“I used to love this game but they now provide an ad every time you solve a puzzle. Gee, thanks for the treat. If you happen to solve any of the puzzles quickly, you can imagine how many ads you get. It's just not worth it, folks.”
Independent automated assessment · 6 signal sources · 937 reviews scanned · analyzed 2026-10-06.
4.6 ★1,417,618 ratings
50M+Downloads
12+Age rating
203 MBApp size
Free · In-app purchasesIn-app purchases
About this app
THE #1 HIT WITH OVER 250,000,000 PLAYERS WORLDWIDE! 4 pictures that have 1 word in common – what is it? Find out why everyone loves this game and JOIN THE FUN NOW!
*ENDLESS FUN WITH NEW PUZZLES!* Can you guess the words and unlock the levels? Countless puzzles from easy to tricky are waiting for you! New puzzles are added continuously for endless word fun!
*PURE, INSTANT FUN* No registration, no complicated rules. Just start playing and have fun!
*SIMPLE AND HIGHLY ADDICTIVE GAMEPLAY* Which word are we looking for? Look at the four pictures; find out what they have in common. Win!
*ONE OF THE MOST ADDICTIVE BRAINTEASERS IN THE WORLD!* There are over 250,000,000 4 Pics 1 Word enthusiasts playing across the globe in 9 languages. Join them!
Preview
Real screenshots from the store listing.
Independent evidence report
The evidence behind this assessment
This is where the page changes from an app-store listing into an evidence report: findings, important reviews, pricing and a dated history.
Which version this describes
When we ran this analysis, and what the store lists now.
App Store
This analysis describes version 63.38.0 of the app, analyzed 2026-10-05 . The app may have changed since.
The store currently lists version 63.38.0, updated 2026-09-17.
Google Play
This analysis describes version 63.38.0 of the app (the version number recorded inside the package we inspected), analyzed 2026-10-06 . The app may have changed since.
The store currently lists version 63.38.0, updated 2026-09-09.
What we measured
Each line is a measurement published as a measurement, never a verdict.
Each line is a measurement, published as a measurement. Where we have not looked, the line says so rather than reading as a zero.
Developer replies to reviews
Replies to fewer than 1 review in 20
Price in the store description
States no price and billing period
Cancelling, in the store description
Does not say how to cancel
Themes reported by reviewers
1 theme reported
Counted from the reviews we have read for this app. "No theme reported" means no theme reached our reporting threshold — it is not a finding that nothing is wrong with this app, and we do not say it is.
Five-star share of ratings
65–79% five-star
Arithmetic on the stores' own published rating counts. It says nothing about why the ratings fall where they do.
In the package we scanned
From the package we downloaded and read — version 63.38.0, scanned 2026-09-26.
Permissions Android classifies as dangerous
None requested
Counted against the eighteen permissions listed in collect-package.ts. A dangerous permission is one Android asks the user to grant; requesting one is not itself a finding.
Analytics or tracking SDKs in the scanned package
1–2 found
Advertising SDKs in the scanned package
3–9 found
Counted as distinct SDKs in the package we scanned. One mediation bundle can contribute several, so this is not a count of advertisers.
Graded bands · predicate set 1.4 · how these are measured
What the analysis found
App-specific findings, grouped by what each one rests on. How they are graded lives on its own page.
The catch list 2
Charges we publish at a strength we stand behind: measured from an artefact, agreed by independent sources, or reported by enough users to clear that charge's own published bar.
Multiple ad networks bundled
The package embeds several distinct advertising or mediation SDKs — a stack built for ad volume, not for a single house ad.
What we saw: Bundles 9 distinct ad networks / mediation SDKs: Amazon Publisher Services, AppLovin MAX, Chartboost, Fyber / Digital Turbine Exchange and 5 more
Reported by users: Aggressive ad load
Advertising volume or placement that interrupts normal use: ads between every action, unskippable or forced full-screen ads.
What we saw: Raised by 82 distinct reviewers — 16.3% of the 502 reviews scanned on this store leg (App Store).
Context 1
Measured and published because a reader would want to know — deliberately not a charge. The measurement alone does not show a harm.
Cheapest and priciest options are far apart
The disclosed in-app purchases span an unusually wide price range. Published as context: the cheapest and priciest items may be different kinds of product entirely, so the spread alone deducts nothing.
What we saw: In-app purchases run from USD 0.99 to USD 19.99 — a 20x spread across 10 items
Positive evidence 1
Things this app does right, published at the same strengths as the catch list.
Developer says data deletion can be requested
The developer's data-safety disclosure on the store states that users can request deletion of their data, or the app's own text offers a way to delete the account. This restates what the developer declares; it is not a test of whether deletion works. Apple publishes no equivalent disclosure, so on an Apple-only listing only the app's own text can support it.
What we saw: The developer's store data-safety disclosure states that data deletion can be requested; we have not seen a deletion control in the app's own text
Highlighted reviews
Representative public review excerpts shown as user reports, not Appworthy audit evidence.
“i've reinstalled this game to chill and have fun however, i got bombarded with ads consistently, im almost about to purchase the ad-free version, even linked it first with an account to save my progress and all, but i noticed one thing…”
“I played this game years ago & downloaded it again recently for the nostalgia but the ads are unbearable! Open the app, play 1 level, there's an ad. Do another 2 levels, interrupted by a prompt for minigames & bam, another ad. Close it…”
Assessment & version history
App changes and Appworthy events in one timeline.
Store listing updated to version 63.38.0.
What this app sells
Useful store-disclosed pricing, kept below the app listing.
Items shown10
Lowest$0.99
Highest$19.99
Bag of Coins 1$0.99
Bag of Coins 2$1.99
Bag of Coins 3$4.99
Bag of Coins 4$9.99
Bag of Coins 5$19.99
Show 5 more purchases
Premium$5.99
Progressive Offer 1$0.99
Progressive Offer 2$1.99
Progressive Offer 3$3.99
Progressive Offer 4$4.99
Google Play does not publish per-purchase prices.