“This app is a scam! — My kid watches the videos to get extra energy and each time the ad is over it refuses to give the reward and after the ad it freezes the entire game and my device and all the ads want you to click on them to open to…”
Independent automated assessment · 3 signal sources · 58 reviews scanned · analyzed 2026-10-05.
4.7 ★33,293 ratings
—Downloads
12+Age rating
1269 MBApp size
Free · In-app purchasesIn-app purchases
About this app
Winner of the People's Choice Award, this game delivers epic adventures, stunning visuals, and fun challenges.
Get Ready to go on an Amazing Adventure with SpongeBob and his Friends! Plankton’s latest scheme to steal the secret Krabby Patty Formula has backfired in a big way, leaving the world covered in JellyFish Jam! Now it’s up to you and SpongeBob, along with friends new and old to rebuild and restore order to Bikini Bottom and Beyond!
Build your own Bikini Bottom and travel to fan-favorite locations from the SpongeBob universe, like Jellyfish Fields, New Kelp City, Atlantis and More! Explore, restore and rebuild SpongeBob’s world to its former glory with help from friends, new and old, that you meet along the way!…
Preview
Real screenshots from the store listing.
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.
This analysis describes version 2.36.0 of the app, analyzed 2026-10-05 . The app may have changed since.
The store currently lists version 2.36.0, updated 2026-10-01.
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 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
80–89% 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 1
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: Progress pauses until you wait or pay
Use is rationed by an energy/hearts/lives meter that runs out and forces a wait or a purchase.
What we saw: Energy / timer gating: raised by 6 distinct reviewers (10.3% of 58 reviews scanned)
Highlighted reviews
Representative public review excerpts shown as user reports, not Appworthy audit evidence.
“Energy crisis — I would like this game but it is not really playable. You only get 50 energy and most items require 20 or more energy to clear them. This means you can play about 2 minutes at a time. You play two minutes then wait an hour…”
“One of the most predatory games I’ve ever played — The actual game is fun, when I can actually play for more than a couple minutes because it takes FOREVER (like literally HOURS UPON HOURS) to get any semblance of useable energy to…”
Assessment & version history
App changes and Appworthy events in one timeline.
Store listing updated to version 2.36.0.
What this app sells
Useful store-disclosed pricing, kept below the app listing.
Items shown10
Lowest$2.99
Highest$12.99
Common Pack 699$6.99
Bundle Pack$12.99
Bundle Pack$6.99
Common Pack 499$4.99
Diamonds pack$3.99
Show 5 more purchases
Common Pack 999$9.99
Common Pack 399$3.99
Common Pack 299$2.99
Diamonds pack$9.99
Golden Ticket$4.99