Marble Master Reviews

I love these marble games. This one has fun challenges throughout. It would, theoretically, be a 5-star game. The ads are insane though - and I’ve seen a lot of comments about this. I paid for the ad-free version, but there are still a lot of ads - to get free coins, to rewind. The worst part - and the reason for only 3 stars - is that I’ll be literally in the middle of a game and go to “throw” a marble and my screen will switch to an ad… in the middle of a level. I close the ad screen to go back to my game and it pops back up at least once, but usually 2-3 more times. It’s very frustrating. The developer seriously needs to manage the ad situation. The game also crashes and, if I do watch an ad for free coins, the screen will turn white and I’ll have to restart. The game is fun but super glitchy.

Update: I deleted the game, reinstalled, then had to go into the settings to “Restore Purchases”, and after that it started working correctly, without the ads. I lost all my progress, but wasn’t very far along. Now that it works, I like the game a lot!
Original: I paid the $1.99 to play with no ads, but they keep coming anyway. Also, after I paid, the game became jerky, where it was smooth and easy before. My iPad said that the sale went through successfully. Something is definitely amiss.

I enjoyed the game for a short period of time. But every round you finish you get a 30 second commercial. Want a reward? Watch another commercial? Okay a special round? Watch 2 commercials!

If you like a game where you are overrun with the same commercial running over and over, this is a game for you as the game itself is good. But if you are inpatient with the same commercial running every couple of minutes, you will delete and not return.

I paid to remove ads but it doesn't matter. The game will randomly open an ad that switches me to MarbleMaster Store in the middle of a level. This happens repeatedly and nothing fixed it. I emailed the developer but they asked for screenshots then never answered.

It makes the game basically unplayable. It's a shame because I really enjoy the actual gameplay but no one can play a game that does this in the middle of every level over and over, especially after PAYING to remove ads.

The game itself is super fun, a good mix of challenge but not being stuck on a level for days but there are a ridiculous amount of ads. Theres an ad before you start a level, after you finish a level, and sometimes randomly in the middle of a level. I feel like I spend more time watching ads than actually playing the game

This game is very frustrating. I paid for no ads but realized that if you wanted to earn coins to replay you had to watch ads. And then, I’d watch the ads and at the end of the ad, the screen would go blank about 80% of the time and I would have to restart the game which took me back to the point BEFORE I watched the ad so they got credit for me watching the ad and I got…nothing! Sad, could be a good game but it has serious problems and is not worth struggling with it.

The beginning levels had hardly any games and it was fun to play. But as you get into higher levels, the ads come after every play. Also, they highlight a button for you to continue to the next level, but instead replaces the button in the same place for you to buy something. I’m out!

I would have been more than happy to keep
Playing this game, and even would have given it 5 stars… alas, I would have given 0 stars if I could have, and that’s because PORN showed up as an add. That is absolutely appalling and completely inappropriate. If my small nieces and nephews had been playing they would have been exposed to that disgusting behavior. I am absolutely appalled and will not ever be downloading games from your company EVER AGAIN!!!!!

I like the game, just not waiting for half a minute every couple of levels to watch ads. I purchased the no ads forever feature, but still have ads on my game. This is bad, and unfair. How do I let them know so they can fix the issue?

Phantom cloud balls stay on the screen. It makes it very hard to play. I have reinstalled the game and lost all of my progress. It started in level 711. Now I am unfortunately back in level 42 and having the same issues. It’s unfortunate because I really like this game.

I’m on Level 774 and there have been so many issues with the last 20-ish levels. Things don’t leave the screen from one level to the next without restarting the game and the targets you’re trying to hit sometimes don’t even exist.

I used to have fun playing this game but the amount of ads and the length of the ads is ridiculous. 30 second ad at the beginning and the end of the level is insane. Waste of time. Life is too short for this.

