Screw Match®: ASMR Blast

This is a casual brain-challenging strategy game.

AlphaPlay Games
Google Play rating4.4★168.5K ratings
PriceFreeIn-app purchases
Age12+Store age rating
CategoryGames

What we found

Full report

Serious warnings 2 confirmed warnings, and users report 2 more things. Checked: 400 reviews, the Android app’s code, the store listing and the privacy label.

Money

Pressure and ad claims

Ads

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

This analysis describes version 1.0.53 of the app (the version number recorded inside the package we inspected), analyzed 2026-10-27 .

The store currently lists version 1.0.53, updated 2026-10-22.

Preview

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Store screenshots supplied by the developer.

About this app

This is a casual brain-challenging strategy game. Unlock the screw puzzle and play the plot mini-game. Start challenging your brain now!

How to play?

The goal of the level is quite simple. You just need to put the screws into the toolbox of the corresponding color to complete the challenge. As the level increases, there will be various obstacles blocking you from passing the level. At this time, you need to show your unique strategy and use your brain to unlock the puzzle.

The levels of the game are special and interesting. Each level is carefully designed, and each level will not be repeated, so you will not feel bored. As the level increases, different ways of playing will appear, making the level full of fun!

There are thousands of levels here, and the game content is constantly updated. The rich game content and unique game activities are refreshing.…

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

3 published · 3 shown, not confirmed

Things to watch for 2

Findings that met the published evidence standard.

Multiple ad networks bundled

Measured

Bundles 16 distinct ad networks / mediation SDKs: Amazon Publisher Services, AppLovin MAX, BidMachine, Chartboost and 12 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.

How we know

Package artefact

sha256:bb2b43eb3635c5661e864c134b0e9be03b1e637aa4b4a79bedf549c4ba46f3e4

Aggressive ad load

2 independent sources agree

Aggressive ad load: raised by 45 distinct reviewers (about 1 in 9 reviews we read)

Sources
User reviews and the app's own on-screen text
Agreement
2 independent kinds of source agree.
Where measured
Found in the Android app’s package. From Google Play reviews
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
11.3% of the 400 reviews read.

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 3

Open observations that have not cleared the evidence bar.

Reports that the ads misrepresent the app

One source only

Misleading advertising: raised by 5 distinct reviewers (about 1 in 80 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

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.

Open evidence
How we know
Share and sample
1.3% of the 400 reviews read.

Pay to progress

One source only

Pay to progress: raised by 9 distinct reviewers (about 1 in 44 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

Advancement or competition is gated behind spending money rather than playing.

Open evidence
How we know
Share and sample
2.3% of the 400 reviews read.

Works offline

One source only

The app's own text says: "Thanks for your interest. We will share more once you're back online."

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

The app's own copy describes working without a connection — offline mode, downloading for offline use, or content saved for later. Shown because readers filter on it; it is a feature, not a fairness property, and never counts for or against an app.

How we know

Package artefact

sha256:bb2b43eb3635c5661e864c134b0e9be03b1e637aa4b4a79bedf549c4ba46f3e4

What reviewers report

400 reviews read · 3 review-based observations

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

Aggressive ad load

Published finding

Game itself is fun, but full of ads. The remove ad pack which was, I think $13.99, only removed pop up ads, not the reward ads, like every other games does. Not worth it at all. Ads also become more frequent the more you play, so do…

1★ · Google Play · 2025-09-05

too much ads. and they allow you to play ads thats supposed to be for in game purchase but forward you to the app store to download other games after the ads, then start the game over not giving you what you purchase through the ads. so…

1★ · Google Play · 2025-07-20

This game was ok until the later levels came. Yes, its too many ads but there are ways to get around it. I have not made it past level 25. Why? Because its impossible to pass without tools you have to pay for. The 3rd screw you need does…

1★ · Google Play · 2025-07-07

Reports that the ads misrepresent the app

Shown, not confirmed

If you come from ads this game is a spyware and it is not the same as what you see. 500mb for a match 3 type of game with very few of the "mini game" that you see in the ads. Download at your own risk. I would advise against it.

1★ · Google Play · 2025-07-13

very very bad. its nothing like the ad. im very disappointed.

1★ · Google Play · 2025-06-27

False advertising is my number 1 enemy in games. It does not run if offline, and when online you are immediately bombarded with ads. Soooo *NOT* worth it.

1★ · Google Play · 2026-03-05

Pay to progress

Shown, not confirmed

it's basically a pay to win/watch ads to win game. the main game is a screw game and the asmr game where you fix the girl, it's just a mini game. I feel like some levels are too hard to complete without watching ads. it says it has 5…

1★ · Google Play · 2025-12-02

It's pay to win. There are levels that are just way too hard to beat, you can't pass unless you buy the extra power ups to help you. the ads are out of control, too.

1★ · Google Play · 2026-09-06

Pay To Win Game. Game would be a lot more fun and rewarding if they didn't purposefully sabotage the game. litterally will make it to where you can't beat the level then offer you a discount on tool to win. disappointing.

1★ · Google Play · 2026-09-29

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 at least 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
3 or more 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 1.0.53, scanned 27 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
3 or more 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.
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 1.0.53 of the app (the version number recorded inside the package we inspected), analyzed 2026-10-27 .

The store currently lists version 1.0.53, updated 2026-10-22.

Store update history

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

Google Play

Version 1.0.53 · 2026-10-22

No release notes were provided for this version.

Assessment record

Status
Automated analysis
App identifier
screw-match
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 · 1.0.53 · 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: 1.0.536 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
4.42 ★ · 168,513 ratings
Version
1.0.53
Updated
22 Oct 2026
Price
Free · In-app purchases
Age rating
12+
Size
Not supplied
Open in Google Play
Developer
AlphaPlay Games
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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