“18!!! — 18 different pop ups before you can even start playing. Ads are just getting ridiculous”
Independent automated assessment · 3 signal sources · 537 reviews scanned · analyzed 2026-10-06.
4.7 ★864,362 ratings
—Downloads
12+Age rating
307 MBApp size
FreeIn-app purchases
About this app
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Independent evidence report
Evidence and review signals
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Which version this describes
When we ran this analysis, and what the store lists now.
This analysis describes version 5.64.1 of the app, analyzed 2026-10-06 . The app may have changed since.
The store currently lists version 5.64.1, updated 2026-10-02.
What we measured
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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
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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
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One source only — shown, not confirmed 3
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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 25 distinct reviewers (4.7% of 537 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 (0.9% of 537 reviews scanned)
Reported by users: Upgrade prompts use guilt-trip wording
Declining an upgrade is written as a loss ('No thanks, I don't want to improve'), or users report being repeatedly pushed to subscribe during normal use.
What we saw: Constant upsell pressure: raised by 5 distinct reviewers (0.9% of 537 reviews scanned)
Highlighted reviews
Representative public review excerpts shown as user reports, not Appworthy audit evidence.
“Should be called “Idle Pop-Up ads Tycoon” — Came back to this after a hiatus and oh boy i sure enjoy having 11 different “hey buy this microtransaction” popups in a row on log in. Just let me play the dang game at my own pace and quit…”
“Always loved, one suggestion — Great game, always loved it, except with all the pop up ads and screens once you join in it feels tedious and time wasting in a annoying sense to get through all of them to play, it doesn't take too long but…”
Assessment & version history
App changes and Appworthy events in one timeline.
Store listing updated to version 5.64.1.
What this app sells
Useful store-disclosed pricing, kept below the app listing.
Business modelFree
Prices and terms as disclosed by the store listing.