The mechanics of PopWins are really quite easy to understand when you get into gameplay, although it might seem a little daunting when reading about it.

The first thing to know about this game is that you win by rolling at least 3 adjacent identical symbols, starting from reel 1 or reel 5. This is due to the mechanics of winning both ways, and it actually doubles the number of ways to win by default from 243 to 486.

You will find the paytable in the menu at the bottom right corner, and there are only 13 characters. All premiums are classic fruit machine symbols, and cherries are naturally the most valuable of them all. Win 5 of these juicy toys and you will win 15 times your stake. However, cherries can only appear through the PopWins feature or during the bonus round.

The math model is somewhere in the middle of the previous two releases, but the potential of 56,386x is still much more than most slots. The default reel setting is the standard 5x3, but it will change soon once you start. Each win is followed by the PopWins mechanic, which removes the winning symbols and splits the empty positions on the reels in two for cascading replenishment.

The RTP of the slot is claimed to be 96.14% and it is a pretty volatile game.

Every time you hit a winning combination, the PopWins mechanic comes into play. Winning symbols will be removed and empty positions will be halved. This effectively expands the reel set, and the doubled empty positions on the reels are filled with new symbols.

The reels can be increased from the usual 3 rows in height to 6 rows in the main game. The process continues as long as you keep winning and then the reel setting returns to the standard 5x3.

In order to trigger the free spins bonus round in this game, you need to expand all 5 reels to the maximum height of the base game of 6 lines. This gives you 5 free spins to start with, but you can gamble for more spins before the bonus round starts. Then you spin the Wheel of Fortune where you can win up to 11 extra spins.

However, you also run the risk of losing everything here and returning to the base game with nothing. You will benefit from a progressive win multiplier that starts at 2x, and each PopWin will increase the multiplier by +1 in the bonus round.

There is no upper limit on how high this multiplier can be, and all PopWins also double the reel positions of the winning symbols just like in the main game. The difference is that the default reel setup here is expanded to a 5x6 grid, and the PopWins feature can expand each line up to 9 characters high.

If you manage to expand all 5 rows to the maximum height, the progressive multiplier increases by +3. Moreover, each new PopWin on a fully expanded set of reels increases the win multiplier by +4, not +1. You are currently playing with 59,049 ways to win, but in reality, it is twice as much due to the possibility of winning in both directions. On non-winning spins, the reels are thrown to the height of the shortest row, and not completely.

You can play the CherryPop slot on every mobile device and every tablet that is done by iOS or Android. All functions are fully active on the mobile devices.

Of course, you can still try the previous two games from the Avatar UX. There are some similar slots to consider:

·         PopRocks is the game that started it all and it is visually pleasing, but a very volatile slot from Avatar UX. The PopWins mechanic is of course the defining feature here, and you can win up to a staggering 72,188 times your stake in the bonus round. The game has a progressive multiplier and the reels can grow up to 7 symbols here.

·         Wildpops is the second-in-line developer associated with Yggdrasil and there are up to 33,614 ways to win this game. Of course, PopWins mechanics are central here as well, and the progressive win multiplier will increase with every 7th lunge. Random wilds can be a lifesaver here, and this game can win up to 17,707 times, slightly less volatile than the first.

·         Star Clusters Megaclusters is the world's first Megaclusters slot from the inventors of the Megaways engine. This mechanic is somewhat similar to PopWins, but the winning symbols will be split into 4 smaller versions of themselves, instead of giving you a doubling of new symbols. However, wins with smaller symbols will activate the cascading reels and you can win up to 23,000 times your stake with the progressive wild bonus round multiplier.