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Dear Developers
This game is a great idea and fun however the free version is so ad-ridden it’s almost unplayable. After a while I finally decided it was worth paying to remove them and much to my dismay I still get *your* ads. For the diamond membership and other things that will cost me money. That’s ridiculous if I pay you to remove ads I don’t want to be bombarded every time I open the app with things that’ll cost me money.
Around the time I finally felt like I was getting pretty good (level 450 or so) the levels started getting a lot more difficult now after over a month I’ve only moved 3 levels higher. I’m starting to feel like the only way to win is with power ups which cost rubies which you’ve made sure are going to cost me money!
This app feels incredibly money grubbing. I think you’ve got some great ideas buried behind all those in app purchases, please fix it and make sure your levels scale smoothly with difficultyShow lessRykel99
Very expensive for a “free” app game! Still get ads even when paying for ad remover.
I’ve never written a review for a game before, but feel I need to in the case. This game is very addicting. I found myself playing non-stop during the holiday break. The ads are annoying, so I paid $2.99 to remove them. Guess that’s false advertising since I still get some ads. Now there’s a new remove ad option for $7.99 a week. $7.99 a week is so much money for little app game! You get a couple boosts a week too but still... I want my $2.99 back for false advertising.
I’ve also spent about $10 more to buy boosts to pass levels. The boosts don’t do much, and it’s going to cost me about $20 in boosts to pass level 180 which I’ve been stuck on for a week. I’ve never played a “free” little app game that has costed this much, especially since some levels are downright impossible to pass without boosts.
Do yourself a favor and don’t get into this game unless they change their business model on how much things cost.Show lessShannonfrench1731
After playing for a few months...
I took awhile to write a review because there were so many different opinions about the game, I wanted to see how it would be in reality. There are a number of trappings that make it seem like eventually you’ll have more tools as things get tougher and more complex. But having got to level 330, there’s very very little in the way of help without the dreaded pay-to-win packages. I have tried earning enough to get the different size and type balls, but the difference between them is almost meaningless – just... interesting, not helpful. At three or four points, I thought I might have to give up the game because it seemed I couldn’t get further without spending $50, but I’d end up just making it to the next level. But I think I’ve hit a wall for sure now, and the only way I can see getting through is with a purchase which I will not make. Fun for a while. Even frustrating in a good/game way for the most part. But I don’t like having to pay and never be able to earn the better tools for proceeding.Show lessAckenda
Freemium... kinda
Normally I do not give freemium games the time of day. I believe all freemium games should be eliminated from the planet :-). This however, in my opinion could be seen as a free to try then pay to remove adds game. That I am fine with. In fact I wish more games would follow that model. However, they still offer adds for more Ruby’s or whatever they are and pitch a weekly subscription model which annoys me. However, that being said you don’t have to do those things and can still play the game. Once I paid to remove the adds the game was great. I would give it 5 starts if it were not for the other remnants of the freemium business model. And the subscription pitch seems like they were just having a meeting and said “let’s see if anyone is stupid enough to do this and pay us money weekly for the game”. If that got in the way of the actual game other than just having to skip it when you first load then I would not play at all.
So, I would suggest a few tweaks: keep the free to download and pay once to unlock full game model. Polish the game up a bit as a buy once game and get rid of freemium / subscription based remnants.Show lessGreat app nothing but good things to say.
Glitchy/don’t pay for the “diamond membership”
I’ve been playing a few days now and reached level 100, which I’ve passed but it tells me that there are still lines to clear, even though the board is already cleared. I spent the rubies on it to pass hoping it would let me, and still nothing.
I have to restore the purchase to be a “diamond member” every time I start the app, so I do not get the 200 rubies that I’m suppose to get as a paying member. I also don’t get anything for the levels I’ve passed so I’m not sure if it’s a bug in the system or what.
I actually paid for the rubies to get past whatever was going on for level 100, which turned out to be a waste of money since it won’t let me advance. I’ve gone as far as emailing the developer via their contact us link in the app and have yet to hear back.
Game is entertaining but for those of us who actually play games and expect to get what we pay for, it’s a waste until the glitch is fixed and we get what we pay for.
