# Canasta Royale — user reviews > 249 indexed App Store user reviews of Canasta Royale by North Sky Games, rated 4.70/5 from 5,137 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/canasta-royale/id1119902945/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/canasta-royale/id1119902945.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 3,967 · 4★ 851 · 3★ 176 · 2★ 59 · 1★ 84 ## What do users think of Canasta Royale? Overall sentiment: neutral **Pros** - 🎮 Addictive and fun gameplay - 🧠 Keeps the mind alert - 🕹️ Great for practice and learning - 👍 Enjoyable and relaxing - 🎨 Excellent graphics and design **Cons** - 🐛 Frequent bugs and glitches - 💤 Predictable and easy AI - 📺 Too many ads and long ad breaks - 🤖 Unfair advantage for computer player - 🔒 Lack of multiplayer options **Commonly reported bugs** - Game freezing and crashing mid-game - Incorrect card value recognition - Inability to pick up discarded cards - Inconsistent behavior when going out - Progress and coin loss due to glitches **Most requested features** - Multiplayer mode to play against friends - More difficulty levels and challenge options - Customization options for cards and backgrounds - Ability to disable ads through in-app purchase - Improved card counting and rule enforcement ## Newest reviews (16 of 249) ### 3/5 — Scoring *2026-08-15, version 2.2.5* It would be nice if it gave the correct scoring. Doesn’t seem to know what a natural canasta is. ### 2/5 — Ads make game not worth playing and charges over $300 a year to not have ads *2026-08-02, version 2.2.4* Ads make game not worth playing and charges over $300 a year to not have ads ### 4/5 — Daily challenges *2026-06-29, version 2.2.1* I love this game, however my current daily challenge, these are new I believe and great, only work if I play single player. Online is the most enjoyable way to play but the challenges don’t accrue. Can you fix this please? Otherwise five stars. I am playing online and I am earning my daily challenge of ‘melding aces’ but I think your algorithm is backwards as I get them when my opponent gets them. Not when I do. ### 2/5 — Done playing this *2026-04-03, version 2.1.7* I am seriously going to quit playing this game. I have played over 1200 games of hand and foot and am on level 126. I no longer have a chance as I get very few wild cards now…the bot lays down a pile of wild cards immediately. Also, now I cannot draw cards I need. I read in another post that was answered complaining about the same issues and was told that cards are randomly dealt. That is a load of baloney. No fun anymore… ### 2/5 — Terrible app *2026-03-27, version 2.1.7* Very frustrating with unclear rules and weird way to play for a canasta player. Free version makes you watch long adds and even if you do it’s formatted so you often can’t get back to the game. Most frustrating free game I’ve encountered in a long time. ### 3/5 — Too many ads *2026-03-26, version 2.1.7* I love the game, it’s really great, but I have to go through a lot of ads to play it. ### 4/5 — Should be 5 stars *2026-03-22, version 2.1.6* I LOVE this game! I HATE the ads that go on and on and on and on! There are times I’m able to play, but IF the ads take too long, I can’t play! So PLEASE!!! You never were this bad a few yrs ago!!! ### 4/5 — Daily challenges *2026-02-20, version 2.1.5* I love this game, however my current daily challenge, these are new I believe and great, only work if I play single player. Online is the most enjoyable way to play but the challenges don’t accrue. Can you fix this please? Otherwise five stars. I am playing online and I am earning my daily challenge of ‘melding aces’ but I think your algorithm is backwards as I get them when my opponent gets them. Not when I do. ### 4/5 — Daily challenges *2026-02-13, version 2.1.5* I love this game, however my current daily challenge, these are new I believe and great, only work if I play single player. Online is the most enjoyable way to play but the challenges don’t accrue. Can you fix this please? Otherwise five stars. ### 4/5 — Please fix it *2026-02-10, version 2.1.5* It likes to glitch when you are playing a real person. Otherwise it’s great. I have had to forfeit a lot of times because of the glitch. Please fix it. ### 2/5 — Game cheats *2026-02-01, version 2.1.4* The game doesn’t play by the rules, it cheats! ### 2/5 — Frustrated *2026-01-30, version 2.1.4* This game frustrates me. One round the other player makes crazy stupid moves and the next round he smashes it out of the park. I would like his play was made re consistent! ### 4/5 — Glitch *2026-01-03, version 2.1.3* It likes to glitch when you are playing a real person. Otherwise it’s great. I have had to forfeit a lot of times because of the gl. Please fix it. ### 3/5 — My phone is hot! *2025-12-17, version 2.1.3* I really enjoy this game and I’ve been playing it for several days. I haven’t had any issues until the latest update. Now when I play, my phone gets really hot and my battery drains pretty quickly. If it wasn’t for this issue, I would give five stars. ### 4/5 — prima Spiel aber *2025-09-26* ich wünschte man könnte die Werbung abechalten, die nervt ### 3/5 — Bugs need to be fixed *2025-08-26, version 2.1.0* This app would be better if it actually recognized a canasta every time. Consistently it gives me an error, telling me I can’t go out without a canasta but I have a canasta (with at least 4 natural cards) already completed. