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Boggle With Friends: Word Game

71%Game Brain Score
gameplay, graphics
monetization, stability
86% User Score Based on 42,251 reviews

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Boggle With Friends is a mobile word game that offers a fun and engaging experience. Based on the classic Boggle board game, players search for as many words as possible by connecting adjacent lettered dice within a time limit. The game includes solo play, head-to-head matches, and daily tournaments, with leaderboards to track progress. With various word difficulty levels and a vibrant community, Boggle With Friends is a great choice for players who enjoy word games and competing with others.

Boggle With Friends: Word Game screenshot
Boggle With Friends: Word Game screenshot
Boggle With Friends: Word Game screenshot
Boggle With Friends: Word Game screenshot
Boggle With Friends: Word Game screenshot
Boggle With Friends: Word Game screenshot
Boggle With Friends: Word Game screenshot
Boggle With Friends: Word Game screenshot
Boggle With Friends: Word Game screenshot
Boggle With Friends: Word Game screenshot
Boggle With Friends: Word Game screenshot
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86%
Audience ScoreBased on 10,000 reviews
gameplay18 positive mentions
monetization1.2k negative mentions

  • Fun and challenging gameplay that keeps the mind sharp.
  • Ability to play against friends and random opponents adds to the excitement.
  • The game has a variety of modes, including tournaments and daily challenges.
  • The app frequently freezes during gameplay, especially in tournaments, causing loss of progress and tickets.
  • Excessive and intrusive ads that disrupt the flow of the game, often requiring multiple clicks to exit.
  • Recent updates have introduced bugs that affect performance, making the game unplayable for many users.
  • monetization
    1,222 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The monetization strategy of the game has drawn significant criticism from users, primarily due to the overwhelming number of intrusive ads that disrupt gameplay. Many players express frustration over the length and frequency of these ads, often reporting that they spend more time watching ads than actually playing the game. While some users are willing to pay for an ad-free experience, the lack of a permanent purchase option and the reliance on a subscription model for ad removal have led to dissatisfaction and calls for a more user-friendly monetization approach.

    • “I would pay for a premium version with no ads of this app in a heartbeat.”
    • “Just don't like the constant ads; it would be nice to have a one-time pay to stop ads instead of a subscription model.”
    • “It's fun and all, but it's ridiculous to require tokens/microtransactions for tokens in order to play a few rounds of boggle with friends.”
    • “The ads have become totally unbearable, ruining the game experience completely.”
    • “I would have kept it on my phone but there is no option to turn off the advertisements, even checked in the store.”
    • “The game itself is fun, but the ads are ridiculous.”
  • stability
    744 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The game's stability is a significant concern among users, with frequent reports of freezing, glitches, and crashes during gameplay, particularly in tournaments. Many players express frustration over losing progress, power-ups, and tickets due to these issues, which have persisted despite updates. Overall, the app's performance is described as unreliable, detracting from the overall enjoyment of the game.

    • “Faced no glitches so far.”
    • “No glitches - always perfect gameplay.”
    • “Great game, really nothing else for me to say; no glitches that I've seen.”
    • “Game constantly freezes or randomly redirects you to a website.”
    • “It freezes, ends my time early, boots me out of games without saving my progress, and freezes my whole phone to the point of having to remove the battery.”
    • “Game freezes constantly, I lose coins constantly!”
  • gameplay
    76 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    Gameplay is generally described as fun and engaging, with many players enjoying the core mechanics and competitive aspects. However, numerous issues such as frequent app crashes, intrusive ads, and lag—especially after recent updates—significantly detract from the overall experience. While some users appreciate improvements in graphics and smoother gameplay, the overwhelming presence of ads and gameplay interruptions have led to frustration and dissatisfaction among many players.

    • “Still, gameplay is smoother than most other similar games.”
    • “Super fun gameplay, works great with friends, ads are pretty short and easy enough to skip.”
    • “Gameplay is simple but fairly well done, but the crashes and ads and crashes and ads...”
    • “New version with the same old problems, namely: app freezes during gameplay, particularly while swiping words.”
    • “The gameplay is horrible.”
    • “Game still freezes during gameplay practically all the time!”
  • graphics
    58 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The graphics in the game receive mixed reviews, with some players praising their aesthetic appeal and improvements over previous versions, while others find them overly busy, distracting, and difficult to read. Many users express frustration with the intrusive and juvenile design elements that hinder gameplay, particularly for older players. Overall, while some appreciate the visual upgrades, a significant number feel that the graphics detract from the gaming experience.

