Straight answers about mobile games, from the reviews themselves.

Yes for anyone playing competitively, though it is not the single biggest complaint: pay-to-win appears in 9% of the 533 negative Kingshot reviews we themed.

It comes up, but it is a minority view: pay-to-win appears in 4% of the 276 negative Clash of Clans reviews we themed.

Not in the reviews we read: pay-to-win is not a named complaint theme across the 900 PUBG MOBILE reviews we analysed. What players actually complain about most is "Crashes / freezing / lag" (11% of negative reviews).

It comes up, but it is a minority view: pay-to-win appears in 3% of the 395 negative Pokémon GO reviews we themed.

Yes for anyone playing competitively, though it is not the single biggest complaint: pay-to-win appears in 13% of the 513 negative Last War: Survival reviews we themed.

Yes for anyone playing competitively, though it is not the single biggest complaint: pay-to-win appears in 15% of the 59 negative Royal Match reviews we themed.

Yes, though it is not the single biggest complaint: feeling rigged appears in 8% of the 598 negative Gardenscapes reviews we themed.

Yes, though it is not the single biggest complaint: feeling rigged appears in 19% of the 150 negative Coin Master reviews we themed.

In structure, yes, even though players rarely use the word for it: Free-to-play and structurally a social casino. You buy spins (the energy that drives everything) and coin packs, and the loop is tuned to run you dry during events.

Nothing in the reviews suggests otherwise: across 950 Royal Kingdom reviews we found no cluster of scam, refund, or missing-purchase complaints. The loudest complaint is something else entirely: "Nothing like the “save the king” ads" (26% of negative reviews).

Yes, though it is not the single biggest complaint: scam and missing-purchase reports appears in 8% of the 341 negative Gossip Harbor: Merge & Story reviews we themed.

Yes, and it is one of the loudest things players say: the ads not matching the game shows up in 38% of the 533 negative Kingshot reviews we themed.

Yes, though it is not the single biggest complaint: the ads not matching the game appears in 11% of the 598 negative Gardenscapes reviews we themed.

We read 950 Royal Kingdom reviews: 396 read as positive and 465 as negative. The most common praise is "Addictive, polished match-3" (50% of positive reviews), and the most common complaint is "Nothing like the “save the king” ads" (26% of negative reviews).

We read 850 Match Factory! reviews: 591 read as positive and 204 as negative. The most common praise is "Addictive, satisfying matching" (67% of positive reviews), and the most common complaint is "Nothing like the ads" (18% of negative reviews).

We read 150 Solitaire Grand Harvest reviews: 110 read as positive and 34 as negative. The most common praise is "fun gameplay" (45% of positive reviews), and the most common complaint is "money grab mechanics" (53% of negative reviews).

We read 850 Gossip Harbor: Merge & Story reviews: 433 read as positive and 341 as negative. The most common praise is "Addictive, satisfying merging" (60% of positive reviews), and the most common complaint is "Nothing like the ads / false advertising" (30% of negative reviews).

We read 950 Coin Master reviews: 752 read as positive and 150 as negative. The most common praise is "Intensely addictive" (63% of positive reviews), and the most common complaint is "Rigged algorithm / can't win free" (19% of negative reviews).

We read 850 Toon Blast reviews: 502 read as positive and 281 as negative. The most common praise is "Addictive, satisfying blasting" (58% of positive reviews), and the most common complaint is "Feels rigged to force payment" (15% of negative reviews).

We read 107 Magic Tiles 3 reviews: 61 read as positive and 46 as negative. The most common praise is "Fun, relaxing and addictive" (72% of positive reviews), and the most common complaint is "Too many ads, interrupting play" (83% of negative reviews).

We read 150 Match Masters reviews: 75 read as positive and 75 as negative. The most common praise is "Fun and highly addictive" (45% of positive reviews), and the most common complaint is "Rigged / pay-to-win: can't win without buying" (40% of negative reviews).

We read 900 Candy Crush Saga reviews: 416 read as positive and 397 as negative. The most common praise is "Addictive, classic fun" (39% of positive reviews), and the most common complaint is "Crashes / freezes after update" (21% of negative reviews).

We read 854 Free Fire MAX reviews: 498 read as positive and 311 as negative. The most common praise is "Fun, accessible battle royale" (24% of positive reviews), and the most common complaint is "Hackers / cheaters" (14% of negative reviews).

We read 750 Tasty Travels: Merge Game reviews: 223 read as positive and 472 as negative. The most common praise is "Extremely addictive merging" (80% of positive reviews), and the most common complaint is "Nothing like the ads" (39% of negative reviews).

We read 950 Township reviews: 364 read as positive and 508 as negative. The most common praise is "Fun, addictive building" (48% of positive reviews), and the most common complaint is "Nothing like the harvest ads" (19% of negative reviews).

We read 50 Merge Mansion reviews: 22 read as positive and 28 as negative. The most common praise is "Relaxing and easy to pick up" (28% of positive reviews), and the most common complaint is "Pay-to-progress / expensive monetization" (42% of negative reviews).

We read 350 Board Kings reviews: 254 read as positive and 96 as negative. The most common praise is "Relaxing, easy, low-effort fun" (36% of positive reviews), and the most common complaint is "Pay-to-win / rigged when not paying" (30% of negative reviews).