# Candy Smash Mania - Match 3 — user reviews > 197 indexed App Store user reviews of Candy Smash Mania by 肖见 陈, rated 4.60/5 from 4,952 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/candy-smash-mania-match-3/id1448992461/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/candy-smash-mania-match-3/id1448992461.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 3,611 · 4★ 900 · 3★ 248 · 2★ 95 · 1★ 98 ## What do users think of Candy Smash Mania? Overall sentiment: mixed **Pros** - 👍 Enjoyable gameplay - 🚀 Rewarding gameplay - 💡 Unique gameplay mechanics - 🎨 Colorful and visually appealing **Cons** - 🔍 Too many ads - 🐛 Freezing/crashing issues - 🤯 Frustrating difficulty spikes - 💰 In-app purchases feel excessive **Commonly reported bugs** - Lost progress after device change - Rewards not being properly awarded - Swipe controls not registering correctly **Most requested features** - Option to remove ads - Improved progression and difficulty curve - Better customer support and communication ## Newest reviews (13 of 197) ### 2/5 — Game has maxed out *2025-05-30, version 10.27.1241* Game has maxed out and no new games being added ### 2/5 — Slow, and unresponsive *2025-02-16, version 10.27.1241* Unlike other Candy Crush games I play, I found this game slow, and unresponsive. Some of the moves I tried to make, different moves happened. ### 4/5 — More power ads *2025-01-30, version 10.27.1241* This game is enjoyable to play. However, after purchasing a candy bundle the free ads to gain free power no longer shows up. I would like to know why. I liked watching the ads to receive free powers, especially if I cannot afford to purchase the bundles. Please fix this. 🙏 ### 2/5 — Friends *2024-08-25, version 10.27.1241* Not very game friendly ### 2/5 — nervig *2024-04-15* Erstmal nervt total die werbung und dann nimmt es manchmal nicht das an was gemacht werden soll, wenn ich nach unten wische gehts aufeinmal nach links/recht. ### 3/5 — Game *2024-03-22, version 10.25.1210* Good game but annoying ads after every game. Some over 30 seconds!! ### 3/5 — Adds *2023-11-15, version 10.17.5057* I like the game but there’s too many adds between levels. ### 4/5 — I’m *2023-10-23, version 10.17.5057* We ### 4/5 — Love / hate relationship *2023-10-11, version 10.17.5057* I love the game but boosters require so many coins is out of reach. I’ve gotten in trouble spending 40-60 dollars trying get coins and boosters. The boosters and extra moves should be less. Some people can’t afford to spend that money. ### 3/5 — Pay attention *2023-07-16, version 10.09.5051* Got charged $19.99 for a package bc the buy button is the same as a play button on all games. Thankfully the refund went through and the charges were returned, I do think this game is entertaining and so far the ads are not overwhelming. But there should be a clear division of play vs buy. Just play closer attention or don’t be dumb like me. ### 5/5 — Love this game *2023-06-04, version 10.09.5051* Fun relaxing and they give you extra things to help you out hope to keep enjoying this just started the game tho ### 3/5 — Freezes *2023-03-30, version 10.09.5051* Been playing this game for months now! It keeps me occupied. However, periodically it freezes on me and won’t let me continue playing! I don’t want to delete it then re-download it because I’m afraid I will lose all my progress! So frustrated! Once it unfreezes, it puts me back to the last game I was playing, where I am so close to win I g the round! ### 2/5 — Süßigkeiten Manie *2023-03-25* Viel zu viel Werbung. Am Anfang hat’s Spaß gemacht, aber nach jedem Level Werbung nervt. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Simba *2025-08-03, version 10.27.1241* It’s game its boring 🥱 i ### 1/5 — ADVERTS *2024-09-24, version 10.27.1241* I installed this game without knowing there is a billion adverts. Did my head in a lot. ### 1/5 — Stupid puzzle *2024-05-17, version 10.27.1241* After I came to level 10000, it is impossible to win. Whomever decided to make rules are stupid. Open level 1043 and try it your self! Programmers need to try themselves first. STUPID! ### 1/5 — Frustrated *2024-05-15, version 10.27.1241* This would have to be the most frustrating game I have played in match games. You’re hardly given any opportunities to clear rows. It’s a constant match three only, then having to spend more dollars (US dollars) $15 turns into $30 for me. It’s painful. It’s not fun. It’s frustrating. ### 1/5 — Change the title to say too many ads *2024-04-13, version 10.26.1210* Wow that is a lot of ads ### 1/5 — Too many ads *2024-01-22, version 10.20.1210* Not a bad game, but not all that great either. There are some pretty challenging levels. Developer offers no customer support, especially when the game gets glitchy, which is what happened to me. You spend more time being forced to watch ads than actually playing the game. You have to watch an ad to start the game, then watch an ad to close the level or claim the reward. Sometimes there are more than one ad in a row, and when they are the same ad repeatedly, it’s frustrating. More frustrating when you have actually already downloaded the game in the ad, and it’s a misleading ad at that. I probably wouldn’t recommend this game. ### 1/5 — Too many ads *2023-08-01, version 10.13.5057* Ads too long and too frequent ### 1/5 — Trop ennervant *2023-02-22* Trop de pubs. Trop long pour passer au suivant. Souvent ne fait pas ce que l’on veut. Par exemple je veux pousser une case à droite ça va pousser la case à gauche. Trop chelou! Sinon il était sympa comme jeu. Mais y’en a d’autres mieux ! ### 1/5 — Nach jedem Spiel 30 Sekunden Werbung??? Geht gar nicht! *2023-02-12* Nichts für mich! Nervt einfach nur! ### 1/5 — Was great but not now *2022-11-30, version 10.09.5051* Made an in-app purchase and charged but received nothing. 😡 ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — It’s my absolute favorite game!!!!!!! *2024-06-22, version 10.27.1241* This is the best game I have ever played, simply amazing. ### 5/5 — Toms of fun. *2023-11-24, version 10.17.5057* A fair player has a fair chance. ### 5/5 — Good *2023-11-13, version 10.17.5057* It’s a good game ### 5/5 — Do *2023-10-23, version 10.17.5057* Try ### 5/5 — We *2023-10-09, version 10.17.5057* One ### 5/5 — Plaid *2023-10-06, version 10.17.5057* Jaisbajaihx ### 5/5 — Hands *2023-10-05, version 10.17.5057* Hsiaiajz ### 5/5 — I love is a fun game 🔥❤️ *2023-08-07, version 10.13.5057* ❤️❤️❤️ ### 5/5 — Very *2023-07-29, version 10.13.5057* Good ### 5/5 — Candy Smash Mania *2023-07-16, version 10.09.5051* What a refreshing change of a game sit back and enjoy ☺️ yourself with a cup of coffee or tea or something else 🥰👍🏻🇦🇺 --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-09-10.*