Bubble Shooter - Panda Pop! Reviews

by Bnw459

I liked this game, fun without being a buzz kill. Twice I've purchased coins in app only to have them disappear. I once purchased " Money Tree" in app and it too ceased to work after one day, less than 24 hours. The first time apple quickly credited my account. This time I've reached out to app support to request refund as this seems to be ongoing systematic error. I want my money credited!

Now I'm not making in-app buys yet app is charging me for purchases I did not make! I've reported to apple who have refunded money, & developers, who did nothing. Beware in app purchases, I can only believe developers are dishonest as they are not making effort to resolve issue. I'll bet this review triggers another unauthorized purchase as 1st one did.

After this review posted, app support contacted me again, this time asking to "discuss matter." I declined. Their first response said all I needed to know. Again, I recommend being wary of in-app purchases as there is major glitch and you may be cheated out of your purchases. You have to contact apple customer service for refunds; apple was far more helpful than app support. So I suggest developers work on fixing issues & improving customer support service in order to keep customers.

by Cartographer Guy

There are competitions with other players and based on how well some of the other players did (exceeding 2000 levels in a day) it I can only assume they are cheating. If I have bought an in-app purchase to play and someone else has cheated (Panda Pop cheat methods are all over the Internet), then my in-app purchase is useless if I am playing fairly. I have reported this and asked for them to restore my in-app purchased I used to play. They acknowledge the problem and say they “are working on it” but haven’t offered to reimburse me or restore my purchases so I don’t even know what “working on it” means. I find it disappointing and inexcusable to not support a paying customer.

UPDATE
Jam City’s stock response to each bad review is to contact them for support. However, their support messages (all three) did not address my request to restore my purchases and boosters when I played against people who were cheating. All they said was that they were aware of the problem and were working on it. The games are set up at the advanced levels to require the boosters and/or coins to advance so all I can say is buyer beware.

by Smithbilt

This used to be fun, but you don’t get the colors needed or balls don’t go where they’re sent so then you keep losing. Also the coins seem to disappear when they weren’t used and the money tree doesn’t pay every day. Other rewards don’t come through either. Then the game wants you to pay to get extras to be able to move on, but even then it chests so that you need to buy more. I’ve reloaded and started over a few times and this continues. I’ve bought extras in the previous games, but will not buy any more because of the cheating. Cheating shouldn’t be rewarded. It’s the same as rewarding a thief to continue to steal from you. More people would pay into this game if it didn’t cheat. Cheaters never prosper. Honestly is a lot more prosperous. When I read the other reviews that pointed out the cheating, it clearly showed that it was happening to everyone. When I saw the company that was getting money, it showed me why. It’s a shame that this company thinks it will ever get over on people. Because of this it’s a waste of money to spend it on this game, I’ll be spending with other games and companies. As will my kids and grandkids! Three generations of money that you will not get from me or my family!

by D_boi_

Skilled artists. The game looks nice and fun to play. Well you thought you clicked the “play” button. Wrong. You clicked the “buy” button that popped up on top of the “play” button as you moved your finger towards the screen. Now apple is asking you to confirm your payment. You click no. You downloaded a free game. A free game that earns money from throwing ads in your face, which is understandable. They forcing to “pay to win” is ridiculous in this game. The artists of this game are truly the best scam artists in the world. Turning a seeming simple fun game into a trap. I haven’t fell for the trap but I’m sure some innocent souls have. The developers need to chill the hell out with their trickery. Stay away from the game until it’s safe. Stay away I tell you. Pandas seem innocent. But they are still bears. That will rip your face off and steal money from the innocent. I wasn’t religious until I played this game. I began praying to God that these developers get a soul and use their artistic talents to make an actual game instead of this dark alley scam art. Developers, do something better with your lives. Fix your game and take pride. Earn your dignity back. Quit stooping down to scam artists levels. See the light

by Sandrider77

This game is designed to attract children, just look at the cuddlies...so cute! Watch out for the hooks!!! These people will cheat your children & you. After the easy levels, when things become more adult, you learn that if you EVER get close enough to finish a level, YOU WILL NOT GET THE BALLS YOU NEED!! Every time the game defaults to balls you have absolutely no use for...EVERY time!! It is NOT random as the crew claim that it is. Once in a while you may see a chance with a few extra balls... if you check carefully you will see that this only happens when you have NO chance of completing the level. DO NOT GIVE THESE PEOPLE (CHEATERS) ANY MONEY...NONE. It is only another lure to get you to spend even more. You are better of throwing your money straight into the toilet!!! Yes, it looks like fun...but the worst rigged carnival cheaters have nothing on these people. Customer service consists of repeated cut& paste responses worded to make you think they may try to help you. That too is a lie!! You can play if you want, but only if you like losing the same level hundreds of times...your money is not worth what you pay. YOU WILL BE RIPPED OFF!!!

