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Tangled Rope: Solve Puzzles!
JoyGame Studio Limited · 42,899 ratings · ★ 4.7
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Top complaints - extracted from 47 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"
27 negative reviews mention this · 57% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Do not use. It's an enjoyable game, but the timer is quite frustrating. Completing a very difficult level in 90 seconds is unfeasible. I plan to uninstall it." - Nomadstrom
2
"level"
9 negative reviews mention this · 19% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Do not use. It's an enjoyable game, but the timer is quite frustrating. Completing a very difficult level in 90 seconds is unfeasible. I plan to uninstall it." - Nomadstrom
3
"play"
9 negative reviews mention this · 19% of all complaints
★★★★★ "What the HECK. I love this game … WHEN YOU CAN PLAY IT ,,, IM VERY SURE DEVELOPER YOU KNOW THIS IS THE MAIN COMPLAINT…I realize you’re in business to make a profit BUT When your customers watch so many ADS there is no play time,SO I HAVE TO DELETE A WONDE…" - Dee dee doll
4
"long"
7 negative reviews mention this · 15% of all complaints
★★★★★ "TWO-MINUTE-LONG ADS!. I like the game, but there’s more time on ads than games" - Prufrockian
5
"every"
6 negative reviews mention this · 13% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Fun game but…. Fun game to waste some time, but there’s an ad that you can’t get rid of after every level without closing out the app and restarting. Deleting app and will try another version of a rope game." - Color me
6
"without"
6 negative reviews mention this · 13% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Fun game but…. Fun game to waste some time, but there’s an ad that you can’t get rid of after every level without closing out the app and restarting. Deleting app and will try another version of a rope game." - Color me
7
"ridiculous"
5 negative reviews mention this · 11% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Tangled Mess of Ads. Ridiculous amount of bells, whistles, and ads." - Marshal1981
8
"watch"
5 negative reviews mention this · 11% of all complaints
★★★★★ "What the HECK. I love this game … WHEN YOU CAN PLAY IT ,,, IM VERY SURE DEVELOPER YOU KNOW THIS IS THE MAIN COMPLAINT…I realize you’re in business to make a profit BUT When your customers watch so many ADS there is no play time,SO I HAVE TO DELETE A WONDE…" - Dee dee doll
9
"delete"
5 negative reviews mention this · 11% of all complaints
★★★★★ "What the HECK. I love this game … WHEN YOU CAN PLAY IT ,,, IM VERY SURE DEVELOPER YOU KNOW THIS IS THE MAIN COMPLAINT…I realize you’re in business to make a profit BUT When your customers watch so many ADS there is no play time,SO I HAVE TO DELETE A WONDE…" - Dee dee doll
10
"money"
5 negative reviews mention this · 11% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Too Many Pop-ups. I know there is a money grab here but there are too many pop-ups. Buy this, play this game. I just want to come in and play, not click through several screens to get to the game." - webbiesays
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"levels"
5 negative reviews mention this · 11% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Way too many pop ups. Besides from the ads themselves, there are way too many pop ups screens. I don’t care what the new package you’re trying to sell me is. I don’t care about whatever in-game challenge is going on. I don’t care about earning extra coins if I u…" - EB.03822
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Do not use
It's an enjoyable game, but the timer is quite frustrating. Completing a very difficult level in 90 seconds is unfeasible. I plan to uninstall it.
TWO-MINUTE-LONG ADS!
I like the game, but there’s more time on ads than games
Ads
Ads do not let you close them. Waste of time
Tangled Mess of Ads
Ridiculous amount of bells, whistles, and ads.
What the HECK
I love this game … WHEN YOU CAN PLAY IT ,,, IM VERY SURE DEVELOPER YOU KNOW THIS IS THE MAIN COMPLAINT…I realize you’re in business to make a profit BUT When your customers watch so many ADS there is no play time,SO I HAVE TO DELETE A WONDERFUL GAME BECAUSE IT IS YOUR OBLIGATION TO SHOVE AS MANY ADS IN AS POSSIBLE
YOUR X FRUSTRATED PATRON
YOUR X FRUSTRATED PATRON
Too many commercials
Too many commercials
A lot of nonsense advertisements!!! Please stop these advertisements
There are a lot of advertisements. After each round there is an advertisement which make you crazy and lead you into deleting the game from your phone. It’s the second time I deleted this game from my phone. If you want more subscribers, don’t offer nonsense ads to your subscribers.
