“Every song requires an ad, so the game is more of a disruption rather than a game. And the control area isn't very intuitive. It needs to clear away the whole bottom section of anything that aren't notes and make it full screen so that…”
Independent automated assessment · 6 signal sources · 486 reviews scanned · analyzed 2026-10-06.
Guitar Band: Rock Battle
Supercharge MobileLooking for an epic music game to play on your mobile or tablet?
4.5 ★312,669 ratings
50M+Downloads
4+Age rating
—App size
Free · In-app purchasesIn-app purchases
About this app
Looking for an epic music game to play on your mobile or tablet? Look no further than Guitar Band: Rock Battle – the ultimate rock band challenge! With a mix of bands and rhythm, you can compete against real players from around the world in this free multiplayer game. Featuring amazing guitars that let you test your skills, Guitar Band: Rock Battle takes you on a journey from the garage to the hall of fame.
As you progress through different stages, stadiums, and arenas, you'll have the opportunity to play famous tunes and become a rock n roll hero. With the ability to buy multiple guitars, hire musicians, and make your band famous, you can conquer millions of fans and become a music superstar! Choose from replicas of famous guitars like Fender, Epiphone, Kramer, Gibson, and more – no black or white tiles, just pure, fast, and challenging tap revenge.…
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 4.19.1 of the app (the version number recorded inside the package we inspected), analyzed 2026-10-06 . The app may have changed since.
The store currently lists version 4.19.1, updated 2026-09-18.
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
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 4.19.1, scanned 2026-10-03.
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 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: Aggressive ad load
Advertising volume or placement that interrupts normal use: ads between every action, unskippable or forced full-screen ads.
What we saw: Aggressive ad load: raised by 70 distinct reviewers (14.4% of 486 reviews scanned)
Highlighted reviews
Representative public review excerpts shown as user reports, not Appworthy audit evidence.
“I had high hopes after reading the reviews.. However, you have to watch a very long ad before you can play any song and you have to do that each time you play a song. Also, there's a constant popup that asks you to pay for VIP access…”
“It seemed fun at the beginning but it gets old real quick when songs fail to load after sitting through a 5 minute unskippable ad that doesn't even show how long is left to sit through the ad, and then when it fails to load they expect…”
Assessment & version history
App changes and Appworthy events in one timeline.
Store listing updated to version 4.19.1.
What this app sells
Useful store-disclosed pricing, kept below the app listing.
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