I bought the 1.99 no ad and I still have ads. I tried uninstalling MarbleMaster and reinstalling but they are still there. Help!!! Other than that I LOVE the game

It was great for good long while-over 500 levels. I couldn’t click on any extra videos and I uninstalled and reinstalled. It set me at level 1. I tried to restore my progress—nothing. Beware. Now the sane thing is happening again at level 51.

I will regretfully be deleting this very enjoyable game since the time actually playing the game is much less than having to sit through the frequent and lengthy ads.

Good revival but way too many ads. Finish a level there’s ad, start level another, booster ads, every 2 levels there’s another ad mid level. There’s even ads for you to pay for events or stop ads $2 for 8 min.

I paid for no ads and guess what? I have more ads than ever! What a rip off! I liked this game and never pay but I decided to get rid of annoying ads. Well that was a mistake. Don’t waste your money! Also you can’t contact them about it. I’m very disappointed. It was a good game

Love the game but stuck on level 762. I need 12 honeycombs but only 2 appear at the beginning and that’s it. Can you fix this please?

I love the game but the game keeps freezing up each time I complete a level. I have to keep shut it down to refresh and at times it does not keep track of the level just completed

Great game but ads are super annoying & trying to pay to remove them doesn’t work! Please fix this.

Ads—yes they’re annoying but obviously I have persevered since I am at level 1354. The game is a fun time waster in spite of the ads. That’s why I still give it 2 stars. Players—read the reviews. Never spend real money on this game. Reviews indicate that’s a scam.
Updates—one word—horrible. Worse every time! Updates should make a game better. Developers—you take away something every time. Like the treasure dig, the blast power-up (is it really more powerful?, doesn’t seem to be), increased number of duplicate turrets for rewards, etc. Updates are too frequent and players don’t get notifications. Players—if you can’t pass a level check for an update. Chances are you can’t pass that level ever without installing update.
Take away. Uninstall if you can’t tolerate ads. Uninstall if you’re tempted to spend real money. Uninstall if you get disappointed with every update rather than encouraged. Uninstall to free up storage space on your device. If none of this bothers you then keep playing. I’m still playing but probably not much longer. I’ll see if I get any positive response from my review.

There are so many ads in this game I hardly spend time on it. I have only gotten to level 4 because of the ads, I could be at level 10 by now. Intstead I’m not I barely had the energy and strength to even get to level 4. The ads are ridiculous and not only are the a spectacular amount of ads but it’s also not such a good game. When the ads showed this game before I downloaded it it let me play it once and it looked fun on the ad but when I download it it has so many ads not a good game and the games end up going so slow I almost fall asleep. if I kept going then I would have to go through so many ads that I would rather count leaves on 2 trees. It’s like you have to watch an ad after you press to get to the next level then watch an ad before you start then watch an ad before you end and lastly WATCH AN AD TO WIN YOUR COINS!!!!!!!!!!!😡😤

When I downloaded this game, I knew that it would have some ads. Yet there are far more ads than expected. If I win the level, I still get punished with more ads before I can play the next level. However, the amount of ads is not the worst part, the very worst part is that the ads are at least a minute long each, often more! They will start off saying 45 seconds, but the "X" button to click off doesn't immediately pop up until I've had to click around on the game ad a couple of more times or more. This takes away from any supposed wins of a 15 minute booster use. It ended up being more like 5 minutes on the booster that I earned from winning prior levels. Get shorter ads! You all have enough ads to compensate.

I was so excited to find this game - I loved the old Zuma Blitz game and was so bummed when FB discontinued it. This game is just like it and I love it! However, the ads are waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay too long, and way too frequent. I have played Candy Crush and Dice with Friends for years and they do have ads, but they are very short. In the other games ads are obviously longer if one chooses to watch an ad for a booster or extra dice, which is fine, but the ads in this game are pervasive and frustrating. The booster ads feel three times longer. Shorten the ads like the other games I mentioned and I’ll gladly up my rating to five stars because everything else is great!

