# Pencil Sort™ - Color Sorting — user reviews > 1,050 indexed App Store user reviews of Pencil Sort™ by Onetap Global Limited, rated 4.60/5 from 8,748 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/pencil-sort-color-sorting/id6502805895/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/pencil-sort-color-sorting/id6502805895.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 7,048 · 4★ 783 · 3★ 340 · 2★ 208 · 1★ 369 ## What do users think of Pencil Sort™? Overall sentiment: negative **Pros** - 🎨 Unique pencil art - 🧠 Challenging puzzles - ⏱️ No time limits **Cons** - 💢 Excessive ads - 🔋 Battery draining - 🔒 Suspicious browser redirects - 🤕 Inappropriate content in drawings **Commonly reported bugs** - Inconsistent point tracking - Lives randomly depleting - Crashes and freezes **Most requested features** - Endless/unlimited mode - Ability to speed up pencil drawing animation - Improved level progression and difficulty scaling ## Newest reviews (18 of 1,050) ### 2/5 — Now even more annoying ads *2026-09-08, version 5.5* I used to like this game but lately in the middle of one, they are feeding you video ads. It’s so annoying that I’m offloading from my phone. ### 2/5 — Ads constantly crash the game *2026-09-07, version 5.5* You want to watch an ad for a reward? Well, you’re going to have to watch it twice, because the first time, it’ll play all the way through and then the entire app will just freeze. Then you get to watch the ad again for your reward. ### 4/5 — Game malfunction! *2026-09-04, version 5.5* Unfortunately I have become addicted to this game, but recently I’ve been getting full screen ads pop up in the middle of playing a level. Sometimes it causes tiles to be placed where I don’t want them. This didn’t happen before, so I thought maybe it’s a bug from an update and should be brought to your attention! I want to keep playing the game! But it’s extremely difficult when you can’t place a tile without an ad 🙃. ### 3/5 — Micro ads constantly interrupt *2026-08-28, version 5.5* My previous review disappeared, but I will continue writing them. I used to like this game and recommended it. I watched the optional ads to get points or free spaces in the game. However, a couple of weeks ago, they started having pop-ups saying to pay $7.99 to become “ad free”…. And suddenly started interrupting game play with micro ads of 3-5 seconds long. REPEATEDLY. I started counting them. Up to 39 interruptions with micro ads during just one level of play! With most of the ads, you can’t even tell what they’re advertising, because they’re just a tiny snippet of a regular ad, obviously intended to annoy players to get them to pay for “ad free”. This is really a shame, because it was a good game before they started the constant interruptions. I used to play it before going to bed, to relax. But having multiple ads during every minute of play is NOT relaxing. I’m using up the points I accumulated, and then will quit, unless they stop these micro ads. There are plenty of other choices of games to play. (I will return to add my review if you remove it again.) ### 3/5 — ads ruin it *2026-08-27, version 5.5* Pencil Sort started out as such a fun way to relax for me, but this became impossible when later levels necessitated the watching of SIX adverts to be playable. I’ve had to restart the game just so that I can actually play it. The price for ad removal is steep; I’d pay no more than £5 personally. Please take some action so that I can keep playing this otherwise fun game! ### 2/5 — Don’t waste your time *2026-08-21, version 5.2* I had this app for awhile which is the only reason I’m giving it 2 stars and not one. Now when you’re playing the game it will randomly take you out of the app and pull up the SHEIN site on your browser. Know what else does this? Malware. Set your standards a little higher and find a better game. ### 3/5 — Ads are very annoying and invasive to privacy *2026-08-20, version 5.2* I am really enjoying this game. My only complaint is that certain ads overtake the game. The Amazon affiliated ads open my Amazon app disrupting my whole vibe I guess, which is extremely annoying. I don’t like or