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Boo *2026-07-05, version 2.2.1* So many ads. It takes forEVER for the game to load. If you ever get to play the game, it’s great. But the ads are terrible. ### 1/5 — No support *2026-01-11, version 2.1.3* No way to access support or give feedback and there is nothing intuitive about the operation of the game. I literally had a blank screen with no cards to play or any way to access anything, and the only option was to forfeit the game. ### 1/5 — Fun game but latest version is full of bugs and glitches *2025-11-05, version 2.1.1* I really like the game and the app, but lately it has gotten very buggy. Often in the middle of a game on my iPad the app will not respond to inputs affecting cards. I can quit the game and it'll function properly until it locks up again. Developers please note!!! ### 1/5 — No cards *2025-10-30, version 2.1.1* I got this in hopes to play with a friend, but when I try to go in and play a game, it doesn’t give me any cards. Then I have to abandon the game and that counts it as a loss. ### 1/5 — Need to fix the game. Had heaps of coins and tokens then the games crashed couldn’t play it at all *2025-08-27, version 2.1.0* Screen is blank no cards. Have reenstalled the game plus rebooted it still nothing have played this game for years now back to the start not happy and now have lost all my coins ### 1/5 — Best ever *2025-08-27, version 2.1.0* I have been playing this game for years. I’ve tried many others, I keep coming back because it’s the best. ### 1/5 — What have you done? *2025-08-24, version 2.1.0* I’ve been playing your game for years. But now you put out an ad from Asia, and it will not go away. It’s from HanPoom. And the game is not playable until you get rid of the stupid ad. ### 1/5 — Need to fix the game *2025-07-19, version 2.0.8* Screen is blank no cards. Have reenstalled the game plus rebooted it still nothing have played this game for years now back to the start not happy and now have lost all my coins ### 1/5 — Cards not easily seen *2025-07-18, version 2.0.8* The sets are all jumbled in your hand. They are all jumbled together when laying them down to. Example. I laid down four 8s and 3 jacks and they were all laid out together instead of separately. Also I accidentally laid my discard into my meld section and could not drag it to the discard pile. So I had to recall the entire play and start over. Twice. I said screw this game and deleted it. It’s got too much graphics and not enough game structure. ### 1/5 — Constant Glitches *2025-07-15, version 2.0.7* I am constantly losing my coins because of these glitches. The first time I wrote, they gave me a nominal amount back ever since I’ve written since then they just ignore my emails. Obviously they don’t care about customer service. Choose a different game. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Great Game! *2026-05-21, version 2.2.0* This is truly my first game review, and I’m doing it because this is one of the best games I’ve played. I didn’t know how to play in the beginning, but the instructions were very clear and easy to understand. I’m glad I know how to play Canasta now because I’m having a great time playing it!! ### 5/5 — Good way to pass the time! *2026-03-27, version 2.1.7* Beat your buddies playing this fun game👍 ### 5/5 — Best ever *2026-03-26, version 2.1.7* They have enhanced the game over the 5 years since I started playing. I tried others before this one and found it is truly the best. ### 5/5 — I LIKE IT *2026-03-04, version 2.1.6* I’ve enjoyed playing this game on here for a long time. Good job. ### 5/5 — Canasta easy *2026-02-16, version 2.1.5* I appreciate that this site is easy to navigate. And Fun. ### 5/5 — Super *2025-11-26* Ganz toll ### 5/5 — Canasta Royale *2025-10-14, version 2.1.0* Addictive and fun ### 5/5 — Fun and Relaxing *2025-09-24, version 2.1.0* I have played over 900 Hard Games of Canasta and found it fun and relaxing…enjoy!! ### 5/5 — Red three issue *2025-05-30, version 2.0.6* When you get two red threes in a deal, one is not counted as a red three which is worth 100 points and the if you draw two more, you don’t get credit for the 800 points you should be getting. I have noticed this never happens with the computer’s hand. I am not 5e first to comment on this so please fix it. ### 5/5 — The greatest *2025-05-24, version 2.0.6* This is the greatest online or offline canasta game on the internet. I’ve played nearly every one that’s available and Canasta Royale is clearly the best. I stand by my words I play it ever day and still think it’s te best --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). 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