SCRABBLE Premium App Reviews

Just wanted to play with my son who lives on another continent. It wouldn’t let us even though we both made EA accounts. Game wanted us to log in with FB. Wish I had my 7.99 back.

This app is not Game Center compatible and is intentionally hobbled without logging into your Facebook account. If you don’t participate with Facebook, or if you feel awkward linking a game with Facebook, don’t expect this app to allow you to play with others. (I would expect this from a free app, but after paying $7.99, that is unacceptable.)

Scrabble The app is well designed, and fun to play. However, Electronic Arts is gathering so much information on what you are doing -- even collecting all the *private* games you have played *OFF LINE* -- that we cannot recommend this app. It gathers location data, device ID, plants tracking cookies, and shares information with third parties! Worse, it does that even if you dont sign up for its on-line services or "play with friends". There is also no way of opting out of most of this data collection -- of course, it should be opt-in to begin with, but EA has no business exploiting users info, habits, and browsing this way. We highly recommend reading their privacy policy. *You* may be comfortable with such data gathering, but we are not! See later on for some of the details. -------------- There are also a couple of game-app flaws. 1. Music and sounds are turned on by default. It woke my partner up when I first launched the game. Suggestion: have it off by default and simply have text on screen -- silently -- saying you can turn it on sound effects and music! 2. One is forced to go through a tutorial -- and it is irritating. There is a skip button (discovered later) at the beginning, but no way of exiting once you are trapped inside the tutorial. Suggestion: here, too, just a brief message saying tutorial available. 3. The game gets stuck at the end when player and computer have nothing to play! You have to go back and forth *three* times before it will finally conclude the game! 4. The app plays many unusual, even questionable, words and that detracts from the enjoyment. Suggestion: The dictionary should include definitions! That way, users could learn something along the way. 5. The Best Word feature is fine, but the animation is distracting and gets old fast! PRIVACY POLICY NEEDS OVERHAUL Cannot believe all that Electronic Arts is gathering! Here are some statements from their privacy policy -- thats a misnomer, in any case -- its more like a "*Lack* of Privacy Policy"! Exclamation points added! "If you play a game offline, this data will be stored on your device and transmitted to EA when your device connects to the Internet." !! Can you believe that?! Thats none of their business! "We collect other information automatically when you use our products, including: IP address; !! Monitoring you. Mobile and other hardware or device identifiers; !! Identifying your stuff. Browser information, including your browser type and the language you prefer; !! So, collecting data in your browser preference, but on your language! Is EA part of the NSA?! Referring and exit pages, including landing pages and pages viewed; !! In other words, where you are browsing! "Platform type; Information about your media, device, hardware and software," !! "your hardware settings and components," !! Theyre really being invasive! ... "Details about what EA products you use and your use of them;" !! "Use of them"?! and "Device event information, including crash reports, request and referral URLs" !! (Note error: it should be URLs.) Then, the coup de grace: "We also may collect and store information locally on your device, using mechanisms like cookies, browser web storage (including HTML 5) and application data caches." !! "We use cookies and similar technologies to help us understand things like what web pages, features or ads you view and what games you play." !! In other words, EA is tracking you, which is akin to stalking. NO THANKS!

Shows 0 friends online and won’t let me get back to my games in play. I’ve updated my iPhone to the mist current update and reinstalled both scrabble and Facebook. I’m sad.

same connectivity problems as others. no update to fix. avoid installing at all cost! ????? updated - they fixed it a few months back and now its broken again in the SAME way!!! Stooooooopppp! fiiiix it!!!!!

Where is the 3 and 4 player option button? I will tell you where, they had a problem and instead of fixing it they deleted the option! Shame on you! People purchased the paid version so they could play family and friends around the US. Another excuse was play it on Facebook. Well not everyone wants to join Facebook did support think of that, NO! Shame on you! Why not just hire competent people who really care about the people who support your products? Shame on you EA! Thc

Enjoy playing friends and computer to enhance skills.

You need to fix the Dictionary and the words. There is no point in asking for"Review" if you dont respond to reviews given. Good game. Dictionary should give the meaning of word too; not just reference true or false.

Once again you have ruined a great game with this latest update. Please un-update me or refund my money.

Good game and I like the color texture of it.

I truly enjoy this game. The only fault I find is with the supporting dictionary. I have had this complaint for years, and reported it previously. Frequently I play common nouns, verbs, adverbs, etc., that I know and double-check to be actual words, only to find Merriam-Webster does not accept them. Also, many British-isms and slang words are considered acceptable, not so with similar American words.

I’ve been playing the premium scrabble since 2012, since my latest update wouldn’t update I had to delete it and repurchase the app, since the app developer wouldn’t get back to me.

Cannot update new version because I have ios 7.1.2, and cannot keep older version. Help!!!

The word choices that are considered words in this app seem to be only the words provided. So you will be frustrated when you find that you could really stomp your opponent, then scrabble tells you that your have not created a scrabble word. The developers should figure out how this game along with players can add to the dictionary and play in the advance mode. In the days without electronics we could look up words in the dictionary. Developers maybe set up an app that provides the dictionary then the scrabble app can search it.

