“I'm on level 968 and now they have made it impossible to win this level. I've been addicted to this game so I put up with the excessive ads, but now I'm done. 4 times it ended the game on me when I still had lives left. Made it to level…”
Independent automated assessment · 3 signal sources · 406 reviews scanned · analyzed 2026-10-04.
Bejeweled Stars
ELECTRONIC ARTSThis game includes optional in-game purchases of virtual currency that can be…
4.3 ★125,092 ratings
5M+Downloads
4+Age rating
—App size
Free · In-app purchasesIn-app purchases
About this app
This game includes optional in-game purchases of virtual currency that can be used to acquire virtual in-game items, including a random selection of virtual in-game items. Bejeweled Stars is an archipelago of jewel-based match-3 puzzles. Discover beautiful islands studded with unique challenges and embark on an adventure filled with surprises, explosions, and playful puzzles. 💎 Match three or more gems to clear objectives 💎 Complete levels and earn rewards 💎 Create boosts to advance faster 💎 Get higher scores and beat your friends MATCH GEMS AND SOLVE PUZZLES Take your puzzle matching love to the next level with mysterious twists and unique ways to play. Match gems between jewel encrusted clouds, gem chambers, and free fall cascades. Tackle challenging goals as you blast gravel, rescue floating butterflies, and turn the gameboard gold.…
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.
This analysis describes version 4.3.0 of the app, analyzed 2026-10-04 . The app may have changed since.
The store currently lists version 4.4.0, updated 2026-09-21.
The app has been updated since this analysis. The findings on this page describe version 4.3.0, not the version now listed on the store.
Release notes for the newer versions, in the developer’s own words:
Version 4.4.0 · 2026-09-21
No release notes were provided for this version.
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 fewer than 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 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.
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 2
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: Aggressive ad load
Advertising volume or placement that interrupts normal use: ads between every action, unskippable or forced full-screen ads.
What we saw: Aggressive ad load: raised by 10 distinct reviewers (2.5% of 406 reviews scanned)
Reported by users: Progress pauses until you wait or pay
Use is rationed by an energy/hearts/lives meter that runs out and forces a wait or a purchase.
What we saw: Energy / timer gating: raised by 5 distinct reviewers (1.2% of 406 reviews scanned)
Highlighted reviews
Representative public review excerpts shown as user reports, not Appworthy audit evidence.
“trash. power ups are useless and do practically nothing. once you hit lvl 27 you get hit with EXTREMELY LONG UNSKIPABLE ADS EVERY 2 LEVELS. I'm talking 1&1/2 - 2minute long ads. it's 10x faster to just close and reopen the game”
“I used to love this game until they changed it recently. Now you can't just watch ads to earn fast forwards, you have to buy coins or wait for devices to finish being created. Ruined the game for me!”
Assessment & version history
App changes and Appworthy events in one timeline.
Store listing updated to version 4.4.0.
What this app sells
Useful store-disclosed pricing, kept below the app listing.
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Google Play does not publish per-purchase prices.