“enjoying the game except for timed matches in PvP when I'm forced to watch an ad after every single level making it difficult to win. 2 stars as it's frustrating.”
Independent automated assessment · 6 signal sources · 1,746 reviews scanned · analyzed 2026-10-05.
4.9 ★2,102,323 ratings
100M+Downloads
4+Age rating
357 MBApp size
FreeIn-app purchases
About this app
With Word Search Explorer embark on a wondrous quest of adventure and wisdom, where the fun never stops!
This FREE TO PLAY word game makes learning new words so easy and much more fun. Flex your brain, connect the letters and swipe your way through hundreds of word puzzles, while steadily growing your vocabulary and confidence for the challenges ahead!
Successfully completing each puzzle will bring you closer to your next destination!
Buckle-up and get ready to go on an endeavour that takes you through breathtaking landscapes while training your brain to become a TRUE champion of the mind!
Believe the hype, join thousands of word game enthusiasts and download Word Search Explorer today!
HOW TO PLAY:
As easy as taking a walk in the park, find words that are hidden in the letter grid related to a common theme. Swipe your fingers to form the words that are hidden in plain sight.…
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 1.152 of the app, analyzed 2026-10-05 . The app may have changed since.
The store currently lists version 1.152, updated 2026-09-08.
Google Play
This analysis describes version 1.288.0 of the app (the version number recorded inside the package we inspected), analyzed 2026-10-05 . The app may have changed since.
The store currently lists version 1.288.0, updated 2026-09-28.
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
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 1.288.0, scanned 2026-09-26.
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 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 16 distinct ad networks / mediation SDKs: Amazon Publisher Services, AppLovin MAX, BidMachine, Chartboost and 12 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 37 distinct reviewers — 6.2% of the 599 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 49.99 — a 50x 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.
“Word searches are easy for me, so it's a good time waster... Ads pop up every 5 levels or so after level 25, but they are short or skippable... Cost to remove ads is $5.99, if you want, but it's not necessary... The game starts out very…”
“It's a decent word search game. There are ads after every level, you can pay $5 to remove them but to me, that's not worth it. I noticed the game overheats my phone after only a few minutes of playing so I'm uninstalling it, I found a…”
Assessment & version history
App changes and Appworthy events in one timeline.
Store listing updated to version 1.152.
What this app sells
Useful store-disclosed pricing, kept below the app listing.
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Google Play does not publish per-purchase prices.