Temporal Dark Patterns
This game has 15 reported Temporal Dark Patterns. There are 72 votes indicating the absense of a dark pattern.
9 votes
5 votes
3 votes
9 votes
3 votes
10 votes
12 votes
Playing by Appointment
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Being forced to play according to the game's schedule instead of yours.
0 / 12 votes
11 votes
12 votes
13 votes
Monetary Dark Patterns
This game has 5 reported Monetary Dark Patterns. There are 128 votes indicating the absense of a dark pattern.
2 votes
10 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.
2 / 10 votes
1 votes
11 votes
1 votes
11 votes
Recurring Fee
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Encourages players to play as much as possible to get their money's worth.
1 / 11 votes
1 votes
12 votes
12 votes
Premium Currency
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Exchange rate between real money and in-game currency disguises the real price of items.
0 / 12 votes
12 votes
12 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.
0 / 12 votes
12 votes
12 votes
Power Creep
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A permanently purchased item in the game becomes less valuable over time.
0 / 12 votes
12 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 / 12 votes
12 votes
Anchoring Tricks
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Placing a cheap item next to an expensive item to make it look more affordable.
0 / 12 votes
Social Dark Patterns
This game has 0 reported Social Dark Patterns. There are 91 votes indicating the absense of a dark pattern.
13 votes
Social Pyramid Scheme
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You get a bonus for inviting your friends and then they have to invite their friends.
0 / 13 votes
13 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 / 13 votes
13 votes
Friend Spam / Impersonation
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The game sends spam to your contact list or social media account.
0 / 13 votes
13 votes
Reciprocity
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Feeling obligated to return a favor, share resources, trade an item, etc.
0 / 13 votes
13 votes
Encourages Anti-Social Behavior
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The game incentivizes players to lie, cheat, or backstab other players to get ahead.
0 / 13 votes
13 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.
0 / 13 votes
13 votes
Psychological Dark Patterns
This game has 15 reported Psychological Dark Patterns. There are 70 votes indicating the absense of a dark pattern.
6 votes
6 votes
Complete the Collection
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The urge to collect all the items, achievements or secrets in a game.
6 / 6 votes
5 votes
8 votes
Badges / Endowed Progress
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Reluctancy to abandon a partially completed goal, even one forced upon the player.
5 / 8 votes
4 votes
8 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.
4 / 8 votes
12 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.
0 / 12 votes
12 votes
Variable Rewards
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Unpredictable or random rewards are more addictive than a predictable schedule.
0 / 12 votes
12 votes
Aesthetic Manipulations
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Trick questions or toying with emotions or our subconscious desires.
0 / 12 votes
12 votes
Optimism and Frequency Biases
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Overestimating the frequency of something because we’ve seen it recently or memorably.
0 / 12 votes
App Store Ratings
| iOS: | (4.50) with 389,790 votes. |
| Google Play: | (4.34) with 1,341,828 votes. |
Recent Dark Pattern Reviews
Pay to Win reported on Jan 12, 2023
Can spend real money to unlock hints
Advertisements reported on Dec 21, 2022
The free version does. You must pay for no ads.
Pay to Win reported on Dec 21, 2022
You can buy hints.
Daily Rewards reported on Oct 28, 2022
daily puzzles
Advertisements reported on Oct 28, 2022
ad every 5 levels or less
Complete the Collection reported on Oct 28, 2022
complete each level in as few moves as possible
Advertisements reported on Oct 2, 2022
You can pay a one-time fee to remove ads.
Daily Rewards reported on May 24, 2022
Maintain streak in daily puzzled
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Flow Free® is a simple yet addictive puzzle game.Connect matching colors with pipe to create a Flow®. Pair all colors, and cover the entire board to solve each puzzle. But watch out, pipes will break if they cross or overlap!
Free play through hundreds of levels, or race against the clock in Time Trial mode. Gameplay ranges from simple and relaxed, to challenging and frenetic, and everywhere in between. How you play is up to you. So, give Flow Free a try, and experience "mind like water"!
*** Flow Free features ***
* Content
- Over 2,500 free levels available in Free Play mode, and new Daily Puzzles every day!
- 10 different board sizes
- Free Classic, Bonus, Bridges, Mania, Extreme, and Jumbo level packs
- Additional level packs available for purchase
* Challenge
- Game Center achievements as you solve levels and complete packs
- Track your completion of each level in Free Play mode
- Strive for accuracy in Free Play using the fewest, most efficient moves
- Strive for speed in Time Trial for the most and fastest solves
- 20 scored Time Trial variants to choose from by board size and duration
* Look & Feel
- Smooth, polished touch interaction
- Colorful UI
- Fun sound effects
- Clean vector graphics and animations
- Labels available for color impaired players
Enjoy.