# Tricky Challenge 3-New Chapter — user reviews > 50 indexed App Store user reviews of Tricky Challenge 3 by Hongyang Li, rated 2.80/5 from 514 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/tricky-challenge-3-new-chapter/id1352927928/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/tricky-challenge-3-new-chapter/id1352927928.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 198 · 4★ 23 · 3★ 22 · 2★ 20 · 1★ 251 ## What do users think of Tricky Challenge 3? Overall sentiment: negative **Pros** - 🧠 Brain-teasing and challenging puzzles - ⏰ Good time-killer entertainment - 💰 Affordable in-game currency system - 🎮 Creative and unique challenge designs - 🔄 Helps develop different perspectives on problem-solving **Cons** - 📺 Excessive forced ad-watching for hints - ❌ Illogical and unsolvable puzzles without hints - ⭐ Forced 5-star rating requirement to progress - 🤷 Vague and unclear puzzle instructions - 💔 Poor English translation and grammar - 🎲 Random puzzle mechanics with no learning curve - 🚫 Unclear game controls and available actions - 🎤 Invasive microphone permission requirements - 😤 Hints often unhelpful or repetitive - 🔧 Broken game mechanics (unresponsive shake, blow features) - 📱 Frequent app crashes and freezes **Commonly reported bugs** - App crashes frequently and unexpectedly - Game freezes requiring restart to continue - Microphone input not registering properly - Phone shake/vibration mechanics unresponsive - Blow-into-microphone feature non-functional - Hints not working after watching ads - Game resets progress after leaving overnight - Brightness control gets stuck on certain levels - Puzzle solutions don't work despite following hints correctly **Most requested features** - Clear tutorial explaining available game mechanics - Logical puzzle design with learnable patterns - Optional ads instead of forced ad-watching - Ability to rate app honestly without blocking progression - Better hint system with more helpful clues - Improved English translation and text clarity - Easier early levels for skill progression - Fix for microphone and sensor-based level mechanics ## Newest reviews (10 of 50) ### 3/5 — Ads *2019-01-31, version 1.27* If you’re going to force people to watch full ads in between levels you should give free coins like people receive for watching voluntary ads. Otherwise give the option other games have and close the ad out after 5 seconds. It’s VERY annoying ### 4/5 — Great game, just a tiny problem. *2019-01-05, version 1.25* On one of the levels it said “blow in the microphone” I have blown so hard to where I get light headed and it still will not work , other than that it’s great ### 2/5 — An okay game *2018-10-29, version 1.22* Doesn’t tell you much of tactics available to you so you have no idea what you can and can’t do to pass levels. Like I wasn’t aware you could shake your phone or rub the screen until I finally paid for a hint. One level MAKES YOU give them a 5 star review in order to pass the level which is ridiculous. Also the first “hint” you buy is hardly ever helpful. Also the actual tricks themselves could be much better and have way more thought put into them. ### 1/5 — One of the worst. *2018-10-17, version 1.19* This is probably one of the worst mind games I have ever played. Half of the objects don’t work until u ask for clues and then they magically work, one that sticks in mind is the ostrich, I yelled in my phone and it didn’t work until I did a clue, this game was literally made so the creator can get paid from adds. DONT WASTE YOUR TIME. ### 1/5 — Not worth the time *2018-10-16, version 1.19* Usually I don’t write reviews on anything unless I really enjoy it... but omg this game is ridiculous.. you have to use the hint most of the time and it doesn’t let you continue unless que give the 5 stars.. if I could give no stars I would ### 1/5 — Poor Quality, Not Fun, Requires Mic Access *2018-09-08, version 1.19* I love puzzle games and riddles and the like. This game is not a good form of any of those. The puzzles are not satisfying to solve at all. The mechanics aren’t straight forward, which I can forgive, but the puzzles ultimately just feel like they’re cheating or trolling you. The instructions are either too vague or written in a way that doesn’t actually help you find a solution. Like “help this person find cover” but the answer is to move the clouds out of the way. A good riddle would have a logic thought process to the answer, but