Been playing on this app for 4-ish yrs. Now the past month or so I am forced to watch an ad, or I watch an ad to play a “free” game (as long as you watch ad).. problem is lately many times I watch the dang ad then after it’s completed the ad is frozen, and I have to swipe completely out of the game then bring it back up to unfreeze, then I try to play the “free” game and it states no ads available do you want to purchase. So I decline then go back again, it gives me another (sometimes over minute long) ad and then same thing happens. Many times these frozen ads happen 4-6 times in one group of daily games offered. (They happen different times, sometimes to play free game, sometimes after I complete a game etc etc). It is becoming increasingly irritating to say the least. I have updated and I check for bug fixes updates often and especially when these glitches happen. I really enjoy playing, but I’m tempted to see if there’s a better crossword app available. If I notice an improvement and the ads stop freezing/glitching so many times I’ll update my rating/review. An occasional glitch can happen but I’ve played 2 crosswords today and it’s happened 4 times already. Really frustrating.

Hmm, thought I wrote a review for THIS app, Lost my phone so they started me from taking “lessons” and a new account. A lot of new things since I started playing a long time ago. ANYWAY, my Mike did the crossword puzzle in his paper every single day! Though he didn’t always get every single one, he said he did them so his brain wouldn’t die before he did! THIS IS THE BEST CROSSWORD GAME of this type. No match 3 or other things that don’t apply and I like it. The puzzles are mostly great. Occasionally, I find myself (cursing to myself) because I don’t know an answer. Generally speaking, the puzzles will challenge some and others will think it’s too easy. Then the other word games that are like bonus play. Word search is great. The flipping letter game I don’t care for. The third option is 6 letters and you make as many words as possible in 50 seconds. That’s my FAVORITE WORD GAME EVER! I know it’s a small thing but when I got my new phone- that’s the reason I frantically searched for THIS ONE!! I installed several, 3 or 4 at least the first time I switched phones. I had never paid attention to the name of the company/game, etc! I found it pretty quickly and tried them all. Hands down, this is the best one!( It’s downloaded, as of yesterday, on everything I touch. (‘Cept PC) I think everything about this app is just right!

I’ve been playing DTC for a year or so, with very few complaints or problems. BUT—there’s always a but, right?—the last couple months have been horrendous. Certain ads will lock it into a black screen and the only way I’ve figured out how to clear it is to delete the app and reload. Pain in the rear when you’re in the middle of a tournament or within grasp of an achievement that you’ve been working towards. I’ve deleted and reloaded 4 or 5 times lately and I am seriously tired of having to rework puzzles that I completed a month or so ago. Only plus so far is that I’m fast as h*ll and have won the tournaments, etc. for the last 90 days or so (helps tremendously when you’ve just completed the puzzle recently). You guys want some serious cash for a game of this caliber. I’ve thought about it, but with my current bug issue, I can’t see dropping that much on an app that has as many bugs, syntax errors and language-translation issues that I’ve seen in the year or so that I’ve used it. Guess I’m just going to have to keep slogging through the other crossword apps until I find one that suits me and doesn’t have such an issue with my iPhone.