2026-07-01
Don’t update
Been playing this game for a while but I just updated and now the booster items you can buy with earned coins went from 30 to 300. I won’t be playing much longer
Updating
Hexa Sort
Released: 2023-11-01
© 2023 Lion Studios
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Description
Hexa Sort offers a delightful mix of stacking and sorting puzzle challenges, strategic matching, and satisfying tile merging experience. Challenge your mind with stimulating brain teaser games that involve clever puzzle solving and logical maneuvers, making it an ideal choice for those seeking a mental workout.
Hexa Sort introduces a unique twist to the classic sorting puzzle concept, inviting players to explore the art of shuffling, connecting, matching and organizing hexagon tile stacks. With the goal of achieving color matches, players can dive into the excitement of challenging puzzles and enjoy the calming effects of tile stacking brainteasers for adults. Each level presents challenges to meet collection goals, providing a perfect balance of excitement and stress relief for those who prefer relaxing casual games.
The game's aesthetics boast a visually pleasing palette with gradients, creating a serene and zen environment for players to enjoy. Dive into the world of color puzzle games, color sorting, block stacking and free therapy through the game's minimalistic design. The inclusion of 3D graphics adds an extra layer of immersion, allowing players to view the puzzle board from various angles while engaging in the satisfying processes of stacking, matching and merging tiles.
Hexa Sort is more than just a game; it's a captivating and relaxing free puzzle game experience, full of brain teasers, tile puzzles and colorful challenges that demand creative thinking. As players progress through levels, they'll find the gameplay to be both addicting and calming, striking the perfect balance between challenge and relaxation. Put your puzzle solving skills to the test with tasks involving sorting, stacking, and merging hexagon tiles.
Unlock new levels to keep your brain sharp, reveling in the therapeutic experience of captivating color matching puzzle games. The game caters to enthusiasts of color fill 3D and challenges based on hexagon tile structures. Invite friends to join the excitement, compete for high scores, and share the joy of engaging in fun puzzle games. Hexa Sort challenges players to become a masterful color matcher, skillfully pairing and organizing tiles.
FEATURES:
- Easy-to-play & relaxing gameplay
- Tons of challenging color match puzzles and brain teasers for adults and children
- Smooth 3D gameplay graphics
- Vibrant colors & gradients
- Power-ups & boosters to help solve puzzles
- Satisfying ASMR gameplay sound effects
Embark on a captivating journey of color matching, tile sorting, block stacking and tile merging with Hexa Sort. Whether you're a fan of block games, crave stress relief, or enjoy colorful brain teasers, this game promises a harmonious fusion of entertainment and mental stimulation. Sort, match, stack and merge your way to victory in this exciting and challenging puzzle adventure!
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Name
Lion Studios Plus LLC
Information
Developer
Categories
Version
6.1.00
Size
546.4 MB
Game Center
Yes
VPP Device Licensing
Yes
Rating
Rated 17+ for the following:
Infrequent/Mild Cartoon or Fantasy Violence
Infrequent/Mild Realistic Violence
Compatibility
iOS 15.6 or later
Devices
iPhone 5s, iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus, iPhone 6s, iPhone 6s Plus, iPhone SE, iPhone 7, iPhone 7 Plus, iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus, iPhone X, iPhone XR, iPhone XS, iPhone XS Max, iPhone 11, iPhone 11 Pro, iPhone 11 Pro Max, iPhone SE (2nd generation), iPhone 12, iPhone 12 Pro, iPhone 12 Pro Max, iPhone 12 mini, iPhone 13, iPhone 13 Pro, iPhone 13 Pro Max, iPhone 13 mini, iPhone SE (3rd generation), iPhone 14, iPhone 14 Plus, iPhone 14 Pro, iPhone 14 Pro Max, iPhone 15, iPhone 15 Plus, iPhone 15 Pro, iPhone 15 Pro Max, iPhone 16, iPhone 16 Plus, iPhone 16 Pro, iPhone 16 Pro Max, iPhone 16e, iPhone 17, iPhone 17 Pro, iPhone 17 Pro Max, iPhone Air, iPhone 17e, iPad (5th Generation) Wi-Fi, iPad (5th Generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad (6th generation) Wi-Fi, iPad (6th generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro, iPad Pro (Cellular), iPad Pro (9.7-inch), iPad Pro (9.7-inch) (Cellular), iPad Pro 12.9-inch (2nd generation), iPad Pro 12.9-inch (2nd generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro (10.5-inch), iPad Pro (10.5-inch) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro (11-inch), iPad Pro (11-inch) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro 12.9-inch (3rd generation), iPad Pro 12.9-inch (3rd generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Air, iPad Air (Cellular), iPad Air 2, iPad Air 2 (Cellular), iPad Air (3rd generation), iPad Air (3rd generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad mini Retina, iPad mini Retina (Cellular), iPad mini 3, iPad mini 3 (Cellular), iPad mini 4, iPad mini 4 (Cellular), iPad mini (5th Generation), iPad mini (5th Generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad (7th generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro 11-inch (2nd generation), iPad Pro 11-inch (2nd generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro 12.9-inch (4th generation), iPad Pro 12.9-inch (4th generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Air (4th Generation) (Wi-Fi), iPad Air (4th Generation) (Wi-Fi + Cellular), iPad (8th generation) Wi-Fi, iPad (8th generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro 11-inch (3rd generation), iPad Pro 11-inch (3rd generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro 12.9-inch (5th Generation), iPad Pro 12.9-inch (5th Generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad (9th Generation), iPad (9th Generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad mini (6th Generation), iPad mini (6th Generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Air (5th generation), iPad Air (5th generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro 11-inch (4th generation), iPad Pro 11-inch (4th generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro 12.9-inch (6th generation), iPad Pro 12.9-inch (6th generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad (10th generation), iPad (10th generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Air 11-inch (M2) Wi-Fi, iPad Air 13-inch (M2) Wi-Fi, iPad Air 13-inch (M2) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro 11-inch (M4) Wi-Fi, iPad Pro 11-inch (M4) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro 13-inch (M4) Wi-Fi, iPad Pro 13-inch (M4) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad mini (A17 Pro) Wi-Fi, iPad mini (A17 Pro) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad (A16) Wi-Fi, iPad (A16) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Air 11-inch (M3) Wi-Fi, iPad Air 11-inch (M3) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Air 13-inch (M3) Wi-Fi, iPad Air 13-inch (M3) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro 11-inch (M5) Wi-Fi, iPad Pro 11-inch (M5) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro 13-inch (M5) Wi-Fi, iPad Pro 13-inch (M5) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Air 11-inch (M4) Wi-Fi, iPad Air 11-inch (M4) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Air 13-inch (M4) Wi-Fi, iPad Air 13-inch (M4) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPod touch (6th Generation), iPod touch (7th generation)
Languages
English, Chinese, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Spanish
App Store: Customer Ratings
Ratings & Reviews
4.7 of 5 (218,785 Ratings)
App Store: Customer Reviews
2026-07-01
Too many ads
And they last too long
2026-07-01
Ads ads ads ads.
Do you like ads? If you like ads, then this is the app for you! And I’m not just talking about any ads. I’m talking about Khashi. They have ALL the Kalshi ads. All-day Kalshi, All-night Kalshi. Kalshi Kalshi all the time. So if you love ads, and specifically Kalshi, this is your game. If you love games well, too bad. There’s not a lot of gameplay going on so you might wanna look someplace else if that’s your interest.
2026-07-01
Super fun
I love this game so much. I have been having issues opening the app :/ is there a bug going on ?
2026-06-30
Ads are ridiculous
Been playing this game awhile loved it. Ended up deleting it for a reason I can’t remember. Came back and it’s legit almost unplayable. You get an ad legit almost every 2 to 3 minutes. You can be in the middle of a level and it will pop a forced ad. Fun gameplay but the amount of ads makes it very hard to play
2026-06-30
Too many ads
Ads between every level, random “ad breaks”. Just terrible to play. The actual game is decent but the ads make it completely unplayable.
2026-06-28
Why?
