Wordz +

My wife and I have been playing Wordz for years and continue to enjoy it. We have recommended it to friends and family. When switching phones all it took was a quick email and they transferred all of our standing to the new phone. But what happened recently? All of the sudden all the players have disappeared. Where only a month ago we played against 50 or more players no it is 15 or less. What happened?

Used to be a fun app. Now, even after purchasing Pro, there's still an ad banner across the top during game play and a 3-18 second video ad during game results. Considering this is a timed game, with 20 seconds between games if your connection is decent, this is not useable any more. Did my purchase mean nothing? Are the makers so desperate for revenue that they don't care to make this playable? When I got on here to write this review, I see the makers now offer a Wordz 2. Maybe that's why this game is now inundated with ads - to pay for the development of their next app? Don't waste your money on this one. Update: After the latest bug fix, this app has gotten worse, if possible. It used to be that I was spared the low banner ad if I played a solo game, but now, and especially with my smaller screen, the add is displayed across the letters. Now I have to guess if the letter is a D or a P. What a joke and frustrating experience. After using this app for almost 10 years, I deleted it from my device. I would not recommend anything from this developer. Really, how could they think that after buying the full version that I would enjoy clicking through ads on a timed game? There are other enjoyable and well made word apps out there so I don’t recommend sticking with Fugo.

Most recently they've started popping up some ads mid-game. You have to hit OK which is supposed to take you to some website but thankfully does not. Still wastes about 5 sec of your time, and along with 3 sec freeze when ads change is very frustrating. Unforgivable for an app I spent money on already. Update: Ads have recently gotten much worse. Some games I can hardly play because ads keep popping up. Even when they don't pop up, the always visible ads at the top pause the game for several seconds many times during the game, messing up words as you type. I used to like playing this game, now it is an exercise in frustration. I bet some company bought them out and decided to maximize profits by maximizing ads, not realizing they will lose their only valuable asset, the player base.