Look, I’m going to complain about the ad rolls. These games are so obnoxious when it comes to bombarding you with ads. I am not ignorant when it comes to the money making process, but give me a break. I’d like to be able to pause mid game to read a text without having to sit through a 30 second ad the moment I jump back into the game. Furthermore, how scummy can you be when it comes to the “gifts”. Exclusively valued at 5, 10, or 15 coins. And yet no matter which gift you select, it will NEVER be 10 or 15 coins. I have literally selected ONLY the middle box for every daily game and every landmark game for the last year since downloading the app and low and behold - it’s a 5 coin box. Let me be clear, I don’t spend money on app games. I simply don’t. My patience is far greater than the disillusionment folks play with themselves when it comes to “defeat” at the hands of a computer program. It would be nice if the algorithm wasn’t simply “the player never wins big”. I typically enjoy a simple time-to-kill phone game but have recently been bludgeoned to death by my lack of desire to watch rolling ads and supporting mindless gaming (even problem solving games like these). Ultimately, I know I’m just venting to an empty room.

THE GOOD: I have had this game since 2017. It’s been great. I even payed for the AD-FREE version of it. Easily worth that. For the 3 years of good play, I have no regrets in paying to remove ads. -now- THE BAD: I lowered my rating to 2 stars due to the new coins economy that replaced the hints. In the recent past, the daily bonus puzzles offered 1 hint for completion. Now, one “hint” costs 25 coins - and the daily bonus puzzles offer a chance to win 5, 10, or 15 coins; which are less than one hint. So I get less reward for doing the same work. In addition, the marker that displays the amount of coins you have constantly has a speech bubble saying “HEY” that can cover part of the puzzle. It’s advertising OVER the puzzle for you to purchase coins that you may not need (my hints converted to 7000+ coins, so I don’t need more coins). This, unfortunately, disrupts the game play. It was chill and tranquil, but now it is interruptive to see it pop up. If this is. To fixed, I would have to recommend finding another easy to view and play puzzle game. Decent game overall, but the new coin economy has lessened the value of your work and the intrusive attention drawing gimmick to get you to buy coins ruins the games tranquility.

*I’m adding on to my initial review because I gave this game another chance but it is just awful. I’ve had and played this game for years but now it’s rigged so you cannot win anything except 5 points. Rarely will it give out 10 and only once has it given 15 measly points. When you choose a prize button it hesitates for a second then up pops your ridiculous 5 points because in that moment of hesitation, the prizes are moved around so 5 is all you can win most of the time while they take 25 points if you use the help option. The creators of this game have ruined it and I WILL NOT BE PLAYING IT ANYMORE!! Too bad to because it was a fun game for a long time!! I used to love this game and played it every day. After your last update things were ok but then surprisingly you changed it again lowering the points amounts a player can win in the daily challenge. It also seems as if the 3 choice buttons for prize points is not as random as you would have us believe. It is almost impossible to win the highest amount of points-15-which coincidentally was the lower amount in the original game. I doubt I’ll play anymore. Very disappointing.