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Sparrow Mahjong

Welcome to Sparrow Mahjong, a relaxing tile-matching puzzle where every move…

AAKATTUGAMES
Get it onGoogle Play
Google Play rating3.9★2.9K ratings
PriceFreeListed price
Age4+Store age rating
CategoryGames
DeveloperAAKATTUGAMES

What we found

Full report

Some warnings 47 users report an aggressive ad load; 8 users report ads that misrepresent the app. Nothing confirmed. Checked: 400 reviews, the store listing and the privacy label.

Money

  • Free to download.

Pressure and ad claims

Ads

From our automated analysis, 25 Oct 2026. Every label links to its evidence in the full report below.

This analysis describes version 1.0.2 of the app, analyzed 2026-10-25 .

The store currently lists version 1.0.2, updated 2026-09-24.

Preview

Screenshot 1Screenshot 2Screenshot 3Screenshot 4

Store screenshots supplied by the developer.

About this app

Welcome to Sparrow Mahjong, a relaxing tile-matching puzzle where every move brings you closer to victory.

Simply find two identical mahjong tiles and tap to match them. Clear every tile on the board to complete the level and unlock the next challenge. With simple controls and satisfying gameplay, Sparrow Mahjong is easy to learn and fun to master.

Game Features

🀄 Classic Mahjong Matching

·Match two identical mahjong tiles.

·Clear the entire board to complete each level.

·Simple rules with endless puzzle fun.

🎯 Hundreds of Challenging Levels

·Progress through carefully designed stages.

·Enjoy increasingly interesting tile layouts.

·Test your observation and matching skills.

💡 Helpful Boosters

·Hint reveals a matching pair when you're stuck.

·Refresh shuffles the remaining tiles to create new opportunities.

·Keep your puzzle journey smooth and enjoyable.…

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 47 distinct reviewers (about 1 in 9 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
11.8% of the 400 reviews read.

Reports that the ads misrepresent the app

One source only

Misleading advertising: 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

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
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

I was really excited about this game. What a fool I was! After jumping through all the hoops - get to £1000, watch so many ads, complete so many levels, watch even more ads - I now have to wait THIRTY DAYS until I can withdraw!!! 🤬🤬 How…

1★ · Google Play · 2026-09-08

So far I have played this game the first time I won 500 no payout I seem to be paying them 8.99 then another 17. in taxes they claim you have to pay in order to get your funds then they put you in a waiting room just to wait for you to…

1★ · Google Play · 2026-09-12

I got to the payout level of 1,000.00, then they said I had to watch 10 ads. Then I had to click 25 tiles ( not singles, pairs) then they wanted me to click 150 pairs, then watch 20 more ads. I stopped at this point as they are surly not…

1★ · Google Play · 2026-09-15

Reports that the ads misrepresent the app

Shown, not confirmed

I was really excited about this game. What a fool I was! After jumping through all the hoops - get to £1000, watch so many ads, complete so many levels, watch even more ads - I now have to wait THIRTY DAYS until I can withdraw!!! 🤬🤬 How…

1★ · Google Play · 2026-09-08

SCAM, false advertising. I did all the requirements to do my first withdraw. had to get to a certain level/number, then I had to watch a specific number of ads I had already watched plenty while playing. did that, NOW I have to remove 150…

1★ · Google Play · 2026-09-01

false advertising. first you need to match 50 tiles, than watch 10 ads, than collect 850. all to just cashout. who knows whats next😞. the further you get in the levels, the smaller the rewards get.

1★ · Google Play · 2026-09-02

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

Measurements

5 measured · 3 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
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

No package has been scanned for this app, so nothing is published about what it ships. That is an absence of evidence, not a finding.

Sensitive permissions
Not assessed
No package has been scanned for this app
Analytics or tracking SDKs in the scanned package
Not assessed
No package has been scanned for this app
Advertising SDKs in the scanned package
Not assessed
No package has been scanned for this app
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 25 Oct 2026

This analysis describes version 1.0.2 of the app, analyzed 2026-10-25 .

The store currently lists version 1.0.2, updated 2026-09-24.

Store update history

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

Google Play

Version 1.0.2 · 2026-09-24

No release notes were provided for this version.

Assessment record

Status
Automated analysis
App identifier
sparrow-mahjong
Assessment date
25 Oct 2026
Sources used
3 independent signals: user reviews, the store listing and the store privacy disclosure
Reviews read
400
Package examined
No package scan
Human inspection
Not completed

Assessed 2026-10-25 from 400 user reviews, the store listing and its privacy label. We have not scanned the app's package, so nothing on this page was read from inside the app itself.

How we know
Measurement vocabulary
1.4

How this page was produced

Analyzed 2026-10-25 Version analyzed: 1.0.23 independent signals400 reviews scannedConfidence: HighNot human-reviewedVocabulary v1.13Methodology v1.3
Signals run: user reviews, the store listing and the store privacy disclosure. Not yet checked: SDKs in the app package, the app's own on-screen text and the app manifest.

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
3.91 ★ · 2,946 ratings
Version
1.0.2
Updated
24 Sep 2026
Price
Free
Age rating
4+
Size
Not supplied
Open in Google Play
Developer
AAKATTUGAMES
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. Three independent signals are read — user reviews, 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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