by $ynthia

At first the game is enjoyable but the harder the levels get.. all of a sudden the game starts “glitching”. Few examples: My bubbles at the bottom left corner have just disappeared. I could not switch between bubbles and have lost levels because of this. I finally gain enough stars to activate the score boosting cat. First level played after activating my panda throws up a ball and it just freezes in mid air. When I have the option to watch an add for a free booster it sometimes does not give me the booster after watching the 30 sec long ad. Sometimes the game is generous enough to give you 3 free bubbles if you’re loosing a level but you have to watch an add (of course) to get them.. BUT sometimes when you click on the option to get the free bubbles nothing happens!!!! It freezes again!!! But as soon as you click “quit” oh wow my buttons work all of a sudden. You are forced to buy boosters to win levels. They will say you are not but in reality you are. Its how they make money. I’ve spent so much money buying coins and boosters to keep having these inconveniences!! After today, Im done.. Im uninstalling BubbleShooter .

by Lovessunshine001

I tried to use technical support about issues that I generously attributed to “bugs” in game. For example, the game would hang up whenever a screen came up to prompt you to name a panda “av” you unlocked. Screen would come up after you selected the boost you want to use for whatever upcoming level. There is no reason that screen should not show up after winning a round and BEFORE starting a new level. The game would hang and when you restart the game and come back your boosts will vanish gone. Worse, after you lose a round you are prompted that you can buy 10 extra moves. If you accidentally click you can’t deselect or un approve it. A screen pops up with the only option being “okay”. I closed the game out and then when I returned all my coins were gone. So, I didn’t get to use the moves anyway and I was scammed out of the coins. All in all, I have been scammed out of a dozen boosts then coins too boot. I’m very disappointed. Tech support is useless. The recommendation was to restart my phone like that would bring my items back or fix the scammy game behavior. Find a different time sink to get through covid (or whatever) imo, this isn’t worthwhile and will infuriate you.

by Gamer-mum

Help! I am on level 1588 and it is not responding when I click on the level I want to go into. It won’t let me go into settings either when I click there. This happened a couple of weeks ago and I had to click on the challenge in the top left of the screen just to be able to play. Then after I passed a few levels doing it that way it started responding to me clicking on the actual level and everything seemed to be normal again. Then today it started again not letting me go onto my level and there aren’t any current challenges in the top left corner so I can’t even play. I’m so disappointed, I have gotten so far. Please fix this bug so I can keep playing. I hope I won’t have to delete the game. It is absolutely my favorite game and I play it all the time. It’s the only one that I really enjoy playing. I tried closing BubbleShooter and reopening. I tried going into another app and then coming back to it. I tried turning my phone off completely and then back on again. Nothing is working please help. I would have given more stars and I will go back and give more but I need you to fix this bug.

by AtiskitAtaskit

When I first installed this game for my daughter and I to play, we both loved it. But now, the ads between every game, and special game feature, and any other choice you make are too long and repetitive. Some are 75 seconds long and some are highly inappropriate. If I’m not on home internet, a lot of the ads bind up my computer so I have to turn it off and re-boot. The game goes into loops and the aims are inaccurate a lot of the time (even with the precise aim option.) There are too many times when you only need one more popper; so, they are really trying to get you to make “in game” purchases; after forcing you to view long ads. I don’t like the rotating smoke screens or instant death skulls. With those things and the other issues, what was once an enjoyable pastime has become frustrating for me and my daughter. Four of her friends and their moms had installed the Ap when we did, but they have all uninstalled it. We the last ones left. More and more we’re shifting to other activities, which is probably good for us anyway.

