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Arrow Maze - Escape Puzzle
SayGames LTD · 78,933 ratings · ★ 4.7
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Top complaints - extracted from 19 negative reviews
Recurring phrases mined from 1-2★ reviews. The bigger the percentage, the more users have the same problem. Fix the top 2-3 in your version and you have product-market fit on day one.
1
"game"
14 negative reviews mention this · 74% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Disappointing. Every time you do an update you get fewer extra tries, longer ads, and you can still only get maximum 30 points a game and it takes 500 points to get five extra tries this game has stopped being enjoyable. Now, all you want us to do is wat…" - Biker Honey
2
"another"
5 negative reviews mention this · 26% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Unethical advertising practices. I love this game and I have found my ability to track with my eyes much improved. That said, the ads have progressed to the point the take over my iPad, At first it was Temu making me click through 4-6 ads and open a purchase window befor…" - Happywho
3
"play"
4 negative reviews mention this · 21% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Inappropriate ads. I’ve reported this app quite a few times in the game. This game is letting ads run on the game that are completely inappropriate. I would be careful if you’re a parent and your child is playing this game. It’s the ads that are the ones that…" - Alee3990
4
"free"
4 negative reviews mention this · 21% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Way to Many Ads!!. I was okay (not happy) about the ads so I purchased the ad free part. Then you changed the number of tries a single ad gets you from 5 down to 3 and I think it’s bs…probably going to find a game similar from a different company…" - Wendellafina
5
"moves"
4 negative reviews mention this · 21% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Two Complaint. The game is fun and entertaining until you get so far into the game. Having to watch a commercial for extra turns is fine but once it changes from 2 to 1 move for watching a commercial it becomes ridiculous. You either play a near perfect g…" - Kbethyg
6
"every"
3 negative reviews mention this · 16% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Disappointing. Every time you do an update you get fewer extra tries, longer ads, and you can still only get maximum 30 points a game and it takes 500 points to get five extra tries this game has stopped being enjoyable. Now, all you want us to do is wat…" - Biker Honey
7
"update"
3 negative reviews mention this · 16% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Disappointing. Every time you do an update you get fewer extra tries, longer ads, and you can still only get maximum 30 points a game and it takes 500 points to get five extra tries this game has stopped being enjoyable. Now, all you want us to do is wat…" - Biker Honey
8
"extra"
3 negative reviews mention this · 16% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Disappointing. Every time you do an update you get fewer extra tries, longer ads, and you can still only get maximum 30 points a game and it takes 500 points to get five extra tries this game has stopped being enjoyable. Now, all you want us to do is wat…" - Biker Honey
9
"points"
3 negative reviews mention this · 16% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Disappointing. Every time you do an update you get fewer extra tries, longer ads, and you can still only get maximum 30 points a game and it takes 500 points to get five extra tries this game has stopped being enjoyable. Now, all you want us to do is wat…" - Biker Honey
10
"watch"
3 negative reviews mention this · 16% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Disappointing. Every time you do an update you get fewer extra tries, longer ads, and you can still only get maximum 30 points a game and it takes 500 points to get five extra tries this game has stopped being enjoyable. Now, all you want us to do is wat…" - Biker Honey
11
"playing"
3 negative reviews mention this · 16% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Inappropriate ads. I’ve reported this app quite a few times in the game. This game is letting ads run on the game that are completely inappropriate. I would be careful if you’re a parent and your child is playing this game. It’s the ads that are the ones that…" - Alee3990
12
"different"
3 negative reviews mention this · 16% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Inappropriate ads. I’ve reported this app quite a few times in the game. This game is letting ads run on the game that are completely inappropriate. I would be careful if you’re a parent and your child is playing this game. It’s the ads that are the ones that…" - Alee3990
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Scam
Scam
Inappropriate ads
I’ve reported this app quite a few times in the game. This game is letting ads run on the game that are completely inappropriate. I would be careful if you’re a parent and your child is playing this game. It’s the ads that are the ones that you have to read. There are a few different ones.
Unethical advertising practices
I love this game and I have found my ability to track with my eyes much improved. That said, the ads have progressed to the point the take over my iPad, At first it was Temu making me click through 4-6 ads and open a purchase window before I could click out and return to my game. Then there were the ads that were composed with messages the said my tablet was infected by viruses and downloaded another app without my consent if I clicked to close the screen. Then the one that looked like a message from YOUR game saying I had completed oat the levels and to click the button to access more levels. That also downloaded another arrow game instead of giving me more levels in your game. But the straw that broke the camel’s back was when an ad had no way to escape it. I finally clicked a back button and it opened a browser with likely hundreds of open windows of more ads. I quit closing windows at 75. It just kept opening new windows without apparent end. This is unethical and should be illegal. I know app designers hire companies to run their ads and get paid to do so. Some claim they have no control over what ads play or how they play. But you have the power of the purse. If you don’t hire these unethical ad companies, they will either change their methods or be forced out of business. There ARE ethical companies where you can negotiate content, add length, and a consistent way to exit these ads so players can return to game play. I’m not going to play this game for two days. If the ads are still unethical, I will delete your game. I recommend everyone else consider this too. The more levels I played, the longer and more frequent the ads and then came the ones that opened unauthorized windows and made purchases I didn’t consent to.
