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Magic Sort!
Grand Games A.Ş. · 505,342 ratings · ★ 4.7
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Top complaints - extracted from 45 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.
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"game"
32 negative reviews mention this · 71% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Ads are VERY LONG. Game is fun but the ads are twice as long as a game round and that gets old. Also, there is no explanation of what the bonus items or cards are for." - Player45673257889
2
"level"
14 negative reviews mention this · 31% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Don’t bother. If I can predict with a greater than 95% accuracy when the level is a loser, there’s something dead wrong with the game. You can count on losing over and over when you are awarded free time. This happens even if the level is an easy level. …" - *<(:-)-<-<|
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"levels"
12 negative reviews mention this · 27% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Game is decent but…. Another pay-to-play money grab. After a couple of dozen rounds, the randomness of levels means skill is no longer needed to play, you must purchase items to finish levels." - Ja¡Wølf
4
"play"
11 negative reviews mention this · 24% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Crash crash crash. Game has become really bad. Crashes constantly. Unplayable." - chad.sydnor
5
"money"
9 negative reviews mention this · 20% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Don’t bother. If I can predict with a greater than 95% accuracy when the level is a loser, there’s something dead wrong with the game. You can count on losing over and over when you are awarded free time. This happens even if the level is an easy level. …" - *<(:-)-<-<|
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"long"
8 negative reviews mention this · 18% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Ads are VERY LONG. Game is fun but the ads are twice as long as a game round and that gets old. Also, there is no explanation of what the bonus items or cards are for." - Player45673257889
7
"every"
7 negative reviews mention this · 16% of all complaints
★★★★★ "ADS ADS & More ADS. If you LOVE ads & I mean LOVE ads this game is just for you! Ads after almost every level!!🤩 No version available without ads. You only get five lives but, don’t worry if you want more… just watch an ad!! 👏😑 sucks." - AnnaLauryn
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"without"
7 negative reviews mention this · 16% of all complaints
★★★★★ "ADS ADS & More ADS. If you LOVE ads & I mean LOVE ads this game is just for you! Ads after almost every level!!🤩 No version available without ads. You only get five lives but, don’t worry if you want more… just watch an ad!! 👏😑 sucks." - AnnaLauryn
9
"spend"
6 negative reviews mention this · 13% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Don’t bother. If I can predict with a greater than 95% accuracy when the level is a loser, there’s something dead wrong with the game. You can count on losing over and over when you are awarded free time. This happens even if the level is an easy level. …" - *<(:-)-<-<|
10
"extra"
6 negative reviews mention this · 13% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Game requires money. Once you get to level 350+ there is no actual way to solve the levels without extra bottles which you get through rewards but then eventually run out of. There is no possible way to solve the levels without spending money." - Bdaudiman
11
"deleting"
6 negative reviews mention this · 13% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Ads, ads, ads. Good game, tooooo many ads. Deleting" - Casstyme
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"lose"
5 negative reviews mention this · 11% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Don’t bother. If I can predict with a greater than 95% accuracy when the level is a loser, there’s something dead wrong with the game. You can count on losing over and over when you are awarded free time. This happens even if the level is an easy level. …" - *<(:-)-<-<|
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Crash crash crash
Game has become really bad. Crashes constantly. Unplayable.
Don’t bother
If I can predict with a greater than 95% accuracy when the level is a loser, there’s something dead wrong with the game. You can count on losing over and over when you are awarded free time. This happens even if the level is an easy level. So what’s the point? It’s not skill; it’s not to play a relaxing game. It’s simply for the developer to try and make you spend real money. Only a moron would spend a nickel on a rigged game.
Greed
The developers got too greedy and are placing ads within the game and making you lose steps rapidly so that you buy coins. It’s not worth it.
ADS ADS & More ADS
If you LOVE ads & I mean LOVE ads this game is just for you! Ads after almost every level!!🤩 No version available without ads. You only get five lives but, don’t worry if you want more… just watch an ad!! 👏😑 sucks.
Ridiculous Ads
The ads on this app are so pathetically idiotic that I can’t imagine anyone ever purchasing anything from this platform. There is no way I want to suffer through the ads so I repeatedly close and reopen the app over and over again until I just can’t take it anymore and move to different game app. Not worth the effort.
