Pull the Pin Reviews

I really like this game but it has way too many ads to the point that I’m gonna delete this game. Every single time I’m done with a level, it shows a ad and it’s so annoying. Yes, the ads have a skip button but the first time that I click it the skip button when it shows, it has links behind it and it takes me to PullthePin Store which is beyond annoying. The amount of time I have to close out the ad is about a minute because I click the skip button but then it makes me wait 10 seconds to actually exit the ad. It also shows the same game every single time. The thing is, I already downloaded one of those games (clash royal) but I deleted it because it had way too many ads. And the other thing is that when it shows a ad of a game, that’s not what even happens in the game, they are trying to make you download the game because of something. They make the level look so hard when literally you have to do one move it’s so annoying. We’re not dumb. That’s the problem with all of these games nowadays- they have WAY TOO MANY ADS. This is why no one wants to play these games! And no I’m not paying money to stop showing ads, I should be able to play the game with no ads whatsoever and be happy about it. I was on level30 in a matter of 10 minutes. Yes I like this game but it would be better if all you can do it get rid of the ads without us PAYING MONEY to basically PLAY A VIDEO GAME ! 🙄

I’ve been playing and playing everyday every chance I get when I’m bored and it’s all the same. I’m wondering, does the game get harder? Are there any challenges?? I’m on level 1287 & it’s been the same crap since level 20. It just repeats itself over and over and over but the levels just keep counting up. I’ve watched over 20 hours full of ads on the last few months from this stupid game in between playing and I’m no just waiting for it to go to the next level of difficulty. Does it ever or is it all the same? Did the creators make a great game but got lazy halfway through and just have it restart itself but keep the levels going higher as you play? Like this game says I win each level but I feel like a loser thinking that this just a stupid game that keeps me playing because the creator made an endless game because they were too lazy to add any challenges, difficult puzzles, increasing difficulties of even anything different that Could add an increased joy of playing to this game. Jesus you guys are terrible. Just label this game for kids and then add a cap at like 1000 so they can feel a level of accomplishment for beating this garbage off a game.

This is what some might call a “relaxing”, where as I might tend toward the word “mindless”. There is little to no challenge to the regular levels, like four to six pins in the puzzle and literally the only way to lose is to not pull any pins at all, or the other more insidious way, which I will come to in just a minute. The other type of levels are “challenge levels” that become available after about every 25 or so regular levels beaten, and you pay with coins earned to open these levels and then you get ONE chance to beat that level, if you don’t succeed, you are then forced to watch a full ad to try it again. Here the insidious part that I mentioned earlier, the physics can be broken so that sometimes a ball will just miss the goal and you have to watch another ad to play the level again and hope it doesn’t just miss again, but it gets even worse, during the challenge levels sometimes a ball will just phase through a solid wall and fall and you don’t even know that you lost for another 15 to 20 seconds because its still falling or something? And it becomes a far too common event the further you get into the game. It’s almost as if its purposeful and not a bug to make you watch more ads. So if you love watching ads, boy is this the game for you!

I liked this game for the first 1000 levels - it was neat to see how creative they designed the different levels, but after awhile, they begin to repeat. None is too hard, and that is nice for mindless playing, and admittedly there is something satisfying about watching these pieces drop into the beaker glass.
At first I liked building the city and seeing what comes next. But when the (costliest end) buildings begin to cost 232,000 then 500,000, then 1,000,000 tokens to build a house and the rent earned only increases 100 tokens, it will take a month of playing just to earn enough to build another lineup of buildings (I have 12 buildings, and it currently is 2mil tokens to upgrade all, next it will be close to 4mil).
It is no longer fun, but a chore. I’ll go to the cheapest end, max out the 20 building types, and call it good and delete PullthePin .
I’ve become numb to the ads, but it just means I’ve been game-psychologically conditioned because when they don’t show (claims of No Internet - never true), I get upset because I can’t get bonus points or the rents. That is the sign that it’s time to dump this.

