Appworthy
App Store
Version 1.24.1 · 2020-01-08
1.24: Optimized and updated for iOS 13. 1.24.1: Fixed crash-on-load on some devices.
App Store rating4.4★839 ratings
Price$2.99In-app $1.99–$5.99
Age9+Store age rating
Size56 MBiPhone download
CategoryGames
DeveloperZSpectre, Inc.
What we found
Full reportToo little checked to say Store information only. We haven’t analysed this app or read its reviews yet.
Money
- $2.99 to download · in-app purchases $1.99–$5.99 (9 listed). The store doesn’t say how often these bill.
- If you subscribe through the store, cancel in iPhone Settings → your name → Subscriptions. Deleting the app doesn’t cancel a subscription.
Not yet tested.
The store currently lists version 1.24.1, updated 2020-01-08.
Preview
Store screenshots supplied by the developer.
About this app
Evil aliens are coming to turn your beloved sheep into intergalactic scarves! Protect the flock using only quick thinking and the arsenal of upgradeable weaponry at your disposal.
"Addictive, time-sucking fun. There are plenty of tower defense strategy games out there, but TowerMadness brings the genre to a new level."
- Brian X Chen, Wired
"If you’re a fan of Tower Defense games, do yourself a huge favor and check out TowerMadness."
- Jon Phillips, MacLife
"It would be madness to miss this game...it comes highly recommended."
- Spanner Spencer, PocketGamer
• WINNER, Best App Ever Awards, Best Strategy Game
• FINALIST, Pocket Gamer Awards, Best Strategy/Simulation Game
• A Wired Favorite iPhone App
• A MacLife App of the Year
A UNIQUE 3D TOWER DEFENSE EXPERIENCE
Play from an aerial view or zoom down to first person and get close to the action.…
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
Not yet tested. No analysis has been published for this app. A missing label is not a clean bill of health.
What reviewers report
No review analysis published for this app.
Measurements
“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 fewer than 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
Not assessed
This app's reviews have not been assessed yet
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
Not yet tested. No analysis has been run for this app, so there is no version or date to report.
Store update history
Each store’s release notes, as the developer wrote them. They are the developer’s words, not ours.
Assessment record
- Status
- Not yet tested
- App identifier
towermadness- Sources used
- None recorded
- Reviews read
- None recorded
- Package examined
- No package scan
- Human inspection
- Not completed
How we know
- Measurement vocabulary
- 1.4
Store facts
What the stores publish. Store ratings are the stores’ numbers, not Appworthy’s, and are never averaged across stores.
App Store
- Store rating
- 4.38 ★ · 839 ratings
- Version
- 1.24.1
- Updated
- 8 Jan 2020
- Price
- $2.99
- Age rating
- 9+
- Size
- 56 MB
- Developer
- ZSpectre, Inc.
- Category
- Games
- Listing price
- $2.99
Purchases the store lists
What this app sells
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.
One-off packs6
Marsh Madness Map PackPack$1.99
Moon Map PackPack$1.99
Lava Map PackPack$1.99
Spooky Map PackPack$1.99
Coast Map PackPack$1.99
Amazing Voyage Map PackPack$5.99
Show 3 more purchases we couldn’t categorise
These are really on sale; we just can’t tell from the name whether they recur.
FlamethrowerTerm not stated$1.99
Proximity MineTerm not stated$1.99
Flash BaitTerm not stated$1.99
Method and limits
What a missing label means
Not yet tested. No analysis has been published for this app, so there is no method to describe for it yet. A missing label is not a clean bill of health: it means nothing has been read, not that nothing is wrong.
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 human review gives an app hands-on, recorded measurements. None has been run for this app. Hands-on inspections are not yet open.
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