Alphabear: Word Puzzle Game

I’ve been playing alpha bear for quite a while now, and it’s the only game that has held my interest for this long. I find myself going back to it and can play for over an hour without getting bored. It’s very clever, and the combination of untimed and timed boards makes it endlessly interesting. The way that the boards have different combinations of letters that expire at different times depending on the board keeps it challenging. It’s also one of the few games where you can go back to an earlier level without any diminishing of enjoyment of the game. I’m now at a level where it’s difficult to move up, but it’s not as frustrating as some games where I reach a certain level and then quit because it’s impossible to move up any further. Sometimes it’s just fun to go backwards and use some of those low-level bears. I don’t pay too much attention to the coins and the honey. I do occasionally watch the videos to get more coins, but I think the game is just as much fun without worrying about the in app purchases. The fact that you can get a blue reward and still advance, even if you don’t completely conquer the board with a gold egg, is a smart choice by the developers. This gives the player satisfaction even if they haven’t completely “won” the board. Good word games have their own built in satisfaction factor. Bravo, and keep up the improvements!

I love this game because I love any sort of word/anagram style game. The bears are adorable and it's fun collecting them. But the coin/time ratio is so low that it takes around 1:30 hr to be able to play again. I don't want to play once every 2 hrs without spending money! Edit: ok so I received a nice response from skyfox so I thought I'd do a little update. I wrote "coin/time ratio" because I rushed this review and most games do coins but it is a honey/time ratio. And I know you can buy the infinite honey and buy all sorts of in-app purchases but I'm just not about that life which I understand is all on me and not the developer. That said though, a lot of other games have more reasonable in-app purchases so that's what I was trying to convey (sloppily might I add). Edit 2: so many edits to my review in so little time. So I changed my rating from 4 to 5 because I found out you can watch ads to get more honey and coins! Well actually I knew about it but it doesn't work on the iPad ([app crashes instead] - which I played it on first before I got it on my iPhone) so I initially didn't try using it with my phone. But I tried it last night and was pleasantly surprised that it worked so now I'm happy I get to play more often!

I was searching for a new game to pass the time, and I'm so glad I found Alphabear! The look of it is ADORABLE, all the bears are so cute! And it's super fun to play. Very easy to learn, too! It teaches you as you go. It's a great game to play to pass the time, or even to play for a long period of time. You "pay" a small fee with in-game money (honeycombs!) to play each round, but your honeycombs are constantly regenerating. If you only play apps to pass the time, it's likely you'll never be stuck without enough honeycombs to play a round. But you can pay $5 for "infinite honey" and never have to worry about running out, if you'd prefer. That's what I did. Because honestly, the app is free, and I personally think it definitely deserve a $5 purchase.