Check the acquisition promise
Read the store headline, screenshots and description. What problem is the app promising to solve?
Study the storefront ↗Voodoo · iOS
Explore the ad evidence, study the storefront, and build your next acquisition hypothesis.
01 / Creative research
Read the store headline, screenshots and description. What problem is the app promising to solve?
Study the storefront ↗Explore apps with direct store-link matches. Compare their hooks and formats without assuming the same approach works here.
Browse observed advertisers ↗Store rankings and revenue estimates describe market context. They do not establish ad spend, conversions or ROAS.
Review the market context ↗02 / Storefront & product
Study the product story and store experience behind the acquisition funnel.
03 / Market context
Keep revenue, downloads and store rankings separate from advertising performance.
Fun game till you wanna use Ads to get an in-game advantage. The ads are long then there is no reward because you become stuck in the ads and you can’t return to the game unless you close it and reopen it. Why do this to a paying customer?
As best as I can tell, one of the recent updates reset my progress in a particularly disgusting way. I had removed all the blocks for a specific age and this is, assumedly, meant to persist between timelines and had functioned as such until now. With this most recent update, all of a sudden the blocks are now back despite having been cleared. I find this extremely distasteful and particularly telling as to just how greedy the devs are. If you can find something else to waste your time on I would recommend it. TL;DR: Do not lay this game. Devs can and will steal your progress to sell it back to you.
I wanted to give this game a fair shot, but the constant ads completely ruined the experience. There are ads for breaking blocks, ads for gems, ads for upgrades—there’s even a forced ad break mid-level. That’s not just intrusive, it’s downright scummy. Progress feels intentionally stalled. You need 1,500 tickets to unlock a character, but you only get 15 at a time? And with just four characters—one of them being the starter—that’s absurd. There’s also a separate currency for mid-level upgrades that carries over between levels, but it’s handed out in tiny amounts (20–40) while upgrades cost up to 120 per chest. It feels designed to slow you down and push you into watching even more ads. Overall, everything about this game screams cash grab. I would’ve spent money if I actually enjoyed the gameplay, but it’s too buried under paywalls and ads to even get to that point. Feel bad about yourself developer because you should if you have any conscience
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| Name | Price | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Small Hero Token Pack | $0.99 | One-time |
| Remove Ads | $4.99 | One-time |
| Starter Pack | $4.99 | One-time |
| Speed Up | $5.99 | One-time |
| Age Pack | $7.99 | One-time |
| Big Gem Pack | $9.99 | One-time |
| Blessings Pack | $12.99 | One-time |
| Blocker Removal | $14.99 | One-time |
| Rotation Pack | $14.99 | One-time |
| Hero Cards Pack | $17.99 | One-time |