Played for a a little under a month. Purchased one package to "feed the developers". Part of that purchase was a "no ads". I was still subjected to many unavoidable pop-ups to watch ads for power ups. After the no ads package expired, it came back in full force. Advertisement after advertisement. Additionally, the pop-ups for recent events that you could not get by or avoid without clicking the "X" were ridiculous. It's a chaos of uncontrolled advertising. There are many other similar games that don't beat you over the head with advertisements, especially after you purchase a package that includes no advertisements.I suggest you check those out first.

I have been OBSESSED with this game for the past few months! I’ve downloaded it to every device that I own. I paid no no ADs, and I have not had any issues whatsoever until today. Once I made it to level 627, the character that shoots out the balls will not rotate! I’ve exited out and opened MarbleMaster back up, and the problem still remains. I’ve died 10 times, but the character is frozen. I am unable to navigate to the next level due to this. I hope this problem can be fixed soon because I really do love this game, and I’d hate to have to quit playing due to this problem.

Like most people, I realize that ads in free apps are a necessary evil. However, when the time spent enduring ads EXCEEDS the time actually spent on game play I have to draw the line. There are ads after every level, and MarbleMaster constantly offers bonuses, extra points, etc for watching ads. The latter in itself isn’t a bad thing, but when you’re being bombarded by such offers AT EVERY TURN it gets monotonous VERY quickly. As if the number of ads isn’t bad enough, they are unskippable and go on for minutes on end! When the timer finally does go to zero ANOTHER segment STARTS!!! Not wasting any more time with your ad… uh, app. Deleted!

This is an okay game. I was really enjoying it to keep busy on my down time, but since the last update I haven’t been quite enjoying it the same way. some levels are near impossible to beat now so I’m getting stuck for days on one level. It’s too difficult to be relaxing. I’m running out of lives on one level and I think they made it more difficult to make you have to buy more lives and things, but instead it just made me download an easier game. I Can appreciate a moderate challenge but this is too challenging to be fun at times. It’s not for me anymore

I guess it’s a good game because I’m addicted. You MUST pay to get rid of the ads. They are ridiculous. There are still a ton of ad to dismiss which I guess they gotta make money somehow. I think there are some U.X issues - the placement of the in game boosters is suspicious (way too easy to accidentally use them) & the pregame boosters stay selected on the next level, which I also find convenient. You will learn how to navigate as you play tho I still select them u intentionally at times. The latest level is not even a little fun to me, tho, so perhaps my addiction is combing to an end.

I downloaded this because I played zumba a bunch back in the early 2000s and wanted it for nostalgia purposes. It’s nothing like the old game. And every single thing costs several dollars—sure, you don’t have to pay for it, but it will inundate you with overwhelming numbers of pop ups BEGGING you to give them $3-9 dollars.
I finally deleted it when one of the levels where you have to shoot a little scorpion to win overwhelmed the page with bright balls of gold light that blocks out the balls and just looked like a bad migraine aura. I have enough of those on my own, I don’t need Migrane: The Game!™️ doing it to me, thank you very much.

If you don’t buy the “Remove Ads” feature, the game is entirely unplayable. If you do purchase the “Remove Ads” feature, you’ll instead get a minimum of 5 pop up “promotions” to buy “discounted” power ups. But trust them, those definitely aren’t ads! Scummy thing to do, looks like this is another cash grab and run.

Edit after developer response: I did reach out to “Contact Us” and your rep effectively told me to kick rocks.

If you have any other suggestions, I’m all ears. However, I suspect your “responses” to negative reviews are a copy paste exercise to make it seem like you care. Meanwhile you actually do nothing about the complaints and continue to cash grab. Despicable.

When it takes more of my time to watch an ad than it takes me to play the level, that’s a serious problem.
There are ads after EVERY level and for everything in the game! That’s way too much. The ads and whatever else is running in the background drains my phone faster than watching a full on movie.
The game and game play are easily 5⭐️. It’s a fabulous game with smooth transitions. The levels are fun and challenging, but not crazy hard.
However, the sheer number of ads ruins all that for you.

