# Ancient Gears — user reviews > 10 indexed App Store user reviews of Ancient Gears by Alawar Entertainment, Inc, rated 2.50/5 from 2 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/ancient-gears/id501319557/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/ancient-gears/id501319557.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 0 · 4★ 1 · 3★ 0 · 2★ 0 · 1★ 1 ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — I'm surprised it's so bad! *2012-05-21, version 1.0* I am surprised that Alawar would have anything to do with a game like this. It's bad....... really just awful. The gameplay is bad enough but, in order to earn crystals, you have to go to other sites and get insurance quotes, etc. This involves signing up for services you don't want and I'm pretty sure that all will result in unwanted spam. Honestly, Alawar, I thought you were above this! I give one star only because I can't give NO STARS. ### 1/5 — I gift a f plus *2012-05-20, version 1.0* Fire the person who created this game , it"s worst game too play and two thumbs down. ### 2/5 — Keeps crashing *2014-06-01, version 1.0.1* Right after I finish the game it keeps crashing! Not happy ### 2/5 — Bad copy of Fruit Ninja and Bejeweled *2012-06-18, version 1.0.1* Well, this game seem to be fun. But it's typical "freemium", as we call it. First - it's almost impossible to earn really high score without buying upgrades. And the thing it that you can't earn enough cash in game to buy it. The only way is either pay money (and Alawar is quite greedy) or install few partner apps, which gives you very humble amount of cash. Also, game concept is copy-pasted from Fruit Ninja and Bejeweld. To earn score multiplier for a limited amount of time which is crucial for completing level you have to do very fast combo streak. It's hard itself and game doesn't always register your swipes correctly. So, the game itself is quite bad, need work and less greediness. Greediness is always a problem of Alawar games, I'm very familiar with it products, usually they are quite bad and doesn't present something new. This game is not an exception. 2 stars for the try. ### 2/5 — Needs work... *2012-05-22, version 1.0* Graphics look great on iPad. Swipes don't always register. Impossible to advance to level 2. ### 2/5 — Looks good, but... *2012-05-21, version 1.0* ...gameplay is terrible. I don't want to surf some strange sites in order to earn crystals! ### 3/5 — Good gameplay marred by tackiness. *2012-05-24, version 1.0* The gameplay itself is pretty good. A comparison to Fruit Ninja and Bejewelled is accurate, as you're looking for combos, but furiously swiping the entire time. The "poison" gem does a good job of keeping it from just being a random swipefest. Now, on to the earned gems. Games where you either earn "cash" in game, or buy them are here to stay...but it doesn't mean I have to like it. I can grudgingly accept a game that allows you to buy cash, and the game lets you earn it through gameplay at a decent, sorta slow pace...but earning gems via registering with advertising partners? That just feels... Tacky. ### 4/5 — Good game btw *2012-05-21, version 1.0* Some kind of mix - Fruit Ninja and Bejeweled. And this looks fresh among most of games. I dislike Earn-More-Stars features, but I can play even without it. Hope for retina iPad support, 5 star after update! ### 5/5 — Great! *2012-05-24, version 1.0* Great game! Spent two hours playing. ### 5/5 — Great game *2012-05-23, version 1.0* Really great game, I enjoyed it a lot. I think it's sort of a breakthrough in match3 games --- *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.*