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From 117,278 ratings · 1★ share 6% (was 6% four weeks ago).

1. ★☆☆☆☆ Rigged even with pay Mel B Lamour · 11 Oct 2026
   Let me start by saying: Despite the low rating, I like the gameplay. What I don’t like is that you have to heavily rely on items to actually beat the levels. I also had issues with the constant barrage of ads everytime I did anything. I was so sick of it that I paid to have ads reduced. The problem is that they take away your ability to consent to watching ads to gain coins or items or extra boxes. I know, “well you paid for less ads”, but most games still give you the option to consent to ads of your own volition to get items even after you pay for less ads. Now the only way you can get coin

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   s and items is if you beat a level, participate in events or keep paying for coins. Events are dependent on beating levels and beating them quick. If you get stuck on a level and don’t have enough coins to get a second chance, you fail and you lose some of the bonus currency for events (ie:keys) each time, effectively putting you in a loop of purchases to keep playing. I’m so disappointed in this game cuz I’ve been trying to look for it since I had first found it from an ad playing another game a long time ago. The devs should consider giving players the option to consent to watching ads even if they pay for a reduced ad experience, or at least inform players that they will lose out on consenting to ads to get free stuff if they pay for reduced ads.
2. ★★☆☆☆ Was fun until the ads I rarely review things · 4 Oct 2026
   I was enjoying the game until around level 10. At first it was great. I could move from one level to the next without interruption. And then there started to be an option to watch an ad if a level was too hard. That’s fine, i understand that. But then after each level you won, an ad started playing at the end without the option to skip until after you’ve watched part of it. Then, an ad banner started appearing while I was actually playing each level and would get in the way of my play. It felt like the further I got in the game the longer or more frequent the ads became. Eventually, it was too

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   much for me so I deleted the game. Some of the ads lasted for full minutes and many played several times even after I hit “not interested”. One in particular, Gossip Hunter, felt especially icky to me as it’s a game where you help a mother and daughter “renovate their home” which means watch them starve and freeze while you play games that result in coins filling up the jars they’re begging for money with. Those ads were particularly frustrating for me as it felt distasteful and were often AI or a man advertising it. All in all, the game was fun for me but the effort to actually play it became too much for it to sustainably be enjoyable.
3. ★★☆☆☆ UI is obnoxious... ddc444 · 16 Aug 2026
   I enjoy playing this game (even tho sometimes the AI will purposefully give you colors it knows you can't reach), but the user interface is extremely aggravating. First, you open the app, and you have to click out of SO many pop ups for events and bonus games. I counted 7 pop ups in a row once. Some of them take you straight to a minigame and forces you to complete a tutorial before you can exit. I just want to play the normal levels!! If I wanted to play a special event, I would click on the event! They'll even show the pop ups after you finish each level. There's no escape. Also, once you're

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   in a level, the camera angles are super weird and it's hard to rotate. Some shapes will rotate to where you can barely even reach the screws because they're off screen. I also HATE the auto-rotate feature when you're idle for a few seconds. I would love to be able to turn that off. I don't want to be focusing or thinking about my next move and the whole screen just starts rotating. Lastly, they keep saying they removed the Shein ads that pop up at the bottom and automatically open up a browser, but then they always come back eventually with exactly the same issue. Just stop letting Shein advertise on your game at this point, c'mon.
4. ★☆☆☆☆ Borderline unplayable now xxVisenya · 9 Jul 2026
   I almost never write reviews, and was genuinely enjoying this game for a while. Unfortunately over the past couple days the game has basically become unplayable due to the forced SHEIN ads opening in my browser. I didn’t care for the ad breaks after each level, but it didn’t stop me from playing the game. Same with voluntarily watching an ad in order to unlock an extra block and not lose a life, because it feels impossible to earn enough coins to avoid watching the ads. However, after 100+ levels the game is now opening ads in my browser non-stop even without clicking the banner. It happens CO

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   NSTANTLY, throws off my concentration and is so irritating that for my own sanity I’m going to have to stop playing this game. I was curious if other people had experienced this, and seeing all the other recent reviews saying the same, I felt inclined to add my voice in hopes that this might be fixed. I saw there was an update available and thought maybe I just need to update and the forced browser ads would stop, but some people are saying this happens after the update. Such a shame. I was willing to put up with the ads after each level, and the low amount of coins earned per level, but this really is just too much- genuinely so irritating & feels slimy. I feel bad giving 1 star to a game I otherwise enjoy, and would be happy to write a new review if this is fixed…
5. ★★☆☆☆ This game hates you. peace⭐️ · 21 Jun 2026
   It would be a lie to say this game isn’t fun. It’s supper satisfying when you finally beat a difficult level. It’s fun when you win several levels in a row but this game absolutely hates you. The boxes actively gives you colors that are impossible to complete and any type of strategy is thrown out when the game heavily relies on luck. There’s many tools that you could use to help but when they cost 200+ coins and each level only gives you ten after completion, youre in for a long one. There’s many game actually would give you a second chance if you watch ads which is very helpful but the secon

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   d and I mean the second you decide to spend your actual money, you had a couple extra dollars why not buy one of the 3$ options the game provides for purchasing, the game decides that it hates you once more. Gone are the days of watching ads for an extra box. Gone are the days of watching ads to get a second chance. You have spent your money and the game wants all of it. I no doubt the developers have made it that once you spend your money, the game increases in difficulty and will force you to spend more money, all because you did it once. I hate this game as much as it hates me.
6. ★☆☆☆☆ Do not buy the remove ads Ethanator924 · 1 Apr 2026
   The game was really fun till I decided to pay to remove ads. There’s a mandatory ad at the end of every level and then there’s optional ads. You can watch to gain new color boxes for your screws to go into and some other stuff. I assumed that the mandatory ad at the end of the level would be removed, and that either the optional ads would become free or you could still watch the ad for the benefit. I was mistaken, while the mandatory ad was removed so was the possibility to watch optional ads and they were not provided for free so now if you want to have any of those benefits that make levels

