Mermaid Games: Princess Salon

Embark on an exciting journey for kids/toddler in the undersea wonders of Pri…

Princess Town
Google Play rating4.1★13.4K ratings
PriceFreeIn-app purchases
Age4+Store age rating
CategoryGames
DeveloperPrincess Town

What we found

Full report

Some warnings 28 users report an aggressive ad load; 8 users report the basics being behind a paywall. Nothing confirmed. Checked: 400 reviews, the Android app’s code, the store listing and the privacy label.

Money

Paywalls and prices

Ads

From our automated analysis, 27 Oct 2026. Every label links to its evidence in the full report below.

This analysis describes version 2.5.0 of the app (the version number recorded inside the package we inspected), analyzed 2026-10-27 .

The store currently lists version 2.5.0, updated 2025-12-04.

Preview

Screenshot 1Screenshot 2Screenshot 3Screenshot 4Screenshot 5

Store screenshots supplied by the developer.

About this app

Embark on an exciting journey for kids/toddler in the undersea wonders of Princess Life Town! Explore the secrets of Bobo Mermaid Town Simulator, where you'll encounter new friends like the little mermaid princess, dolphin bobo prince, jellyfish pet girl, octopus queen, koi fish baby doll princess, and even a cat or a pony. Choose from a stunning array of outfits as you dive into this magical realm for kids/toddler.

Features:

Free Exploration: Dive into all the secrets. Like the royal palace with cute cat and horse, Youth Spring, the witch's house, the salon room, and the undersea restaurant.

Adventures with Friends: Join your favorite characters or pets in different locations. Dance in the palace with a girl, discover little creatures/pets, have a care salon or go on a thrilling treasure hunt!

Create Your Story: Craft new stories and shape your own fairytale world beneath the waves.…

From the developer’s store description.

For developers and the curious

The full report

The evidence, sources, measurements and versions behind every label above.

Findings and evidence

1 published · 2 shown, not confirmed

Positives 1

Specific evidence of a useful property, within the stated scope.

Developer says data deletion can be requested

Measured

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

Sources
The store listing
Agreement
A measured fact from one deterministic, checkable source.
Where measured
From the Google Play listing
Definition

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.

Open evidence

One source only — shown, not confirmed 2

Open observations that have not cleared the evidence bar.

Aggressive ad load

One source only

Aggressive ad load: raised by 28 distinct reviewers (about 1 in 14 reviews we read)

Sources
User reviews
Agreement
Only one kind of source so far. Shown, not counted.
Where measured
From Google Play reviews

This observation has not cleared the required evidence standard.

Definition

Advertising volume or placement that interrupts normal use: ads between every action, unskippable or forced full-screen ads.

Open evidence
How we know
Share and sample
7.0% of the 400 reviews read.

Paywall blocks the basics

One source only

Paywall blocks the basics: raised by 8 distinct reviewers (about 1 in 50 reviews we read)

Sources
User reviews
Agreement
Only one kind of source so far. Shown, not counted.
Where measured
From Google Play reviews

This observation has not cleared the required evidence standard.

Definition

The core of the app — not extras — sits behind payment, or previously-free function moved behind a paywall.

Open evidence
How we know
Share and sample
2.0% of the 400 reviews read.

Nothing was published as a thing to watch for in this assessment. That is not a finding that nothing is wrong with the app.

What reviewers report

400 reviews read · 2 review-based observations

400 reviews read for this analysis. Each observation keeps the sample and store it was based on.

Aggressive ad load

Shown, not confirmed

Too many adds and locked places i dont really like the experience. Alao all the pics make it look like a toca boca experienxe but its a fake. 👒Welcome to my cafe! Beware of all the 🎓 caps around! 👑What shoyld we call ⛑️it?Hmm... how…

1★ · Google Play · 2024-11-08

eww I don't like this game I will never ever download this game this was soo bad. Some games are bad but this is worst every second special offer every second ad bad game 🤢🤢🤢🤮🤮

1★ · Google Play · 2025-03-24

This game is so bad too much adds like omg the avatars that we make the items are not good at all

1★ · Google Play · 2025-01-16

Paywall blocks the basics

Shown, not confirmed

I hate it it mad me install this game I hate it it's everything cost money I didn't even have a chance to see what it is I tried to see what it is it's just a fake toca Boca 🤢😤🤢😤🤢😤🤢

1★ · Google Play · 2025-02-14

I'm giving a one star because this game is horrible everywhere is locked until you pay and almost everything is locked or needs ads please work on this i recommend you don't download this game

1★ · Google Play · 2026-03-21

1 stars because u have to pay for everything like are u kidding me if I installed Avatar world I literally don't need to pay for no places and I get gifts for free and the updates are fr they just updated a gym in the game like fr I don't…

1★ · Google Play · 2025-11-15

A sampled review illustrates one person’s experience. It does not establish a finding on its own.

