Canabalt User Reviews

Customer Experience

Positive experience68.1% of reviews
Neutral11.8% of reviews
Negative experience20.1% of reviews

~ Based on 364 written reviews from the US App Store.

What users say

Is Canabalt Safe?

Canabalt appears mostly safe based on user ratings. AppsHunter Safety Score for Canabalt is 83/100.

This assessment is based on 81 user ratings, with an App Store average of 4.3/5.

Safety Analysis

79.0% of ratings point to a safe experience
9.9% of ratings suggest some concerns
11.1% of ratings point to a risky experience

~ Based on 81 App Store ratings for Canabalt.

Is Canabalt Legit?

Canabalt appears to be a legitimate app. AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Canabalt is 80/100.

Based on 80 of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.

Top reviews

Here in 2025

Amazing. Simple. Love it. Glad it still exists.

Five years strong

This was the first game I ever downloaded on my iPhone 3G and it still makes the front page of the App Store as I hold the 6th version in my hand. Hats off to you mr Saltsman. Glad you keep making improvements.

Update 03/2025
Just found my old 3g phone and somehow it still booted up. Found this game on there with all my high scores from 15 years ago. So feeling all nostalgic I figured I’d add a review, but to my surprise I had written one when I got my iPhone 6. Just upgraded to the 16e today and this was the first game I installed. I’ll check back in 10 years to update again.
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Absolutely beautiful, however…

This game is a wonderful, addictive, and absolutely solid. However the game is slightly spoiled now due to not being updated for the full screen iPhones (iPhone X and up) which makes the resolution so tiny it actually hinders your playing skills due to not being able to see the character very much.

Once this game is updated I would absolutely recommend it but for the time being I would say buyer beware.
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Wrong ar..

..of nowadays iPhones.

Canabalt

This used to be a fantastic game. I mean it still is, but in one of the updates along the way you took away the option to have no music, and just have sound effects. This is what made the game for me. Being autistic I can’t tolerate music in games. This is now ruined in tvOS and iOS. Please bring back the silent music and sound effects. Thank you 🙏🏻
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It’s still awesome

Correction to my last review. Sound still works in my iPhone. It’s a great little game even after all these years :)

Still the best game I ever downloaded

The fail screen cracks me up every time

Still classic

One of the first games I got on my iPhone way back in 2009. Played it on Apple TV, iPad, and iPhone. Easy to pickup, difficult to master.

amazing game

i love this game and used to play so much in my childhood i but i have to give it 3 stars because the screen is not updated for the iphone x and higher

It's brilliant

It is very fun even though after a long time it gets a bit boring but other than that it defiantly entertains you! It's the only game I have on my phone!

High Score Broken

I have written to the developer several times, the high score has been broken for years. I used to play this game every day, I love this game and my high score is still in the top 100 (51,792) of all time. But at some point, my score stopped appearing when I play. It will say I am “New Player” and my daily score will only appear locally - not on the leaderboard. This has functionally ruined the game for me. I have tried everything - different devices, uninstalling, logging out of Game Center, I don’t know what else to do. The game just will not display a high score for me anymore. I would love to have an update that fixes this or at least an explanation of why. Am I shadowbanned for being on the top scores? I’ve never cheated. An explanation would be nice. What is going on here?
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Just made me jittery!

I had to delete it!

Controller

Controller soppourt pls

I Need To Turn The Music Off

Please allow me to turn the music off and play my own music. Even when I silence my phone it will turn off the game music but won’t allow me to play my own. Very disappointed I used to love this game and I bought it to play with my own music from my phone. Please please allow me to play my own music. I’m uninstalling this until they fix it.
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Please update

Still the greatest game ever made for the iPhone. Please update it to fit my new iPhone properly. Love. Please please.

Please add controller support

Classic runner. Easy to learn hard ti master. Endless time killer. Still playing years later.

Ein Klassiker!

Bin froh dass es noch auf dem App Store zu finden ist. Mein erstes Spiel auf dem iPod 2G. Immer noch eine grandiose Atmosphäre!

Intro

Where is intro ? i downloaded it for intro 😡

Too expensive for what it is

The game is a pretty common infinite run type game. At least the levels changes all the time. Music is good. But the game game boring after 10 minutes.

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Игра - огонь! Первая, что появилась в 2011 на моём устройстве, и до сих пор кочует с девайса на девайс! 💪🏻🏃🏻‍♂️