The main levels of the game never really increase in challenge, but you have to play them to unlock the challenge levels which are more like the ads for the game you see elsewhere. There are always a ridiculous number of other things you’re “collecting” in this game, puzzle pieces, unlocking different backgrounds, etc and then you have this whole weird side hustle of building these beachfront coin-making investments? Those Max out and then you’re getting lots of coins and have nothing really to spend them on? It just seems like something to make you think this is part of the game but nothing comes of it.

My #1 complaint of all popcore games is the RIDICULOUS amount of ads. Won a level that took 5 seconds? ad. Lost a level and want to retry? Retry by watching this ad. Choose not to? Still have to watch an ad. We gave you this prize for completing 5 levels! In order to claim it, you have to watch this ad. The levels take mere seconds to complete, you will spend 5x as much time per level just watching the ad to get to the next level.

This is the third popcore game I’ve downloaded and they’re all the same, and it grows boring/old very quickly. I would skip.

Okay, so there are a lot of comments about the ads in this game, and the lack of increasingly difficult levels. Yes, there are a lot of ads. Yes, the levels are pretty easy and start to repeat again. That being said, I have enjoyed this game for what it is. A simple fun easy game of pulling pins. I have played 3,090 levels. I have retrieved every puzzle piece. I’ve unlocked every ball, theme, stick, & trail. I’ve built every house to level 20, and upgraded every area to max. I’ve unlocked all 120 challenge levels and completed them all….except for one. I have one and only one complaint about PullthePin. Challenge level 97 is impossible. You are given 5 moves to complete it, but it can’t be done in less than 6. This is very devastating for my ocd brain to be so close to completing this game in Its entirety, only to see one lone challenge in red with the word “Failed”. Thus the reason for my 3 star rating. Please fix challenge level 97 so that it can be beat, and so others like me won’t lose sleep at night thinking about the one challenge that got away. Thank you.

The game is fun, but the levels don’t get any harder and the rewards are superficial at best, only customizing the look of the pins. There’s an entire city building function you can spend coins on or whatever, but there are already so many city building games that it feels repetitive and unnecessary to have it in a game about pulling pins and funneling balls into cups. The city building section feels like it was randomly thrown in so there was some reason to keep the players playing (and to make us keep watching ads for more coins to spend on it) but I feel like that could have been achieved simply by having a level map and making the puzzles a little trickier with each level. And players could watch ads to get access to bonuses that make difficult levels easier, though difficult puzzles should still be conquerable without those bonuses. As it is, I was having fun in the beginning but now I’m getting bored of watching the same ads over and over again just to do the same puzzles over and over again.

There are extra side games in which you can purchase to play and receive enough incentive in doing so (ie-your not breaking even, your actually winning a bit more than spending to to attempt the level…)however, if there aren’t enough moves in the challenge game you’ve already wasted your coins and will be wasting a lot of time solving an impossible puzzle as well as wasting more time being required to watch ads just to retry it! Super annoying! Ads in any game are annoying, but this one seems to be so flooded, I feel I’m watching them more than playing and it’s the same 5-10 ads. *extra challenge 19 IS IMPOSSIBLE WITH 4 MOVES! It requires 5….please fix this. The first pin that holds the 3 balls already makes for an extra move to be made even if you attempt to pull pins elsewhere before letting the balls loose. It’s called physics. If 2 balls are going to be caught in a “v” another pin is required to free them in order to complete the level.

The game is fun, but it’s not challenging enough. The bonus games are challenging, sometimes too much - where you have to figure out how to complete them in the number of moves given - but the other games are not. It becomes very repetitive. Maybe something where you earn more for the fewer moves you use (which doesn’t seem to happen now, but I’m not entirely sure)...

I also just played a level (330) where it claimed I failed it, but there was no reason why the order I chose wouldn’t work. That’s very frustrating.

