# Backpacker™ — user reviews > 693 indexed App Store user reviews of Backpacker™ by Qiiwi Games AB, rated 4.50/5 from 5,366 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/backpacker/id711435089/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/backpacker/id711435089.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 3,756 · 4★ 1,008 · 3★ 381 · 2★ 87 · 1★ 134 ## What do users think of Backpacker™? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 🌍 Educational and informative - 🌟 Fun and engaging trivia - 🎓 Helpful for learning about the world - 👍 Great concept and game design **Cons** - 🎫 Difficult to earn enough tickets - ❓ Too many US-centric questions - 🤔 Overly challenging jobs and diplomas - 🐛 Frequent crashes and bugs - 💰 Aggressive monetization tactics **Commonly reported bugs** - Disappearing tickets and coins - Inconsistent progress tracking and rewards - Unresponsive or freezing interactive jobs - Compatibility issues with newer devices **Most requested features** - More diverse and globally-relevant questions - Easier access to tickets and reduced costs for landmarks - Improved job system with more variety and less repetition - Better tutorial and instructions for gameplay mechanics - More frequent updates with new cities and content ## Newest reviews (15 of 693) ### 3/5 — Used to be better *2025-12-30, version 2.3.2* I have noticed a real drop in the quality of this game over the past year. It’s pretty glitchy, and there used to be more music, better descriptions, and varied jobs and tasks. I do enjoy the new cities, but I would like to see it go back to the way it was when it was better supported by its creators. Also, there are too many sports questions. ### 4/5 — Great game but glitchy *2025-12-24, version 2.3.2* I really love this game, and enjoy the regular updates but the game is glitchy as hell. For instance some cities I have found at the end of every day I have to restart the game but I lose nothing, it just takes longer to reset each day. Other issues are that I'll buy at the shops and I get annertor stating that there is an error and it's not in my inventory. But it shows that I have completed a task I am buying an item for. It is glitchy and sometimes gets on my nerves but overall it's a great game that while I wish they would fix the issues, they aren't enough to make me not want to play. I wish what is needed for other cities was identified someway so that I don't waste money traveling back and forth. Also in a few cities you have to earn so many coins to complete a level it seems impossible I wish different goals were establishes. It is educational and I have learned a lot culturally through this game and this is the biggest draw to the game for me. ### 3/5 — Will change to five stars if this problem is fixed… *2025-08-05, version 2.3.0* I’ve been playing this game for years and have never had many complaints. My only issue has been the fact that it’s sometimes taken a year or longer to add new cities/content and thus, I’ve almost deleted it (thinking it was no longer being updated and having completed every task and all three monuments for every city). But after the update with - I believe five new cities? - let’s see - Manchester, Munich, Liverpool, Vienna, and the city in Greenland, I believe? I was incredibly excited. I played for about a week and finished Manchester and Liverpool, had started on Vienna, when suddenly, the app kept saying “connection lost” and I needed to restart the app. If this happened even just once or twice while playing for an hour or two, it would be slightly annoying but tolerable. However, it’s happening after I answer just 3-4 questions (and often when I have to spend the night in a hotel to regain energy). It makes no sense because my connection is fine. It’s not saying this on any other app. I even tried turning WiFi off, putting it on airplane mode- nothing worked. I can’t play a game and answer 150 questions correctly if I keep getting booted out every thirty seconds. It’s even worse when it gives me the “connection failed” message while I’m in the middle of completing certain tasks in order to get rewards (like “stay in a five-star hotel for 7 nights”) … then takes my coins, kicks me out of the app, and doesn’t count it toward the goal number. The absolute worst if you had just spent a lot of tickets on a monument, only to be kicked out on the eighth question. I truly love this game and, in the past, have been happy to pay for it. But until the issue gets fixed with my supposedly “poor connection”, I’m unable to play the game and therefore not going to get a subscription to it, since I can’t make use of it. Please fix this 🙏🏼 it’s a 5 star game for sure, but only if you can actually play. ### 4/5 — Good *2025-05-26* Not bad but the app takes time to load most of the time , very instructive though ### 3/5 — Great game concept, has been ruined by making