Temporal Dark Patterns
This game has 9 reported Temporal Dark Patterns. There are 12 votes indicating the absence of a dark pattern.
3 votes
2 votes
1 votes
2 votes
1 votes
2 votes
1 votes
3 votes
Playing by Appointment
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Being forced to play according to the game's schedule instead of yours.
0 / 3 votes
3 votes
3 votes
Monetary Dark Patterns
This game has 9 reported Monetary Dark Patterns. There are 22 votes indicating the absence of a dark pattern.
3 votes
Premium Currency
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Exchange rate between real money and in-game currency disguises the real price of items.
3 / 0 votes
2 votes
1 votes
2 votes
1 votes
Recurring Fee
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Encourages players to play as much as possible to get their money's worth.
2 / 1 votes
1 votes
1 votes
1 votes
2 votes
Anchoring Tricks
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Placing a cheap item next to an expensive item to make it look more affordable.
1 / 2 votes
2 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.
0 / 2 votes
3 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 / 3 votes
3 votes
3 votes
3 votes
3 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 / 3 votes
Social Dark Patterns
This game has 0 reported Social Dark Patterns. There are 21 votes indicating the absence of a dark pattern.
3 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 / 3 votes
3 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 / 3 votes
3 votes
Friend Spam / Impersonation
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The game sends spam to your contact list or social media account.
0 / 3 votes
3 votes
3 votes
Encourages Anti-Social Behavior
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The game incentivizes players to lie, cheat, or backstab other players to get ahead.
0 / 3 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.
0 / 3 votes
3 votes
Psychological Dark Patterns
This game has 4 reported Psychological Dark Patterns. There are 16 votes indicating the absence of a dark pattern.
1 votes
1 votes
Complete the Collection
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The urge to collect all the items, achievements or secrets in a game.
1 / 1 votes
1 votes
2 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.
1 / 2 votes
1 votes
2 votes
Badges / Endowed Progress
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Reluctancy to abandon a partially completed goal, even one forced upon the player.
1 / 2 votes
1 votes
2 votes
Variable Rewards
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Unpredictable or random rewards are more addictive than a predictable schedule.
1 / 2 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.
0 / 3 votes
3 votes
Aesthetic Manipulations
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Trick questions or toying with emotions or our subconscious desires.
0 / 3 votes
3 votes
Optimism and Frequency Biases
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Overestimating the frequency of something because we’ve seen it recently or memorably.
0 / 3 votes
App Store Ratings
| iOS: | (4.50) with 17,585 votes. |
Recent Dark Pattern Reviews
Advertisements reported on May 31, 2022
Without the premium subscription, I believe ads show up at the bottom of the screen? You can also use advertisements to get coins and tokens. However, I don't think it uses the (play a level) > (RANDOM AD) > (play a level) structure a lot of games use. I do have the subscription, so they could have changed it since I started subscribing.
Infinite Treadmill reported on May 31, 2022
Being a daily puzzle game, updated daily with puzzles, there will almost always be puzzles to do.
Premium Currency reported on May 31, 2022
Can pay real money to buy coins (to buy power-ups and easier modes) and to buy tokens (which, without a subscription, are used to unlock puzzles).
Recurring Fee reported on May 31, 2022
There is a premium subscription ($5.99 USD monthly or $35.99 USD annually) to unlock all of the daily puzzles and gain a certain amount of special edition keys daily.
Daily Rewards reported on May 24, 2022
Logging in daily gives you tokens, which are used to unlock puzzles.
Advertisements reported on May 24, 2022
The advertisements are not particularly intrusive, but are often used as options where you view an ad to unlock a puzzle or gain currency.
Infinite Treadmill reported on May 24, 2022
There are new sets of puzzles daily.
Premium Currency reported on May 24, 2022
There are two types of currency, coins and tokens. Coins can be gained by completing puzzles or bought with real money. Tokens are used to play the puzzles, and are gained daily/over time or can be bought with real money.
Wait To Play reported on May 24, 2022
Tokens refresh slowly, like an energy system.
Recurring Fee reported on May 24, 2022
There are optional subscriptions to have full access to puzzles and remove ads.
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