# Dog Sled Saga — user reviews > 175 indexed App Store user reviews of Dog Sled Saga by Dan FitzGerald, rated 4.20/5 from 416 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/dog-sled-saga/id1146552070/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/dog-sled-saga/id1146552070.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 257 · 4★ 79 · 3★ 34 · 2★ 16 · 1★ 30 ## What do users think of Dog Sled Saga? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 🐕 Adorable dog designs - 🏃‍♀️ Exciting sled racing gameplay - 📚 Engaging storyline and progression - 🎨 Beautiful pixel art style **Cons** - 🐛 Frequent crashes and freezing issues - 🔍 Lack of screen size optimization - 🕰️ Slow progression and repetitive gameplay - 💰 Expensive in-app purchases for core features **Commonly reported bugs** - Freezing during races - Inability to name or breed dogs properly - Progression-blocking glitches - Persistent audio issues **Most requested features** - More dog breed variety - Ability to interact with and care for dogs - Multiplayer and social features - Expanded customization options - Improved performance and stability ## Newest reviews (22 of 175) ### 3/5 — Love this game but my god it loads so slowww *2026-06-12, version 1.0.6* I have loved this game for years and I absolutely adore the art style. But for the love of god, it is just unplayable. Every 30 seconds the game will completely freeze and you have to close and reopen it just to then have to wait 2 minutes for it to slowly glitch through each animation just to get back to the home base in game. And it doesn't get any better from there. Throwing biscuits is a nightmare... Please please please update it so that it is compatible with newer mobile technology. I will unfortunately be refunding... ### 2/5 — Doesn’t work *2026-04-11, version 1.0.6* This is my favorite iPhone game, but unfortunately it crashes constantly. Makes the game unplayable. I really hope they update it one day. ### 4/5 — Nostalgic *2026-04-01, version 1.0.6* Recently got an iPad and i knew this was the first game i played wanted to play. It was going well until the game started freezing to the point where you have no option but to leave the game and loose progress. ### 2/5 — bugs make it unplayable *2026-03-29, version 1.0.6* i love this game sm it’s very fun to play and the mechanics/gameplay/premise itself is not what i have an issue with, but the game will freeze within 2 minutes of opening the game and be unplayable, and opening and closing the game doesn’t work. there is no option to update the game etc, so how 2 fix this? ### 3/5 — Great game, needs an update BADLY *2026-01-31* I love this game, I bought it back when it first came to the App Store and I’ve a;ways downloaded it on my devices as a fun time killer. However, it’s been a long time since this game came out now, and unfortunately it doesn’t run very well on newer apple devices. It works fine on my iPhone and iPad from 2020 and 2016 respectively, but I got a new iPad Pro recently, and it barely works on it! It crashes and freezes all the time. Sometimes I can’t even get one race done without it freezing immediately. Extremely disappointing because this is one of my favourite mobile games of all time, but I’d say if you want it, just get it on steam and play it on your computer. ### 2/5 — Buggy *2026-01-31, version 1.0.6* The game is very buggy and crashes a lot….I really want to enjoy it because I love sled dogs but the bugs keep ruining it and it freezes during crucial moments ### 3/5 — Game laggs so much *2026-01-14, version 1.0.6* The game itself is so fun, grew up watching YouTubers playing it but it’s lagging so much on iPad that it’s not even fun anymore to play, every 5 seconds in a race ### 4/5 — Amazing, *2026-01-02, version 1.0.6* I love this game, but it crashes a lot, so please fix it, maybe you could add seasonal decorations around the holidays and a retirement kennel for dogs if you kick them off the team, or dog beds for dogs to rest in, or make league one easier, but please do try to fix the bugs and crashes, that’s all! ### 4/5 — Update when? *2025-12-17, version 1.0.6* I love this game, and it is very fun, but it constantly freezes or crashes mid game then I have to start all over again usually. And the last update note thingy or whatever was 7-9 years ago, which means this game REALLY needs an update(do you guys even pay attention to this game or the reviews?). So yeah. 