it more difficult to get tickets *2025-05-22, version 2.2.10* I used to love this game, but it has been ruined by making it difficult to earn tickets. It is now virtually impossible to play without purchasing extra tickets, which is such a shame as it was a wonderful game when I first started playing it years ago. ### 2/5 — Bruh. *2025-03-13, version 2.2.7* I have been playing for a long time and it’s been really fun! It’s a good game, except that competitions don’t really work. It works by answering questions and rising into leaderboards. But when I did that, IT NEVER COUNTED AS A QUESTION! HOW ARE YOU SUPPOSED TO RISE THE LEADERBOARDS IF YOU CANT ANSWER QUESTIONS!? I deserve my promised rewards! ### 2/5 — Not as fun *2025-02-18, version 2.2.7* Game doesn’t give rewards that it is supposed to. You have the same questions over and over no matter where you are. Contacted support over missing items, read it and ignored me ### 4/5 — Great game *2024-06-11, version 2.2.2* Love this game, but once again I have completed all the cities. When will more be added? ### 3/5 — Game in general is pretty good but *2024-03-27, version 2.2.2* You can’t get your supposed free pass items because some weird paywall. Which makes them not free. ### 4/5 — Frustrating *2024-03-12, version 2.2.2* The app keeps freezing when you have gained a star. Keep having to switch phone off to reboot 🤔 ### 2/5 — Newbie here but the game, some things are bugged as heck *2024-01-25, version 2.2.2* Cant get milestones achievements it’s completely blank. Was fine at first now it’s blank even though when I achieve something the page is blank. Also the stars won’t appear at all. It says I have 2 in London and nothing is showing. ### 4/5 — Can not open jobs *2024-01-11, version 2.1.9* Loading jobs all time pls fix it ### 3/5 — Fun *2023-12-10, version 2.1.9* Fun game I have paid 2x for tickets and not there, $4.99 and 3.99 ### 4/5 — Need more cities! And more questions in jobs! *2023-06-19, version 2.1.5* Well, in about 2 months I finished all 69 cities! This game is fun but limited. I’m not sure if I should just delete it & start all over again. Could you please add more cities? I enjoy the jobs & trivia questions…& the quests. I just need more cities…or a referral to a similar game. Also, it gets tiring answering the same questions in jobs. Add more questions! This game really needs an update. Please help! Thanks! ### 1/5 — Pay to play *2023-06-03, version 2.1.5* You reach a point where you can go no further unless you start paying ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Backpacker *2026-01-27, version 2.3.2* After a certain point you can no longer move to another city without buying the premium pass ### 1/5 — Game is rigged in contests *2025-09-22, version 2.3.0* The game stops counting my jobs completed / questions answered with 3 hours to go in contests, but keeps counting the other competitors. ### 1/5 — Don’t bother *2025-09-20, version 2.3.0* Asks the same 8-10 questions over and over again, has annoying animations in TIMED games so that you cannot finish in 45 sec and you have to buy more time, and shows 3 minute ads for a 45sec game. Deleted. ### 1/5 — Español para cuándo *2024-10-20, version 2.2.5* Este juego es de hace muchos años y cuando yo jugaba estaba en castellano. ¿Por qué ahora no? This game had a Spanish version many years ago when I used to play. Why not now? ### 1/5 — False information *2024-06-07, version 2.2.2* Sorry but how come china has a bigger population than india? This is false information…. I just lost money because of that. I should get bonus money and tickets as a compensation. ### 1/5 — Traffickers trash *2024-05-09, version 2.2.2* Enabling others to have a traffickers mindset as if non consenting acts are an act of kindness . Cruel torturous traffickers! ### 1/5 — Andy Murray is Scottish or British NOT English *2024-01-04, version 2.1.9* He was incorrectly called an Englishman in a question in London. Please correct this. ### 1/5 — No longer fun and doesn’t work as well *2023-09-10, version 2.1.7* Can someone from support PLEASE PLEASE contact me. Your in app link is broke and I get NO HELP from the Facebook end. Do not message or anything else. You have my email. Contact me via email. Have been cheated twice on winning rewards. used to love this game. I didn’t mind having to do sone independent study for earning the monuments since you don’t get any information. Lately the backpack doesn’t work. I can’t upgrade it and have enough money to do so. The instructions given do not work. Also, the special events don’t show up on time. I lost three days on the valentine event because it didn’t appear. I can’t progress until my backpack is updated. What a waste. The developers do not seem helpful at all. When I contacted them they simply repeated steps I have already tried. I do not want to uninstall app and lose all my progress. Time