Last updated on February 11th, 2026 at 11:11 pm
Bonza Planet – Word Game Review
Bonza Planet is a Word/Puzzle/Education game from Minimega PTY LTD, first launched in 17th June 2015.
It’s rated 12+ and currently has 2,366+ ratings on the App Store.
What Makes Bonza Planet Stand Out
"Bonza puzzles are instantly addictive!"
- Will Shortz (Crossword Editor, The New York Times)
Combine word search, jigsaw, and trivia to solve puzzles as you explore the world of Bonza Planet. This edition of Bonza highlights themes like Animals, Travel, Planet Earth, Humanity, and Science.
DAILY PUZZLE
Every day you can solve a new puzzle designed by the Bonza community.
BONUS JIGSAW
Every Sunday you can solve a new jigsaw designed by the Bonza Team.
FEATURES
A new type of crossword
Jigsaw puzzles
Stunning photography
Puzzles designed by the Bonza community
Relaxing ambient soundtrack
Web: http://bonzapuzzles.com
Twitter: http://twitter.com/bonzapuzzles
Facebook: http://facebook.com/bonzawordpuzzle
This Word game offers engaging gameplay and regular updates for mobile players.
Player Feedback
As a newer release, Bonza Planet is building its player community. Early feedback suggests .
Recent Updates & Development
Latest Update: 28th August 2024
Recent improvements include:
Fixed issue running on iOS15
Download & Availability
Bonza Planet is available through the official App Store for iOS devices.
Requirements: Requires iPhone 5s / iPad Air / iPad Air (Cellular) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina, Cellular) / iPhone 6 / iPhone 6 Plus / iPad Air 2 / iPad Air 2 (Cellular) / iPad Mini 3 or later.
Compatible with iPhone and iPad devices.
Player Experience Highlights
Community Insight:
Science is always interesting and educational. More of this, please.
An excellent distraction while sitting in the hospital emergency room while they test us for toxins, etc.
We dont travel much, so this was informative (and challenging!).
We found this to be very addictive. PS it does work on our MacBook air M4.
We want jigsaw daily! You have the best jigsaw around, but you so slow. More please.
The format is simple, easy to understand, yet not so much so you get bored. Some of the puzzles are quite challenging as your eyes wont see the full words. Good one to play when you are waiting somewhere as you can close it without losing anything. Well worth $5.
Good times! Some easy some not easy, but always fun.
If being played in English speaking country maybe stick to English. Didnt sign up for a history lesson, want to play a word puzzle. Without above items it is a good game. Ads are long and tedious, several closings. We wonder if these companies realize their truly annoying ads have the reverse effect.
How do we get rid of the new blinking hint in the word building ? We prefer to fund our own solutions.
We spend more time looking at ads for things we dont want than we spend playing.
Several years ago we purchased the Remove Ads option. The ads are back and it wants us to pay again. Restore purchases doesnt fix it and the Support link is broken.
This would be a five star game except for the fact that it so frequently refuses to open! Not a problem with our Ipad. We have never had this problem with another Bonza game app. Balls in your court guys. Please fix! Still does not want to open! No response from anyone! Disappointing.
This game challenges our thought processes and gives us environmental information at the same time.
Not too easy – not too hard – just right.
Great game to fill those boring minutes.
Ive been playing this game for many years. Its among our favorite word games of all time.
We like changing up the challenges. Great game to occupy some time and wake up the brain in the morning.
We actually enjoyed this, some of it was challenging.
When the latest update came out we were hoping the developers would see that it was a wrong direction to take. We dont want to see a screen every time we use the app to pay money to remove the ads. Until this, we were fine to watch an ad or two to play additional games. Now, as a form of protest, we wont watch one single ad. As soon as the initial game is over, we close the app. As we said, we used to get them some money by watching one or two ads per day. Now they get nothing from us. In fact, we discovered that after we do the daily puzzle and we see theres a jigsaw available to do, if we close the app and then reopen it, we dont have to watch an ad in order to do the jigsaw. And to make matters worse, they have now instituted the same greedy update in the original Bonza! This whole thing saddens us.
We have played this game without ads for years. Have recommended it to many others. Now that it has annoying ads popping up at the start it is ruined for us.
Before the last update, this was our favorite word game to play and we would have rated it five stars. Now we can only play one game and the games seem much easier than they used to be. We cant imagine anyone is happy with the update.
Return the Reshuffle option on the free daily games!!! Annoying the option has completely disappeared.
