# Ace Attorney Spirit of Justice — user reviews

> 300 indexed App Store user reviews of Ace Attorney Spirit of Justice by CAPCOM, rated 3.70/5 from 262 ratings.

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/ace-attorney-spirit-of-justice/id1248661960/reviews
- App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/ace-attorney-spirit-of-justice/id1248661960.md
- Rating breakdown: 5★ 151 · 4★ 24 · 3★ 14 · 2★ 9 · 1★ 64

## What do users think of Ace Attorney Spirit of Justice?

Overall sentiment: positive

**Pros**

- 🚀 Excellent game
- 👍 Great story and characters
- 👍 Engaging gameplay
- 👍 Wonderful music and visuals
- 👍 Convenient mobile port

**Cons**

- 🐛 Crashes and stability issues
- 🐛 Incompatibility with newer iOS versions
- 💰 Expensive in-app purchases
- 🌐 Only available in English

**Commonly reported bugs**

- Unable to restore purchases
- In-app purchases not working
- Crashes when loading save data
- Freezing and performance issues

**Most requested features**

- Add support for multiple languages
- Improve stability and reduce crashes
- Offer more affordable pricing options
- Add controller support

## Newest reviews (11 of 300)

### 2/5 — Engaño

*2024-10-29, version 1.00.02*

Deberían decir que el precio solo es del prólogo y que cada capítulo cuesta aparte.

### 4/5 — very good with minor issues

*2024-02-06, version 1.00.02*

this game is amazing, costumes actually work, and I actually got all my purchases. music does not play sometimes but it’ll start playing after restarting the game. I would buy this game again

### 4/5 — Love it, hate it.

*2023-06-25*

The game is great and feels beautiful on a phone, however the purchase system is a scam in its way, you only pay for the first episode when you download, then you are forced to pay much more, I didn’t see any warnings about that, correct me if they exist. Apollo justice is another can of worms, where it only allows you to experience half of the first episode. I think it’s a past issue and I’m looking forward for release of Apollo justice collection. 
Yep, great story, good ui, good art and dialogue, (has longest case in the entire series), good purchase for its money… (maybe not now with the new Apollo collection, but year ago, yeah, great game!)

### 2/5 — LOST MY PURCHASE

*2023-06-16, version 1.00.02*

So the game is what it is expected. Almost a 10/10 game for mobile. 

However, I have changed my iPhone and guess what? When I loaded my save it gave me an error. I restarted the chapter and it tuned out that it lost my purchase. 

Is that even legal?
I think Apple should really sort this out and take it out from the store if the practice is so malicious.

I refuse to give a bomb 1/5 review, because if you do not change you phone like I did you might keep enjoying this wonderfully written game.

### 4/5 — Phenomenal game, great mobile port

*2023-04-02, version 1.00.02*

Spirit of Justice is easily one of the best games in the series. Everything about it is full of polish and the special touch that the Ace Attorney series as a whole has. So I highly recommend playing it for that reason, just make sure you play through these in chronological order though, otherwise you’ll be pretty confused. 

I just have a couple issues with the port itself overall. One issue that I faced a few times is that when I first loaded a save, the backgrounds would just be completely black. I would either have to enter a new area or reload my save. The other issue I had was that the quick resume feature was like a text box off, so whenever I used it, I would be on a box I already read. This was problematic if I had to load a suspend point right at the start of a cross-examination, since it would play the animation again. However, both of these things aren’t big issues, and only brought the experience down a little bit. Other than that, this is a fantastic port of a fantastic game, and with the recent closure of the 3DS eShop, this is now the definitive way to play this game.

### 1/5 — There is no way to change to Japanese

*2023-03-15, version 1.00.02*

I bought this game because it said language in Japanese. But in game only English and there is no option to change to Japanese pls fix this

### 1/5 — Audio doesn’t work

*2023-03-05, version 1.00.02*

Can’t hear anything unless you are using headphones

### 3/5 — I love the franchise but please fix

*2022-09-13*

Bought this quite a bit of time ago, worked fine, now won’t run on iOS 15.4.1. The game closes after episode select. Please add support, it’s not fair that you buy a game that costs quite a bit and then it just won’t run after some update.

### 1/5 — Why so much anti piracy security

*2022-06-24, version 1.00.02*

Why bother us with internet check and in app purchases when we bought the game from the App Store??

### 1/5 — Crashing

*2022-01-19, version 1.00.02*

Crashing since latest update. Please fix as paid full price

### 3/5 — Episode 3 not working!

*2022-01-11, version 1.00.02*

Love this game and really want to replay the main story but episode 3 has been force closing on my iPad for a few months now! Please fix this :(

## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated)

### 1/5 — Can’t restore purchases

*2026-08-25, version 1.00.02*

I am so annoyed that I am unable to play with the 15 dollar pack that I have previously bought. I have tried many methods including using airplane mode and waiting forever but I have been unable to restore purchases. I am extremely disappointed in this port.

