Before I begin with the negative stuff, I would like to say first and foremost that the game is legitimately great. The concept of sorting money and fusing it together to get bigger numbers makes for an overall satisfying and relaxing experience. Not to mention, the concept of wanting to save money to buy more spots for holding money but dealing requires ten of your coins is a great risk-reward system. And, if you don’t have enough space to sort the coins, you can willingly watch an ad to get an additional pocket for 60 seconds.Unfortunately, the ads are where the negativity begins. I’m going to try my best to not make this one of those “It has too many ads!” Reviews, because the ads are a good system if you willingly need some extra space. However, when it pops up an ad break the second I click on a coin, that’s when I start having problems. If it was in a natural way, such as after coins were merged or dealt, then I wouldn’t complain as much. My personal stance on ads is that I don’t mind them as long as they feel natural and noninvasive. Unfortunately, as the game currently stands, that just isn’t the case.However, I would like to end this review on a positive note. The game, despite the intrusive ads and incessant requests to join “The Big Race”, is an excellent time killer. If you want the perfect gaming experience here, then I recommend turning on airplane mode and sorting through some coins!

It’s a chill sorting game to get you through boring times. The ads are a tad frequent, but it’s not ruining my overall experience like other games where ads are one right after the other. You get some decent gameplay in before the next ad pops up. ✨The race to get coins and 2 free skip-it tickets is against a CPU, and not actual players. After I realized this, I stopped trying so hard to win those races every time I got into one, and I’m glad I didn’t use real money to buy tickets to get first place faster, as well as spending my tickets on unnecessary skips just to beat the CPU if I got a tad tied up. Pretty much as long as you reach the end before the time is up, you’re guaranteed to win. I watched all the CPU’s right at the edge of winning for the last 30 minutes before I caught up and won. Dead giveaway there’s no actual players you’re going against. Don’t sweat it if you don’t make it to the end, and enjoy the mindless sorting. :)

The game itself is really fun & addictive. HOWEVER, the levels automatically end. On a few occasions I still had moves that would’ve given me a way to remain in the level. On top of that I’ve spent dozens of lives simply by the level starting with no moves, & I’ll deal just for it to not even let me see the coins myself before it auto closes the level, again & again. Over & over. If you have enough money to pay for a way out, it won’t auto close tho. Except that goes out the window bc the ‘help’ buttons are far too easy to accidentally push, & they don’t ask for confirmation in case you don’t want to use them. The game itself is great, but these issues make me wanna delete almost every level. But then it’ll stop, I’ll feel better, & then continue. It’s a cycle ALSO….I paid the $6.99 for ad free bc I literally loved the game & played daily. But after about 3-4 weeks the ads returned. I opened a chat with the help center & even sent screenshots of my confirmation of purchase. I essentially left on read with zero help. I tried updating & even deleted & redownloading the app, nothing worked. I went to ‘restore purchases’ & nothing. So I’ll be deleting it now bc I won’t be paying that again & the ads are too annoying to endure again.

Ads play throughout the game. If you run out of space, an ad will play and you lose a heart. If you run out of space, and you close the app before the ad finishes, then the next time you open it, you will have to hit restart again, watch an add, and lose a life, even if during that time your lives replenished. I’m on level 38, and it’s impossible to continue without using a boost and watching an ad. Which is annoying, because on top of watching ads just to have the game, I MUST watch ads to solve the puzzle as well. Sometimes the game decides that there’s no space left at strange times, and it feels unexpected. Especially in the later levels (~37) there will be no moves available until you deal more coins, and you end up dealing enough coins the game says you ran out of space. Which is annoying, because there were no moves available. Honestly, passing onto level 39 will be luck of the deal and nothing to do with strategy. Which is annoying because after 3 deals I lose a life. Levels 1-35 were super relaxing and fun, but I should be able to win without watching optional ads. I don’t want to watch the ads anymore, so I’m deleting the game after a good amount of play.