Stone Miner

Writing this review probably makes it sound like am a woman in her mid 40s with a dead-end job and bratty kids but in reality I am 15 and struggling with focusing on only one thing so I use apps like this so I can still listen and watch things that I need to, but to get to the point this is a solid game that I did it really enjoy but I stopped playing it because I was watching adds longer then I was playing the game. I decided to see how long it would take to get an add so I opened the game started playing and not even 30 seconds later I was watching an add. Then I got back to the game restarted my timer and it look 15 seconds to get another. I repeated that a few more times and I didn’t get to play the game for over 1 minute before getting a 30 second add. This was really disappointing because the app is a great way to distract myself with but it’s rather infuriating that I can’t go 2 minutes without seeing a stupid add that has played 15 times in a row. This is a strategic way to have me pay for an app that I might use for a month or two but 6.99 for add free with a few other benefits is too much and a terrible way to trick little kids into paying for a foolish app that has no challenge or appeal. I have a few apps from this same brand an most of them are like this. It’s is obnoxious and should be changed.

Let me start by saying the game is addictive even though you are just doing the same except thing over and over. Once you start playing you don’t want to stop, however the bugs in this game force you to stop whether you like it or not. I have the newest phone with the newest updates so I shouldn’t be having any processing issues and I don’t, except when I play this game. My phone glitches, freezes and eventually the app force quits. My phone gets hot and runs slow a few seconds after closing. I’m not the only one experiencing this issue per the reviews. I’m not sure what the problem is but it needs to be fixed. This game works better on my iPad than my iPhone and it should be the same experience. Also the amount of ads is ridiculous. You’re playing the game and then right in the middle, bam, an ad. You want to mine for the gems and upgrade them, bam, ad, you want to get a 30 second perk, bam, ad, you want to do the 20% increase, bam, ad, want to upgrade the truck because you don’t have enough coins, bam, ad. No matter if you pay for the game or not you will run into ads, so what’s the point? People pay for games to be ad free and yet this game still has them.

Let me preference that I didn’t think much of this game, I’m glad I was wrong. In this game simplicity lies it’s very addictive nature. Probably the best pick up and play for a minute and then put down however I had problems putting it down. I paid for the ad remover which I’m glad got rid of most of the ads but however still getting them forced in my face whenever I would get a pick up or a gym got really annoying really fast. Maybe if you were to move the icon up to the edge of the screen to where it wouldn’t block you play as much she would still be fine. I also bought the magnet add on and loved it. I finally beat the last level with no effort and now am sad there is nothing left to do. I even fully upgraded my home island only to watch more adds to get the gems. The game needs a new game plus or more levels ether would be much needed. Hope to see more from this game.