Zen Shards User Reviews

Customer Experience

Positive experience79.6% of reviews
Neutral6.7% of reviews
Negative experience13.7% of reviews

~ Based on 417 written reviews from the US App Store.

What users say

Is Zen Shards Safe?

Zen Shards - Idle Merge Game appears safe based on user ratings. AppsHunter Safety Score for Zen Shards is 96/100.

This assessment is based on 3,165 user ratings, with an App Store average of 4.8/5.

Safety Analysis

95.9% of ratings point to a safe experience
1.7% of ratings suggest some concerns
2.4% of ratings point to a risky experience

~ Based on 3,165 App Store ratings for Zen Shards.

Is Zen Shards Legit?

Zen Shards - Idle Merge Game appears legitimate, with a few gaps. AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Zen Shards is 78/100.

Based on 78 of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.

Top reviews

もっと拡張して欲しいです

ゲームコンセプトも素晴らしいし、わかりやすくて楽しいが、その反面現状エンドコンテンツや深さに欠けるのまた事実。
ある程度やると、アプグレが単調になってくるし、できることもなくなって、正直放置して眺めるだけの飾りになっている、まあそれでもみてて楽しいけどね?
プリズムの使い道もかなり限られてて、課金するほどでもなく、欲しいものは無課金でも十分買えてしまう。
開発ペース見るに、おそらく趣味レベルで進めてると思うが、今後のアップデートに期待ですね。

広告なし5日間900円

広告を見ることでのゲーム体験の損なわれ方が著しい。Zenというゲームの根幹を崩していないだろうか。さっさと買い切りにしたいのだが、サブスクとしてもこの価格設定は信じられない。3日ほどプレイしてハマりそうだったが、起動して5分は広告を見続けなければならないのがしんどくて、流石に他に面白いゲームが沢山ある時代でこのゲームは続けられない。

Great!

Beat FREE game without annoying ads. Humble devs. Support them

楽しい、爽快、詰んだら強くてニューゲーム

正直こういうゲームかなり好きだし広告も強制じゃないからありがたいけど1~2日ほど前からゲームに入ってもフリーズして動かない

Response from developer

Hi there, thanks for your review! Sorry to hear that! If the in-gane Feedback button works, could you please send me an email from there? It would allow me to investigate and fix the issue, hopefully. Much appreciated!

Strangely compelling to play…

I found this “game” a few months ago and have played it consistently since (105 days now).

I’m not sure why.

There is very little gameplay to this game - even for an idle game.

However it is oddly compelling to watch, listen to, and simply zone out to while it is running.

It is indeed quite Zen - at least for me. Some days I might just check in, click a few boosts or upgrades, and then leave. Other days I might be in it for long enough I need to connect my phone to a power source. Just watching, listening to the music, and slowly upgrading.

I’m not going to say this is the best part of my day, however it most certainly is a very, very nice distraction from doom scrolling and other games.

5 stars.
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This game is amazing!

Awesome game. Its pretty, its relaxing, the sounds are on point and they got the ads right too! The progression doesnt feel that annoying either, you dont get stuck for hours on one level, you can just reset and come back more powerful. You have all the control as the player and its so nice.

You dont have to watch any ads but any you do watch add up and you get rewarded for that over time also.

When im ever looking for a new game, this is the developer i will be coming to first.

Thank you for doing this game right :)
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Perfect

I praise you for making a simple, visually appealing game with 0 involuntary ads. Exactly what I was looking for. Thank you

Recent update

Whatever the most recent update was completely bricked the game for me. It completely crashes whenever I open it.

Aside from that, it’s an awesome game. It has ads but none of them are forced on you an occasionally the game gives you a free boost when you hit an optional ad.

