“The game itself is quite challenging now and again. The only thing that spoils it is the constant ads. some are short but I find they are getting longer as I go on. I seem to spend more time watching ads. Is there not a one off payment to…”
Independent automated assessment · 3 signal sources · 884 reviews scanned · analyzed 2026-10-04.
4.7 ★647,364 ratings
5M+Downloads
4+Age rating
—App size
FreeIn-app purchases
About this app
Why Play 《Color Maze》? —Brain Training: Challenges logic, planning & spatial awareness – exercise your mind with directional puzzles. —Stress-Free Fun: No timers, just thoughtful gameplay – calm strategy without pressure. —Focused Enjoyment: Minimalist design cuts distractions, letting you dive into puzzle-solving. —Flexible Playtime: Perfect for 5-minute breaks or long challenges – fits your schedule easily. —Achievement Drive: Finish all tasks without losing a heart – boost satisfaction per level. Game Highlights: Strategy & tranquility that keeps you engaged. —Thousands of handcrafted levels – no repetitive auto-generated puzzles. —Progressive Difficulty: Starts gentle, ramps up to test planning – never too easy or overwhelming. —Minimalist Aesthetic: Clean design prioritizes puzzles – focus on solving, not navigating. —Calm Experience: No rush, no time limits – take as long as needed…
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 1032 of the app, analyzed 2026-10-04 . The app may have changed since.
The store currently lists version 1032, updated 2026-09-08.
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
80–89% 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.
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.
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: Raised by 33 distinct reviewers — 3.7% of the 884 reviews scanned on this store leg (Google Play).
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 1
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: 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 8 distinct reviewers (0.9% of 884 reviews scanned)
Highlighted reviews
Representative public review excerpts shown as user reports, not Appworthy audit evidence.
“Highly addictive game. There are a lot of ads but the puzzles are good enough that I can over look it.”
“Look, the ad after every level has to stop. I just close the app instead of watching it. Here are some options: 1. an ad after the daily challenge. 2. an ad after every 10-12 levels when no errors are made. 3. an ad after every four…”
Assessment & version history
App changes and Appworthy events in one timeline.
Store listing updated to version 1032.
What this app sells
Useful store-disclosed pricing, kept below the app listing.
Business modelFree
Prices and terms as disclosed by the store listing.