# 1978 Invader — user reviews

> 13 indexed App Store user reviews of 1978 Invader by Harry bachmann, rated 2.20/5 from 6 ratings.

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/1978-invader/id1083819376/reviews
- App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/1978-invader/id1083819376.md
- Rating breakdown: 5★ 0 · 4★ 2 · 3★ 0 · 2★ 1 · 1★ 3

## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated)

### 1/5 — Doesn’t work on iPad

*2023-11-29*

Doesn’t work on iPad, must need a keyboard. Waste of money, get a copy that works on an iPad.

### 1/5 — Rubbish

*2023-09-25*

Don’t work load of rubbish want my £2.99 back

### 1/5 — No good

*2021-08-06*

No left or right controls, completely useless.

### 1/5 — Rubbish

*2021-02-18*

Waste of money keeps crashing

### 1/5 — Horrible game

*2020-12-25*

Can’t configure motion controls and controlling the spaceship is horrible

### 1/5 — Absolute Rip-off

*2020-12-12*

No controls . Absolutely useless and a waste of money!

### 1/5 — Rubbish

*2020-11-11*

Can’t find out how to shoot and seems very slow, just keep dying trying to work out what I’m doing

### 1/5 — No controls

*2020-11-02, version 1.0*

There are no controls for movement.  At the start of the game the ship slowly drifts hard right and stays there. Taping the screen only  allows for firing, but no movement.  Is a special separate controller needed?  If not, is there a way to request a refund?  Too sad.

### 2/5 — What am I missing?

*2020-09-06, version 1.0*

Hi Harry - how do I move my spaceship? Will update my review after I find out because if I can’t then the game’s useless but it has potential if I can move my ship!

### 2/5 — Back to 1978

*2020-04-19*

Slow, clunky, pretty unplayable.

## Most praised reviews (3 highest-rated)

### 5/5 — Excelent Version, But....

*2016-11-18*

Old school games, and specially this version its very cool, just the controller its only one option  (accelerometer), would be nice if give us more options, after that , worth it, I recommend it.

### 4/5 — Contrôle..?

*2023-01-19*

Hi where si thé contrôle for loft or rigotte ???
Thanks

### 4/5 — Awesome Game But Controler Needs Adjusment

*2022-08-17, version 1.0*

I have a hard time navigating left and right. A virtual joystick would be better than tilting. Also firing doesn’t always fire.

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*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 2026-06-10.*