“Too many ads in between games. some ads throw you out of a game. Temu is annoying and they are not honest with their marketing prices. They trick you with "free items and free shipping". You never received your free gifts. Cookie Jam can…”
Independent automated assessment · 6 signal sources · 1,052 reviews scanned · analyzed 2026-10-05.
4.7 ★1,690,847 ratings
50M+Downloads
4+Age rating
302 MBApp size
FreeIn-app purchases
About this app
Join over 100 million people who are playing Cookie Jam: match 3 games! Cookie Jam is filled with thousands of fun puzzle games and challenging matching experiences! Match three cookies & candy in order to clear the board and solve puzzles! Cookie Jam match 3 games are free to play — download and enjoy exciting cookie games and puzzles with no wifi needed today!
COOKIE MATCHING IS REIMAGINED IN THESE SUGARY PUZZLE GAMES!
Welcome to Cookie Jam: Match 3 Games: Matching experiences filled with tasty cookie and candy fun in some of the best cookie games and candy games available. Blast through dessert-themed islands in fun puzzle games and help Chef Panda crush cookies before they crumble in Cookie Jam. Play thousands of Cookie Jam match 3 games for free, with new puzzle games every week so you never run out of sweet candy games and challenges to enjoy!…
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 18.80.120 of the app, analyzed 2026-10-05 . The app may have changed since.
The store currently lists version 18.80.120, updated 2026-09-28.
Google Play
This analysis describes version 18.70.112 of the app (the version number recorded inside the package we inspected), analyzed 2026-10-05 . The app may have changed since.
The store currently lists version 18.70.112, 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 at least 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
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
From the package we downloaded and read — version 18.70.112, scanned 2026-09-23.
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
1–2 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 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 16 distinct ad networks / mediation SDKs: Amazon Publisher Services, AppLovin MAX, BidMachine, Chartboost and 12 more
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 70 distinct reviewers — 13.5% of the 520 reviews scanned on this store leg (App Store).
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.
“Update 9/8/26 Ads have disappeared now but a new issue has arisen. I am offered say 2 hours play, claim it then instead of the playboard there is what's best described as a blank white brick wall. No way to dismiss so have to close app…”
“number of moves on levels shorter. have to watch too many ads and why do ads pop up after every level, even when you lose. very frustrating.....6 months later and game is still not functioning properly. This used to be my favorite go to…”
Assessment & version history
App changes and Appworthy events in one timeline.
Store listing updated to version 18.80.120.
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.