# Paplinko — user reviews > 295 indexed App Store user reviews of Paplinko by Game Circus Studios, LLC, rated 4.60/5 from 727 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/paplinko/id543697247/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/paplinko/id543697247.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 551 · 4★ 89 · 3★ 46 · 2★ 20 · 1★ 21 ## What do users think of Paplinko? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 👍 Fun game - 🕹️ Addictive gameplay - 🎨 Great graphics - 🕰️ Good time killer - 💰 Free to play **Cons** - 🔍 Too many ads - 🤖 Frequent crashes and freezes - 🕰️ Slow ball regeneration - 🧠 Lack of challenge - 🤯 Frustrating slime mechanics **Commonly reported bugs** - Ads not working properly - Game freezing on launch - Multiplier reset by slimes - Inconsistent ball spawning - Incompatibility with newer devices **Most requested features** - Add more levels and puzzles - Improve slime mechanics - Implement save/restore progress - Introduce new power-ups and customization options - Reduce ad frequency or provide ad-free option ## Newest reviews (15 of 295) ### 2/5 — Would love to change but the ads being unremovable sucks *2026-08-16, version 4.03* 💔 ### 3/5 — Good game *2025-09-15, version 4.03* It a fun game to play but like every body says ads ads an even more ads the only way to really enjoy the game without getting interrupted by ads is to turn of ur Wi-Fi ### 2/5 — Ads *2025-02-27, version 4.03* I tested this kinda I didn’t play all day I get on hit play drop 1 ball ad…. Closed it repopened it ad did this 4 times or so. Lemme get into the game like more than 10 seconds I’ll be deleting this game because of that ### 4/5 — Make better *2025-02-24, version 4.03* Include the ability to purchase various balls and backgrounds. ### 2/5 — DO NOT UPDATE (7/9/24) = All Ads All The Time *2024-07-10, version 4.02* This is a great playing experience with great graphics and smooth, reliable interface. There hasn’t been an update for years. At that time, the big change was the wormhole/teleport special pegs when the ball could be directed based on the angle the ball went in. Was is a bummer that the daily awards had a double option if you watched an ad…that never had any ads to watch so you could never get the double? Meh. I personally didn’t mind at all. You still got a reward. But now they’ve decided to introduce ads? It’s a nuisance. It’s not by choice anymore. It’s now littered with ads. Not just 5 second videos or an image you can quickly exit out of, but full on 30 second ads. Even just opening the app triggers an ad. I’ve been playing this game for over 10 years *because* there weren’t any ads. I’m dreading when elections near when we’ll be flooded with political ads. I know it’s not worth keeping my daily streak going. The problem with that is once I take a break from a game, it’ll be months to years before I get back to it, if ever at all. Don’t make the mistake I made. Do not update this app. ### 4/5 — Offline game *2022-11-22, version 4.01* This is good for an offline game. I see it was updated 6 yrs ago. It works fine. Maybe its time to add some new things. That would just freshen up the game again. All in all a good game for kids and adults alike. ### 3/5 — Good but *2022-01-12, version 4.01* It’s super laggy on a brand new iPhone with barely anything on it. It’s too bad because I’ve played this game for years. ### 4/5 — Great game; needs some sprucing up! *2020-10-24, version 4.01* It needs more power-ups to deal with the slimes. Other than that, the game is fun and relaxing. ### 3/5 — Slimes appear too often *2020-09-09, version 4.01* Please update, it’s been four years ### 3/5 — Palinko *2020-09-07, version 4.01* I would give 5 stars, but it freezes on my iPhone 11 Pro. Please fix , I love the game. ### 3/5 — Complaint *2020-07-30, version 4.01* This is a fun game. The complaint is, that when I get prizes and the video icon pops up , for a better prize ,the video won’t play. This has happened since I downloaded the game . ### 4/5 — F****n* why? (all 4 bodies) *2020-04-02, version 4.01* Coming soon... (Recommended.) 1. I love this game!!! I use this game everyday! But, soon, I think you should do a ball tracking lock (Last 2:30), a double everything good (Last 1:18), and a multiplier lock (Last 3:30) power boost. (Use 1/3 or all) What will you use? Please let me find out in the update because it’s been like this forever since I’ve started playing this! Either way, I still love that game you made! I think it’s really easy to make in life, but it’s actually hard! I also think you should add more pegs like a extra ball peg, a PB peg, a +1× peg and a one coin peg. 🤨😍 Please fix 2. I had a multiplier of 60.0. And the pink slime came up and took it all away and reset it to 1.0! Please put it back where the pink slime only takes a 1/2 or 3/4 (1/4 of your multiplier wouldn’t be correct.) Wait wait wait! In my older review (which this review contains) I didn’t want to do that. But please only put it like that for about a week. Then you can add the powers for Paplinko bucks. What’s the point in locking?! 3. What’s the point in locking? I found out the mystery! And the mystery about this game is that when you get into a slime for the first time in the duration; for example, I had a multiplier of 10.5, I got all the way up to 25.5- then I got a slime. It goes back down to 10.5! So what’s the point in locking? Same with the green slime! I was annoyed by this. (On this title) 4. Later… And here I am checking my review at 4:45 AM and I was 🥈 a week ago, now 🥇 but all of the sudden: but no, not anymore! 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 I’m in 271st place now. Why’d you do that, Game Circus? Let me know in your response if you’d wanna respond. Or not! 4-reviews in 1 bonus notice: Hey, by the way- so why I store my reviews in this review? I stored all reviews in this review because this was good (almost bad) out of the top helpful (featured in review trailer) review on Paplinko. 