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SayGames LTD · Games

What’s the catch? Multiple ad networks bundled — measured, backed by SDKs in the app package.

Analyzed automatically from 6 independent signals that had to agree — not a hands-on test, and not human-reviewed.

2 on the catch list · analyzedConfidence: High6 signal sources1,181 reviews scannedNot human-reviewedas of 2026-10-05
 Which version this describes

App Store

This analysis describes version 2.3.0 of the app, analyzed 2026-10-05 . The app may have changed since.

The store currently lists version 2.3.0, updated 2026-09-16.

Google Play

This analysis describes version 2.2.0 of the app (the version number recorded inside the package we inspected), analyzed 2026-10-04 . The app may have changed since.

The store currently lists version 2.3.0, updated 2026-09-03.

What the analysis found

Each finding shows what agreed and how strongly. Automated analysis

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.

Multiple ad networks bundled
Measuredfrom SDKs in the app packageartefact e4a82181d3c1…
The package embeds several distinct advertising or mediation SDKs — a stack built for ad volume, not for a single house ad.
What we saw: Bundles 16 distinct ad networks / mediation SDKs: Amazon Publisher Services, AppLovin MAX, BidMachine, Chartboost and 12 more
Reported by users: Aggressive ad load
Reported by 88 usersReported by users, not measured — nothing we can inspect could show this either wayview evidence
Advertising volume or placement that interrupts normal use: ads between every action, unskippable or forced full-screen ads.
What we saw: Raised by 88 distinct reviewers — 16.3% of the 540 reviews scanned on this store leg (App Store).

Positive evidence 1

Things this app does right, published at the same strengths as the catch list.

Developer says data deletion can be requested
Measuredfrom the store listingview evidence
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 3

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
One source onlyShown, not confirmed — the only source is user reviews.view evidence
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 5 distinct reviewers (0.9% of 540 reviews scanned)
Reported by users: Reports that the ads misrepresent the app
One source onlyShown, not confirmed — the only source is user reviews.view evidence
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 14 distinct reviewers (2.6% of 540 reviews scanned)
Reported by users: Pay to progress
One source onlyShown, not confirmed — the only source is user reviews.view evidence
Advancement or competition is gated behind spending money rather than playing.
What we saw: Pay to progress: raised by 7 distinct reviewers (1.3% of 540 reviews scanned)

What reviewers said

Verbatim excerpts from public store reviews, shown as corroborating user reports. They are not Appworthy audit evidence, and a quotation is not proof of the finding it sits under.

Aggressive ad load

I enjoy the game and don't mind watching some ads to be able to play for free, but come on!! I spend more time watching the "one" ad thats really 3 ads in one, plus misc pop up ads and exceptionally LONG ads. It's quite ridiculous. I'm…

1★ · Google Play · 2026-08-21

Love this game but there is to many adverts, I use more time getting thru a ad than playing the actual game

1★ · Google Play · 2026-08-19

Im on level 945 and have liked the game a lot. I dont know why others are saying theyre stuck on a level forever. I have put no money into the game. If Im stuck, they let you continue playing if you watch an ad. A few times I had to watch…

5★ · Google Play · 2026-09-29

Progress pauses until you wait or pay

the game is fun, but I paid for it and I have to wait for the hearts to replenish to play. it's horrible. why pay for a game you can play? I will change my review if you fix the problem

1★ · Google Play · 2026-08-16

Fun but a rip off! — The packages are a rip off. You can buy options for coins, lives, and helpers. It is expensive for what it is and says it lasts x amount of days but never lasts as long as it says. You pay for add free to not have…

2★ · App Store · 2026-07-01

Way too hard pressuring you to spend — Game becomes impossible after level 17, i notice when i start doing good it gives me random colors that I can’t put anywhere i’ve been stuck on level 17 all day, I keep trying till i run out of lives…

1★ · App Store · 2026-05-29

Reports that the ads misrepresent the app

plays nothing like the ad immediate delete

1★ · Google Play · 2026-09-10

the worst game invented, after awhile you have to spend money to play. Nothing like the ads

1★ · Google Play · 2026-09-19

this is false advertisement lol

1★ · Google Play · 2026-09-07

Pay to progress

this game is designed to make you pay to win. the prices are absolutely ridiculous and the levels are not easily passed. i downloaded this as a task in another app. this game sucks for "checking out" at the end of the day. the tiles also…

1★ · Google Play · 2026-09-19

Don't waste your money buying ads or power-ups! 😤 This game is seriously addictive, but once you get past Level 220, it feels almost impossible to win without spending money on power-ups. At this point, it honestly feels like someone is…

1★ · Google Play · 2026-08-21

I accidentally put this phone in my pocket before locking it and ended up paying $100 through one of their ads for power-ups. Google refuses to refund me despite the fact that I filed the complaint immediately. This game is a scam to get…

1★ · Google Play · 2026-08-03

What this app sells

Every purchase the store discloses. Store listing
 What this app sells
Google Play doesn’t publish per-purchase prices, so this list covers the other store only.

How the automated analysis works

Automated, corroborated, and never human-reviewed without a person.

This assessment is produced automatically. Six independent signals are read — user reviews, SDKs in the app package, the app's own on-screen text, the app manifest, the store listing and the store privacy disclosure — 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 subscription bills weekly; 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.

Findings under One source only are real reports we do not stand behind as findings. They are shown because withholding them entirely would hide a genuine complaint, and labelled because publishing them as charges would be an accusation off a single source.

 Not yet human-reviewed

Several measurements above say “Not assessed” because no artefact we hold can answer them. A human review is what resolves those — and it can remove a favourable band as easily as add one.

Hands-on inspections are not yet open.

 How this page was produced
Analyzed 2026-10-05 Version analyzed: 2.3.0 (App Store), 2.2.0 (Google Play)6 independent signals1,181 reviews scannedConfidence: HighNot human-reviewedVocabulary v1.13Methodology v1.3
Signals run: user reviews, SDKs in the app package, the app's own on-screen text, the app manifest, the store listing and the store privacy disclosure.