Name: Word Search Explorer®
Rating: 4.95 (830392 reviews)
Author: PlaySimple Games Pte Ltd

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Analyst summary

Last verified 6 Aug 2026

Word Search Explorer® is a Games application published by PlaySimple Games Pte Ltd. It holds a 5.0-star average across 830,392 public ratings.

It is actively maintained: the most recent update we observed shipped 16 Jul 2026. The listing has been on the store for 3 yrs 156 d.

On the listing it is localized into 29 languages, a 323 MB download, runs on iPhone 5s and newer · iPad.

A summary of the measured figures recorded on this page, kept current as the numbers change.

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Position in category

Each bar shows where Word Search Explorer® sits in the distribution of Games apps we track. Percentiles are computed over apps with the field observed, not the whole category.

Rating volume 99th pct.

Average rating 99th pct.

Download size 76th pct.

Price 5th pct.

Distribution computed with the category report · Full category report

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Review intelligence

Medium confidence

Users find the game fun, relaxing, and good for brain training, but many are frustrated by excessive ads and battery drain.

Computed from 119 public reviews, 26 Jun 2026–31 Jul 2026 · 48 in the last 30 days. Sentiment and themes are model-derived from the review text, not categories we imposed.

ads Negative · 11

relaxing Positive · 10

fun Positive · 9

brain training Positive · 5

battery drain Negative · 2

performance Negative · 1

In users’ words · verbatim public App Store reviews, unedited

★★★★★

Word search

This game keeps your mind & eyes very sharp. Enjoy

GaZuke · v1.146 · 30 Jul 2026

★☆☆☆☆

Full of ads

This game is full of ads. They interrupt the game over and over again. It’s very annoying

Maberose · v1.146 · 21 Jul 2026

Trajectory: stable · recomputed when new reviews arrive · limitations

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Health timeline

A dated record of what has actually happened to this app — launch, updates, price moves and record-board milestones. Every point is a stored observation, never an estimate.

Daily rating & price tracking began 9 Aug 2026; the growth curve fills in here as observations accrue.

16 Jul 2026 Update Updated to v1.146 The most recent version we observed on the listing.
16 Jul 2026 #1 Took #1 — Best Free in Games Became the record holder on this board.
13 Jul 2026 Board Entered Best Free in Games Reached #1 on this board.
13 Jul 2026 Board Entered Family Friendly in Games Best position observed: #16.
13 Jul 2026 Board Entered Highest Rated in Games Best position observed: #2.
13 Jul 2026 Board Entered Highest Rated Free App With Volume Best position observed: #3.
13 Jul 2026 Board Entered Highest Rated With Real Volume Best position observed: #4.
11 Feb 2023 Launch Launched on the App Store Original release date stated on the listing.

Dates are read from the listing and from our own daily observations; the rating curve accrues going forward. How we track.

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Listing & advisories

Download size

323 MB

Minimum iOS

13.0

Devices supported

iPhone 5s and newer · iPad

Age rating

4+

Advisories

None listed by the publisher

Screenshots

7 on the listing

Screenshots are hotlinked from the public store listing and belong to the publisher.

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Rankings this app appears on

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Peer set

Peers are well-rated apps in Games, selected by category and rating — not by similarity of description, so the comparison is like-for-like on scale.

App	Rating	Ratings	Price
Word Search Explorer®	5.0	830.4K	Free
Word Connect Zen: Word Puzzle	5.0	1,165	Free
Balatro	5.0	104.8K	$6.99
Bible Word Search - Word Game	5.0	97.6K	Free
Bible Crossword Game	5.0	14.5K	Free
Arrow Pro 3D	5.0	6,978	Free
Grill Match - Food Sort Puzzle	5.0	4,258	Free

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Questions this record can answer

How was every figure on this page produced?

Each figure is read from public App Store metadata or computed from it, dated to when we read it, and traceable to a stored row. Percentiles, cadence, longevity and sentiment are derived by us; ratings, prices, sizes and dates are taken as the store reports them.

Why can the star average and recent opinion disagree?

The star average is cumulative over the app’s whole life, so recent opinion barely moves it. Any sentiment figure we compute reads only recent review text, which is why it turns first. Treat a divergence as an early indicator, not a verdict.

What can this page not tell you?

Downloads, revenue, active users, subscription pricing inside the app, and anything about security or data handling. None of those are visible in public store metadata, so we do not estimate them.

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Provenance

Source: Public App Store listing metadata and public customer reviews.
Collection window: Last read 6 Aug 2026. Listing re-read daily; reviews re-read on a slower cadence.
Derived figures: Percentiles, update cadence, longevity and sentiment are computed by us, not supplied by the store.
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