Is fun and would give 5 stars…
But why is it always trying to get me to download a new game every time I play?
Game requires money
Once you get to level 350+ there is no actual way to solve the levels without extra bottles which you get through rewards but then eventually run out of. There is no possible way to solve the levels without spending money.
Crashed my entire phone
I like the game but it literally crashed my phone to the point I had to completely shut it down to get it back on, play at your own risk
New Update Broke it!
While the ads are long, I have enjoyed the game. However…. Ever since the new update 2 days ago, I haven’t been able to load the app!!! I closed it, cleared cache, rebooted my phone, everything… I was over 900 levels in so just deleting and uninstalling is not something I want to have to do.
Perfect Example of a Psychology Rigged App
These folks deserve a lot of credit. The concept of the game is brilliant and it starts out entertaining & challenging
At the outset, you’ll beat a lot of levels and amass a lot of coins and helpful artifacts. As the game progresses and you start advancing and using those artifacts and coins, the games will steadily be designed to where you actually must use those tools to complete a level.
If you decide to “surrender” instead of using your existing coins (or buying coins if you’re out) so that you can continue, you’ll receive “warnings” about the impact to your progress. These warnings are structured in such a way that if you’ve become used to tapping “no” once and then “try again”, the prompts will change so that instead of one offer to spend your coins you receive two of them.
They leverage “muscle memory” to trick you into using assets you already decided you didn’t want to use. I’ve even received warnings that if I surrender, I will “lose a life” when I’m playing with “infinite lives”!
My advice, play the game and keep reminding yourself that whatever virtual prizes you may win in this app do not translate to anything in the real world.
Eventually, you’ll reach a point, as I have where you hit a board that is literally impossible to solve because so many of the “available colors” are masked with question marks. At this point, the game is no longer an intellectual challenge, but you battling an AI engine that is solely designed to addict you so you’ll purchase fake coins to win fake achievements.
Then, as I am going to do, you’ll uninstall the app and move on.
At the outset, you’ll beat a lot of levels and amass a lot of coins and helpful artifacts. As the game progresses and you start advancing and using those artifacts and coins, the games will steadily be designed to where you actually must use those tools to complete a level.
If you decide to “surrender” instead of using your existing coins (or buying coins if you’re out) so that you can continue, you’ll receive “warnings” about the impact to your progress. These warnings are structured in such a way that if you’ve become used to tapping “no” once and then “try again”, the prompts will change so that instead of one offer to spend your coins you receive two of them.
They leverage “muscle memory” to trick you into using assets you already decided you didn’t want to use. I’ve even received warnings that if I surrender, I will “lose a life” when I’m playing with “infinite lives”!
My advice, play the game and keep reminding yourself that whatever virtual prizes you may win in this app do not translate to anything in the real world.
Eventually, you’ll reach a point, as I have where you hit a board that is literally impossible to solve because so many of the “available colors” are masked with question marks. At this point, the game is no longer an intellectual challenge, but you battling an AI engine that is solely designed to addict you so you’ll purchase fake coins to win fake achievements.
Then, as I am going to do, you’ll uninstall the app and move on.
Requires ads
It is very enjoyable until you reach a very hard one that can’t be completed without watching ads to get coins needed to buy helps.
Disappointing
You can’t play very long and win unless you pay all the time.
Scam game
Some levels are setup to give you no chance of winning from the start without using power ups. Completely defeats the purpose of skill and strategy. Challenges are available for win streaks you go on which the first 120+ levels is easy to achieve after that it’s impossible. Basic levels are not possible unless you get a perfect setup first try. It’s all an incentive to buy stuff. Not to mention ads kick in after 100 levels
Intentionally Unsolvable to Drive Monetization
I used an Infinite Turns item and ran through every permutation of one of the “Hard Levels”, some seriously weaponized autism-levels of investigation, and found there were no solutions in some variants.
This is intentional and is designed to make players reach for those items that allow them to “cheat” past certain unsolvable levels. The problem is: those required items are often locked behind a paywall (very rarely provided freely).
It’s an old carnie-trick that gaslights unwitting customers into thinking “Well, I’m just not smart enough to solve this puzzle.” This is because they don’t have infinite tries and a notebook to record/map out all permutations and options.
