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Pistol Duel

Tap to shoot bullets and take down your enemies!

KAYAC Inc.
Multiple ad networks — Code from multiple ad networksAggressive ads — Reported by users: Aggressive ad load
Google Play rating4.4★24.8K ratings
PriceFreeListed price
Age12+Store age rating
CategoryGames
DeveloperKAYAC Inc.

At a glance

Full report

From our automated analysis, 8 Oct 2026. Every label links to its evidence in the full report below.

This analysis describes version 045 of the app (the version number recorded inside the package we inspected), analyzed 2026-10-08 . The app may have changed since.

The store currently lists version 045, updated 2026-07-27.

Preview

Screenshot 1Screenshot 2Screenshot 3

Store screenshots supplied by the developer.

About this app

Tap to shoot bullets and take down your enemies!

Each shot’s recoil propels your gun—master the kickback to move, dodge, and conquer every level!

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

2 published · 1 shown, not confirmed

Things to watch for 2

Findings that met the published evidence standard.

Multiple ad networks bundled

Measured

Bundles 10 distinct ad networks / mediation SDKs: Amazon Publisher Services, AppLovin MAX, Fyber / Digital Turbine Exchange, Google Mobile Ads (AdMob / Ad Manager) and 6 more

Sources
SDKs in the app package
Agreement
A measured fact from one deterministic, checkable source.
Where measured
Found in the Android app’s package
Definition

The package embeds several distinct advertising or mediation SDKs — a stack built for ad volume, not for a single house ad.

Package artefact

sha256:5cfdf1436fe476fbabe09233ebc00e2f9b3daea63041e4991094e2ade91d7e97

Aggressive ad load

Reported by 60 users

Aggressive ad load: raised by 60 distinct reviewers (11.7% of 515 reviews scanned)

Sources
User reviews
Agreement
User reports only. Published because the review evidence cleared this label’s own reviewer threshold.
Where measured
From Google Play reviews
Reported by
Raised by 60 distinct reviewers — 11.7% of the 515 reviews scanned on this store leg (Google Play).
Published threshold
27 reviewers and 2.12% of at least 500 reviews
Definition

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

Open evidence

One source only — shown, not confirmed 1

Open observations that have not cleared the evidence bar.

Hard to cancel

One source only

Sells a subscription in-app but ships no cancel or manage-subscription text of its own, leaving the store's settings as the only exit

Sources
The app's own on-screen text
Agreement
Only one kind of source so far. Shown, not counted.
Where measured
Found in the Android app’s package

This observation has not cleared the required evidence standard.

Definition

Cancelling the subscription is blocked, hidden, multi-step, or simply does not take effect.

Package artefact

sha256:5cfdf1436fe476fbabe09233ebc00e2f9b3daea63041e4991094e2ade91d7e97

What reviewers report

515 reviews read · 1 review-based observation

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

Aggressive ad load

Published finding

Raised by 60 distinct reviewers — 11.7% of the 515 reviews scanned on this store leg (Google Play).

fun but way to many ads

3★ · Google Play · 2026-07-08

Way too many ads. Levels can take only 5-10 seconds, and you get an ad after every other level. Uninstalled almost immediately.

1★ · Google Play · 2026-07-19

I liked it, it was relaxing.. But after every round comes an annoying ad... So I had to delete the app... For that half a star... The ads are ruining the game...

1★ · Google Play · 2026-07-10

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

Measurements

8 measured · 0 not assessed

Supporting measurements. They are not a complete list of possible harms or positives. “Not assessed” means we could not measure it — never zero, 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
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
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 045, scanned 3 Oct 2026. These describe that package, not the current store version.

Sensitive permissions
None 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
10 or more found
Counted as distinct SDKs in the package we scanned. One mediation bundle can contribute several, so this is not a count of advertisers.

Measurement vocabulary 1.4 · how these are measured

Versions and dates analysed

Assessed 8 Oct 2026

This analysis describes version 045 of the app (the version number recorded inside the package we inspected), analyzed 2026-10-08 . The app may have changed since.

The store currently lists version 045, updated 2026-07-27.

Store update history

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

Google Play

Version 045 · 2026-07-27

No release notes were provided for this version.

Assessment record

Status
Automated analysis
App identifier
pistol-duel-google-com-kayac-pistolduel
Assessment date
8 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
515
Package examined
Android · 045 · scanned 3 Oct 2026
Measurement vocabulary
1.4
Human inspection
Not completed

Assessed 2026-10-08 from 515 user reviews, the app's package, the store listing and its privacy label.

How this page was produced

Analyzed 2026-10-08 Version analyzed: 0456 independent signals515 reviews scannedConfidence: MediumNot 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
4.40 ★ · 24,800 ratings
Version
045
Updated
27 Jul 2026
Price
Free
Age rating
12+
Size
Not supplied
Open in Google Play
Developer
KAYAC Inc.
Category
Games
Listing price
Free

No itemized purchase list is available for this listing.

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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