Now worthless because you can’t add Origin friends with app

Have been playing with a friend for 4 years. Because of the password reset problem, we both had to create new origin accounts. Now we find there is no way to add each other as Origin friends from the app. Finally found a post on EA help site that says you can only add friends from the Origin client on a desktop. I tried installing the client on my iMac, but it crashes. Tried all troubleshooting tips but no luck. Totally frustrated. Scrabble is a good game, but only when it works.

Corabrown about SCRABBLE Premium for iPad, v5.22.0