Super long ads
Actually enjoyed the game but an add after completing every single level is ridiculous. Also ads are super long. I’m removing the game just because of that.
Ads require you to click thru to the App Store to dismiss
Ads require you to click thru to the App Store to dismiss
Ads are ridiculous
Game is so enjoyable. I complete a level and there an ad. It takes forever for that ad to complete before you can continue. Annoying and makes me close the game out
Too many pop ups
You have to close and wait on 20 pop ups before even getting to play the game
Liars
I’ve watched 11 ads and received no rewards at all for them and support is not answering. My message to them has been sitting there for seven days now. And now the game has tightened up so much. I just encountered a puzzle that in spite of all my skill, it could not be solved without using a hammer or a scissor. It was unsolvable without using the tool! Also, if you start digging through these reviews, you’ll find so many low reviews, but yet they still maintain an overall five star score. It is a lie.
Ad hole
Dummies really made a cute fun little time waster that actually is pretty good. Then just blasted it with un skippable ads 😩 had to come back and undo my 5 star once the ad wall hit lol
Hate the noise.
I want a game that I can play in public settings WITHOUT sound!! The ads come on without any control of the sound. So I play less.
Too many long ads
I got to level 1355. But the ads kept getting longer and longer. There was an ad for candy crush that took 2 minutes and 34 seconds.
I delete the game n will find one without extended ads.
I delete the game n will find one without extended ads.
Yawn
Adds longer than playing
Don’t purchase the “no ads” option
This game is seriously addicting, as obnoxious as the non stop ads are, but do NOT be like me and purchase the “no ads” option because it ends up ruining the whole game in the long run. The long, often 40sec ads are CONSTANT, even if you just need 1 more second to untie that last rope you’ve got to watch an ad for another 40 seconds. But at least you are able to amass a HUGE amount of coins to use for buying different tools to use for harder levels. However if you buy the no ads package, there is no longer an option to watch an ad for more time if you run out during a game. You HAVE to spend 900-1900 coins to get another 40 seconds, which is insane, and you very quickly run out and have no way to build up your coin bank unless you BUY coin packages. 🙄 So it’s just a constant money pit. Anyway, I wish I’d never purchased the no ads version so I could continue playing the game, tolerating the annoying long ad videos, because no I’m just going to have to delete the game. I refuse to continuously buy coin packages just to continue to progress through the levels, and I can’t watch ads anymore to get more coins. So the game is pointless now. If you want a fun, addicting game, tolerate the video ads, and you’ll be able to get through the levels much more quickly without draining your bank account.
Boring
Too many adds
Too many advertisements
I understand needing to make money but you have to deal with a very long Ad after each round of play. The Ad forces you to open the App Store
If you had an Ad for maybe every 3 plays I could handle that. But this is ridiculous. I’m deleting it
If you had an Ad for maybe every 3 plays I could handle that. But this is ridiculous. I’m deleting it
Ridiculous adds
Adds between every win or loss.
Are you smart?
If you do then no need to have this app as it sat up to make you not look like one.
Please God ask one of your humble servants to make an untangle game with no timer
Is reality not stressful enough? I just want to untangle knots at a leisurely pace to relax my mind. I would watch ads, pay dollars, sacrifice a small mammal, anything to just get any of these untangle games to disable the timer.
SCAM - Glitches at 384
I was having a great time with this game until I reached level 384. When I reached out to support to let them know that the game was not advancing upward after I had cleared the ropes from the bottom they were super unhelpful stating that I needed to make sure the ropes were clear and perhaps I had forgotten how the game advances. I have played 383 levels before this wouldn’t it seem like common sense that I know how the level would move forward? Disappointing.
Worst ever
The amount of ads is impossible to try and enjoy a few rounds. Fun game but ads are not worth the download.
Like game
Hate the ads, so I paid for no ads. I still have ads and no way to get out of them. I can’t close the ad. Not going to continue with this game.
