If you’ve been scrolling through online ads, you might’ve come across those gaming apps promising you to win real money and gift cards. I’ve previously reviewed the Solitaire Cash and Bubble Cash but there are a lot more similar apps out there.
These advertisements suggest that all you have to do is play a few rounds, and suddenly money starts flowing into your PayPal account or whichever payment options they provide. It seems too good to be true, though some games may indeed offer rewards over time, the process is rarely as seamless as portrayed.
Bubble Arena is one such app that’s based on a bubble-popping gaming mechanism and closely resembles Bubble Cash.
These types of games are frequently categorized as classic Pyramid schemes, where participants either end up receiving someone else’s money (considering paid tournaments typically have prize pools that do not surpass the participation fees, with a significant portion taken out, this aspect becomes even more notable when considering multiple tournaments running concurrently.) or nothing at all.
So, let’s take a look at Bubble Arena: whether it’s a scam or worth participating!
We’d be looking into how the game works, what’s the earning potential of this app and whether or not you should risk your money on this.
What Is Bubble Arena Cash Prizes?
The description of Bubble Arena, developed by ‘Mobile Fox Limited’ with the tagline Cash Prizes seems to be a clickbait to attract user attention. The game lets the player participate in a competitive bubble shooting game, where the winners earn money from the prize pool.
The app is available on the App Store; however, if you are an Android user, you might get confused because there’s a similar game called ‘Bubble Arena: Real Cash Guia‘ by GamesSeven, which is not necessarily the same game.
Is Bubble Arena Scam Or Legit?
Bubble Arena doesn’t seem like a legit paid-to-play app. The game is smooth to play, and the app interface looks good, but it gives you only a little bonus money at the start. Unfortunately, this isn’t enough to join the paid tournaments where you can win cash prizes.
It wants you to play a lot of freeroll tournaments and watch ads to collect free gems before you collect enough cash to join a cash competition. The prize pool is often distributed as 200% for the 1st winner, 100% to the 2nd, and 50% for the 3rd.
So, it would take a while for you to actually make any money from it unless you spend your own money to join more cash tournaments, considering you’re really good at the bubble shooter game. Chances are you will actually lose more money than you make with this game.
I had a feeling the game focuses more on offering tempting discounts to get you to put your money into it, rather than providing rewards that you can withdraw from the app as tournament prizes.
Moreover, many people have reviewed the game as it wouldn’t let you cash out or is too slow to respond to withdrawal queries. Check out these Bubble Arena: Cash Prizes reviews on Qonversion.
Indeed, many people have positively reviewed this game with a 4.6 rating from 7k reviews on the app store but either those reviews just don’t feel legit or the point still stands, if you put money into the game, you still need to win tournaments and wait for the withdrawal that may or may not arrive.
There are other legit apps and programs that truly reward you:
How Does Bubble Arena: Cash Prizes Work?
Bubble Arena shares an identical approach to other paid-to-play apps. Once you get the app, you can start with:
- Create your user and collect bonuses.
- Play free tournaments.
- Play paid tournaments.
- Register your account.
- Withdrawal.
#1. Create your user
When you first open the game you will get to choose your username and profile picture. On to the next step, you get to play against the devs “Mobile Fox” in a practice room that consists of a prize pool of $1.
So if you beat that bot, that’s around $0.5 added to your wallet as Bonus Cash. You can later use this bonus cash to join paid tournaments.
You will get various bonuses in between your tournament participation. Ticket Wheel, Level Up Bonus, Quests cash, and Bingo Pool as I have experienced.
These bonuses can be useful for you to join tournaments with $cash prize pools but you can’t withdraw it. (we will discuss it later on this page).
#2. Free Tournaments
Free tournaments are ideal options to play Bubble Shooting when you aren’t depositing your money into the game. Instead of cash as a participation fee, it asks for gems in your account. You can collect these gems by winning more tournaments or watching ads on the app.
Free tournaments often offer gems in the prize pool where the winners get their shares based on their score and position. However, sometimes, Bubble Arena will let you join cash pool tournaments with free gems entry but these are again bonus contents and aren’t available all the time.
Freeroll rounds are safe as they cost nothing and are a great way to enjoy the game considering it’s pretty fun to play.
Each round consists of 6 participants and the top three scorers get their rewards. The score is based on how many bubbles you have blasted, how many you have dropped by breaking their parent bubbles, and how much time you need to clear the board.
