“Between the ads themselves or the ads loading is kind of ridiculous. I have 2 gig internet speed and no other app out of the 150 plus apps load a stupid ad for 30 seconds.”
Independent automated assessment · 6 signal sources · 835 reviews scanned · analyzed 2026-10-04.
Words With Friends Word Game
ZyngaWORDS WITH FRIENDS OUR MULTIPLAYER WORD GAME is better and smarter than ever…
4.1 ★525,844 ratings
10M+Downloads
4+Age rating
—App size
Free · In-app purchasesIn-app purchases
About this app
WORDS WITH FRIENDS OUR MULTIPLAYER WORD GAME is better and smarter than ever before! Beat this word jumble by unscrambling letters, train your brain and indulge in a plethora of classic word board games and crossword puzzles in Words With Friends! Expand your vocabulary and show off your spelling skills as you search for the highest scoring word in our beloved classic word games. Download for free word games for adults.
CREATE A GAME
► The multiplayer board games showdown starts here. Keep up your brain training by challenging your friends and family members who love the scramble of classic crossword puzzle games, or use Smart Match to find your perfect opponent. Unscramble letters and search for the highest scoring words on the board and fill in the classic crossword style puzzle! Prove you have what it takes to become the word king or queen in this classic game.…
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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.
This analysis describes version 60.00.02 of the app (the version number recorded inside the package we inspected), analyzed 2026-10-04 . The app may have changed since.
The store currently lists version 61.01.01, updated 2026-09-29.
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
Under 65% 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 60.00.02, 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
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 144 distinct reviewers — 17.2% of the 835 reviews scanned on this store leg (Google Play).
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.
“By far the worst app in the Google store. Constantly dealing with app freezes, no internet popup and a bogus virus warning popup. The repetitive ads are ridiculous. Literally, have to watch an ad after every play. TOO MANY DAMN ADS! FIX…”
“The ads are just out of control in this game. Now they happen right in the middle of taking your turn playing. Also, STOP with these nonsense push notifications that mean nothing! Updated 08/30/26: the game will not let me update my…”
Assessment & version history
App changes and Appworthy events in one timeline.
Store listing updated to version 61.01.01.
What this app sells
Useful store-disclosed pricing, kept below the app listing.
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