# BGG BoardGames Information — user reviews > 201 indexed App Store user reviews of BGG BoardGames Information by Emilio Exposito Cordobes, rated 4.20/5 from 643 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/bgg-boardgames-information/id1128746533/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/bgg-boardgames-information/id1128746533.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 336 · 4★ 200 · 3★ 43 · 2★ 23 · 1★ 41 ## What do users think of BGG BoardGames Information? Overall sentiment: negative **Pros** - 🚀 Best BGG format - 👍 Satisfying and intuitive tile layout - ✨ Great access to BGG data - 👍 Useful for managing games **Cons** - 🐛 Crashes randomly - 💤 Server connection issues - 🙈 Ads too frequent and intrusive - 🤕 Poor interface and UX - 🐞 Buggy and unstable **Commonly reported bugs** - Unable to sync with BGG - Crashes when adding/editing game plays - Keyboard issues when entering comments - Images not loading properly - Expansions not showing in collection **Most requested features** - Dark mode option - Ability to browse more than top 100 games - Geekmail access - Personal profile and stats display - Filter by 'best with' player count ## Newest reviews (15 of 201) ### 4/5 — Best BGG Format *2025-11-30, version 1.2.8* After trying every BGG app, this is the best one for managing your games, quick access to BGG data, and finding games. The tile layout is very satisfying and intuitive. The app can be buggy at times, randomly shutting down, but I’ll still take it over other apps. So happy to see the BGG connection restored. ### 3/5 — Videos don’t work *2025-10-29, version 1.2.7* Good app. But It is not possible to play videos in the app. It’s just not working (iPhone 7). If they fix the problem, I’ll pay for it to get rid of the annoying ads. Edit: sadly now it doesn’t connect to BGG anymore… ### 2/5 — UX/UI needs improving *2025-10-28, version 1.2.7* Trying to leave reviews is such a pain. What you write disappears sometimes. You there a game and you can’t click anywhere else. It’s clunky and annoying at times. So often it says error can’t find server. On iPhone ### 3/5 — Muchos cuelgues *2025-01-27, version 1.2.7* Va fatal porque en muchas opciones se cuelga cuando intentas usarlas, directamente se sale de la app ### 3/5 — Great app, crashes 1/2 the time I open it *2024-05-07, version 1.2.7* I use this app almost every day. It crashes almost every time I use it. Sometimes upon opening, sometimes upon searching. But if I use it, I know the likelihood of a crash is around 80% Thanks to the developers for creating it. It’s great to have, but is so frustrating to get it to work. iPhone 15 pro, and my iPhone X crashed just as much. ### 2/5 — Crashes all the time *2023-12-30, version 1.2.7* Crashes all the time ### 4/5 — No me funciona *2023-10-01, version 1.2.7* Hola. No me funcionan un par de cosas de la app. No me deja sincronizar la cuenta de twitter/X y no me deja añadir de otras colecciones ### 3/5 — It’s Ay-Yiite. *2023-01-29, version 1.2.7* It’s a decent app if you want a quick glance at something. But I have a few issues with it that prevents me from paying for it. 1) You can write down notes in a particular saved game, but they don’t get transferred you your website list. (The one you access through your desktop computer). 2) When making notes, if you noticed you typed or spelled something incorrectly, you cannot go back to correct it. It will blank screen, and then you have to completely start over. 3) It’d be nice if you could partially type-in a games name, and it would help you find it. Sometimes I spell the name wrong by one letter, and it gives me nothing. But overall, it’s just okay. I wouldn’t pay for it, the way its setup now. ### 3/5 — Nice when it works *2022-09-11, version 1.2.7* I love what the app does, if only it was stable. It crashes frequently, and you can often end up in blank screens - I’ve stopped writing game reviews in the app because it’s just to unstable. I see the Developer has responded to similar complaints years ago so I am assuming they can’t/won’t fix at this point. That being said, it’s great for quickly accessing BGG info, curating lists, and tracking game plays, and in the absence of nothing else, is handy for boardgame enthusiasts. ### 2/5 — Still supported? *2022-09-01, version 1.2.7* I was very happy with the app. However, as of 2 months ago, it crashes whenever I use my favorite feature "Prepare to Play". ### 4/5 — Buggy *2022-02-21, version 1.2.7* Good app but has a few technical glitches that need fixing. 1) when you save a game play entry and try to go back and edit it when you hit save the app crashes. 2) when typing in comment box for game entry the screen doesn’t shift so you can see the text you’re typing. ### 3/5 — Sigue fallando el login *2022-02-01, version 1.2.6* No conecta con la BGG ### 1/5 — No longer connects to BGG *2022-01-27, version 1.2.5* Needs update ### 1/5 — Not working *2022-01-27, version 1.2.5* I’ve been using the app for about a year now. Suddenly, I could not access my stats or forums. I kept getting an error message saying my username and password were invalid. Tried logging out and back in. Deleted app and reinstalled. Same message. I emailed the developer but got no repose. Kinda bummed that I can no longer log stats on my phone because no apps can sync to my BGG account. I wish the developer would be more responsive. Don’t know why the app took a sudden nose dive. ### 4/5 — Good app! *2022-01-18, version 1.2.5* I love the app! I immediately paid to support it, and because nobody likes ads, right? The ability to see friends’ collections is awesome and I love seeing the top 100 change. 