Some warnings 5 users report having to pay to progress; 13 users report the basics being behind a paywall and 2 things we found but could not confirm. Nothing confirmed. Checked: 400 reviews and the Android app’s code.
From our automated analysis, 30 Oct 2026. Every label links to its evidence in the full report below.
This analysis describes version 1.9.11 of the app (the version number recorded inside the package we inspected), analyzed 2026-10-30 .
The store currently lists version 1.9.11, updated 2026-10-29.
Store screenshots supplied by the developer.
Command a WW1 army in pixel-art trench warfare. Send infantry over the top, call in artillery and gas strikes to dominate the front lines.
Real-time strategy that can be played fully offline, with a large roster of nations, changing weather and an endless campaign where no two battles are alike.
Free to play with no ads of any kind. One purchase unlocks every nation, skill and elite units.
Lead your army through the chaos of 1917 Trench Warfare in this retro-style military strategy game. Command infantry, deploy brutal artillery strikes and dominate the battlefield with tactical precision. Procedurally generated battles mean every fight offers new challenges.
▶ FEATURES ◀
[PROCEDURAL BATTLES]
- Procedurally generated battlefields, so no two wars are alike.
- Face dilemmas that can change morale, rewards and your troops' stats.…
From the developer’s store description.
For developers and the curious
The evidence, sources, measurements and versions behind every label above.
Specific evidence of a useful property, within the stated scope.
No advertising or mediation SDK among the 3 SDKs detected in the package
No advertising or mediation SDK of any kind was found in the package.
Package artefact
Appworthy
sha256:69366013cef7b34befe0eb1b717a9c8b9d48d60b782a025c8a8b413386ba6dacOpen observations that have not cleared the evidence bar.
Ships a purchase screen ("Paywall intent is not provided.") with no dismiss, skip or "continue free" text anywhere in the package
This observation has not cleared the required evidence standard.
A paywall screen ships with no dismiss, skip or 'maybe later' affordance anywhere in the package, so the app's own text offers no way in without paying.
Package artefact
sha256:69366013cef7b34befe0eb1b717a9c8b9d48d60b782a025c8a8b413386ba6dacSells a subscription in-app but ships no cancel or manage-subscription text of its own, leaving the store's settings as the only exit
This observation has not cleared the required evidence standard.
Cancelling the subscription is blocked, hidden, multi-step, or simply does not take effect.
Package artefact
sha256:69366013cef7b34befe0eb1b717a9c8b9d48d60b782a025c8a8b413386ba6dacPay to progress: raised by 5 distinct reviewers (about 1 in 80 reviews we read)
This observation has not cleared the required evidence standard.
Advancement or competition is gated behind spending money rather than playing.
Paywall blocks the basics: raised by 13 distinct reviewers (about 1 in 31 reviews we read)
This observation has not cleared the required evidence standard.
The core of the app — not extras — sits behind payment, or previously-free function moved behind a paywall.
Nothing was published as a thing to watch for in this assessment. That is not a finding that nothing is wrong with the app.
400 reviews read for this analysis. Each observation keeps the sample and store it was based on.
It's a pretty good game but I don't like how you have to pay for game features like vehicles and unit specialisation that should begin in the game from the beginning without Pay to win
more infuriating than fun. why waste on upgrades if troops lose all upgrades when they die anyways? Why so greedy with pay to win mechanics when you already charge 8.99 for the full version. I shouldn't be forced to shell out 50 dollars…
after the latest update sometimes error occurred force close the game and restart my battle progress latest update its just impossible to win! this game starting to be Pay to Win!
it's great game I like it but only 1 problem while I know you want to make money but you are locking way too much behind paywall kinda makes this weird I like tanks and was hoping to try but it was locked out I would pay for premium but…
I very much like this game, I am on day 45, however it gets boring quite quickly as you cannot adopt new unit types, as they are all behind a paywall. Many basic features that are in free to play games are behind a paywall in this game…
Most of the content is locked behind a premium paywall , just bait and switch with the free app. Just make the game paid if you're just gonna only unlock like 10% of the content for the free version.
A sampled review illustrates one person’s experience. It does not establish a finding on its own.
“Not assessed” means we could not measure it. It is never a zero and never a pass.
Android package 1.9.11, scanned 30 Oct 2026. These describe that package, not the current store version.
Supporting measurements: not a complete list of possible harms or positives. Measurement vocabulary 1.4 · how these are measured
This analysis describes version 1.9.11 of the app (the version number recorded inside the package we inspected), analyzed 2026-10-30 .
The store currently lists version 1.9.11, updated 2026-10-29.
Each store’s release notes, as the developer wrote them. They are the developer’s words, not ours.
Troop skins arrive to give any platoon a new uniform. Night Raid victories now pay Bonds, shown before you start Raided platoons now fight with their real stats, specialist and officer The store can always be opened, and tells you why if it cannot connect Fixed Discord sign-in, a renaming issue between Officer and Commander, the 2x Bond voucher not activating and several crashes, plus other fixes.
No release notes were provided for this version.
to-the-trenchesAssessed 2026-10-30 from 400 user reviews and the app's package.
What the stores publish. Store ratings are the stores’ numbers, not Appworthy’s, and are never averaged across stores.
From the store listing. Billing terms are read from each purchase’s name — the stores don’t publish them — so treat them as a strong hint, not a disclosure.
These are really on sale; we just can’t tell from the name whether they recur.
This assessment is produced automatically. Four independent signals are read — user reviews, SDKs in the app package, the app's own on-screen text and the app manifest — 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 recurring plan the store lists is named as weekly, the term read from the purchase names, with a list cut off at the store’s 10-item maximum not assessed; 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.
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