# Doctor Who Sonic Screwdriver — user reviews > 174 indexed App Store user reviews of Doctor Who Sonic Screwdriver by Useless Creations Pty Ltd, rated 4.60/5 from 181 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/doctor-who-sonic-screwdriver/id1035168419/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/doctor-who-sonic-screwdriver/id1035168419.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 145 · 4★ 21 · 3★ 5 · 2★ 4 · 1★ 6 ## What do users think of Doctor Who Sonic Screwdriver? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 👍 Accurate representation of sonic screwdrivers - 🤖 Feels like using the Doctor's tool - 🎨 Cool and stylish designs - 🔦 Useful as a flashlight **Cons** - 💰 Paid upgrades required to unlock more screwdrivers - 🐛 Crashes and glitches reported - 🔍 Limited free options - 🔋 High battery consumption **Commonly reported bugs** - Purchased content not restoring after reinstall - Transparent mode and camera features not working - Sound issues and inconsistent performance **Most requested features** - Add more free sonic screwdriver options - Include newer sonic screwdrivers (13th, 14th, etc.) - Introduce a custom sonic screwdriver creator - Add more functionality like scanning barcodes or QR codes ## Newest reviews (19 of 174) ### 3/5 — Not bad *2026-05-09* This isn’t bad or good, it’s just a bit bland ### 2/5 — After update paid upgrade vanished *2025-10-27* App is cool, I used to love this. I had it years back, and paid to unlock all the screwdrivers. Now, however it doesn’t want to restore my purchase, and says to use the same account, though I have never had a different iTunes account. I always would use 9/10s screwdriver. It’s just $2, but it’s the principle of the thing. I’m fairly certain it’s because when they revamped the app, it was counted as a different item, hence it not recognizing my purchase, since it was made a looong time ago. ### 4/5 — Good but could use an adjustment *2025-07-13* So this all is extremely cool I mostly use the 11ths sonic cause it’s my fav screwdriver but since you can change the pitch maybe the higher the pitch the brighter the flashlight gets I think that it would make it a lot better. ### 4/5 — Needs new Sonics *2025-05-08* This is a nice app, but the only thing holding it back is not having any of the Sonics that came out after the 13th Doctor. ### 3/5 — Awesome but one thing… *2024-05-13* This is awesome I would give it a five star review but I think it should have a custom mode that gives players the option to make their own sonic screwdriver please add it please 🙏🏾 ### 3/5 — Awesome but *2024-05-11* This is awesome I would give it a five star review but I think it should have a custom mode that gives players the option to make their own sonic screwdriver please add it please 🙏🏾 ### 3/5 — Update *2024-02-05* This app is Fantastic love the app but the app has not been updated in 3 years I would love to see the 14th and 15th doctors sonic screwdriver so I’m only rating this 3 stars sorry Doctor who 🔷 ### 4/5 — Any fan who wants a sonic screwdriver but can’t afford a toy *2023-08-26* The app comes with some features such as using the sonic and extending and promoting the tarsus app and it’s really fun to be honest to annoy the bloody hell out of someone see you soon Alons’y ### 5/5 — Brilliant *2023-04-04* Amazing!! Just, wow. It’s so cool how you can point your sonic at something and make it go haywire. I do that to my siblings a lot. Great job on the app! David Tennant rules! “Who would look at a screwdriver and think ‘oh that could be more sonic’?” - Captain Jack Harkness ### 5/5 — EXCEPTIPNAL however *2023-02-09, version 13* I feel like we need more free sonic screwdriver options I would really like to use the 9/10ths doctors screwdriver or the 13th doctors screwdriver dare I say the war doctors ### 5/5 — Plz *2023-01-23, version 13* Wher buy chiken ### 5/5 — Play it *2022-09-13, version 13* It’s great ### 4/5 — Doctor is in the TEDIS *2022-08-06* Not as good as a real Philips head ### 5/5 — It enables one to feel like a timelord *2022-07-06* Its free and missing some screwdrivers but it is fun, easy to use and the most feared person in the galaxy uses it ### 5/5 — So realistic and awesome. *2021-12-21* I have been watching doctor who for 10 years or 90% of my life. Now that I can use his or her sonic for my own. I feel like the doctor on my device. Thank you. Befor I go. I have a suggestion. A free personal sonic screwdriver creator. Manny parts and like crystals. You can even record the sonic sound. That’s all. Please read this. ### 5/5 — What the heck *2021-11-11, version 13* This is so good I hate it……………. I LOVE IT ### 4/5 — Very Cool, But Meh…. *2021-11-08* I love how we have a huge collection of Sonics to play around with. The Sonic Sunglasses are kinda unnecessary and they could’ve been a little more