I love this relaxing game. It doesn’t have “in app purchases.,” which I love. I don’t mind the ads. I say this because the ads are very short! Some games have ridiculously long ads to earn specials and in between rounds! I even sometimes just hit one down by the bottom of the screen because I believe this is one game that seems to appreciate the people who play. Thank you for a fun relaxing game! Highly recommended game!

I downloaded and immediately deleted this app specifically so I could give it a one star rating and write this review, since the App Store doesn't allow ratings and reviews for apps that haven't been downloaded, although I would have done that if I could. For an app that advertises itself as "No ads" there sure are a whole lot of reviews complaining about the obnoxious length, excessive quantity and (unsurprisingly) abominable quality of ads. Vita is just one among hordes of deceptive studios who develop games that are based on lies and obfuscation. Vita is just one among hordes of studios who don't understand that advertising is supposed to PERSUADE, not DECEIVE, potential users to try your product. But I guess it doesn't matter sice there are always going to be enough gullible whales to support the studio, even if everyone else avoids them in disgust. Not that Vita is going to read, much less care about, this review, let alone change their ways. Don't waste your time or bandwidth downloading this or any other Vita game.

The game itself is alright, for what it’s worth, but the ads it displays are sketchy and deceptive, especially for a game aimed toward seniors. For example, some of the video ads have fake notification dialogs claiming that an app on the user’s device needs to be updated. This is a trick to get the user to install the app. Most users would be able to tell that these dialogs are fake, but considering that this game is aimed towards seniors (who may not be as familiar with iOS’ UI), they may not be able to tell the difference. There are also deceptive ads across the bottom - some mimic a phone app or messages UI with a flashing button (to make it seem like the user has a new message). Not all of the ads are like this, but some are. You guys seriously need to reconsider where you’re getting your ads from.

July 2024: The weekly challenges are not “relaxing” when you barely get 72 hours to solve them. I want to complete the challenges, but I fail and get all stressed out and anxious because I don’t sit on my behind 72 hours a week to fulfill the requirement. You build a game on relaxation and at your own pace then suddenly throw in these frustrating poorly timed events. Make the times longer, so people who work for a living and want to partake can actually do so. Make them bi-weekly if you have to. Currently, it’s too short and you remove the relaxation angle of the game. Love Water (another sort game) runs so smooth, and this game isn’t far behind it, but that other title… it is littered with ads after every play, power-up, and the “extra vial” if you decide to use it on a level. I also like the vial topper animation, so much better than Vita’s flowers. I’d rather see chemical bubbles and vapors bubbling after filling a vial than those flowers, but they don’t bother me that much (I just don’t like them for whatever reason). After I completed the daily puzzles (before I even played past Level 7), I started clearing the main campaign and you unlock bottles as you complete portraits. Vita’s daily sort puzzles are really great too. I wish I could replay them, badly. Dev’s, please let us replay these. You can get ad-free for a few dollars and only have to see ads if you upgrade your extra turns and such (I never use these). Basically, gameplay without using the vial bonuses is 100% ad free. You want to get the upper hand, you’ll have to watch that ad first. The only thing that pulls it down is the long pour animations. If there was a toggle for younger and/or speedier players to decrease the pour animation time, it would make for a stellar addition. Having the ability to pour multiple vials now is also welcome. It’s almost perfect. And you will have plenty of puzzles to solve. If they shorten [toggle] the pour animation time, and allow players to repeat daily puzzles I think they’d have a winner on their hands (although currently it’s quite impressive). I highly recommend. Room for improvement, but this gives you an ad-free purchase option. You just can’t replay the more challenging daily puzzles which makes me sad.