“New update makes my game menu super laggy. it's fine when I'm actually in a game but it takes forever to claim rewards and navigate throughout the game menus. also super p2w. it feels useless to play this game unless you're willing to…”
Independent automated assessment · 6 signal sources · 942 reviews scanned · analyzed 2026-10-04.
4.2 ★1,086,727 ratings
10M+Downloads
4+Age rating
3938 MBApp size
FreeIn-app purchases
About this app
Run, jump, slide, collect, and bake no prisoners! CookieRun is the endless runner game with deliciously challenging levels, tons of fun, heart racing running modes, and big rewards!
Race through dynamic side scroller levels for as long as your energy can last! Take on exciting endless runner challenges, unlock Cookie characters and collect cute Pets as you dash to the finish line.
Run through platformer stages with challenging missions and compete in real-time trophy races forthe top spot! Race to the top of the leaderboard while helping GingerBrave and his Cookie friends break out of the Witch's oven!
This free cookie game keeps the characters coming and the side scroller levels hot! Collect characters with unique powers and build a collection of Pets to pair with your Cookie characters for an even more exciting time!…
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.
App Store
This analysis describes version 14.301 of the app, analyzed 2026-10-04 . The app may have changed since.
The store currently lists version 14.301, updated 2026-09-22.
Google Play
We cannot tell which version of the app this analysis describes. It was run 2026-10-04 , and the app may have changed since.
The store currently lists version 14.302, updated 2026-09-16.
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 a price and a billing period
Cancelling, in the store description
Says 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 14.302, scanned 2026-10-05.
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 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 2
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: Pay to progress
Advancement or competition is gated behind spending money rather than playing.
What we saw: Pay to progress: raised by 9 distinct reviewers (1.8% of 510 reviews scanned)
From the store listing: Usable without an account
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.
What we saw: The store privacy disclosure (8 entries) links no contact details or identifiers to the user — consistent with an app that does not require an account. Self-reported by the developer.
Highlighted reviews
Representative public review excerpts shown as user reports, not Appworthy audit evidence.
“Edit: It was fixed, thx! Old review: I would have liked to give this game 5 stars because I love it and I've been playing on and off for years. However, in the new update to get a new cookie you need something called star candies which I…”
“i'm very disappointed in the dev now. The 9th anniversary event mission is no longer beginner friendly, even to some late game player/old player find it a bit hard, new player basically don't have any chances to get free diamonds anymore…”
Assessment & version history
App changes and Appworthy events in one timeline.
Store listing updated to version 14.301.
What this app sells
Useful store-disclosed pricing, kept below the app listing.
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