•to quote pete Townsend, "the goods gone:" one again the Scrabble app wont log in. Oh well, even at its worst, Scrabble is way beyond WordFeud, Words With Friends, and any other imposters Ive forgotten. And, I appreciate that TileTracker is listing "all the letters we can not see" (apologies to Anthony Doerr) and no more auto-recall. •the bad… I wish we could still see a little info about recently completed games (e.g., consider allowing access to the last local game). Finally, please let us see teachers advice regarding the last move of the game! •…and the aesthetics (or hue?) of the interface: I really like the emphasis on red. A lot of scrabble is played in the middle of the night by people pretending it will help them get to sleep, so emphasizing warm colors (and minimizing blue light) is actually very important.

Game is doing better since the last update, however, still running into problems. Mainly, it freezes up when attempting to open the app. In the last week Ive needed to uninstall/reinstall the app nearly EVERY time I wanted to play. REALLY?! And yes- this is actually better than before when I couldnt play at all. Good grief, AE. Please fix the bugs. I like the game when it works, but is can be so frustrating. Its September 2017. 4 days ago I received a message that I should change my Origin password as a safety precaution... that it was good to go this from time to time, etc... So I did. Now I cant get into my Origin account at all. I contacted support (which was no walk in the park) and finally received a phone call. I was told others are having the same problem and to wait two days or so while Origin works out the bug. Well, its been longer than two days and I still cant access the Scrabble game! Concerned my opponents will have force forfeited my open games due to my lack of play and I will thereby lose my standing as well as history . Whats going on???? It’s been almost a week and I can only play Scrabble on Facebook- something I’ve never done before. My new password still isn’t working (and I tried changing but several times...). Us anyone else having this issue?? It’s been two weeks. I finally got into my Origin account, but as I suspected, opponents have force-forfeited some games. My ratings have returned (they were not there initially). I really like playing Scrabble, but the technical issues have been a real pain...

Update 10/7/17: nudge/force forfeit seems to be fixed, but only by clicking the “next” button which takes you to the game with your opponents most previous move (instead of oldest move, which would make the most sense since you don’t want people to force forfeit your own games (especially if you’re actively using the app.)) And now, the app randomly disappears when using the iOS app switcher. Also, they hide which “guest” by listing everyone as “random opponent”, (even when you rematch someone. I know, right?) So now, you cannot check the person’s record or elo before deciding whether to play against that person. This is a new dumb idea that should have not been implemented. Original review: Review Updated 6/25/17: DO NOT DOWNLOAD UNTIL THIS IS FIXED! STILL issues with nudge/force forfeit. Leads to an infinite amount of open games with people who gave up on finishing a game (which leads to further issues with lag/freezes, as well as the inability to create new games as your game limit is reached.)

The games still has issues. You cant see you opponents rating before you make you first move. As a result, you could get stuck playing an unrated player which is very problematic and unfair. If you are rated 2100 or higher, there absolutely no benefit in playing someone rated below 1600. If you win, you gain no points in rating. But if you lose, you could lose as much as 16 points. Ive retired from playing this dumb game at 2150. Theres no point in playing any more until this issue gets fixed.

**App changes have greatly improved the Scrabble app. No longer asking for constant sign-ins; bugs virtually disappeared; removed the recall of tiles feature when a potential word was not accepted-they listened to their customers! Good comeback by Scrabble. Constant requirement to sign in is very annoying and a waste of time. On going bugs, game play delays are also very frustrating. Scrabble needs to get its software program up to speed and playable on a more consistent basis without the downtime. Stop the constant sign in requests! As of 7/17/14 this app is NOT WORKING!! Update: 5/26/15. Generally works ok BUT now there is an annoying, constant popup that states "Network Error- there seems to be a problem connecting to Origin." BUT I am connected to Origin and the only problem is having to look at this ANNOYING popup every time I play a current game. I have deleted and reinstalled this app with no fix. I have contacted Scrabble with no fix. This is why Words with Friends is a 100% better word game. UPDATE 6/3/15: this app continues to be frustrating and annoying. Never ever do they permanently fix technical problems. I continue to receive popups stating "No Network Connection" even though my wifi connection is perfect and EVERYONE of my other phone apps work fine. Words with Friends has far surpassed Scrabble as the much better word game for its technical superiority(it is Always working) and for its superb game play features like "Word Strength", and "Tile Bag." UPDATE 6/20/15: not working once again. Just a horribly inconsistent app. Continues to send popup Network Connection error messages when there is a solid internet connection. And now it just closes down. WWF is a 100% better word game app. Update 7/6/15: once again, the Scrabble bug is biting. Now it doesnt open, just goes back to Home. So frustrating and going on for too long. Its clear that a revamped platform is needed. 1/28/16 Update: this latest upgrade is a good improvement. More modern look with fixes to old problems. Suggestions: allow smoother movement of tiles from rack to board-many times I have to double click to make the board larger so as to place a tile. Thats annoying. 2/23/16 Update: 4⭐️ after the latest update. Very nice improvements in design & fixes. Only open item is not providing alert indicator when it is my turn. 6/29/16: very steady with no bugs which is a nice change from previous Scrabble app. The platform and software are very stable. Would like to be able to block players and make it easier to update photo. 8/22/16: app broken. States no network connection. Update 10/10/16: games completed section changed and now we dont know the identification number of a guest/random player we completed playing. Getting to c/s is impossible; they make it very very difficult to provide simple feedback without mounds of information. Hence, this update. 9/14/17: app requires constant re-sign ins. And Why?? Annoying and frustrating!! 10/9/17: I am officially done. Could not sign in for two weeks then the “fix” requires daily log in. Done! No more! They are incapable of fixing their platform.

Best game ever! It needs to be friendlier so you can add friends right from the game so you don’t have to go into Origin website!!!