👋👋👋 ### 2/5 — Game freeze *2025-11-28, version 1.0.6* On the tutorial part right after the guy sprays us with snow the game will freeze.edit: The freezing is worse during racing, can’t even throw a treat to help the dogs regain strength. Please fix this ### 2/5 — please fix the game *2025-08-05, version 1.0.6* hey can u fix the gamee, i still wanna play but everytime i open it, it just quits by itself.. i miss this game a lot and i really hope u fix it 🙏🏻 ### 4/5 — Good but… *2025-07-11, version 1.0.6* It’s a good game, I love it, nostalgic. It’s just very glitchy. Don’t remember it being so glitchy like this when I was a kid. I hope it gets fixed but I know it probably won’t. Devs haven’t updated this game in years. ### 2/5 — Lag and freezing *2025-04-20, version 1.0.6* game is fun but it hasn't been updated in years and lags/freezes constantly ### 4/5 — Bug fixes *2025-03-31, version 1.0.6* I love this game so much, but it’s really annoying when my screen keeps freezing in the middle of my race ### 4/5 — Please update *2025-02-24, version 1.0.6* I love this game so much and have for years but its keeps freezing in the middle of a game and it’s so annoying please fix this ### 3/5 — Glitches *2025-02-12, version 1.0.6* I love the game , but the game keeps kicking me out and freezing randomly , especially when I’m racing or taking care of the dogs. It couldn’t be glitch free for more than a minute. To the point where I gave up to do something else instead. ### 2/5 — Game freeze *2025-01-24, version 1.0.6* On the tutorial part right after the guy sprays us with snow the game will freeze.edit: The freezing is worse during racing, can’t even throw a treat to help the dogs regain strength. Please fix this ### 3/5 — Lagging and freezing *2024-12-27, version 1.0.6* I love this game but it often lags and freezes when I play, this happens on two of my separate devices so it is most likely the game and not my devices, it’s getting frustrating and I hope it will be fixed soon ### 3/5 — honest *2024-12-25, version 1.0.6* i used to watch videos on this game a few years ago so i decided to finally try it out. it’s a fun slightly challenging game about sled dog racing. the problem i have faced is the game will always freeze, you have to swipe out of the game and go back in for it to work. i have a decent iphone with lots of storage space and only this game messes up. sad to see last update was 8 years ago ### 2/5 — Pls fix *2024-12-22, version 1.0.6* I’ve been playing this game for years. I rebought it finally and safe to say.. it crashed every 5 minutes I’d love to see it fixed. Ive restarted my phone twice now. I’ve cleared tabs. I’ve deleted photos. It keeps crashing. ### 3/5 — Love it! But…. *2024-11-14, version 1.0.6* I love this game, it’s right up my alley… but there are so many bugs. First off the game doesn’t even fit my full screen, and it freezes up in the middle of a race, or if I leave the app and come back, I have to completely close it and loose some progress. If these bugs were fixed then this game would be perfect. ### 3/5 — Bugs and crashes *2024-10-24, version 1.0.6* It has a lot of bugs and it crashes a lot. Hope they can fix this. It’s a great game otherwise. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — NEEDS UPDATE - UNPLAYABLE *2026-06-08, version 1.0.6* This would easily be a 4-5 star game if it could run longer than 20-30 seconds at a time before freezing and crashing. ### 1/5 — Constant Crashes *2026-01-12, version 1.0.6* For reference, I have an iPhone 14 Pro. It’s always freezing and crashing every 1 minute. I can’t even get through a race without crashing 20 seconds into it. I remember playing maybe 1 or 2 years ago and while it would freeze from time to time, I was still able to have some good days of no freezing or crashing. I tried a new save file today and well, can’t get past the second race unfortunately. Just play the game on PC, I’m sure they’re less crashes there. ### 1/5 — Lag and freezing. *2025-12-29, version 1.0.6* The game itself based solely off of gameplay, is a five star. On pc, it’s amazing, I’ve played many years. However the mobile version badly needs to be updated. It’s unplayable due to the amount of freezing. If this was fixed, it’s easily five stars, but genuinely… it’s unplayable in this state ### 1/5 — CONSTANT CRASHING! *2025-12-22, version 1.0.6* I love the game so much the dogs, the leagues, the story line is all great. it keeps crashing on me whenever I play! I’m connected to WiFi and everything! The game is great it’s very nice but the crashing part is very annoying! If this is fixed I’ll gladly play this game again ### 1/5 — Keeps crashing *2025-12-06, version 1.0.6* Game keeps freezing when I’m trying to play. Plz fix! Don’t want to have to uninstall so soon. Also update the screen size ### 1/5 — bad *2024-11-11, version 1.0.6* game keeps bugging out and not letting me edit names. very disappointed. ### 1/5 — It’s unplayable *2024-09-08, version 1.0.6* I loved this game- but I actually cannot play it anymore. I don’t know if it’s the fact that it doesn’t work on newer phones (which doesn’t make sense since it worked before) but it constantly freezes and glitches. During one race my team glitched under the world. Please fix this ### 1/5 — Used to be fun, but unusable because of glitches *2024-07-03, version 1.0.6* Like the title of this review says, I used to enjoy this game but it’s completely unplayable now. Don’t waste your time and money. ### 1/5 — Constantly glitches, do not download *2023-05-02, version 1.0.6* Purchased and tried to play, consistently glitches and would not work. I have an iPhone 12 that is updated to the newest version. ### 1/5 — A lot of lag *2021-11-15, version 1.0.6* I