# 1948 Dawn of Future — user reviews > 129 indexed App Store user reviews of 1948 Dawn of Future by FrozenPepper, rated 3.60/5 from 382 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/1948-dawn-of-future/id500493203/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/1948-dawn-of-future/id500493203.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 179 · 4★ 63 · 3★ 30 · 2★ 21 · 1★ 89 ## What do users think of 1948 Dawn of Future? Overall sentiment: negative **Pros** - 🚀 Great game - 👍 Wonderful aircraft-based game - 🚀 Challenging and addicting - 👍 Fun and good challenge - 👍 Awesome - 👍 Cool game **Cons** - 🐛 Crashes frequently - 🐛 Doesn't work on newer devices - 🐛 Incompatible with newer iOS versions - 🐛 Difficult to shoot targets - 🐛 Hard to get money/credits - 🐛 Expensive planes **Commonly reported bugs** - Crashes on launch - Crashes during gameplay - Incompatible with iPad Mini - Doesn't work on iOS 8 - Freezes on login screen **Most requested features** - More maps and game modes - Separate control panels - Reset button - Offline campaign mode - Easier to shoot targets - More customization options ## Newest reviews (16 of 129) ### 3/5 — A Playable Graveyard *2026-04-27* 1948: Dawn of Future is very ahead of its time, while being similar to older titles. Crimson Skies' PC game from 2000 comes to mind when navigating the menus with the fictionalized aircraft, upgrades to the aircraft's flying and weapons, as well as the diegetic aspects given to the UI through the rolling down of the map when selecting a mode, and the realistic looking switches, buttons and gauges used in game. I especially enjoy a few of the features, namely the brakes giving you manueverability, gyroscopic cockpit view, and the dual buttons for the guns. However, as far as games go, 1948 leaves a lot to be desired in 2026. It's been more than 13 years since the last update, and while I can understand the closing of the servers and compatibility with only older iOS devices, I don't understand why it's been left as a playable graveyard and nothing else. You would've got 3 maps with 3 mission types each, as well as 2 training missions, but instead you get 2 maps, and 2 mission types. You would've got 9 planes with customizable liveries, all with upgradeable engines, avionics and weapon suites, but instead you get 2 planes, both with the same weapons and nothing else. This game suffers because FrozenPepper made a barebones offline mode to keep the game from being entirely broken when they shut down the servers, which left the game barely anything beyond an advertisement for their next game. I know I have no right to be unhappy with the game, as I didn't lose any money to play it, nor did I get much less than people who played the game in its heyday did, but when a game gets reduced further than it already was, it doesn't feel right. 1948 is a 3/5 game because it's a 4/5 game with the online content removed. You can't buy anything, you can barely win anything, and while the gameplay is solid, it was the only full-size plane game that FrozenPepper ended up making. It's a novelty now, but would've been plenty fun in its time. ### 4/5 — Not the one *2017-08-26, version 1.1* Not so much ### 3/5 — It was good once you could play it *2016-12-25* This game is a brilliant game and although everyone else thinks it's hard, it should be. I can shoot UFOs so can they. The awful thing about this game is you can't play it anymore, you should update it so I can play it. When I could play it, it was brilliant ### 2/5 — Ugh *2015-09-24, version 1.1* It looks amazing but it wont open ;-; ### 2/5 — CANT EVEN GET ON THE GAME *2015-08-07, version 1.1* Hello I haven't been able to get on the game it's self I tap on the app and then it crashes so can y'all fix that quickly please and thank you😄😄😄 ### 3/5 — Hard to hit targets *2015-07-20* I can't hit anything with the cannons its to hard to focus. ### 2/5 — Uuuuugh *2015-06-28, version 1.1* Can't open the app... Crashes ### 1/5 — May be fun if I could get it to open *2015-05-29, version 1.1* Closes as soon as I try to open it. Uninstalled and reinstalled twice but still closes immediately. ### 1/5 — Avatorio ipad1 ios5 *2015-05-26* Impossible de démarrer le jeu , bug à la premiére image de Décollage de l'avion ### 1/5 — Plane crash! *2015-05-25* It crashes whenever u try to start😕. ### 1/5 — Was really looking forward to playing *2015-05-13, version 1.1* Just crashes anytime I try to open it. Even tried deleting it and reinstalling it ### 4/5 — Crashing but good game *2015-04-18, version 1.1* I really like this game but there is a lot of crashing when I play it.... But other than that this game is pretty good ### 1/5 — Crashes on new phones *2015-04-03, version 1.1* Doesn't support iOS 8. Crashes every time it loads. Never got a chance to play it. ### 1/5 — Crappy *2015-03-18, version 1.1* I got this game the other day thinking that it looked fun. The damned thing won't even open so I have no idea if it's fun or not though. ### 1/5 — Crashes *2015-03-16, version 1.1* Every time I try to play it, the app won't even open. It just simply crashes. Something needs to be done, I really liked this game when it actually worked ### 1/5 — Crashes *2015-02-28, version 1.1* This app is a complete waste of time. It crashes every time I try to open it! What kind of game is that! ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Never *2020-06-17, version 1.1* Do not get this on iPod 2 gen wasting ur time it crashes and kicked me out k? ### 1/5 — iOS 10.2 won't boot. *2016-10-16, version 1.1* Sorry guys I wasted to much effort. The time I wasted isn't worth the effort to download. It crashes no matter what, I reset it, reinstalled it. Reset the phone. A pig does what a pig is. Bacon 👻 oink ### 1/5 — Don't open *2016-06-10* Downloaded game but there are bugs and the game doesn't open and cuts back to phone screen, can you fix this. Then I can play game and give more stars. ### 1/5 — Hay jerks meet my temper! *2016-02-10, version 1.1* Hay have you ever herd the song fix well make like a banana and split fix it plz! ### 1/5 — Would have loved to play but... *2016-01-28, version 1.1* What a joke. Could never to get it to launch. I have a phone that is a year old and am running all current IOS. ### 1/5 — Boo *2016-01-25, version 1.1* I can't even get into the game!👎🏻 ### 1/5 — Junk *2016-01-16, version 1.1* Won't load on my iPhone 6s Plus. Time to delete. ### 1/5 — Terrible *2015-08-20, version 1.1* I downloaded this game and every single mf time I click on it, it crashes. Every. Single. Time. Image downloaded it multiple times with the same results ### 1/5 — TERRIBLE *2015-07-24, version 1.1* HOW DO YOU PLAY THIS GAME this game is terrible there should be a how to play DO NOT GET THIS GAME ### 1/5 — Keeps on Crashing *2015-06-11, version 1.1* Each time I open the app, it keeps on crashing. Is this app compatible or incompatible for my iPad? ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — 1943 *2018-04-22, version 1.1* Great Come on fix it ### 5/5 — Add to modern phones *2017-08-13* This game was the best when I played it on my iPod now I'm not able to play it with my iPhone 7+ it would be great if you can fix that thx ### 5/5 — Pls Update *2017-05-01, version 1.1* Pls update this game I can't play until updated but no update will show ### 5/5 — Great, but... *2015-02-21* It's great, but credits are few and far between if you're not that good, like myself, at the whole aileron/elevator throttle/rudder thing or can't land well. Other than that, I love it. ### 5/5 — Great game! *2015-02-20* It is a wonderful aircraft-based game. I hope in a future update you add AI to capture the flag games. I love it! For a while I was only able to successfully play bomb the base and make good amounts of credits (because picking the Onyx as a starter is a bad idea if you want missiles/rockets and online activity was too low to play capture the flag). Otherwise, wonderful game! I hope you add more maps and game modes in the future! Keep up the great work! ### 5/5 — Fun & good challenge. *2015-02-10* I enjoy the challenge of this game and have had a lot of fun with it. It took a little while to get going if you don't pay and controls took a little time to get used but wouldn't want it any other way. This game could do with an update as it does not appear to have had one since 2013. ### 5/5 — Doesn't work :( *2014-07-10* I'm rating this five stars because I've played this on my iPod Touch 4 and it's a great game but this game doesn't work on my iPad Mini 2 (the retina one with a A7 processor) please fix this so I can play. Other people are having the same problem with there iPad Mini so please fix it so I can play. I've tried turning off the iPad and turning it on, I've tried restarting it and deleting it and re downloading it but nothing works. :( ### 5/5 — support *2014-06-27, version 1.1* I just wonder how to review a game that crashes every time I try the tutorial. Also, do you support this app for I pad 2? I will check and see. The game seems like lots of fun. I rated it five stars for support to fix the bug.thx ### 5/5 — O MY G O S H *2014-06-09, version 1.1* SICK GAME AMAZING SO MUCH FUN WATCHING IT LOAD NEVER PLAYED IT BEFOR LOL ### 5/5 — Raza *2014-06-05* I doesn't work on my iPad mini --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-08-29.*