Serious warnings 2 confirmed warnings. Checked: 400 reviews, the Android app’s code, the store listing and the privacy label.
From our automated analysis, 30 Oct 2026. Every label links to its evidence in the full report below.
This analysis describes version 1.5.1 of the app (the version number recorded inside the package we inspected), analyzed 2026-10-30 .
The store currently lists version 1.5.1, updated 2026-07-14.
Store screenshots supplied by the developer.
The long-awaited sequel to the highly-acclaimed series is here!
In Hungry Hearts Diner 2, be the boss of a small eatery in a quiet
corner of 1960's Tokyo. This casual restaurant management sim
comes jam-packed with story, and you'll have a chance to both
catch up with old friends and meet new faces.
Grandma's back with an all-new diner location but the same
delicious cooking...and a few new recipes, to boot!
Taste popular classics like curry, ramen, and miso soup, but
don't forget to browse our selection of more retro and traditional
Japanese foods like natto, nikujaga, and okonomiyaki as well.
We've got a huge selection of tasty treats, and yes, even the
undisputed emperor of Showa sweets—fruit parfait!
But you're not just here for the food, right?
...Right?…
From the developer’s store description.
For developers and the curious
The evidence, sources, measurements and versions behind every label above.
Findings that met the published evidence standard.
Bundles 16 distinct ad networks / mediation SDKs: Amazon Publisher Services, AppLovin MAX, BidMachine, Chartboost and 12 more
The package embeds several distinct advertising or mediation SDKs — a stack built for ad volume, not for a single house ad.
Package artefact
Appworthy
sha256:2ba9760073f90a32fc15e96477bb23031460a09839471a931c422da2f16ed6ceAggressive ad load: raised by 14 distinct reviewers (about 1 in 29 reviews we read)
Advertising volume or placement that interrupts normal use: ads between every action, unskippable or forced full-screen ads.
Specific evidence of a useful property, within the stated scope.
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
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.
Open observations that have not cleared the evidence bar.
The app's own text says: "Please press "Continue" if you choose to start using our app."
This observation has not cleared the required evidence standard.
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.
Package artefact
sha256:2ba9760073f90a32fc15e96477bb23031460a09839471a931c422da2f16ed6ceThe app's own text says: "Open ad when you're back online."
This observation has not cleared the required evidence standard.
The app's own copy describes working without a connection — offline mode, downloading for offline use, or content saved for later. Shown because readers filter on it; it is a feature, not a fairness property, and never counts for or against an app.
Package artefact
sha256:2ba9760073f90a32fc15e96477bb23031460a09839471a931c422da2f16ed6ce400 reviews read for this analysis. Each observation keeps the sample and store it was based on.
To avoid the abundance of ads (appears nearly every 5mins play, not just a pause.. it launches Right. in. The. Middle. Of. Play!, Seriously takes away the relaxing / fun side of the game).. just go OFFLINE, it is after all, an offline…
I swear to god ads keep popping up every 30 seconds or so. They would pop up without warning while in the middle of doing something, so you would often click the ads by mistake. And sa few ads last for like more than 30 seconds. It's so…
Sudden pop up ads really ruin the cozy atmosphere of this game. But the game itself is great. The stories are heartwarming, and the mechanics are simple but engaging.
A sampled review illustrates one person’s experience. It does not establish a finding on its own.
“Not assessed” means we could not measure it. It is never a zero and never a pass.
Android package 1.5.1, scanned 30 Oct 2026. These describe that package, not the current store version.
Supporting measurements: not a complete list of possible harms or positives. Measurement vocabulary 1.4 · how these are measured
This analysis describes version 1.5.1 of the app (the version number recorded inside the package we inspected), analyzed 2026-10-30 .
The store currently lists version 1.5.1, updated 2026-07-14.
Each store’s release notes, as the developer wrote them. They are the developer’s words, not ours.
No release notes were provided for this version.
hungry-hearts-diner-2Assessed 2026-10-30 from 400 user reviews, the app's package, the store listing and its privacy label.
What the stores publish. Store ratings are the stores’ numbers, not Appworthy’s, and are never averaged across stores.
This assessment is produced automatically. Six independent signals are read — user reviews, SDKs in the app package, the app's own on-screen text, the app manifest, the store listing and the store privacy disclosure — and each candidate finding is filed under the sources that support it.
No charge stands on one kind of evidence — with one published exception. A finding is either a measured fact that anyone can reproduce (an ad SDK is in the package; every recurring plan the store lists is named as weekly, the term read from the purchase names, with a list cut off at the store’s 10-item maximum not assessed; the privacy label omits a tracker we can see), or it is an interpretation — and an interpretation needs independent sources to agree before it reaches the catch list. The exception is a harm only users can see: a charge may publish from reviews alone, as “Reported by N users”, once enough reviewers raise it to clear that charge’s own published bar. That agreement rule is what replaced the human reviewer, not a model’s confidence.
There is no overall score, on purpose. A 0–99 number was published here until 2026-09-15. It was withdrawn because it discriminated too weakly to be the instrument — 44.7% of every pair of apps tied — and because a single number is a verdict where a count is an observation. What publishes instead is a row of measurements, each of which says what was counted and, where we could not look, says that instead.
Findings under One source only are real reports we do not stand behind as findings. They are shown because withholding them entirely would hide a genuine complaint, and labelled because publishing them as charges would be an accusation off a single source.
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