really hate the lag in this game so if you can please fix that then thank you but I litterly lost to my rival cuz of the lag it put me In 2 place and him in first but I was in first place and he was I second place then it lagged and put me in second place and him in first please fix that ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Need fixed 😣😣 *2025-05-17, version 1.0.6* I absolutely love this game and have played it for a long time but now it’s glitching any second I start playing I hope this gets fixed !!!! Other than that I love the game but please fix it so I can play😭 ### 5/5 — Freezing *2024-10-19, version 1.0.6* Love this game so much, I play it nearly every week, but if a developer out there reads this PLEASE make a bug fixing update!! Its been forever since this game updated so Im sure you wont but I keep having issues with the game freezing at random moments ### 5/5 — Hasn't gotten an update in 7 years *2024-03-23, version 1.0.6* This game is genuinely so fun and it used to work well but they haven't updated it in 7 years and it's super laggy 😕. The game just needs some love again... ### 5/5 — Best Game Ever *2024-02-10, version 1.0.6* I like the game. But recently my dogs are glitching when I do races sometimes. Like they would glitch forward or their mouths would open when I’m not throwing the treats. ### 5/5 — Some suggestions *2023-07-30, version 1.0.6* I have some suggestions to make I love the game but it can get boring sometimes so can you add that you can go outside and train dogs and feed the dogs and their are lots of bugs but it’s a amazing game and bye. ### 5/5 — Great, go buy on Steam *2023-06-18, version 1.0.6* Hey, listen, this is a great game! But if it keeps freezing on you, just know that it works better on Steam for the PC, I’ve had no problems with it there. Again, great game! Just seems to struggle on ios, at least for me. ### 5/5 — AWESOME GAME!!!! But one thing… *2023-03-19, version 1.0.6* ~~~~~ ~~~~~ ~~~~~ ~~~~~ ~~~~~ Ok so this is a freaking amazing game, I love it, the dogs are adorable, and there’s a million great things I could list about it. But there is one thing that really annoys me. Randomly in races, when I throw my dog a biscuit, the game will freeze. The biscuit is just suspended in the air and the game keeps playing the throw sound over and over again, and it doesn’t stop if I exit the app, or if I close the app, so I have to literally shut down the iPad to make the noise stop. Please fix this. I’ve noticed it about ten times today. But besides that glitch, this game is WONDERFUL. I love how I can name my dogs and change their harness colour. Also, the dog sprites are so dang adorable!! Sorry about making this so long. I hope you have a great day, whoever’s reading this. ~~~~~ ~~~~~ ~~~~~ ~~~~~ ~~~~~ ### 5/5 — Amazing game, but a few suggestions *2023-01-12* I love everything about this game. The designs are super cute, especially the Samoyed. But I do have a few suggestions. One, I think when you breed the dogs, the puppy’s should be in the kennels. It would be super cute if you had like little puppy races and the puppy’s grew up over time. Two, please add more dog breeds! I really want a Golden Retriever and some mixed breeds would be cute to. Third, I think it would be cool if you could favorite a save slot so you can remember what one you liked the best. Fourth, I think it would be cool if you could still have the retired dogs, but not race them. Like they could be in a separate kennel that cost money, like maybe 4000? Lastly, I really wish you could interact with your dogs more. For example, it would be really cool if you could give them a bath or play with them outside. If you love dogs and racing, I totally recommend this game! 🐕🐕💙💙 ### 5/5 — AMAZING it’s worth it *2022-12-27, version 1.0.6* Such a good game! I love the animation and the dogs are so cute! I love everything.But there’s one glitch I got I paused a race and I couldn’t resume it. But other wise this game is great definitely worth it. I feel bad when ever I sell a dog witch is amazing how the game makes you connect with virtual dogs lol. This game is so great it works perfectly no glitches (except for one). Maybe add some customization for the sled it would be cool.And if your reading this and you like dogs buy it it’s totally worth it best money I’ve spent on video games.seriously. Suggestions Geting in to league 6 is so hard (at least for me) maybe have like a option to pay money to get your dogs stats higher because my new dog is just like horrible and is hard to balance with the rest of my other dogs so maybe make it a bit easier but I enjoy a challenge too. Thank you for making a amazing game! ### 5/5 — ONE OF THE BEST EVER *2022-11-26, version 1.0.6* One of the best especially for being free like i would say 10/10 also one suggestion less expensive for the kennel expansion Dear Wolfslain who i don’t know Siri the Pixel Biologist and Stacy Plays Are my favorite YouTubers! --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). 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