“You guys offer 24 hour thing. But once you close out of the game and go back in, it forces you to sign up with money. Or you can't play it at all. is that not considered false advertisement when it says it's free? where's the free part?…”
Independent automated assessment · 3 signal sources · 513 reviews scanned · analyzed 2026-10-04.
3.9 ★25,885 ratings
10M+Downloads
4+Age rating
1249 MBApp size
Free · In-app purchasesIn-app purchases
About this app
PAW Patrol to the Rescue! This PAWsome app features interactive learning games for toddler girls and boys, plus real episode clips! Designed for preschool and kindergarten kids aged 2-5, it’s a brand-new way to experience the hit Nickelodeon show PAW Patrol – and the best way to get your biggest (or smallest) PAW Patrol fan smiling, laughing, and learning.
**PAW Patrol Academy is part of the Piknik bundle – one subscription, endless ways to play and learn! Get full access to the world's best apps for kids from Toca Boca, Sago Mini, and Originator with an Unlimited Plan.**…
Preview
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Independent evidence report
Evidence and review signals
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Which version this describes
When we ran this analysis, and what the store lists now.
App Store
This analysis describes version 4.1 of the app, analyzed 2026-10-04 . The app may have changed since.
The store currently lists version 4.1, updated 2026-08-12.
Google Play
This analysis describes version 4.1 of the app, analyzed 2026-10-04 . The app may have changed since.
The store currently lists version 4.1, updated 2026-08-11.
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
Says 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
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
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.
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: 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: Misleading advertising: raised by 5 distinct reviewers (1.2% of 412 reviews scanned)
Reported by users: Paywall blocks the basics
The core of the app — not extras — sits behind payment, or previously-free function moved behind a paywall.
What we saw: Paywall blocks the basics: raised by 8 distinct reviewers (1.9% of 412 reviews scanned)
Highlighted reviews
Representative public review excerpts shown as user reports, not Appworthy audit evidence.
“bait and switch. no free plan. 2 large file downloads before you find out. I deleted it. I get that yall have to make money but poor families are continually being priced out of technology and every time i turn around there is something…”
“not free! requires in app purchase and log in. Dishonest advertising.”
Assessment & version history
App changes and Appworthy events in one timeline.
Store listing updated to version 4.1.
What this app sells
Useful store-disclosed pricing, kept below the app listing.
Items shown9
Lowest$4.99
Highest$59.99
Piknik Unlimited Plan$11.99
PAW Academy Plan$7.99
Piknik Unlimited Plan$9.99
Piknik Unlimited Plan$59.99
PAW Patrol Academy$9.99
Show 4 more purchases
PAW Patrol Academy$49.99
PAW Patrol Academy$34.99
PAW Patrol Academy$4.99
PAW Patrol Academy$24.99
Google Play does not publish per-purchase prices.