Marble Master
Reviews and Complaints

When it takes more of my time to watch an ad than it takes me to play the level, that’s a serious problem.
There are ads after EVERY level and for everything in the game! That’s way too much. The ads and whatever else is running in the background drains my phone faster than watching a full on movie.
The game and game play are easily 5⭐️. It’s a fabulous game with smooth transitions. The levels are fun and challenging, but not crazy hard.
However, the sheer number of ads ruins all that for you.

Purchased no ads and there’s still ads. Next on the tier games where you play 4-5 games and get a chest or fail and reset, yeah those games get impossible when you try to get gold chest. LITERALLY IMPOSSIBLE unless you use your special abilities which in all cases you have to and if you have none then you’re out of luck. I will not entertain a cash grab ad thirsty game. Lastly this game is boring and needs spark to it. I miss when games were ad free and no devs were money hungry. That’s when games were good.

I’m only giving 2 stars cause I like the game. I purchased the no ads feature and received. I purchased a package and didn’t receive, pressed Restore Purchase at least 100 times and I got nothing so I emailed them. I needed to pass a level so I purchased a different package and received it but I still haven’t received the other package before it. A whole day passes by and still heard nothin from the people. They also ask for an Order Number but I never received any of those so that’s another way for them to scam you.

I get it - free means ads. But this one has ads between EVERY. SINGLE. TURN. Feature film length ads. It’s a fun game but the worst ad density of ANY game I’ve ever played in like 13-15 years of iPhone games. Ridiculous. And the responses to complaints here - nobody is saying you can’t make money from ads. But this is the only game I’ve ever played where there is a 30-60 second ad between every single turn.

Also, if you look at the most recent 5 star reviews they could not possibly be more fake. Look at the user names. Hilariously obvious.

This is an okay game. I was really enjoying it to keep busy on my down time, but since the last update I haven’t been quite enjoying it the same way. some levels are near impossible to beat now so I’m getting stuck for days on one level. It’s too difficult to be relaxing. I’m running out of lives on one level and I think they made it more difficult to make you have to buy more lives and things, but instead it just made me download an easier game. I Can appreciate a moderate challenge but this is too challenging to be fun at times. It’s not for me anymore

I have been OBSESSED with this game for the past few months! I’ve downloaded it to every device that I own. I paid no no ADs, and I have not had any issues whatsoever until today. Once I made it to level 627, the character that shoots out the balls will not rotate! I’ve exited out and opened the app back up, and the problem still remains. I’ve died 10 times, but the character is frozen. I am unable to navigate to the next level due to this. I hope this problem can be fixed soon because I really do love this game, and I’d hate to have to quit playing due to this problem.

I guess it’s a good game because I’m addicted. You MUST pay to get rid of the ads. They are ridiculous. There are still a ton of ad to dismiss which I guess they gotta make money somehow. I think there are some U.X issues - the placement of the in game boosters is suspicious (way too easy to accidentally use them) & the pregame boosters stay selected on the next level, which I also find convenient. You will learn how to navigate as you play tho I still select them u intentionally at times. The latest level is not even a little fun to me, tho, so perhaps my addiction is combing to an end.

Game is very easy, the normal levels that is, I have gotten to about 100 with no challenge or fail yet.

The events are where the “challenge” comes in. These challenges scale as follows. Easy level->Easy Level->Easy Level->Impossible Level you can’t beat without using power ups which you can conveniently pay for. Usually these “Impossible Levels” come right before the reward too so it leaves you wanting to continue, which conveniently you can do if you buy the pass for real money.

Overall, I will probably still play the base game when I’m bored but the “events” are dogsh and will be ignored.

Like most people, I realize that ads in free apps are a necessary evil. However, when the time spent enduring ads EXCEEDS the time actually spent on game play I have to draw the line. There are ads after every level, and the app constantly offers bonuses, extra points, etc for watching ads. The latter in itself isn’t a bad thing, but when you’re being bombarded by such offers AT EVERY TURN it gets monotonous VERY quickly. As if the number of ads isn’t bad enough, they are unskippable and go on for minutes on end! When the timer finally does go to zero ANOTHER segment STARTS! Not wasting any more time with your ad… uh, app. Deleted!

I downloaded this because I played zumba a bunch back in the early 2000s and wanted it for nostalgia purposes. It’s nothing like the old game. And every single thing costs several dollars—sure, you don’t have to pay for it, but it will inundate you with overwhelming numbers of pop ups BEGGING you to give them $3-9 dollars.
I finally deleted it when one of the levels where you have to shoot a little scorpion to win overwhelmed the page with bright balls of gold light that blocks out the balls and just looked like a bad migraine aura. I have enough of those on my own, I don’t need Migrane: The Game!™️ doing it to me, thank you very much.

