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France

4.64★ from 283,595 ratings · version 9.9.0 · 36 of the last 50 written reviews are one or two stars

Not enough negative reviews here to group anything honestly. There are 36, and the threshold is twelve.

Apple publishes the most recent written reviews, up to five hundred, and that is what was read — not a search for bad ones. Why so many of them are angry. The complaints above come from the 36 most recent negative ones. Newest review 3 days ago (05.09.2026), last collected yesterday.

United States

4.69★ from 1,686,659 ratings · version 9.9.0 · 36 of the last 58 written reviews are one or two stars

Levels impossible without paying money

12of the 36 read33%

Players say levels are designed to be unbeatable without spending money on power-ups, moves, or bonuses to force purchases.

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“Scam game — This game is a scam. You get to a certain level and the only way to beat it is to spend money. You used to able to eventually beat a level but now it’s just not possible. It used to be fun but it gets to a point where you can not win without spending money. This should be illegal” — ★☆☆☆☆ · English“Changes made the game no longer fun. — This game used to be great, however recent updates have made the game near impossible thus no longer fun. I’ve happily spent quite a bit money on this game over the years, however recent changes have made the game no longer enjoyable. Example, adding new challenges without a tutorial, only allowing the exact number of flowers to bloom in a level. Also changing the power-ups.…” — ★☆☆☆☆ · English“sucks — Honestly this game is nothing like advertised. The levels are extremely hard for no reason. I have never played a game that’s this impossible. Deleting” — ★☆☆☆☆ · English

Game became much harder after updates

7of the 36 read19%

Recent updates made levels significantly harder, power-ups weaker, and progression slower, ruining what was once enjoyable.

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“Changes made the game no longer fun. — This game used to be great, however recent updates have made the game near impossible thus no longer fun. I’ve happily spent quite a bit money on this game over the years, however recent changes have made the game no longer enjoyable. Example, adding new challenges without a tutorial, only allowing the exact number of flowers to bloom in a level. Also changing the power-ups.…” — ★☆☆☆☆ · English“Fun to scam — Played this game forever. Beat all the levels up to 20186. They change the algorithm. Now the game will decide if you win or lose. If the game wants you to win based on spending habits within the game then you will get every bomb in just the right place. If they don’t want you to win anymore because they want you to spend money then you will not win no matter how many bombs you have. All so they can…” — ★★☆☆☆ · English“They change the game to pay to win — They made the power up weaker the easy level impossible to beat with the amount of moves so the only way to beat the level is to pay for more moves. I do not recommend this game was enjoyable but now they have ruined it” — ★☆☆☆☆ · English

Game does not match ads shown

6of the 36 read17%

The game advertised in app store ads and other games looks nothing like the actual gameplay experience.

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“sucks — Honestly this game is nothing like advertised. The levels are extremely hard for no reason. I have never played a game that’s this impossible. Deleting” — ★☆☆☆☆ · English“Bored — Ugh. This was not like the AD… speaking of the ad, the woman says I bought some helpers instead if I hired some helpers … slave trade is a real thing! At least if you say hired, the little imaginary world is not racist!” — ★☆☆☆☆ · English“The game is not like in the ads — Disgusting, as always they buy ads in other games and in reality it has nothing to do with the ad” — ★☆☆☆☆ · Russian

Game outcome predetermined by spending habits

4of the 36 read11%

Players report the game decides wins and losses based on whether they spend money, losing after purchases and winning to encourage spending.

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“Fun to scam — Played this game forever. Beat all the levels up to 20186. They change the algorithm. Now the game will decide if you win or lose. If the game wants you to win based on spending habits within the game then you will get every bomb in just the right place. If they don’t want you to win anymore because they want you to spend money then you will not win no matter how many bombs you have. All so they can…” — ★★☆☆☆ · English“Money — I’ve noticed that every single time I pay for things on here every time that’s gone I can’t win anything. Right now I’m on an easy level and have been playing it for 2 days and can’t get past it. It happens EVERY single time I buy something. You guys won’t let me win because you want me to buy more stuff. Delete app. Done. And that’s why you collect data on purchases so you can get them to buy more.” — ★☆☆☆☆ · English“Different players different games — Some people have advantages as they role out new features in a pilot. Makes game unfair. Level 20421 was masked as an easy level but one of the most difficult. They hide extremely difficult levels as easy in order to reduce gold. Just horribly managed.” — ★☆☆☆☆ · English

Game bugs and technical failures

4of the 36 read11%

Players encounter bugs like power-up collection failures, missing features after updates, and defective in-game items.

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“Why can't I enter the game — Gema has a bug, can't get in” — ★☆☆☆☆ · VI“Firecrackers — The firecrackers are defective in this game. You set them off but they do absolutely nothing.” — ★☆☆☆☆ · English“Glitch — The last update left out the new expedition.” — ★☆☆☆☆ · English

Apple publishes the most recent written reviews, up to five hundred, and that is what was read — not a search for bad ones. Why so many of them are angry. The complaints above come from the 36 most recent negative ones. Newest review yesterday (07.09.2026), last collected today.

Germany

4.65★ from 295,971 ratings · version 9.9.0

We have not read this app's reviews yet. Apple rations that feed to about one page per address every ten minutes and refuses datacentre addresses, so the reading is done by hand — the rating above is live, the complaints are not there yet.

Apple publishes the most recent written reviews, up to five hundred, and that is what was read — not a search for bad ones. Why so many of them are angry. The complaints above come from the 0 most recent negative ones. Newest review never, last collected never.

Britain

4.67★ from 248,644 ratings · version 9.9.0

We have not read this app's reviews yet. Apple rations that feed to about one page per address every ten minutes and refuses datacentre addresses, so the reading is done by hand — the rating above is live, the complaints are not there yet.

Apple publishes the most recent written reviews, up to five hundred, and that is what was read — not a search for bad ones. Why so many of them are angry. The complaints above come from the 0 most recent negative ones. Newest review never, last collected never.

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