“Repetitive. Pay to win. And now I get spammed with tons of AI ads. I have played this game for YEARS and recently quit. It's basically an endless cycle of one event after the other and the meaningful rewards are all so far out of reach…”
Independent automated assessment · 6 signal sources · 434 reviews scanned · analyzed 2026-10-04.
Legend of the Phoenix
Modo GlobalLegend of the Phoenix is a captivating otome dress-up game set in ancient China.
4.1 ★170,034 ratings
10M+Downloads
9+Age rating
—App size
Free · In-app purchasesIn-app purchases
About this app
Legend of the Phoenix is a captivating otome dress-up game set in ancient China. Every choice you make shapes your romantic journey, filled with twists and turns. Meet intriguing confidants, explore breathtaking palace scenery, and design stunning traditional outfits. With an adorable pet, Orange Meow, by your side, you’ll never be alone. Immerse yourself in love, fashion, and adventure—wear your most dazzling attire, confess your feelings, and relive the romance of your dreams.
GAME FEATURES 〓 Palace Battle 〓 Immerse yourself in the drama and intrigue of ancient Chinese palace life and romance.…
Preview
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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 1.0.6 of the app (the version number recorded inside the package we inspected), analyzed 2026-10-04 . The app may have changed since.
The store currently lists version VARY, 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 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
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
Under 65% 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 1.0.6, scanned 2026-09-24.
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
3 or more found
Advertising SDKs in the scanned package
3–9 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 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.
Multiple ad networks bundled
The package embeds several distinct advertising or mediation SDKs — a stack built for ad volume, not for a single house ad.
What we saw: Bundles 7 distinct ad networks / mediation SDKs: Amazon Publisher Services, AppLovin MAX, Fyber / Digital Turbine Exchange, Google Mobile Ads (AdMob / Ad Manager) and 3 more
Context 1
Measured and published because a reader would want to know — deliberately not a charge. The measurement alone does not show a harm.
Asks for more sensitive permissions than similar apps
The package requests substantially more of the device's sensitive permissions than the typical app in its category. This is a measurement, not an accusation: a permission is granted because a feature needs it, and a wide request list is a reason to look rather than a finding on its own.
What we saw: Requests 5 sensitive permissions (CAMERA, READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE, READ_MEDIA_IMAGES, RECORD_AUDIO, SYSTEM_ALERT_WINDOW); the median for 52 scanned apps in Role Playing is 0
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 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: Pay to progress
Advancement or competition is gated behind spending money rather than playing.
What we saw: Pay to progress: raised by 8 distinct reviewers (1.8% of 434 reviews scanned)
In the app's own text: Aggressive ad load
Advertising volume or placement that interrupts normal use: ads between every action, unskippable or forced full-screen ads.
What we saw: Progress is gated behind watching an ad: "Watch a video to earn a reward!"
Highlighted reviews
Representative public review excerpts shown as user reports, not Appworthy audit evidence.
“If you're here because of the ads, I'm sorry to tell you that they are misleading. This is a pay-to-win game. Yes, there's a lot of clothes, but you either have to save up ingots (which will take weeks or months) or pay for them. No, your…”
“seems fun but you can't advance without money”
Assessment & version history
App changes and Appworthy events in one timeline.
Store listing updated to version VARY.
What this app sells
Useful store-disclosed pricing, kept below the app listing.
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