“this game is is becoming very micro transaction pay to win heavy it used to be a very fun easy going game now there are so many microtransactions and pay to win schemes that it's getting harder and harder I want to play this game”
Independent automated assessment · 6 signal sources · 1,539 reviews scanned · analyzed 2026-10-04.
Dragon City: Mobile Adventure
Social PointDragon City is the ultimate mobile game where players build a magical floatin…
4.7 ★10,741,230 ratings
100M+Downloads
4+Age rating
—App size
Free · In-app purchasesIn-app purchases
About this app
Dragon City is the ultimate mobile game where players build a magical floating city, collect and breed over 2,000 unique dragons, and battle other Dragon Masters in action-packed, real-time PvP combat!
It is one of the most popular fantasy dragon games on mobile, seamlessly combining city-building, creature collection, deep strategic combat, and engaging social alliance gameplay. With over 80 million Dragon Masters worldwide and massive new content updates every week, your ultimate dragon collecting and battling adventure awaits.…
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.
This analysis describes version 26.13.0 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 26.13.0, updated 2026-09-25.
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
From the package we downloaded and read — version 26.13.0, scanned 2026-10-03.
Permissions Android classifies as dangerous
1–2 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 3
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: Pay to progress
Advancement or competition is gated behind spending money rather than playing.
What we saw: Raised by 45 distinct reviewers — 2.9% of the 1,539 reviews scanned on this store leg (Google Play).
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 96 distinct reviewers — 6.2% of the 1,539 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
Highlighted reviews
Representative public review excerpts shown as user reports, not Appworthy audit evidence.
“This game is js ruined now every minute there's an add+there's so many op dragons u can't get for free it's getting pay to win and not enjoyabble now mainly bc of ads and that's js sad because this game is my childhood game and used to be…”
“not eay not super fun but could be better w8thout pay to win”
Assessment & version history
App changes and Appworthy events in one timeline.
Store listing updated to version 26.13.0.
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.