# Bow Island — user reviews

> 12 indexed App Store user reviews of Bow Island by Philip Hirt, rated 3.65/5 from 17 ratings.

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/bow-island/id1168467229/reviews
- App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/bow-island/id1168467229.md
- Rating breakdown: 5★ 9 · 4★ 0 · 3★ 3 · 2★ 3 · 1★ 2

## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated)

### 1/5 — Ads, ads, ads

*2019-05-26*

Too many ads

### 1/5 — Ads Ads Ads 👎🏻

*2018-03-26*

If you like ads then you will like this app.

### 2/5 — Ads ads ads

*2019-09-20*

Fun little shooter game. I liked the physics of the arrow drop and aiming. Played 3 levels. Failed the 3rd one first time learning its patterns.  4 ads. 4 plays. 4 ads.  Sure you can skip the ad after 10-15 seconds.  Uninstalled.

### 2/5 — Unskippable 30 second ads???

*2019-05-09*

Ok game, deleted it the first time it tried to force me to sit through a THIRTY SECOND unskippable ad (even though other reviews say the ads are skippable, this wasn’t). It’s not THAT good a game.

### 3/5 — Decent little game

*2019-09-22*

Artistically reminiscent of Link’s Crossbow Training, short but fairly fun.  Could be improved with an option to go ad-free.

Won’t replace the joy of waving around a Wii Zapper and going head-to-head with friends, but a fair distraction during a commute or looking to kill time.

Would have given another star if I could purchase to remove ads.  Would also have given another if the aiming were a bit smoother.

### 3/5 — Could be fun but ads destroy it.

*2017-07-20*

This could be a fun game but there are so many stinking ads that you spend more time watching them than you actually do playing each level.  Got through six levels and then couldn't stand them any longer and had to delete it.  Update: Developer contacted to inform me that ads could be skipped after 5 seconds, which is true and which I did but you can't skip all ads.  Some you have to stay til the very end.  This is the wrong model for putting ads in games, especially ones that don't take very long to play each level.  Makes it real annoying and is the wrong model for showing ads just so you can make more money.  I appreciated the quick response from the developer but I am still not changing my rating.

**Developer response:** Thank you for your review!  You can skip ads after 5 seconds.
Update: You can sip every single ad after 5 seconds, and you can rate the game whatever you think it deserves, even if it is only 1 star. Thanks!

### 5/5 — Great Game!

*2019-02-03*

I love this game! Easy enough to play, hard to master. Right amount of short ads that don’t bother me. I rarely write reviews unless I’m upset. Had to share the love on this one!

### 5/5 — Works for me!

*2017-03-22*

This app is always there for me when I’m bored and jobless and need something to work my mind one!

### 5/5 — Highly challenging!

*2017-03-21*

This might seem easy to play at first but it really get challenging when you get through levels. I love playing it though!

### 5/5 — Levels are too good!

*2017-03-20*

Wow the game is just too good! Keeps you hooked for hours and hours!

## Most praised reviews (2 highest-rated)

### 5/5 — Brilliant app!

*2017-03-15*

Best archery game available in the app store! Very competitive!

### 5/5 — Get this!

*2017-03-14*

I absolutely loved playing this game. Very good user interface and neither does it lag!

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*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.*