I like the challenge of a good word find. Whether it's from one of those word find books from the supermarket, or playing on the kids menu at Chili's, it's a good quick distraction.
Now the iPhone/iPod has the same opportunity in portable form that I can take anywhere! It's great in that sense, but it just seems like it tries too hard to hide the words. Most of the boards I have played seem to want to put 75% of the words backwards for the challenge. This is fine and I like the challenge, but it get's somewhat old and repetitive when you start looking for words like this constantly and don't really bother looking for words from left to right or up and down. I played a board where all but one words were dones this way.
Still, the interface is fluid and straightforward allowing you to drag out your selection. My only quibble is that the board get's pretty full when you get to the last few words because more than half of it is highlighted in green.
The library of words seems pretty vast and will most likely last a very long time, which is good.
There are 3 levels of difficulty, with each level adding more and more letters to the board. The actual words you have to find don't seem to be diffent, so don't expect to find simple words like CAT or DOG on easy, it's just that the board is smaller. It would have been nice for the younger audience if Easy allowed for more common words as opposed to words like "FYTTES", "ZOONS" or "SOLONS"... I kid you not, I've got the game up right now for this review and those are 3 of my words on the Easy board.
Overall, it's worthy purchase for the price. If you are a fan of word searches like this, consider this a great buy and a good time killer. The gripes I have might be more personal, but I felt they were worthy of mention. 4 Stars still since I do enjoy it.