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Bandle - Guess the song

Bandle: The Ultimate Song Guessing Quiz & Music Trivia Challenge!

Bandle
Deletion (dev says) — Developer says you can request data deletion
Get it onGoogle Play
Google Play rating4.4★3.1K ratings
PriceFreeIn-app purchases
Age4+Store age rating
CategoryGames
DeveloperBandle

At a glance

Full report

Things to watch for 0

Nothing published. That is not a guarantee the app is problem-free.

Positives 1

From our automated analysis, 12 Oct 2026. Every label links to its evidence in the full report below.

This analysis describes version 8.8.3 of the app, analyzed 2026-10-12 . The app may have changed since.

The store currently lists version 8.8.3, updated 2026-09-29.

Preview

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Store screenshots supplied by the developer.

About this app

Bandle: The Ultimate Song Guessing Quiz & Music Trivia Challenge!

You have to recognize a song, but there's a twist — you only start with a single instrument. Can you guess the song with the least number of instruments playing?

"Bandle is the best Worldle-alike I've seen for a long while" - Tom Scott (Youtuber)

"Bandle - Now we're talking! Something good bro!" - Nathan Stanz (Youtuber)

Bandle has also caught the attention of Twitch personalities, including NorthernLion, theneedledrop and PooperNoodle, becoming a part of their daily gaming lineup.

How to play this unique music trivia quiz:

- Start with the rhythm: Listen to the drums and feel the beat.

- Add the bass: Let the groove set in and take your best guess.

- Add guitar, piano, and other instruments as the song builds up.

- Can you guess the song without all instruments playing?

Features:…

From the developer’s store description.

For developers and the curious

The full report

The evidence, sources, measurements and versions behind every label above.

Findings and evidence

1 published · 2 shown, not confirmed

Positives 1

Specific evidence of a useful property, within the stated scope.

Developer says data deletion can be requested

Measured

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

Sources
The store listing
Agreement
A measured fact from one deterministic, checkable source.
Where measured
From the Google Play listing
Definition

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 evidence

One source only — shown, not confirmed 2

Open observations that have not cleared the evidence bar.

Aggressive ad load

One source only

Aggressive ad load: raised by 8 distinct reviewers (1.9% of 429 reviews scanned)

Sources
User reviews
Agreement
Only one kind of source so far. Shown, not counted.
Where measured
From Google Play reviews

This observation has not cleared the required evidence standard.

Definition

Advertising volume or placement that interrupts normal use: ads between every action, unskippable or forced full-screen ads.

Open evidence

Paywall blocks the basics

One source only

Paywall blocks the basics: raised by 10 distinct reviewers (2.3% of 429 reviews scanned)

Sources
User reviews
Agreement
Only one kind of source so far. Shown, not counted.
Where measured
From Google Play reviews

This observation has not cleared the required evidence standard.

Definition

The core of the app — not extras — sits behind payment, or previously-free function moved behind a paywall.

Open evidence

Nothing was published as a thing to watch for in this assessment. That is not a finding that nothing is wrong with the app.

What reviewers report

429 reviews read · 2 review-based observations

429 reviews read for this analysis. Each observation keeps the sample and store it was based on.

Aggressive ad load

Shown, not confirmed

Fun NYT-like puzzle game where you try to guess the name of a song as you hear more and more instruments from the song. Songs range in genre and era from pop to rock to the 60s to the 2020s. Minimal ads and a one-time purchase gets rid of…

5★ · Google Play · 2026-04-10

everything costs money and is full of ads.

1★ · Google Play · 2025-07-02

ads ruin it. diabolical in their attempt to force you into them without a way to close them.