The ads are heinous too, and they keep freezing the game. At first I was able to avoid them by clicking the top left, they’d open in PullthePin Store, and I’d just go back and I’d be out of them. Then that stopped working. Also, sometimes they give you the option to earn more points if you watch an ad, but then even if you say no it will still send you a 30 second ad! That’s really bad, like a slap in the face.

As others have pointed, this game is very easy and doesn’t really seem to get harder. I’m currently on level 214 and it’s been a breeze so far. Even so, it’s a nice game to fire up if you’re just relaxing and want something chill and easy to play. My main issue with it is that there are times where, as the balls are all tumbling into the container, a ball or 2 will not make it for some reason and will fall into the void, which causes the game to think you did something wrong and fails the level. This should not be the case, as I have no control over how the balls tumble. A word to the wise for the devs: you should not program your game to blame the player for something out of their control. This is the reason why I cannot give it 5 stars. Other than that, I have no issues.

Now, I seem to be the only person having this issue, but I downloaded this out of pure curiosity and for something mindless to do when I wanna relax. However, half the time I’m playing the game it bugs out, freezes or completely slows down everything on my phone to the point I can’t close PullthePin . It got so bad my phone refused to even turn on after turning it off. I’ve also encountered a bug where it’s not collecting puzzle pieces anymore, but giving me the same pieces over and over without registering it was already collected or showing that the pieces are collected in the puzzles area, and this is only happening with the art museum puzzle pieces as I’ve completed all the other puzzles. I would’ve given this at least 3 stars because of the glitches, but this puzzle bug is super annoying and frustrating simply because I want to complete everything I can and it is not allowing me to.

As many have said, it doesn’t get harder as you move through the game. I’m in the 200s and still pretty easy. I paid for ads to be removed, which makes it much more enjoyable. One frustrating thing - the FAIL message comes so quickly, it’s impossible to figure out what I’ve done wrong! The message takes over as it’s failing, not after it’s failed.

I’m adding this now that I’m in the high 300s - this is soooo boring. I’ve only had one (yes, one) real challenge in the entire game. PLEASE add some challenging levels. And where are the ones you showed in your ads? They looked pretty good. I don’t want to play a mindless, boring game. I’ve been going through the levels with the hope that a challenge would come along.

If you have epilepsy or something that makes you sensitive to flashing lights, it’s better to stay completely on the safe side and not play this.
There’s a few recurring ads at the bottom of the screen that flash “notifications” at you very quickly, which was enough to give me a severe headache, so I feel like that would be especially terrible for someone who actually is sensitive to lights like that. I had to keep the bottom of my screen covered the whole time I was playing, since there’s no way to change the ad for something that’s less grating on your eyes. If you tap on them, they don’t actually link you anywhere, so I really don’t get the point.
There’s ads between about every level, and at most these levels take ten seconds, so it feels like a constant barrage of the same advertisements. The levels don’t challenge your brain even remotely, and the difficulty of them doesn’t change. I made it to about 70 before I finally gave up on this game. This game isn’t worth your time.

The ads are so overwhelming in this game that they supersede the actual gameplay itself. Not only are there HUGE static ads taking up large portions of the screen between rounds, but the video ads play for far longer than a round takes to play. On top of that, the video ads are very difficult — if not impossible — to skip. Sometimes that means waiting forever for the “x” to appear so it can be closed, and other times it means having an “x” that is impossible to press. Other times, it’s endless sections of video ads where the ad goes on and on and on.

Another gem is the ads show very inappropriate subject matter, with nearly nude women with cleavage bursting out of their tops. This is appropriate content for a player under 16 as selected when the game started? What kind of ads would we see if we selected the older option?

It’s pretty sad that this passes for acceptable these days. It’s a shame because the game has so much potential.

