“Garbage — Every 2 seconds there is ads So annoying”
Independent automated assessment · 3 signal sources · 504 reviews scanned · analyzed 2026-10-05.
4.6 ★1,016,934 ratings
—Downloads
4+Age rating
1056 MBApp size
Free · In-app purchasesIn-app purchases
About this app
Sharpen your mind with Word Crush crossword puzzles! Get ready for a thrilling word adventure with Word Crush, where fun, challenge, and relaxation await.
Whether you’re a fan of classic crossword games or just looking for a relaxing word board game, Word Crush has something for everyone. With over 18,000 levels, exciting mini-games, and exclusive events beyond just word matching and word crushing, the adventure never ends! Improve your vocabulary, sharpen your word skills, and enjoy the ultimate word search puzzle experience in a leisurely environment.
Highlights
- Over 18,000 Classic Word Puzzle Levels to Explore Word Crush features a vast collection of over 18,000 levels, each designed with increasing difficulty to keep you engaged. As you progress, you’ll face tougher challenges that will test your vocabulary, spelling, and brainpower.…
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.
This analysis describes version 4.2.4 of the app, analyzed 2026-10-05 . The app may have changed since.
The store currently lists version 4.2.4, updated 2026-09-25.
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
2 themes 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
No package has been scanned for this app, so nothing is published about what it ships. That is an absence of evidence about the app, not a finding about it.
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.
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 144 distinct reviewers — 28.6% of the 504 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 23.99 — a 24x spread across 10 items
One source only — shown, not confirmed 1
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: Reports that the ads misrepresent the app
Reviewers repeatedly report that the app is not what its advertising showed. We never see the ad creative itself, so nothing we collect can corroborate or refute this — it is published as an attributed user report: what reviewers say, and how many of them said it.
What we saw: Misleading advertising: raised by 10 distinct reviewers (2.0% of 504 reviews scanned)
Highlighted reviews
Representative public review excerpts shown as user reports, not Appworthy audit evidence.
“Pop ups — I loved this game but since the last update you get random pop up ads while you’re playing. I will be uninstalling”
“Ads are annoying!!! — I enjoy your game, but there are way too many ads and they’re so annoying. It’s unbelievable, on some of them I can’t turn off the volume, however, I guarantee you your vendor is not getting their moneys worth from…”
Assessment & version history
App changes and Appworthy events in one timeline.
Store listing updated to version 4.2.4.
What this app sells
Useful store-disclosed pricing, kept below the app listing.
Items shown10
Lowest$0.99
Highest$23.99
BIG BUNDLE$5.99
220 Coins$0.99
SUPER BUNDLE$12.99
jam3d hint pack$3.99
660 Coins$2.99
Show 5 more purchases
MEGA BUNDLE$23.99
tiletap hint pack$3.99
1210 Coins$4.99
STARTER KIT$0.99
TICTAC KIT$1.99