to find something else. I tried to contact via Facebook to get help but discovered it is a private and elite group so I can add being snubbed as well. ### 1/5 — Why dont it gives me coins at a wrong answer? *2023-08-17, version 2.1.7* Why doesnt it gives me coins when i picked a wrong answer? It actually must give me coins. ### 1/5 — Videos um tickets zu holen funktionieren nicht immer *2023-06-15, version 2.1.5* Auch um den Gewinn bei den Jobs zu verdopple on funktionieren nicht immer .. als würden die das mit Absicht blockieren. So langsam wird’s nervig! Ich könnte was kaufen aber die Preise sind unverschämt hoch!!! Hab mir die ganze Woche mühselig die Clubs verdient um das Gericht in Detroit zu kaufen, hatte es dann endlich gekauft bin zurück nach Dublin und das Gericht ist auf einmal weg!!!!! Kein Support dem man es melden kann!!! Ist das nervig und unverschämt ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Game changer - developers take note!! *2025-02-03, version 2.2.7* I absolutely love this game. Besides the excellent graphics and music, there are so many different diplomas to earn, from ambassador to TV series expert, and it's free to play (no ads! A huge plus). It's great that you can spend as much time in each city as you want (I quickly left my own- too boring!). I’m learning so much, I feel as if I am equipping myself with knowledge for when I am able to travel again. Milestones and collectibles are a nice added touch. I have only travelled to 5 cities so far, as I like to spend time researching the sites to win the monuments! Since you can’t see what lies ahead, I hope you can visit lesser-known cities in addition to famous capitals. I would have selected 4.5 stars for two key reasons that I hope the developers will take into account. (It was too good to rate 4 instead of 5!) First, as other users have pointed out, many of the questions are heavily focused on the US. For example, the "1970s expert" category features questions centered around specific sports events in the US, often without even mentioning the sport. It seems to assume that everyone is familiar with these events by name. Second, I encountered a question that prompted me to write this review sooner than I intended. It pertains to a current political situation involving two nations, where one is occupying the other. Unfortunately, the framing of the question appears to align with a narrative that portrays the occupied nation as the aggressor, which is concerning. Other than that, this game is probably the best I have ever played! ### 5/5 — Great Game *2024-09-09, version 2.2.3* Sets a challenge and lets you learn new and interesting facts. Yes like all trivia games it can get a little dated. Regardless computer games aren’t perfect and should not be expected to be. Still this game is both interesting and addictive. I’m embarrassed by what I don’t know.. ### 5/5 — Great game! *2024-07-18, version 2.2.3* Fun, educational, and I appreciate that you can answer questions without having to spend coins each time- makes for an optimal learning experience and keeps me engaged for longer. A suggestion- it would be cool if you incorporated some pronunciations into the game, maybe in the diploma or the city questions. As a sole English speaker, I would like to know the correct pronunciation of landmarks, cities, etc. that use unfamiliar (to me) letter combos. This would also help me learn quicker. I found the names of places in Sweden, Norway, India, and Istanbul to be especially hard to pronounce and thus, remember. ### 5/5 — Report an issue *2023-09-17, version 2.1.7* I love this game BUT when I play the challenges with other players - diplomas and questions - the game cuts me off at 3-4 hours before the challenge ends - no matter how many questions I answer or diplomas I get - I can’t seem to progress. When I check back someone has bypassed me - how is that possible- does it happen to everyone or just me? Then I don’t get my rewards where I was cut off - UNFAIR!! ### 5/5 — SO CRAZY LIKE WHAT *2023-07-05, version 2.1.5* Love the game so fun im platino it all da y ### 5/5 — Best game ever!!!! *2023-05-21, version 2.1.5* This game is the best!!!!!!! I love this game so much I play it every single day and I keep getting so addicted ❤️❤️❤️Thank you for making this game!!!❤️ ### 5/5 — Almost perfect *2022-03-23, version 1.9.8* Great fun game ,just started playing it again and lots more stuff to keep it interesting again :) ### 5/5 — Fun and stimulating *2022-01-08, version 1.9.8* This game is for all ages. I like the random questions and have learned a thing or two along the way. ### 5/5 — Spiel *2022-01-07, version 1.9.8* Es ist sehr spaß ### 5/5 — Nice game *2021-12-03, version 1.9.8* Enjoyable game, definitely. Just a tad too America centric . --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. 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