Why is it 18 plus, game should be for 9+ it’s hard but how is it 18 plus. Also it keeps kicking me out of the game and disappearing from my phone.
2026-06-28
Literally can’t play level 2
I’ve tried on multiple devices and I can’t get the game to let me open level 2.
2026-06-27
Scam
They offer to remove ads for a flat rate, but continue to serve random ads consistently. Creating support tickets requires you to upload proof that you paid the fee, and then still nothing happens. I’m not sure how they can say they’ll remove ads but force them upon paying users anyways.
2026-06-27
Fun But Done
This game is fun. I am on level 82 so have played for quite a while, but I am deleting it after writing this review. Building the little islands from the around the world is fun. The different little competitions are fun. The game is challenging. There are just too many Ads. Plus, every single time you go to the Home Screen you get bombarded with the pop-ups of every single event happening on the game along with any purchase it wants you to make. Every. Single. Time. I already had to go through all of this junk when I logged on, and I do not need to go through it between every level, after building one new place on my island, after claiming the rewards I just earned, etc, etc, etc. Sometimes there can be five or six things happening that it shows. This is a waste of time and frankly just annoying.
Thanks for the fun while it lasted, but I am deleting the game right now.
2026-06-25
Stopped loading
The number of free items and continuations for watching ads decreased over time. I could live with that, but for some reason the game just won’t load anymore suddenly.
2026-06-25
Stop with the ads
This is a great game, and sadly getting more ad crazy. Now you have to watch two ads instead of one to get assistance in the same. Not a cool thing to do to people who have been playing your game for a year. Sadly will find a different game now.
2026-06-25
Game opens, then crashes.
I enjoyed playing and played most everyday reaching level 876. Now the game doesn’t stay open and crashes back to my Home Screen, so I can longer play. I updated it to the current update but that didn’t help, it still won’t open for me to play. Are there bug fixes that need to be done?
2026-06-24
Pay to play
Game used to be fun to play until the made it impossible to earn enough in-game coins to purchase the power ups. You have to pay real money now in order to obtain enough coins to actually use them.
2026-06-20
Why is this rated 18+
I don’t understand
2026-06-19
Fun game but…
This is a fun game however the ads get longer as your move through the levels and once you get past the low levels you pretty much have to pay to play or it doesn’t give you any matching tiles.
2026-06-18
Ad h3ll!!!
Great game and a lot of fun!!! I’ve never played a game with so many ads…it’s beyond frustrating. Will be deleting game because I’m watching more ads then actually playing the game.
2026-06-17
Drown in Ads and Rigged Game
The constant ads is insane. Also, you can tell as you are playing, the next tiles provided are purposefully chosen to ensure you lose so you can watch ads and replay. Don’t bother.
2026-06-17
Terrible customer service
The game itself is quite fun. It is pretty expensive if you want to play it optimally. Unfortunately if you have anything fo wrong at all the customer service is absolutely terrible. The agents that help change with every email and the new one doesn't read what was previously discussed so you have to repeat the whole situation. Even with proof of what you paid for and didn't receive while experiencing problems with the game on their end….they return less than 10% of what was lost. Very little consideration for their customers. Do not recommend.
2026-06-15
addicting but stupid
i tried to buy another life with the 39 coins i had (30 coins for one life) and it said “ok here you go!!” and put me right back where i was the move before i died with no possible options for escape/success. i end up using a gosh darn power up and THAT STILL YIELDS NO SUCCESSABLE OPTIONS. are we so serious right now!? i spend so much time on this game for what!?
2026-06-14
Lives
It’s annoying I have to keep waiting 30 minutes for lives.. the game is fun but this ruins it.
2026-06-13
ADS
The ads on this game are out of control and ruin the joy. Nearly impossible to win levels without watching several lengthy ads or paying a ton of money for coins. You’re even forced to watch an ad if you pause for a moment. Also very greedy with the rewards
2026-06-12
Difficultly spikes
Okay, there should be no reason in less then 20 levels that a “super hard” should even be mentioned there is really no weaning into it. You are just given complex levels from the start and half the time they don’t match correctly like you would want it too making almost destroying your lives.
2026-06-10
Crashing
I recently re-downloaded this game because I liked it a lot and I don’t know why I deleted it in the first place but it has been crashing almost every time I open the app or after I finish a level.
2026-06-08
Won’t load
It won’t load just a pink or black screen I deleted it and tried to reload and it won’t
2026-06-08
Fun, but…
The game is fun and challenging, but it can get frustrating with the random actions that happen in the game. Some of these issues could be resolved by giving more points for completing levels. That would allow me to actually utilize the resources in the game to help complete a level.
2026-06-07
Owned this for awhile
This is enjoyable however I am on the brink of deleting. Not frustrated with ads or in app purchase selling etc. I have learned this is how you can keep the game going and updated. But if you create impossible levels, it doesn’t matter does it; players leave and don’t play anymore. If the only way to win is to buy yourself out of a level where’s the fun in that. If explained this in other game reviews: keep your hard, impossible rounds if you like to, but set up an algorithm. And if a player is on the same level for hours or days or a week, whatever you determine…. Throw them a bone. Make the level finally passable. If you do not, they’ll disengage.
2026-06-07
Good game
I liked this game but it kept closing on me when I was close to finishing a level. Then I had to start over. Frustrating enough to me that I deleted the game😣
2026-06-06
Inundated With Ads
I don't mind brief ads but all of a sudden I am being buried under long ads after every single game. The game is fun but not that fun. I'm hitting delete
2026-06-06
Bad change
I don’t know what happened, but I don’t like being told how hard the level is. And I DEFINITELY DO NOT like that I can’t get help without the ads.
I will watch the ads for sure, if I can get assistance
2026-06-04
Love it but
I really like this game and the fact that watching ads are a choice, but the rewards are very low compared to the price of boosters .. I don’t mind supporting a game and buying a pack here and there but even those are expensive compared to what you get..I watch tons of ads 🤣
2026-06-04
Fun BUT
This game will nickel and dime you. You can’t buy a long term license to play or anything like that.. you can’t buy only play for a limited time each day which isn’t much before you have to buy more coins for more lives.. packed with adds they force you to watch for other games. Shameless money pit
2026-06-04
Not what is advertised
Even though the game is not terrible, the advertisement you see when playing other games, which looks like you are sorting a large tower of multi color disks (just like the app picture) is misleading. That is not the game. I cannot stand misleading advertisements.
2026-06-03
Fun game but...
I have been enjoying the game but if I see one more gossip harbor ad I think I might delete it!!!
2026-05-30
Hexasort
I have enjoyed playing the game. I have found it very frustrating in the building and getting with in one strike of getting the win and before you can complete the win you have to start over. The game is very difficult to achieve the quests.
2026-05-30
Ugh
Really enjoy the game but it gets really annoying when I spend coins to get another life and the game opens to last played game I already lost and counts it as a life. Like o shouldn’t be losing two lives from the same game play. Please fix it. It’s a rip off
Update:
I’ve tried contacting support and it never gets fixed. Waste coins on new lives so I can play again but it brings me back to the old lost field no matter what I do. Force closing game doesn’t matter so I lost two lives just from trying to refresh the game. F these developers who don’t actually care about games and just put up ai trash! Deleting this game! Don’t bother if you don’t like something called “ad breaks” if you swipe away from game longer then five seconds. I was messaging friend in between playing and everytime I swiped back it would throw up another stupid ad. Greedy a**ho***!
2026-05-28
Frustration
I’ve played this app for years and I’ve always enjoyed it up till now the last week or so level don’t increase when you complete them and there’s no way to complain or have anybody fix it so I’m saying goodbye will be deleting it cause it is no longer fun!
2026-05-26
Addds
The amount of adds is so ridiculous it’s not even worth playing
2026-05-26
Scam
Gets more difficult to the point the game wants you to buy lives. Delete.
2026-05-24
Don’t buy it!
Worst game I’ve ever bought. They’re out for the money and they don’t care if you win or not you can’t win if you don’t pay trash it while you can.
