My son and I downloaded on the same day, Neither of us have paid any additional or used our gems to purchase any music, Yes I am unable to play without watching ads where he could play and not have to watch ads for each song. More than frustrating, Was enjoying playing this with my son. But it looks like it's just gonna be another game that gets deleted because it's not user friendly. I can't even play the games/songs that when I 1st opened the app I could play without watching an ad.