appreciate any apps opening up on my devices without my consent. The same goes for the Foodstars ad. It completely freezes everything, and each time I try to exit, it just keeps opening my App Store and will not let me exit the ad and proceed with my game. I find this an extreme invasion of privacy and extremely annoying as well. Please fix this as soon as possible. ### 1/5 — Puro anúncio *2026-08-18* Nem dá pra jogar pq a cada segundo ele abre um anúncio ### 1/5 — 21 micro ads during one round of play! *2026-08-18, version 5.2* I used to like this game. Now, they show multiple micro ads of just a few seconds throughout one round of playing a level. Many of these ads don’t even say what they’re advertising. Clearly, they’re pushing for people to pay $7.99 to be ad-free…. so suddenly they clog it up with CONSTANT ads. These adds don’t earn points or anything at all. They just butt in with a flash from a short video. Sometimes there are three in a row, with just one second of being back to the game. I used to find this to be a nice, relaxing game to play before going to sleep, but these micro ads are not relaxing. If they’re not gone in a few days, I’ll move on to something else. There are plenty of other options for games to play. ADDED: I came back the next day after counting 39 micro ads during one round of play!! I’ve decided to use up my points and then delete this game…. unless I get too frustrated to even finish my next round. ### 1/5 — Excesso de propagandas *2026-08-18* A cada minuto, no meio so jogo abre uma propaganda do qual nao cliquei, redirecionando para fora do jogo, e quando você volta pro jogo ele te força ver outra propaganda. Isso tudo para te forçar a comprar o jogo “sem anuncios”. Agora eu lembrei porque desinstalei o jogo anteriormente. Impossível de jogar. ### 1/5 — 21 micro ads during one round of play! *2026-08-16, version 5.2* I used to like this game. Now, they show multiple micro ads of just a few seconds throughout one round of playing a level. Many of these ads don’t even say what they’re advertising. Clearly, they’re pushing for people to pay $7.99 to be ad-free…. so suddenly they clog it up with CONSTANT ads. These adds don’t earn points or anything at all. They just butt in with a flash of short video. I used to find this to be a nice, relaxing game to play before going to sleep, but these micro ads are not relaxing. If they’re not gone in a few days, I’ll move on to something else. There are plenty of other options for games to play. ### 2/5 — Anúncios demais *2026-08-15* O jogo é ótimo, mas a cada minuto aparece uma propaganda que eu não cliquei, fica insuportável, nã o dá mais pra jogar. ### 1/5 — Horrível *2026-08-15* Antes dava pra jogar de boa, agora a cada um clique abre um anúncio ou direciona pra páginas que não cliquei, tá horrível jogar hoje em dia ### 1/5 — Bugs *2026-08-14* Eu amo esse jogo porém recentemente eu não consigo jogar de tanto anúncio, mas não é anúncios a cada nível, tem um bug que quando eu estou jogando ele fica abrindo o anúncio, aí eu fecho e tento voltar a jogar e ele abre de novo, infelizmente vou ter que desinstalar ### 2/5 — Ridiculous Ads *2026-08-14, version 5.2* The ads were already frustrating but now the ads pop up IN THE MIDDLE of the game!! Like every 10 seconds I’m getting an ad. It’s super annoying. I used to love this game but now it’s just annoying to play. So sad. ### 1/5 — Propagandas *2026-08-14* Propagandas entre as fases do jogo é aceitável, agora propagandas o tempo todo durante o jogo sem condições nenhuma. Já desinstalado ### 1/5 — So many ads *2026-08-14, version 5.2* You get an ad break every single time you beat a level, sometimes you get them in the level and you cannot x out or skip them till 30-60 seconds in, games fun but DAMN SO MANY ADS it’s literally unplayable ### 1/5 — Pessimo *2026-08-13* Impossível jogar. Anúncios abrindo de 2 em 2 segundos ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Add Central *2026-09-05, version 5.5* I downloaded the game when they first came out, and it was great, but as of its current development, the ads make it unplayable. Every item that you move triggers an ad to be pulled up to