Way to Many Ads!!
I was okay (not happy) about the ads so I purchased the ad free part. Then you changed the number of tries a single ad gets you from 5 down to 3 and I think it’s bs…probably going to find a game similar from a different company…
Supremely annoying
I don’t mind reasonable ads, but this game is insane. If you use ads to get free arrows, the ads can go on for four minutes with no way to X out. If there is an X, it often just opens up another ad or a website to purchase something. Some of the ads are insulting-suggesting you could lose almost 20 pounds per week. I deleted the app today because just could not handle the stupidity. The game itself was fun, so it’s a shame the designers were so dishonest.
Two Complaint
The game is fun and entertaining until you get so far into the game. Having to watch a commercial for extra turns is fine but once it changes from 2 to 1 move for watching a commercial it becomes ridiculous. You either play a near perfect game or be prepared to watch 5-6 commercial to finish each maze. I’m only playing for fetch points at this point but will delete once I have completed my Fetch rewards. Didn’t have to be that way. I would have kept it and continued playing… maybe you should reconsider the amount of moves for each commercial.. 2nd complaint: your commercials are always freezing up and you have to close out the app and start the level all over… especially the Amazon and MarsMen commercials
Ads! Ads! Ads!
I loved this game until now…they have inserted ads DURING your turn. Not at the end of your turn. I’d say I watched at least 10 different ads. And sometimes they place about 10 seconds before another ad! Again, during your turn. I am deleting this app now. Unless you like ads, AVOID THIS GAME!! What a shame.
Tricked into purchasing the ad free version.
Trying to x out of the ad below the game and set my phone down to go grab something and came back to find the screen “purchase successful “. $8 isn’t a ton, but I should get to choose if I want to spend it.
another scam
have you pay to get rid of ads ( nothing about that said in write ups trying to push this game . All responses from developers are AI generated platitudes. no substance … just ‘general’ and wordsmithed .
Free ad, all lies
They said no adds, free. They lie. No ads if you pay! False advertising
Disappointing
Every time you do an update you get fewer extra tries, longer ads, and you can still only get maximum 30 points a game and it takes 500 points to get five extra tries this game has stopped being enjoyable. Now, all you want us to do is watch never ending unenjoyable ads.
Pornographic Ads Can’t Be Reported
The app supports very long ads, which wouldn’t provoke a review on its own. But the ads are also pornographic while being extremely long and unskippable. There was a button to report it, but no button to submit the report (just for show?)
There are ads
Despite their claim of no annoying ads, there are indeed ads. I don’t Ming the ads but if you’re going to advertise make it truthful
I liked this game until you changed the number of moves you get for watching an ad from 5 to two.
The end of the game is frustrating. When it tells you that you have two moves left half the time it would only give you one. If all you get is two moves after watching an ad, and half the time it only gives you one it’s not worth watching the ad if you have two arrows left. This just happened for the umpteenth time so I uninstalled the app
Misleading Ads?
I downloaded this app because an ad for this game guaranteed you could make $300 right off the bat.
After reaching $290, which took a couple of weeks I might add, I am now earning one penny, sometimes two per Game. I will have to play several hundred more games to reach $300.
Something tells me when I do reach $300 I won’t see a dime of that money.
Why do your ads promise money but you say nothing about the potential to earn money it in the App Store?
I have enjoyed the challenge of certain levels, but I play for the money. Does this game pay out as advertised or is that a false claim?
After reaching $290, which took a couple of weeks I might add, I am now earning one penny, sometimes two per Game. I will have to play several hundred more games to reach $300.
Something tells me when I do reach $300 I won’t see a dime of that money.
Why do your ads promise money but you say nothing about the potential to earn money it in the App Store?
I have enjoyed the challenge of certain levels, but I play for the money. Does this game pay out as advertised or is that a false claim?
Ads last way too long!
We all know apps will have ads, but on no other apps I have are the ads so long-- While most ads are 15-30 seconds, the same ads on this app often last two minutes or more. To make it worse, the latest update now only gives you 2 additional moves, instead of the 5 you used to get for watching one of the ridiculously long ads. This may be enough for me to find another arrow game.
Revised Review
I love this game and the others reviews made it sound like there were not many ads. WELL! That is just NOT true. I get ads after every game and most of them I can’t get out of and when I X out of them I lose my points.
I will keep looking for games that ‘’manage’ there ads to work better,
I will keep looking for games that ‘’manage’ there ads to work better,
There is Ads and $7.99 to Remove
They hook by saying opposite, play 10 games and start to see ads and cost - 👎🏽
The new update is for the birds! Yall messed up the best game online in my opinion!
This was my favorite game! I am on lvl. 1331. Since the update when you buy extra moves it costs the same but instead of 5 you now only get 2! Which means you have to spend 500 coins for two moves, you only get 10 coins per level won. Also you can watch ads and get them but they have also gone from 5 to 2. The ads are horrible now. They are every few minutes, everytime you beat a level ad, you buy moves, ad, your playing the game, ad. It’s just no fun! Sad that I’ve gotten so far in this great game and now they ruined it on me! I will be sadly deleting the game!
Sentiment summary
92%
Positive (4-5★)
5%
Neutral (3★)
2%
Negative (1-2★)