Typochondria

If you are a good speller, or a proofreader, this game is fun for a while. But it’s pretty much all the same—page after page, looking for a typo.

I spent less than 5 minutes playing this game. I though it was going to increase in the length and difficulty of the words, with complex typos. Instead they’ll replace an o with a q, or switch two letters. They only shorten the time you have to read it, but it never gets more complex. It just makes me feel dyslexic. Which is not the experience I play mobile games for. Also only one chapter is free and other “genres” are paid.

the game is pretty smooth and calming to play however a lot of the typos feel very obvious and do not feel like they actually expect you to know how to spell. the stories are boring too but i don’t care as much about that. i did run into an error saying that one of the misspelled words i clicked on wasn’t an array though before it kicked me out of the app so i would just check that.

You may play one trial round for free, a short story in which you must find letters with random consonants. For example, we all know there’s no j or x in the word, “where.” The game seems to imply one would have to carefully choose “where, were, or we’re,” but it’s not that. It’s just random letters thrown into the words of a storyline.

Good game just fix the IAP

I downloaded this randomly on a whim, and I’m obsessed. As a closet grammar Nazi, finding the errors is so satisfying. I especially love how you can have it timed for a challenge, or you can just “Zen” out with an endless, untimed session to relax. The premise is definitely not for everyone, but the audience this is directed towards will be delirious with joy!

This game is nothing like the fun game it looks like. It is just words which are clearly misspelled, like “ojver” that you have to click. There are no punctuation, capitalization, or incorrect usage of words errors. As I said in the beginning, “Absolutely awful.”

The game is interesting and has the potential to be quite fun, but I’ve managed to cause it to crash twice within 15 minutes. It may be that this particular build is unstable and a future update may fix the issues I’ve seen. I managed to get a screenshot of the second crash, if that helps the developer.

I wanted a game that would actually challenge my proofing skills. It increases in speed as you go along, and the words have obvious letters that don’t belong and are easy to spit. These don’t necessarily enhance your proofing skills. In fact, if you are proofing a paper, you shouldn’t speed through it. I understand that it’s a game, and the speed of which you respond makes it more of a challenge, but this is not what I was looking for when I downloaded the game. The Zen mode is a nice option, but it shouldn’t be endless. Give it a time limit, too, or set different levels in Normal mode, so that you can advance to a higher level if you wish to play at a faster pace.

This game is not only fun, it sharpens your mind. It actually should improve your reading speed as you play. Trust me, I’m a doctor. 😊