to find cover doesn’t meant take the rain clouds away. “Protect them from the rain” would be better. There’s a lot of broken English in parts. “Restore Pay” button on the screen to remove ads instead of “Restore Purchase” and other similar phrases. This makes me wonder if the poorly phrased puzzles are intentional or not, but either way it doesn’t translate well. Finally, this app REQUIRES mic access. With the all the buzz around whether or not your phone is listening, the game isn’t do itself any favors by asking for mic access all the time. I don’t feel like I can trust the app to not be listening to more than it should especially when there was no indication of mic-based solutions in the (admittedly few) levels I played. ### 5/5 — Great app *2018-09-06, version 1.19* It helps you think about the tricky problems ### 4/5 — Hard challenging and fun *2018-09-01, version 1.19* This game is so fun and hard when you play this game I recommend you don’t think because if you do you make it harder for yourself there just simple tasks. This game is so fun I don’t care what anyone says oh should download it I give credit to the people that made this game good job 👍I hope you make more games like this and someday I hope you get a high pay because it was worth the game. ### 1/5 — Great Concept, Asinine Execution *2018-08-26, version 1.18* This game looked interesting, entertaining, and enjoyable. I was quite disappointed with the reality of the game. While there is a minuscule about of thinking and strategy involved, it seems that the only real way to pass a level is to repeatedly tap, swipe, pinch, etc. on your phone screen. There are no directions on which functions work or which will be used in the game in general. Seems like the real purpose of this game is to push users to watch hundreds of ads, so they can get more coins, to in turn, use as a means for securing a hint. I would not recommend this game to anyone. Literally. I cannot think of person who would find this exciting and enjoyable. Please just delete this from the App Store. 😬🤷🏻‍♀️ #someonehadtosayit ### 1/5 — Not a good game *2018-08-23, version 1.18* Most levels are random. You have to use both hints on almost everyone unless you can figure it out by just vigorously shaking your phone or tapping the screen. It would be a much better game if there was a rhythm to every level not just half of them. Also there is a lot of errors for example level 44 says “Little Jon these days are a bit swollen, give him a lesson!” It could just be me but I’m not sure what that even means.. **Developer response:** Dear user: The theme of the game is about tricky, of course your can click magnifying glass to get clue. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Creator is obviously forcing you to watch ads *2020-04-04, version 1.45* Any time I would try to get a hint from the game you have to watch a 15-30 second ad and half of the time it would say it would not work after I watch the ad, the game is overall boring and not fun, not to mention he tried to make you rate it 5 stars like a scum bag, game is horrible don’t download it, it’s a waste of you’re time. ### 1/5 — Terrible game!! *2019-06-21, version 1.33* I’m only on level two and i already hate it! it doesn’t even make sense! how do i “stun the player” like it says in the hint? i just don’t get it! Also, i used a hint to tell me that and i needed another one, so i wasted another 20 coins just to get the same hint! ### 1/5 — Didn’t like the game at all *2019-04-22, version 1.32* There is almost no way of figuring out most of them because the answers make literally no sense at all. You have to watch videos over and over to receive coins so it will give you the answer. Then you move to the next one and it’s just as dumb. None of the answers make any sense at all so no one would ever think to do it, meaning all your going to be doing is watching videos to get coins to get answers. Over and over and over. ### 1/5 — Terrible. Utterly terrible. *2019-02-16, version 1.28* Completely nonsensical, there’s one dumb and unhelpful hint, then you’re given the answer?? Broken english everywhere, puzzles are extremely dumb, this is just a money grab. You have to watch ads to get coins to unlock “hints”, which are literally just like “I’ll tell you what you’ve already pieced together and then i’ll give you the impossible-to-figure-out answer so you can move on.” And it’s terrible. This is not a puzzle game. This