# Backyard Pilot — user reviews > 329 indexed App Store user reviews of Backyard Pilot by Quantum Design Group, rated 3.90/5 from 645 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/backyard-pilot/id429116457/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/backyard-pilot/id429116457.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 349 · 4★ 109 · 3★ 57 · 2★ 40 · 1★ 90 ## What do users think of Backyard Pilot? Overall sentiment: mixed **Pros** - 👍 Relaxing game - 🚀 Fun and entertaining - 🚀 Great time killer - 👍 Awesome game - 👍 Decent game **Cons** - 🐛 Crashes frequently - 🐛 Buggy and glitchy - 🐛 Difficult controls - 🐛 Unrealistic flight mechanics - 💰 Expensive in-app purchases **Commonly reported bugs** - Game crashes on startup - Runway and landing strips don't move - Can't land planes properly - Planes fall to the ground for no reason **Most requested features** - Update the game for latest iOS versions - Add more planes and aircraft types - Improve graphics and realism - Add more gameplay modes and challenges - Improve tutorial and instructions ## Newest reviews (15 of 329) ### 4/5 — Up date: *2019-12-16, version 3.0* Please update your app ‘Backyard Pilot’ to iso 13.3 12/16/19 😳 ### 3/5 — Mediocre *2016-07-20, version 3.0* Not a whole lot of detail went into this game, which is obvious (but hey, it's free, and one gets what they pay for), but the worst part is the freezing if you touch the ? button, along with how it makes you crash for little to no reason at all. ### 2/5 — I what my money back *2015-10-20, version 3.0* I bought the military pack and I had to delete the app and then I got it back and clicked restore and then it said there was nothing to restore ### 2/5 — Bugs but good *2015-06-26, version 3.0* The runway icon and landing strips do not move... ...can't land Please fix ### 2/5 — Boring *2015-04-24, version 3.0* The game could be a lot more realistic. I like the game but it gets boring after a while. You should add things like air traffic control and ground traffic control. Make the landscape more realistic because it gets lonely and there should be more than one plane at a time when you're playing. The airport builder needs burs fixed. Make the airports more active and make the airports have buildings. ### 4/5 — Great *2015-02-20, version 3.0* It's quite good not too bad ### 3/5 — No realism whatsoever *2015-01-19, version 3.0* Doesn't follow basic concepts of flying. Power = altitude and attitude = speed in real life, here it's swapped around for some reason. ### 3/5 — Want my money back please *2015-01-09, version 3.0* I bought a plane pack now I regret it because there are better flight sims out there. Not saying this is bad. I just wanted tho see what the American airline plane looked like, that's the only reason why I bought the cargo plane pack. Can I get my money back? PLEASE??? ### 5/5 — Changed my life forever. *2015-01-04, version 3.0* I.... Words can not express.... ### 4/5 — Fun! *2014-12-29, version 3.0* A fun game, but I don't know about in-app purchases because I never buy them. ### 5/5 — I love this game!! *2014-12-25, version 3.0* This is a fantastic great awesome game. I love it so much, I really enjoy it so entertaining, it is my favorite game. Best game I have ever played before. Thank you. ### 4/5 — Could be better *2014-11-24, version 3.0* This app is good but is so hard to land plane. They should make it so that all people can land easily. Other than that, it is great! ### 5/5 — Awesome *2014-10-26, version 3.0* Best game ever ### 3/5 — Ok *2014-09-29, version 3.0* We'll first it takes a long time to load. I when you get in the game you choose your plane and take off. It takes a long lime to take of and when you get in the air and turn the plane falls to the ground.I would recommend the game if you are bored. ### 5/5 — 💏 *2014-09-28, version 3.0* It is a Fun äpp ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Unplayable *2019-05-18, version 3.0* This game is legit unplayable. It's all because of the crummy 2d top-view perspective. You can't see anything outside of a hundred or so meter radius due to the perspective, and the only way to see how high up you are is either to look at your shadow and estimate or look at the altimeter. It would be easier to fly an aircraft from a passenger seat. All because you are too lazy to make 3D models. ### 1/5 — Do not play this *2018-03-11, version 3.0* I would of rated it 5 stars cos it is my fave game but it didn’t work on iOS 11 so if u have iOS 11 then don’t get this bad game ### 1/5 — What's the point? *2016-04-07, version 3.0* I found the premise interesting, but the game is clearly an attempt to part stupid people from their money for 'plane packs'. So you get to fly around, but do nothing. If watching paint dry is entertaining to you, get it. ### 1/5 — outrageous *2015-04-07, version 3.0* cant work it so boring and haven't a clue how to work the controls take off/land and don't know where to go ### 1/5 — RUBBISH !!!! *2015-03-04, version 3.0* Total rubbish game ... download and see for yourself before you delete it :-) ### 1/5 — Dissapointing at best *2014-08-28, version 3.0* Seems like a good game but like every game produced by Quantum Design Group a) in app purchases are astronomical for what you actually get (additional renderings of planes- no additional functionality) b) once purchased the game fails (IOS7 - iPad Air). Rendering the money paid completely worthless. c) customer service is awful, good luck actually getting a response from an email to the developer's gmail account. There are cats with more sophisticated websites than this so called design company. Don't waste your money ### 1/5 — Mehh *2014-08-09, version 3.0* Stupid game ### 1/5 — Really bad game *2014-05-05, version 3.0* This is an exact replica of one of their other games. This game is so unintuitive and very user UNfriendly. Made to be impossible to win in without in app purchases. Not worth your time, I just wasted a bunch of mine. ### 1/5 — Bad *2014-04-19, version 3.0* I think this game is fun at the beginning and then it gets boring. The graphics aren't very good at all. And it gets very boring when you know how to do everything, all you do is drive a plane from airport to airport and sometimes you can't even find one! Plus it is a birds eye view so I find it hard to land. ### 1/5 — Ok *2014-03-05, version 3.0* I agree this is a bad game I don't even know what you have to do I want to put 0 stars but I have to put 1 ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — The best but *2022-08-12, version 3.0* I love the game but you could make all packs free ### 5/5 — 👍🏻 *2021-04-02, version 3.0* I played this game when I was very young, but now I am not able to play it because the app needs to be updated to a newer version that will work on IOS, it would be great if you guys could update to a newer version so I could play this game again, ### 5/5 — Bring back the game!! *2021-03-20, version 3.0* Please update this game!!! This game needs to come back 2d games are the best!! ### 5/5 — Ive spent money on the game *2020-01-11, version 3.0* Please update to the latest ios because im really ticked now first pilot witch i bought evrything in and then when it became 3D I lost everything and got no money back so please please bring this back or put the old version of pilot up as well ### 5/5 — Great *2019-08-29, version 3.0* A relaxing game. :D ### 5/5 — UPDATE THE GAME *2018-09-30, version 3.0* I loved this game when I was younger and I found out it hadn’t been updated for the latest update I was bummed, please update it so I can enjoy it once more! ### 5/5 — Eccentric *2017-02-07, version 3.0* This app shows a 3rd person view of many aircraft. The app itself is the most-fun-application I've ever gotten on this device (iPod 6th generation.) if you feel like flying without the difficult controls, buttons, and levers, this game has only two! I love to play this,(as I am an aeroplane enthusiast) when I go on vacation to my grandparents house. I like this app and you should too! ### 5/5 — Cool *2016-03-19, version 3.0* What a amazing game ### 5/5 — Good *2016-02-21, version 3.0* Good fun for a few hours ### 5/5 — Cool ap *2015-07-03, version 3.0* I love it get this --- *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 2026-08-21.*