Will update review of problems are corrected and if I get a response from my emails.Show lessJennifernbatch
Difficult to understand for newbie
The game is fun and somewhat addictive however needs some help. When you provide occasional free “extras” it makes people play games more...to the developers “gambling” is addictive because “sometimes” you win and the fact you don’t win every time makes it addictive. Therefore some games give free boosts randomly to improve the number of hours you play the game...why don’t you try this? Also the arrows flashing in the background are annoying and confusing. Is there something I’m supposed to watch in the middle of the game? Or is it just a flaw? Get it out. Also some of the games on the app tally the final score before the last ball has exited the game board, which makes me think my score was predetermined...please fix that also, and get rid of the START screen. If we pushed the replay button we get that it is the start and as a newbie I kept pushing the start thinking I needed to and then inadvertently set off my ball(s). The page that has Day 1, 2, etc...also, what is that? I thought you got something free on each of those days but can’t see that it works.Show lesscookiebreath
WAY too many ads
I really enjoy the game itself. It’s pretty satisfying to watch the balls bounce around and destroy blocks but this game way overdid it on the ads. I’ve played A LOT of free games and the general trend is that an ad in between plays or levels happens every so often (not every time) and is about four seconds long. If you’re going to show a longer 30 second ad then you do so only if the player chooses to watch it to gain something (like diamonds or a re-play after death). This games shows long ad videos all the time. When it’s faster for me to close and re open the app then to stay and watch the ad, there’s something wrong. In addition, there are so many static ads on the game pages themselves that when I first opened the app I had no idea where to click to actually play the game because I didn’t want to accidentally click on an ad. Overall I like this game but am going to have to switch to playing one similar to it because the ads got so unbearable.Show less22lizabeth
Many recent improvements make this 5 stars
The developer has been listening to the reviews and made a huge number of improvements recently that made this previously unplayable game really fun and challenging.
The ads are completely manageable now that there is a reasonably priced ad removal package. The difficulty balance has been improved greatly by daily rewards. An effective amount of gems can now easily be obtained for free by playing classic mode and 100 ball, although I do find 100 ball to be fairly repetitive.
The game itself has always been fun with good controls and a huge number of challenging but beatable levels, and I enjoy trying to get 3 stars on every level. Now that the ads and bonuses are sane, it really is a lot of fun, and I don’t mind sliding a few ad-removal bucks to an active developer who reads reviews, especially for a game that has helped me kill so much time on the bus.Show lessDuck Step
Not terrible, but it needs tweaking.
On its surface, this is a fun little game that I could see myself losing hours just getting absorbed into this. But in actuality, I only play it for small bursts. Why? The ads. I understand they need to make money, and the ads pay for it, but when you get one for whatever you do, some of them being 30 seconds long and unskippable, it's annoying fast. Failed a board? See an ad. Go to the home menu? See an ad.
This alone would be annoying, but add in broken mechanics, and it reaches a whole new level. I didn't hit a major wall until around level 120, at which point, you find yourself needing about 500 gems just to clear the board. (Too many low blocks with high values, and nothing to ricochet the balls off of.) Add to this, the boards themselves are very stingy at giving credit toward the 50 (or 100) gem thresholds. 100-Ball seems to be the best place to grow the bar (since it has a fast ad delivery system), but more often than not, if I hit replay, the ball starts out-of-bounds, meaning you hit no blocks, no points, but you will get another ad. There is no reason to start the ball there- this is clearly a design flaw.
If it weren't for the flaws, I'd consider buying the no-ad add-on, but as things are now, I can't in good conscious recommend paying any money toward this.Show lessdunno001
Ads get ridiculous
It’s a fun game for a while. You’ll go through a few levels before you see an ad, which is expected. But once you get higher in the levels, it’s an ad orgy. After every level you complete...after every level you restart...clicking to go back to the home screen...it’s an ad. I was expecting Oprah to come out and start yelling, “You get an ad...and you get an ad...and YOU get an ad...”
I get that you need them to pay for your game and i don’t mind sitting through one every so often, but seriously? This is overkill. There are plenty of other games that don’t overload you with annoying ads like this one. It’s very disappointing as I was having fun with the game. And I’m not paying to remove them cause I know that’s why the developers did this. I’m not letting them win.
So, download the game and enjoy it for a while...but you’ll become annoyed around level 50. Have fun.Show lessEncorejon
