Words With Friends
Do you like crosswords and Scrabble? Enjoy a little friendly competition? I think the ‘Words With Friends” app is just for you.
I bought this application after seeing it on Sean Spertes’s home screen. Out of nowhere I started seeing the Twitter and Facebook posts go up asking people to join them in playing this game. The concept is simple, if you know Scrabble, you know this game. You receive a set of letters, you make words, and then pass the game back to the other player for their turn. Even John Mayer is endorsing this game “The ‘Words With Friends’ app is the new Twitter”...I’d say that’s alright press.
Pros
- The chat feature - A little friendly “smack talking” never hurt anyone right?
- Search for a “User Name” - this is for the friends you do know and have provided their User Name.
- Search for a “Random Opponent” - run out of “real friends” to play? Search for a random person to play.
- Twitter and Facebook invites - Link up to your accounts and the game provides a generic message to be posted to the social networking sites.
Cons
- Push notifications - Spotty at best. It may be a day or so before I see that my opponent has made their move.
- Resigning from a game - If it is your opponents move, the game will not allow you to resign. You have to wait for their move, or for the system to remove them from the game if they do not move in a “reasonable amount of time.” What that time is, I’m still not sure, and have yet to see the game resign a player automatically.
- Score record keeping - there is none. I think a great feature to add would be records of who you won/lost to and your points in those games. A top scorer list may also be good to add (hint to developers).
Overall, I’d say the $2.99 is well-worth it for this one—although you could get away with the free version, but the ads get a little annoying after awhile.
