Some warnings 1 confirmed warning, and users report 2 more things. Checked: 400 reviews, the Android app’s code, the store listing and the privacy label.
From our automated analysis, 30 Oct 2026. Every label links to its evidence in the full report below.
This analysis describes version 1.5.1 of the app (the version number recorded inside the package we inspected), analyzed 2026-10-30 .
The store currently lists version 1.5.1, updated 2026-10-02.
Store screenshots supplied by the developer.
Greetings, Magician! You're invited to participate in the Spirit Festival—a mystical, moonlit gathering of the spirits!
Join us to receive two limited-time half-anniversary cats—the Golden Curl and the Cat-sith!
Come see everything that's new with Cats & Soup: Magic Recipe on its half-anniversary!
Merge delightful ingredients, complete magic recipes, and decorate your very own cozy cat share house!
Embark on a magical journey of merging and matching with your whiskered friends today! Play meow!…
From the developer’s store description.
For developers and the curious
The evidence, sources, measurements and versions behind every label above.
Findings that met the published evidence standard.
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.
Package artefact
Appworthy
sha256:a7f7e439fc0aec5f63622d8f6543eeab2962cc1ed6ec27201e7c43d10c98d9bfSpecific 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 8 distinct reviewers (about 1 in 50 reviews we read)
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.
Sells a subscription in-app but ships no cancel or manage-subscription text of its own, leaving the store's settings as the only exit
This observation has not cleared the required evidence standard.
Cancelling the subscription is blocked, hidden, multi-step, or simply does not take effect.
Package artefact
sha256:a7f7e439fc0aec5f63622d8f6543eeab2962cc1ed6ec27201e7c43d10c98d9bfThe app's own text says: "Please press "Continue" if you choose to start using our app."
This observation has not cleared the required evidence standard.
The app's own screens offer a way past sign-up — guest access, skipping, or browsing before registering — rather than gating the product behind an account. The store's privacy disclosure is checked alongside it: that disclosure is self-reported, so it corroborates this credit rather than establishing it.
Package artefact
sha256:a7f7e439fc0aec5f63622d8f6543eeab2962cc1ed6ec27201e7c43d10c98d9bfThe app's own text says: "Thanks for your interest. We will share more once you're back online."
This observation has not cleared the required evidence standard.
The app's own copy describes working without a connection — offline mode, downloading for offline use, or content saved for later. Shown because readers filter on it; it is a feature, not a fairness property, and never counts for or against an app.
Package artefact
sha256:a7f7e439fc0aec5f63622d8f6543eeab2962cc1ed6ec27201e7c43d10c98d9bfEnergy / timer gating: raised by 6 distinct reviewers (about 1 in 67 reviews we read)
This observation has not cleared the required evidence standard.
Use is rationed by an energy/hearts/lives meter that runs out and forces a wait or a purchase.
400 reviews read for this analysis. Each observation keeps the sample and store it was based on.
with every update it gets worse and worse. taking away perks, making it harder to make ingredients for recipes. its almost like they dont want anyone to play the game anymore. I would much rather set through ad after ad than to deal with…
love all the cats. the only issues were lots of AD to watch if need the energy or materials & unable to release the same cats. So the same cats that gotten will pile up the collection list unfortunately 😞 overally fun 👍🏻
I downloaded this game because I was looking for a cozy game and at first it felt like that. However, in order to complete any events it's necessary to put money into the app. It feels like a cash grab and isn't fun. It's also necessary…
The graphics are amazing and everything about the cats is customizable, I honestly love it, it does seem more a pay to win, but while I feel like the progress has shown a little more, it's definitely not unplayable, although I do watch a…
A sampled review illustrates one person’s experience. It does not establish a finding on its own.
“Not assessed” means we could not measure it. It is never a zero and never a pass.
Android package 1.5.1, scanned 27 Oct 2026. These describe that package, not the current store version.
Supporting measurements: not a complete list of possible harms or positives. Measurement vocabulary 1.4 · how these are measured
This analysis describes version 1.5.1 of the app (the version number recorded inside the package we inspected), analyzed 2026-10-30 .
The store currently lists version 1.5.1, updated 2026-10-02.
Each store’s release notes, as the developer wrote them. They are the developer’s words, not ours.
Come and see what's new in the world of Magic Recipe! The mystical Spirit Festival has begun! Celebrate this special occasion with Tina, the Queen of Spirits! We have some additional news for the 1.6.0 update: - A new Event Shop has been added! - A new area, Playground, has been added! - Special events and rewards are ready for the half-year anniversary! - New items are now available! - Bugs have been fixed for a smoother gameplay experience. Enjoy the special festival with your cats!
No release notes were provided for this version.
cats-and-soup-apple-6446347021Assessed 2026-10-30 from 400 user reviews, the app's package, the store listing and its privacy label.
What the stores publish. Store ratings are the stores’ numbers, not Appworthy’s, and are never averaged across stores.
From the store listing. Billing terms are read from each purchase’s name — the stores don’t publish them — so treat them as a strong hint, not a disclosure.
These are really on sale; we just can’t tell from the name whether they recur.
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 recurring plan the store lists is named as weekly, the term read from the purchase names, with a list cut off at the store’s 10-item maximum not assessed; 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.
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