This game has 6 reported Temporal Dark Patterns. There are 7 votes indicating the absence of a dark pattern.
This game has 9 reported Monetary Dark Patterns. There are 9 votes indicating the absence of a dark pattern.
This game has 5 reported Social Dark Patterns. There are 9 votes indicating the absence of a dark pattern.
This game has 7 reported Psychological Dark Patterns. There are 7 votes indicating the absence of a dark pattern.
Google Play: | (4.59) with 1,969,829 votes. |
Tournaments against other players daily for rewards
Daily crosswords that you CAN complete, but you'll have to pay gems to finish them if you miss a day.
When you get a "free" gift by completing a specific word or tile, you have to wait 5-10 minutes for it to be unlocked. OR use gems to get it instantly.
Yes. You have to pay a monthly fee to remove Ads.
There was a point where the game would pop up with a "Log in with Google Play" window, but I just ignored it due to not wanting it tied to my Google Account and now it doesn't ask anymore. Not sure if it has anything to do with the monetary purchases but it sure felt like it.
There's a tournament option that I've never used because I genuinely only care about doing crossword puzzles.
Personally no but there ARE dailies that cost sapphires to do on later dates so I think that counts.
I guess the soothing music counts for this, but that's a bit of a stretch.
Technically in the cash shop it does this, but it has yet to try to bully me into actually buying anything, "cheap" or otherwise.
The butterflies and other daily challenges feel like they could fall into this category, seeing as you get Gems as well as "free letters" for accomplishing them, but it's hardly intrusive to me personally.