Amanda Hutson
4 years ago
Used to be good. Like other reviewers said, they changed when you see an ad and its become unplayable. You could be in the middle of a game, in the middle of moving a block, and surprise a 30 second ad. Rinse and repeat every few minutes (or when you close and reopen the app, or try to get to the home screen, or pause your game. You get the point). Lots of ads.
A Google user
5 years ago
Very addictive; not timed, so interruptions don't ruin your score/progress; nice mix of strategy and chance; far too many ads- some are loud and some are inappropriate (an ad for a game involving a pregnant woman walking into her man in bed with another woman?! What the hell!). I'd pay a buck or two for no ads...
A Google user
5 years ago
I really enjoy playing this but the ads are excessive as all get out and a total pain. They're automatic, are videos, and have the sound full blast after every single game. I get the importance of ads for funding and all but I'm so close to uninstalling. I can only play this without an internet connection otherwise advertisement videos with no mute, skip, or close button interrupt both me and those around me! I can't in good conscious give this more than 2 stars- make a better system and I will
Daniel Merewether
4 years ago
Absolutely miserable trying to play this game while listening to anything. Pop up ads constantly, if you even try to pull down your bar to continue your music, it pops up another ad, which pauses your music, so you have to press play again, which puts in ANOTHER AD so you have to PRESS PLAY AGAIN WHICH PAUSES MUSIC AGAIN. Every 5 minutes you do this cycle 5 times till you can play and listen, only to start a new game and repeat the torture. Otherwise it's a lovely simple game, mindless fun.
Rose City Painting LLC
1 year ago
No Longer a Free App! For years this was the best FREE game out there, with an Ad here & there, I didn't mind. After a recent update, it has become impossible to play, basically useless, unless you buy their ad free membership for $20. Don't bother installing unless you're ready to pay $20 to play woody puzzle. Greed ruined it.
Marquis M.
4 years ago
Loved it until the most recent update included more intrusive ads. Before that, the game was honestly one of the best freeware games on Google Play. Easy to get into, hard to master; the gameplay was smooth and simple. Now you can't get into a good groove while playing because a full screen ad will pop up at random, and kill any background music or videos you might have going.
A Google user
5 years ago
I loved playing...very addictive...but... The ads are long, loud, and annoying especially the misleading ads like Homescapes, Gardenscapes. I fell for a couple only to discover the game didn't even resemble the ad...pretty much just fake candy crush. Shady... I wanted to purchase the game to go ad free but you can only pay for a subscription...4.99 a month for example. Wow...it's not that complex of a game. Seems like a rip off. I won't be forced to watch shady ads...uninstalled!!
Liana Lawler
4 years ago
Have had this for years, had to uninstall. Ad update made it literally unplayable. I was willing to deal with a lot of increasingly intrusive ad updates bc this game was very calming for me. But their last update had an ad pop up over the bottom third of the screen, where the pieces for selection are. How are you supposed to play it?????? What the hell???? Literally unplayable after YEARS, through three different phones.
A Google user
5 years ago
This is a very fun puzzle game. It looks simple, but it takes some practice to get good at it, and figuring out strategies to get better at it keeps it interesting. The best advice I can give to new players is to get Tetris out of your head. It looks Tetris-y on the surface, but it doesn't really work the same way. Look at it outside the Tetris box (haha), and you'll be off and running.
Andy & Chrissy Ault
4 years ago
Too many ads! It used to be that you just had to watch an ad after every game and they were only 5 mins long. Now you have to watch one before game play. Even if you minimize the game and don't close it, when you come back to play you have to watch an ad, everytime. I was playing this game while listening to music and I would switch back and forth between the two screens, I had to watch an ad everytime I came back to the games. Rediculouse! For that reason I'm removing it.
Carla Geary
2 years ago
This game was wonderfully designed, great relaxing game play during down time. BUT NOW IT IS ABSOLUTELY HORRIBLE AND ANNOYING!!!!! The ads popping up in the middle of game play is a terrible concept. The game went from mentally relaxing to causing mental anxiety. Now I playing worrying about when the ad is going to interrupt my play. I've been a fan for years, but now I'm considering uninstalling and finding something new.
Ice Bear
1 year ago
I've been playing this game for a few years, and it's always been one of my favorites. Very recently, they added ads in the middle of playing. It was fine after every game, but it is no longer playable. Devs have either become broke and desperate or have financial trouble. I was going to buy it permanently but now I feel the only logical thing to do is uninstall. I can't believe they'd add in ads after every 5-10 blocks. Smh
Rojoto
1 year ago
After a response from the developers about my last rating due to the ads, it does appear they have made a change. The game is back to normal and I was able to make it through games with ads only at the end. This game is a great mind break when you just need to get away from work or life. Simple to play without a ton of extras that bog the game down like some of the others.
Benjamin Nelson
9 months ago
Overall, this is a good challenging game. The only major drawback is that the app itself freezes from time to time while loading and gets stuck at only 8%. There is no remedy. It just requires you to close the app and try again another day. this will go on for days and days. Eventually, it will work again, but inevitably, the 8% bandit will strike again.
Mona Morstein
8 months ago
Overall I like this puzzle a lot, and it's the best of all of them, by far. I wouldn't ever go back to any other. Lately, though, the daily puzzle has gotten excruciatingly difficult and not in a fun way. I'm playing for 15 minutes, without any colored tiles even on the screen. Usually winning these in an enjoyable quick time, now I'm failing a lot and having to redo, many times on some days. Was this app updated to make the daily puzzle super hard? It was better before.
Amy Black
7 months ago
Used to be 5 stars. Ads got insufferable, but the game was still fun. Gave in and paid for ad-free. Now I'm noticing the game has started to kick me off levels, saying "No More Moves" despite there being plenty of space for the pieces currently available. It's actually really aggravating. I don't know when this started, but it's making me want to uninstall the game and not play anymore. It'd be nice if this could go back to how it used to be.
Stephanie Franz
7 months ago
The current Story challenge keeps crapping out on level 38. (Score 420 pts to pass) Every time I try this level, around 380 points, the game suddenly tells me No More Moves, when half the board is clear, and there is plenty of space to put the next pieces. Frustrating and disappointing is the name of the game.
DINA KISELA
7 months ago
I love this game. I think it may have a glitch on the 'events', after I clear all the gems from the first screen , I'm left with 2 blue and 3 yellow on the score board but I don't get any more gems in the game at all, just plain tiles. I wanted to upload 2 pics but I don't see an option. Thank Thank you
Maggie Roberts
5 months ago
l used to really like this game. l played it a lot. lt was relaxing, fun and included a set number of regular shapes. BUT!‐‐they changed the game in the last few months and added in all these random shapes that had never been included before. Now there is no way to keep in mind all the possible shapes that might come up, make reasonable placement choices, and try to plan ahead to keep space open for them. Please get rid of the myriad of new shapes!!! lt ruined the game!!!
HB
3 months ago
I'm very happy with the pay version and no more ad-trapping. I am annoyed however, when the game has ended, it doesn't immediately give me a fresh board. I have to go through a "No more moves" screen , then another screen where I click "New Game". This is a waste of time! Just give me the new game!!