I also ran the multiple scenarios through Claude Code to reinforce my assertions. It also came to the same conclusion.
Eventually, you will find yourself faced with an unsolvable puzzle and be forced to either “cheat” or give up.
If you don’t mind being nickel-and-dimed, by all means, download this game.
This is intentional and is designed to make players reach for those items that allow them to “cheat” past certain unsolvable levels. The problem is: those required items are often locked behind a paywall (very rarely provided freely).
It’s an old carnie-trick that gaslights unwitting customers into thinking “Well, I’m just not smart enough to solve this puzzle.” This is because they don’t have infinite tries and a notebook to record/map out all permutations and options.
I also ran the multiple scenarios through Claude Code to reinforce my assertions. It also came to the same conclusion.
Eventually, you will find yourself faced with an unsolvable puzzle and be forced to either “cheat” or give up.
If you don’t mind being nickel-and-dimed, by all means, download this game.
Keeps crashing
It won’t stop crashing and completely closing out while in the middle of a game. It will make me open it back up and start all over again. If I could give 0 stars I would
Don’t reach level 300
Once you reach level 299, forget about “super hard” and “hard levels” they are all super hard, making you need to spend money to continue. Made it to those levels just fine but now i cant pass 1 level for days.
Game is rigged
You must spend money after level 300 to win.
It is impossible to bet levels without spending money for extra bottles. Total waste of time.
It is impossible to bet levels without spending money for extra bottles. Total waste of time.
Rating
Kind of easy and uninteresting
Pay to play - rigged
Puzzle games are fun, and challenging puzzle games are better. But games like this that require you to pay real money to get past levels that are designed to be impossible to do otherwise, no thanks.
Bring back the last version
Game was fun until the random changes in the last week.
Too many Ads!
Very annoying. You earn 15 minutes of double rewards and you spend 8-10 minutes of that with ads on the screen. And they won’t give you an exit box even after two full minutes. Not cool.
Not a logic game
Unfortunately, if you’re looking for a logic based game this isn’t it. Bc of the unknown colors, a lot of the time it’s random and you’ll loose a life bc of stuff out of your control. Not logic based game but funish
Predatory practices
This is one of the most predatory apps I’ve ever come across. It uses every trick in the playbook to prey on and manipulate players: dark patterns, FOMO, gachas, timed incentives, pay to win mechanics, outright lying (“free” rewards that require you to buy a previous reward with money. “are you sure you don’t want to buy more and keep going?” you’ll lose a life! even if you have an unlimited lives booster active), insanely obtrusive ads with timers, minuscule buttons, and popups to the app store… I don’t know how the creators of this slop (which. clearly ai-generated “art”, so yeah, slop in every sense of the word) can sleep at night knowing that they’re using such scummy tactics.
Need ad free option
Fun game but the ads are ridiculous.
Ada are ridiculous
Deleting the game
Scam
It advertises as ‘no ads’ but there are several adds!!!
Annoyed
Fun game, but ads after EVERY single level is just not worth it. You're better off playing any other water sort game that only has ads if you want extra stuff, not after every single level.
Ads are VERY LONG
Game is fun but the ads are twice as long as a game round and that gets old. Also, there is no explanation of what the bonus items or cards are for.
Game is decent but…
Another pay-to-play money grab. After a couple of dozen rounds, the randomness of levels means skill is no longer needed to play, you must purchase items to finish levels.
No ads on Android tho?
my mom recommended me this game and she had told me it doesnt have ads so i was excited to play. i will admit the game is fun but theres ads. i would love to keep playing if they took away the ads. I find it interesting bc andriod doesnt have ads on this game but apple does.
Ads, ads, ads
Good game, tooooo many ads. Deleting
Too many ads
I would play longer & more often if I could play ad free. Long ads every other level (or more)
Forceful of upgrades
Cool game but forces you to download an upgrade. Doesn’t allow you to reach a certain level. I’m on 58 level and it’s forcing me to watch ads in order to continue to play. I don’t want to upgrade or download extra games.deleting both water sort and magic sort. Not worth the long ads.