This game is challenging without being too frustrating. That said I hit level 884 and I think I’m doing well and yet none of the stones that turn to faces appear after the first two are take out. I can find no where if there is a key as to how to “create” the stone in order to eliminate it. You need a key/guide as to the various challenges. They show up the first time you play the level that introduces them and then you are expected to remember them. It’s frustrating!

Game is very easy, the normal levels that is, I have gotten to about 100 with no challenge or fail yet.

The events are where the “challenge” comes in. These challenges scale as follows. Easy level->Easy Level->Easy Level->Impossible Level you can’t beat without using power ups which you can conveniently pay for. Usually these “Impossible Levels” come right before the reward too so it leaves you wanting to continue, which conveniently you can do if you buy the pass for real money.

Overall, I will probably still play the base game when I’m bored but the “events” are dogsh and will be ignored.

This could be a 5 star game, but is just too buggy. I paid for ad-free version, but still have to play ads to rewind or gain rewards. I wouldn’t even mind that so much if it actually rewarded you for sitting through the ad. Half of the time, the game crashes after I’ve watched the ad and I don’t get the reward anyway and have to start the game over. It also glitches frequently in the middle of a level and freezes for minutes at a time or sometimes just crashes completely.

Like everyone else, I downloaded the game, and decided to purchase the ‘no ads’ add on. Paid for it and guess what? STILL ADS!! Deleted the game (and gave up purchased coins), reinstalled, and under settings, selected “restore purchases. Guess what? STILL ADS!! Do they just want your money? YES. Is this game ethical and fair? NO. If early on the developers haven’t even worked out how to honor the no ads purchase…it tells me all I need to know, THEY JUST WANT YOUR MONEY. Thankfully I’m only out $1.99. But do yourself a favor and skip it. It’s another “nickel and dime, unfair, let’s see what we can get away with, bait and switch, in-app purchase” nonsense game.

I’m only giving 2 stars cause I like the game. I purchased the no ads feature and received. I purchased a package and didn’t receive, pressed Restore Purchase at least 100 times and I got nothing so I emailed them. I needed to pass a level so I purchased a different package and received it but I still haven’t received the other package before it. A whole day passes by and still heard nothin from the people. They also ask for an Order Number but I never received any of those so that’s another way for them to scam you.

I gotta say going into this and playing levels just brought back so much nostalgia. I don’t know why it just did. Better visual, and much more to do as you progress. The only thing that really annoys me is that this game wants your money (and it’s unapologetic). I don’t think I’ve gone at least 1-2 minutes without a pop up of spending 2 dollars on some rockets. It gets super annoying when you keep getting farther. That’s my biggest complaint. Of course ads here and there but not as bad as other games. A fun game.

I love this game, I found it while trying to find Zuma and it’s so similar! it’s not quite as hard, but gets harder as you go. Lots of mini games/tournaments/challenges as well so if you run out of lives there’s usually still something to play. I payed the $2-3 for no ads once I knew I’d be playing it longer term which has made the game sooooo much more enjoyable so I highly recommend ad free

The problem comes in with the updates, there are so many new updates constantly which means old ones have to be cycled out and that’s usually not a big deal to me but now we’ve lost our stars?? That was the whole point, complete the level and get 3 stars. Plus no more star tournaments? Boring.

Love the game, bring back the stars

Once you get over about 800 levels, they become more difficult. But that was fine, I enjoy a challenge. However, since I got over 1000 levels, some of them are ABSOLUTELY IMPOSSIBLE to win without buying many power ups. And it’s VERY EXPENSIVE, the lowest package costing $7.99. They do occasionally offer deals where you can pay 99¢ for 1000 gold bars or coins, but those pop up offers seem random and too few and far between. The game itself would be so enjoyable if it didn’t cost $40 to get bast a level. I cannot recommend this game to anyone because of that.

honestly i won’t lie i’m a big fan of this game, i’ve been playing for months and have had time to really take in all the components. it’s simple and fun and a little nostalgic.
here’s my issue however: you don’t earn enough coins. when i first started the game i would win 300ish for a level, sometimes less or more depending on how hard the level is and how well i did. but anymore, i will completely a level on “Super Hard” difficultly with 20+ balls left and my last ball being far from the end hole and i will LITERALLY only receive 10 coins. this wouldn’t be that big of a deal if events weren’t asking for way more. the event challenge that’s our right now costs 300 coins to play every single time, and when you’re only making 10 coins profit for every level completion, that’s not even worth your time.

