I love this game in theory. I even paid extra for the ad free version. Unfortunately, some levels just cannot be solved without watching an ad to get an extra bottle. Ok, fine, I can live with that. However, the ads frequently malfunction and I get a "video advertisment payback error" instead of credit for watching a ridiculously long ad. Sometimes this means I get kicked back to the screen I was just on, but frequently it restarts the entire app and I have to start over. So frustrating!!
There are Ads every few levels. Not as intrusive but they are present. You have to view the often terrible & misleading ads for other "games" to get an extra bottle, more rewards or "powerups". It gets annoying after awhile. Game itself is fine, nothing particularly special but at least it's true to it's ads.
UPDATE: I am uninstalling this game. It's fun but even paying for the "no ads" doesn't remove ads. You're basically bullied into buying boosts by watching ads and too much. Fk Gossip Harbor. I really enjoy this game. But the amount of Gossip Harbor ads is annoying. It doesn't matter how many times I say I am not interested I still get them. Every single time. It's maddening. I'll probably end up paying for the ad free option. But oh my God if I ever see a Gossip Harbor ad again I'll just die.

dont yell at me i cry easily
While it doesn't force ads on you midgame and can be addicting, you can't get past 2 levels without watching an ad to unlock a bottle. Some levels are deliberately made to be impossible unless u watch an ad. And its two unskippable ads, which is annoying. U can unlock a bottle for 1000 coins, but it takes MANY levels to get that many so when u do spend it, ur down to at least 30 or less.

Saulo Henrique Pires de Oliveira
This is not a puzzle game. It's an ad delivery system. The difficulty scaling is broken. Intentionally. This is not me being dumb - I'm quite proficient at puzzle games. They make the levels impossible to beat unless you watch an ad. There's nothing rewarding about having to use coins to "cheat" and watch ads to make a puzzle solvable. The fact that this game is so well-rated offends me. Most mobile gamers are professional ad-watchers, if this deserves anything but a 1 star.
This game is more playable when it shows up as an add. Not when downloaded. Because once you download it, you're adblocked at every turn. These types of games are tiring and a waste of time. I just want to sit down with a puzzle game. Not sit through 30 seconds through 2 minutes of adds every time I want to use a feature of the game. Not impressed. there are WAY more games on the market like this that don't force you to watch adds.
UNISTALLED - pay to play have been playing the same lvl with the mystery colors. it doesn't matter what you are thinking or trying to think ahead: you're not going to win the mystery colors one. pop-up ads, with ads that are unremovabale and constant. baited to watch an ad for free bottle you're stuck on a add that wants you to play the game with no way to x out of it. so you're forced to leave the game and when you open the game back up you have to start all over again.
I love the style and setup of this game. Its relaxing and satisfying without being visually overwhelming. That said as my level got higher I suddenly started getting random ads after I'd beaten a level. Then I'd also experience 'crashes' if here and there while trying to watch an ad for extra resources on a level, restarting the ap and making me start the level over from scratch. It took the fun out of the app for me so I uninstalled. Great game, poor ad management.
Overall, I would say 4.5, there are ADs but they rarely appear unless you want more upgrades in the game. The only downside that I dealt with was, when I used ADs, for the upgrade of adding another bottle, when the AD ends, the game most of the time would restart, to re-do everything I did on that one level. It's addictive other than the glitches with ADs. Due to the glitches which lasted for months, I'm choosing to leave this game after almost reaching 100 levels.
I don't mind ads once in a while especially if it's a fun game. But the higher the level I reach, the more annoying ads this game feeds me and it's no longer okay. After one game, an ad. After receiving coins, an ad. And the games themselves are rigged for you to need at least 1 more bottle wc meant MORE ads. All the more disappointing are the disgustingly inappropriate ads they show. There's no good phone game anymore.
addictive at first, then the ads come so often it's hard to play the game. there are some levels they write so that you have to spend coins or watch an ad to pass the level by getting another bag or bottle, even if you sorted all available colors. there are so many ads that it's just not fun.
Disappointing When the only way to advance is to watch an ad, the purchasable ads pack to remove ads is no value at all. it stops popular ads but when there no other way to level up but watch an ad or retry, both become tedious very fast. especially as king shot and gossip harbour ads play adnauseum they actively stop me choosing them. next time I'll read T&Cs or just not download the game at all. you got my money, not my stars
Certain stages are meant to have a very low probability of passing on purpose so you'll watch ads for more empty bottles. The ads play literally forever unless you download the advertised app. The "X" exit button is tiny and you can't click it on purpose, redirecting you to the download page of their other app
advertisement so annoying. please. each game level I play always pop up advertisement. so annoying. please remove the advertisement. it's fun I really enjoy it but the advertisement is so annoying and disturb. when ever I success this level and want to play another level this freaking annoying advertisement always pop up. do something with it.
Rigged puzzles. I have a screenshot of using all of my saved coins to assist me in completing the puzzle by purchasing, with my saved coins from completing over 55 puzzles, to empty bottles for the water colours. However, this puzzle game deliberately rigs so we have to either watch ads or spend real money to get through. Because how come I have the bottles but no colour left to complete the bags? Hm? Explain this.
The game is fine, but the way ads were implemented ruined it, as it is usual for mobile games. I got until Level 11 and the thing were some colors in the bottles are hidden makes it nearly impossible to win without resorting to watching ads to get extra moves or bottles. While I understand the need for ads, forcing the players to watch ads to be able to get extra items to win removes all sense of reward from playing.
would rate 0 stars If I could. Bottles go in bags after water is sorted-fairly easy mechanic. HOWEVER, most levels are genuinely unplayable. if you have 3 extra empty bottles, the levels are fairly easy. but without, actually unwinnable with the mechanic of hidden water color+ hidden bottle. Since the devs care more about money than making a playable game, the undo/extra bottle/extra bag needs you to watch an AD. if you get lucky and win- ANOTHER AD.
It's not a bad game but after 150 levels, it's just the same thing over and over. No new mechanics, no upgrades. So in that regard, it ends up being kind of boring if something repetitive isn't your thing. $10 for ad free and its value is subjective.
This game has occasional intrusive ads, rare enough they didn't bother me TOO much compared to other games (though I'd still prefer none at all). More importantly, it occasionally gives you unsolvable levels, so don't bother watching the extra ads for more bottles or whatever.
Th game is super fun at first but then it would take my coins when I used it for extra bottle. It would also have a hard time going back to the game after the advertisement so you have to open the app back up.