# Word Search Maker

> Education

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1459025232](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1459025232)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id1459025232`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** eXparity Limited
- **Category:** Education
- **Rating:** 4.50 / 5 (111 ratings)
- **Version:** 1.1.41
- **Last updated:** 2020-03-17
- **First published:** 2020-03-12
- **Size:** 8.61 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-04
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/word-search-maker/id1459025232)
- **Website:** [https://www.puzzlopolis.com](https://www.puzzlopolis.com/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://www.puzzlopolis.com/#privacy](https://www.puzzlopolis.com/#privacy)

## Description

Word Search Maker is a versatile puzzle creator designed for educators, students, and families. **Design printable word search puzzles with up to 50 words** and **control directions** (across, down, diagonal, forwards, backwards) to adjust difficulty.

**Customize print layouts, fonts, colors, and backgrounds** and **share finished puzzles via email or popular apps**. It's a complete classroom and family activity tool.

## Rankings

- #131,365 — Overall

## Review summary

Reviewers praise Word Search Maker for ease of use and classroom usefulness, with flexible customization. However, repeated concerns about a 10-word limit and paywall, along with input bugs and reliability issues, dampen the overall experience. Overall, it’s valuable for education and quick puzzle creation, but free functionality is limited and reliability varies.

### Pros

- Easy to use and quick to generate word searches that fit lessons.
- Strong educational value for classroom use; engages kids and supports various word forms.
- Flexible customization (multi-word phrases with quotes, shuffle layout, ad-free).
- Long-term reliability and consistency for some users.

### Cons

- Word limit of 10 words and a paywall to add more words; some reviewers call this false advertising.
- Input/word-entry issues and reliability bugs (can't type or paste, imports produce garbage; unusable for some).
- Perceived poor value due to cost and limited free functionality; some reviews say waste of money.

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