I love this game! It’s challenging, but manageable making it easy to want to keep playing. I don’t mind managing ads, so I just play for free. I am going to have to take a break from this game though, which makes me super sad. They’ve recently started advertising this DISGUSTING ASMR medical/dermatological game with no option to stop, mute, or forward the ad. It’s gross and I put myself through about 3 of them and I’m done. Very disappointing. Just make a mute option for the ad.

I’ve had this game for years on my phone and play it daily. Since the new update two days ago, whenever im playing, it glitches - ruining my level streaks and bonuses, not recognizing shots I’ve made, making it impossible to complete a level even if I fulfill all the requirements. It also makes every other background app on my phone screw up (typically music or podcasts I listen to while I play). I consistently buy upgrade packages (I like to support the developers of games I thoroughly enjoy), the $9.99 pass to get double rewards, but am VERY unhappy with how the game is playing currently. There’s a ton of games like this out there and I’ve been loyal to this one for a LONG time. Not much longer if this issue isn’t resolved…

I recently got into this game and play it on and off as it’s reminiscent of similar games I played growing up at home. Despite the ads and other quirks of games in this genre, none of the spheres are loading for me at Level 215 - the stage starts as it’d normally would with sound but there’s no way for me to even shoot as nothing shows up. The game is truly fun and unless there’s an update I haven’t checked up on I hope this is resolved as I want to keep playing the main boards rather than be stuck grinding the events (which are fun in their own rite).

EDIT: The issue that I had was cleared up and I’ve been able to continue on after. I appreciate the response time from the developer on the issue. Keep up the amazing work 😊

I love the game, it’s challenging and there are several different side challenges you can opt in for. However, the ad time can get a bit annoying as it is quite long. I got rather far on the balloon challenge and can’t play the game any more. It doesn’t allow me to exit out of the Ballon Ascend screen after I beat it. Every time I open MarbleMaster it goes to the same screen, so I’m stuck there with no option to X out or go anywhere else.

Edit;
After finally figuring out how to contact support, they resolved my problem in less than 4 hours.

The game is well built but for a game with so many downloads and it doesn’t allow you to login with your Apple ID or Facebook account to save your progress is absolutely insane. I deleted the game after it froze up and force closing it wouldn’t resolve it. I installed it again not thinking much of it so imagine my surprise when I saw I was going through the tutorial levels! And apparently you have to contact customer support and tell them which level you were on to restore your account. I don’t remember what level I was on but I know I definitely passed 1000. That is so primitive when it’d be SO easy for you to just connect an account. After going back and forth I decided I’ll take my losses and deleted it again. When TeeWee decides to link with GameCenter or FB to save progress, I’ll think about downloading it again.

Currently on level 178, and I’m sure, or at least hope I have a way to go. This game beats ALL recent marble throwing games I’ve played since my original experience around iOS 5. I hope the add revenue is helpful to MarbleMaster builders. It’s annoying, but I think they’ve resolved the issue mentioned in previous ratings!!!

I enjoy the game and the only problem I have is with the ads. After each level there’s ads. Just close and reopen MarbleMaster and those are gone.
If you want a “lucky” spin, you must let the ad play. However, I still close ads that are over 30 seconds because I don’t need to watch 90 seconds of fake gameplay for another game…no one does. Not only that, but if you spin more than once for another booster that ad cuts into your booster’s time which is pretty crappy, so don’t tolerate long ads and the game will be awesome.

