YoĪ messaging app, but you can only send the word “yo.” Hilarious. It vibrates when you’re safe to run and pee without missing anything critical or action-packed. It tracks slow points in the plot of theater released movies. While this app is useless right now, there might be a day in 2021 when we return to movie theaters. You can stand in the corner, and instead of unsubscribing to emails to look like you’re texting, you can text a fake person of your own creation. It’ll be more useful once we’re facing parties again. This app is weird, but it’s also super-useful for the socially anxious. UselessĪn app that does absolutely nothing but has a solid five-star rating and over 100,000 downloads. You swipe an icicle in-game – it’s just a blue triangle, the graphics of this game aren’t what I’d describe as innovative – to melt it. You use your finger as a tongue–or just use your tongue as a tongue, whatever, get weird. You get a little guide explaining how to pop different pimples and a field of blemished skin. If you love pimple-popping content so much you want to get your hands on it, here’s the app to make all your dreams come true.

Photo by Benjamin Sow on Unsplash Pimple Popper There’s a world ranking for the highest toss, so if you’re competitive about your self-destructiveness, maybe this is the app for you. The app warns not to play “if you are a sissy.” Or just don’t want to shatter your phone for fake internet points. The essence of this puzzle game lies in problem-solving, and this is strongly portrayed in the ads.You throw your phone as high as you can into the air, and the app calculates the height. Each ad emphatically conveys the message, “ solve the problem !” If you look carefully at the Homescapes ads and its store listing, you will see emotions in the rawest form. For instance, in Homescapes, the motivators identified are “Escapism – Thinking & Solving” and “Escapism – Excitement & Thrill,” as defined by GameRefinery. Though it has never been officially confirmed, Playrix likely employs an underlying logic related to motivators in developing these concepts. You’ve probably come across these types of ads with flashy fails, pins, and fire all over the place – you know exactly what we’re referring to. Instead, they blindly mimic the form without understanding its essence.

However, many publishers fail to grasp the reasons behind this success.

Fake ads, commonly known as misleading ads, have been a source of success for game publishers like Playrix.

Homescapes ad popping up on my phone