    • “I love the graphics.”
    • “Graphics are great.”
    • “Better graphics, better gameplay, better interface, better game!”
    • “The graphics are now more distracting than ever, but the worst is the inexplicable series of squiggly pink and purple lines layered over the match playing screen, which, by the way, has been lightened to a color so pale I can't see through the squiggly lines.”
    • “The new version of Boggle has terrible, busy, distracting graphics.”
    • “The graphics are horrible for me; they are so busy and loud, extremely hard to read and use.”
  • story
    23 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The story aspect of the game is marred by frustrating bugs and poorly designed daily quests that often reset progress or require impossible tasks, leading to player dissatisfaction. While the concept of daily quests is appreciated for enhancing engagement, the execution falls short, with inadequate rewards and frequent technical issues that detract from the overall experience. Players express a desire for clearer communication and improved functionality to make the quests more enjoyable and achievable.

    • “Love this app.. improves word knowledge, relatability, word formations and daily quests and tournaments keeps up the energy and enthusiasm.”
    • “Fun game with achievable quests and you can choose to play hourly, daily, or weekly with as much enjoyment.”
    • “It was good until they ruined it with daily quests that they don't make it possible for you to achieve without playing so many games that you become sick of it and uninstall the app.”
    • “But... if you have any query at all, finding any FAQs is a fool's mission; seeking help is impossible and finding whatever the rules are that govern the extraneous bits is frustrating.”
    • “It was good until they ruined it with daily quests that don't make it possible for you to achieve without playing so many games that you become sick of it and uninstall the app.”
    • “How can I complete my daily quests when my daily challenge hasn't worked for 2 days?”
  • music
    22 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The music aspect of the game has received overwhelmingly negative feedback, primarily due to intrusive ads that disrupt users' personal music playback and often require them to restart their music apps. Many players find the in-game music annoying and distracting, particularly during tournaments, and express frustration over the lack of control over audio settings. Overall, the integration of ads significantly detracts from the music experience, leading to a poor impression of the game's audio design.

    • “The game sound keeps going out, so you can't hear the countdown music.”
    • “...but with the latest update, the music doesn't play during the game (or on the game's main menu) and I miss it.”
    • “The only complaint is the tournament background music, which is super annoying.”
    • “The ads are so bad, I get a couple each round, and even though usually you can mute ads, they automatically pause or override your music or other audio even if muted.”
    • “It turns off your music player when an ad starts, and does not turn it back on again after the ad!”
    • “Also, it shuts off any music you're playing so you have to listen to ads.”
  • optimization
    14 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    Overall, users report significant issues with optimization, citing performance degradation, lag, and crashes, particularly after recent updates. Many express frustration with the app's usability on various devices, especially larger screens, and note that the game struggles to maintain smooth performance despite having capable hardware. The consensus indicates that the game's optimization is poor, leading to a frustrating user experience.

    • “Runs smoothly though sometimes heavy, fair balance of play time and coins/tickets/power-ups.”
    • “Runs smoothly.”
    • “Performance has been slowly degrading for months, and the redesign killed it, plus worsened usability, at least on a smaller tablet.”
    • “I have a decent phone but the app's performance is horrible.”
    • “Latest Android update has rendered the interface so slow and stuttering that it is an exercise in frustration.”
  • humor
    9 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    Users find the humor in the game to be a mix of situational comedy and clever interactions, often highlighting the irony of game mechanics and the prevalence of ads. The humor is seen as a way to engage with friends and stimulate mental activity, contributing to an overall enjoyable experience.

    • “It's funny they think they are equal.”
    • “Funny and a great way to interact with friends far away.”
    • “A funny way to test your words!”
  • grinding
    6 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The grinding aspect of the game is widely criticized for being tedious and frustrating, with many players finding it slow and irritating. While some acknowledge the game's challenge, the reliance on grinding for rewards and the pay-to-win mechanics detract from the overall experience, making it feel unfair and overly reliant on user data farming.

    • “Tedious, slow and beyond irritating.”
    • “Good, but hitting daily bonuses can be tedious.”
    • “Would be good if it wasn't completely pay-to-win; in any tournament a player can use a selection of boosts, one for free and the rest either painstakingly earned by grinding away at a broken system or just bought from the store.”
  • emotional
    4 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    Users express a mix of frustration and attachment to the game, highlighting emotional investment through years of play despite technical issues like unresponsive controls and interruptions during gameplay. While they appreciate the game's concept, these persistent problems detract from their overall experience, indicating a strong desire for improvement.

  • replayability
    2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    Players feel that the game's replayability has diminished due to the introduction of a ticket and coin system, which limits access to gameplay unless players invest resources. While the graphics and overall experience remain enjoyable and addictive, the added costs have made it less accessible for repeated play.

    • “Word Streak revamped literally... all of my Word Streak games from the past were listed the first time I opened the app. It's still a great game with improved graphics, and it's addictive and a good time killer.”
    • “The game was more enjoyable before when you didn't have to rely on tickets, coins, or bonuses unless you wanted to.”
    • “Word Streak was revamped, and all of my previous games were listed the first time I opened the app. It's still a great game with improved graphics and is addictive, but it still costs coins per game, which should have changed to enhance replayability.”

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