Temporal Dark Patterns
This game has 14 reported Temporal Dark Patterns. There are 25 votes indicating the absence of a dark pattern.
4 votes
2 votes
4 votes
2 votes
3 votes
3 votes
3 votes
3 votes
5 votes
Playing by Appointment
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Being forced to play according to the game's schedule instead of yours.
0 / 5 votes
5 votes
5 votes
Monetary Dark Patterns
This game has 35 reported Monetary Dark Patterns. There are 27 votes indicating the absence of a dark pattern.
6 votes
6 votes
6 votes
5 votes
1 votes
Premium Currency
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Exchange rate between real money and in-game currency disguises the real price of items.
5 / 1 votes
3 votes
1 votes
Pay to Win
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A player can spend real money to purchase something that gives them an advantage in the game.
3 / 1 votes
3 votes
2 votes
Anchoring Tricks
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Placing a cheap item next to an expensive item to make it look more affordable.
3 / 2 votes
2 votes
3 votes
2 votes
4 votes
Recurring Fee
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Encourages players to play as much as possible to get their money's worth.
2 / 4 votes
1 votes
5 votes
Accidental Purchases
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Making it easy to accidentally spend money with no confirmation or ability to undo or refund the action.
1 / 5 votes
1 votes
5 votes
6 votes
Waste Aversion
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Capped inventory forces you to destroy items or upgrade inventory. Also, having small amounts of left over premium currency.
0 / 6 votes
Social Dark Patterns
This game has 9 reported Social Dark Patterns. There are 26 votes indicating the absence of a dark pattern.
5 votes
2 votes
2 votes
Social Pyramid Scheme
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You get a bonus for inviting your friends and then they have to invite their friends.
2 / 2 votes
2 votes
3 votes
Fear of Missing Out
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If you stop playing you'll miss out on something or be left behind and unable to catch up.
2 / 3 votes
5 votes
Social Obligation / Guilds
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To avoid letting down your friends, you are obligated to play when you don't want to.
0 / 5 votes
5 votes
Friend Spam / Impersonation
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The game sends spam to your contact list or social media account.
0 / 5 votes
6 votes
5 votes
Encourages Anti-Social Behavior
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The game incentivizes players to lie, cheat, or backstab other players to get ahead.
0 / 5 votes
Psychological Dark Patterns
This game has 18 reported Psychological Dark Patterns. There are 15 votes indicating the absence of a dark pattern.
6 votes
Complete the Collection
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The urge to collect all the items, achievements or secrets in a game.
6 / 0 votes
5 votes
1 votes
Invested / Endowed Value
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Having already spent time and money to improve your status in the game, it's difficult to throw it away.
5 / 1 votes
4 votes
2 votes
Variable Rewards
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Unpredictable or random rewards are more addictive than a predictable schedule.
4 / 2 votes
1 votes
3 votes
Badges / Endowed Progress
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Reluctancy to abandon a partially completed goal, even one forced upon the player.
1 / 3 votes
1 votes
3 votes
Illusion of Control
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The game cheats or hides information to make you think you're better than you actually are.
1 / 3 votes
1 votes
2 votes
Optimism and Frequency Biases
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Overestimating the frequency of something because we’ve seen it recently or memorably.
1 / 2 votes
4 votes
Aesthetic Manipulations
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Trick questions or toying with emotions or our subconscious desires.
0 / 4 votes
App Store Ratings
| iOS: | (0.00) with 0 votes. |
Recent Dark Pattern Reviews
Daily Rewards reported on Sep 6, 2022
Daily Gem handouts and lootbox card progression ad-watches.
Infinite Treadmill reported on Sep 6, 2022
Not intended to be finishable.
Premium Currency reported on Sep 6, 2022
Absolutely.
Invested / Endowed Value reported on Sep 6, 2022
Yes. On account of being urged to either spend real money or watch ads to continue playing.
Artificial Scarcity reported on Sep 6, 2022
Songs that cannot be aquired normally unless one partakes in limited time events/passes.
Wait To Play reported on Sep 6, 2022
If you fill up all your lootboxes and even if one set to open you, either have to pay in "Gems" for playtime or watch an ad. There is also a timer on the loot box unlock itself.
Pay to Skip reported on Sep 6, 2022
Yes. Gems can be spent to remove wait-time on a loot-box or retry a song after a single major mistake (which otherwise is instant failiure.)
Gambling / Loot Boxes reported on Sep 6, 2022
Yes. There are several in the in-game store to give you a random song of a specific genre.
Complete the Collection reported on Sep 6, 2022
Looking up a specific genre shows you what you have unlocked and what you still have to earn.
Pay Wall reported on Sep 6, 2022
The aforementioned gems to keep playing a song, the price increasing from 3, to 5 and capping out at 8 for each mistake per song.
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