Ruzzle

The game is pretty good and the random matchup system works well to find similarly skilled players. But the ads after every single game are too much, and take too long. It takes less time to close and reopen the app than it does to get through an ad. Crazy. Team play is underwhelming, and both team games and events are designed to make you use coins for power ups. I don’t think a puzzle game like this should have power ups, but it’s a minor issue and not available in the regular matches, thankfully. Overall, solid game, best of the boggle-like games I’ve played, but the ads are the biggest problem. I know the devs need to make some money, but these ads just take way too long, some require multiple clicks, each with their own timers, to get past them. ADDED NOTE: Dev’s response to this review says that ads can be passed after 6 seconds, which would be reasonable, but is unfortunately not the truth. Most ads require you to wait roughly six seconds before the double arrows come up to pass it, but then an App Store page for the app being advertised comes up (which you must click “done” on), and then ANOTHER 6 second timer comes up to pass a third page, all for the same ad. Three separate clicks with their own timers for one ad is just ridiculous. Alternatively, I’ve been getting ads where there is a ten-second timer, which doesn’t start right away. I would be thrilled to have ads with a 6 second timer, and would not have complained.

You spend more time watching ads than playing this game. I used to play every day. Now I only get on to play two friends. Maybe once a week. My son doesn’t play very often. We found another game we play together. I have learned that buying a game doesn’t necessarily mean no commercials. For awhile it does but one of my games I purchased has found a way around that. While it don't make me wait thirty seconds of my life per commercial per game, it puts up annoying ads that I have to hit the x on three or four of them. I don’t play that one much anymore either. It makes me mad. I felt they lied about no ads. Look I played ruzzle several times a day with other people til I realized that 30 Seconds add up to minutes if you play every everyday for a few hours a day. Besides in the beginning the commercials were shorter. Sorta like television. Yeah they pay for your service til people like me get fed up and quit. Not only that, if I haven’t made a purchase or have no intention on buying a product first of all I don’t even watch them anymore. And the same ones over and over just makes me say I’ll never buy your product because you wasted my life. I am 65 years old. I’m not down to wasting what life I might have left. Some of these games are helping me to keep my mind sharp and provide a healthier way to spend my time. I am also a shut in because I cannot drive anymore and of course covid has put a damper on everyone’s life. Maybe shorter ads and more variety would be more helpful for all. Have a great day!

I’ve been playing this game for yeeeeaaars! I ❤️ this game! I read some of the negative posts & even I’m sorry that some are unhappy with Ruzzle especially thinking the app is designed in a way to cheat... I’ve made a few genuine Ruzzle friends, some were even relatives of each other! I have learned over the years how to earn the ink, so I haven’t spent money since I paid years ago to get rid of the ads & my first purchase of ink & I don’t even remember how much that was 🤷🏾‍♀️ the only thing I need help with just started recently: the free help I earn daily that I save to use during my team play, the videos are taking much longer to play. At first I thought it was my phone, but after I hit one of them 4 times in a row for the first time & realized it used up all my free ones & still had to use my ink for 100 & this has happened several times within the past 2 weeks. And a few times it’s happened with my ink too... 😕 So I’m like ok, time to notify my Ruzzle fam 😂😂 because I’ve never had a customer service issue with you guys, nor have my Ruzzle friends that I’ve referred to y’all when they’ve had questions or issues! Let me know if I need to email 📧 ☺️