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Jetpack Joyride
Halfbrick Studios · 101,435 ratings · ★ 4.7
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Top complaints - extracted from 24 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"
18 negative reviews mention this · 75% of all complaints
★★★★★ "pay to play at this point. super fun game that brings me a lot of childhood nostalgia. however, the ad experience is absolutely unbearable unless you want to spend money on the game. i remember so many features that are now locked behind paywalls. a games advertiseme…" - dovedeer
2
"play"
6 negative reviews mention this · 25% of all complaints
★★★★★ "pay to play at this point. super fun game that brings me a lot of childhood nostalgia. however, the ad experience is absolutely unbearable unless you want to spend money on the game. i remember so many features that are now locked behind paywalls. a games advertiseme…" - dovedeer
3
"free"
5 negative reviews mention this · 21% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Subscription. You have to pay money to keep playing this game that’s advertised on the store as “free”. this needs to stop from this terrible company" - Ultmatefaggotdickmunch
4
"spend"
4 negative reviews mention this · 17% of all complaints
★★★★★ "pay to play at this point. super fun game that brings me a lot of childhood nostalgia. however, the ad experience is absolutely unbearable unless you want to spend money on the game. i remember so many features that are now locked behind paywalls. a games advertiseme…" - dovedeer
5
"money"
4 negative reviews mention this · 17% of all complaints
★★★★★ "pay to play at this point. super fun game that brings me a lot of childhood nostalgia. however, the ad experience is absolutely unbearable unless you want to spend money on the game. i remember so many features that are now locked behind paywalls. a games advertiseme…" - dovedeer
6
"subscription"
4 negative reviews mention this · 17% of all complaints
★★★★★ "pay to play at this point. super fun game that brings me a lot of childhood nostalgia. however, the ad experience is absolutely unbearable unless you want to spend money on the game. i remember so many features that are now locked behind paywalls. a games advertiseme…" - dovedeer
7
"watch"
4 negative reviews mention this · 17% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Ads. Game was ruined with the ads. I played it as a kid and now it’s just not a fun experience. Theres also a glitch where after you watch the ad the “ad or ad free” buttons are stuck on the screen forcing you to exit the app and go back in. Ove…" - DoraExplores
8
"every"
4 negative reviews mention this · 17% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Used to love the game but ads make unplayable. After every round I get an ad with the option to buy out of it or watch. I don’t like spending money to remove ads so I watch, after the ad the game always freezes. When I reboot it, rewards are gone. After starting a new game I complete th…" - Jatedrow
9
"playing"
3 negative reviews mention this · 13% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Subscription. You have to pay money to keep playing this game that’s advertised on the store as “free”. this needs to stop from this terrible company" - Ultmatefaggotdickmunch
10
"played"
3 negative reviews mention this · 13% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Broke boy problems. This game is the most paid to win piece of garbage I’ve ever played. Why do I have to pay just to get good cosmetics? I feel like if I spent two seconds on blender, I can make a better game than this. Also, what is with all of these ads?" - 67MangoSigmaSkibidiRizzOhio
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"progress"
3 negative reviews mention this · 13% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Pause issue. App will randomly pause in the middle of my game, forcing me to restart the app and lose my progress. Will not be playing anymore." - Icethrone
12
"play game"
3 negative reviews mention this · 13% of all complaints
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pay to play at this point
super fun game that brings me a lot of childhood nostalgia. however, the ad experience is absolutely unbearable unless you want to spend money on the game. i remember so many features that are now locked behind paywalls. a games advertisement experience should never be so obnoxious to the point where people are basically forced to pay, or uninstall.
not to mention how many other halfbrick games i used to enjoy that are now behind a paywall SUBSCRIPTION system. it’s really disappointing to see a developer that used to make absolute bangers be reduced to ad spamming and subscription paywalls :/
not to mention how many other halfbrick games i used to enjoy that are now behind a paywall SUBSCRIPTION system. it’s really disappointing to see a developer that used to make absolute bangers be reduced to ad spamming and subscription paywalls :/
Subscription
You have to pay money to keep playing this game that’s advertised on the store as “free”. this needs to stop from this terrible company
Scammer
Scammer ahh game ads break the game so trash
Ads
Game was ruined with the ads. I played it as a kid and now it’s just not a fun experience. Theres also a glitch where after you watch the ad the “ad or ad free” buttons are stuck on the screen forcing you to exit the app and go back in. Overall super annoying.
