Is Mystery Matters: Match / Crime Safe for Kids?
Age rating is set by App Store, not by Unstar. This page explains it and adds what parents report in reviews. Not affiliated with Playrix.
What Mystery Matters: Match / Crime's age rating means
Mystery Matters: Match / Crime is rated +12 on the App Store, meaning it targets older teenagers, not young children. With parental controls and an honest conversation, many teens use apps like this fine, but the rating exists for a reason.
Things for parents to check
- As a Games app, Mystery Matters: Match / Crime can put your child in contact with strangers or user-generated content that is not moderated in real time. This is the biggest supervision concern for younger users.
What parents and users report about Mystery Matters: Match / Crime
Users frequently report the app crashing or freezing after updates, making it unplayable. Many complain about overly difficult levels designed to push in-app purchases, and some feel the game has shifted too much toward match-3 mechanics away from its original hidden-object style.
Summarized from 287 recent 1-3 star reviews. These are user reports, not verified claims.
How to keep your child safe with Mystery Matters: Match / Crime
Settings, Screen Time, Content & Privacy Restrictions. Set an age limit for apps, require Ask to Buy for purchases, and restrict or remove Mystery Matters: Match / Crime if it is above your child's age.
Use Google Family Link to approve installs, set a Play Store content rating limit, require purchase approval, and block or uninstall Mystery Matters: Match / Crime on your child's device.
Mystery Matters: Match / Crime for kids: frequently asked questions
Is Mystery Matters: Match / Crime safe for kids?
Mystery Matters: Match / Crime has an official age rating of +12 on the App Store, aimed at older teens rather than young children. It can be appropriate with guidance, parental controls, and a conversation about what to share and who to talk to.
What age rating does Mystery Matters: Match / Crime have?
The App Store rates Mystery Matters: Match / Crime as +12. This is the store's own content rating, set from the app's features and content, not our opinion. Use it as the starting point for whether it fits your child's age.
Can my child use Mystery Matters: Match / Crime safely?
If you decide to allow it, use device parental controls: Screen Time and Content & Privacy Restrictions on iPhone, or Family Link and Play Store parental controls on Android. Turn on purchase approval, set age-appropriate content limits, and keep the account under your family group so you can see activity.
How do I block or remove Mystery Matters: Match / Crime from my child's phone?
On iPhone, open Settings, Screen Time, Content & Privacy Restrictions, then restrict or delete the app and block reinstalling it. On Android, open Family Link, select your child, find Mystery Matters: Match / Crime and block or uninstall it. You can also set a store age limit so apps above your child's age cannot be installed.