# Carrier Battles — user reviews > 61 indexed App Store user reviews of Carrier Battles by Cyril Jarnot, rated 4.62/5 from 52 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/carrier-battles/id1592301610/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/carrier-battles/id1592301610.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 43 · 4★ 4 · 3★ 1 · 2★ 2 · 1★ 2 ## Newest reviews (14 of 61) ### 5/5 — 有些小建议。 *2025-12-09* 老版本的时候，三天的战役时间完了是还可以选一个继续游戏，然后进行第四天的，建议这个功能加回来，因为有的时候战役结束的时候，好多玩家刚好有些事还没做完。 另外菲律宾海海战，舰载型零战全部都是零战二一是不是有点儿问题？应该更新一部分为零战五二。而且历史上日本人是把很多老零战挂上炸弹来补充对舰攻击，作为“爆战队”的。这方面建议和老版本一样，给零战也增加作为战斗轰炸机的能力。 **Developer response:** In the end of Rabaul, only CV Saratoga and Princeton did strike Rabaul. Other carriers are just extra stuff. In Hailstone, separate out forces between the Kwajalein, Eniwetok and a carrier raid on Truk ### 5/5 — Solid Purchase *2025-12-08* Had the original app for years, upgraded to the new version and bought most of the expansions. Fantastic game. Great throwback to the hex and counter war games of the the 80s. ### 5/5 — 更新完就闪退 *2025-12-08* 1.14.12依旧在闪退 **Developer response:** Patch 1.14.4 fixed the crash. Thanks for you patience. ### 5/5 — 更新之后点进去会闪退 *2025-12-08* 如题 ### 5/5 — 很好的模拟游戏 *2025-12-08* 更新后闪退怎么回事 **Developer response:** Patch 1.14.4 fixed the crash. Thanks for you patience. ### 5/5 — 莫名闪退 *2025-12-07* 新版更新后无法进入游戏，点开就闪退 **Developer response:** Patch 1.14.4 fixed the crash. Thanks for you patience. ### 5/5 — Le plantage *2025-12-06* Après la mise à jour, un plantage ne peut pas entrer dans le jeu, merci de le corriger dès que possible. **Developer response:** Le patch 1.14.4 corrige le crash. Merci pour votre patience ### 5/5 — why *2025-12-05* 想问一下作者，为什么更新之后打不开游戏呢？时间2025.12.6 **Developer response:** Something related to in-app purchases. A path is under way. Thanks for your patience. ### 5/5 — 什么时候更新莱特湾海战？？ *2025-10-27* 玩了很久了 全内购 最近更新太慢了 都是修bug 另外 你们的拿破仑兵棋游戏啥时候出中文 没有中文想买也看不懂英文 **Developer response:** I wish the game could be updated more frequently too. (Philippine Sea scenario is in beta on Steam). But development time is shared across Napoleon's Eagles and No Retreat! The Russian Front. Napoleon's Eagles is now in Chinese eventough the store page is not yet translated ### 5/5 — 字体太小 *2025-10-09* 游戏很好玩，有桌游PW1942的感觉，都不需要玩家自己计算了。但字体实在太小了，用手机打了一个战役眼睛快瞎了，最后能增加字体调整巩能 ### 5/5 — Fun but *2025-08-10* A very fun game, like an update of the old Carriers at War game but better in some cases, especially with the sea planes. But combat numbers and results are bad.. it treats 1942 like 1945.. the Zero is barely better than the P-39, IJN pilots in 1942 can’t hit anything, USN torpedo bombers in 1942 are snipers…. There should be a fix to this or at least an editor where we can put our own numbers. Probably need to make all combat based on 1-10 or 1-20 not 1-3.. need more variance. Pilot experience should also be important..that’s the big difference in the arc of the air war in particular. **Developer response:** Japanese A6M is the best fighter in 1942 in air-to-air value. It has also a great range. It remains vulnerable as lacking of armor and self-sealing tanks. Normally, it you exploit the range advantage of the Kudo Butai, you should be a formidable foe in 42. Pilot may come with next scenario (Philippine Sea) as a penalty for the Japanese as they hadn't trained enough pilots for a war of attrition. ### 5/5 — Possibly the best ever! Have suggestions *2025-07-22* First edit:Not to want to ask too much, but here is an idea, developers: 1945 battles. Probably make most of them an extra. (great to gain money!)You do not have to, just an idea. Probably another fighter for the Japanese, after a while, even the zero may even become obsolete. But, another thing: when you face big waves of attacks, carriers can be easy to sink. Can you make them more tough? Also, Leyte gulf is a good one. Japanese reverted to crashing their planes into ships. Finally, I ask for a bug fix. I get kicked out every once in a while. Thanks for reading! First review: I played carrier battles 4 Guadalcanal and this game tops the rest.. great graphics and gameplay, lifelike “ action-to-consequence”! I had some suggestions for the game, like The Battle of the Philippine sea, which Americans had air superiority. I look forward to future updates, can’t wait to see what is next! **Developer response:** Thank you for your feedback. You are right, the next scenario will occur in the Philippine Sea ! 