Played for a a little under a month. Purchased one package to "feed the developers". Part of that purchase was a "no ads". I was still subjected to many unavoidable pop-ups to watch ads for power ups. After the no ads package expired, it came back in full force. Advertisement after advertisement. Additionally, the pop-ups for recent events that you could not get by or avoid without clicking the "X" were ridiculous. It's a chaos of uncontrolled advertising. There are many other similar games that don't beat you over the head with advertisements, especially after you purchase a package that includes no advertisements.I suggest you check those out first.

Like everyone else, I downloaded the game, and decided to purchase the ‘no ads’ add on. Paid for it and guess what? STILL ADS! Deleted the game (and gave up purchased coins), reinstalled, and under settings, selected “restore purchases. Guess what? STILL ADS! Do they just want your money? YES. Is this game ethical and fair? NO. If early on the developers haven’t even worked out how to honor the no ads purchase…it tells me all I need to know, THEY JUST WANT YOUR MONEY. Thankfully I’m only out $1.99. But do yourself a favor and skip it. It’s another “nickel and dime, unfair, let’s see what we can get away with, bait and switch, in-app purchase” nonsense game.

I was so excited to find this game - I loved the old Zuma Blitz game and was so bummed when FB discontinued it. This game is just like it and I love it! However, the ads are waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay too long, and way too frequent. I have played Candy Crush and Dice with Friends for years and they do have ads, but they are very short. In the other games ads are obviously longer if one chooses to watch an ad for a booster or extra dice, which is fine, but the ads in this game are pervasive and frustrating. The booster ads feel three times longer. Shorten the ads like the other games I mentioned and I’ll gladly up my rating to five stars because everything else is great!

If you don’t buy the “Remove Ads” feature, the game is entirely unplayable. If you do purchase the “Remove Ads” feature, you’ll instead get a minimum of 5 pop up “promotions” to buy “discounted” power ups. But trust them, those definitely aren’t ads! Scummy thing to do, looks like this is another cash grab and run.

Edit after developer response: I did reach out to “Contact Us” and your rep effectively told me to kick rocks.

If you have any other suggestions, I’m all ears. However, I suspect your “responses” to negative reviews are a copy paste exercise to make it seem like you care. Meanwhile you actually do nothing about the complaints and continue to cash grab. Despicable.

When I downloaded this game, I knew that it would have some ads. Yet there are far more ads than expected. If I win the level, I still get punished with more ads before I can play the next level. However, the amount of ads is not the worst part, the very worst part is that the ads are at least a minute long each, often more! They will start off saying 45 seconds, but the "X" button to click off doesn't immediately pop up until I've had to click around on the game ad a couple of more times or more. This takes away from any supposed wins of a 15 minute booster use. It ended up being more like 5 minutes on the booster that I earned from winning prior levels. Get shorter ads! You all have enough ads to compensate.

I love these marble games. This one has fun challenges throughout. It would, theoretically, be a 5-star game. The ads are insane though - and I’ve seen a lot of comments about this. I paid for the ad-free version, but there are still a lot of ads - to get free coins, to rewind. The worst part - and the reason for only 3 stars - is that I’ll be literally in the middle of a game and go to “throw” a marble and my screen will switch to an ad… in the middle of a level. I close the ad screen to go back to my game and it pops back up at least once, but usually 2-3 more times. It’s very frustrating. The developer seriously needs to manage the ad situation. The game also crashes and, if I do watch an ad for free coins, the screen will turn white and I’ll have to restart. The game is fun but super glitchy.

Ads—yes they’re annoying but obviously I have persevered since I am at level 1354. The game is a fun time waster in spite of the ads. That’s why I still give it 2 stars. Players—read the reviews. Never spend real money on this game. Reviews indicate that’s a scam.
Updates—one word—horrible. Worse every time! Updates should make a game better. Developers—you take away something every time. Like the treasure dig, the blast power-up (is it really more powerful?, doesn’t seem to be), increased number of duplicate turrets for rewards, etc. Updates are too frequent and players don’t get notifications. Players—if you can’t pass a level check for an update. Chances are you can’t pass that level ever without installing update.
Take away. Uninstall if you can’t tolerate ads. Uninstall if you’re tempted to spend real money. Uninstall if you get disappointed with every update rather than encouraged. Uninstall to free up storage space on your device. If none of this bothers you then keep playing. I’m still playing but probably not much longer. I’ll see if I get any positive response from my review.

