Idle Ball Escape User Reviews

Customer Experience

Positive experience45.9% of reviews
Neutral18.0% of reviews
Negative experience36.1% of reviews

~ Based on 61 written reviews from the US App Store.

Is Idle Ball Escape Safe?

Idle Ball Escape: Smash Rings appears safe based on user ratings. AppsHunter Safety Score for Idle Ball Escape is 90/100.

This assessment is based on 2,057 user ratings, with an App Store average of 4.5/5.

Safety Analysis

89.4% of ratings point to a safe experience
3.7% of ratings suggest some concerns
6.9% of ratings point to a risky experience

~ Based on 2,057 App Store ratings for Idle Ball Escape.

Is Idle Ball Escape Legit?

Idle Ball Escape: Smash Rings appears legitimate, with a few gaps. AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Idle Ball Escape is 75/100.

Based on 75 of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.

Top reviews

Great job so far

Hey, I’ve got a decent bit of respect for the game, so wanted to just add some ideas and pointers for you. Bouncing ball and freeze are ridiculously strong purely because they allow you to get keys more often. Not wrong necessarily that that is a strategy, but want to mention it. Please add an option to improve up to legendary with an add, even if you remove it from the pool regularly it’ll feel better than the forced ad. Also, currently if you get a legendary there is a forced ad whether or not you click it, which feels a little bad as well. I really like your upgrade system, just would love to see it expanded on! Another mention with your ads is that sometimes they just repeat the same ad over and over again, I have no experience there but if possible please allow it to rotate through ads or something. Ads are already mind numbing, last thing you want is to make it worse. Great job overall!! Please continue to work on projects and make this one larger and better <3
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Fun game with too few levels with no end in sight

This game is incredible fun to play. However, it’s been months and they still haven’t created more than four levels. This is particularly frustrating because they are still advertising on other apps and mini transactions are included in the game. Clearly they are making money from their customers, so why not at least try to keep the game going? With almost two thousand reviews, this is clearly and loved and well received game. I’m confused as to why it was even released if they weren’t planning on actually keeping the game running. Unfortunately for me, the game is so addictive that I just keep playing the same four levels over and over and over again.
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Ads and levels

It’s a fun game, don’t get me wrong, however the legendary upgrades in game only appear just before an ad break, and to obtain said upgrade you have to watch an ad. Meaning there’s 2 consecutive ads each time this happens. Kind of annoying. Also it seems it’s been over 2 months that there have only been 4 levels. I understand game development takes time but I would assume it does not take 2 months to create 1 additional level? It’s not as if the game is incredibly complex with its mechanics and graphics. If the double ad would disappear and updates were released more frequently this would be the perfect game :)
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Great Game, However

Solid game, enjoyable to play without being too annoying with a lot of ads. However, the game glitches when I get to around lvl 90 on cash income not being able to click a card at all resetting all progress. This also happened when I beat a lvl and I couldn’t end the lvl having me to reset the game even though it counted as 100%.
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Good but not fully developed

I downloaded and beat the game within the last week. It’s fun game and the levels become increasingly challenging as you progress. But please also note that I only purchased the “No Ads” package (even before I ever got an advertisement, because I hate them so much) and I didn’t purchase anything else in the game.

HOWEVER, there is currently only 4 levels to the game with level 5 listed with “coming soon”. Even still, the game was worth couple of bucks to remove the ads.

Hopefully they build more levels and enough of them to allow longer game play.

I will continue a couple more weeks playing levels 1-4 here and there hoping to see more added. But if not soon, I will delete the app and move on to something else…
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Short and full of ads

The premise is simple and enjoyable. It’s satisfying to play, and the progression is quick enough to stay engaged. Problem is, there are only four levels and ads are very frequent. The most annoying ads are when you select an upgrade that isn’t visibly tied to an ad (i.e. a legendary one) and you get an ad anyway. Sometimes you get an ad after a level. You can’t predict or control when ads happen. They just do, and they’re the kind that are long and act like a puzzle to dismiss.

For me this game is close, but a swing and a miss. Poor monetization strategy.
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The game has potential

I hate to leave such a low star review but i’m disappointed. The gameplay is pretty good I would even say it deserves 5 stars. What I don’t approve of is the ads for simply upgrading abilities during the stages. I don’t mind paying to remove the forced ads, and this just might not make sense to me, but why would purchasing not also remove ALL ads. This game is pretty good and has potential but I can’t look past the sneakiness of not clarifying that purchasing only removes forced ads.
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Unfinished, possible ad farm

This game honestly has the potential to be pretty good. I was enjoying it up until the point where I’m level 25 with 4 stages complete, the 5th locked, and another lock on the bottom bar. I realized as well just how shallow the mechanics were - the same few options for abilities on every stage. Not to mention a premium currency that can be purchased but nothing to use it on??