2026-05-23
Repeat levels
They are the same levels over and over again
2026-05-21
Hexa Scam
I have been playing doggedly for a few weeks. I joined an event and started at something like position 136. Two or three games later I had moved to #2. Behind a player named Pink and in front of labada. In one I’m #1.. pink is 2 points behind me, labada 2 points behind pink. For two days, no matter what time u play or if I take a short or long break. The positions down the line stay the same. 2 points behind me and etc.
I do not mind solitaire games. I do not mind games with events or races. But they are making one think there is a competition or some event against other players when there is not. Points, wins or loss mean nothing. If they lie about that then there is also no randomness in the game. Algorithm decides it.
I loath when the rules change and it is all manipulation tactics. I have deleted the game and made note of the developer. I will delete anything of theirs and never ever get another app they are associated with.
Back to solitaire and news. So stupid.
2026-05-21
Worst game known to man
This is the most rage inducing game I’ve ever had the misfortune of playing in my entire life. Like most mobile games, it is engineered to milk money from the player, rather than be fun like a game should be. It forces you to lose stages over and over while dangling micro transactions in your face. Even though I’m being PAID to play this game through another app, it’s not enough. This game is so awful that being paid is not enough to make me want to play it.
2026-05-20
Frustrated!!!!
I have played this game for several years and for the last five months or so it has been glitchy and crashing!And I actually spend money on coins, which is something I’ve never do on any other game. I have deleted and reinstalled the app and it is still glitchy 😤They need to fix this. It’s ridiculous if you’re going to offer a game, you need to offer one that works! And apparently they don’t wanna know this because they will even allow me to submit this review!
2026-05-19
The ads! The chintzy coin rewards!
This game would be fun and challenging but when down to last few spaces, the game ALWAYS sends the exact color combos you couldn’t possibly use! And because coin rewards are so small, guess what you have to do? Watch MORE ads. Don’t let me start about the ads! Good bye!
2026-05-18
Different game than advertised
The ad I saw for this game showed a tower to twist and sort, it is a completely different game and not even a little bit similar. Disappointing as I only downloaded it for the game advertised.
2026-05-13
Doing too much
A sorting game should be simple and relaxing. This game is too busy; they have too many events & points systems and they’re just doing too much. I don’t think any sorting game should be “SUPER HARD” so I’m going to look for an alternative.
2026-05-13
Okay
The app tends to be very slow and glitchy even when on excellent WiFi. Other than that the app is good. The game is fun when it isn’t freezing and glitching.
2026-05-13
Horrible
I’ve played many games and while I understand difficulty needs to ramp up it does not have to be like that from the jump with moves you cannot get back from
2026-05-13
Gets boring fast
After several levels the tile field starts getting smaller with stupid explosive hexes, blocking elements and it is no longer fun. I want bigger fields. Also whoever added the “build an art diorama” interlude between games should be fired. What a stupid waste of time.
2026-04-27
Fun, but they’ve got some glitchy and no answers
The game is really fun and it does get more complicated the longer than you play. Some of the levels you literally have to watch ads to get past no matter how many times you try. But it’s not that many of them. But also just so you guys know the advertising at the bottom of the screen are blocking the extras that you can choose to assist you and so it’s really inconvenient when you can’t see what you can play. Also, you can choose to watch ads to get extras… And if you say no, I don’t want to watch the ads for the extras. It makes you watch an ad anyway and you don’t get the extras regardless what’s super annoying. Then if you have to open another app like text message or something and you go back to the game two seconds later because you didn’t fully close it out it makes you watch an ad before you can continue.
2025-12-27
Way too many ads!
The game itself is great, but the ads have ruined it! I have no patience for a game that has ads taking up more of my time than the game itself does. And the ironic thing is that some of the ads are talking about their games having no ads at all! There are spots on most every level’s playing field that you can only use by viewing an ad, and if you need to close the game and come back, you need to view an ad. In this case you do get 5 coins, but I would rather just come back to where I was! And every day, when you win your first level, if you want to be awarded more coins (and who doesn’t?!), you are forced to watch several long ads. I can’t stand it anymore. I spend all my time waiting for the ad to end so that I can press the right buttons to end the video ad, which is a process in itself!!
2025-12-07
Great Game!
This is a great sorting game that provides new challenges every level that increase in difficulty the further you get. This game is free to download, though you can buy coins, boosters, and no ads; you can do buy it together in a bundle or all separately. This game also has over 2000 levels with many more past that, though I don’t know how many because I haven’t ran out of levels yet. There are also mini games that you can play by earning points or tries from playing the main levels. This game also has many different types of obstacles that are introduced throughout the levels that make it a bigger challenge. There are some unnecessary features in the game but luckily they’re not vital to the actual gameplay and can be ignored if you don’t like them. Overall I definitely think this game is worth downloading and is one of my favorites.
2025-12-02
Rigged for the Glory of ADs
I’ve had it with these ads. They are killing my phone..literally…. My phone WILL NOT run this game anymore because these excessive amount of ads you are forced to watch integrated into every aspect of this game causes my phone to overheat and freeze up.
During gameplay there are banner ads that rotate and change every 10 or so seconds at the bottom of your screen. It’s persistent so they never go away. These permanent banner ads causes my phone temperature to spike and over heat my phone during gameplay, and thus slowing my phone performance to a crawl until the game, the phone, or both, freeze completely, forcing me to close the app until the temperature drops. It feels like I tossed it in the oven. On top of that? Every few minutes while you are playing there is an “Ad Break!” And you are forced to watch the longest ads to continue. You don’t even need to be in an ongoing level for these ad breaks to pop up. I was looking at the “Home” tab when i suddenly got hit with an “Ad Break!”… Hell, even if you do NOTHING you still get an “Ad Break!”. When you win? Ads, Lose? Ads. You have 5 lives and each time you lose one? Ads. All of these ads go for well over a minute. There is no way to increase the amount of lives beyond 5 unless you pay. This game is rigged, and will do its ABSOLUTE BEST to avoid giving you the hex colors that you need for as long as possible so you are forced to lose and watch ads, or make a purchase to remove ads out of frustration. Having a max limit of 5 lives and being forced to wait 30minutes to recover 1 life on top of this adds insult to injury. This game is fun when it’s not rigged to frustrate you into making a purchase to remove ads.
2025-11-06
Color differentiation hard to tell because graphics have no contrasting in colors.
The color separation and graphics have little to be desire. It is hard to tell what colors are in the stack as you move them around. There are times with white right next to yellow or blue right next to green Or any other colors that are close blend together in a stack. I play this game on the phone with a rather large screen and it’s still hard to tell. When you think there’s one color in the stack and it turns out there’s several, then it messes up your whole strategy. They need to have better contrasting colors so you can tell what’s in the stack. The viewing angle and the graphics are Poor and then differentiation is hard to determine as you play. Very misleading and it’s hard to set up your strategy when a surprise color comes up that’s not what you thought it was. They really need better contrast colors… or the ability too adjust to a higher quality graphics. A sharper image! I found the experience lackluster and frustrating. It could be an enjoyable game, but it’s flawed.
I also determined that the stacks don’t jump consistently the same way by size or by number of chips in the stack. This game is rigged.
I’ve deleted the game from my lineup.
2025-09-27
Changes aren’t always for the best
Two stars for the fact that the game itself is fun but the updates are getting out of hand. I understand that they need to make money by getting people to buy stuff but taking away every type of bonus is getting ridiculous! First the ability to watch videos for power ups, then the spin and win wheel went up and it only gives you the worst prize, the worlds only give you cards and gives you the worst ones at that, the weekly quest keeps resetting and giving less stars each time and now the daily rewards are every three hours and once a day instead of every hour and twice a day. This makes me not want to play because when I buy stuff, there is no advantage because I immediately use it all since there are no real bonuses to the game. There are far too many games on the App Store to be spending a ton of money on one game where the creators obviously don’t care about the players!
2025-09-21
Decent game! Fun on the plane! But…
So I’ll start off by saying I love the ability to keep shoving tile stacks onto the board while they’re sorting to get super high stacks instead of having to wait until they finish sorting. I think the level designs are fair. I also appreciate not having to be connected to the net just to play, it means I can play while on planes too. However, I noticed the other players on the leaderboard keep gaining points somehow despite me not being connected to the net, staying somehow JUST a few points behind. This tells me they might not be real players, and I don’t like the stress of the leaderboard popping up each time I finish a level to make it look like they’re somehow about to catch up. I’m not connected to the net. The leaderboard should not be updating???
