“Hate this — Too many adds,payed for NO ADDS and then gave me MORE ADDS. it’s scams you from money. It. SUCKS. Don’t buy anything on here nor even get the game. EVERYONE HERE ARE BOTS. don’t listen to their “oh it’s so great” IT SUCKS…”
Independent automated assessment · 3 signal sources · 200 reviews scanned · analyzed 2026-10-05.
4.6 ★1,045,645 ratings
—Downloads
12+Age rating
311 MBApp size
Free · In-app purchasesIn-app purchases
About this app
Looking for a way to relax and unwind after a long day? Or maybe you’re just looking for a fun game to play when bored? Kick The Buddy is the perfect anti stress game for you! This cool game lets you take a break, have fun, and release some energy in a light-hearted way. Whether it’s kicking, punching, or tossing Buddy around, this is all about having fun without any real harm—after all, Buddy is just a ragdoll dummy!
Why you’ll love Kick The Buddy:
– Fun & Relaxing: Release stress with funny and simple gameplay.…
Preview
Real screenshots from the store listing.
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 2.9.0 of the app, analyzed 2026-10-05 . The app may have changed since.
The store currently lists version 2.9.0, updated 2026-09-21.
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 a price and a billing period
Cancelling, in the store description
Says 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
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.
Context 1
Measured and published because a reader would want to know — deliberately not a charge. The measurement alone does not show a harm.
Cheapest and priciest options are far apart
The disclosed in-app purchases span an unusually wide price range. Published as context: the cheapest and priciest items may be different kinds of product entirely, so the spread alone deducts nothing.
What we saw: In-app purchases run from USD 0.99 to USD 19.99 — a 20x spread across 10 items
One source only — shown, not confirmed 2
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 69 distinct reviewers (34.5% of 200 reviews scanned)
From the store listing: Usable without an account
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.
What we saw: The store privacy disclosure (5 entries) links no contact details or identifiers to the user — consistent with an app that does not require an account. Self-reported by the developer.
Highlighted reviews
Representative public review excerpts shown as user reports, not Appworthy audit evidence.
“Too many ads — When I kick the blue button after killing buddy, I still get ads.”
“Nothing like the game it once was. — This game is a such a disappointing remake of the original Kick the Buddy. The constant ads and the crazy number of micro transactions present in game is ridiculous. Visually, the game looks somewhat…”
Assessment & version history
App changes and Appworthy events in one timeline.
Store listing updated to version 2.9.0.
What this app sells
Useful store-disclosed pricing, kept below the app listing.
Items shown10
Lowest$0.99
Highest$19.99
Weekly Premium Subscription$7.99
No ads$4.99
Stack of Bucks$9.99
Stack of Gold$9.99
Pocketful of Gold$1.99
Show 5 more purchases
Pinch of Gold$0.99
Case of Gold$4.99
Blood ON!$4.99
Safe of Bucks$19.99
Case of Bucks$4.99