I got it because I heard you can pay out of ads and have been really wanting to replay zuma. Once you get past the first chunk of levels and are gifted with items, it’s filled with ads. I even paid to get rid of ads and it’s so easy to misclick on ads. I don’t play too many phone games because they’re always ad hellscapes.

What frustrates me too is that it turns it into a typical current phone game in ways that pull it away from Zuma. It feels less of a challenge and more of a restriction to try to spend money to keep playing. The additions break what really gives the dopamine Zuma is supposed to give. Getting those color chains to rack up score. It does happen, but significantly less and much harder. The chains work, I’m fine with the rocks, but the snow, clouds, and gems are finicky and pause any potential chain. It’s disheartening having them roll back together just to have nothing actually happen.

I also don’t really like the power ups that get added in at the beginning. I get an idea with what I’m going to do when the game starts, and then it ruins a potential combo chain or splits a big chunk into separate pieces.

With how modern phone games go, it’s what I expected. I probably have nostalgia glasses towards Zuma on the brick phone and on the iPod video. More than anything I miss being able to spend money on an app and have a full game without ads or restrictions.

Also the fireflies for red and orange should be revisited, their colors are way too close visually.

First of all buying the no ads option for 2.00 does not eliminate nonstop every turn ads it just eliminates 3rd party apps. You still have to turn down ads for extras every time you end a level or start a level. It’s the only game I have ever played where you click the level button and instead of giving you the level it pops up a once in a lifetime opportunity to buy some extra. You say GIVE UP instead of no and then it takes you back to the screen you were just on. Click the level button again and claim you bonuses. Three screen of hitting claim to continue and watching their little cutesy animations then back to the page you were on. Literally you have to turn down their ads every level.

But the craziest part is that they use the number of lives you have available unless you want to buy some extra lives or unlimited lives for even more money. I mean this game will nickel and dime you to death to get the experience you expect from a game like this. The real cost of this game is around $10 if your time is free so you don’t mind all the ads you thought you paid to get rid of.

And because it put the next level button in the same space you get frustrated and click there only to find out they slipped a button to buy something in that exact spot. If you don’t pay attention you could get charged over and overall. It’s intentionally trying to trap you.

Gameplay is pretty good but they don’t explain the different balls very well if at all. And if a big combo is happening, you can’t move or shoot. This is a problem with poor programming there’s no reason the game controls should stop because you got a combo.

And this game is unlike all the other games where you have to kill all the balls. Sometimes that’s true but sometimes you have to get C a certain color of ball a certain number of times. The. The game abruptly stops and they get to upsell you on another trinket or something.

This game uses the same assets and structure as all of these overburdened apps with too much going on to really pay attention. The turns are fast and the ads are ridiculous. We would much rather buy the app with all the garbage added and no 3rd party ads or internal ads for 5$ than to deal with nonstop interruptions in game flow and constant nagging attempts to extort more money from you. Please reconsider your charging model.

Like every other game on this crappy platform. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. Ads.

Do you get my point? Just charge me 99 cents or even 5 bucks and I’d still probably buy your less then average game.

Myself and many of my acquaintances are going to boycott your game. This is a shame as it is a game we enjoy, which is being ruined by the advert to allow for Royal Match.

Once the advert starts it takes on average over 14 minutes for that advert to leave the screen to allow your game to be played again.

As a responsible company, you should not be allowing adverts to take over the game.

You will gradually have no one left will to play

level 1238 logistically impossible to win- not enough blue marbles and/or turns to win 50 blue marbles. Many have the same complaint but nothing being fixed. Also no apply to get extras to help beat in; unavailable to earn since level 9. No response ever from "contact us". If you can't fix just say so ...so we can all mask over on; delete it and find another game. Willing to put up with the ridiculous amount of adds if it works but certainly not if its impossible.

This game would be awesome if there weren’t so many ads. An add at every level is insane. Especially when it is the same ad every single time. I don’t mind an occasional ad to get bonuses…. But this is ridiculous. It makes what would be a fun game not fun anymore.

This game could be a lot of fun but the ads are way to many. Even you you have the no ad feature you still get ads, same ones over and over. If I wanted the game from an ad I would have downloaded it the first time. After seeing the same ads OVER and OVER THIS GAME ISN'T WORTH IT!

