CherryPop Slot Review

CherryPop Slot Overview

CherryPop is a fruit-themed PopWins slot from AvatarUX with 5 reels and between 3 and 9 rows. The default layout is 5x3 with 243 ways, yet because wins pay both ways you actually start with 486 ways to win. As symbols pop and the reels grow, the grid can hit 5x9 and up to 59,049 ways. The look is glossy and colourful, far more mainstream than the earlier PopWins titles.

Under the hood, CherryPop runs on high volatility with a default RTP around 96.1% and alternative settings slightly lower. Bets range from 20p up to £40 per spin, and the hit frequency sits just above 22%, so on paper you see a win roughly every five spins. In practice I get plenty of dry patches, yet the math model feels capable of huge swings and very substantial payout spikes.

What are the bonus features in CherryPop

The main attraction in CherryPop is the PopWins mechanic. Every time I land a winning combination, the symbols involved are removed and each empty position splits into two. New symbols drop in, the reel height increases, and the number of ways goes up with each pop. In the base game the reels can grow from 3 up to 6 rows, after which they reset back to the standard size when the streak ends.

There are no wilds, no scatters and no random modifiers in CherryPop, which gives the slot a very pure PopWins feel. All the action comes from those expanding reels and the win both ways engine. When I am on a good run and the grid keeps growing, the game can feel gripping, but when wins dry up the base game starts to feel a bit bare and heavily dependent on triggering free spins.

Free Spins in CherryPop

Free Spins in CherryPop trigger when all five reels reach the maximum base game height of six rows during one sequence of pops. That awards a set of free spins, usually 5 as a starting point, and you then get the option to gamble on a Wheel of Fortune style game for more. I like the risk, but losing the gamble dumps you straight back into the base game with nothing.

Once the bonus game starts, CherryPop moves to a 5x6 layout and the PopWins mechanic can extend each reel up to 9 symbols high. A progressive win multiplier begins at 2x, and every pop increases it by one. If you manage to stretch all reels to full height, the multiplier jumps by three, and any further pops on the maxed-out grid add four steps, which can create some enormous combined hits.

CherryPop Symbols and Paytable

CherryPop uses 13 regular symbols, with no special icons at all, so the paytable carries the whole load. Premiums are classic fruit machine symbols, with cherries as the star; five of them pay 15x your bet. Other high symbols drop to 8x, 6x, 5x or 4x for five of a kind, while the lower card-style icons pay between 1.6x and 0.3x for five. Because wins pay both ways, even small hits can stack up.

Symbols and Paytable

Symbol	Quantity	Payout
	5	x15
	4	x7.5
	3	x4
	5	x8
	4	x4
	3	x2
	5	x6
	4	x3
	3	x1.5
	5	x5
	4	x2.5
	3	x1.2
	5	x4
	4	x2
	3	x1
	5	x4
	4	x2
	3	x1
	5	x2.5
	4	x1.2
	3	x0.8
	5	x2.5
	4	x1.2
	3	x0.8
	5	x1.6
	4	x0.8
	3	x0.4
	5	x1.6
	4	x0.8
	3	x0.4
	5	x1.6
	4	x0.8
	3	x0.4
	5	x1.2
	4	x0.6
	3	x0.3
	5	x1.2
	4	x0.6
	3	x0.3
	5	x1.2
	4	x0.6
	3	x0.3

How to play CherryPop

Getting started with CherryPop is simple once you spin a few rounds. I set my stake using the button below the spin key, choosing anything from 20p to £40. You can spin manually or use autoplay, which offers from 10 to 1,000 automatic spins or even an endless option. Above the main button sits the autoplay control, while the hamburger menu on the right gives access to settings and the paytable.

The win both ways mechanic means I get paid for matching symbols from reel 1 or from reel 5, as long as at least three adjacent reels carry the same icon. That doubles the ways from 243 to 486 before the grid even grows. On paper the 22% hit rate sounds lively, yet many base game wins are very small, and the slow PopWins animation can drag, so I usually double-click to speed each spin.

The 200 Spins CherryPop Experience

When I ran a focused 200-spin session on CherryPop, it behaved exactly like a high volatility PopWins slot should. I had stretches of dead spins, then bursts where reels climbed to five or six rows and ways to win exploded. At one stage I reached four reels at maximum height and still missed the trigger, collecting only about 10.7x my bet. Frustrated, I paid 75x to buy the bonus round instead.

I took the gamble option before the feature and luckily landed three extra spins rather than losing the lot. The free spins started slowly, with several dead rounds and just a few small cascades edging the multiplier up to 4x and then 5x. I never managed to reach above six rows, and the multiplier topped out at 8x, so the feature finished with a 63.3x win, well short of the 75x I had invested.

Review Summary of CherryPop

CherryPop sits nicely between earlier PopWins titles in terms of risk and potential, with a massive max win quoted at 56,386x your stake and a very punchy volatility profile. The fruity theme and cleaner visuals should appeal to a broader audience, yet the lack of base game features makes the grind feel harsh at times. The slow pace of the pops also holds it back a bit, so I would place it around 6 out of 10.

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