“I used to play this game daily. I stopped a while ago because of the ads and just checked back to see if the frequency of advertimemts had changed and unfortunately it has not. It would be a 5 star game if there weren't so many ads. They…”
Independent automated assessment · 3 signal sources · 913 reviews scanned · analyzed 2026-10-06.
4.7 ★428,438 ratings
10M+Downloads
12+Age rating
292 MBApp size
Free · In-app purchasesIn-app purchases
About this app
Play and exercise your brain with the BRAND NEW, incredibly addicting word game that everyone’s talking about!
HOW TO PLAY
Swipe to reveal hidden words and to bring the Word Stacks crashing down! Easy at first, but gets challenging fast. Can you beat the game?
WHY PLAY?
Word Stacks is the latest, top-rated word game from the makers of Wordscapes, Word Chums and Wordscapes in Bloom. New to the Wordscapes games family? Experience the addicting, brain-building gameplay that has captured the hearts (and brains) of millions of players worldwide.
FEATURES:
● EACH PUZZLE HAS A CLUE. Use it to find the related words in each puzzle! ● EVOLVING LEVELS. Each puzzle shifts as you find words. Word Search with a twist! ● LOTS OF LEVELS. Play over 3000 levels with more coming soon! ● EARN POWER-UPS.…
Preview
Real screenshots from the store listing.
Independent evidence report
Evidence and review signals
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 1.28.1 of the app, analyzed 2026-10-06 . The app may have changed since.
The store currently lists version 1.28.1, updated 2026-09-26.
Google Play
This analysis describes version 1.28.1 of the app, analyzed 2026-10-04 . The app may have changed since.
The store currently lists version 1.28.1, updated 2026-09-26.
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
80–89% 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.
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 24.99 — a 25x 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
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: 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 21 distinct reviewers (4.1% of 508 reviews scanned)
Highlighted reviews
Representative public review excerpts shown as user reports, not Appworthy audit evidence.
“It's a fun game. Ads are insane though. I wish I could just buy the game, but they won't let you. Every time you win a game, ad. And they are LONG ads too. I'm not paying a monthly fee, just give me the option to buy it.”
“Like the game, too many ads. Is there an ad free version? I'd be willing to pay. Still like the game, don't like the ads. Please, I'm willing to pay!”
Assessment & version history
App changes and Appworthy events in one timeline.
Store listing updated to version 1.28.1.
What this app sells
Useful store-disclosed pricing, kept below the app listing.
Items shown10
Lowest$0.99
Highest$24.99
Big Bundle$5.99
XS Coin Pack$0.99
Super Bundle$12.99
S Coin Pack$2.99
Starter Kit$1.99
Show 5 more purchases
Coins Bonus Bundle$9.99
Piggy Bank$3.99
M Coin Pack$4.99
Huge Bundle$24.99
Coins Bonus Offer$2.99
Google Play does not publish per-purchase prices.