App Profile: GUBBINS — It's a word game

Cindi Mayweather

Rating: 5/5

I adore this game! It’s unique as far as word games go and the art style is so charming. I don’t mind that you been only play once a day for free because it keeps me from getting sucked in too much. The one issue I’ve noticed is that while I’m in Eastern time, the timer that restricts you to one game a day will still allow me to play until 3 am (midnight Pacific time). However, if I play a game between midnight and 3 am, I will not be able to play again until 3 am the following day. For example, at 12:30 am on Feb 9, I was still able to play the daily from Feb 8. But at 12:30 am on Feb 10, I am NOT able to play at all. The daily from Feb 9 is marked as complete even though I did not get to play that one, only the daily from Feb 8. I would love for this to be fixed, especially now that you’ve introduced streaks. I don’t mind losing the ability to play the previous day’s game until 3 am if it means not getting cheated out of the next day’s game altogether 🙏🏾

JPrice077538

Rating: 4/5

I want to give this 5 stars so badly because it’s a fantastic game with wonderful art that’s so unique and fun. I play every day and paid for the full version. But it’s so frustrating how many bugs there are! Some examples: Sometimes when I play a good Gubbins, like the one that’s supposed to take single tiles on the board and turn them into a word, it only takes 2-3 single tiles and leaves the rest. More often though, when there are pencil Gubbins on the board in the daily challenges, they disappear randomly at any point in the game - very unpredictable. Just now, I placed an O tile on the daily challenge and suddenly all the tiles in that column changed, ruining every single word I’ve made (I even undid it, it reverted back, I played a few different tiles, and when I put my O back there it wrecked the board again). There’s no error report form so I have to leave this review, but it’s so frustrating when I spend 30-60 minutes on a game and then the bugs wreck it before I can finish. Makes me not want to play or recommend it. PLEASE FIX THE BUGS 😭 because otherwise it’s amazing

Peplop

Rating: 5/5

So refreshing to play a game that isn’t full of ads… we forget what that’s like. The lack of ads actually made me want to pay for the game just for that alone. Such a rarity now, shut up and take my money - Other developers please take note. The game is thoughtfully designed, artwork is great and the concept is simple. Beautiful game overall and really enjoyable to play so far. Yes, it’s another word game based on other word game mechanics but it’s really well done and feels unique with the gubbins and it’s actually quite strategic mixed with the hope of the draw giving you what you want before you run out of space on the grid. The daily puzzles are great, free and the lack of nudge /micro payments in the game makes it terrific - yes there is a shop but it doesn’t block/restrict/cap gameplay with stupid stuff like in game currencies and scam economies. Nope, instead it’s just about fun gameplay that’s open to all. Fantastic.