SCAMMED WITH ADS
The ads on this game are atrocious. One level and a million ads. You literally have to close completely out to get rid of some of them. So I paid the $5.99 to get rid of them. It made absolutely no difference. After sending proof of payment and several days with customer service they say you are not forced to watch them and if you play along with some of them you will get extra lives. The game is fun but I have never been barraged with such ads. I am working with my card company to get refunded. This is a scam
Ads
It’s so stupid you get to a certain point in the game then it does a stupid ad after each level. This game isn’t worth the money for zero ads.
Lies
In your ad you say no timers. You lied
Not Challenging
Needs to be more challenging. It could be good but not there.
Cannot close the ads
Like the game but you can not close the ads, you have to close the game out and restart. Frustrating if you don’t mind the ads.
No Ads?
Game was fun. Hated all the ads though. Though I paid for no ads, you still have to wait forever till timer runs out before playing. Not sure why the timer is needed. I just deleted the game.
Fun game but…
Fun game to waste some time, but there’s an ad that you can’t get rid of after every level without closing out the app and restarting. Deleting app and will try another version of a rope game.
Juego 30%
Demasiados anuncios
Too Many Pop-ups
I know there is a money grab here but there are too many pop-ups. Buy this, play this game. I just want to come in and play, not click through several screens to get to the game.
TOO MANY!!!!
This game has WAY too many ADS! And they are LONG ads trying to convince people to gamble money away with hopes of winning thousands!! The ADS are annoying and I think I’ll download a game just like this that has no ads at all!!
Review
Too many ads
Cool game. Way too many ads.
I like the game but I probably won’t stick with because of the ads they’re very overbearing.
You need to recalibrate your times
Most of them have almost impossibly short times. One single error and you lose
Too many adds!
Also, the ropes are too stretchy.
Way too many pop ups
Besides from the ads themselves, there are way too many pop ups screens. I don’t care what the new package you’re trying to sell me is. I don’t care about whatever in-game challenge is going on. I don’t care about earning extra coins if I untangle a gold rope. Etc, etc, etc.
When going into the app you have to wait for 5 different pop-up screens to load and then x out of them. You will then have to do this again in between levels. I just want to play the game. Please let me do so.
Other than that, the game play is alright. It’s an enjoyable game. I love the concept, and this seems to be the best execution. The mechanics can use a little tweaking though, as sometimes the ropes will untangle when moved in the wrong direction.
When going into the app you have to wait for 5 different pop-up screens to load and then x out of them. You will then have to do this again in between levels. I just want to play the game. Please let me do so.
Other than that, the game play is alright. It’s an enjoyable game. I love the concept, and this seems to be the best execution. The mechanics can use a little tweaking though, as sometimes the ropes will untangle when moved in the wrong direction.
Aggravating
Have to watch an ad after every play, win or lose.
Battery drain
I like this game, but it drains my battery so quickly I had to delete it and find another similar game. Played 1 tangle - about 3 minutes - and battery went from 72% to 68%.
Used to be fun
After going through a number of levels, the developers seem to think they need to make it harder. But when it’s timed and then certain ends are bolted down and unmovable, it’s nearly impossible to do in the allotted time. It’s not fun if it’s stressful. It’s kind of too bad, but I’m not going to play this anymore. It’s too complicated. There should be an untimed mode. And they should Stop bolting ends of the rope down. That sucks. Anyway.
Too many ads
Ads make it almost unplayable if you don’t pay to remove.
New Puzzle Mechanisms Suck
Im far into the game, I enjoyed it up until these new garbage puzzle mechanics. I probably had 100 levels in a row without running out of time, now it is almost every level. Maybe they will take some getting used to, but I hate them and not enough time is given for the new puzzle mechanics. If i get used to them I suppose i will update my review, but for now I hate this game now compared to how much I enjoyed it before.
Ads are ridiculously long!
Even if you pay to remove ads, they still appear and are obnoxiously long!
Too many ads
Hate the ads. About to delete game
Sentiment summary
92%
Positive (4-5★)
5%
Neutral (3★)
3%
Negative (1-2★)