Calypso X
1 month ago
the ad experience has been really awful. I'm on a lower end device at the moment and whenever there's an ad break, I spend 10 seconds waiting for it to load that ad, 10 more seconds on a black screen waiting for it to load, 20 seconds on the ad, 30 seconds getting back to the game because it redirects me to the app store regardless of whether I press the X or not. literally if I just let the ad play and don't touch my screen at all, it will open the app store with no prior authorization.
Phil Freeman
3 weeks ago
Game is fun, a bit unbalanced but I'm enjoying figuring out the tricks. Ad integration is terrible. Also the game punishes you for making too many Combos at once by giving you difficult split color bricks. I'm back. Wanted you to know I learned that while split color bricks appear if you make more than 10 combos in a row, you can reset the counter by closing and reopening the game or dropping 3 noncombos. I've gotten to 1 Million so far.
Sarah Belle
1 month ago
I really love the game but the amount of ads ruins the vibe. The random +1 diamond ads especially. Also if you click "no thanks" to watching an ad for a bigger win bonus, it makes you watch an ad anyway! I just want to play the game, I spend more time restarting the app to avoid ads than I do actually playing. The ads are super long and often have fake X's. I also wish I could pay 20 gems for an "undo" and like 50 to refresh the new sand color options.
Emma Sykera
1 month ago
The game itself is fine and fun. Get rid of the blatant 'X' in your ads that is meant to appear like a 'close ad' option when it really brings us to your store page. That is SO toxic and makes me not want to play your game at all. (Edit, about an hour later: I have since sent images to the email as requested. Will update my review if they're taken care of.)
Ameen Belbahri
1 month ago
Decent game. Ads very disruptive. I bought ad free version, but it still includes ads if you try do do certain things, like revive, and they don't make it clear when they're going to show you an ad. What's worse is that there does not seem to be a way to close the ads, at least on foldable phones, so you have to restart the app every time you encounter an ad. Ad-free should mean fully ad-free.
Anna R7
1 month ago
3.5 stars. I enjoy the gameplay, but I'm getting ads after every game notification. I know I'm playing a free version, but it kind of seems like I'm being pushed to get the ad-free option. *This is a personal opinion and may not be a fact* Unless of course, I drew the short stick in the lot. It seems like ppl have different views regarding ads on the review panel. edit: i went back into the game and I was thrust into an unskippable ad.
S M
1 month ago
I'm giving 3 stars because I really enjoy the gameplay (I haven't come across anything with quite this dynamic before) but I absolutely Cannot stand that you have to stay logged into Google in order to play it. It works fine logged in, but when I log out for the night the game glitches out and tries to send me to the Play Store to download it. I've tried uninstalling and reinstalling the game a few times and it keeps happening. When/if they can fix that, I'll be glad to up my rating to 5 stars.
Errol McLean
2 months ago
Fun and simple. The ad breaks are a huge problem. Way too frequent given the simple loop of the game and they constantly mess with the flow of the experience. Most are of scam games, fake X's to bring you to the store, etc. causing so many unnecessary hurdles to resume to the game. They either need to be less frequent or less long and quickly skippable. the ads are way too long, and frequent, and misleading.
Mir Tamim-Karim
1 week ago
The gameplay is a little braindead but it's fun. The random ads in the middle of gameplay are so obnoxious, I could not stand to play another round. If the ads were used for optional bonuses, that would be fine, but you're forced to watch an ad every few minutes and I am not okay with that.
aaaonarole
2 weeks ago
Quite literally peak offline entertainment: it's like a better version of block blast and the way all the blocks just melt when you place them in is definitely relaxing for anyone with ADHD. The game is really satisfying and you can play it anywhere, at anytime when you're bored and need something to do. Ads aren't a problem, just turn off your wifi and even then, when I have my wifi on I don't see as much as I do on other games. And I thought block blast was addictive. This game takes the cake.
Michael Kish
3 weeks ago
I give them some credit because the ad is exactly like the real game, it's not misleading. However, the ads in the game are out of control. Ads between levels I can understand, but this game literally has "ad breaks" every couple of minutes while you're in the middle of playing. It's just not fun because you're always wondering when you're going to be interrupted by another ad. Uninstalled.
Scott Smith (Calkaos)
3 weeks ago
I would give it a 5-star as the advertising for this game is spot-on & I love that. I might get the ad free upgrade because the ads are obscene. I like to play a bit while a video or podcast plays in the background on my phone. Every ad pauses the video, but I've found that you don't need the Internet to play. One of the biggest gripes I have is that during play you get "ad breaks" that as you close them the play store is forced to open.
Benjamin Wilson (BenTheShinx)
3 weeks ago
Rewriting my review because while accurate to my frustrations, it wasn't at all constructive. The gameplay is simple, yet very engaging and fun, but the forced at breaks ruin the enjoyment by forcefully pulling you away, whether in a bad game or while on a roll. My final straw multiple times wa getting an ad while doing great. The game needs money, I get that, but why not make it a punishment for losing instead of random? Decent game, angering ads.
Lee Pope
1 week ago
I AUTISTICALLY obsessed over this game so you don't have to. Did you know you can't lose? You can literally win forever, and it's so easy you'll never be unable to unsee it. Just put every block down in the middle. Every block, drop in the center. You will literally never lose. I spent money on this game and now I need a different mode just to make it playable. Otherwise it's highly addictive.
Zach Lyle
1 week ago
Ads that force you to go into the app store to continue playing is ridiculous. A few ads in a free game is fine, but this game has way too many ads. Every few moves an ad pops up and either pushes you to the app store or force close the game. Could have been a great game, but that ruins it. (I bet I get the automatic bot apology response.)
Caleigh Knight
2 weeks ago
it's actually a fun game but the ads are absolutely horrendous. not only does it force an "ad break" every like 10 blocks (no joke) but during said breaks you can't exit out of them. in fact the only way to get out of them is by pressing the button in the top left that sends you straight to the app store. so you're forced to open the app store every time there's an ad. I've waited up to ten minutes (left game open while watching a show) you are forced to go to the app store everytime. no X ever.
Veronica Craft
3 months ago
Great game and development team! I played this, but found that something was effecting my enjoyment of the game, so i left a review and they fixed the issue! Here was my previous review: Pretty cool in general, but often, the bombs that are supposed to help you ruin my strategy and just annoy me. Also, it's annoying that if the thing that reaches the line at the top makes a match, it won't take that into account and it will still make you stop.
Kat F
3 months ago
the recent update took away one of my favorite features of this game. Something I enjoyed was every so often a bomb would drop and destroy some of your sand, and you would need to recover. It kept the game interesting and gave more of an element of challenge. Now you need to pay for bombs which isn't as fun to me as building up a mountain and then just having it randomly destroyed. The game has lost its appeal for me because there's no real challenge.
Dana Space
2 weeks ago
it's a fun game. I really like it. the reason I only gave it 1 star is that there are way to many ads you have to watch. it feels like you watch an ad get 2 minutes to play this game then have to watch another ad. way to much. I've deleted games for less ads than this game. going through the reviews it seems that 90% of the complaints are about the ads but see no change. the ads really get in the way of having fun in this game. I'm deleting it. it's to bad because it is a fun game.
Zachary Lear
2 months ago
The game is fun but the ads are awful, when you are playing you will get a pop up saying you unlocked a new color or something, and itll give you a prompt to let you watch an ad to get better rewards. which isn't a problem. The problem is that even if you press the x button or the continue button, it'll give you an unskipabble ad for no reason, not to mention this game is filled with advertisements in the first place. this game is an obvious cash grab. (love the bot response lol)