1945 are just one sided because there is no more Japanese Navy ! ### 5/5 — Possibly the best ever! Have suggestions *2025-07-14* I played carrier battles 4 Guadalcanal and this game tops the rest.. great graphics and gameplay, lifelike “ action-to-consequence”! I had some suggestions for the game, like The Battle of the Philippine sea, which Americans had air superiority. I look forward to future updates, can’t wait to see what is next! **Developer response:** Thank you for your feedback. You are right, the next scenario will occur in the Philippines Sea ! ### 4/5 — Exactly what I was looking for *2024-10-15* It replicates the low information decision making officers had to make pretty well. I wish there were random maps available for infinite playability! I would pay for that feature. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Game crashes now. *2025-12-06* As of today, 6Dec2025, the game crashes immediately after launch. I’ve deleted it, updated my iOS, soft reset my iPad, redownloaded the game and it still crashes. ### 1/5 — Will not play *2023-08-03* Between the app updates and iOS updates this game has become unplayable. The game board jumps around, pieces will not move or snap back to previous position. Was very stable before the recent updates. **Developer response:** Check the latest patch (1.11.10) which fixes a shift in hex cell on the SWPAcific map, along with some balancing for the Indian Ocean Raid scenario. ### 1/5 — Trop de bugs *2022-09-14* Plantages récurent lors du lancement de l’horloge c’est insupportable Par pitié faite tester le jeu surtout quand il est payant Patrick Noumea **Developer response:** Bonjour Le jeu est sorti en 2020 et doit être stable depuis le temps. Vous pouvez tapez l’écran avec 5 doigt suite à plantage pour transmettre toutes les infos au support. Cela permettra de voir si c’est un cas lié à la partie ou à l’appareil. Merci ### 3/5 — Crashes *2025-12-08* One of my favorite mobile games, but it crashes every time I try to open it on my phone **Developer response:** Patch 1.14.4 fixed the crash. Thanks for you patience. ### 3/5 — 需要完善 *2024-06-16* 还有许多地方要改进：中文翻译不完整；字体太小且模糊，不适合手机的屏幕；希望有无尽模式，和自由编辑模式。 ### 3/5 — 史実重視の思った所 *2024-05-11* このゲームはいろんな史実要素があり再現度は高いですが、 そこに重点を置きすぎて前半から後半の日米軍の勝敗がやらなくても確定している所があってつまんなく思う所があります。 もう少し平等な戦いを行えるプレイ要素を追加してほしいです。 ### 4/5 — 有些小问题 *2026-05-04* 1:舰队在自动航行状态下无法正常执行对岸炮击（即使目标在自动航行目标） 2:当友方舰队进攻但被避战后必须再花费两回合再兜一圈才能再次进攻，建议改为可以对本格敌舰发动追击（需要判定） ### 4/5 — 好的游戏 *2026-01-17* 游戏是挺好的，就是有点小贵；希望有生之年能用上任务编辑器模式，想搞舰队问题演习和架空历史了 ### 4/5 — Fleet merge gets disappeared *2025-12-24* I tired to merge my fleets and sometimes my ships got disappeared and will not reappear in the game, I think this bug needs to be fixed, thank you ### 4/5 — 空袭无法选择目标 *2025-03-15* 在训练模式中无法为航母的空袭任务选定目标，点击敌方舰队没有反应 ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — 希望加入更多挂载 *2026-04-11* 在太平洋战争中后期，美军战机可以挂载火箭弹等武器，日军零式战斗机也挂载了炸弹，希望加入上述功能 ### 5/5 — Review and suggestions. *2026-04-05* I’ve been playing the game for a couple years and am a huge fan. Even if some mechanics are difficult to master it is fairly easy to get into. Some suggestions I have are an option to include the 3 Unryu class carriers as options for Philippine Sea as Shinano is already an option and was completed after them. I would also suggest a what if option for the scenario that gives certain Japanese carriers A7M fighters, similar to the one for B7A bombers. Lastly, I think it would be cool if midway had a no coral sea option like Operation FS does, adding Shokaku, Zuikaku, and Shoho to the Japanese, and Lexington to the US, along with having Yorktown keep her fully airwing if you select the Saratoga option ### 5/5 — ビスマルク海シナリオでの違和感 *2026-03-31* このシナリオをプレイしてて思ったのが日本側でプレイしたときにアメリカ側でプレイしたときの倍ぐらいになっていると思います 可能なら修正してほしいです ### 5/5 — Maravilloso Wargame *2026-03-04, version 1.14.17* Uno de los pocos wargames que merecen la pena en IOS, a día de hoy atendido por su creador. Muy bien implementado en ipad. Debes conocer el teatro del pacifico para sacarle todo el provecho. Buen manual y en actualización constante. Horas de diversión si buscas wargame de mesa en IOS. ### 5/5 — The Ultimate Carrier Strategy Game is Here! *2026-03-01* Following in the tradition of classic boardgames like “Flattop”, Carrier Battles has finally made it possible to properly simulate carrier warfare in the Pacific. Although the computer certainly makes things a lot easier to play than the old hex-counter wargames, there’s still quite a bit to learn, but after a certain point the game is tunable to the level of detail and control you wish to manage. As a suggestion, most folks prefer to learn more by “doing” than by choking down documentation. In that vein, I think the game could be made more accessible—and more fun—for beginners and veterans alike by expanding the variety of Tutorials to include truly replayable mini-scenarios that not only isolate particular skills and mechanics, but can also be tuned, randomized, or even played competitively, opening up options for players looking for getting a “quick fix” of Pacific naval warfare in a short amount of time. Example mini-games: for Search, a race against time to try and spot enemy carriers before they spot you. For Strike, a standoff between two airfields, trying to destroy more airplanes than they lose. Then perhaps a surface-to-suface scenario, trying to bring transports to engagement while avoiding an intercepting fleet. Next up, maybe a “Tokyo Express” scenario where the player must rush in to either land supplies on or bombard an airfield then get back to cover before daylight. For full mini-games, trying close and sink a carrier using only surface task forces (playable from either side) or even just a one vs one carrier duel. As another thought, the list of Tutorials can be made shorter by having optional elements on each that users can select to set complexity or difficulty to their liking. In the airfield vs airfield idea, for example, there might an option to add surface ships trying to to bombard or land transports on the enemy field—much like the first (repulsed) Japanese attempt to land on Wake Island. Other features can have their own Tutorials too: subs, cruiser search planes, etc etc. Regarding tunability, I wonder if perhaps even historical scenarios can be made less complex by adding an option to delegate certain forces to AI management? Also, regarding randomization, maybe the game could benefit from a very basic scenario creation capability - even if it’s nothing more than a little tunability for the above-mentioned Tutorials. Nothing fancy: players choose the month, the map, and maybe the type of mission, then checkboxes that set the probability of various ships or bases being there. To keep things simple, the loadouts for these ships and bases can be predetermined based on the year and month selected: even starting locations can even be predetermined to make things even simpler - perhaps you might limit players only to variations on existing scenarios. All in all, Carrier Battles is a truly great game! **Developer response:** Thanks for this lovely review, the first of 2022 ! What do you mean by "stack vs single unit mode is not quite there" ? You still have the choice to move air units by unit, stack or variable count ### 5/5 — The Ultimate Carrier Strategy Game is Here! *2026-02-25* Following in the tradition of classic games like “Flattop”, this game has finally made it possible to properly simulate carrier warfare in the Pacific. Although the computer certainly makes things a lot easier to play than the old hex-counter wargames, there’s still quite a bit to learn, but after a certain point the game is tunable to the level of detail and control you wish to manage. In regards to learning, I humbly