Word Abacus App Reviews

I’ve enjoyed word, abacus for several years. It keeps my mind sharp to look for all kinds of words at various angles. All of a sudden the screen no longer comes up horizontal, but when the game starts it is stuck in the vertical position.The game used to allow one to play with the letters horizontally, or rotate the entire screen to be 180° in the other direction, or play the game vertically. Now when the game starts one can’t rotate the screen the screen remains locked in the vertical position and it’s hard to play the game 100% of the time stuck in the vertical position.

I love this game BUT when you get to a certain level it is impossible to play. Then it abruptly ends. I can’t even see what level I was on before it starts on level one again. If that can be fixed the game would be awesome.

I love this game and had it for a few years now. I do have a major gripe with it though.... No matter how many times I have played this game, I can’t get past level 14... can anyone else? It seems to just shoot out the red circles of death continuously after like, level 10 and it gets worse from 11 to 14, you just don’t get enough time to get rid of them al even if you make words with multiple red circled letters, plus it seems like the game also seals your fate by putting out more and more Xs and Zs and Qs! The makers of this game really should slow up on the red circled letters and allow more vowels... oh and don’t limit the three letter words, we should be able to use them when and if we can!

I have been playing this game for years and loved it. The new version is awful. It freezes on a discontinued game, and sometimes the colored letters don’t show up unless you stop and reload the game. I understand that the ads must be shown, but going back to the game as it was doesn’t always work.

Why does this game not save my progress? I always have to begin at Level 1

There is nothing else like Word Abaccus! It was brilliant for the developers to think of this and I cannot find anything else like this.

I truly enjoy this little gem. I "hinted" to the creator to update this App., and guess what? TLogic.de's Kevin Atkinson and his team did so! Thank you! This is one of my two favorite games, as I play only a few. It offers a fun challenge and keeps my mind active. It COSTS NOTHING to give it try and I encourage you to do so. Be sure to read how it works or you may misunderstand its approach.

My iPhone sent a message that the creator of this app needs to update it or it will slow my phone down. I have not seen an update ever. Forthcoming?

The red indicators/bars showing status of game-ending words need to be more distinct. It's very difficult how many bars remain on a letter; I've had too many premature "game over" because the visual distinction isn't obvious enough. Frustrating!

If you are slow witted with a mediocre education you will love this game. Words over an 8th grade level are not allowed.

I like to play but do not understand why the game stops and a letter flashes when there is plenty of time left in the round. Very annoying that there is no guide book or hints available.

So far it is great for a relaxed, focused mental challenge. Stress diminishes after a few minutes with this game. It nudges you into looking for longer words...increasing focus challenge and enjoyment. Remember words not used as much anymore. FUN! Enjoy this more every time I use it!!! Don't miss a day and many days more than once. Thank you! One feature I wish you could add is ability to look up words, even during the game. Great game! Still enjoying ... Had it a long time.

I really like this Ap when I first got it, but now I have to pound the letters to get them to register (iPad)' so I hardly use it anymore and will not recommend it to anyone. I had forgotten why I had deleted this game, so reloaded it, now I remember, I have to beat the keys so they register. Was hoping this had been fixed, wanted to buy it, but won't now.

Did it get un-stuck? How did you do it? I am stuck too.

Horrible implementation, tapping sometimes doesn't work and you can't slide, too annoying, good idea just poor programming.

Froze on me too!!

Loved this app, but now when I open it, it is frozen on the "Buy" or "No, thanks" screen. No, thanks. :(

New double tap submission doesn't work.

One touch does not select a letter. Two, sometimes three, touches are required making what should be fun an exercise in pain. Now deleted. jep

The scrolling ads at the top of the screen are too distracting to the eye to focus on the game. I'm not sure what to rate this game anymore. Used to be 4-star and now it's a 0 !

It's challenging and fun....and addictive. I haven't had any of the problems others have mentioned, except once the upgrade wouldn't let me press "no thanks" ....but since then it does. Very clever game.

