“TOO MANY ADS — I paid $8 for this game & LOVE the game play. However, don’t waste your money. There are so many ads, it’s miserable.”
Independent automated assessment · 3 signal sources · 270 reviews scanned · analyzed 2026-10-04.
4.7 ★18,642 ratings
—Downloads
4+Age rating
703 MBApp size
FreeIn-app purchases
About this app
Tiles in Hole: Black Hole Puzzle
ABOUT THE GAME Tiles in Hole is an addictive black hole puzzle where you guide your hole to collect tiles. Swallow towering stacks of tiles and watch them collapse in satisfying physics. Beat the timer, swallow tiles, unlock new themes.
HOW TO PLAY - Check the goal card - Swipe to move your hole across the board to eat tiles - Swallow all goal tiles before time runs out - Grow bigger - watch it collapse
KEY FEATURES - Satisfying Stack Collapses: Watch high stacks tumble and crumble into your hole. - Fresh Weekly Events: New event themes arrive every week. - Endless Level Updates: New levels and seasonal themes drop regularly. - Customizable Black Hole Skins: Unlock unique designs for you. Style your hole your way. - Offline Play: Enjoy anytime, anywhere.
Join the hole adventure now! Download Tiles in Hole and feel the satisfaction.…
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 1.21 of the app, analyzed 2026-10-04 . The app may have changed since.
The store currently lists version 1.22, updated 2026-10-01.
The app has been updated since this analysis. The findings on this page describe version 1.21, not the version now listed on the store.
Release notes for the newer versions, in the developer’s own words:
Version 1.22 · 2026-10-01
- Improved performance for smoother gameplay. - Bug fixes and enhancements for a better experience. Download the latest version now and have fun!
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
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
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 2
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 26 distinct reviewers (9.6% of 270 reviews scanned)
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: Misleading advertising: raised by 13 distinct reviewers (4.8% of 270 reviews scanned)
Highlighted reviews
Representative public review excerpts shown as user reports, not Appworthy audit evidence.
“Fun but SO many ads — I love the concept of the game and it is addicting but there are WAY too many ads. There are ads after each level. AND during the middle of the level. You have to pay $8 to get rid of ads.”
“Too many ads — The amount of ads is ridiculous compared to other games. Point should be to want ppl to continue playing after paid rewards is complete. I’m playing to get rewards then quitting.”
Assessment & version history
App changes and Appworthy events in one timeline.
Store listing updated to version 1.22.
What this app sells
Useful store-disclosed pricing, kept below the app listing.
Business modelFree
Prices and terms as disclosed by the store listing.