Tapas App - little to no ads to watch

[HawkHunting]

would like to know if some of you expirience the same issue.
for the past 2 weeks i only get like max. 4 ads /day to watch to earn coins

there was one day (january 15th) were you could watch ads nonstop
since that the amount of ads to watch has decreased for me
granted, i abused that bug that day to get coins (sorry, not sorry ='D)

it seems other people are still able to watch ads without problems
lets say i just want to know if its a penalty from tapas (which i would totally understand)
or an issue

cheers, Hawk

installed the app new today to see if that fixes the issue, still there

technical info:
Samsung SM-G361F
android v5.1.1

EDIT: i live in vienna, austria, if the region makes a difference in distribution

infos are for other app users as well so they can tell if we share the same region

EDIT: Feb 6th
now i get 2 ads per hour, and actually i can live with that

[Lucazu]

Yes same here. I did a check and indeed on the 15th I mentioned in the tipping thread that I could watch endless vids, wondering if that was a bug, I didn't get an answer from the staff but another author said it wasn't a bug and ads increased so I kept watching that day. Nowdays I can watch I think 10 ads a day or so. I've been wondering too what's up with that.

[joannekwan]

I think it depends on region and the ad provider? Because I've been able to watch multiple bursts of like 5 - 10 ads 4 times a day without issue, same thing today? So mileage may vary it seems.

EDIT: Also when it says "check back later" I hit the refresh icon on the side until it says "sorry, there are no more videos atm."

[HawkHunting]

i share that view that the distribution has regional differences
its just that i was able to watch 10 ads on average too and the drop from 10/day to 2 was just a bit drastic imo
i hit the fresh icon too XD

[joannekwan]

Yeah, I'm in a heavily populated region so I guess there is a bigger ad bank.

[Kura]

I have issues wit this too, it usually gives me hardly any ads to watch, but most days when I check it tells me "sorry, no videos are available'

[agentfink]

I've had NONE to watch. Absolutely none.
While my husband has had the chance to watch ads every day.

[ArhyaM]

I remember three weeks ago, I had a lot of videos to watch: I made around 2k of coins in just one day, but after that day, the adds traffic stopped. I thought it was because it was something like a little punishment for being too greedy, but after three weeks of having only two videos available per day... I really start to believe that there's something wrong going on.

[MidZM]

From what I have noticed (After watching literally thousands of advertisements) is that the ad system is set up on a region basis of how many people are watching ads at one time, if lots of people are watching ads in your area then you're probably not going to get to watch very many ads in a single day. When I'm at home in my secluded (somewhat poorer area) not many people have the time nor care to watch ads so me and the few people who do play games/watch ads have an almost unlimited supply of ads, but when I'm at college I don't get ANY base ads, not a single one. But at the same time there are 2 very different types of ads on the app.

The first type of ads are your normal everyday base advertisements that give anywhere from 4 to 14 coins (Mine is currently locked at 14) that you can watch anytime as long as the system is not overloaded with people watching ads all the time in that region.

Then there is the second type higher tier advertisement which you are only allowed to watch at certain times of day, and sometimes at a random intervals of time through the day, that are based on the surveys that you complete. Based on what put on that survey you will be put into an ad pool, and the more surveys you fill out the more ad pools you acquire that tend to stack (The limit on the ad pool is dependent on how long the ad is running irl). On mine the ad pools are set up to start at 12:05 AM EST. In which the ads will play until the pool runs out. The amount of coins you get from these ads is dependent on time, unlike the lower tier ads these ads are time based watching at first will give a certain amount (Usually small) then one hour later it'll give a higher or lower amount (Usually higher), the amount you receive could be any number from 9 to 50 per ad. At first these ads were annoying because they were long with sometimes little pay off, but after figuring out the trick to them they're not that bad.

I don't know how these two systems are set up in your region/phones but when you figure it out you can figure out the best time of day to watch ads based on how many other people are watching ads (During school days it should be a higher chance).
Not sure if this'll help but it's what I've figured out from this system xD

[MidZM]

About 4 days ago I stopped getting base ads all together no matter where I am, I still get survey ads but I only get those at specific times of day. But I'm also not getting any ads in the game Drilla which means both the Tapastic ads and some other app ads share the same ad pool. I don't think Tapas has any control over if ads are shown or not, I think it's based on the company they use to show advertisements.

[miesmud]

I can always watch 25 to 30 ads a day... They're only like 5 different ads though haha.

[Foxjorch]

Hi, good morning, wanted to infrom of a problem that i am having whit the app.

The problem is that it has been three days in a row without the app allows me to view ads to get free coins

Is this normal in the app?

Is there any solution?

Thank you very much for your time, thanks and greetings

[Shanny8]

I havent had issues with it. Ive been able to watch multiple ads. There are days where I'll barely get any ads, but there are days where I watch tons of ads. I think @joannekwan might be on to something with that it may have to do with accessibility/region...

[stevendeluxi]

Hey there! I wanted to ask if anyone still has this issue about having no ads to watch. The past week I only could watch one ad. I tried out different times and even reinstalled the app (thought that might help). It's very weird since I could watch an endless flow of ads until two weeks ago. Then it decreased to about 10 to 20 ads per day and now none.
It all happened in the same region of course (Leipzig, Germany) and if it's really a regional issue that means someone somewhere just stopped the ad availability here. If I really can only pay for the coins while others can watch ads non-stop due to the region you're living, that would honestly suck...

[hqenna11]

Very late reply but I've been having this issue for a month. I'd restart the app to check if it's just a display bug or I'd relog but I still get no ads at all. I've tried at different times but still no luck. I read tapastic comics only at home since I have an iPod but I know I'm the only one who uses the app.

Kind of frustrating that this is happening.

[sushy00]

I am bumping this thread again.
I have had for a few days now that there are never any ads available.
Before this I hardly had any problems, now I cannot watch any ad at all. I have no idea why it has changed...

[modrawmanga]

I have an uneducated guess that advertisers in certain region don't find the values of putting ad dollars towards tapas app, due to the lack of result it brings to their investment.

[sushy00]

Could be I guess.
If it is because of my region, how can they see that?
I do not think I have turned on my GPS and stuff ^^;

[modrawmanga]

That might be the cause, the ad wants to target people in specific region to be more effective, maybe try to turn the gps on for a bit and see how it goes?

[sushy00]

I turned on the location feature (via Wifi) but it does not seem to have helped