by Kimbahlay

I loved this game, I played it for hours on end. The graphics are gorgeous, and it’s a fun game. But then the last two updates ruined it. First they started screwing us with boosters. Super streak used to only need 3 wins and you could lose a game without losing all your boosters. Now you need more wins and if you lose once you lose it all. You also can’t store up super aims or ball changes anymore, if you get a free one you have to use it for that game, which means having an even amount of both boosters is near impossible. And they changed the number of extra balls you occasionally get after a level from 5 or 10 to 3. What can you do with only 3 balls?? Not to mention it would take like 7 tries to actually get them. Apparently they’ve also decreased the rewards you get for the belts and stuff too. Then the last update wiped the zen garden and stars. I really enjoyed this game but if they don’t stop being greedy and go back to the way it was I will no longer be playing. It’s just not fun anymore.

by DelilahMansour

So far I've enjoyed the game. It is possible to play thus far (lvl 99) without spending any money. Just being smart about earning stars to power up lanterns and infinite lives for 1 hour. You get a zen garden and if you're patient, every 12-24 hours or so you get coins and then the power ups at the same expense of a few stars. You can earn a few little rewards here and there with a lot of game play, but game play does get extremely challenging later on without weapons (not impossible, just expect to play 10-15 times without anything extra).
The reason I gave BubbleShooter three stars is because it gives you a money tree in your zen garden....and then takes it away after a few days with no warning. Wants you to pay.
If Panda Pop was a one time purchase game, I would've bought it by now, but they seem to think they can squeeze a couple bucks out of people every few days and that's insane.
Take note Panda Pop - I'd rather uninstall before I pay micro transactions.

by Blahblabbfgdvm

I have been playing panda pop for years and will probably never stop as long as I have an iPhone. I truly enjoy the challenges even though I want to pull my hair out when it takes me over 10 lives to beat one level at times. My biggest concern is that this game definitely cheats. Need one more red ball to save your baby? The last 3 colors will be everything but! I’m almost certain this game is rigged to never give you the colors you actually need until it realizes you won’t buy upgrades just to pass it. I’ve also been extremely frustrated with the challenges where you feed the dragon or race other players - when I log back in I receive no updates on where I finished the race and a new challenge completely wipes out the last one. Extremely frustrating when I use upgrades to make sure I’m #1 and the game doesn’t even give me the box of rewards. Besides the bitter, finally beating a level and relieving stress all the while makes the game pretty sweet!

by Givenup!!!

I’ve never reviewed an app or any product for that matter. However, I am so disappointed that I felt like I needed to share my experience. First, I love this game, and I play it as an escape and for enjoyment. But, if you’re playing it for an escape or for enjoyment, you obviously want to have a positive experience. You don’t want to be frustrated with bugs and receive no response from support services in response to three inquiries over approximately a two week period of time. Although there are many bugs with this program that drive me crazy, I am only going to comment on one.

They offer various challenges where you can earn rewards. I played the “panda race“ on three different occasions, and I believe I ended up in positions third, first, and first respectively (it’s hard to know because if you don’t get rewards, you never know where you have ended up, although I was playing with in a half an hour of the challenge closing, so I have a pretty good idea). After the first challenge, no rewards were offered. I complained. I did not receive a response. After the second challenge, no rewards were offered. I complained. I did not receive a response. During the third challenge, I complained again midway through. No response. Third challenge ended, no rewards and no response. And I did check my junk mail to make sure that the messages were not misplaced. Bubble games are a dime a dozen… I am going to have to check them out.

by Queueissue

I have been playing this game for a while, but just realized I’ve spent A LOT of money buying coins. The prices are pretty high: $4.99 for 190 coins, 9.99 for 400 coins, etc. You can go through coins very quickly since it costs 40 coins to add an additional 10 bubbles if you run out, and 15 coins to buy extra lanterns. Yes you can probably play and win the levels without spending money (after a few tries), but once you’re addicted to the game or competing in one of the races, you get very tempted to use up those coins! In addition, they recently started changing the rewards you get. They used to give a lot of bonuses when you completed challenges but now it’s significantly less than what it was. Now it just feels like it’s not worth the money you’re spending while playing this game. Lower the prices and don’t decrease the amount of bonuses and rewards. I’ve definitely noticed the change. Bring it back to what it was!

by Dgallapis

I love Panda Pop, and I have been playing for years. Always something new and different. However, the extra bonus games with Bo’s playground cost too many stars to upgrade. I play everyday and will never get to upgrade. Badoon bonus game used to be hard but achievable I no longer feel that is achievable, it has become as hard as the Dojo bonus game and too hard to complete. I dont bother much anymore. Also,I know its extra and nice but I loved that from time to time I was able to watch a video for 10 extra balls. This helped with levels I have been stuck on, 3 doesnt help 5 at least would be most helpful. Also, would be nice to add more ability to earn bonus items like rainbow balls and dragon balls. The game is supposed to be challenging but sometimes I just cant get though a level without help. I only buy extras after holidays if I get cards as gifts. Overall these are suggestions for improvements so long time users such as myself dont lose interest like I am starting to. Still think its a great game though

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by Alice_Please!