Pause issue
App will randomly pause in the middle of my game, forcing me to restart the app and lose my progress. Will not be playing anymore.
SO MANY ADS
You’re forced to watch ads with frequent spam to play this game.
Deleted my save
Removed all my progress
All the microtransactions are bad
All the microtransactions are bad
Subscription service on other games
Y’all fumbled and have made your community upset with subscription services. Shouldn’t have to pay monthly to have a game.
post ad glitch
i keep getting a glitch in the screen where i choose “maybe later” on the “get rid of ads” screen. the ad plays and after clicking the x the screen still wont go away
Жадные разрабы
Заставят смотреть тебя рекламу после каждого движения, помойка которой мало денег, в которой и так есть донатные шмотки
Скатились
Скатились
3rd gadget paywall
I’m not very old, but I’m old enough to remember when you could equip 3 gadgets for free. It’s honestly pretty disgusting that the devs could charge $5 for something that I used for free more than 10 years ago. Really scummy.
Ads Ads Ads Ads Ads Ads
Do you like looking at ads all day long? Do you ever wish you had LESS gameplay and MORE ads? Well this is THE game for you! They should change the name to “Jetpack Advertisements” and make Barry the logo for their Ad Campaign
Ok
Too glitchy. Every time I watch an ad it crashes.
NO MUSIC
I love this game but For some reason every time I play, the game removes its greatest element, The Music, yall NEED to fix this or i may lose my mind
Times have changed
Ads are at every turn and this game use to be absolutely free. All you had to do was earn it, not pay for it. Micro transactions are the equivalent of cheat codes nowadays.
Broke boy problems
This game is the most paid to win piece of garbage I’ve ever played. Why do I have to pay just to get good cosmetics? I feel like if I spent two seconds on blender, I can make a better game than this. Also, what is with all of these ads?
Warning for "no ads" purchase
If you pay for no ads... you still get ads for in-game purchases...
Lied about purchase eliminating pop-up ads
A decent game, although frustrating at times. The fact that it grows ever faster while making it impossible to see what’s coming limits the ability to progress. That is, of course, unless you continue to spend money on upgrades. I eventually bought a vehicle upgrade because I had my favorite vehicle in the classic version before they decided to turn it into an annual subscription. Now, I worked my way up in this “free” version and finally decided to purchase my beloved vehicle because I wanted to support the company and they promised it would remove pop-up ads. They lied!
Problem with ads
Game keeps getting stuck on ads. Won’t give an option to return to game. Have to close and reopen just to play one round before having to repeat. Please fix. Game is fun but this sucks.
Great Game!
A classic AppStore game from my childhood. Fun to play and upgrade along the way. Unfortunately it is nearly impossible to play with endless ads. Spend more time watching ads that often freeze or will not let you skip until it has taken you to the AppStore to download it. Fun game, ads are horrible
Used to love the game but ads make unplayable
After every round I get an ad with the option to buy out of it or watch. I don’t like spending money to remove ads so I watch, after the ad the game always freezes. When I reboot it, rewards are gone. After starting a new game I complete the round and similar story where an ad freezes the game making it impossible to play and need to reset. This makes completing quests and collecting coins impossible due to the amount of ads. I played Jetpack joyride growing up so It’s very disappointing being unable to play the game due to ads.
Review
Fun game however you spend more time watching adds than playing the game and the game crashes often
So fun I like Jetpacks
I like Jetpack I so fun collecting coins and I like rideing a big robot dragon
Constant Freezing
Ever since I downloaded this game, it has constantly froze or crashed. I had this game when i had an android and had no problems with it. I don’t recommend this game at all for the iPhone
Sentiment summary
95%
Positive (4-5★)
2%
Neutral (3★)
4%
Negative (1-2★)