I downloaded this game for Fetch points and expected it to be like all the other low-budget, low-quality cash-grab ad-based games on there — imagine my surprise when I started playing and there were no ads, fun levels, high quality sound files and graphics, and a good tutorial. It’s clear that love and care — or at least a lot of competent planning — actually went into the creation and maintenance of this game. It has a thoughtfully designed UI that gradually reveals elements as you go through the first 20 or so levels to avoid overwhelming you, which I appreciate. I turned on the music to find they’ve made kind of a lo-fi track in the background (they know their audience) which doesn’t get tiring after 30 seconds. The sound effects are satisfying, not grating. All assets are high-quality though, and designed with intention to either help or hinder you with a level (or sometimes both, e.g. on the cop and donut level, the donuts are turned over but you can still see the icing seeping down onto the bottom half so know what color it is and you can still match it). And some of the assets are actually downright cute (the Barbie level). In terms of quality, I would put this right up there with Project Makeover. That’s another game where it’s clear that there’s a team full of talented individuals handling maintaining/updates. So, great job making a game where the frustration comes from the *challenge*, and not from the game being low quality or full of annoying ads — unfortunately for me, I might end up liking Match Factory a little too much ;)

I agree with another reviewer about the frequent Hard, Super Hard and Ultra Hard levels in between and they’re too difficult to accomplish without coins, unless you want to buy them. Boosters sometimes don’t help on those levels, so you end up dwindling down your stash. I was really excited about the Super Ball but now feel like it’s a waste of time spent on the game. You have to beat 10 levels to have it activated, but if you lose one level, you have to start over again. And usually when you’ve activated the Super Ball, the very next level is either Super Hard or Ultra Hard, which you’ll for sure lose unless you already have coins to use or you end up having to buy coins. This becomes discouraging and frustrating and I end up not wanting to play the game. I’ve noticed that when playing Space Trip, if you’ve won timed boosters (lives, rocket or sandglass), the countdown starts as soon as you’ve won it, not when you claim it after playing Space Trip. The developers need to change this. Also, if you’ve won 2 hours of lives, rockets or sandglass but can’t spend 2 hours playing the game, you should be able to pause those boosters so you don’t lose them. I like the game and graphics but just become discouraged with the Super Ball, Hard, Super Hard and Ultra Hard levels. For reference, I’m on Level 2079 - Super Hard and have been stuck for weeks. I also lost my Super Ball on this level because I didn’t have enough coins to use and didn’t want to buy any.

Update (Feb. 2025): I saw other reviewers saying this game cheats and didn’t really give it much thought until it happened to me quite a few times this week. I was getting all my boosters at the start of a level and the game kept adding items to spaces instead of instead of using the boosters. This last time I made sure my finger was directly on a rocket and even held my finger on the rocket for a few seconds and instead of the rocket being highlighted, an item below it was and then it was added to a space. Deleting this game after helping my team with the weekend challenge. Bad enough they’re making it impossible to win even their easy levels without spending money, but to cheat as well…disgusting. Downgrading my rating to one star just for the cheating. Forgot to mention items jittering around like someone with a nervous tick and how slowly they’re placed in a space when you tap on them. This game is fun but it can get so frustrating at times. The really difficult levels are such that you need to spend money to pass them, which I’ve done a few times. But the really frustrating part is when you fail a level, you are not given the option to view the board to see how many items you have left to collect so you can decide if you want to use your precious coins to for extra time.