In addition, you’ll get a huge bonus score, when you clear a board before the time limit. Below you can scroll right to check what free roll tournaments look like.
#3. Paid Tournaments
Paid matches are basically identical to regular ones, except you enter with cash, and the rewards come in cash too. You can add funds using your credit card or PayPal, and then use that money to join tournaments.
Paid tournaments are not available in all locations in the United States:
- Tennessee
- Delaware
- Connecticut
- South Carolina
- Arkansas
- Montana
- Louisiana
- South Dakota
The entry fees of paid tournaments can vary from as low as 50 cents to $5 or even $10. Usually, the more you pay to enter, the bigger the payout can be, with some tournaments even offering prizes ranging from $20 to over $50.
You’re up against players with the same setup as yours in tournament matches. This levels the playing field, making it a game of skill where speed and accuracy count the most.
If you score high in the tournaments, you will get a piece of the prize pool. However, if you don’t perform well, your entry fee is gone and you must walk away with nothing. There’s a risk of losing your money instead of earning any free cash, so it’s not a safe bet to invest your money in this app.
You may also encounter lucky deposit ads in the app tempting you to put your money with the hope of getting some bonus cash. Here’s an example:
This is another reason why I’d recommend avoiding depositing money in Bubble Arena and sticking to the free tournaments if you just want to play the game for fun.
#4. Withdrawal
If you win money in the tournaments, you can take out your winnings at the withdrawal section. Before withdrawing, you might need to verify your account with an ID and selfie.
After verification, head over to the shop tab and tap on withdrawal. You will find the amount available for withdrawal, along with withdrawal fees. The Bonus cash will be forfeited from the total amount as Bubble Arena doesn’t allow you to cash out the bonus amount.
You just need to type in how much you want to withdraw and then tap on “next.” You can choose to withdraw using Visa, Amex, Mastercard, or PayPal.
Review: Bubble Arena
Pros:
- Fun shooting game to play
- Smooth gameplay
- Nice user interface.
Cons:
- Tempting ads to deposit money
- Issues related to Withdrawal
- Non-withdrawable bonus cash
- Not available in all areas
- Only available for iOS
Does it pay real money?
Bubble Arena does give real money to winners of tournaments. However, many players have said they had trouble getting their money out of the app, and sometimes it takes a while for payments to come through.
To make money in the bubble shooting game, you have to be really good, but there’s no guarantee you’ll get paid. This is why you should consider not putting your cash into it and look for alternative side hustles.
Other Bubble Arena Reviews From Users
I don’t think Bubble Arena is a good choice if you want to make money online. But I want to add other’s opinions about the app so you know what people think about the app.
- Jmowag said: “Cash bonuses are not allowed to be taken out. So it is only cash if you lose everything (ie what is the point and how are they allowed to lie). The offered prizes are often not actually awarded (I can add and see they aren’t happening). I have been playing games and I am supposed to get a prize and it is not awarded. For a cash game, this is horrible. No idea how this game is still on the App Store (shame on you Apple). No clue how the ratings are at all legitimate. I am guessing they aren’t real authentic ratings. Tried to withdraw my money, they ask for full and complete personal information and I had to register a personal email so they could verify my identity (didn’t do that taking my money). And that is also the point of using a payment service (they verify IDs), not questionable games. Giving that data to an illegitimate business is bad. Just my opinion based on my experience. Stay away.“
- amberm7749 said: “So I was extremely worried because the scam warnings in the reviews. I deposited $5 and won $15. I put in a withdrawal request and there was no option for how to receive the deposit. This made me wonder if maybe the reviews were correct. I sent a message to support and received a reply a short time later. They use the email address you signed up with to link to your PayPal account. Took two days and I received it. No issues with getting it from PayPal. The bonus cash was a little confusing in how it works but once I got the hang of it I was not offended about them keeping it 😂“
- jmowag said: “Run away from this app – Apple shut this app off. Cash goes in easy, doesn’t come out“
You will find more mixed reviews about this game on the App Store.
Conclusion:
As long as you are playing Bubble Arena for fun I think it’s a pretty good game to stick by the free gems tournaments. But I wouldn’t recommend you put money into this, instead, you can try ‘Mistplay’ or ‘Rewarded Play’ which genuinely pays you for your efforts.