Reviews of OMBY

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Total ratings

5.00 (Rating count: 13)

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Review summary

OMBY blends anagram puzzles with reading Moby-Dick, creating a calming, engaging way to experience the novel. Reviewers praise its innovative concept, elegant design, and the way it deepens appreciation of Melville’s prose. It’s seen as challenging yet accessible, with flexible play sessions. The most common requests are practical: add a built-in dictionary/word lookup and a highlight/memory feature to save favorite passages. Some players also wish for cross-device syncing. Overall, it’s a fresh, immersive reimagining of a classic that invites slow, attentive rereading.

Pros

Innovative blend of anagram puzzle with reading a classic novel (Moby-Dick).
Helps users appreciate Melville’s language; rich prose and poetic feel.
Calming, engaging, and accessible with a simple, elegant design.
Flexible gameplay: quick sessions or longer play, without pressure.
Immersive, rereadable experience that makes the book feel fresh.

Cons

No built-in interactive dictionary/word lookup; users want dictionary support.
Lack of a highlight/memory feature to save passages.

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Date	Author	Comment
2025-01-31	Ph*****	This is an absolute delight.
This is an absolute delight.
2021-06-22	Id*****	It’s calming and not always an easy puzzle. Hints are fee if you need. Brilliant idea. I do wish I could look up a few words in an interactive dictionary.
It’s calming and not always an easy puzzle. Hints are fee if you need. Brilliant idea. I do wish I could look up a few words in an interactive dictionary.
2020-06-01	pa*****	Love love love.
Love love love.
2017-01-29	Ni*****	This game is both challenging and captivating. Because you're not only playing, but also reading a legendary book; there's no accompanying guilt about spending too much time playing games on your phone! Enjoy!
This game is both challenging and captivating. Because you're not only playing, but also reading a legendary book; there's no accompanying guilt about spending too much time playing games on your phone! Enjoy!
2016-07-07	th*****	Wow. This could be a new genre. An anagram/word game that exposes the subtleties of prose. Incredible homage to Melville and Moby Dick and lots of fun. I hope we see another of these with a different book and author.
Wow. This could be a new genre. An anagram/word game that exposes the subtleties of prose. Incredible homage to Melville and Moby Dick and lots of fun. I hope we see another of these with a different book and author.
2016-05-12	kc*****	I'd forgotten how rich and imaginative and often funny MOBY DICK is until I started reading it slowly line by line through this game. Absolutely my go-to game now. The app design is simple and elegant and satisfying.
I'd forgotten how rich and imaginative and often funny MOBY DICK is until I started reading it slowly line by line through this game. Absolutely my go-to game now. The app design is simple and elegant and satisfying.
2016-03-11	Ru*****	I'm lucky to have stumbled onto this literary word game. By breaking down the novel a few sentences at a time, and through using a fun game element, Omby helps one gain an appreciation of Melville's language. I find that it offers a very casual approach, in that one can choose to play for a quick minute, or for more extended periods. Also, since I'm a bit visually challenged, I'm finding that the clear graphics and layout really help in the enjoyment of the game/language/novel. There are no ads, at least in my version, which was free. Highly recommended.
I'm lucky to have stumbled onto this literary word game. By breaking down the novel a few sentences at a time, and through using a fun game element, Omby helps one gain an appreciation of Melville's language. I find that it offers a very casual approach, in that one can choose to play for a quick minute, or for more extended periods. Also, since I'm a bit visually challenged, I'm finding that the clear graphics and layout really help in the enjoyment of the game/language/novel. There are no ads, at least in my version, which was free. Highly recommended.
2015-12-30	ec*****	Reading a book this way is so much fun! I'd love it if my progressed would sync across iOS devices, but even without that it's worth the full batch of stars.
Reading a book this way is so much fun! I'd love it if my progressed would sync across iOS devices, but even without that it's worth the full batch of stars.
2015-09-29	Pe*****	A wonderful tribute/brain teaser to the great american novel. You can really get a sense of Melville on a poetic level and what’s more, it’s a great story. I can’t recommend this enough. Most people don’t read Moby Dick once. Now I read it every day.
A wonderful tribute/brain teaser to the great american novel. You can really get a sense of Melville on a poetic level and what’s more, it’s a great story. I can’t recommend this enough. Most people don’t read Moby Dick once. Now I read it every day.
2015-09-28	Ke*****	My first thought was why Moby Dick, interminable Moby Dick? I'm only at chapter 9, so I haven't gotten to what I remember to be the inpenetrable whaling treatise parts, yet I am convinced this was a brilliant and worthy choice. Melville's writing is so rich, his observations so acute, startling and satisfying -- yet as an anagram game the text is far from predictable. Each sentence remains a challenge to unscramble and the reward is often delight. I too would love the ability to highlight and save favorite sentences, particularly as there are so many individual gems that in normal reading slipped by unacknowledged. Worth the money, worth the effort.
My first thought was why Moby Dick, interminable Moby Dick? I'm only at chapter 9, so I haven't gotten to what I remember to be the inpenetrable whaling treatise parts, yet I am convinced this was a brilliant and worthy choice. Melville's writing is so rich, his observations so acute, startling and satisfying -- yet as an anagram game the text is far from predictable. Each sentence remains a challenge to unscramble and the reward is often delight. I too would love the ability to highlight and save favorite sentences, particularly as there are so many individual gems that in normal reading slipped by unacknowledged. Worth the money, worth the effort.