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Fish of Fortune™
Whalo Games LTD · 52,024 ratings · ★ 4.9
4.9
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Top complaints - extracted from 30 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"
25 negative reviews mention this · 83% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Nothing like add. You sit there and push a button that’s the game….. that’s all" - T-Dawg05
2
"money"
16 negative reviews mention this · 53% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Not as advertised. This game is nothing like what I saw in the ads for it. In the ads you get to fish and upgrade your fishing rod and how deep you can go in the water. In reality you just spin some stupid wheel to get money and upgrade some island.. boring." - Alexislove606
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"play"
11 negative reviews mention this · 37% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Glitchy. Didnt get credit for streaks cost me $. Boring game play," - Bummed1111
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"boring"
7 negative reviews mention this · 23% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Not as advertised. This game is nothing like what I saw in the ads for it. In the ads you get to fish and upgrade your fishing rod and how deep you can go in the water. In reality you just spin some stupid wheel to get money and upgrade some island.. boring." - Alexislove606
5
"level"
7 negative reviews mention this · 23% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Scam. This game is clearly all about the money. They have a bajillion pop up ads for you to buy their products and I think I spent more time clicking out of ads than actually playing the game. It’s also so hard to level Up as the game progresses.…" - k59b95
6
"spend"
7 negative reviews mention this · 23% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Boring. Not sure why this game has good reviews. Concept would be fun if it wasn’t impossible to earn any energy. The game forces you to spend a ton of money on it if you want to actually play it for more than a few seconds per day. After an entire…" - clcx43
7
"without"
6 negative reviews mention this · 20% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Cheap company!. They only want money. I play this through earn star and have acquired many of the tasks in the time before it’s over. They owe me $66 but keep denying it. Play this game for free. If they partner with another agency they won’t hold their en…" - Meow meow5
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"energy"
6 negative reviews mention this · 20% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Not good for Fetch. It’s an okay game to kill time but if you are playing to earn points like for Fetch, I do not recommend. It takes forever to complete an island so you with take forever too get to your task. You run out of energy fast as well. I will be del…" - LoveMyShein
9
"game play"
5 negative reviews mention this · 17% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Glitchy. Didnt get credit for streaks cost me $. Boring game play," - Bummed1111
10
"playing"
5 negative reviews mention this · 17% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Scam. This game is clearly all about the money. They have a bajillion pop up ads for you to buy their products and I think I spent more time clicking out of ads than actually playing the game. It’s also so hard to level Up as the game progresses.…" - k59b95
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"hard"
5 negative reviews mention this · 17% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Scam. This game is clearly all about the money. They have a bajillion pop up ads for you to buy their products and I think I spent more time clicking out of ads than actually playing the game. It’s also so hard to level Up as the game progresses.…" - k59b95
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"rewards"
5 negative reviews mention this · 17% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Taking Too Long To Level Up!. Love this game. Unfortunately it’s taking way too long to level up. When you level up faster in games, it rewards the brain. Which then makes you want to be more active in a game. This is also not a game you can play for a while at a time. …" - VAgirl757
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Nothing like add
You sit there and push a button that’s the game….. that’s all
Not as advertised
This game is nothing like what I saw in the ads for it. In the ads you get to fish and upgrade your fishing rod and how deep you can go in the water. In reality you just spin some stupid wheel to get money and upgrade some island.. boring.
Scam
This game is clearly all about the money. They have a bajillion pop up ads for you to buy their products and I think I spent more time clicking out of ads than actually playing the game. It’s also so hard to level
Up as the game progresses. It’s not very fun if you ask me.
Also, this is literally the same game as Animals and Coins so there’s that. Just different graphics.
Up as the game progresses. It’s not very fun if you ask me.
Also, this is literally the same game as Animals and Coins so there’s that. Just different graphics.
Cheap company!
They only want money. I play this through earn star and have acquired many of the tasks in the time before it’s over. They owe me $66 but keep denying it. Play this game for free. If they partner with another agency they won’t hold their end of the deal.. you give them money but when it’s their turn to return it they deny it and keep it for themselves. This company is just greedy!Even with proof that I’ve completed them they still won’t pay because it’s high amounts of money. They only want your money! The game is really hard to go anywhere after like level 25 without buying. Save yourself. Don’t download.
Not good for Fetch
It’s an okay game to kill time but if you are playing to earn points like for Fetch, I do not recommend. It takes forever to complete an island so you with take forever too get to your task. You run out of energy fast as well. I will be deleting this game.
