“THEY WILL NEVER FIX THE UNBALANCED MATCHMAKING. THE ENEMY TEAM ALWAYS HAS A TANK OR THE LATEST BRAWLERS AND ALL OF THEM ARE FULL OF BUFFIES WHILE YOU GET A MORTIS OR A LOWER POWER LEVEL. ALWAYS UNBALANCED especially during challenges; you…”
Independent automated assessment · 6 signal sources · 4,781 reviews scanned · analyzed 2026-10-06.
4.3 ★29,256,680 ratings
500M+Downloads
9+Age rating
2016 MBApp size
FreeIn-app purchases
About this app
Fast paced 3v3 & 5v5 MOBA and Battle Royale made for mobile! Play online with friends or solo across a variety of PvP arena game modes in under three minutes.
Unlock and upgrade dozens of Brawlers with powerful super abilities, star powers and gadgets! Collect unique skins to stand out and show off. Battle in a variety of mysterious arena locations within the MOBA Brawliverse!
Brawl Stars is free to download and play, however, some game items can also be purchased for real money (including random items). If you don't want to purchase game items for real money, please disable in-app purchases in your device's settings.
◉ BATTLE IN MULTIPLE GAME MODES:
▶ Gem Grab (3v3,5v5): Team up for real time 3v3 and 5v5 MOBA arena PvP battles against online players from across the world. Team up to battle and out strategize the opposing team.…
Preview
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Independent evidence report
The evidence behind this assessment
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 69.252 of the app, analyzed 2026-10-06 . The app may have changed since.
The store currently lists version 69.252, updated 2026-09-07.
Google Play
This analysis describes version 69.252 of the app (the version number recorded inside the package we inspected), analyzed 2026-10-04 . The app may have changed since.
The store currently lists version 69.252, updated 2026-09-04.
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
1 theme 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
From the package we downloaded and read — version 69.252, scanned 2026-09-25.
Permissions Android classifies as dangerous
1–2 requested
Counted against the eighteen permissions listed in collect-package.ts. A dangerous permission is one Android asks the user to grant; requesting one is not itself a finding.
Analytics or tracking SDKs in the scanned package
1–2 found
Advertising SDKs in the scanned package
3–9 found
Counted as distinct SDKs in the package we scanned. One mediation bundle can contribute several, so this is not a count of advertisers.
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.
The catch list 2
Charges we publish at a strength we stand behind: measured from an artefact, agreed by independent sources, or reported by enough users to clear that charge's own published bar.
Multiple ad networks bundled
The package embeds several distinct advertising or mediation SDKs — a stack built for ad volume, not for a single house ad.
What we saw: Bundles 4 distinct ad networks / mediation SDKs: AppLovin MAX, Chartboost, ironSource / Unity LevelPlay, Unity Ads
Reported by users: Pay to progress
Advancement or competition is gated behind spending money rather than playing.
What we saw: Raised by 60 distinct reviewers — 2.5% of the 2,372 reviews scanned on this store leg (Google Play).
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 19.99 — a 20x 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
Highlighted reviews
Representative public review excerpts shown as user reports, not Appworthy audit evidence.
“absolutely pay-to-win, and really terible matchmaking, like how the f could i meet an advance player while i'm still a beginner. no wonder your game has bad rating. what a boring game👎🏼”
“Brawl Stars used to be a great game for me, playing with friends and reaching goals I never thought possible like 115k🏆 and Legendary 3. However, the recent updates starting with the removal of masteries have been so horrible and made…”
Assessment & version history
App changes and Appworthy events in one timeline.
Store listing updated to version 69.252.
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.