“I love doing word search games. so far this one is super easy. The only bad is, there are to many ads, like all the games. as you continue playing, the puzzles keep getting more challenging.”
Independent automated assessment · 6 signal sources · 915 reviews scanned · analyzed 2026-10-06.
4.9 ★629,541 ratings
10M+Downloads
4+Age rating
257 MBApp size
FreeIn-app purchases
About this app
Fillwords is an exciting word game with 2000+ levels!
The goal of the puzzle is simple: find hidden words on the game grid. Connect letters with a line to form words and complete each level. Ready to challenge your mind and vocabulary?
A GREAT WORD GAME FOR EVERYONE
Fillwords suits both beginners and fans of all kinds of word puzzles. Want to relax after a long day? Looking to boost your focus and attention? Or maybe you’re a devoted word search fan? Then this game is the perfect choice for you!
WHY DO SO MANY PLAYERS CHOOSE FILLWORDS?
- A huge collection of puzzles: Thousands of carefully designed levels are waiting for you! Start with easy tasks and gradually move on to challenging word puzzles that will test even experienced players.
- A great brain workout: This game is a perfect way to improve concentration, vocabulary, and thinking speed – all in a fun and engaging format!…
Preview
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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 1.68.23 of the app, analyzed 2026-10-05 . The app may have changed since.
The store currently lists version 1.68.23, updated 2026-09-24.
Google Play
This analysis describes version 1.67.23 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 1.68.23, updated 2026-10-02.
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 at least 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
90% or more 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 1.67.23, scanned 2026-09-25.
Permissions Android classifies as dangerous
1–2 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
10 or more 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 1
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 17 distinct ad networks / mediation SDKs: AdColony, Amazon Publisher Services, AppLovin MAX, BidMachine and 13 more
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
One source only — shown, not confirmed 2
A single kind of evidence. We publish these because withholding them would be the bigger distortion, and we do not treat any of them as a finding we stand behind.
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: Aggressive ad load: raised by 72 distinct reviewers (17.5% of 412 reviews scanned)
From the store listing: Usable without an account
The app's own screens offer a way past sign-up — guest access, skipping, or browsing before registering — rather than gating the product behind an account. The store's privacy disclosure is checked alongside it: that disclosure is self-reported, so it corroborates this credit rather than establishing it.
What we saw: The store privacy disclosure (6 entries) links no contact details or identifiers to the user — consistent with an app that does not require an account. Self-reported by the developer.
Highlighted reviews
Representative public review excerpts shown as user reports, not Appworthy audit evidence.
“Not an offline game! It advertised that it can be played offline and without ads. This is not the case. There are a lot of ads and the game will not let me play offline! To update based on the developer's response: This is incorrect…”
“Too many ads between each level. Cost to remove ads is too high. I played through Fetch and did not get the paltry points promised. I had to stop because I couldn't bear the ads. This is one of the few reviews I have written. Near the…”
Assessment & version history
App changes and Appworthy events in one timeline.
Store listing updated to version 1.68.23.
What this app sells
Useful store-disclosed pricing, kept below the app listing.
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