Money grab
The spins are all rigged to make sure you buy more energy this game is almost unplayable, monopoly go is miles better than this game
Boring
Not sure why this game has good reviews. Concept would be fun if it wasn’t impossible to earn any energy. The game forces you to spend a ton of money on it if you want to actually play it for more than a few seconds per day. After an entire nights sleep I woke up and my energy still wasn’t fully reloaded. The buildings cost millions to build which takes days and days to earn
Can’t do anything without spending money.
Yes this game was fun until I realized it was impossible to advance without spending money. What a greedy game 😅
Poor Scaling and Questionable RNG
This game feels incredibly predatory the longer you play it.
At first, it gives the illusion of progress, but after a while it becomes very clear that advancement is heavily tied to spending money. I’m currently around level 60+, and there is little to no meaningful scaling in rewards - costs go up, but earnings don’t keep pace. Progress feels stagnant for dozens of levels.
The RNG also feels extremely manipulated. Whenever you get close to a meaningful reward or milestone, your luck suddenly tanks. Spins dry up, rewards shrink, and progress slows to a crawl. It stops feeling random and starts feeling intentional.
Another major issue is the invite system. I’ve invited multiple people who have hit milestones, and I have not received a single reward for it. That alone feels misleading.
From what I’ve seen, this isn’t just my experience. Many players report that the game becomes extremely slow without spending, feels rigged near rewards, and requires more and more money to make any real progress.
This isn’t a skill-based or even luck-based progression system - it’s a monetization funnel disguised as a game.
I wouldn’t recommend this unless you’re okay with hitting a hard paywall or wasting a lot of time for minimal progress.
At first, it gives the illusion of progress, but after a while it becomes very clear that advancement is heavily tied to spending money. I’m currently around level 60+, and there is little to no meaningful scaling in rewards - costs go up, but earnings don’t keep pace. Progress feels stagnant for dozens of levels.
The RNG also feels extremely manipulated. Whenever you get close to a meaningful reward or milestone, your luck suddenly tanks. Spins dry up, rewards shrink, and progress slows to a crawl. It stops feeling random and starts feeling intentional.
Another major issue is the invite system. I’ve invited multiple people who have hit milestones, and I have not received a single reward for it. That alone feels misleading.
From what I’ve seen, this isn’t just my experience. Many players report that the game becomes extremely slow without spending, feels rigged near rewards, and requires more and more money to make any real progress.
This isn’t a skill-based or even luck-based progression system - it’s a monetization funnel disguised as a game.
I wouldn’t recommend this unless you’re okay with hitting a hard paywall or wasting a lot of time for minimal progress.
Always asks you to spend money
Fun game but they want you to pay to play
Prizes
I sent the link to 2 people who accepted the link and downloaded the game but I didn’t get the prizes that go with people downloading from your link!
Keeps showing ads!!
Can’t get to roll if I have non stop ads
Waste of Time.
The game is Monopoly Go without the IP. Boring and mindless. And if you’re playing this game as part of a rewards app, don’t bother because you won’t get paid and their support team does not care how much time/energy you invested in the game. Many other better options out there.
Money hungry game
Takes too much to level up and never gives out freebies for energy
Fake ad.
Clickbait ad. Dont waste ur time
It deleted my account
It deleted my account and i was at 124 omg
SCAM
This game is a complete scam if you’re hoping to make money. If you don’t spend a ton of money you’ll never make it to their milestones in time.
Pornographic ads shown
I was playing the game with my grandchild and ads came up today showing ponographic videos which is completely inappropriate for a game that a child can play. Please be warned and advised that this is horrific and unacceptable
4.9 Stars?
What an absolutely boring game. Just turn on the haptics and close your eyes and the game does all the work. I uninstalled after the first level. Poor animations, too.
Extremely Hard
Don’t download this app unless you want to “Pay” to continue using. The odds of this game are off! I’ve also paid for a prize, and didn’t receive what was advertised.
Pointless?
What’s the outcome I’m trying to accomplish here? There’s nothing that gets me a shot of dopamine. This might be easily the most boring game I’ve ever played, if you can call it a game. There’s so many icons covering the screen for you to pay for things that it is quite distracting to the little game play I actually get to play. You only get to play for 20 seconds before you run out of energy. It takes 8 hours to fill up the bar for another 20 seconds of play. So it’s either pay a boat load of money or maybe play twice a day. The worst offense was I went to be with 60 million coins. Today I wake up and I only have 19 million. How did I get 40 million coins stolen? Why would I pay money just to have the majority of my coins stolen?