the top of the screen, and you can pull the ad back down, only for it to come right back up the moment you move another pencil piece. It’s a massive waste of time. You can’t even play outside of Wi-Fi because the ads can’t be played without Wi-Fi. Therefore, you’ll be permanently stuck on an ad every time you click anything on the screen. ### 1/5 — Ads stuck on 1st game *2026-09-04, version 5.5* 1st game ad for drawing then 2 more ads then back to drawing ad. Can’t get rid so that’s the end of what I thought would be an interesting game 😟 ### 1/5 — Impossible to solve *2026-08-27, version 5.5* Impossible to solve some levels without using clings to buy tricks and stuff. If you’re going to make a puzzle game it should be solvable without the extras even if it’s difficult it shouldn’t be impossible ### 1/5 — Constant ads / buy to win *2026-08-25, version 5.5* Some levels are literally impossible without abilities etc… and constant ads every level or in the middle of a level! ### 1/5 — Ads are so bad *2026-08-24, version 5.5* The ads were always very annoying on this game. Lately, the shein website just pops out of nowhere and takes me to my browser. Also, the ads are not 30 seconds long anymore but 90-120 seconds. I got a 4 minute one and decided it was too much and deleted the app ### 1/5 — The ads have gotten insufferable *2026-08-23, version 5.5* I used to play this game a couple years ago and redownloaded it because I really enjoyed it. There was always ads in between each level which I didn’t enjoy but put up with, now it feels like there’s an ad every time I clear a color. I genuinely am constantly closing out of an ad and it ruins the playing experience. I really do like the game and enjoy the design of it, I just wish they didn’t sell their soul for revenue. ### 1/5 — Awful *2026-08-23, version 5.5* Only play if you want a pop up ad every tap… ### 1/5 — More ads than playing *2026-08-20, version 5.2* 30 seconds playing, then 30 seconds ads, how can that be real? so annoying ### 1/5 — Ads are getting out of hand *2026-08-20, version 5.2* This game has always had a lot of ads but lately they have tripled. Every few seconds a random Shein ad pops up forcing me to leave the game and takes me to the Shein website. Aside from that there are also ads every time you close and open the game and every time you finish a level. It’s getting to a point where it’s becoming unplayable. ### 1/5 — Ads make it unplayable *2026-08-18, version 5.2* I’ve played this for a while and the ads were not terribly intrusive (sometimes you had to watch to finish levels, but otherwise minimal), but now I get ads popping up every 3 moves. Don’t know what happened. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — PENCIL SORT *2026-09-02, version 5.5* WITH BACK TO SCHOOL SEASON HERE. I KNOW THAT PENCILS ARE VERY ESSENTIAL TO GOOD WRITING ETIQUETTE SO HERE’S THIS GAME: PENCIL SORT. Kenneth Huang. 9/02/26. ### 5/5 — Good game *2026-08-28, version 5.5* Great ### 5/5 — Не могу пройти *2026-07-07* Не могу пройти 548 уровень месяц пытаюсь ### 5/5 — Pencil sort *2026-05-22, version 5.0* Fun fun fun game ### 5/5 — tăng thêm tranh *2026-04-27, version 5.0* nên tăng thêm tranh vẽ có 81 tranh ít quá ### 5/5 — Publish paintings *2026-04-13, version 5.0* It is a fun game. But I hope there are more paintings I can draw… already finished all and son many pencil left🫩🫩🫩 ### 5/5 — Pongan más pinturas *2026-03-17, version 4.8* Ya hice todas las pinturas y compré los Marcos que quería pero aún tengo muchos lápices ### 5/5 — Будет обновление игры и уровней? *2026-02-14* Когда планируется обновление игры? ### 5/5 — Update the Rewards *2026-01-05, version 4.7* What a lovely and brilliant game. I noticed now that there were no updates for the rewards system for a while. I already claimed a high amount of pencils and want to convert it for coins. Please fix this issue as it’s a lovely game and would love to see it continuing. Thanks. ### 5/5 — 너무 화가나요 *2026-01-02* 36레벨을 못깨는 저한테 너무 화가나요 36레벨만 100번넘게 한 것 같은데 못깨겠어요 저같이 생각없이 막 하는 사람들을 위해서 쉽게좀 만들어주세요 --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. 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