2025-08-27
Addictive and infuriating
One of the best puzzle games I’ve played but get ready to be blasted with ads at every turn.
Literally the most aggressive ad strategies I’ve ever seen in mobile gaming. Swipe across the screen? Ad starts. Between levels, ads. Can’t pass a level? Watch an ad! Put phone down for 2 seconds, 1, 2, commercial! And they’re not 30 seconds either. Try 30 seconds and then an arrow. 30 more, then an X. Then 30 more to turn off title tile and close App Store to go back to game. It’s excruciating. And you can turn them of for $9.99…a month. I mean the whole game is worth that much. I’m on level 575 and love the game but not goin to make it much longer. Now the algorithm won’t let me advance without, you guessed it…watch ads to get a hand that’ll actually let you progress. Depressing that they made such a good game locked behind a never ending barrage of obnoxious commercials. I’d happily pay $9.99 for it to end but they apparently think their mobile game is worth that much a month. It’s not.
2025-08-26
Despite being a free game in game purchases don’t work as advertised
This game is delightful and awesome. A very fun to play game. However I purchased the no ads add on for 9.99 plus sales tax and it claimed that I would only have to watch ads to boost rewards in game. However one day after purchasing the no ads add on it literally makes me watch an unavoidable advertisement mid level right after the level starts. None of these ads have a count down timer to tell me how long I have to wait for the ad to end until the very end after giving the option to download whatever other app is being advertised and the only option I had were to close the app or to wait however long for the ad to end. I ended up closing the app since it was a game I already downloaded and I decided to delete this app because I also purchased extra lives for the remainder of the current event season and got double charged for extending my life count to 8 due to a glitch and Apple refused my duplicate charge refund request
2025-06-18
Addictive but Annoying Honey and Ads
I have been playing this game off an on now for a few years. It’s addictive and lots of fun, I’m at level 364. However, the ads are very annoying, with half of them you can’t skip. It used to be only when a game ended or was beginning, but now it’s ALL THE TIME. Beginning of the game AD, end of a game AD, hit the home button AD, sometimes even in the middle of playing AD. I get that free games need ads to make money, but it ruins a lot of the game experience if I’m constantly watching the exact same add for the 5th time in 15 minutes. Additionally, the new challenge spots with honey pots if awful. You have to empty the pots and they splash and stick fast the surrounding stacks you had so they can’t be joined. In order to pass any of the recent levels, I’ve spent over 300 coins. That is ridiculous. I really used to love the game when it was simply stacking and sorting until you hit the correct number, or stacked enough to empty the balls in the ball pit, but the honey makes the game 1 out of 5 stars. PLEASE FIX THIS, I really liked this game.
2025-04-24
Challenging Game
I do like this game. The levels get difficult quicker than most games where you can do a couple hundred levels easily but I like that.
What I don’t like is the GREED. Why is it all so expensive? The Whisker Pass is $10. Same theory in other games is less than half of that. Several of the harder levels you have to use some sort of power up. All the power ups are very pricey.
Also, I like the competition of it all, but it’s bogus here. I’ve had the same players the same number of levels behind me for the past few days. That would mean they are playing the exact time and amount of time that I am. Completely bogus. Same thing with splitting the 7-levels.
Fake competitive levels is just crazy.
And ads. I don’t mind watching ads in this game because a level takes a bit to get through. HOWEVER, if I navigate away from the screen for a phone call or text or notification, when I come back 30 seconds later, I have to watch an ad. Stop. And why do the ads run longer on this game than others?
As soon as I’m out of this round of powerups, I’m deleting and trying one of the other similar games that I became aware of playing this game through ads. Over and over and over again.
2025-03-25
Obnoxious Broken Ads, Great Game
This game is an excellent puzzle game, never felt forced to buy anything or watch ads to win a level as long as I remained patient and kept trying. The ads showing whenever you finish a level is understandable. The ads showing when you’ve left the app momentarily (not fully closed it) and return are annoying. As of right now (March 25, 2025) there is an ad that has been plaguing the game experience and the ad is for Crazy 8. I’ve sent in support tickets with no help on it. This ad in particular shows up literally at random almost always in the middle of gameplay. I never had this issue before but it is breaking the game for me. I cannot skip or close the ad it just doesn’t go away unless I close the game. It makes me lose my game lives and therefore waste any coins I had and spent for more lives. THIS NEEDS TO BE FIXED ASAP!!!
2025-03-02
Favorite game, almost
UPDATE!!! I will not play a game that the ad (drama box) shows a man undressing a man or woman!! Come on!!! What if by 12 year old grand daughter was playing this game? Fix it or i’m gone. Like I said before there are a lot of games out there to play!!!
First I will say this is one of my favorite games!! I am in awe of the people that are at levels above 700!! I am at level 376 and can not get passed it. The pearls pop up faster than I can move! Shame for making some of the levels so hard!!! I will just say when a level is too hard it’s no fun. Please remember there are thousands of games out there we could be playing!!!
I agree with comments re ads. I think there are too many and a 30 second ad is tooooo long. Esp if you’re playing for 30 seconds and watching an ad to save your game. I also find exception to some of the ads. I am an adult (70+) but HATE the DramaBox stream ads. They are terrible!!
2025-01-29
If you like to waste money, this game is for you.
This is a hodgepodge of games and collecting tasks that is really just an excuse to waste your time and money. The premise is to solve various puzzle like challenges using the hexagonal tiles, by which you compete with others to get enough stars to complete various small dioramas. However, the payout on stars is SO FEEBLE that you then have to engage in any number of secondary games which you have no control over, or rather, the only control you have is to complete more hexagonal games so your race car can drive faster. What happens if you win the race car game tied to the hexagonal tile game? Another feeble payout!!! All of this ultimately is designed for you to spend actual money buying more resources in the attempt to win more hexagonal puzzle games and win a contest. Except I think the winners of the contests are all bots, or they have unlimited cash…or both. Don’t get me wrong, I know that many games feature in app purchases, but most of these games have SOMETHING GOING FOR THEM in terms of a plot, or interesting gameplay, or the opportunity to make a decent run at winning. This game has NOTHING except tedium. I’m finishing the last round I’m on, then deleting the app. My advice, do not download. Life is short and the game is long and wrong.
2025-01-08
Can’t win without spending money at some point
I started this game faithfully during my train rides and transportation without any issues it was hard but challenging the levels took atleast 1 day to do at worst until I reached level 1000 somewhere around there that made it 100% clear no matter what I did how many times I redid the level or played ads if I didn’t use cash I wasn’t making it past that level (needed a boost to pass and they pushed advertisements for spots which I watched) I spent 1 week trying to pass that level and noticed they made it so I couldn’t pass as I redid the level how they gave the “random” colors and pushed you to do the ads so last second you’d get mad and possibly spend to win normally that’s not an issue but I like to wait a while because I hate games that require money being thrown at it and my interest dies soon after because it becomes hard to pad after you put money on a level (atleast for me) and built into the gameplay like that is kind of sneaky and gross. So I uninstalled. Game is great until that level though.
2025-01-07
If you like ads, this game is for,you.
I actually really like this game. I even paid money for coins, but the ads are excessive. At the end of every game, once or twice during the game for extra spots, randomly in the middle of the game. I was tempted to pay the $9.99 for ad removal, but after reading the reviews I realized what I suspected (they would only remove ads between boards, not for bonuses, or opening squares) was true. I don’t know how much they make on ads, and what it would compare to a bunch of players paying the $9.99 for complete access, but if you have no players because of the ads…then you have no one at all to watch them and make more money and it just seems detrimental.
Also, the leagues are bunk, you play against the computer. It’s a bit annoying, especially when you are losing because it’s not even a real person you are losing too, it’s a scam to get you to play longer. I hope they take their players opinions into real consideration and break the mold of so many games these days and just make them fun and ad free in some way.