suggest most people learn best by “doing” rather than trying to choke down endless documentation: in other words, I think the game could be made a LOT more accessible with a much wider variety of Tutorials: not just demonstrations of particular skills, but fully playable mini-scenarios, limited in scope, that can be tuned, randomized, or even played competitively, especially for players looking for getting a “quick fix” of Pacific warfare in a very limited time. Some ideas for Tutorials: for learning search, an airfield trying to spot transports closing in. For strike management, perhaps a standoff between two airfields, each trying to inflict a certain number of losses on each other. Another tutorial might be solely surface ships, trying to spot then bring another task force to a surface engagement. Next up, perhaps a “Tokyo Express” scenario where the player must attempt to land supplies on or bombard a critical airfield before daylight. To learn carrier operations, perhaps a single carrier trying to spot mulitple surface ships trying to close in, then perhaps a 1v1 carrier duel. As players gain mastery, additional elements steadily increase complexity: the airfield vs airfield idea can be elaborated to reducing an airfield’s capability enough to land transports (much like the first Japanese attempt to invade Wake Island). Other features can have their own Tutorials too: subs, cruiser search planes, etc etc. Finally, even full scenarios can be made more manageable if there was an option to delegate certain forces to the AI for management. Regarding randomization, I think the game could benefit from a very basic scenario creation capability - even if it’s nothing more than a little tunability for the above-mentioned Tutorials. Nothing fancy: players choose the month, the map, and maybe the type of mission, then checkboxes that set the probability of various ships or bases being there. To keep things simple, the loadouts for these ships and bases can be predetermined based on the year and month selected: even starting locations can even be predetermined to make things even simpler - perhaps you might limit players only to variations on existing scenarios. I hope these suggesions are not overwhelming, and thanks for the great game! **Developer response:** Thanks for this lovely review, the first of 2022 ! What do you mean by "stack vs single unit mode is not quite there" ? You still have the choice to move air units by unit, stack or variable count ### 5/5 — 太卡了 *2026-01-16* 太太太卡了。很好的游戏，希望能优化 **Developer response:** Fixed with version 1.12.7 ### 5/5 — Worth your time *2025-12-22* The game is perfect. When first entering the game it might feel overwhelming with all the control. But after a few games you will quickly get a grip of it. My only question is what does the extra dlcs really do. A more detailed description would be much appreciated, such as what dos each dlc bring to the game. ### 5/5 — The BEST Digital Hex Game *2025-12-21* I have been playing Carrier Battles since the old version, before this one came out. Hands down the best hex style game out there. I grew up playing hex style board games. Being able to play a game like this on an iPad is convenient. It’s better than pulling out the table leafs, spending time setting up a board and being exhausted before the first dice roll. Also being able to have a game while traveling is great aswell. Sure, at times there are bugs but it’s typically fixed in an expeditious manner. I have great respect for the effort this developer has put into this game and all the updates. I can’t recommend this game enough, it is worth every penny I’ve paid. ### 5/5 — Game crashes now. Fixed. *2025-12-10* As of today, 6Dec2025, the game crashes immediately after launch. I’ve deleted it, updated my iOS, soft reset my iPad, redownloaded the game and it still crashes. Edit, new patch fixed the issue. Back to being the best iOS WW2 naval game. **Developer response:** Thanks for your patience, have a nice game ! --- *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 2026-09-02.*