# Black Desert Mobile — user reviews > 545 indexed App Store user reviews of Black Desert Mobile by Pearl Abyss Corp., rated 4.60/5 from 32,579 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/black-desert-mobile/id1477186880/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/black-desert-mobile/id1477186880.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 26,866 · 4★ 2,642 · 3★ 840 · 2★ 437 · 1★ 1,794 ## What do users think of Black Desert Mobile? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 🚀 Smooth gameplay - 👍 Stunning graphics - 🌟 Immersive world and story - 🎨 Excellent character customization - ⚔️ Engaging combat system - 🕰️ Convenient auto-play features **Cons** - 🐛 Frequent crashes and bugs - 🔒 Restrictive gender-locked classes - 💰 Monetization and pay-to-win concerns - 🔍 Cluttered and confusing UI - 🔋 High battery consumption - 🕹️ Lack of controller support **Commonly reported bugs** - Crashes when summoning a horse - Unable to claim certain items - Matchmaking issues in PvP arena - Connectivity problems and server instability **Most requested features** - Allow gender selection for all classes - Improve social features and player interaction - Add more diverse content and endgame activities - Optimize performance and reduce crashes - Provide better balance between free-to-play and paid progression ## Newest reviews (10 of 545) ### 2/5 — 楽しいけど容量多すぎてむり *2026-08-17* シーズンが短すぎて育成が間に合わずいつも勝手に終了している。報酬もシーズンキャラしか貰えないから太古装備までいかず、メインクエストも進まないの悪循環。まだバレンシアまでしか行けません。いつになったらエンドコンテンツ遊べるの…頼むから金と時間のないユーザーへの配慮をお願いします…PCもやってある程度課金してるけど、モバイルで真相明かししてくるのずるすぎです。だから攻防をストーリークリアごとに上がる仕様にしてください…心配しなくてもここまで面白かったらみんな課金するってば…😭 ### 3/5 — Not for an IPad *2026-06-18, version 4.15.37* This game sucks on an IPad. Every time I start a new quest I get “Invalid file detected, Please restart the app”. I have uninstalled and reinstalled multiple times, it’s ridiculous. ### 2/5 — Too confusing! *2026-06-14, version 4.15.37* The graphics are great. As someone who played BDO on PC, I’m really disappointed with the mobile game. The PC version is very satisfying mainly because of the combat mechanics. The mobile game is entirely auto-pilot. There are far too many options for who knows what. There are so many various upgrade options for your character that it’s impossible to keep track of what you’re doing. Sure, a notification flag shows and you click where directed, but what are you actually doing?! Takes all the fun out of the game. Essentially you’re using your hardware to watch a game play itself with intermittent tapping that appears to have a positive effect. Boring! ### 2/5 — Terrible tutorials *2026-06-04, version 4.15.33* Graphics are great, but that’s about it. It’s one of those games that has you auto grind continually, to keep your phone in game. It has like a thousand different boxes and menus with tiny font. There is virtually zero tutorial so basically you’re required to spend hours clicking every box and trying to figure out was all these different runes, artifacts, etc mean. I don’t mind the need to figure things out, but this is a little ridiculous. Plus, there’s a thousand little packs to buy with gems, ruins, artifacts, tools etc. So, I have the impression it’s just one of those afk character building games with a million different upgrades to keep you logging in. ### 4/5 — iOS Update is finished *2026-05-26, version 4.15.31* Let us play now! You would think immediately after updating the game via Apple Store it would load up. Smh. ### 4/5 — F2P *2026-05-26, version 4.15.31* Please give more restoration scrolls ### 1/5 — P.o.c *2026-04-23, version 4.14.99* Took forever to download the extra graphic etc etc.., than another 10 designing my character.., once I’m finished I go to save said character, but the app won’t let me type a name! The keyboard won’t even appear on my brand new iPhone 17! So I can’t advance past the character design screen! That’s 30 plus mins gone and for what! I didn’t even want this game, I wanted to play Crimson Desert but this game popped up! I’ll wait for cd to go mobile I guess idk ### 3/5 — see below *2026-04-22, version 4.14.99* doesn't want to let me put a name in - first try - so if doesn't work 2 nd try will have to delete & play something else . ### 3/5 — Turkısh speak *2026-04-13, version 4.14.81* Türkce dil lazım ### 4/5 — Mooovie *2026-04-13, version 4.14.81* It’s pretty ii ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Cash Grab *2026-08-18, version 4.16.19* The Soulstones that they have added are a cash purchase item that makes it so if you don't spend a couple hundred dollars, you can't compete. It's already pay to win, but Soulstones are so blatant that it ruins my opinion of the developers. ### 1/5 — Тупорылый вход *2026-08-13, version 