“False advertising is an immediate 1 star for me. I dont even 100% hate the game, but that alone makes me never want to support it. But, that aside, the game is still pretty meh. I like the skills system, but, the game puts more emphasis…”
Independent automated assessment · 3 signal sources · 1,338 reviews scanned · analyzed 2026-10-04.
4.7 ★170,089 ratings
1M+Downloads
17+Age rating
3341 MBApp size
FreeIn-app purchases
About this app
Sword x Staff is a one-of-a-kind RPG — a “Third Way RPG.” Strategy, massive world exploration, idle—why pick one when you can have it all? Go hardcore, or just vibe—either way, you’ll find your own kind of fun here. The kind that actually feels different. No pressure, no one way to play—just jump in, explore, and let the adventure click your way. Curious what the gameplay is really like? So, welcome to the unique world of Kanstein, and experience the one-of-a-kind Third Way adventure. Here, you are the Chosen Adventurer transported to this isekai! Team up with the Staff and Sword Twins and dive into a quest to save the world. Pierce through thick fog, dig up forgotten treasures, and explore a huge interactive world at your own pace. Mix and match over 200 skills to create a fighting style that’s uniquely yours.…
Preview
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Independent evidence report
Evidence and review signals
This is where the page changes from an app-store listing into an evidence report: findings, important reviews, pricing and a dated history.
Which version this describes
When we ran this analysis, and what the store lists now.
App Store
This analysis describes version 1.0.41 of the app, analyzed 2026-10-04 . The app may have changed since.
The store currently lists version 1.0.41, updated 2026-09-15.
Google Play
This analysis describes version 1.0.0 of the app, analyzed 2026-10-04 . The app may have changed since.
The store currently lists version 1.0.0, updated 2026-09-11.
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
Does not say how to cancel
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
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.
The catch list 2
Charges we publish at a strength we stand behind: measured from an artefact, agreed by independent sources, or reported by enough users to clear that charge's own published bar.
Reported by users: Pay to progress
Advancement or competition is gated behind spending money rather than playing.
What we saw: Raised by 47 distinct reviewers — 6.0% of the 785 reviews scanned on this store leg (Google Play).
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: Raised by 33 distinct reviewers — 4.2% of the 785 reviews scanned on this store leg (Google Play).
Positive evidence 1
Things this app does right, published at the same strengths as the catch list.
Developer says data deletion can be requested
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.
What we saw: 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
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: Aggressive ad load
Advertising volume or placement that interrupts normal use: ads between every action, unskippable or forced full-screen ads.
What we saw: Aggressive ad load: raised by 5 distinct reviewers (0.9% of 553 reviews scanned)
Highlighted reviews
Representative public review excerpts shown as user reports, not Appworthy audit evidence.
“I really do like this game, I give it three starts because of these things. 1, I hate false advertisment, and though it is a good game, it is nothing like the adds presents it to be. 2, refine ore is non existent. I can level up 1 piece…”
“same old same old. Doesn't do anything that others don't already do. ptw isn't a surprise given it's a mobile game. also false advertisement. you press on a quest, and the character walks and engages in combat. game plays itself while…”
Assessment & version history
App changes and Appworthy events in one timeline.
Store listing updated to version 1.0.41.
What this app sells
Useful store-disclosed pricing, kept below the app listing.
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