...I could use the benefits of the subscription whilst offline. It's a year's worth of subscription, all they need to do is to check it once and then next year - no one's going to bother to change their phone's date to play a game! As it is, when flying or in a low coverage zone, even though I can play offline it doesn't account for my sub benefits... 😟A bit disappointing considering I got this game as something to do when not online...

The game itself is fine, it’s an easy pass time with good progress and rewards (Xbox achievements). I downloaded a few days ago and have made good progress on my first map. The major flaw with this game is the persistent adds, they’re long and incredibly annoying to get off your screen because they’re interactive. I’ve made it to level 70 on the first map and am unable to move any further due to the app persistently crashing half way through this puzzle. I’ve made multiple attempts to no avail. I’ve moved over to daily challenges which is a little better but again just crashes a lot. Without the constant crashing and adds this would be a much more preferable game.

There is a solid word game here with multiple challenge types although I mostly stick to the Worlds campaign with the occasional daily challenge as new Worlds seem few and far between. But it’s the aggressive ads that have finally made me give up playing. I don’t mind ads per se, it’s the modern cost of ‘free games’, but these ads seem excessively long, require multiple ‘clicks to quit’ them and half the time open the App Store anyway, even though I’ve tapped the cross. It’s worth a monthly subscription in the short term, but if you’ve played for years as I have, the total cost can become ridiculously over-priced over time.

It works well and is useful to practise foreign languages. However I have discovered that the French versions have all sorts of words and letter combinations which are not French. The description in the App Store only mentions English and I wonder if an error has been made in releasing a multi language version before it is ready. Any comment Microsoft?Despite the above this game is addictive and is satisfying to play but it has now been ruined by unacceptably frequent adverts. It really shouldn’t be necessary to interrupt the player after every couple of short games with a long advert. One of these is for a Mobilityware game. Mobilityware itself does not inflict this level of disruption on its players.