Measurements

8 measured · 0 not assessed

“Not assessed” means we could not measure it. It is never a zero and never a pass.

From store data and reviews

Developer replies to reviews
Replies to fewer than 1 review in 20
Price in the store description
The store description doesn’t list prices (most don’t)
Cancelling, in the store description
The store description doesn’t say how to cancel (most don’t)
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 app package we scanned

Android package 2.5.0, scanned 27 Oct 2026. These describe that package, not the current store version.

Sensitive permissions
1–2 requested
Counted against a fixed list of eighteen sensitive Android permissions: sixteen runtime permissions, among them location, camera, microphone, contacts and SMS, and two the user must switch on in system settings, drawing over other apps and usage access. Requesting one is not itself a finding.
Analytics or tracking SDKs in the scanned package
1–2 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.
How we know

Supporting measurements: not a complete list of possible harms or positives. Measurement vocabulary 1.4 · how these are measured

Versions and dates analysed

Assessed 27 Oct 2026

This analysis describes version 2.5.0 of the app (the version number recorded inside the package we inspected), analyzed 2026-10-27 .

The store currently lists version 2.5.0, updated 2025-12-04.

Store update history

Each store’s release notes, as the developer wrote them. They are the developer’s words, not ours.

Google Play

Version 2.5.0 · 2025-12-04

No release notes were provided for this version.

Assessment record

Status
Automated analysis
App identifier
mermaid-games
Assessment date
27 Oct 2026
Sources used
6 independent signals: user reviews, SDKs in the app package, the app's own on-screen text, the app manifest, the store listing and the store privacy disclosure
Reviews read
400
Package examined
Android · 2.5.0 · scanned 27 Oct 2026
Human inspection
Not completed

Assessed 2026-10-27 from 400 user reviews, the app's package, the store listing and its privacy label.

How we know
Measurement vocabulary
1.4

How this page was produced

Analyzed 2026-10-27 Version analyzed: 2.5.06 independent signals400 reviews scannedConfidence: HighNot human-reviewedVocabulary v1.13Methodology v1.3
Signals run: user reviews, SDKs in the app package, the app's own on-screen text, the app manifest, the store listing and the store privacy disclosure.

Store facts

Google Play

What the stores publish. Store ratings are the stores’ numbers, not Appworthy’s, and are never averaged across stores.

Google Play

Store rating
4.10 ★ · 13,437 ratings
Version
2.5.0
Updated
4 Dec 2025
Price
Free · In-app purchases
Age rating
4+
Size
Not supplied
Open in Google Play
Developer
Princess Town
Category
Games
Listing price
Free · In-app purchases

Purchases the store lists

 What this app sells
Google Play doesn’t publish per-purchase prices.

Method and limits

What this report can and cannot show

How the automated analysis works

This assessment is produced automatically. Six independent signals are read — user reviews, SDKs in the app package, the app's own on-screen text, the app manifest, the store listing and the store privacy disclosure — and each candidate finding is filed under the sources that support it.

No charge stands on one kind of evidence — with one published exception. A finding is either a measured fact that anyone can reproduce (an ad SDK is in the package; every subscription bills weekly; the privacy label omits a tracker we can see), or it is an interpretation — and an interpretation needs independent sources to agree before it reaches the catch list. The exception is a harm only users can see: a charge may publish from reviews alone, as “Reported by N users”, once enough reviewers raise it to clear that charge’s own published bar. That agreement rule is what replaced the human reviewer, not a model’s confidence.

There is no overall score, on purpose. A 0–99 number was published here until 2026-09-15. It was withdrawn because it discriminated too weakly to be the instrument — 44.7% of every pair of apps tied — and because a single number is a verdict where a count is an observation. What publishes instead is a row of measurements, each of which says what was counted and, where we could not look, says that instead.

Findings under One source only are real reports we do not stand behind as findings. They are shown because withholding them entirely would hide a genuine complaint, and labelled because publishing them as charges would be an accusation off a single source.

Limits of this report

  • A package scan is static. It identifies code and text in one Android build. It does not measure a live ad session, test a deletion request, or count the steps needed to cancel.
  • Reviews keep their sample. A review-only charge shows distinct reviewers, the share and the sample size, and is published only once it clears that label’s published threshold. Calibration labels are machine-drafted and not yet confirmed by a person.
  • Not assessed is a state. It is never a zero and never a pass.
  • A missing label is not a clean bill of health. It means the evidence did not support one, not that the app is problem-free.
Not yet human-reviewed. A hands-on test can confirm or contradict a finding and adds its own measurements; it does not change a measurement row. Hands-on inspections are not yet open.

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