If you request a hint on your iPad, you find yourself in ads that have no exit. Makes the puzzle unplayable.
As a frequent international educator Ive spent countless hours on transoceanic flights in our career! Bonza was/is a way to pass the time that we could enjoy and share while traveling and also share with grandkids when we landed.
How do we get rid of the new blinking hint in the word building ? We prefer to fund our own solutions.
We purchased permanent ad-free playing and now Im being prompted to purchase it again. Just how permanent is permanent.
Not only forcing ads, but forcing ads that take multiple screens to exit from. Ads that generate no reward. Really disappointed.
We purchased coins to use for hints. Now we have to watch an ad to use the hints, therefore making the our purchase a waste of money! We used to love this game but now we would just like our money back.
Only free spin per day? Then you give the word puzzles away by highlighting the answer when you maje a wrong connection. How do we turn this off? This is dumbing down the game.
We purchased all available packs and an ad free experience some years ago. Now Im required to watch an ad to access previously purchased content and our ad free experience is gone. Never trust a company that renegades on a contract.
Ruined a good game with excessive ads and unrequested hints.
We LOVE this game, but darn it, when we get started playing it, we could play for HOURS!!! This is a fun, challenging, game, and well worth downloading and playing.
Lovely game! Ive been playing the daily puzzles for years now. Truly appreciate the concept and collaborative design. Highly recommend.
This game is the only memory we have with our passed aunt.
Great variety with all levels of challenging Puzzles. You might surprise yourself to see what you know (or can figure out). Very true.
This is a great game form you and your family our family loves it and we have fun doing it together.
These are simple puzzles that are nice to pass the time. Some are a bit more challenging, which we love. Thanks for an enjoyable game.
Makes our brain busy and happy (:.
Great fun, really enjoyable, lots of different crossword type puzzles to choose from. It also includes a weekly jigsaw puzzle to solve.
We use this game while on our treadmill every morning. It is a great motivator.
Excellent makes you think all the time.
Titles of categories are often very broad, even misleading, but that is part of the fun.
Enjoy the short puzzle challenges and the facts and trivia one can pick up at the same time. The jigsaws can be a bit tricky because of the way the pieces are cut but that just adds to the challenge. Helpful hints if one gets stuck on the crosswords. The puzzles seem perhaps a tiny bit more challenging than regular Bonza but both games offer a good brain workout and an entertaining way to pass the time. Two thumbs up! Not the least because we've not discovered any glitches and one isn't bombarded with multitudes of pop ups at every turn.
This is a really good brain workout! Some puzzles are fairly easy, and others, well, not so easy. We can go through a pack easily if we use hints, but its so much more satisfying to solve these on our own with no help. We like the jigsaws that are mixed in as well.
Fun, fun, fun! Love the puzzle packs in there too! Thanks for the variety of puzzles. Great way to wake up in the morning! There were some tough ones in this last one… Another great set! Love the challenges. Enjoy every day! Buns level pack was tough! Another great level. Keep em coming! Really enjoyed this animal one.
Especially enjoy the daily puzzle. Challenging enough to keep interested but not so hard to make you quit.
This is not the first time we have seen and reported the highly offensive ad of a young black boy stretched and pinned on a spinning target and the game is to throw darts at him. If you cannot monitor these hideous and offensive ads then you shouldnt be allowed to offer your Bonza planet game.
Very nice,challenging and enjoyable.
As a senior citizen, we find it relaxing as well as challenging at times. Our grandson discovered it first and shared it with us.
Love the new Bonza. We find the puzzles challenging in a good way. We would like to see a Bonza jigsaw app. We like the way the puzzle pieces are cut differently than the usual jigsaw puzzles out there. It makes it more challenging.
User feedback from Apple App Store
App Details
- Version: 5.0.5
- Size: 159.96 MB
- iOS: 12.0 or later
- Languages: CS, DA, NL, EN, FI, FR, DE, EL, HE, ID, IT, JA, KO, MS, NB, PL, PT, RU, ZH, ES, SV, TH, ZH, TR, VI
- Content Advisory: Infrequent/Mild Profanity or Crude Humor, Infrequent/Mild Alcohol, Tobacco, or Drug Use or References, Infrequent/Mild Mature/Suggestive Themes
- Developer: Minimega PTY LTD
Last updated: 28th August 2024 | Genre: Word, Puzzle | Developer: Minimega PTY LTD