2024-12-12
Deceiving
I’ve played a lot of hex apps. Despite the huge amount of ads on this one, it has the most satisfying game play. The sound when they merge, challenging enough, creative challenges and new twists. What I really dislike is that the “people” you are challenging against are most definitely fake. MAYBE the leader boards are real and POSSIBLY the races to certain levels, but the leagues, and treasure quests are not real players. Once you’ve won a certain amount of levels in a league, the algorithm keeps the “second place person” just 2 behind you no matter how frequently you play… ugh… and the treasure quest…. There’s no way it can be real with the different rates people play at. Competing against other real players is really motivating and it’s another tool they use to keep you motivated to keep playing. I like that type of thing.. BUT.. It just really rubs me the wrong way when they are deceptive about them being real people. I would rather compete against their algorithm knowing they are fake if they were honest about it. Just really creepy tactic IMO that makes me have a bad feeling toward the creators. I want to stay and play as I like how they’ve mad it very satisfying in other ways, but the deception just puts me in a bad mood every time I open it now. 😒
2024-11-30
Like adds this game for you
At first was great then once hooked watching adds is all you do I’m removing game from my device for I’m sick and tired after every round add pops up if was possible I wouldn’t even give it a one star….. I do understand that you need the adds for support but when you offer the chance to get rid of adds don’t make it for one month not worth it also put yourself in our position would you like to play a game only to have adds after adds after adds and being on a very tight budget where you can’t afford 10 dollars a month for that kind of money goes towards paying bills and other things for if you pay 10 dollars a month that is 1,200 a year so with all the people who do play and pay your making money hands over fist for those that don’t get that saying means they just sit back let the money roll in and don’t give a heck about anything or anyone for they still have other s*ckers who will play and pay so to those who don’t want to pay and DO NOT DOWNLOAD THIS GAME IT’S NOT WORTH IT
2024-11-13
Used to be better: power up costs tripled, earnings stayed the same
When I first downloaded this game, I only watched ads if I wanted to earn extra slots on the board or double earnings. Now there are ads ALL the time and the cost of power ups tripled and the coin earning per level is still the same. The power up earnings for the side quests hasn’t gone up either. This makes it almost impossible to buy the power ups needed to complete certain levels. I also feel like the levels are now almost impossible to win without power ups or extra slots. The levels used to be winnable based on strategy but there have been a lot of times where I need one of six colors to win and I will get 3 of the same color that is the only one not on the board back to back to back. The “switch out” power up was 10 coins before and now costs 30 coins so I wasted nearly 100 coins to get dealt the same one color over again. Game is forcing you to watch ads, lowering the value of coins while simultaneously increasing the cost of power ups, and changing the algorithm to make it nearly impossible to win without power ups making strategy obsolete. If there are no fixes to this, I will delete it soon.
2024-10-27
Fun but way too many ads
I downloaded this game because I liked the preview. But let me tell you while it is addicting. It’s not fun when all there is is ads. First let me tell you they give you the option of having 30 days no ads. If I’m gonna pay $10 I expect to have zero ads not endgame ads or banner ads, but no ads. you can be in the middle of gameplay and an ad will pop up. If you have more than three hours of free lives, you get an ad at the end of every game regardless of you win or lose therefore, you don’t get your free time. If you’re lucky enough to win the tournament you are given approximately four hours of free unlimited lives after the ads you maybe get two hours and 15 minutes. Save your coin don’t purchase anything and if you are going to purchase coins, use it for the power ups that is all it’s worth. don’t get extended lives because ads eat up everything. The game would be better if you actually gave the time that you earned unlimited, but they don’t do that so in a way it’s very deceptive. but on a sidenote, if you have less than 10 minutes, you don’t get very many ads. but mind you if you get 15 minutes free unlimited after watching an ad. You don’t really get 15 minutes. You get maybe seven because there’s ads. I truly don’t recommend this game unless you want to sit and waste time watching ads.
2024-10-19
Not Worth the Download
This game used to be my absolute favorite. I was actually willing to watch the ads and even spend actual money for boosts. Then randomly hints literally tripled in price (amount of in game coins) and the option to earn one after watching an ad disappeared. On top of that none of the ways to earn coins increased the output so everything skyrocketed and was forcing you to pay real money for boosts. Because of their change you can now only get 5 of the cheapest boosts or 2 of the middle boost or 1 of the highest boost for $2. Used to be triple all of that OR you could watch ads and get them for free.
At the same time as the price increase the game play changed. There are often times where things can flip multiple ways. Their program always flipped things to the benefit of the player. Now it 100% always flips against the benefit of the player forcing you to quit the level or pay the ridiculous new prices for boosts.
Went from my favorite game to being deleted from my phone because it’s not even playable anymore. There are much better hex games out there that won’t rob you.
2024-10-16
Update
Update- From the beginning, I paid for ads free. This is a ripoff because you end up watching ads to open slots, to gain coins and I guess you don’t have to, but some of the weekly events require you open X amount of slots to get the rewards from the chest. Just resign yourself to the fact that you will be watching ads!
My second complaint is the higher your score, the more costly the tools. When the board is full of tiles and the game gives you sets that will not help, only makes sense to pass on them and get different tiles to help you in the game. The switch tool starts out at 10 coins then it jumps to 30!!! WTH!?!? As soon as that happens, guess what? The game gets stupid hard. I think I’m pretty good at the sorting, but there are puzzles I’ve been stuck on for DAYS! It’s really beginning to tick me off! I’m thinking “you know what? I don’t care if I paid for ad free, I should delete this game and warn others!” I guess that’s what I’m doing right now? Not only did I pay for ad free, but I’ve opened piggy banks and paid for 2 of the event passes. I’m not doing that again. If I could advance, maybe I’d reconsider- but so far I’m stuck on a puzzle that I’ve used my coins for switching tiles given and that didn’t even help!!! So frustrating because I liked this game. I would’ve been content playing and spending money here- but it’s greedy of them to up the price of tools and make the puzzles so difficult you need to buy hammers and swaps just to complete. No thanks!
Original post-But it cheats. I’m currently playing in the hall of fame again. Same names in the top 3 I am completely convinced are computer or ai generated. I have screenshot proof that Leonardo’s score stayed exactly the same as long as I wasn’t playing. When I did, my score went up one, “his” went up one. This continued the whole contest. Now I am 1 point behind “him”. Thing is when I started, Leonardo was in 1st place with 75 and I’ve taken my time playing- days now, his score stayed the same- until I scored 75 and his went up 1 point to 76. Last I had logged in, I was up to 79 and he 80. This is messed up!
2024-10-12
The Ads are ridiculous. Quitting game over it.
For one, it looks much more plain and basic than the ad tells you. It’s like being shown Xbox One-level animations but getting Super Nintendo graphics. So right off the bat it’s misleading and it looks much less appealing in real game play.
Then the other, much bigger problem. You want to charge 10 dollars to remove the ads for only 30 days. Not even permanent. If you lose a level, you get punished by an ad. If you WIN a level, you get punished by a 1 min+ ad. Then the ad sometimes repeats and you can’t exit it. Sometimes you hit “X” and it takes you to a download screen anyway and keeps looping ad to download screen 5-6 times before you can close it. You can’t get past the ads without paying way too much money, and it’s way too annoying that clicking on anything in the game can trigger an ad. It’s as*ault by ads. You also push in-app purchases way too hard. The game is fine, nothing unique, just okay. It’s not so good that I’m willing to overlook the spamming of ads. This is what happens when you get greedy, you lose players who barely tolerated the game only to drop it completely because they’re sick of 1:30 ads of Royal Match for every freaking level and inbetween screens and it’s just lame. So I’m deleting the game after writing this and going back to my word search game and Bejeweled Blitz. That’s a game you don’t get ab*sed by ad spam. Take notes. In the time it took to write this (a few min) I would have been subjected to several ads already. It’s like watching a movie and there’s an ad break every 2 min.
2024-10-08
THIS GAME CHEATS!!!