I enjoy the gameplay, but every time you lose a level and want to retry, it’s like “oh but you’ll lose 50 star bananas!” Ok, that’s fine. “But you’ll lose a balloon 🥲” I don’t care about the balloon. Just let. Me. Try. Again. “Do you want to watch a 45 second video to gain back 5 super hamster pellets?” JUST LET ME TRY AGAIN.

And then every time you open MarbleMaster after not playing for 2 hours, it PLAGUES your screen with some stupid little tournament, a special on happy hopping moron balls or whatever, and I’ve had to close as many as SEVEN POP-UPS before I could play.

Don’t get these confused with ads. I bought the paid version because I liked the gameplay enough, so I don’t have ads. JUST LET ME PLAY.

It is a completely free game, but between every level is an ad. Minimize MarbleMaster and bring it back, new add. Sometimes during a round, ad pops up while the marbles are still rolling in the background. Low battery alert during a level, close that out to continue and bam, have to watch the ad while the marbles continue to move. 5 or 10 times a level you’ll shoot the marble and it will just transport past your target into oblivion. But, it is a free game. I’m level 250 but not sure how much longer I’ll play because it’s getting pointless. Why improve if we are just getting paid from the ads, I guess that is how the developers look at it. Well, I’m getting tired of glitches. The ads I can almost deal with. But I tell you, if there was a way to pay maybe $5 to have ad-less and glitchless, I’d pay it. Because when those two things aren’t in your face, it’s fun.

Overall this is a fun game and the updates have been ok. After the latest update, however, ads are broken. If I try to view an ad to get an extra life or a bonus (because I don’t spend money on mobile games except to remove unsolicited ads), my screen is black. The ad doesn’t play or give me an option to close it. I can tap the screen and it will give me a pop-up of what the ad is with a link to MarbleMaster Store for it, but I have to force close MarbleMaster to clear it and get back to the actual game. Devs, please fix it!

Hi there… I've been enjoying your game until now… Because I really can't figure out what I'm supposed to do with those little square tiles that come up… When I shoot them, nothing happens… Except occasionally if I shoot both of them at once, they seem to disappear… But I can't count on that every time… So I don't know how many times I've played this level… But there's just no way for me to win it which makes me want to just not play the game anymore… So if you have any instructions anywhere that I can get to… Because on MarbleMaster , I can't find the instructions anywhere

And still going! I had to chime in after seeing so many negative comments. It’s a FREE game, people! Yes there are ads, after almost every level. I just close and reopen the game, takes like 5 seconds. I don’t even notice them anymore. But I’ve never had an ad pop up in the middle of game play. That should NEVER happen, in any game. That’s a deal breaker and I would immediately delete MarbleMaster if it did that.
I haven’t had this game long, and don’t think I’ve updated it yet, so I don’t have anything to compare it to. As is, it’s one of my current favorites. The first game I go to when I have a minute to play. The tournaments are simple to understand and challenging to win. The difficulty of the levels progress nicely. I’ve got all the types of shooters, and appreciate that the gems you receive in place of duplicate cards can be used to buy power ups, or even 30 min of infinite lives. Graphics are very clean, game play is really smooth.

I really enjoy this game. I’ve never paid a dime to play, and have zero complaints.
Thanks for a fun and challenging gaming experience!
💗BallBuster

This is a super fun and addictive game that I would love to continuing playing, but it has some serious issues that made me delete it. First, as many have said, the ads are constant, long, and annoying - HOWEVER I don’t mind paying a one-time low fee to get rid of ads, which this game offers. The bigger issue is that, once you get to a certain level, it’s impossible to pass without some combination of boosters, which you can only get with coins. Yes, there are some free ways to win coins and boosters, but even those aren’t enough to pass. I’m sure the goal is for them to make as much money as possible, so by the time you reach a high level you’re hooked and might be willing to pay - but then you just have the same problem at the next hard level. I don’t like pay to play games. So it’s a delete for now.