“game is nothing like the ads, in response to the comment from the dev I played for 3 months consistently and at no point was anything like the ads. it is very pay to win too”
Independent automated assessment · 6 signal sources · 2,235 reviews scanned · analyzed 2026-10-06.
4.4 ★1,835,630 ratings
50M+Downloads
9+Age rating
1066 MBApp size
Free · In-app purchasesIn-app purchases
About this app
Kingshot is an innovative idle medieval survival game that combines strategic gameplay with rich details waiting to be explored.
When a sudden rebellion overturns the fate of an entire dynasty and ignites a devastating war, countless people lose their homes. In a world riddled with societal collapse, rebel invasions, rampant disease, and mobs desperate for resources, survival is the ultimate challenge. As a governor in these turbulent times, it's up to you to lead your people through these adversities, devising internal and diplomatic strategies to rekindle the spark of civilization.
[Core Features]
Defend Against Invasions Stay vigilant and ready to repel invasions at any moment. Your town, the last bastion of hope, depends on it. Gather resources, upgrade your defenses, and prepare for battle to ensure survival in these tough times.…
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.
App Store
This analysis describes version 1.12.10 of the app, analyzed 2026-10-06 . The app may have changed since.
The store currently lists version 1.12.10, updated 2026-08-24.
Google Play
This analysis describes version 1.12.11 of the app (the version number recorded inside the package we inspected), analyzed 2026-10-06 . The app may have changed since.
The store currently lists version VARY, updated 2026-09-29.
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
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
65–79% 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
From the package we downloaded and read — version 1.12.11, scanned 2026-09-20.
Permissions Android classifies as dangerous
3–5 requested
Counted against the eighteen permissions listed in collect-package.ts. A dangerous permission is one Android asks the user to grant; requesting one is not itself a finding.
Analytics or tracking SDKs in the scanned package
None found
Advertising SDKs in the scanned package
None found
Counted as distinct SDKs in the package we scanned. One mediation bundle can contribute several, so this is not a count of advertisers.
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 2
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: Pay to progress
Advancement or competition is gated behind spending money rather than playing.
What we saw: Raised by 78 distinct reviewers — 5.0% of the 1,564 reviews scanned on this store leg (Google Play).
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: Raised by 217 distinct reviewers — 13.9% of the 1,564 reviews scanned on this store leg (Google Play).
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 99.99 — a 101x spread across 10 items
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: 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 15 distinct reviewers (1.0% of 1564 reviews scanned)
Highlighted reviews
Representative public review excerpts shown as user reports, not Appworthy audit evidence.
“FALSE ADVERTISING!!!!!! reply: I Am playing the game, that tower defense gameplay in most of your ads and the pictures in the app store does Not happen”
“Came here from ads. This game is a truly a piece of trash. I've watched the ads countless time. You guys are deliberately torturing me. Please i implore the devs to make a proper game with a decent ads. Not only it's trash but also the…”
Assessment & version history
App changes and Appworthy events in one timeline.
Store listing updated to version 1.12.10.
What this app sells
Useful store-disclosed pricing, kept below the app listing.
Items shown10
Lowest$0.99
Highest$99.99
Normal Pack 5$4.99
Normal Pack 7$9.99
Normal Pack 1$0.99
Normal Pack 10$19.99
Normal Pack 2$1.99
Show 5 more purchases
Normal Pack 3$2.99
Normal Pack 16$99.99
Daily Worship$4.99
Daily Deal (7d)$4.99
Regular Pass$4.99
Google Play does not publish per-purchase prices.