Slow but satisfying

This is a game for slow steady dopamine rushes. It has a nice build up and is great to play long term! The longer you have the game the better the gameplay gets. While It’s not a play to win I do find satisfaction in buying a few in game upgrades because the devs clearly spend a lot of time into the mechanics and UI. It’s not like one of those falsely advertised ad games. The game design is clear and simple without being boring. I like to play when I have some down time. AMAZING JOB DEVS!!
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進展がゆっくり

弾を強くして壁を壊して詰まってきたらリセットしてボーナスゲットして1から。複数の弾が壁にぶつかりまくってるのが見てて気持ちが良い。ボーナスゲットするのはいいけど1からなのが少々面倒。ボーナスの恩恵もあまり感じにくいのも残念な所。ただ弾を増やすだけじゃなく一時的、永続的など強化項目が多いのは良かった。広告を見た後だったりしばらく時間空けてからログインした時の開発者とおぼしき文章が丁寧で好意的なのが地味に好きだった。
広告を見ようとしたら稀に広告ではなく、開発者がこちらの体調を気にかけている文章が出てくるのは可愛さを感じた。

Love idle games

I love idle games as I go through phases where I can forget games for months. This one is not at risk of being forgotten right now I love the idea of watching the shards disappear and levelling up.

Was getting confused by the restart sparks and tokens for spending on enhancements. Can’t remember the specific names would be cool if could do something with the restart bonus other than damage (e.g like a skill tree) maybe something later in game as I have only reached level 250 ish
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Relaxing

I use this to fall asleep with relaxing music and satisfying pings

Fun and simple

I like to play this when I'm trying to go to sleep. You can choose an option in settings to keep the screen on without touching it, and watching the little arrows go is relaxing. I'm currently at level 440 or so, and I have 1 million soul sparks with a bonus of 11 million (after maxing out the soul spark bonus upgrade). I've seen on reddit that people have rarely gotten to level 700, but not much past that. It would be nice to have some sort of prestige system in addition to the soul spark resets, like the option to gain a permanent x2 bonus after 1 million soul sparks collected, or something?
Also, there is an unofficial reddit and discord, but an official one with a suggestions box that the developers actually read would be very appreciated.
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No ad free version

Paid $9 for ad free and it’s for only 5 days

Great game! ZERO forced ads!

Really enjoying this game, constant progress (uses the “prestige” method to effectively reset and progress back quicker!), handy hints and explainers are very much appreciated as there is a LOT going on in what looks deceptively simple.
Zero forced ads, but you can choose to watch a 30-second one here or there to provide buffs (or save your thumbs!!)
Great work, well done!
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Why I Like This Game

I like this game mainly cause it helps me fiddle with stuff and it helps with my ADHD as I can focus and release energy buying a ton of upgrades so I rate it a 5 also cause it is free it is cool one main thing that would have made this like a 3 rating is all the stuff that’s like you can buy this or buy that but everything else is perfect so I chose 5 also the sounds are amazing
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Best game ever

It’s just goated idk what to say I mean it’s fun and relaxing

dev is cool

the dev is so cool and respectful to players i really enjoy playing his or her game

Ads oh oh

The ads in this game seem to be getting longer and longer still a good game but ads it nice once and a blue moon you get a skip but far and few in between guess it’s just the way it is theses day in a money hungry world just not sure it’s worth the time anymore a lot of these games are just turning into ad generators or pay to play
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So great it makes me fall asleep

The title may sound weird, but hear me out, right?

As somebody who has constant sleep scheduling issues and possibly even sleep deprivation, sometimes I need to just get whatever energy out by playing a game, but sometimes that adrenaline comes right back sadly, and then I’m not getting any sleep that night

However, with this game, the calm, serine, and almost cosmic-like soundtrack actually HELPS me in falling asleep quite often

It helps that this game also doesn’t take up too much processing power, so I can ACTUALLY keep it running overnight on the charger without effecting my actual charging where sometimes it’ll limit your battery to only 80%

Additionally, the sounds the game makes when shards are broken always seem to be timed well with the music, again, helping with the ability to fall asleep while playing this game

Like other people have said, I appreciate the ad breaks where we get the rewards without watching an ad sometimes, I’m not sure what the algorithm or percentage chance there is of this, but I genuinely wish every mobile game I’ve played now had this feature as well

I feel like this is the first time in a while I’ve seen mobile game devs that actually care about the user experience, rather than making a quick buck

I know how rare the chance might be, but devs, if you see this, thanks, you’re literally helping me with getting my sleep schedule back on track, which also helps with mental health, among other things

👍
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