1★ · Google Play · 2026-10-10

Paywall blocks the basics

Shown, not confirmed

I absolutely loveeee this game. I love the concept of it. I appreciate the effort that went into development. I love the rush of dopamine I get when I guess correctly. But users should know that you have to pay for songs/bundles. There…

2★ · Google Play · 2025-08-04

put yesterday's missed song behind a paywall. boo

3★ · Google Play · 2026-05-23

Can only guess 1 song a day. Everything else costs money. Too much money. Might be worth keeping if they let you play previous days you missed. Since that is not the case I will not be keeping this app.

1★ · Google Play · 2026-06-07

A sampled review illustrates one person’s experience. It does not establish a finding on its own.

Measurements

5 measured · 3 not assessed

Supporting measurements. They are not a complete list of possible harms or positives. “Not assessed” means we could not measure it — never zero, never a pass.

From store data and reviews

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
2 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
65–79% five-star
Arithmetic on the stores' own published rating counts. It says nothing about why the ratings fall where they do.

In the app 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, not a finding.

Sensitive permissions
Not assessed
No package has been scanned for this app
Analytics or tracking SDKs in the scanned package
Not assessed
No package has been scanned for this app
Advertising SDKs in the scanned package
Not assessed
No package has been scanned for this app

Measurement vocabulary 1.4 · how these are measured

Versions and dates analysed

Assessed 12 Oct 2026

This analysis describes version 8.8.3 of the app, analyzed 2026-10-12 . The app may have changed since.

The store currently lists version 8.8.3, updated 2026-09-29.

Store update history

Each store’s release notes, as the developer wrote them. They are the developer’s words, not ours.

Google Play

Version 8.8.3 · 2026-09-29

No release notes were provided for this version.

Version 8.7.9 · 2026-08-26

No release notes were provided for this version.

Assessment record

Status
Automated analysis
App identifier
bandle-google-com-bandlegame-bandleguessasong
Assessment date
12 Oct 2026
Sources used
3 independent signals: user reviews, the store listing and the store privacy disclosure
Reviews read
429
Package examined
No package scan
Measurement vocabulary
1.4
Human inspection
Not completed

Assessed 2026-10-12 from 429 user reviews, the store listing and its privacy label. We have not scanned the app's package, so nothing on this page was read from inside the app itself.

How this page was produced

Analyzed 2026-10-12 Version analyzed: 8.8.33 independent signals429 reviews scannedConfidence: HighNot human-reviewedVocabulary v1.13Methodology v1.3
Signals run: user reviews, the store listing and the store privacy disclosure. Not yet checked: SDKs in the app package, the app's own on-screen text and the app manifest.

Store facts

Google Play

What the stores publish. Store ratings are the stores’ numbers, not Appworthy’s, and are never averaged across stores.

Google Play

Store rating
4.42 ★ · 3,131 ratings
Version
8.8.3
Updated
29 Sep 2026
Price
Free · In-app purchases
Age rating
4+
Size
Not supplied
Open in Google Play
Developer
Bandle
Category
Games
Listing price
Free · In-app purchases

Purchases the store lists

 What this app sells
Google Play doesn’t publish per-purchase prices, so this list covers the other store only.

Method and limits

What this report can and cannot show

How the automated analysis works

This assessment is produced automatically. Three independent signals are read — user reviews, 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.

Findings under One source only are real reports we do not stand behind as findings. They are shown because withholding them entirely would hide a genuine complaint, and labelled because publishing them as charges would be an accusation off a single source.

Limits of this report

  • A package scan is static. It identifies code and text in one Android build. It does not measure a live ad session, test a deletion request, or count the steps needed to cancel.
  • Reviews keep their sample. A review-only charge shows distinct reviewers, the share and the sample size, and is published only once it clears that label’s published threshold. Calibration labels are machine-drafted and not yet confirmed by a person.
  • Not assessed is a state. It is never a zero and never a pass.
  • A missing label is not a clean bill of health. It means the evidence did not support one, not that the app is problem-free.
Not yet human-reviewed. A hands-on test can confirm or contradict a finding and adds its own measurements; it does not change a measurement row. Hands-on inspections are not yet open.
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