😔😞😰😭 ### 2/5 — Rigged to fail *2020-02-12, version 4.01* The game is fun to a point, but it is impossible to have a sense of achievement in the game. The green and purple slime always take away your progress! and they don’t disappear until you actually hit them, so it’s inevitable that you will lose all your work at building the score. It’s very annoying and makes the game feel pointless. Game could use improvements. ### 5/5 — Mitch *2019-12-11, version 4.01* Not bad ### 2/5 — ??? Could get 5stars if I could play it *2019-12-06, version 4.01* Game not working! Every time I try to open it the game shows loading screen then goes back to my home screen, iPhone 6s Plus and iPhone XR. Help ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Forced ads on app launch *2025-07-07, version 4.03* Forcing us to watch an add before we even get into the game is dumb. Sure I can see when the balls run out but not when restarting the app: cut down your ads. You already have annoying banner ads all over the place. We don't need forced ads every 30 seconds or 10 taps ### 1/5 — Mhhhmhh *2022-03-23, version 4.01* Too sllllliiiimy ### 1/5 — Something sketchy going on *2021-12-29, version 4.01* The first thing this game did after opening is ask to see other devices on my network. There is absolutely ZERO reason at his game needs to do this. Needless to say, the permission was denied, and game was immediately uninstalled ### 1/5 — Star is annoying me *2021-01-24, version 4.01* The game is beautiful, but the star is so annoying. If you could do 3D plinko balls and trails, then you can do better than using a clip art star to dance and constantly move across the screen. Please remove this, or make it better. ### 1/5 — Cause and Affect of the various special balls *2020-07-01, version 4.01* It would be nice to know the cause and affect of the different special balls. The meaning of each one when it is hit and how it affects the others.Also, it won’t allow me to watch a video to double my reward, ### 1/5 — Rigged *2019-03-21, version 4.01* Game is rigged. The slime generate way too frequently & prevent you from advancing score-wise or achievement-wise. Designed to make you fail. No fun in that. ### 1/5 — Not the fun that was expected! *2019-02-11, version 4.01* This game is really for kids. It’s not very interactive as all you can do is point to where you want the ball to drop. They bounce so much it takes forever to finally hit a cup. It’s pretty boring & surprisingly so because most games by Game Circus are fun. I deleted it. ### 1/5 — Dear game circus *2017-07-01, version 4.01* Your game is the most impossible to play on the new version. Your game is known as "dog's barf" by the cool kid cotton candy company. Paplinko stinks like an elephant's butt. Fix the stuff on this list, and we wouldn't say that. Paplinko was fine until the latest update (which is the newest version). The stuff to kill slimes should appear instantly when the slimes appear. NOT BEFORE!!! How the *+=# are we going to kill the slimes?! Plus, the green slime takes half of your score. IT IS %#^*#% impossible to get a high score with that?! Another thing you should fix, is that the purple slimes should only take 1/4 or at least 1/2 of your multiplier. I had a 41.50 multiplier, and it went down to 1.00 multiplier because of this. Fix this stuff within 2 months or I will tell everyone to write a bad review on this game because of these reasons. Family members, friends, enemies, you name it Anonymous enemy ### 1/5 — Gutted *2016-12-18, version 4.01* I was enjoying this game until i got a new iPad! Backed up everything to iCloud on the old one downloaded everything back on the new one and hey presto I had to start all over again on Paplinko after being on level 178 on my old iPad not happy at all 😡😡😡 ### 1/5 — Pretty poor and frustrating! *2016-08-21, version 4.01* Yeah, I've played this game for a long time, but there is very little skill involved. As soon as you get near a big score the Green slime always appears, then when you get your bonus up, yep, the purple slime appears! Then to add insult, they have removed the clear all bonus. It always amazes me how your ball suddenly flicks across the screen and pops into a slime. Overall, Pretty poor really. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Longtime user *2024-10-02, version 4.02* I’ve been playing this hand for about 13 years now and I love it just as much as I did when I first started playing. Now, not much has changed since the beginning. There are less ads because of my belief that the creators having abandoned the game. Having said that though, this is still one of my most favorite digital games I’ve ever played. Worth the free download. ### 5/5 — The best *2023-12-20, version 4.01* My Favourite Game on here, it’s the best, i’ve been playing it for almost 10 years, highly recommend ### 5/5 — I love it *2022-11-04, version 4.01* Great game that challenges you ### 5/5 — About up grade phone’s *2021-11-29, version 4.01* No need to do what you are not doing do to upgrade your phone. Can’t you just save your progress and have what you had before you purchased a new phone ? Just do a back up to save all game’s progress. Hope that’s a better option. I was playing this game but haven’t for about a year it’s still in my settings going to start playing it again. Good luck from a coin dozer player. ### 5/5 — Prize doublers *2021-04-25, version 4.01* It says I can watch a video to double my prizes but doesn’t ever work 😑 ### 5/5 — 10 year player *2021-02-04, version 4.01* I have had this app for a very long time and I’ve enjoyed playing it since highschool. Thank you ❤️ ### 5/5 — Rome Dome *2021-01-09, version 4.01* Love this game been playing since 2012 had to start over due to phone upgrades in 8years this would be my 5th phone upgrade bout upgrade in 3 months guess gonna restart again but it’s worth it ### 5/5 — Amazing!! *2020-11-04, version 4.01* I’m so glad I found this game I suffer from anxiety quite badly and this game helps me so much I can just focus on it and shut the world out also I love that you don’t get bombarded with adverts and they don’t try to pressure you into spending money in game. Brilliant game fun and addictive would recommend ### 5/5 — Love it! *2020-06-05, version 4.01* I played this years ago when my daughter showed it to me. I recently found it again and I still love it! ### 5/5 — Plinko *2020-01-03, version 4.01* My favorite game! And I’m 58 years old! --- *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 2026-08-19.*