APP-PAIN | Crazy

we are nearly at the end of 2021. this page is typed on [INSERT DATE HERE].

EDIT 15 MAY 2023: WHAT WAS I THINKING WHEN I WROTE THIS PAGE?????

nah, only joking. it is on 23 DEC, y'know, the day BEFORE xmas eve????????*

as a plus, ASHENS is doing a XMAS live stream-gubbin [I think it is pound-shop tat] now, but I simply DON'T HAVE THE TIME TO DO BOTH. what's the other thing I am talking about? well, after MILLIONS* of years downloading absolute CRAP* onto my tablet, i thout I would take a world-ending look at them to laugh @ them, because that's my idea of a visual joke.

the prime target are 'fidget items' because, let's be real, the amount of ADS in most of these are more likely to make you MORE stressed than LESS stressed.

here they are -

[also, because I have a awful memory, I will be listing these as they appear on my home screen]

-AntiStress. this requires a few ads to unlock things, but the first option ad I got was 3 seconds. can't really fault them for that*

BUT, after that, it tried to get me to rate it [forced with no X button*]

-Anti-Stress. works fine, except for the lawnmower thing, which was laggy. also got a few clickbaity-ads, but I think that's out of the apps' control.

-Anti Stress. got an ad for a Mario ripoff, but again, the app can't control what ads it gives. there's this cube thing that is REALLY slow. but ads appear more often, so...HYY

-AngerMana...*. ad count is WAY lower than the last one. infact, I didn't get any ads AT ALL. slime sim is a bit poor, though.*

-AntiStress. at most a quarter of the things included have you watch ads. pretty much the exact same as the last one, but with more ads. also, the chalkboard is laggy, but not as much as the lawnmower thing from the 2nd one.

-Wood Antist.... TBH, the exact same to the previous one.

-Oddly satis.... THERE IS AN ADVERT EVERY TIME YOU START A NEW MINIGAME. on top of that, there are ad-locked minigames, too! on top of THAT, there are ad-locked slimes in the slime-sim minigame! and it gave a knockoff LEGO advert. and the smoke rings-thing is really laggy [same as lawnmower] OMFG

-Fidget Cube.... this has got way too many ads for a 'stress' app. on top of that, there is coins in this game, a ting that locks cubes behind paywalls. WHAT

-Fidgets. does what it says. THATSIT

-Fidget Toys.... does what it says. THATSIT

-Fidget Toys. every single damn thing is ad-locked. and there's 'stationary' ads, too WHAT

-Antistress Fi.... there are ads for every time you exit to home screen. as well as ad-locked items. I'll give them a break, though, as there are only 3 of those. slime sim is poor, though. and banner ads.

-AntiStress 3D. works fine. again, no adverts.

-Fidget Toys. adverts that outright disrupt your gameplay, and banner ads. and, just as I was gonna exit for the next one, I got a banner ad on top of ANOTHER banner ad.

-All in One 3.... has 3 things ad-locked, and that same issue of showing ads everytime you play a minigame. also got another ripoff LEGO ad. the app itself isn't too good, but parts of it work.

-Oddly Satis.... there's in-game coin in this one. DISGUSTANG! yet another case of showing ads for when you start minigames.

-ODDly* Satis.... ITSTHESAMETHINGASTHELASTFEW

-Oddly satis.... THESAMEDAMNGAMEFROMBEFORE

-AntiStress A.... this one straight up STEALS concepts from ANTISTRESS, one of the good apps. and there's banner ads.

-Antistress A.... THESAMECONCEPTSTEALINGCONCEPTASBEFORE

-Real Antistr.... this one locks minigames behind coins AND ads. AS WELL AS banner and regular video ads. and there's this laggy window-cleaning thing, too

-Antistress T.... free trial. THATSIT

-Relax And A.... locks a fair few of things behind...well, I'm not sure. it was SO SLOW

-Relax Box. not only is it not responding to touch, it also shows ads and banner ads.

-Fidget Toys. this one is fairly decent, but still shows A LOAD of ads, and banner ads, too. but there's a lot of minigames. and they work fine. WELLDONEYOULOT

-Antistress Fi.... works good, I think, but still forces ads. 6OUTOF10 - that's more that 50%!

-Anti Stress:.... works fine, I guess, but still. THE. GODDAMN. ADS.

-AntiStress.... everything minus the first 4 minigames are locked behind coins. NUFFSAID

-Anti Stress. the slime sim works, but the visuals are pixelated. everything else works fine, though. and, ADS but, I must say, I was impressed with how much effort went into this one. YOU DID WELL! HERE'S A SMILEY FACE - :)))))))))))

-Sensory fid.... TOOMANYADSFORAGAMELIKETHIS

-Anti-Stress.... works, I'll give them that. and no ads! WELLDONE

-Fidget Toys. a good deal of minigames are locked behind adverts.