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   easier, you have to spend coins and it’s a lot of coins you have to spend. Just to unlock one color box for a level to make the level easier you would have to win around 28 levels. Just to get enough coins if you weren’t gonna spend money. I don’t like them to be particularly challenging so I like to unlock those boxes so before I was using ads to unlock them. However, now, I can not even watch an ad even if I want to and have to spend a lot of coins. If I want to get more coins, I have to spend more money. Buying the option to remove ads ruined the game for me. I want to undo that purchase or at least leave the possibility to watch ads to make the game easier available compared to just completely removing it and forcing players to spend more money on the game. I loved the game until now and now I can barely play it.
7. ★★☆☆☆ Great except for… Amanda.Holloway.1 · 28 Dec 2025
   Update: I am very grateful and extremely thankful that you finally fixed the overheating issue, HOWEVER… I among many others, I can imagine, are extremely frustrated that you have taken away the ability to watch ads for help when you get stuck on a level. Having to use an over abundance of in game money just to be able to get past too many levels is absurd! I have had to use way more of my helping tools than I ever should need. That coupled with the fact that now the game loves to freeze after you’ve used multiple of the helpers… it’s almost not even worth playing at all! Please bring back the

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   ability to watch ads for help with levels when you need it!!!! And FIX the freezing problems please!!! I absolutely loved playing this game, however before a couple updates ago it would cause my phone to overheat, so I could only play a couple puzzles before having to let my phone cool down, well they fixed that and everything was going great until I guess the recent update. Before you could watch an ad to get an extra whole, or watch an ad unlock an additional box, now they’ve taken the ad options away and if you get stuck your only option is to pay 190 of your in game coins, and you get stuck A LOT!
8. ★★☆☆☆ LOVE’d IT But.. Petals B. · 7 Nov 2025
   This game has easily become one of my favorites, I spend a lot of time & more money than I care to admit on this game. But there a couple things that bug me. First after I paid for the ad free version, there are no more opportunities to even choose ads as an option for more lives or extra coins, you just have to keep spending money or wait til you earn enough through the levels to use. It’s very frustrating and I don’t understand why you only get 10 coins after you complete a level, when all the supplies you need is closer to 200+ coins & sometimes you spend hrs on a level just for 10 coins. T

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   hat should be rethought out! My other issue is the extra screw holes, why if I fill the last screw hole does it end the game? Don’t leave an extra hole there if I’m not able to use it I mean what sense does that make? Oh yeah on the Home Screen of the game, the bottom right tab always says “Coming Soon”. Makes me think no one is really working on real consumer beneficial updates on this game. UPDATE: Now at level 119 & it’s starting to glitch or flicker, then I have to force close which starts me all over. About ready to delete the game. LAST UPDATE: I’m on level 209 & I’m done. It’s just not worth it, they don’t give you enough for what you end up paying. It’s at the point where you HAVE to pay for stuff to get thru a level only to get 10 coins at the end. I’m done.. DELETE & I DO NOT RECOMMEND
9. ★☆☆☆☆ Don’t waste your money on this game!!! Becomes tedious and obvious money grab cl676 · 8 Aug 2025
   I enjoyed this game (initially) and maybe I’m not as good at it as I thought I would be (which is certainly possible). However, there are just levels you cannot beat without cheats. They purposefully keep one or two colors from coming up (while having the same color come up 2-4 times in a row) so you get stuck- usually right around the same place every single time. I have started playing a game within the game trying to guess which color is going to screw me (pun intended) at the beginning of the level. Sometimes it’s super obvious, sometimes it’s a surprise. I will spend some money bu

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   t not a lot. If you have no cheats, you don’t move on and you can’t earn cheats. So paying is the only option. I happily paid to have the ads removed but I did not realize I would lose out on being able to watch an ad to earn a cheat. I would do that (which is different than watching an ad after every level) vs spending 190 coins (they go so quickly when you only earn 10-20 coins per win and it’s impossible to win certain levels). It has become less fun, annoying and clearly a money grab. Wish I didn’t pay to go ad free as I will likely quit this game being stuck with no option but to fork out more money. Not paying one more cent as it is a rip off.
10. ★☆☆☆☆ And I thought EA was bad… The Real Dyldog · 13 Jun 2025
    I don’t write product reviews, but feel I had to here. I’ve been playing for at least a month, at first for hours upon hours and then for only five-ish minutes as the greed the developer put into the game slowly drained the joy out of it. This game has an annoying hidden feature that forces you to lose 2/3 of the levels (always about halfway through), by giving you boxes for colored screws you can’t access whatsoever, as the same colored ones before were used and now the only ones left for this stretch of not-so-random RNG are buried behind pieces that will leave your empty screw slots full fi

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    rst, causing you to lose. The way around this? Watching 1-2 minute long ads for each additional boxes or small amount of tools you can use to help in a pinch. You can also earn coins to buy these things, but that process is slow goings and for how often you need the tools, it isn’t enough. That leaves players who don’t want to lose but also don’t want to watch ads to have to buy the coins, which very much isn’t worth it for how often this fake RNG occurs. Could the issue be fixed by buying the ad free pack? I doubt it. It would probably only take out the ad breaks between levels. Simply put: If you want to waste your money on a dopamine rush/out of boredom, it’d be cheaper to beat the Waterworld arcade game from The Simpsons.

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