So far everything has been super fun and they don’t make it too hard, but just enough to where it’s a fun challenge. Practically zero ads which I love about them, (Keep that up developers, please.) I definitely am excited for the more customization options. It would be cool if we could decorate there hair and accessories too! I am hoping for a friends update in the future where you can add specific people, cause right now I lack friends. Nor can we message anyone. I think more quicker easier achievements would be cool. The zen garden is cool, but maybe you guys could add more options? Like I’m not sure if you can decorate a temple/house yet cause I am not that far into the game I do not think. But that would be cool, as well as major updates to the shop. The shop should not just be for buying coins with real money. It should be for buying different things with coins! (Clothes, Different kinds of pandas, boosters, etc.) But know that this game has so much potential that is just waiting to be unlocked! For now I can stay happy with the way it is, but here is to future hope❣️💘

by Anisha K Toolsiram2012❤️❤️💵

Listen, I played Panda pop for years and I have a few issues with it. One when you dress up you mama panda (or whatever her name is) I feel like maybe they should tell us what levels we need to unlock them. Maybe they show that already but I never saw that and I feel the exact same way about the baskets we should know when we get to customize them. Two I never really focused on creating my tree house with the gems that are rainbow and I never focused on the garden thing when you customize it Maybe they should have a reminder or something I mean Jam City... if your reading this that’s something I kind of kept to myself I’m just putting it out there. Three (final) OK this is something that I Don’t like at all. I don’t like how I always wake up to see a advertisement for us to buy a bundle of stuff and the bad thing is I sometimes click too much to the point where I almost click purchase. I would like all of these bundles to be put together in its own spot.

Thank you Jam City for making my day.

by MummiBug

The game is a lot of fun and appears to be suitable for children. However, beware of the ads, as I have brought a particular adult-only ad to their attention several times and they have not responded nor removed the ad. (Note - after writing this, I found that they did respond 6 days ago that the ad was removed but I’ve continued to see it, right up to today).

I originally wrote this review a couple of days ago. The ad is not only still showing, but has gone from bad to worse. In this time of sexual harassment being illuminated for the perverse and demeaning thing that it is, ads like this only further the objectification of women. This game is not family-friendly at this point. I will stop playing until I receive a response that all offensive ads have been removed.

Update: They contacted me and have assured me that the offensive ad has been blocked. I am upgrading my review because I appreciate their response. I will advise if the ad shows up again.

by Uni-ray

I love panda pop but it does get frustrating when you’re so close to defeating The level and then you lose it and sometimes the ball just glitches and also my money tree went away and it won’t let me get it back unless I spend like five dollars on it and that is so frustrating and you have to have stars for everything and don’t give me started on the lives because When you are stuck on a level it just scratches are hurt and laughs at you in the face almost.☹️ don’t give me wrong panda pops a great game but it just has its downsides too. I don’t want to be a downer so I will list some of the good sides of this game and don’t let the bad sides stop you from getting it so here are the good things about it if you like bubble popping games this is definitely a game for you if you like cute animals this is also a good game for you the graphics are nice and also it has good music on the levels!

by Shortish Gurl

This game is super addictive. Once you start getting better at aiming you can pass the levels super fast. At some point a few months ago there was however a lot of glitching and I stopped playing it as much. The ball didn’t go where I aimed it, or it swapped the color of the ball I was throwing, or selected one of the lanterns when I hadn’t selected it, I’ve even had it where I have 5-6 balls left and it will purposely only gives out the two colors I don’t need. That problem however has seemed to reduce and it’s not glitching as much so I’m back to play it. I haven’t bought any coins and do relatively well. It’s nice to have a game where buying coins isn’t necessary in order to advance. Does it slow you down? Sure. But it’s not impossible to advance. Thanks for a game with decent graphics and rewards.