Pricey, not easy to cancel
I gave this app two stars because there are elements that are fun, and I think it has great potential. However, I signed up for the 7 day trial and decided to cancel two days later. I don’t think the app is worth $20 per month, which makes me think, they are really just hoping people do the trial and forget to cancel. Also, the app clearly says it’s easy to cancel. It is not.
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Don’t waste your effort
Never left a review before but I’m a little bit heated. Been playing for a few weeks now. I’ve gotten into the rhythm of remembering to log in and today I even forced myself to do extra fitness to gain point I needed. This damn game gave me a puppy, trapped my puppy in a life threatening situation and then trapped him behind a $500 paywall. Yes. Specifically $449 “lifetime” payment. I thoroughly enjoyed the gameplay and the style of this game. But absolutely no game is that good and a real dog costs less. What the heck? Deleted.
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Old version better
I came searching for the old store game version and it was gone and replaced with this new stuff. I see why the hype died down and ppl stop playing it. Maybe if it turned back into the way it was with the option of a subscription then it would be better but the way it is now is not likable to people. Another good app gone 😞
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Potential but
It’s really obvious by how much he charges plus the fact there is no month to month charge that the owner doesn’t have a firm grasp on how destitute some of his players are. The hype for the game is dying. Less players means less money.
In my opinion opening up a month to month charge would open doors, but the focus on a handful of people playing a lot compared to more people paying less is probably detrimental to the long term sustainability of the game.
I suspect he’s aware that many of his players are disabled; the discord has a chronic illness channel; but I think he probably should look at what the budget for a disabled person in various countries really looks like.
I like this game and I want it to survive, but part of surviving means keeping players. Killing the game accidentally by forcing large charges all at once isn’t the financial win he thinks he has.
Large lifetime charges stop bringing in income eventually and 6 month charges are more than my grocery budget. Month to month charges might be more cost in the long run but at least it won’t leave players starving or going into debt.
Again, I like the game. I just think somebody needs to chart the number vs decline of engagement before it goes too far. I don’t disagree with having a paywall, I disagree with how this particular paywall is structured.
You need to fund your game, Stephen, I get it. But if people stop playing because of it? There’s gotta be a middle ground.
In my opinion opening up a month to month charge would open doors, but the focus on a handful of people playing a lot compared to more people paying less is probably detrimental to the long term sustainability of the game.
I suspect he’s aware that many of his players are disabled; the discord has a chronic illness channel; but I think he probably should look at what the budget for a disabled person in various countries really looks like.
I like this game and I want it to survive, but part of surviving means keeping players. Killing the game accidentally by forcing large charges all at once isn’t the financial win he thinks he has.
Large lifetime charges stop bringing in income eventually and 6 month charges are more than my grocery budget. Month to month charges might be more cost in the long run but at least it won’t leave players starving or going into debt.
Again, I like the game. I just think somebody needs to chart the number vs decline of engagement before it goes too far. I don’t disagree with having a paywall, I disagree with how this particular paywall is structured.
You need to fund your game, Stephen, I get it. But if people stop playing because of it? There’s gotta be a middle ground.
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Bad
*adjusted with new info.
This was a cute game but after a year of not playing, I found the store game was behind a subscription paywall. The free games are still works in progress and not engaging for me but most of the non-sprite art work is generative AI and you are introduced to them as you enter one of the free games. I had originally enjoyed the game a year ago because it has a vibrant community behind it. But because of the adoption of genAI in the non-sprite artwork and the only game I had enjoyed for fitness are paywall blocked, it nuked the game for me. I would personally rather see artwork done by volunteers of the community (or funny stick figures) rather than genAI images or placeholders.
This was a cute game but after a year of not playing, I found the store game was behind a subscription paywall. The free games are still works in progress and not engaging for me but most of the non-sprite art work is generative AI and you are introduced to them as you enter one of the free games. I had originally enjoyed the game a year ago because it has a vibrant community behind it. But because of the adoption of genAI in the non-sprite artwork and the only game I had enjoyed for fitness are paywall blocked, it nuked the game for me. I would personally rather see artwork done by volunteers of the community (or funny stick figures) rather than genAI images or placeholders.
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