The most charitable way to look at it is the game is unfinished. However, the sheer amount of ads offered and the fact that the “remove forced ads” purchase does not remove them leads me to believe that this game is meant more as an ad farm than as an actual game. The only reason I’m giving it more than 1 star is because the potential for an actual game is there, but I strongly doubt that’s the developer’s goal.
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Great game, might steal your money

love playing this game, advertised to be exactly what it is and it itches that satisfying spot of your brain BUT i paid $5 to remove ads and i still have them, i hard reset the game, i tried looking for a “restore purchases” button to maybe get it to work but haven’t fixed the problem. $5 isn’t a big deal but the fact that i paid for something in game and did not get it is incredibly frustrating, especially when it’s unskippable ads.
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Fun, but could use more updates and ad control

This game is pretty fun and slightly addicting, but there are only four levels and the ads get to be annoying after a while. Give us more options to watch ads for rewards instead of forcing them on us. Especially since some ads require about 3-5 clicks on x’s or skip buttons to move through the prompts. It’s so annoying.
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False Shop Labels

I enjoy these idle games for just being able to set it down and go about doing other things that I can get done, so when I see one of these game types, I’ll usually give it a shot.

I don’t mind putting a few dollars or so into an app every now and then, especially if it gets rid of ads. So seeing the ability to remove ads for $5, I jumped right on that.
Problem is… there are still ads. Instead of labeling it as “No ads”, it needs to be labels as “Removes Forced Ads” or something of the sort.
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Please pause game for ads and power ups - Great game

Love this game but the fact that the game doesn’t pause when you get power ups that trigger long ads you can skip but by that time the game is sometimes unrecoverable that’s so irritating!! I’m seriously considering deleting if this doesn’t change soon…..I never leave reviews but I decide to review instead of deleting I hope it changes
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Only 4 stages???

Honestly, I like the game. It’s hard to find a game like this that’s actually fun, and this one that I actually find to be fun. The only reason for the 3 star rating is because there’s only 4 stages. Being 100% honest, I wouldn’t have downloaded it if I knew there were only 4 stages because I flew through those stages and hate replaying the same few stages over and over again. Maybe it’s just a work in progress, hopefully there’s more soon. Hoping I can give a better review soon because this game does have great potential once there’s more!
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I’m just a girl.. looking at a game.. asking it to add level 5.

Literally just want to play more levels. I do appreciate the opportunity to continue to earn points on the levels I’ve already bested so power-up’s can be upgraded, but dude. Gotta add more levels soon (or announce a launch date on level 5 instead of just “COMING SOON”)or people are gonna lose interest.
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Spend more time watching ads than actually playing the game

I get it. It’s a free game. Ad revenue is how you make your money. I don’t have a problem with an ad supported business model. I have never complained about too many ads EVER.

But this? I am literally spending more time watching ads than playing the game. Oh you want this special power up? Watch an ad for it. That’s perfectly reasonable . But as soon as the ad is done and you’re back in the game another ad starts. Immediately…and every time.
Far, far too many ads and not enough game time to actually keep this app on my phone. And that’s a shame…the game would have stayed in my phone and you would have made more ad revenue from me if you hadn’t decided to spam so many ads at me.
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Not idle and ads even when you don’t click ad options

As the title says there’s no idle option it is super grindy even at the start. It is “roguelike” but it gives a ad option that give big boost but if you just want to play and not watch 1000s of ads for one level that barely gives enough coins for one or two upgrades it will still force an ad keep in mind this dumb “idle” game already has an ad banner. Offers ad boosts but if you don’t click it it still forces an ad. All while be “idle” the idle part is you sitting there watching ads.
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Would not recommend

The game started off fun until I purchased the app skip. When I purchased the app skip, it did not purchase the app skip, but the starter pack. Then I purchased the app skip because the add are atrocious, but the add skip does not work. I tried to restore purchases thinking that would fix the problem. But the restore purchase button is broken and does nothing along with the add skip. Lastly I deleted the game to reinstall it to see if that would fix the problem, but when I reinstalled the game, my progress was reverted back to a new install.

I would highly recommend not purchasing anything from this game because it is likely that you will just be throwing your money away and you won’t even receive what you are purchasing.
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Other reviews

So there’s a few reviews about the forced ads. Yes, there’s a lot, and they’re quite annoying. HOWEVER -> they’re super manageable if you do the no service no WiFi trick - and your progress won’t be lost.
Then there’s that other 1 star review about not being able to control the ball. Idk about any advertisement for this game that let you control the ball and i doubt an advertisement like that exists since this game is 2 weeks old lol I doubt they would’ve changed their advertisement so soon. That user clearly hasn’t heard of an “idle” game. As far as this being an idle game, it’s really not imo. It’s more so a progression game.
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bom

porém impossível passar do nível 4

Good game, lots of potential

As a long time player of games like this, I really like it! There’s lots of room for improvement, but it is only in the beginning stages. I can’t wait to see where it goes from here. The graphics are beautiful and don’t make my eyes strained, I hope those never change. I think some balance changes would be cool, though. For example the bounce card is way overpowered compared to the others u can choose. And there is one bug I’ve noticed, where sometimes it seems that the ball goes thru the opening and the ring doesn’t disappear/I don’t get a key. But overall great concept, I can play it for hours. I’ll be checking frequently for new updates!!
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