This is a casino game
This app takes a slot machine and reimagines it a little bit. It’s 98% luck and has little to no strategy.
Can’t stand the greed of this app
Monopoly Go is by far better when spending money and it is so hard to progress without spending money. Everytime you make a purchase you get the worker possible item on the wheel and it feels like the game is designed to make you unlucky when you have spins to try to make you spend money
Glitchy
Didnt get credit for streaks cost me $. Boring game play,
Taking Too Long To Level Up!
Love this game. Unfortunately it’s taking way too long to level up. When you level up faster in games, it rewards the brain. Which then makes you want to be more active in a game. This is also not a game you can play for a while at a time. The amount of time I play is about 10-15 mins if that, which is fairly short. I’ll play for a little while longer but if nothing changes I’m going to delete. If they see my review & make changes I’ll most definitely update my review & stars.
Fun but gets worse
You start off hot but as you get to higher levels it becomes almost impossible to really do anything without spending money. You only land on the worthless rewards on the wheel, you get maybe 100k coins if you’re lucky even though where I’m at just doing one upgrade costs 30 million. Probably not going to play much longer if this is how it is
Needs Work
In the beginning levels, it’s fun because advancement is attainable BUT as players progress to higher levels it’s boring because it is impossible to advance. The amount needed to build a structure is impossible to reach…once you almost get the amount needed, the amount is reduced significantly due to others “stealing” it. I understand that’s the point but players get stuck in this endless loop of spinning the wheel to get coins only to have it disappear and then stuck in one place. The game definitely needs some work so players don’t stay in this endless loop and lose interest. As of now, the only way to progress is spend real money. Just not a fan of this bc I like see progress.
Fraud
Game play is decent, but they are lying on the MoneyLion payouts. I’ve also watched it scam me on missions. Like, win 600 roles and it only gives you 300.
Says its payout is $738.75 but they don’t tell you, you have to spend a lot to get it. I have done pretty good on these types of games and did my best while spending money and still unattainable goals to get any pay outs.
I’ve made several hundred on Monopoly and other times like this that actually pay.
Says its payout is $738.75 but they don’t tell you, you have to spend a lot to get it. I have done pretty good on these types of games and did my best while spending money and still unattainable goals to get any pay outs.
I’ve made several hundred on Monopoly and other times like this that actually pay.
Fish of fortune
If you don’t spend all your money it goes away. But a lot of it. I had 346,164,384 and I went back later to 8,000,000.
Could be great, but…
So this game was better than I expected and generally fun to play, however rewards don’t scale with increased levels which makes it difficult to keep playing. This is especially true because the cost of their boosters, packages, etc. are not proportional to the value you get from them in the game.
This, however, seemed to be rectified when they introduced the Watchmania where you could choose to watch ads and earn rewards on a daily basis. In a game like this and how their Watchmania feature was set up, this was a fantastic option. Something I could utilize when I wanted to and for the extent I wanted (sometimes I would not watch the daily limit). With this feature, this game would be a 4.5-5 star app.
BUT with this latest update the Watchmania feature appears to be gone. Removal of this feature is what has me rating this game 2 stars. It’s now incredibly difficult to continue to level up and will likely lead to me abandoning the game soon.
TLDR; Game is fun at lower levels and could have been great to continue with for a long time BUT the recent removal of a rewards-earning feature plus the high cost/poor value of purchased rewards ultimately makes this game not worth it.
This, however, seemed to be rectified when they introduced the Watchmania where you could choose to watch ads and earn rewards on a daily basis. In a game like this and how their Watchmania feature was set up, this was a fantastic option. Something I could utilize when I wanted to and for the extent I wanted (sometimes I would not watch the daily limit). With this feature, this game would be a 4.5-5 star app.
BUT with this latest update the Watchmania feature appears to be gone. Removal of this feature is what has me rating this game 2 stars. It’s now incredibly difficult to continue to level up and will likely lead to me abandoning the game soon.
TLDR; Game is fun at lower levels and could have been great to continue with for a long time BUT the recent removal of a rewards-earning feature plus the high cost/poor value of purchased rewards ultimately makes this game not worth it.
Sentiment summary
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Positive (4-5★)
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Neutral (3★)
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Negative (1-2★)