“Fun games, horrible ads — The ads are ridiculous. They are so glitchy and frustrating, sometimes they just hang up indefinitely. Probably going to delete if this update doesn’t fix that.”
Independent automated assessment · 3 signal sources · 393 reviews scanned · analyzed 2026-10-05.
4.7 ★27,212 ratings
—Downloads
12+Age rating
516 MBApp size
FreeIn-app purchases
About this app
Hole it: Black Hole Puzzle Game Swallow the world, one puzzle at a time!
Get ready for Hole it, the most satisfying brain game of the year! Dive into a universe of colorful puzzles where you are the all-powerful black hole. Forget mindless eating—here, your brain is your greatest asset! Can you solve the challenge and swallow only the objects you need to win? In this addictive new puzzle game, you’ll navigate vibrant maps. Each level gives you a unique mission: collect all the red cars, eat only the donuts, or use the boosters to add to yourself time! It’s the perfect mix of relaxing gameplay and a fun brain challenge.…
Preview
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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 1.30.09 of the app, analyzed 2026-10-05 . The app may have changed since.
The store currently lists version 1.30.09, updated 2026-09-28.
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
3 or more 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.
One source only — shown, not confirmed 4
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 53 distinct reviewers (13.5% of 393 reviews scanned)
Reported by users: Progress pauses until you wait or pay
Use is rationed by an energy/hearts/lives meter that runs out and forces a wait or a purchase.
What we saw: Energy / timer gating: raised by 6 distinct reviewers (1.5% of 393 reviews scanned)
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 6 distinct reviewers (1.5% of 393 reviews scanned)
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 5 distinct reviewers (1.3% of 393 reviews scanned)
Highlighted reviews
Representative public review excerpts shown as user reports, not Appworthy audit evidence.
“Fun game — Too many ads between levels, otherwise it would be great”
“Cheating game Frustrating — Too many ads - stop trying to make me watch ads in between games! Also, this game cheats you out of wins to force you to watch ads. Going to uninstall. Also, the stupid ads are WAY TOO LONG. Ridiculous.”
Assessment & version history
App changes and Appworthy events in one timeline.
Store listing updated to version 1.30.09.
What this app sells
Useful store-disclosed pricing, kept below the app listing.
Business modelFree
Prices and terms as disclosed by the store listing.