Serious warnings 2 confirmed warnings, and users report 1 more thing. Checked: 400 reviews, the Android app’s code, the store listing and the privacy label.
From our automated analysis, 24 Oct 2026. Every label links to its evidence in the full report below.
This analysis describes version 3.2.1.13 of the app (the version number recorded inside the package we inspected), analyzed 2026-10-24 .
The store currently lists version 3.2.1.13, updated 2026-10-05.
Store screenshots supplied by the developer.
Fly and survive through the 🏆 Game of the Year -winning action adventure BADLAND.
More than 100 MILLION players and counting!
★ 5/5 - AppSmile
★ 4/4 - Slide to Play
★ 5/5 - AppSpy
★ 9.2/10 - Multiplayer.it
★ 9/10 - Destructoid
★ 4.5/5 - TouchArcade
"BADLAND is one of the most beautiful games on Android and one of the must download games of 2013." -- Android Authority
“BADLAND is a standout game that we can’t stop playing.” -- AppSmile
“BADLAND’s unique gameplay and atmosphere make it a must-download.” -- Slide to Play
“BADLAND doesn’t simply look pretty, it’s an absolute treat to play” -- AppSpy
“A hallmark of excellence.” -- Destructoid
🏆 Outstanding Mobile Game -- Satellite Awards 2014
🏆 Grand Prix -- the International Mobile Gaming Awards 2014
🏆 Nordic Indie Sensation Award -- Nordic Game 2013
🏆 Apple Design Award 2013
🏆 Apple iPad Game of the Year 2013…
From the developer’s store description.
For developers and the curious
The evidence, sources, measurements and versions behind every label above.
Findings that met the published evidence standard.
Bundles 16 distinct ad networks / mediation SDKs: Amazon Publisher Services, AppLovin MAX, BidMachine, Chartboost and 12 more
The package embeds several distinct advertising or mediation SDKs — a stack built for ad volume, not for a single house ad.
Package artefact
Appworthy
sha256:51b3e295abeac3d863e8ad26f21e373727d3037d04b004cd43e2d88d54b9f4c7Aggressive ad load: raised by 6 distinct reviewers (about 1 in 67 reviews we read)
Advertising volume or placement that interrupts normal use: ads between every action, unskippable or forced full-screen ads.
Specific evidence of a useful property, within the stated scope.
Offers a one-time or lifetime purchase: "purchaseItem: no eligible one-time purchase offer for"
The app's own text offers a one-time or lifetime purchase, or reviewers report that the price is stated clearly.
Package artefact
sha256:51b3e295abeac3d863e8ad26f21e373727d3037d04b004cd43e2d88d54b9f4c7The 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
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.
Open observations that have not cleared the evidence bar.
Sells a subscription in-app but ships no cancel or manage-subscription text of its own, leaving the store's settings as the only exit
This observation has not cleared the required evidence standard.
Cancelling the subscription is blocked, hidden, multi-step, or simply does not take effect.
Package artefact
sha256:51b3e295abeac3d863e8ad26f21e373727d3037d04b004cd43e2d88d54b9f4c7Pay to progress: raised by 9 distinct reviewers (about 1 in 44 reviews we read)
This observation has not cleared the required evidence standard.
Advancement or competition is gated behind spending money rather than playing.
The app's own text says: "Thanks for your interest. We will share more once you're back online."
This observation has not cleared the required evidence standard.
The app's own copy describes working without a connection — offline mode, downloading for offline use, or content saved for later. Shown because readers filter on it; it is a feature, not a fairness property, and never counts for or against an app.
Package artefact
sha256:51b3e295abeac3d863e8ad26f21e373727d3037d04b004cd43e2d88d54b9f4c7400 reviews read for this analysis. Each observation keeps the sample and store it was based on.
too many ads
Absolutly PEAK GAME so good for like just liek whenever your bored i don't know why some people say there is so many ads like there no ads for me at least and I am so addicted you should definitely download this if you want a game that is…
BADLAND, one of my best games ever, everything is perfect from the thrilling story to the amazing one tap gameplay! I played this game long ago and still because I really love it and I'm expert now :) I noticed that there are two…
you have to pay like after 15 levels to progress but it is great for multiplayer
officialy THE WORST GAME EVER. not only is it COMPLETELY pay to win on TV, BUT THE QUESTS ARE GENUINELY IMPOSSIBLE. I would gladly give it a -4 if I could. FIX YOUR GAME!!!!
A sampled review illustrates one person’s experience. It does not establish a finding on its own.
“Not assessed” means we could not measure it. It is never a zero and never a pass.
Android package 3.2.1.13, scanned 24 Oct 2026. These describe that package, not the current store version.
Supporting measurements: not a complete list of possible harms or positives. Measurement vocabulary 1.4 · how these are measured
This analysis describes version 3.2.1.13 of the app (the version number recorded inside the package we inspected), analyzed 2026-10-24 .
The store currently lists version 3.2.1.13, updated 2026-10-05.
Each store’s release notes, as the developer wrote them. They are the developer’s words, not ours.
No release notes were provided for this version.
badland-google-com-frogmind-badlandAssessed 2026-10-24 from 400 user reviews, the app's package, the store listing and its privacy label.
What the stores publish. Store ratings are the stores’ numbers, not Appworthy’s, and are never averaged across stores.
This assessment is produced automatically. Six independent signals are read — user reviews, SDKs in the app package, the app's own on-screen text, the app manifest, the store listing and the store privacy disclosure — and each candidate finding is filed under the sources that support it.
No charge stands on one kind of evidence — with one published exception. A finding is either a measured fact that anyone can reproduce (an ad SDK is in the package; every subscription bills weekly; the privacy label omits a tracker we can see), or it is an interpretation — and an interpretation needs independent sources to agree before it reaches the catch list. The exception is a harm only users can see: a charge may publish from reviews alone, as “Reported by N users”, once enough reviewers raise it to clear that charge’s own published bar. That agreement rule is what replaced the human reviewer, not a model’s confidence.
There is no overall score, on purpose. A 0–99 number was published here until 2026-09-15. It was withdrawn because it discriminated too weakly to be the instrument — 44.7% of every pair of apps tied — and because a single number is a verdict where a count is an observation. What publishes instead is a row of measurements, each of which says what was counted and, where we could not look, says that instead.
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