want to leave. When the game unfreezes, it catches you up on what was missed, ("Communication Error" is the only indication of a problem on their end, not mine). It would be nice if these guys would acknowledge that there was an issue and give users some extra tickets/power ups for the inconvenience.

by Pet Mama

Like this game. Good way to pass the time. Needs to give more tickets at end of tournaments. You spend more tickets to get to the next level in tournaments than you earn. Need to give a little more time at end of last number called. No time has cost me several bingos. I can't ever seem to keep enough tickets and power ups to compete in the tournament. I think more chances should be given to earn tickets and power ups. Again, give enough time after the last number being called to mark your cards. It's VERY frustrating to have a bingo, but, not have time to get it! It seems that these reviews are not read. Everyone is saying the same things, esp. about not enough time after the last number is called! Adding bonus tickets and power ups has gotten some better. Still need a way to get and keep more power ups.

by Twixiw

I really like the game and they’ve done some great things, plenary of issues still need to be improved upon. Like the rewards, so when you collecting bingos for the chest rewards and let’s just say... you have 9 bingos and only need one more to get the treasure chest but on your next round you get three bingos. You only get credit for the one bingo. ( the treasure chest opens ) The other two bingos don’t count for anything, I think they should be carried over to the next round. That would be more rewarding. Also during the game play when the last number is called, the game doesn’t allow you enough time to dab the last number called before the game closes. So you don’t get credit for that last number. I’ve been playing this particular game for about 3 years and while there have been many upgrades those few glitches still need to be addressed.

by AncaD62

I have been playing Bingo Showdown for at least 3 yrs. Not one “update/upgrade” improved the game. Little by little, things were taken away from the players... The last few months were truly awful: to have lost the option off having “Friends” and having up to 10 free tickets that way.

During the last week though, the bad has gotten worse - much worse. It started with what seemed like a glitch. Then the Barrel game stopped and disappeared. Then our Tickets and PowerUps vanished. Some players have spent money on those Tickets and PowerUps.. It took a good few days to start receiving those things back, sometimes only after contacting Support.. Now, after we are told that “the game glitches were fixed”, we play but get awfully low scores, low rankings, hardly any Barrels, the PowerUps we use are not random as they should be, the order is always the same forcing a player to use the rarest PowerUps first.. It does not really help writing Support, the replies are mostly “canned” and do not address individual issues...

BSD was a fun game to play for hours on end, but not anymore...

by Kaylewai

I like this game but unlike other games you can’t chat to friends or make friends. Also the power ups are difficult to get. The game is very stingy with them. I can hardly ever get above a bronze ranking before running out of tickets or power ups. There is no help really. I can usually only get about 5 of the puzzle pieces if I’m lucky. Will they stay there so if that character comes back around I can start from that point? Or do the characters never come back around? Tickets and power ups are so hard to get that I can only play maybe 2-3 times a week.

At least in Bingo Blitz I can get friends and we can help each other out. This game you’re all on your own. Kinda lonely and isolated.

by Laelei

I like playing the bingo game even though I bingo rarely like if I play 10 games in a day maybe I will win bingo 1 or 2 sometimes 3. But it’s the challenge of playing that I like. But then, some months ago my games started freezing up after an update which will make me forced close the game and lost. I’ve been also uninstalling and reinstalling the game which is a hassle. I messaged the developer which they replied promptly with tickets they sent on my account and some recommendations of what I should do to avoid same issues and that I was already doing. But I’m still playing it regardless of the same issue I’ve been experiencing. I just hope that eventually I can play 5 games straight without any game freezing up.

by Spicer55

Love this game....good exercise for the Brain......just wish we could collect tickets faster........hard to stay in the game if you don't have a couple hundred......puts a stunt on being able to play contests!.......can we get more than one bingo an hour.......and get our power ups back if they don't get used during the game?.......increase our ticket earning amounts also?! Thank You!.......current post was from a while back.......I have been playing the contests......I had to stop the last one......it shows my points for the bingo game.....but won't add them to my score and just stalls!.....I have to log out and go back in to get new bingo cards......but never gives me those points from the previous game......this happened to me about eight times......that's a lot of points......and I feel that I'm just spinning my wheels.......tired of fighting this game!

by Moondoggie20

*great*Doing the 5 stars for the 10 tickets... really 4 stars. Takes too long To get tickets,,,,Fun when winning....Would be nice if you could send email for tech issues but not possible...Otherwise, just like playing bingo with the old ladies... agree with reviewers who think specials should pass to next game if your number isn't called. Would play more often but don't want to pay$$... Also, hate that it doesn't give you time to play the last number called in the game...team challenges are fun to win...If you have 9 bingos in the chest and get two more at the same time (which would be 11 bingos) the 11 th does not pass thru to the new count, so you lose it.

When you download, NO tickets! Have to get hour by hour... disappointing and slow start. If not on facebook, cannot reconnect or even send email to ask!!!!

by Nikki1489

update- it’s been almost a week since the game charged me over 10$ and I received nothing for it. I’ve emailed them multiple times each day. Apple has kindly replied several times and issued a refund, however how is it that Apple can reply back when it is in no way their fault, but the developer can’t? Seems fishy..... be wary making purchases.

So much fun! Wish I could get more tickets faster though. I tried to purchase something and never got it, hoping they refund 😥

UPDATE- day 4 of emailing BingoShowdown developer with no response. Apple is issuing a refund, but I really am disappointed that they offer something you don’t receive and then don’t respond to multiple emails. My review is about to go down a few stars. Since I never received the tickets I’m supposed to get for reviewing anyway. 😡 I don’t like when good games have shady developers...

by Campmich

This is the cutest Bingo game that I have found so far... if you don’t mind being frustrated. In the beginning, I won a lot of Power Ups, game tickets and had a lot of bingos and I spent no money. I have been playing for 2 or 3 months now and it has become more annoying than fun. When I happen to get some Power Ups (which help you get bingos as well as other goodies to help you stay in the game) the Caller seldom calls those numbers. It is getting difficult to play for any length of time without spending actual money to stay in the game. One night, I wrote down the numbers as they were called out for about 4-5 rounds and made some discoveries. Some numbers are called for every game and a few numbers were never called during those rounds I recorded. This is a precious game but the rewards and bingos are just too few the longer you play. Or maybe I’m just not lucky.