2 features that would get me to update my review from 4 to 5 stars: 1. The ability to browse more then the top 100 in that list format without having to search for a particular title. 2. The bigger of the two;The ability to check your geek mail. That should be a no brained feature. It’s frustrating having to go to web browser to check geek mail. And not necessary, but a suggestion, would be the ability to see your personal profile w/badges and your personal top/hot 10’s on the profile page. I think these updates would turn a good app into a great app. Thanks! ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — No funciona *2025-11-05, version 1.2.7* Después de pagar la app, lleva días diciendo que no funciona el servidor… ### 1/5 — Ha dejado de sincronizarse *2025-11-03, version 1.2.7* Entras a la app y pone “BGG error de servicio, los datos del usuario no se han actualizado”. Pues nada, app muerta ### 1/5 — De pago y… *2025-09-25, version 1.2.7* 3 años sin actualizar. En fin la app bien, pero los cuelgues y los cierres y los errores de conexión… que digo yo, hacerla de pago y no actualizarla en 3 años… en fin. ### 1/5 — 全屏廣告太頻繁、長 *2024-12-09, version 1.2.7* 爛透了，我是來找桌遊，不是看廣告。 ### 1/5 — Poor interface *2024-10-06, version 1.2.7* Terrible interface where a picture of the game takes up half the screen when scrolling the information about the game. Avoid and use the web until this app is revised. Sorry BGG I really appreciate using your services online. ### 1/5 — Nada intuitivo, imposible conectarse. Un fiasco. *2023-06-03, version 1.2.7* Un fiasco, importante conectarse. ### 1/5 — One Star Due To Poor Quality *2022-07-02, version 1.2.7* Ads are ridiculously invasive, and the ad overlay controls don’t work, so you can skip or close ad windows. If you get a full screen ad, you’re stuck. The design is about the least intuitive I’ve ever seen. Good data, unusable design. App developers should be fired. ### 1/5 — Publicidad muy molesta *2022-06-26, version 1.2.7* Se pasan muchísimo con la publicidad, te saltan vídeos en cualquier momento. Hay formas más discretas de meter publicidad. Constantemente te pide que valores la app en el app store. Se hace imposible de utilizar. ### 1/5 — Crashes all the time *2022-05-29, version 1.2.7* The app crashes almost everytime I use it…so annoying ### 1/5 — Still buggy *2022-02-15, version 1.2.7* Update 2: After using the app a little more, it started displaying the same login error it used to. So back down to my original rating, minus a star for the ad issue. Deleting the app for good. What’s the point of having it if it won’t work or intermittently won’t let me use it? Update: So after deleting this app, then reinstalling, it finally let me connect to BGG. It’s still buggy though. And now the dev has allowed full screen ads on the app. I really don’t mind ads so much. Actually, I think it’s kind of a good thing because that means the dev is getting money and will hopefully continue to improve the app to draw traffic and thus make more money. But there are a couple ads that come up that force me to close the app entirely because the X to close the ad is up behind the time on my screen, meaning I can’t close it to continue what I was doing. This really makes me not want to use the app at all anymore because I could be in the middle of looking at some games and that ad will come up, completely interrupting my flow. Not cool at all. Original: This app used to be at least serviceable, if a little buggy, but now it won’t even let me sync with BGG. I can log into the site fine, so it’s not on their end. Tried to tap the button in the app to email the developer directly (as was suggested in another review), but the button does nothing. The developer’s website is essentially blank. So…I guess I’ll just go elsewhere for my BGG app needs? ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Ne réponds plus… *2025-11-15, version 1.2.7* Super application mais la il ne réponds plus depuis deux semaines… ### 5/5 — Il y a un problème! *2025-11-10, version 1.2.7* Mon BGG ne répond pas! ### 5/5 — Muy buena *2025-07-25, version 1.2.7* La verdad es que no puedo estar más contento con ella ### 5/5 — Superbe application *2023-12-10, version 1.2.7* VrJe iment tre pour mes parti ### 5/5 — Rus language *2023-07-11, version 1.2.7* Good work! It’s a brilliant app! But, please add Russian language🙏 ### 5/5 — Velonimo… super jeu! *2021-12-11, version 1.2.5* Application complète très utiles. Essentiel pour tout gamer ### 5/5 — Awesome! *2021-03-26, version 1.2.5* Works like a charm! ### 5/5 — Needed tool for all board gamers *2020-10-24, version 1.2.4* Like apples to oranges, it’s hard to compare a good board game from the myriad of great stuff out there. Having this in my pocket at game auctions, quickly browsing sales, or otherwise seeing the newest hottest games has found me so many great treasures and experiences. Thanks BGG! ### 5/5 — Now it works! *2020-09-28, version 1.2.4* Update 28/09/2020: Just the day after my review an update fixed the problems I wrote! Now the app doesn’t crah anymore! Thank you, keep up the great work!!! :) ### 5/5 — Very nice! *2020-08-19, version 1.2.2* Thanks a lot for mobile app, I really enjoyed Plays tab. Keep up the good work! --- *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 2026-08-01.*