“Nothing but ads — This is the most aggressively microtransactional game I’ve ever seen. I opened the game and tried to get one quest done and was hit with, seriously, at least 10 windows popping up trying to get me to buy a package or do…”
Independent automated assessment · 3 signal sources · 917 reviews scanned · analyzed 2026-10-04.
4.5 ★158,762 ratings
5M+Downloads
12+Age rating
421 MBApp size
Free · In-app purchasesIn-app purchases
About this app
▶ Explore the essence of the best anime MMORPG game ◀ Adventurer! Your journey across the Maple World begins now in MapleStory M, the iconic gacha fantasy mobile game. From Henesys and Kerning City to the sky-high Ludibrium—battle through beautiful 2D worlds that combine the nostalgia of classic MMORPGs with the thrill of modern gacha systems. Challenge endless content like Star Force Fields, Mu Lung Dojo, Monster Park, Story Exploration, and Kerning M Tower to grow your hero to greatness in this fun MMORPG game.
________________________________________ ▶ Customize your own unique character ◀ Whether you’re a MapleStory veteran or a new MMORPG mobile gamer, this anime RPG lets you stand out.…
Preview
Real screenshots from the store listing.
Independent evidence report
Evidence and review signals
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 2.440.5752 of the app, analyzed 2026-10-04 . The app may have changed since.
The store currently lists version 2.440.5752, updated 2026-09-16.
Google Play
This analysis describes version 2.440.5752 of the app, analyzed 2026-10-04 . The app may have changed since.
The store currently lists version 2.440.5752, updated 2026-09-11.
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
2 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
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 49.99 — a 50x 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 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 5 distinct reviewers (1.0% of 500 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 23 distinct reviewers (4.6% of 500 reviews scanned)
Highlighted reviews
Representative public review excerpts shown as user reports, not Appworthy audit evidence.
“Great Game! — If you’re looking for a great game to play and enjoy reading a great story line this is the game for you! Tons of events the characters are adorable, there’s not a ton of ads like every other game you’ve been playing, it’s…”
“Amazing — I download this because I saw tons of ads of it so I decided to download it and I’m addicted oh my gosh I can’t believe this game it’s super fun and fun and fun and fun I just want to hug this game thank you so much thank you…”
Assessment & version history
App changes and Appworthy events in one timeline.
Store listing updated to version 2.440.5752.
What this app sells
Useful store-disclosed pricing, kept below the app listing.
Items shown10
Lowest$0.99
Highest$49.99
Special Playtime Package 2$2.99
Daily Crystal Package 3$49.99
Special Playtime Package 1$0.99
Weekend HOT! Auto-Battle PACK$4.99
315 Crystals$8.99
Show 5 more purchases
175 Crystals$4.99
Battle Support Package 2$30.99
Daily Auto-Battle Package1$20.99
2023 Auto-Battle PKG$20.99
New Mission! Auto-Battle Pkg$29.99
Google Play does not publish per-purchase prices.