The Academy User Reviews

Customer Experience

Positive experience37.5% of reviews
Neutral18.5% of reviews
Negative experience44.0% of reviews

~ Based on 232 written reviews from the US App Store.

What users say

Is The Academy Safe?

The Academy: The First Riddle appears safe based on user ratings. AppsHunter Safety Score for The Academy is 86/100.

This assessment is based on 1,258 user ratings, with an App Store average of 4.3/5.

Safety Analysis

82.0% of ratings point to a safe experience
7.2% of ratings suggest some concerns
10.8% of ratings point to a risky experience

~ Based on 1,258 App Store ratings for The Academy.

Is The Academy Legit?

The Academy: The First Riddle appears to be a legitimate app. AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for The Academy is 100/100.

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

Top reviews

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I don’t like this game because you can’t pick your gender and it won’t let me delete it

Purchases not working

Wanted to support the Devs purchased the VIP pack for no Ads. Unfortunately it doesn’t register, been charged and I still get Ads. Game is fun, some questionable puzzle decisions but monetary things not working properly is a big detractor.

J’ai un sérieux problème avec la fin

Le pire c’est que le jeu n’est même encore terminé il y a plein d’autres mystères svp mettez un chapitre 4 sinon sa n’a pas de sens

ads

hi, i’ve been having the same issue that i’ve seen on a couple reviews where i paid for no ads and im still seeing them, they aren’t as often as they were but they’re still obnoxiously there, i like the game but if it keeps bombarding me with ads i don’t want to keep playing :/

ГДЕ ОБНОВЛЕНИЯ??

Я девочка, и хочу играть за женских персонажей, исправьте пожалуйста
И сколько лет, а ничего не меняется. Можно было бы сделать отдельно свободный режим, где можно делать всё



А так идеально! Сделайте игру про Гарри Поттера пожалуйста, у вас бы получилось!🙏🙏🙏

Bought VIP pack and still had ads

Purchased the add-on and still had constant ads. Wouldn’t allow me to use hints and now says I have a negative balance of chocolate so even if I found some chocolate, it couldn’t fill the negative amount back up.
I loved the game when the pack was working but 5 minutes in, ads started back up.

Super fun, completely free with ads, some glitches and mistakes

I loved this game. I also loved that it was completely free with ads and some options for in-app purchases (which I never bought). It was a fun storyline, unique world building (which I have come to expect from SnapBreak games), and a good mystery.

On to the glitches and mistakes: I almost got stuck after chapter 1 because it simply would not move on from the cut scene. I left it alone over night and it finally went through to the next chapter.
For the mistakes: There are several moments when the riddles don’t quite match the materials you are supposed to be solving. Different names used in the riddle and on a map, the riddle is called one thing but says it is something different (not that big a deal, just surprising when it’s different). The biggest one was when it clearly meant you to solve it one way but it said the negative instead of the positive and I had to decide it was another mistake and solve it the way I was sure they meant (I was right). And sometimes the answers didn’t seem to match the question, those were very frustrating. All it needs is some simple proofreading from someone who didn’t write it.
There were also times when it would have been really fun to actually solve the problem by moving pieces around rather than just answering the question but that would probably make the game cost money to play the whole thing.
Overall a good experience and a really fun story.
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Why, just why?

Update: I eventually got through to the devs by posting a review on the duck detective game but not really sure if they doing things behind the scenes. Sorry everyone 😭

The most confounding puzzle of this game is why the devs aren't fixing it, but yet they have time to create more games. Trust me, I've tried to contact the devs, but no response. Nope, nada, nothin'.😑

This game has so many downsides that I’m deleting it. There are glitches, constant ads, typos in the dialogue, and I can’t even finish it! Sometimes the background disappears when I’m talking to someone and a few of the daily books are absolutely impossible to collect. Ads inevitably hit you every thirty seconds, and other players have paid for no ads and then still had ads. The dialogue needs to be checked out. I can’t even finish the game! I just run around with Ed and my clone in the dark tunnel! I am really disappointed. If the devs fix these issues, I’ll consider reinstalling, but they don't even seem to read these reviews anymore. But they're still making games!! Why won’t they fix this???😢

I love the gameplay and puzzles because The Academy is partly based on Professor Layton, the main reason why I got it. The next PL game isn’t coming out til 2025, so I’m just waiting here for yet another year in utter boredom…

To whoever reads this, I hope this helps you make your decision!
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Glitch

I was really enjoying the riddles and the mystery behind this game. I am on the last chapter and after the big reveal with the students and the professor, the game glitched and now I am stuck in the basement… I am not sure how to proceed from here.

Please help😡

At the last battle the game glitched and I can’t do anything please help

Waiting for second year..

I finished the game and it was actually good . I do agree that there are more puzzles but you can still keep finding the right answer even if you crossed 10 chances . All the three chapters were free . And it might have some ads but they don’t pop up every now and then. This would be even more amazing if there’s a second year to it . I hope it does have a second year . A suggestion will be that if you have a easy joystick with easy finger movements so you can rotate easily ( you know like in roblox, you can move and rotate easily and at the same time . It would be good if it’s like that) . And another suggestion is that being able to decide the gender and name of the character to make it even more connecting . I’m waiting for the second year !!!
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Don't waste your money.

Spending money on the game is pointless. If you pay to remove ads you will be disappointed because ads pop up after every scene even after paying.

Need more chapters

I wish yall could make more chapters

Fun puzzles

The puzzles are fun and challenging, but the controls to move (with iPad) are very archaic. Very difficult to move character on screen easily.

Tried to play but….

…I couldn’t figure out the navigation at all, couldn’t get where I wanted to go. It just all seemed wonky and so hard to control. It’s strange because there are so many games on iPad where navigation is flawless and easy. But not this one. I just don’t want to deal with how frustrating it is. Sorry, dev, I tried.
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I’ve bought it twice and still have ads????

Why is it that I still have ads? I purchased the game once and still had ads.. I requested a refund and bought it again, yet still ads???? What’s going wrong?

Ads

I paid for ad removal and got the ads back day after not happy at 4.99.i have requested a refund.

Fun but have glitches

I glitched it and now I’m stuck in the basement

Why, just why?

The most confounding puzzle of this game is why the devs aren't fixing it, but yet they have time to create more games. Trust me, I've tried to contact the devs, but no response. Nope, nada, nothin'.😑

This game has so many downsides that I’m deleting it. There are glitches, constant ads, typos in the dialogue, and I can’t even finish it! Sometimes the background disappears when I’m talking to someone and a few of the daily books are absolutely impossible to collect. Ads inevitably hit you every thirty seconds, and other players have paid for no ads and then still had ads. The dialogue needs to be checked out. I can’t even finish the game! I just run around with Ed and my clone in the dark tunnel! I am really disappointed. If the devs fix these issues, I’ll consider reinstalling, but they don't even seem to read these reviews anymore. But they're still making games!! Why won’t they fix this???😢

I love the gameplay and puzzles because The Academy is partly based on Professor Layton, the main reason why I got it. The next PL game isn’t coming out til 2025, so I’m just waiting here for yet another year in utter boredom…

To whoever reads this, I hope this helps you make your decision!
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Make another one please

This game was a lot of fun. I would love to play a sequel.