I actually really enjoy playing this game. It’s not like the ads that lie to you about pulling pin puzzles, those kind of games would actually seem fun to me and I finally found one. I only have a few complaints, and they’re things that I found as soon as I started playing. 1. What’s with all the ads?? Seriously, after about two-three levels, there’s a 30 second unskippable ad, or if you fail a level, you have to watch a 30 second unskippable ad. This is absolutely ridiculous and it’s not a good way to support the outlook of your game. 2. Watching 30 second unskippable ads just for a skin that I earned? It takes you about 6 levels to get the first skin in the game (which is the broom) which means about 2-3 30 second ads, then I have to watch another 30 second ad. This is so stupid, it makes me want to break my phone in half or just delete the game

I’ve played through about 400 levels in less than a week (most take just seconds) and have come to the conclusion they just aren’t going to get any harder. Only the challenge levels have any real difficulty. There are literally puzzles you can pull the pin in any other and still win at levels in the 300’s. 90% of them have only a single outlet at the bottom, so if you use the principle “pull the bottom pin last” you’re most of the way to winning.

It’s kind of like Simon Says: conceptually easy, but if you’re not paying attention you may screw up occasionally. Kind of like avoiding the ads.

(Pet peeve: even with sound turned off in the ap it still comes on in the ads, and half have no way to mute. So if you’re playing in public you need to mute your phone. A common, annoying issue.)

I love this game is is so fun and challenging! It is just the right amount of tricky and hard! BUT THE ADDSSSSSS!!!!! There is a lot of adds like after every level add o another add like sometimes it feels like the whole games is just ads!!! But I love this game and it is really fun to do when you are bored! And maybe you can make the levels a lil harder! But not much! I think the only things that could make this games better is take out some of the ads and make it a lil more challenging! And I love that you have challenges and stuff but you should not have to pay to enter a challenge!!! And the different kinds of like balls should not be so much money!!! But I love this game and would give it a five out of five!

This game requires no brain power at all, has no entertainment value unless you’re perhaps a cat and the falling little balls are exciting to you, and has so many many ads to interrupt the game play it makes it that much more unbearable. Boring! Why are the ads do long? I can tell if I’m interested in what’s being advertised in less than 5 seconds and this thing blocks you from leaving the ad for an eternity. These aren’t ads, they’re nuisances. I spend 7 seconds in the level and 30 seconds waiting for an ad. More ads than game. If the levels were interesting at all, maybe I’d keep playing. This is dull and tedious. I can’t believe people build games like this and get people like me to try them. This wouldn’t even entertain the five year old me. I won’t call this game a waste of time, because that’s what I’m trying to accomplish, but I like enjoying wasting my time and this is NOT enjoyable. Sooo dumb.

This is a wonderful ad delivery device that gives repetitive unchallenging puzzles designed to make your IQ lower by dozens of points while serving up softcore porn ads.
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I really enjoy that this ad delivery device is also very buggy causing you to fail challenges that you actually succeeded at. At first you would think this would be fixed but this is ACTUALLY a FEATURE!!! You see, if you fail a challenge the only way to try again is to, you guessed it, watch another ad! If they “fixed” this buggy feature they couldn’t possibly serve up even more ads thus negating part of the entire business model of this fantastic ad delivery device.
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If you prefer apps that respect your time and worth then I’m afraid you will just be very disappointed in this game. However, if you’re easily amused and have zero self esteem or intelligence this ad delivery device will meet AND EXCEED your every desire.

Firstly, let us address the common/less serious issue. There were too many ads for the game to really get a rhythm. I understand that apps need to make money but it’s hard to get into a good groove when playing when you’re constantly interrupted with ad after ad. Now, for the actually problematic part: the backgrounds. Most of the backgrounds are rather quaint, even if some of them weren’t your favorite tastes. The forest and space scenes I personally found enjoyable. But there are backgrounds that are straight up problematic, like the “Asian” background that was mostly just Chinese architecture and the “Indian” background that focused on teepees and deserts. I acknowledge that they may not do a lot of research and just rendered some popular themes, but at least the two that I mentioned are extremely reductive and strange. I’m deleting the game because of the aforementioned reasons. Thank you for reading.