Like others I have seen, I too paid for no ads but I got that refunded from Apple bc I was still watching 3-6 ads per game! Now, I found out I am not playing other players, I am playing a computer! I’m just wondering why when I play in a league, the other 2 players in the top 3 stay exactly 2 games behind me no matter when I play. I just took a pic of the Bronze League where I battled the same 2 players in your illustration-Leonardo and Legendary!!! I thought it was a mistake bc everytime I won a game, they were BOTH always exactly 2 games behind me, no matter the time of day, they were always 2 games behind up until a certain level when I finally pulled ahead. I felt and still feel like Leonardo and Legendary were fixed by the game and developer to keep me playing the game! It’s also odd that even though they ranked 2nd and 3rd consecutively behind me, neither moved up to the Diamond League!!!! I am now battling 2 other “phantom” players for 1st place and they also remain exactly 2 games behind me in 2nd and 3rd place!!!! With every win, they also win and I am ALWAYS 2 games ahead of 2nd place and 4 games ahead of 3rd place! THIS GAME IS FIXED AND THAT IS UNFAIR!!!! I liked this game but that was when I believed it was fair!!!!! Now, I can’t trust this game when I know I am not playing against real people but against a computer likely set by the developers and I call FOUL PLAY!
2024-10-04
Don’t pay to have ads removed!
I paid to have ads removed, and they’re not removed. You are paying for nothing!! I love this game. I’m over level 1100, so I play a lot. I was about ready to quit at one point.. but thought I might give them a second chance (long story) But now that I see the ads I paid to have removed are not removed. I’m not talking about the ads you HAVE to watch to get the free spaces.. I’m talking about the ads in between each time you FINISH a game level! What the heck did I just pay for? I want my money back!! Also I PAID for the bank only to have it snatched away .. immediately.. because of the way you attacked the cards against me winning a level by using multiple stacks of multiple colors with only a few spaces to place them. Why pay for the coin if you’re going to do stuff like that? Making it practically impossible to win a level, unless you use up all your coin purchasing your “tools” to do
2024-10-04
Fun but as always ads and money…
This game can be really fun and addicting. It’s he bright colors and you build little areas from around the world. However, I paid to remove ads and of course they still find a way to choice them in your face. The ad remover that costs money only removes ads in between levels. Yet when u play levels you are almost always forced to need the extra slots that require watching ads. Almost everything you want in this game is involves you watching ads or paying for bonuses. You can collect some bonuses while competing in some side games but they never last. Then they just increased the prices for the bonuses as well. They used to 50 coins for a swap hand, it is now 100 coins. Then the refresh button, that refreshes the que of tiles u need, used to be only 10 coins now it’s 30! Also the ads are terrible. Always the royal king game and the worst ones are the gossip harbor ones. I hate watching women with babies in the cold suffering and ask you for help. I always have to just turn my phone away while the ads playing. It’s sad cause I really love this game. I have already played over 2500 levels. Now I’m not so sure I can play as much.
2024-09-27
Why, you were almost there
So level 780, not stopping till 1000 just cause.
It’s alright, not exceptional, not terrible. While I do agree the ads are a little overkill, it’s better than other games like this, at least it doesn’t interrupt me in the middle of a level. I haven’t encountered the black screen of death in the time I’ve had this game, granted I downloaded it sometime in the end of July. The “leagues” you play in are obvious bots, not something really bad, multiple other games work like that, it’s just sad ngl. Now onto why I decided to write a review.
Since I started this game, the boosters cost a reasonable amount, main one being the reshuffle booster which cost 10 coins. Reasonable, you gain 5 coins every level (which though reasonable, it’s still a lil crappy) and you can also get coins from their lucky wheel, every ad you watch gives you 2 coins (not many games give you currency for ads so thumbs up from me), and you also have mini challenges like the racing challenge, Hexa blaze, and seasonal thing. So the boosters were a reasonable price, ads are always going to be annoying, it’s the price one pays for a free game, and it’s an honestly relaxing but challenging game for some levels.
Now why in the heck would you raise the prices for boosters, you raise the price from 10 coins to 30! Why?? Sure in the grand scheme of life it doesn’t matter, but it does to me pookie. It does to me. If you don’t do any of the events, any of the ads, etc. you’re looking at 6 levels for just one booster, and then your rng is so bad during the levels you have no choice but to use a booster or lose a life, which when I’m trying to complete a hexblaze it totally screws me over.
Get it together, you’re better than this pookie
2024-09-25
If I could give 0 ⭐️ I would-
Let me preface by saying I genuinely enjoy playing the game. I’m at level 552 as I’m writing this.
I enjoy methodical games and this one was easy to fall into. However, as I binge playing I noticed pretty quickly that levels were recycled, giving the same “challenges” each and every time. This, I could live with. However the other “players” are also always the same that you see each and every time. If you’re in 1st place, the 2nd and 3rd place players will always stay 2 and 4 levels behind you respectively, at all times of the day. (Almost as if they only hop on to play the same time you hop on.) The game feels pre programmed, and like a sham. Again, this you notice pretty quickly. If I’m meant to find meaning in ranking higher in the leagues, having fake players isn’t the way to do that. I want to genuinely compete with other players. And finally… the amount of ads. I can deal with the watching of ads for spaces I don’t even really need. (I think I’ve used this method of gaining squares about three times in 552 levels.) What I CAN NOT deal with is the new banner ad at the bottom of the screen that showed up with the new update. Usually when playing this game I have a video playing on my phone to keep me partially distracted and entertained while I play. (I need to multitask to function.) HOWEVER, with the newest update as of Sept. 25th, 2024, there is an ad that plays every, what feels like, 60 seconds that pauses audio. It will stop my videos/shows, and when I press play it will continuously stop the video. Fine. Normally I swipe out of the app and reenter to continue playing. 60 seconds in the ad plays again. If you don’t swipe out, the ad plays AGAIN in 30 seconds. It plays more often and disrupts everything. I enjoyed the game before and could deal with the other issues. But this? This is unforgivable to me. I’m deleting the app, just for the disruptive ad.
2024-09-25
Scammy
I’m an on level 437. I have not paid money, but I have paid in time I won’t get back with ads and the game crashing.
Similar to other reviews, the “leagues” seem rigged with someone always trailing only 2 levels behind. Coins are difficult to get, but there are times you have to spend them on the power ups to beat the levels. My BIG complaint though is ads have started playing mid-level - while I am playing and overrides my volume/mute controls - then I cannot exit out of the ad. I have to close out of the game and go back in. I’m ok with ads between levels and voluntary ads to get coins. I’m ok with having a constant banner of ads at the bottom of my screen, but mid-level, spontaneous, game crashing ads cross a line. When they override when my phones on mute, that crosses a line. In addition, you can pay $10 to remove (some) ads for only 30 days. That’s insane. Lastly, I’ve noticed the power ups now cost more of the previous few coins you can earn. I’m done. You made your ad money off if me. I’m out ✌🏻
2024-07-23
Leagues are fake??
I enjoy playing this game casually. I’m currently at level 171. It’s fun to try and clear all the levels and “build” up your town. However, recently I tried to play a bit more competitively and aim to get into the next league. If you finish in the top 30% of your league at the end of a given time period, you can advance to the next league. My first issue with this is that you have no idea how many people are in your league, so there’s no way to know if you’re in the top 30%. You’re able to know your ranking number but not the total amount of people in your league, so you can’t calculate where you’re at. Also, I think the leagues/players are fake. First off, it’s the same few names at the top every round. I would assume those accounts are advancing to the next leagues since they’re finishing in the top three spots, so why are they still in the bronze league the next week, instead of the silver? Also, I read another review and wouldn’t you know it, they see the exact same names in their league too, even when they advance to the next one! And the cherry on the top, I was playing today to get to the top three spots and realized that the scores of the players were decreasing….which is impossible because your “score” is just however many levels you have cleared.
Overall, I enjoy the game but I think the idea of leagues are silly if they’re not actually real. However, if they were, it would be so much more fun! I like the game and I like to be competitive, so I think the developers should really consider making it real. Because right now, I feel like I just wasted all this time on a game that isn’t authentic.
2024-06-26
Could easily be 5 stars but not yet.
I love the gameplay and mechanics of Hexa Sort the coin economy and ads need serious work. Winning a level only yields 5 coins, while boosters and life refills cost much more, creating a frustrating bottleneck. Maybe considered tiered rewards based on level difficulty? Some levels I beat in one go. Others take 30+ lives so it’s not very exciting to finally beat a difficult level and see 5 coins.
