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Paper.io 2

United States

4.55★ from 2,863,964 ratings · version 4.37.1 · 31 of the last 125 written reviews are one or two stars

Ads interrupt gameplay constantly

9of the 31 read29%

Players report ads every 45-60 seconds, mid-game pauses, and spending more time watching ads than playing.

read 3 of these reviews
“To many ads — Every time I die there’s a ad” — ★★☆☆☆“GREAT GAME BUUUUT!!!! — I LOVE this game so so much it’s very fun very competitive BUT way way way too many ads !!?? I’m in the middle of playing and it stops my game to play an ad ??!! In the middle of playing the game likeeee are you serious? Why so greedy for ad money ???!! Please do it for the people and end the crazy amount of ads !!!!!! Overall it’s a pretty fun game the ads are what makes me want to delete it.” — ★★☆☆☆“TAKE AWAY MID GAME ADS — DUDE YOU HAVE ENOUGH ADS START AND END. WHY STOP THE STUPID. GAME. MID. PLAY. DUMB. DUMB. DUMB.” — ★☆☆☆☆

Ad close button doesn't work

3of the 31 read10%

After watching ads, the X button to close them fails, forcing players to restart the app.

read 3 of these reviews
“Wonderful game — This game is so fun and I love it but the only thing is that when I get an ad it forgets to give me a skip so I have to get off the game while I’m already so close to winning but other than that the game is wonderful and I love it” — ★☆☆☆☆“Adds can’t be closed — After watching the adds the X button to close them doesn’t work, you need to close the game and open it again. It is very annoying” — ★★☆☆☆“The ad — Yo the ads for This what the WORST you mean your gonna make me faster than of those ai’s? No that’s not fair and then when I played it it usually tells me to get it when I deleted it for a reason 1/10 I’m not a fan” — ★☆☆☆☆

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 31 most recent negative ones. Newest review 2 days ago (07.09.2026), last collected yesterday.

Germany

4.37★ from 205,166 ratings · version 4.37.1 · 30 of the last 50 written reviews are one or two stars

Not enough negative reviews here to group anything honestly. There are 30, 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 30 most recent negative ones. Newest review 3 days ago (06.09.2026), last collected 2 days ago.

France

4.45★ from 260,061 ratings · version 4.37.1 · 21 of the last 50 written reviews are one or two stars

Not enough negative reviews here to group anything honestly. There are 21, 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 21 most recent negative ones. Newest review 3 days ago (06.09.2026), last collected 2 days ago.

Britain

4.53★ from 486,003 ratings · version 4.37.1 · 16 of the last 55 written reviews are one or two stars

Not enough negative reviews here to group anything honestly. There are 16, 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 16 most recent negative ones. Newest review 2 days ago (07.09.2026), last collected today.

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