creative by making a hud of what the Doctor sees through them, but the inclusion is great nonetheless. I find it funny to think that some of these had its sounds ripped straight from the toys, which by the way; the more I use this app, the more it makes me wish I had the toys. Maybe I could call this a Sonic iPhone? ### 2/5 — It’s good except *2021-11-06* It keeps crashing I open the app ### 5/5 — your thick thickity thick man for thick town, thickania *2021-04-21, version 13* i love it ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Scammed *2025-03-19* Purchased all the locked content. Deleted the app at one point since I got bored of it. Redownloaded it a few months later. The game refused to restore my purchase from earlier. Total waste of money. (Also I’m 99% certain I already wrote a review about this before which seems to have been deleted. Total scam.) ### 1/5 — Keeps crashing *2021-01-16, version 13* It keeps crashing ### 1/5 — Sonic screwdriver *2020-05-23, version 13* WE WANT TO HAVE ALL OF THE SONIC SCREWDRIVERS FOR FREE BECAUSE ITS JUST A WASTE OF MONEY AND WHO WOULD EVEN BUE THAT CRAP TO WASTE YOUR MONEY DO WE SHOULD GET THE ALL OF THE SONIC SCREWDRIVERS FOR FREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE ### 1/5 — Grrrrr *2020-04-21, version 13* Make all purchases free then I am rate you 5 stars ### 1/5 — Crap *2020-04-01, version 2.6* It’s the worst game EVER LITERALLY U HAVE TO PAY FOR ALL THE REST AND U ONLY GET TWO FREE SONICS! (Of u r reading this, DON’T GET THIS GAME!!!) ### 1/5 — I love it! *2020-03-14, version 2.6* I’m a big fan and i love this game because it reminds me of all of the previous episodes ### 1/5 — Unusable *2019-11-01, version 2.6* Sadly, no matter how clever the idea might be, it’s impossible to use for more than a few seconds without being hit by a torrent of adverts. I might have been willing to pay for this, but I was hit by so many adverts I was unable to take a decision on how fun it might be. In its current state no fun at all. Deleted within minutes of opening. ### 1/5 — Ad bloated everything locked out *2019-02-23, version 2.6* Long ads every time you choose a screwdriver, you only get 2 unlocked screwdrivers and the rest you have to pay. Not worth downloading. ### 1/5 — 13th Doctor’s sonic *2018-10-12, version 2.6* Where’s the 13th Doctor’s sonic? ### 1/5 — Broken *2016-01-31, version 2.5* In app purchases broken so you are stuck with just one sonic - and it doesn't extend/pop out. Fun for 5 minutes. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — cool *2025-05-11* I have been a Doctor Who fan for, like 2 years or so, and this game is just amazing, so is their TARDIS game! Although I don’t have it, this app is really fun to use and I love how you can take photos of your sonic too! Would definitely recommend for Whovians! ### 5/5 — New Screwdrivers *2024-12-02* Been a long-time fan and I always grab this app whenever I had to switch devices. I noticed it's been a few years since there were major updates and there's been more screwdrivers added after the 13th Doctor, so it would be nice for new screwdrivers for the app too! ### 5/5 — Best game ever *2024-09-24* It’s awesome I love all the designs of the sonic utility’s ### 5/5 — Awesome app *2024-08-21* I would like to see other devices added to this like a vortex manipulator, Sarah Jane Smith’s Sonic Lipstick, Madame Fosters sonic pen would be done cool ones to add as I loved Sarah Jane’s sonic lipstick and I love the vortex manipulator and the sonic pen. I would also like to see the 14th doctor and 15th’s added to this app as well. ### 5/5 — Awesome but one thing… *2024-06-12* This is awesome I would give it a five star review but I think it should have a custom mode that gives players the option to make their own sonic screwdriver please add it please 🙏🏾 ### 5/5 — Love the game *2024-06-03* This is really accurate to the sonic screwdrivers But I would like a update to the game to include the 14th/15th sonic ### 5/5 — good *2024-01-17, version 13* 不错 ### 5/5 — You should make all of them free *2023-12-13* If you made all of them free everyone would give us a five star review and then everyone would play it and maybe it would make a Doctor Who more popular just so you know you should make them free and I love this game I’m a sonic screwdriver and Doctor Who fan but one of those comments was right you should add the 14th doctorsCool cool Coolio it’ll make it better ### 5/5 — 14th Sonic screwdriver *2023-11-12* I love you app very much makes me feel like the doctor and I think you should dere add the 13th doctors Sonic screwdriver and for the tardis game you should add the 13/14 tardis Thank you ### 5/5 — New sonic screwdriver *2023-08-24, version 13* You should add the 14th Doctor’s sonic screwdriver --- *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 2026-08-24.*