This is one of maybe 5 games I’ve ever paid to remove ads on and I’m still frustrated with the ads. Reward ads are too long (over a minute) and offer minimal benefits, disrupting gameplay flow. I think the twice daily bonus ads are nice but it’s pointless to watch a minute and a half ad to free one space on a level that I’m only going to get 5 coins for beating.
I could easily play this game for hours. But the poor coin system and ad time/reward ratio are making me consider deleting the game.
2024-06-23
Too Many Advertisements!
The game itself is fun, and I’ve enjoyed the game play so far, but I am giving it a low rating due to the outrageous amount of ads. To unlock spaces that you have to have to win a level, you have to watch an ad. Sometimes there are four of these spaces. The ads themselves would be bearable if they were the 20 or 30 second kind, but no, these are 75 second ads a piece! That’s at least 5 minutes of ads per level sometimes, and that’s if you clear it the first time. To play a level twice, I could possibly watch 10 whole minutes of advertisements!?!? No thank you. That isn’t including the ads you have to watch to revive yourself, earn coins, etc. It feels like all I do is watch the same minute and 15 second ad over and over, which completely takes away from the game I’m trying to play. There is an option to “get rid of ads” for $8, but it seems they make this part unbearable just so you will have spend your money. I would rate this five stars if they would get the ads under control.
2024-06-12
Don’t get this game
Too many problems with the game
- biggest problem that gets me steamed is if you leave by closing out the app while you have a losing level ( one spot left ) and no more lives the game will not let you use that save until your next set of lives, essentially locking you into losing a second life for the same save.
- ads ALWAYS close out your music app, completely. You have to go back into the music app to use it again, AFTER the ad.
-levels are way too small it’s a clear money grab. Spend coins to revive, spend coins to use power ups, get coins from ads or your states currency. Just give us extra spaces or extra pieces or just stop giving us such harshly arranged stacks to beat the level with, keep engagement up. Instead you try to goad people into using anything but smarts. Not only are levels too small but they’re designed horribly too, many of the early levels(before 50 or so) start to have one or more blank spots where you are not allowed to place pieces, this is a challenge clearly and you can beat this challenge but far too often is it a level with blank spaces AND far too many locked spaces, just awful design.
- Ads in general, they are everywhere in this game. Why would your reward for beating a level be 5 coins and an ad? Not only when you win but when you lose, when you start a level, they’re everywhere.
And plenty more that problems that just make the game way too deplorable to actually look at the app and associate it with any happiness or relaxation
2024-06-04
Blackout screen ***update
***I haven’t had the black screen so you’re back up to 5 stars, no gripes here! Redownloaded and playing ***
I know they’re working on it but even for the “small break” ads it’s blacking out my screen entirely. If I decide to watch an ad for revive I can’t guarantee I’ll get it and have to close out the game. Again, I know they’re working on this but I had to uninstall cuz it’s just too much work to play now - free spaces, boosters l, anything ads idk what I’m gonna get (one that goes through or doesn’t). I’ve tried watching the ads a few times hoping one will go through but honestly it’s turning into 3+ ads and no reward so idk. Fix it and I’ll change the rating. This is my only complaint-I have fun playing otherwise even as a non spender.
2024-06-03
Aweful!! Made my iPhone hot, slow, & glitchy
I played this app for 3-4 weeks & noticed my iPhone started acting weird after installing. Battery was draining 5X faster, phone was constantly hot, & it got slow & glitchy. This was happening regardless if the app was open or not. Like other reviewers, the black screen involving ads was utter maddening! I reached out to support 3-4 times (even though they were aware of the issue-it’s posted under their FAQ) letting them know it was affecting my game play, I wasn’t receiving the coins for passing a level, & I wasn’t able to receive daily log in rewards. The response was always the same vague answer & nothing ever got fixed. Meanwhile, my phone continued to act up (yes…current on iOS update) & the ONLY thing that changed was installing & playing this app. I was having to do reboots 2-3 DAILY because my phone was soooo slow!! I deleted the app & my phone is now back to normal. I CAUTION people before downloading this app because it’s just NOT WORTH IT!!
2024-05-29
Love this game! …but…
I actually love this game. It’s the longest I’ve stuck with any particular game. I like it. It doesn’t have like a final conclusive end, it’s just kind of a perpetual game and that is fine with me. I love that it’s kind of like a mindless, minimal thought kind of game, except that there is some strategy to it if you want to apply yourself.
I don’t mind that there are only five coins given for a win. I’m ok watching the ads because there’s a countdown and you can see how much is remaining - they’re only 30 seconds - and we don’t give enough credit to ads anymore but that’s the perfect time to drop down and do some extra situps or to run to the bathroom and get back in time to play the game… sorry to admit that, but it’s true… I don’t always watch the ads!
I don’t know the point of building the different areas - but again, it’s just a mindless source of entertainment just to pass the time or just for the heck of it.
What bothers me is that with this last upgrade - there have been so many glitches with ads, with lagging, and because I like the game so much, I really don’t want to switch to another game that is similar or stop this game altogether, so I’m gonna hang in there and be patient for the developers to fix the bugs.
One final note, any of the ads where you get to play a part of the game that they’re advertising, to experience it, those are the best because the time passes quickly and it probably generates a lot more downloads than the advertisements you just sit back and watch. If you could keep on doing more of those, great! … that just adds to the pros side on the list of pros and cons!
Please fix the lagging, and fix some of the buggy issues from the last upgrade. I’m hanging in there patiently waiting!!
2024-05-29
Bugged and crashed
Like many other people reviewing this, I saw this game from another app and decided to give it a try. I actually really enjoyed the game and even made it to the sapphire cup league, but I noticed early on that you aren’t completing against real people it’s all NPC and computer generated. The coins you earn from watching ads doesn’t make it worth sitting through them ever time, not to mention if you let your screen go dark or click off the app for more than a minute, you have to watch an add to continue playing. All of that I was willing to put up with, but with the recent update almost every ad you watch crashes the game to a black screen where you have to restart the app to continue using it. Then there is also the fact that the ads seem to cause the actual game to bug out and it stopped reacting properly leading to it placing blocks other places than I slid them to. Over all it is a huge money grab and little to no actual competition, that is chalked full to the brim of ads. Don’t bother, with it just go play merge games.
2024-05-27
Get HEXA MASTER 3-D!!!!
They list the problem w ads going to black screen in their FAQ!! and ask you to submit a screenshot of the advertisement that has the error but EVERY single ad produces a black screen. You either get a black screen immediately, so you have no idea which ad is causing the problem or you get almost completely through the ad and suddenly it goes to a black screen. Once it goes to a black screen there’s no way to do a screen capture of the problem ad and I’m not gonna do a screen capture of every single ad when it begins because they ALL turn to a black screen. they tell you it’s the ads problem but obviously it’s not. You have to force quit the game to get past the black screen. No tapping in any corner of the screen does any good. It’s a great game but I am not going to have to force quit after every single level and restart it to play and I’m not going to watch an ad after every level either. If this issue is part of your FAQ, and it says that you’re aware of it, then you need to fix it before you bring the app back online. I’m deleting the app. 😡
2024-05-26
App crashing even after update
Just updated to version 1.9.61, now app crashes/ goes to a black screen after the many ads. The app has you watch ads as soon as you complete a level, to get extra coins, to open extra spaces. everything that you do requires you to watch ads.
But now the update goes black after you watch one of those ads. It's not enough that most of your playtime is taken up by ads, but now you have to close the app and reopen it to be able to get back to yet another ad. if you're watching an ad to open a free space and it goes black, when you open the app up again, you have to watch the ad all over again you don't get the credit for watching the ad.
This update is worthless!!
Well, it's one way to get me to quit playing your game. Without the update problem and all the ads, the game is enjoyable. But between the ads and the app crashing, I have to give it just 2 stars.
2024-05-25
I love it but….
I absolutely love this game but I am very unsatisfied with the new update. Whenever I complete a round, die, or watch an add to revive myself, instead of it going back to the normal screen or playing the occasional add, it just goes black. There are no buttons to click or anything, causing me to have to clear out the app and reopen it and wait for it to load back up. This is also very inconvenient because whenever I got to watch an add to revive myself and it goes black, I have to again close out the app forcing me to restart and not pickup where the revival should have brought me to. Please fix this because this game is so awesome and calming and I would hate to have to delete it because of a frustrating thing like this.