4.15.95* Не дает никак войти, Гугл или эпл везде ошибка. ### 1/5 — Bruh *2026-07-31, version 4.15.82* While playing I accidentally twisted my thumb so hard it snapped, I ain’t playing again ### 1/5 — 17 GB *2026-07-08, version 4.15.59* Game lies on the store saying its 400MB, then you open it and it wants to download 17GB. Absolutely not ### 1/5 — え *2026-07-06* なんで評価4.2なんだろね ### 1/5 — Don’t spend, get a whale to give you an account *2026-06-14, version 4.15.37* No point spending in this game. Reach out to the community and befriend a whale. You could gain high end accounts for pennies on PAs dollar and the cool thing is. They don’t care. Save your money. ### 1/5 — Por favor me ajudem!!! *2026-05-19* Desenvolvedores do Black Desert, o que eu faço, a alguns anos atrás na minha escola eu tinha um colega, o nome dele é Pedro, por muitos anos ele foi o melhor do Black Desert da escola, ele era tratado como um rei, com todas as namoradas mais bonitas. Eu consumido pela inveja baixei um hack no Black Desert, em menos de uma semana tinha conseguido uma conta muito melhor que o Pedro, todas as suas namoradas vieram atrás de mim, virei o cara com mais fama e poder da cidade inteira, vivendo como um Deus, mas um Deus falso. Tudo estava correndo muito bem, menos meu psicológico, até que um dia um novo menino chegou na cidade, o nome dele era Ícaro, a conta dele era impecável, ninguém foi melhor que ele em anos na sua antiga cidade… e eu também não era… em um dia ele já tinha pegado todas as minhas namoradas. A pior parte de tudo isso é que depois de tudo descobriram que eu usava hack, ninguém mais na minha cidade gostava mais de mim. O que eu faço agora??? Me ajudem, ninguém mais me ama!!! ### 1/5 — Update *2026-05-12, version 4.15.9* I cant update my BDM to the latest version after the maintenance. Im using iphone ### 1/5 — 名前入力できない *2026-05-05* 長い時間かけてロードして長い時間かけてキャラ作って、名前入力できなくてキャラ保存できなくてアプリを削除するだけのアプリ ### 1/5 — Problem *2026-05-03, version 4.15.5* Whenever I try to make my character when I try to put the name it dosnt let me so I can’t even play the game, if possible please fix this ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Evolution of Customer service *2026-08-25, version 4.16.21* The game itself is too broad complex and confined by massive player expectation to fairly review the game itself the PvP mechanics are too notch so is the skill utility to stat application to the hitbox for PvP pve and get is mostly accessible but the customer service and devs actively design and overhaul their original algorithms to support players with easily jf life co growth to the top played rapidly and designing a dynamic of quality mmo end game with the players Within the compartmentalized restraints of mobile device technology they are. Kind and exuberant to build the game with their players ### 5/5 — Trop bien !! *2026-08-05* Ancien joueur du jeu sur pc « Aion 1 » , et là au bout de plusieurs années d’errance pour trouver , mon idéal IG ! Et j’ai trouver mon jeu du moment « Black Desert Mobile » 👍 pour le moment je m’en lasse pas, il est franchement super plaisant à faire. Les graphisme sont super à certains endroits, c’est le paradis IG 🤪 Sur tablette, avec tout les réglages IG accessibles au joueur, juste le bon réglages et hop nickel 👌 après à voir dans le temps s’il tiens la route. Et Saison 2 s’ils vous plaît ### 5/5 — いい感じ *2026-07-21* 2019年から継続してやってますが、コンスタントにコンテンツが変わっていくのでなかなか飽きません。ガッツリ系もまったり系にもおすすめですよー ### 5/5 — can't delete accounts *2026-07-12, version 4.15.59* excellent game. i realised that i want a fresh start to re-experience the story, but i can't delete my account. i was talking with others in the valencia server chat and they also can't delete their accounts, the game just doesn't accept your family name. ### 5/5 — So easy and friendly game *2026-06-23* This is the game that you can get all you want and be strong ### 5/5 — Sem palavras! *2026-06-15* Olha, meu celular é o Iphone SE 2nd geração, um dos mais básicos que tem no mercado, achando até por 400/500 reais, e mesmo assim, o jogo rodou liso e com tudo no máximo. Não continuei jogando, pois não é o tipo de jogo que eu prefiro, mas recomendo caso queira testar. ### 5/5 — はまる *2026-06-12* むずかしい、だけど、はまる ### 5/5 — No other game touches Black Desert *2026-06-05, version 4.15.33* In terms of graphics and quality no other game touches BDM. I come back ever so often and it still does not disappoint. ### 5/5 — Black desert mobile *2026-05-12, version 4.15.17* Best mobile game ### 5/5 — Help *2026-04-26, version 4.14.99* I can’t get past the player name screen. It won’t let me input a name every time I click in there my keyboard doesn’t pop up. Can you fix this please? --- *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 2026-08-29.*