“Devs pulled an amazing bait and switch. Generous rewards, f2p friendly, then a new season launched. Cut rewards by more than half, nerfed f2p friendly characters that allowed non-spenders to compete, and otherwise reversed every positive…”
Independent automated assessment · 3 signal sources · 1,011 reviews scanned · analyzed 2026-10-05.
4.6 ★375,162 ratings
5M+Downloads
12+Age rating
1292 MBApp size
Free · In-app purchasesIn-app purchases
About this app
Welcome to the enchanted land of Esperia! Play as the legendary mage Merlin and explore a beautifully illustrated storybook world. Outsmart your foes in strategic card battles and uncover the secrets of this world alongside other heroes.
1,000 Recruits | Claim Launch Heroes Log in and claim all launch heroes! Begin your journey with your dream formation!
Play Smart | Adapt Formations for Different Strategies Power isn't everything! It's possible to defeat stronger opponents with your wit and strategy! Deploy heroes from six classes, position them strategically, and time their ultimates to overcome your enemies! Use faction buffs, terrain, and battle mechanics to your advantage!
Shared Levels | Deploy New Heroes Immediately Equipment and levels are shared across heroes. No more grinding! Feel free to try out different formations at zero cost!…
Preview
Real screenshots from the store listing.
Independent evidence report
Evidence and review signals
This is where the page changes from an app-store listing into an evidence report: findings, important reviews, pricing and a dated history.
Which version this describes
When we ran this analysis, and what the store lists now.
App Store
This analysis describes version 1.7.4.1 of the app, analyzed 2026-10-05 . The app may have changed since.
The store currently lists version 1.7.4.1, updated 2026-09-14.
Google Play
This analysis describes version 1.7.41 of the app, analyzed 2026-10-04 . The app may have changed since.
The store currently lists version 1.7.41, updated 2026-09-03.
What we measured
Each line is a measurement published as a measurement, never a verdict.
Each line is a measurement, published as a measurement. Where we have not looked, the line says so rather than reading as a zero.
Developer replies to reviews
Replies to at least 1 review in 20
Price in the store description
States no price and billing period
Cancelling, in the store description
Does not say how to cancel
Themes reported by reviewers
3 or more themes reported
Counted from the reviews we have read for this app. "No theme reported" means no theme reached our reporting threshold — it is not a finding that nothing is wrong with this app, and we do not say it is.
Five-star share of ratings
80–89% five-star
Arithmetic on the stores' own published rating counts. It says nothing about why the ratings fall where they do.
In the package we scanned
No package has been scanned for this app, so nothing is published about what it ships. That is an absence of evidence about the app, not a finding about it.
Graded bands · predicate set 1.4 · how these are measured
What the analysis found
App-specific findings, grouped by what each one rests on. How they are graded lives on its own page.
Context 1
Measured and published because a reader would want to know — deliberately not a charge. The measurement alone does not show a harm.
Cheapest and priciest options are far apart
The disclosed in-app purchases span an unusually wide price range. Published as context: the cheapest and priciest items may be different kinds of product entirely, so the spread alone deducts nothing.
What we saw: In-app purchases run from USD 0.99 to USD 99.99 — a 101x spread across 10 items
Positive evidence 1
Things this app does right, published at the same strengths as the catch list.
Developer says data deletion can be requested
The developer's data-safety disclosure on the store states that users can request deletion of their data, or the app's own text offers a way to delete the account. This restates what the developer declares; it is not a test of whether deletion works. Apple publishes no equivalent disclosure, so on an Apple-only listing only the app's own text can support it.
What we saw: The developer's store data-safety disclosure states that data deletion can be requested; we have not seen a deletion control in the app's own text
One source only — shown, not confirmed 4
A single kind of evidence. We publish these because withholding them would be the bigger distortion, and we do not treat any of them as a finding we stand behind.
Reported by users: Reports that the ads misrepresent the app
Reviewers repeatedly report that the app is not what its advertising showed. We never see the ad creative itself, so nothing we collect can corroborate or refute this — it is published as an attributed user report: what reviewers say, and how many of them said it.
What we saw: Misleading advertising: raised by 7 distinct reviewers (1.4% of 509 reviews scanned)
Reported by users: Pay to progress
Advancement or competition is gated behind spending money rather than playing.
What we saw: Pay to progress: raised by 22 distinct reviewers (4.3% of 509 reviews scanned)
Reported by users: Paywall blocks the basics
The core of the app — not extras — sits behind payment, or previously-free function moved behind a paywall.
What we saw: Paywall blocks the basics: raised by 6 distinct reviewers (1.2% of 509 reviews scanned)
From the store listing: Usable without an account
The app's own screens offer a way past sign-up — guest access, skipping, or browsing before registering — rather than gating the product behind an account. The store's privacy disclosure is checked alongside it: that disclosure is self-reported, so it corroborates this credit rather than establishing it.
What we saw: The store privacy disclosure (4 entries) links no contact details or identifiers to the user — consistent with an app that does not require an account. Self-reported by the developer.
Highlighted reviews
Representative public review excerpts shown as user reports, not Appworthy audit evidence.
“The adds bro this game is nothing like the adds”
“False Advertisement — There’s no digimon in this game??”
Assessment & version history
App changes and Appworthy events in one timeline.
Store listing updated to version 1.7.4.1.
What this app sells
Useful store-disclosed pricing, kept below the app listing.
Items shown10
Lowest$0.99
Highest$99.99
$0.99 product$0.99
$4.99 product$4.99
$99.99 product$99.99
$14.99 Product$14.99
$19.99 product$19.99
Show 5 more purchases
$9.99 Product$9.99
$49.99 product$49.99
$2.99 product$2.99
$29.99 Product$29.99
$6.99 product$6.99
Google Play does not publish per-purchase prices.