2024-05-25
Game itself is fun. Ad content is annoyingly buggy
Within a given level, the game play is smooth and it’s a decent puzzle solving/pattern matching game. However - almost ANY in-game ad content has about a 70% chance of ending with a black screen that you cannot interact with, forcing you to close the app completely and restart - without receiving credit for the crappy ad you just watched. And there is entirely too much ad-driven content — small bonuses and special/extra spaces on the game board. So one level ends up having anywhere from 2 to 5 ads either in-game or post-game and at least 1 of those is guaranteed to brick the game.
Additionally, you absolutely do not want to play this game without either unlimited data or wifi… this app is constantly streaming meaningless data for ads/banners as well as all the little “achievement” systems that just end up spamming more ads. And the $7 “remove ads” fee DOES NOT REMOVE the bonus content ads. So they can whistle for that $7, since those are the ads that everyone will actually want to get rid of.
2024-05-24
Fun and challenging
I will start this by saying: I love this game. It’s highly addictive and I just passed level 1100. I have noticed what other players have noticed: amount of ads and same top 3 players. However: I’m normally in first … I get bored and will play through 10-20 rounds and then have to get up to go do something else.
I’ve won events with 200+ games in a series. The ads aren’t as bad as I’ve seen and if I get frustrated with a level, I’ll put it down and then come back later. I tend to mainly use the booster that changes your color options…which is typically the lowest cost booster. I also track how close I am to beating it to determine if I should use a booster/watch an ad.
At the end of the day: you make the game what it is…a fun way to pass the time.
2024-05-24
Update has app crashing after every ad
Just updated to version 1.9.61, now app crashes/goes to a black screen after the many ads. The app has you watch ads as soon as you complete a level, to get extra coins, to open extra spaces. everything that you do requires you to watch ads. But now the update goes black after you watch one of those ads. It’s not enough that most of your playtime is taken up by ads, but now you have to close the app and reopen it to be able to get back to yet another ad. if you’re watching an ad to open a free space and it goes black, when you open the app up again, you have to watch the ad all over again you don’t get the credit for watching the ad. This update is worthless!!
Well, it’s one way to get me to quit playing your game. Without the update problem and all the ads, the game is enjoyable. But between the ads and the app crashing, I have to give it just 2 stars.
2024-04-12
Meh …
I wanted to love this game. I really did. I’m at level 259 if that says anything. And getting first place in every “league.” I put league in quotations because it seems fake. I played for hours and hours on the last league I was in so I could get first place. The first three people are named Leonardo, Legendary, and Parker. With 75, 65, and 55. I was able to surpass and get first place again. Boom, promoted, yay. Now I started a new league. What are the odds that the same exact people with the same exact amount of levels beat, would be at the top again??!! Seems a little sus to me. Makes me not want to play anymore. I want to beat actual people. Not fake people with the same stats as last time. Talk about BORING. Also, the levels never change. When you played as much as I did in a row to beat the fake people, you start to notice the levels are the same ones, just recycled. Nothing more challenging, nothing different or exciting. If this game makes improvements, I’ll continue playing. But who wants to beat fake people, or play the same levels over and over? Not me.
2024-03-29
Solid game to distract your brain
This is a really good game when you need to focus your mind somewhere else. It offers enough of a challenge to keep you engaged, but the mechanics are simple, the animations are lovely, and the colors are nice.
This has quickly become my go to game for winding down at the end of the day. If you’re like me and struggle with meditating or the thought of meditation, this is pretty dang close I would imagine.
I did pay for no ads pretty quickly, and it has made the relaxation aspect 1000x better. I figure I’ll easily spend $5-10 on some snack or some other little thing that brings me joy for a couple days at most, might as well spend it on something that brings me some joy daily.
2024-03-22
The Mandatory Advertising and Coin Gane
This should’ve been a really fun game. The problem is is absolutely cluttered with advertising and pretty much requires you to continuously spend money on coins if you want to make any real progress.
I paid the seven dollars to get the advertising turned off only to find out that’s not really what it did. granted, it turned off the uncontrolled pop-up advertising, but a variety of the game spaces that require one to watch a video advert in order to use them are still there and you still have to watch the advertisements if you want to be able to win the levels. So much for having in theory, purchased away the advertising. This deceptive practice disqualifies the game for me already. But then once you’re actually playing you find you need all these little power ups to get through and those things cost game coins and game coins are very scarce unless you are ready to shill out still more real coin to buy game coin packages. I cut my losses and deleted the game seven dollars wiser and sadder. Avoid!
2024-03-18
Cons you into spending money
I really enjoy playing this game. It’s very addicting and helps pass the time. However the “leagues” or “tournaments” that are played against other players is not real. The other players only seem to play when you play and level up as you do. I can not play for three or four days and everyone is right where I left off but as soon as I level up so do they. And the top three players are always within 10 levels of each other. I can end the day and screen shot the levels everyone is on, and the next morning come back and the players that were beating me are now below me. Over night the amount of levels they played went DOWN. Make it make sense! But as you play it makes the competitors seem like they are going to beat you so that you’ll spend money to progress faster. In the end it doesn’t matter because they aren’t real players and in the morning you’ll be winning anyways. 🙄
2024-03-12
Fake! Fake! Fake!
So I started playing this game about a week or so ago. It was challenging and I really liked it. It really makes you use your brain to strategize where to place your piles, not only by looking at the tiles on top, but also underneath.
Then, the ads really started to annoy me. Most games I play with ads, the ads will play for about 10-15 seconds and then give you an “X” or an arrow button to opt out. Not this one! By the time the x pops up, you’ve already had to sit through about a minute to a minute and a half of the ad.
But the BIGGEST thing that really annoyed me was realizing that all the players in the weekly competitions are not real. How do I know this? Because I had 2 players ahead of me and I played enough to get ahead of them to the top spot. As I kept advancing more and more ahead of them, I noticed their scores would advance by the same amount each round. Then all of a sudden, their scores started going BACKWARDS!
Plus, all the people that were under the 3 of us, seemed to totally stop playing because they were stuck in the same positions for several days. I mean, ok maybe one or two players might get fed up and stop playing for awhile but ALL OF THEM??? Then, I noticed they were all stuck in the 40s forever and now after playing one round and going back to look at the leaderboard, ALL of their scores suddenly jumped like 20 points.
I know a lot of these games you are playing a bot but I would think at least some of the people you are playing are real. Kind of takes the fun out of it and I may be done.
2024-02-29
Love this game but the amount of ads is ridiculous
This was one of the rare games I saw an ad for during another game I was playing and actually downloaded. I love playing the game but I have to stop because the sheer amount of ads is insane. There is an ad after every game and if you switch to a different app while you’re playing, there is an ad when you come back to the game. There’s buttons for ads everywhere and things free spaces for ads and just ads ads ads ads. I don’t mind games with ads in general and would probably actually voluntarily watch some to get free spaces now and again. I finally just had to give up and stop playing. If the game were a little less expensive or if I could play it a little longer to see if I wanted to buy it, I’d buy the ad-free version. But as it stands, it’s getting deleted. Hoping I can find another similar game.
2024-02-20
Fun, but a lot of ads, even after paying
I have really been enjoying this game. I think it’s really satisfying to play. I do have two issues with it. I purchased the option to remove ads, but I still end up watching a lot of ads due to the difficulty of level 60. Even though you purchase remove ads, all it does is remove the random ones between levels. You still have to watch the ones for reviving, the daily coins, and there are a few spaces in most levels you have to watch an ad to unlock. From the few games I actually do remove the ads on, it usually removes ALL of them, including the ones you watch voluntarily. I feel like coins are too hard to get. I think having daily missions would help that (like clear 100 yellow tiles). I think it would be cool to have themes too. I saw an ad on TikTok where the video for this game the tiles were fruits. That’s not actually in the game. I do feel like some levels, especially level 60, the game is giving me colors I can’t use on purpose so that I use items. I’ve been stuck on this level for a few days now.