Words With Friends 4+

I’ve been playing this game for a long time as well as buying the full version for no ads between games, but recently I’ve noticed that the ads for coins option in the shop has been playing ads that don’t register for coins, but register as played so you get to the ad limit without receiving any coins at all. I have contacted Zynga several times regarding this all with the same response: give me extra coins for inconvenience, tell me to check the app is updated (most people on Apple have automatic updates) and to also restart the app. These do not work. While I understand that you can’t control the ads that appear you can control the format of the ads so that they all perform in the same way. It would be great to have this resolved.

Edit: This aspect has become even worse recently to the point where I receive barely any coin reward even though I watch the ad or don’t have any ad options in store. Often I will watch ads for rewards in the Solo game and then the game will stall and take those coins. I restart the app several times a day and it’s becoming increasingly frustrating with little to no support. I’ve been playing this game for well over a decade and it’s becoming increasingly “clunky” with useless rewards like badges and tokens. Stop “improving” the game and concentrate on writing a better program for seamless experience.

I really like playing the game with friends. It keeps us in touch with the option to send a message or contact with strangers without pressure. Also like that I have time to get back to the game when there are busy periods when I’m not able to play. And even then I can be prompted or prompt them as the case may be or check previous games & start again as many games with whom I please. Maybe one of the best things is knowing whether a word is possible with the green or red highlight. A long review but was easy to write. My thanks.

I actually wrote this review some time ago. And it was all good. Now I have just read another review with which concur on every level. Basically the ads drive me crazy as there’s no quick x to exit it & it uses up precious battery & my time. It is spoiling my experience & I may opt out if this continues. I too wouldn’t mind purchasing the option to be ad-free depending on cost. And there’s no way I will support the ad presented after such an annoyance. I hope I get a reply to my review that gives me hope for this to change. Thx

The brain-exercise and social aspects of this game border on inestimable! Congratulations!
HOWEVER, sadly, whilst people who play WWF obviously have a common interest in words, it is evident that they have a level of intelligence that deserves better than any of the full-screen ads or, in fact, any ads at all. There are few advertised products that would interest your clientele (who just want to play the game!), all of whom do not want to spend their time and that of the battery of their devices waiting until they can click it off.
To add recent insult to injury, after playing a move, I regularly experience a black screen with no ad, just a centre timer icon that uses up more than 20 seconds before my irritated tapping on the screen brings it all back to game life. Several attempts at deleting and re-downloading the app have not eradicated the problem.
I am unsure of the revenue that these god-awful ads raise, but I am sure that every one of your clientele would prefer to pay initially for the app, even with perhaps an annual feeI for continuing “club membership”. I, for one, am looking at changing to another Scrabble app with no ads, for which I am happy to pay.
Please note that the rating is for the app only.