Quite an addictive game!!! Only drawback is that you have to be touching a letter several times before it is highlighted - very annoying!! This MUST be fixed!! That is why I have given it a 4 star rating!!

Great game that I can't get enough of. With a few improvements the game could earn 5 stars. For one, the sounds keeps going in and out. Sometimes I don't mind but other times I want to decide for myself. Second, it would be nice to see how I'm trending on each level when compared to the high score. Last, improve the touch response. I've lost points because the system didn't respond to all the letters that were punched. And, I had hit submit before realizing the error.

Ouch, this new update causes tiles to take up to 15 seconds to highlight. It's very frustrating. I lost a game because the timed letters wouldn't highlight in time.

I've been playing Word Abacus Free for a couple of months when suddenly a $1.99 upgrade option appeared. I was unable to decline the upgrade because the "No Thanks" option was unresponsive. I was left with only the option to purchase the upgrade in order to continue playing. I deleted the app. Very disappointing!

Eared so I tried it again and it said it's already installed what's going on?

This is really a lot of fun, you can play alone or with someone. Your word skills really improve. I ma surprised it is a free app. Have fun

This is a great game to keep your mind sharp. I like it better than crosswords. It is as easy or as hard as you make it. Set a goal and then try to beat it. It is also great for kids to help with their spelling.

I play this game daily and have enjoyed it ....however recently I have surpassed my recorded highest scores and abacus has not acknowledged it.....It is no fun if u don't have this impetus to beat your last highest score.....at first I thought it was an electronic error ,but it is continuing to happen.....I no longer have a desire yo play for this reason..... Disappointed in V.B.

Awesome! Can't think of anything I would change.

I like the game, but I seem to have to touch the screen numerous times to get it to react. This is frustrating. And the game is not so interesting that it is worth the effort.

Sluggish response in tapping the letters. Far too frustrating to make this at all fun!

Addictive and fun the whole family can play!

Love the game but I want to see my score at the end of each game, not just when it is my highest score. Would it be that hard to display it for a couple of seconds?

Love this game and bought the upgrade. Wish there was a way to view your score and level attained at the end of each game whether it is a high scoring one or not.

Ever since I updated it I have not been able to play it. It's been very frustrating because I love the game but hate the frustration. Please fix this issue soon!

I loved this game and since the upgrade it has crashed consistently. It crashed the other day in the middle of a game and I cannot get it to boot up again. Please fix this!!! I continue to have issues with this game. My I pad show it as installed but it is not. Any suggestions on how this can be fixed?

Fun to use.

I like this game. I even upgraded it, but after the last update it no longer saves the game progress. I have to start over every time I open the app. I've played it much less as a result.

Thank you for updating this so quickly. This game is soooooo addicting!

I just set a high score of 802,987,654,345. Of course you can do this when there is no such thing as an improperly spelled word. A recent update now allows any word no matter how it is spelled. So ring up a stupidly high score before the glitch is fixed.

I used to play this game and it worked fine. Tonight, I downloaded the update. Now when I play, it isn't recognizing improper words. For example, I can chose the letters xmitehjy and it will recognize it as a word and give me points for it! Something is definitely wrong. Other than that, it used to be a very fun game!

Only improvement I would like to suggest is an endless mode. 5 stars when you do.

I was loving this game and was going to purchase it. However in the past month or so it constantly crashes. I can't even get the app to open any long even after uninstalling and reinstalling it. The few times I am able to open while in the middle of the game it crashes and thats it, not able to keep the app open any longer.

It's great fun, but it's starting to crash more often again.

I was enjoying this so much at first that I was thinking of upgrading. But then it crashed. I tried again, it crashed again. And again, and again. I'm glad I didn't upgrade now, and I am very disappointed as I'd love to be able to play for more than a minute or two at a time.

Love this game. Can't stop playing and don't need to wait on anyone to reply back like wwf

Great game until upgrade. Now it crashes constantly making the game unplayable. Please fix.

This is my favorite app. Thank you for the update. It still crashes occasionally, but so much better. Please consider moving the mix button, I accidentally press it too many times.