is just a disgrace. There are so many things wrong with this app, what i’ve already explained is *barely* even the tip of the iceberg. Have only played for literally two minutes, only gotten to level 5, will be deleting this trash ASAP. Don’t waste your time on this. ### 1/5 — Literally what? *2019-01-25, version 1.27* This game literally is garbage. It has one level where you have to rate the game as a 5 star... it's not. Then another has you try to avoid implied forced anal... I'm not joking. Then the next level is literally making a dude a rapper by giving him gold chains, and putting a mop on his head, then shaking the phone to give him sunglasses and a joint.... and the shaking is unresponsive. ### 1/5 — Don’t download this *2019-01-20, version 1.26* This is actually one of the worst games i have ever played it is an ad trap and is not user friendly because it doesnt tell you what things you can control so you keep guessing and failing until you somehow make it ### 1/5 — Enjoyed at first *2019-01-18, version 1.26* Was planning to give about 3 stars. When I see that I have to rate 5 stars to get to the next level. That’s a shame. I won’t be playing this ever again because you’r Le fishing for positive reviews, and instead, karma gave you mostly negative ones. ### 1/5 — Not intuitive at all *2019-01-08, version 1.26* The puzzles here rarely are made possible to solve by clever thinking or applying reason. Usually they just amount to you having to shake your phone for no obvious reason. I recall one puzzle where part of the solution was to shake your phone so that sunglasses magically appear on the characters head. I was only able to figure that one out because I had already adjusted to the games crap factor and realized that you just need to try shaking the phone every puzzle. Bottom line, skip this one. ### 1/5 — Puzzles have no logic *2018-11-28, version 1.24* The only way to solve the puzzle is to ask for a clue that you can purchase with coins. You can either watch videos or actually purchase the virtual currency. After level 5 you will probably give up or be extremely discouraged. I made it to level 10 thinking I might be able to figure out the games tricks. The puzzles have no logic so don’t waste your time. Wish I could get the 10 minutes back I spent on watching ads back. ### 1/5 — Not good at all *2018-11-05, version 1.22* I don’t care who you are, there’s almost no way to solve any of these puzzles on your own on the first try, given a couple easy exceptions. I get that it’s supposed to be tricky, but the thing with tricks is that you can learn from them; with these levels you feel like you’re starting back at level one with no idea what you’re doing, then you find yourself wildly shaking your phone or tapping like a mad man ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Kinda hard *2019-08-29, version 1.34* It really is hard ### 5/5 — Me *2019-07-25, version 1.33* I love this app and all of the other ones I hope u make more ### 5/5 — Awesome!! *2019-06-30, version 1.33* I absolutely love it! I love how we just have to watch ads to get coins for hints! Definitely recommend playing!! ### 5/5 — LOVE *2019-06-03, version 1.32* I personally love this game I give it 5 stars cause it helps you focus and doesn’t frustrate you like every other game does and the price amount for hints is affordable I hope y’all would enjoy this ### 5/5 — Very good game *2019-04-22, version 1.31* Its a very fun game and great to play when trying to pass time. Right amount of challenge. Overall a great game!😁 ### 5/5 — Wow! *2019-02-24, version 1.30* Well what can I say about Tricky Challenge 3? I don’t know, I’ve never played it. ### 5/5 — Very Enjoyable! *2019-02-17, version 1.28* I really do like this game and I suggest you to get. It tests out your mentality and your IQ. These brain exercises are so much fun and are such an awesome time killer. I shall rare this game 5 stars😁! ### 5/5 — Challenging!! *2019-01-14, version 1.26* it gets frustrating at a point but makes you have a different perspective on how to take situations. ### 5/5 — Challenging but fun *2019-01-06, version 1.25* I first got this game and I thought it was probably not a fun game but then I tried it out and it was really fun and really challenging to! ### 5/5 — Goooood *2019-01-03, version 1.25* I enjoy how it isn’t easy roast problems, it gives you a challenge. --- *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 2026-06-10.*