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Idle Sword Master
MAD PIXEL · Lifestyle

Review signals only — 4 user-reported signals — from user reviews, not yet audited by Appworthy.

Review signals only — 4 user-reported signalsConfidence: High400 reviews scannedas of 2026-10-06

Reported by users

Recurring themes across scanned reviews — a signal, not a finding. User reports
Aggressive ad load30 reviews · 7.5% of scanned
Pay to progress8 reviews · 2.0% of scanned
Misleading advertising6 reviews · 1.5% of scanned
No ad complaints6 reviews · 1.5% of 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

The game looks rather simple but has a decent amount of depth to the way you can accomplish things. Buying the ad removal, removes all ads, including the ones you can watch for extra rewards, so I'd say it's worth the money if you plan to…

5★ · Google Play · 2026-05-04

There's quite a bit of forced ads but I just got the ad removal pack for like $5 or something, so not too bad. Very much an idle game, so don't expect to do a lot in the game but still a fun lil game -- EDIT (4/16/26): They fixed the bug…

3★ · Google Play · 2026-04-16

i really wish i could give this game 5 stars. its great, the ads for things are optional, the grind is relentless and crushing exactly how i like it! unfortunately, because the auto merge and auto buy features are not default or…

3★ · Google Play · 2026-04-23

Misleading advertising

not as advertised. game looks cool with the advertisement but then you play and it's not what y'all showed. no free walk like showed In advertisement very misleading. games like this id give a 0 stars if was able. if you can't do it in…

1★ · Google Play · 2026-04-03

This game is garbage and nothing like the ads. You know the game is horrible when they have to lie about it just to get you to install it. Odds are majority of the ratings are fake too

1★ · Google Play · 2026-05-22

As usual, the ads and the game are completely different.

1★ · Google Play · 2026-09-04

Pay to progress

Made so progressing goes at a fast or good pace when you P2W, very slow without paying and watching all 20 or so ads a day and impossible to progress if you don't.

1★ · Google Play · 2026-04-18

most recent update March 26 2026, should be removed, makes nearly everything pay to win, they even added some mechanics that should have never been added, L Greedy Devs.

2★ · Google Play · 2026-04-15

gameplay was fun, and I was almost able to ignore the microtransactions littered on practically every screen, until i saw that some microtransactions had no use other than P2W. literally just pay money to do better in the game. i…

2★ · Google Play · 2026-07-14

No ad complaints

Too early for me to judge the long-term progression, but my first impression has been very positive. The game has no forced ads, rewards experimentation, and so far has felt respectful of free-to-play players. I ended up supporting the…

5★ · Google Play · 2026-07-02

a pretty good game. the ads are not mandatory and the rewards for them are very very very fair. 1 to 8 hours of abilities depending on the ability for just one ad is very good $9 for ad free is also not unreasonable.

4★ · Google Play · 2026-07-14

the swords spin the wrot direction and it's starting to bother me. otherwise it's a decent idle game. at stage 1000 they offer a discount for the ad free pack.

5★ · Google Play · 2026-06-26

What this app sells

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How a review signal works

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