I have always loved Apples to Apples, but this app has the potential to be better:
1. (I consider this to be the most important) You need to be able to actually see your cards. The purpose of Apples to Apples is to be able to play a card that makes sense and not being able to see your card defeats this purpose entirely. How can I be expected to play a good card if I cant even see what Im playing!
2. Id say that 50% of the time, my opponents do not know how to judge or even play cards that make any sense! Like other comments, I agree that you should be able to play against your friends or even just establish whether you are judging "sarcastically" or "seriously".
3. Leveling up should give you more coins or it should not cost as many coins to play. Sometimes you get six coins while other times you only get one. Why?! I have to watch like 15 ads to get enough coins to level up. Plus ads after EVERY game.
4. While on the subject, you should be able to get reimbursed after the game crashes or you accidentally close out of the app. Although the app has gotten better about reducing bugs, it still happens to people when you are playing with them and then everyone automatically loses two coins. Even if the game is nearly over!
5. Games should be longer. I have plenty of good cards to play and am waiting for a good green card to appear, but it never does and I cant play those cards! It should be like the real game where you have to wait until someone get 7 cards. Or maybe just 5? Each game is so short anyway with all the pressure to play a card within a 10 second countdown.
6. Like the actual game, you should be able to choose different modes such as playing with green cards and describing red cards. This would make the game more fun and allow you to choose what you want to play.
7. Finally, you should be able to customize your name. When there is another player or even two players with the same name as you in the same game, it gets confusing about which "Cortland" is judging.
Thank you for your considerations! I truly believe this app has the potential to be amazing if these changes are made.