-sensory fid.... TOOMANYADZ. it works, though, so I'll give them that. I got a bait advert, too, but can't really be helped.

-Fidget Toys. OMG, WTF. this one does have alot, but at least HALF is ad-locked. ggyyu67yu8y7865ty7uoj

and yes, I think that's everything.

the moral? tell google to SCRRREW themselves.

EDIT 28 DEC 2021 - BOUNS ENTRY. a ripoff 'antistress' app, don't let this fool you. it has the WRONG app icon [cube], and has WAY more adverts than the REAL version, and...DONTGETIT.

oh, AND! while looking at reviews for the games above, I found out about a game called 'lords mobile'. while I won't be messing this game around here, I did look at the dev's page, and found a LOAD of click-bait app-icons - one of which being a match-3 game. why is this a problem? well, match 3 games are well-known for putting in-app purchases EVERYWHERE. again, I won't be looking at this game, but I'm just mentioning this, just so it's listed

EDIT 3 JAN 2022 - WELCOME to new year! but that means more apps to look at! so here you go -

[I did plan to do it on the 2nd, but got more apps to look at now, so GTNHJUFJFR]

-toon blast. what to say about this game? for a start, it's a candy crush ripoff, and it was one of the few GEAMS I had on my old phone [iphone 5 I think it was], and I actually thought about giving the devs money*, which automatically makes this game the worst thing I have ever put on my tablet EVER*. the teams system requires you to beat level 20* to unlock, but its somewhat unsafe for a pegi rated 3 game on the GOOG PLAYY STOREE. shame, because the music is the best I've ever heard in ANY game*

and yes, the in-app purCHASES are just as screwed [one of them is £99.99. I'm not joking*]

there's also a WRETCHED piggy bank mechanic, where you have to pay money several times over to buy the coins you ALREADY earned. WTFISTHATMECHANICANDWHATARETHEDEVSON?!?!?!*. also, if you lose a level, it tries to guilt-trip you into paying coinzz to continue. FTW

-2 CASH BANOOCA ripoff apps -

-tiki's choice. a WOTSIT cash banooca knockoff, but not as infernal as the other one. you can pick between AUK-AUKAO and OUK-OUKA. in the PAID version [yes, a paid version] you can pick cash of the TITTANS [yes, out of all games they choose THAT one] OUK-OUKA and V*. you can also play the sound clip over and over and over again. VBGTIK,.

AND THE 2ND CASH BANOOCA RIPPPPPPOFFFF IS -

crazy fox adventure. yes, folks, this app which Caddicarus played looks like a total SPOOF of CashBanooca -

all of the THINGS you can play as have been straight up RIPPED from crash of the titans. NUFFSAID

AND ALL OF THE THINGS YOU CAN PLAY AS CAN'T EVEN STAND UP STRAIGHT!

and no, I have NOT played crash of the titans, because I don't live on the moon

THATZTHEENDOFTHEEDIT. BYE - QUAMB

*the amount of question marks is SARCASTICKS

*yes. millions.

*I was around 10. [ITHINK] also, I didnot* have a website back then

*POCKETMONKEY. yes, I have gone insane

*and yes, I know the devs make money SOMEHOW, but I'm just gearing up for what the other apps have

*the only negative I can think of about this one. again, gearing up for what the other apps have

*QWERTY. thatswhatisaytothat

*its just a moving picture where you tap

*yes, it is written like that

*on the run from who? the FBI?*

*do I even need to say it at this point? CADD JOKE

*caddjoke

*ONLYCOSTHEGAMEIS'ARDASBLOODYNAILSWHENITMAKESTHELEVELSNOTGIVETHEBLOCKSYOUNEEDTOPROGRESSANDITTRYESTOFORCEYOUTOPAYMONEYTOTHEDEVSTOPROGRESS,WHICHDOESNOTACTUALLYWORK [INGAMEITEMWISE]*

*goes to show how much I hate this game

*OKAY,MAYBENOTEVER,BUTSTILL

*by which time you're hooked on the bloody damn game

*but they [the devs - peak games] prob just used some audio guff from youtube's stock music library*

*and, as an added BOUNS, I just added the music I could find into a playlist called 'shifty bum app', and I'm making it public right now. THERE, THAT'S DONE

*and this is coming from a teen who spent £300+ on LEGO guff last night [the 2nd of JAN, 2022]

*oh, and it keeps PESTERING you to buy it, too

*the guy who has the first letter of his name on his face. yes - you figure the joke out for yourself