I would really love to give this game 5 stars and I would happily do so if just a few things were fixed. As someone who has purchased the ad free version of the game, why am I still required to watch an ad to receive a reward? The only thing the ad removal has done is stop pop ups and not needing to watch an ad to retry a main game level. That’s pretty ridiculous in my opinion. Also, I’ve seen a few other people mention this as well, but some of the challenges are impossible. Challenge 68 NEEDS 7 moves, 6 is not enough. Unless I’m completely missing something, it’s just not possible to complete. Please fix these things and I’d be happy to give this game 5 stars. It’s simplistic, but it’s a great time waster and the challenges (when they work) are fun.
Update: I appreciate that challenge 68 was given the 7 moves it needed, but it’s still impossible - since the level is purely based in physics, one of the balls either goes to the left (making the level incomplete-able) or shoots out the hole in the right side (also making it incomplete-able). Maybe I’m just not getting lucky enough for all of them to go in, but this is getting frustrating having the level be based in luck and physics. And I still don’t appreciate that I have to watch an ad each time to retry when I have purchased the ad free version. Please fix.

Ok, so first things first. This game is great. I love it. I do however have one major issue with this game and that is that the ads won’t load and you are left sitting thinking that maybe it will load and you will get your reward. Nope. It’s completely close the game down and restart it. Now, admittedly you have the option to watch the video again after completing the same level. Then, IF it loads you can get your rewards. I hope this is a “bug” that will soon be fixed. Also, add some new graphics or new skins or new wallpaper, something to add a splash like the ads for all these new games that “advertise” the pull pin style gameplay yet you know aren’t. Let’s fix the few bugs and add some cool features and this game will absolutely be unbeatable.

Well let’s see here…………

It was about 3:45pm when I found this game in PullthePin Store. I thought to myself, “wow, this looks really fun!!” I decided to get the game. I sat and played it until 4:00 and I absolutely LOVED it and thought it was super fun!💖💗💕 Then, I got off of my IPad and did some things until I got back onto my iPad at 7:45pm. Since I loved pull the pin SO much❤️, I got back onto it to play it. I stared at the game, not very interested in it anymore. It is just—— this game gets very boring. I think they need to create a game that gets more challenging and is not so BORING AND EASY. Doing the same thing over and over is so boring sometimes. Also, there IS WAY TOO MANY OF THESE GAMES WITH SO MANY ADDS. PLEASE QUIT THE ADDS!! I HATE IT, I HATE IT, I HATE IT!! Guys, this is just my opinion. You guys might love it!!💖💖💖 It is super fun in the beginning and this might be an awesome game for you!! Thanks for reading my opinion!💝

Game play is very simple. Takes less than 10 seconds per level.
I've noticed that some levels play differently depending on which theme you have selected. Some cups hold less than others so if not all objects fit into the cup, change the theme and you will hit 100% and win.
Problem: Random balls fall out of cup: sometimes a ball will fly out of the cup even if you have played perfectly. Play again the same exact same way and win without a problem.
Update request:
1. Please add more building options in the town. I have reached capacity and have almost $2,000,000 coins and nothing more to buy.
2. Inconsistent play: sometimes balls fall out of the cup and cause level to fail... This is expected, but then sometimes the balls fall out of the cup and the level completes successfully.
3. Sometimes balls fall out of structure from unexpected places. Seemingly closed corners leak balls to cause level to fail.
4. It would be kind of fun of the tilt of the device helps get balls to where they need to be.
Thank you!

I was hoping the levels would get tougher as you go but they really don’t. I’m on level 100 something and haven’t had to redo a level or use a life or whatever.

It’s not so much a challenging or brain teaser game as it should be, more of a relaxing thing to do for fun. Which isn’t a bad thing, but when you combine that with the fact there’s an ad every couple levels, it makes it seem like they made it easy on purpose so you beat more levels and ergo have to watch more ads.

Sometimes I watch one cause I beat a level then I have to watch another when the I click to start the next level. If they made it more challenging and didn’t force me to watch 30 second ads every few mins, it would def be a 5/5 game.