Round 114 has you getting 10 pearls and 12 diamonds, they are NO diamonds to get. This is the second time I’ve played a round and it didn’t have what you’re supposed to get in the round. I like this game but this is getting repetitive. Plus it’s taking to long to add more levels.

I paid for no ads and guess what? I have more ads than ever! What a rip off! I liked this game and never pay but I decided to get rid of annoying ads. Well that was a mistake. Don’t waste your money! Also you can’t contact them about it. I’m very disappointed. It was a good game

If it weren’t for the constant barrage of ads, which is beyond ridiculous, I would have given this five stars. It’s an awesome game. The graphics are excellent and I truly enjoy playing. After about 10 minutes I no longer enjoy it because I’ve spent 5 minutes watching ads; no exaggeration!

I have officially completed everything. I would love to play some more but there is no more and the Master level thing has yet to reset. Sad or not for this I would’ve given a much higher rating. I beat everything in less than a month, which is a first for me on this kind of match three game.

You can barely play two levels without ads. It’s so frustrating that I have to stop playing the game because I am spending more time on ads than the game itself. It’s borderline obsessive! I get it that there may be some but after most levels? And it takes you having to click off the ad multiple times for it to go away. I mean, come on.

Second complaint about the inability to win this level- logistically impossible to win- not enough blue marbles and/or turns to win 50 blue marbles. My original review/complaint was taken down. So sad, I enjoyed this game and was willing to pay for the entertainment. Maybe it’s the last available level as there are numerous complaints about 1238.

Sick of completing all levels and having to wait for more to come out. When they do add more it’s just around 25 new levels. Don’t waste your time with this game unless you wan to sit around and wait for these people to get back to work even though COVID has been over for a year now. Try getting back in the office and GETTING BACK TO WORK! Deleting game! GOOD BYE LOSERS!

I’ve been playing the game for a few weeks and there are a lot of ads. The game itself is fine.
But today, while in the middle of playing and without clicking a single link of which there were NO links to click on, all of a sudden it opened 4 new tabs on my browser. All of the same s*x chat site.
Immediate delete and I’ll be deleting any other games I might have by this developer.

I payed for no ads and enjoyed the game a lot until i reached level 728. I have been on level 728 for two weeks now. I even bought additional moves to try to get past it. No go.

Used up all my coins. Purchased. Second time.
Contacted support who were zero help.
They even have a help category- Level unpassable.
Well this level is unpassable for me.
ready to delete the game now.

I was enjoying this game in spite of the ads that “aren’t adds” after paying for no ads—however! I had to delete and reinstall to fix some bugs in the game, and my progress was not saved.
Most games you can get back into if you have a login! This has a “restore purchases” button, but it doesn’t bring back my progress. (Is that harder to configure?) Really not interested in starting from the beginning, so I guess I am done.

Game is fun, but the ads are annoying. Play a level? Unskippable Ad. Lose a round and want to try again? Unskippable ad. Every round has at least one Unskippable ad, which is honestly ridiculous. It also triggers random pop ups on the main game screen and more than once I almost made a purchase because I was trying to click to play the next level. You can pay for no ads but apparently that doesn’t even work according to reviews. Skip.

I would have been more than happy to keep
Playing this game, and even would have given it 5 stars… alas, I would have given 0 stars if I could have, and that’s because PORN showed up as an add. That is absolutely appalling and completely inappropriate. If my small nieces and nephews had been playing they would have been exposed to that disgusting behavior. I am absolutely appalled and will not ever be downloading games from your company EVER AGAIN!

The game gets extremely annoying after about 10 levels forcing you try out special features that are unnecessary. But it does encourage people to become dependent on unnecessary special attacks. I’m sure it’s just a scam to get people to buy the special moves. Deleting this immediately after this review.

Note: when the developer responds to you it undoes your negative review. This is a trick scam artists use to inflate ratings for bad games like this one.

This could be a 5 star game, but is just too buggy. I paid for ad-free version, but still have to play ads to rewind or gain rewards. I wouldn’t even mind that so much if it actually rewarded you for sitting through the ad. Half of the time, the game crashes after I’ve watched the ad and I don’t get the reward anyway and have to start the game over. It also glitches frequently in the middle of a level and freezes for minutes at a time or sometimes just crashes completely.

I paid to remove ads but it doesn't matter. The game will randomly open an ad that switches me to the App Store in the middle of a level. This happens repeatedly and nothing fixed it. I emailed the developer but they asked for screenshots then never answered.

It makes the game basically unplayable. It's a shame because I really enjoy the actual gameplay but no one can play a game that does this in the middle of every level over and over, especially after PAYING to remove ads.