“a little shocked at the high reviews here. normally when a game gives you the option between clicking "next" or clicking "watch an ad for coins," it gives you an option. Not in this case, this game has given me 6 straight ads, despite me…”
Independent automated assessment · 3 signal sources · 915 reviews scanned · analyzed 2026-10-05.
4.7 ★97,163 ratings
5M+Downloads
17+Age rating
312 MBApp size
FreeIn-app purchases
About this app
Hole Stars – Scoop, Solve, and Shine
Looking for a game that’s fun, fast, and totally satisfying? Meet Hole Stars — a relaxing puzzle game where you guide a growing black hole through colorful levels, collect everything in sight, and beat the clock in style.
From tiny objects to giant surprises, every level is packed with items to collect, puzzles to solve, and obstacles to outsmart. Whether you’re in it for the challenge or the relaxing vibes, Hole Stars is the perfect break-time pick-me-up.
Easy to Play, Hard to Put Down Swipe to move your black hole and start collecting! As you gather more, your hole grows bigger, letting you scoop up larger items and clear the board even faster. Watch out for tricky objects and blockers that’ll keep you on your toes.…
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 220000.1.260 of the app, analyzed 2026-10-05 . The app may have changed since.
The store currently lists version 220000.1.260, updated 2026-09-27.
Google Play
This analysis describes version 220000.1.260 of the app, analyzed 2026-10-04 . The app may have changed since.
The store currently lists version 220000.1.260, 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
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
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.
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.
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 71 distinct reviewers — 11.4% of the 621 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
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: 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 10 distinct reviewers (1.6% of 621 reviews scanned)
Highlighted reviews
Representative public review excerpts shown as user reports, not Appworthy audit evidence.
“I like the game but I think the ads are way too much, yes I know you need to make money on the game but please don't spoil it by having ads after every game if it doesn't get better soon then I think I will be uninstalling this one, pity…”
“It's okay. The graphics are an eyesore (might be personal opinion, but I just feel like there's too many buttons everywhere) and the gameplay gets somewhat boring after a while. They also have little pop-up ads for extra features for…”
Assessment & version history
App changes and Appworthy events in one timeline.
Store listing updated to version 220000.1.260.
What this app sells
Useful store-disclosed pricing, kept below the app listing.
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