“so I've been playing the game on and off for about 6 years. it was my first time purchasing some boosters and I now wish I didnt. I am no longer given boosters or ads to watch and I've replayed the same level 100 times to try and pass and…”
Independent automated assessment · 6 signal sources · 3,659 reviews scanned · analyzed 2026-10-06.
4.6 ★42,958,264 ratings
1B+Downloads
12+Age rating
318 MBApp size
FreeIn-app purchases
About this app
Explore a world full of delicious match-3 puzzles and endless fun! Blast through thousands of challenging levels in this timeless puzzle game from King. Match candies, conquer jelly, toffees, and jam, and uncover sweet surprises in every puzzle.
Classic Match-3 Gameplay with Fresh Twists
- Discover unique game modes like Gummy Dragons and Bubblegum Pop. - Match and blast your way through matching levels full of sugar-coated fun. - Master tricky puzzles and create explosive combos to clear the board!
Brain-Boosting Challenges & Special Events
- Daily Rewards: Log in every day to claim free boosters and extra lives. - Time-Limited Events: Compete in themed challenges and win exclusive prizes. - Tournaments & Leaderboards: Crush more candies than your friends and rise to the top to become the ultimate match-3 master!
Bonbon Blitz Your Way Through Extra Sticky Levels…
Preview
Real screenshots from the store listing.
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 1.337.3.1 of the app, analyzed 2026-10-06 . The app may have changed since.
The store currently lists version 1.337.3.1, updated 2026-09-28.
Google Play
This analysis describes version 1.337.0.2 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 1.337.0.2, updated 2026-10-01.
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
3 or more 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
From the package we downloaded and read — version 1.337.0.2, scanned 2026-09-28.
Permissions Android classifies as dangerous
None 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
3 or more found
Advertising SDKs in the scanned package
10 or more 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 1
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 16 distinct ad networks / mediation SDKs: Amazon Publisher Services, AppLovin MAX, BidMachine, Chartboost and 12 more
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 5
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 24 distinct reviewers (1.8% of 1301 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 7 distinct reviewers (0.5% of 1301 reviews scanned)
Reported by users: Reports that the ads misrepresent the app
Reviewers repeatedly report that the app is not what its advertising showed. We never see the ad creative itself, so nothing we collect can corroborate or refute this — it is published as an attributed user report: what reviewers say, and how many of them said it.
What we saw: Misleading advertising: raised by 7 distinct reviewers (0.5% of 1301 reviews scanned)
Reported by users: Pay to progress
Advancement or competition is gated behind spending money rather than playing.
What we saw: Pay to progress: raised by 18 distinct reviewers (1.4% of 1301 reviews scanned)
Reported by users: Upgrade prompts use guilt-trip wording
Declining an upgrade is written as a loss ('No thanks, I don't want to improve'), or users report being repeatedly pushed to subscribe during normal use.
What we saw: Constant upsell pressure: raised by 5 distinct reviewers (0.4% of 1301 reviews scanned)
Highlighted reviews
Representative public review excerpts shown as user reports, not Appworthy audit evidence.
“Boring — I don’t like it because there’s too many ads and I don’t like the avatars”
“More than 50% ads — Cool game. Well made. Maybe too well made. It’s definitely rigged in a way that makes you spend your winnings fast to save yourself. But then you can earn coin back by watching ads so you end up watching SOOO many ads…”
Assessment & version history
App changes and Appworthy events in one timeline.
Store listing updated to version 1.337.3.1.
What this app sells
Useful store-disclosed pricing, kept below the app listing.
Items shown0
Lowest—
Highest—
Google Play does not publish per-purchase prices.