Best Fiends game does not require payment to download and play, but it also a…
PlaytikaFrom our automated analysis, 14 Oct 2026. Every label links to its evidence in the full report below.
This analysis describes version 19.6.0 of the app (the version number recorded inside the package we inspected), analyzed 2026-10-14 . The app may have changed since.
The store currently lists version 19.6.0, updated 2026-10-13.
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Best Fiends game does not require payment to download and play, but it also allows you to purchase virtual items with real money inside the game, including random items.
Leap into the magical world of Minutia for an exciting and fiendishly fun adventure, the likes of which you've never experienced before!
Embark on a quest to Mount Boom to stop King Slug and his army from overrunning and destroying Minutia! Along the way, rescue and utilize over 50 unique and powerful Fiends to fight against the Slugs! Each Fiend has a special ability that'll be critical to mastering if you want to put an end to the slimy threat.…
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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.
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Appworthy
sha256:ab0db8527eaf5c4b1e4acec2ebcffccc66fddeed59d7517cc26f3f4f5a79670fSpecific evidence of a useful property, within the stated scope.
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
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.
Aggressive ad load: raised by 11 distinct reviewers (2.2% of 492 reviews scanned)
This observation has not cleared the required evidence standard.
Advertising volume or placement that interrupts normal use: ads between every action, unskippable or forced full-screen ads.
492 reviews read for this analysis. Each observation keeps the sample and store it was based on.
The game is AWESOME and it's good for minds for skill and good entertainment, its also a very fun puzzle game, but the only flaw is that if you get on it usually spams pop up ads at you for updates or stuff, but in all honesty it's a…
Love this game, play it all the time but I agree, less pop up ads when you start up the game. Like I have bought stuff and all but not because of the ads. I really like the game. But I was trying to get on and play once and it took nearly…
I played it for a while, got 200 levels in, the underlying game is sort of fun but the internal ads got too much. one day after turning the game on and after 2 minutes of ad after ad for features within the game, upgrades I could buy…
A sampled review illustrates one person’s experience. It does not establish a finding on its own.
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.
Android package 19.6.0, scanned 14 Oct 2026. These describe that package, not the current store version.
Measurement vocabulary 1.4 · how these are measured
This analysis describes version 19.6.0 of the app (the version number recorded inside the package we inspected), analyzed 2026-10-14 . The app may have changed since.
The store currently lists version 19.6.0, updated 2026-10-13.
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.
No release notes were provided for this version.
No release notes were provided for this version.
best-fiends-google-com-seriously-bestfiendsAssessed 2026-10-14 from 492 user reviews, the app's package, the store listing and its privacy label.
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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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