Word Buddies - Fun puzzle game

First off-I love playing this game. The boosters are helpful, the boards are challenging, yet achievable IF you have letters. The early stages are great, but as I leveled I noticed one thing-lack of vowels. Ok, I can respect that it makes it increasingly challenging and don’t mind buying an extra letter, but this game is impossible to play without purchasing coins. Even that I’m ok with-I will support games I enjoy especially when they are technically free. But there’s no opportunity to gain enough coins to play more than a round - two max every 4 hours. Your team can send you 40 coins. Great! But levels cost 200. A booster costs 180-360 for one. So when I pop in a level and get no vowels I know right away I can pretty much tell the first attempt is futile. (Notice how many vowels each of these words use?) I’m totally fine watching ads thankfully for my extra 40 coins every four hours. I just wish I could play. As a side note- the support is the best I have encountered from any game. The response time is quick and polite and even though my issues were smaller they were fixed immediately.Update-the developers have changed the game so you use hearts instead of coins to play rounds. Yayyyyy! This means I get the five attempts to pass my level. And in a week I can earn enough coins to buy a power up. I do wish the lightbulb or extra letter choice was even close to affordable but they aren’t when you are a high level. If only I could save more.

Feb 12, 2021

This is a great game to help you improve your vocabulary while having fun. I don’t know why it says it’s for ages 4+. I don’t know of any children that age who could play this game.I gave it 4 stars instead of 5 because often an ad will pop up and freeze which will not let you back into the game you’re playing and then the progress you’ve made is lost.I’m sure it’s a ploy to get people to pay for no ads, but it’s not working.Fix it!

Feb 06, 2021

The game gives you new letters that are all consonants and no vowels. Because of the crowded boards it is difficult to find a vowel to play off of. You can buy a vowel but that gets expensive. This happens so often I am starting to wonder if I’m being scammed.I hope I am not because this game is cute and fun except for that one problem.I see that I am not the first person to complain about this.

Feb 09, 2021

There are so many ads you can’t focus on the game. I am happy to pay for my entertainment but the cost of $14.99 is laughable. Again, developers deserve to be paid for their efforts, but you can’t gouge the 10% of paying customers so the other 90 can play for free.

Feb 10, 2021

This game is definitely better suited for children than adults. I love word games but there’s no challenge with this one. Also, there’s too much going on within the game. It’s not necessary for an adult to enjoy. The graphics and overall layout of the game is definitely more child friendly.

Feb 25, 2021