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No me gusta
Disappointing and low rewarding game
I use to love this game. I’m actually at a very high level too. It’s definitely challenging, but not so challenging that it’s impossible to sort out after thinking it through and several tries. Well it wasn’t! Like all the other games online they start making it completely impossible to get through a level unless you want to pay for it. So disappointed because I’m older and it made me think and figure things out which is good when you’re older. Disappointed that I’m going to have to find a new game that works for me.
You’d also think that at the level I’m at you’d think my rewards would be much higher.
You’d also think that at the level I’m at you’d think my rewards would be much higher.
Sus
I have a pretty good feeling they used ai for the different cat pictures. Multiple pictures with missing teeth, paws are odd, and things just don’t match up. Do better and don’t use ai, it’s ridiculous. The game is super fun but it bothers me so much I can’t support it.
Wayfair ads are malfunctioning!!
I’ve made it all the way to level 542 despite the ridiculously long ads. Recently they have gotten longer and longer. Not sure if that is coded in or if it was a recent update. !!! I NEED THE DEVELOPERS TO READ THIS!!!! Most of the Wayfair ads do not time out. They start and never end. The only way to get out of most of the Wayfair ads is to reboot the app. I really enjoy the live races but seeing a Wayfair ad come up pretty much guarantees that I will lose the race as I get stuck, need to reboot the app, and the game takes a minute to load on restarting. I’m ready to delete this app… also, it’s one thing to watch an ad if I need an extra bottle but don’t make me watch a 3 minute ad after beating a level, unassisted, in a middle of a live race!
Loading
Fun App but it stopped working. It doesn’t load properly.
Can’t get pass level 200-300 without Paying
Game is fun for awhile. But once you’ve played to the higher levels, the game changes and requires you to purchase more and more or it will time-out. My feeling, the game is programmed to get more and more money from the players this way. I don’t approve of this method.
Puzzle changes each time you reset
I love the puzzle aspect of this game but HOW am I supposed to solve the levels where half the bottles are covered, half the colors are a mystery, AND everytime I lose the colors shuffle around????? If I can’t see the colors and I can’t memorize where they will be by messing up honestly how do you do the harder levels???? Especially with only 5 lives before you have to buy more. I wouldn’t mind having to restart if the level didn’t change into a COMPLETELY DIFFERENT PUZZLE ever I restart? That’s entirely ridiculous and so frustrating.
Deleting after almost 200 levels
The base game mechanics are fun. It’s a sorting game. As you go through levels they add challenges like hidden sections you have to reveal by removing the color on top and keys to unlock sections covering some of the vials. There are teams to join and mini challenges where you have to beat more levels than your opponent. Cool.
Then there’s the ads. Pretty much every level you beat, ad. Retrying a level? Ad.
Then there are the “super hard” levels that I’m convinced you cannot possibly beat without spending coins. I even used AI to try to figure out how to beat some of those levels without. Coins and it couldn’t do it.
But you can just spend coins to cheat your way through those. Know how to earn extra coins? Ad
don’t forget the multitudes of ways they offer you to spend real money to get ahead.
I deleted it. This game is just another adware pay-to-win trash unfortunately. It has potential to be very good and have extremely long shelf life but the extra mobile game bs killed it for me.
Then there’s the ads. Pretty much every level you beat, ad. Retrying a level? Ad.
Then there are the “super hard” levels that I’m convinced you cannot possibly beat without spending coins. I even used AI to try to figure out how to beat some of those levels without. Coins and it couldn’t do it.
But you can just spend coins to cheat your way through those. Know how to earn extra coins? Ad
don’t forget the multitudes of ways they offer you to spend real money to get ahead.
I deleted it. This game is just another adware pay-to-win trash unfortunately. It has potential to be very good and have extremely long shelf life but the extra mobile game bs killed it for me.
Fun but…
Game quits unexpectedly & player loses progress on current challenge & a “life” as well, so play time is cut short. Extremely frustrating.
Let us opt out of ads!
2 ⭐️’e because of interruptive ads. I always end up deleting apps for that reason. 😞
Ads
Way too many long ads, basically sat there waiting to close the ad for 3 minutes. Limited lives as well which just make the game unplayable past a certain point
Fun with no WiFi
Fun when you’re not on WiFi. If you’re on WiFi, too many ads.
Sentiment summary
94%
Positive (4-5★)
4%
Neutral (3★)
3%
Negative (1-2★)