### 1/5 — Restore purchases don’t work

*2026-08-23, version 1.00.02*

Fails to restore past purchase of the whole story set. Bought the whole story set previously but doesn’t connect to Apple Store but if you check the individual episodes it connects you to buy the episode individually. Ridiculous

### 1/5 — Does not work

*2026-06-27, version 1.00.02*

Purchases unable to be restored. Cannot recommend you play as it is unless Capcom update it

### 1/5 — Can’t restore my purchases

*2026-05-24, version 1.00.02*

I need hel to restore my purchases I bought everything in the game I have a screenshot of my last save point proving this please contact

### 1/5 — Add Italian

*2025-10-27, version 1.00.02*

Add Italian

### 1/5 — No Japanese Language mode

*2024-03-19, version 1.00.02*

I bought this game because it said "Japanese" in the "language" section. But its only english when I downloaded it

### 1/5 — Idioma

*2024-02-10, version 1.00.02*

Las imágenes estan en español pero el jueves solo esta en inglés

### 1/5 — Took my money and never gave me the episode

*2023-12-09, version 1.00.02*

Just bought the full episode. Took my money. Says that I didn’t pay.
I see this is a quite common issue so, goodbye my 15 dollar, and that’s the end of my love for ace attorney series all these years

### 1/5 — Dishonest honest pricing! Disappointed

*2023-11-26*

I actually have no problem with the game. I have previously played this game on Nintendo and i really liked it, which is why I bought it here even when I could just play it on Nintendo. The pricing seemed attractive or rather a sham when i realised the app price is nothing in comparison to the price of unlocking each chapters in the game. I don’t mind high pricing, but what disappoints me is I do not get what I thought I paid for and there’s no return policy. I am so disappointed because the pricing on app was just for introductory chapter 1. Buying all chapters will cost you 13x (13 times) of the price you paid initially, I don’t think they have been transparent and so why not just make app free so users get to know that they have to pay for each chapter? I got charged, and I did not even know this that I won’t be getting the whole game for the price i paid. Disappointed. Just mention the whole price instead of playing cheap marketing strategy.

### 1/5 — No longer works

*2023-07-24, version 1.00.02*

For anyone who plans on playing this game, they’ve shut down the servers for it. You can no longer buy the rest of the cases. This was pretty much the case with Dual Destinies except it only limited the costumes.

The first case is decent but it did randomly crash sometimes. All other cases are inaccessible. I’ve tried waiting and the servers are simply inactive.

## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated)

### 5/5 — 请增加中文

*2025-11-27, version 1.00.02*

增加中文版，其他平台都有

### 5/5 — Best games ever

*2024-10-18, version 1.00.02*

I love Ace Attorney games! Please release more!

### 5/5 — Works on iOS18

*2024-10-15, version 1.00.02*

Just finished cases 1-5 on iPhone 14 Pro with iOS 18 without any issues

### 5/5 — hubba hubba 🤤

*2024-08-06, version 1.00.02*

phoenix wright in furio tigre outfit, instant 5 stars ‼️‼️❤️❤️❤️😘😘😘😍😍

### 5/5 — Great port

*2024-07-15, version 1.00.02*

Really convenient for it to be on mobile. But PLEASEEEE reduce the price on case 4, its way too short for 5 bucks. Visual and story was awesome and im happy i didnt get spoiled on the final case. Phenomenal.

### 5/5 — So Rewarding!

*2023-11-17, version 1.00.02*

I started playing the AA games because I was hoping to kill time with what I thought were cheesy detective games. Now here I am crying over the fate of the Kingdom of Khura’in. For those who have played from game one this is the Easter-egg-full, emotional-payoff, legacy-defining game of the series!

### 5/5 — Love the game, can’t purchase next chapter

*2022-12-06, version 1.00.02*

All the fun and excitement you come to expect of an AA game with some new twists!

A bug appears in the purchase screen. It endlessly circles around in the ‘checking’ page. 

Otherwise everything runs well and is very fun!

### 5/5 — Add controller support

*2022-10-01, version 1.00.02*

Add controller support

### 5/5 — Excellent

*2022-02-28*

Parlez anglais c tout

### 5/5 — Worked perfectly for me!

*2021-09-27, version 1.00.02*

I had zero problems all the way through this game, and I enjoyed it a lot! No crashing or freezing or anything of the sort. That said, I didn’t test out the costume DLC, so I can’t speak to whether that part works or not, but I don’t think that’s a particularly important part of the game anyway.

If it matters, I played this on a 7th generation ipad (10.5 inch) fully updated to iOS 14.7.

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