# Exploding Kittens® — user reviews > 508 indexed App Store user reviews of Exploding Kittens® by Marmalade Game Studio Limited, rated 4.69/5 from 11,543 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/exploding-kittens/id1040227414/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/exploding-kittens/id1040227414.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 9,591 · 4★ 1,185 · 3★ 271 · 2★ 159 · 1★ 341 ## What do users think of Exploding Kittens®? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 🚀 Fast-paced gameplay - 🤩 Hilarious and addictive - 👍 Faithful to the physical game - 🎨 Great graphics and sound effects **Cons** - 🐛 Frequent disconnections and crashes - 💰 Expensive in-app purchases for additional content - 🤖 AI bot difficulty feels unbalanced - 📱 Compatibility issues on certain devices **Commonly reported bugs** - Inability to purchase expansion packs - Incorrect card behavior and interactions - Stuck on 'Welcome Message' screen **Most requested features** - Pass-and-play mode for local multiplayer - Ability to combine purchased decks - Progression system with stats and achievements - More language support beyond English ## Newest reviews (17 of 508) ### 2/5 — The AI is a cheater!!! *2026-06-29, version 5.3.10* Kitty Cat Butt Butt is supposed to hide ALL cards in your hand until you pull one. Somehow the computer always knows where its skip and slap cards are despite them being INVISIBLE. At least TRY to make it random yall\ ### 2/5 — change diffuser position *2026-04-23, version 5.3.10* I don’t know who developed this game but the bright idea to leave the diffuser always to the far left so that anytime anyone picks a card they know exactly where the pick is the dumbest thing they’ve done in this game eight times out of 10 i’ll grab a diffuser ### 2/5 — Great game but with issues! *2026-04-21, version 5.3.10* I was given this card game in December and my family had so much fun playing it that I bought it for my iPhone - love the game but OMG! There is no way to speed it up (especially playing the computer)and it can feel maddening waiting for each turn and waiting for the final explosion to complete. The makers really need to add the ability to speed up the game. For a fast paced game they really dropped the ball on the mobile version. Most of my other card game apps have the option to speed up play- PLEASE add this feature. I have two friends that played the in-hand card game in December with us and both bought this virtual one- one friend deleted it because she found the delay of play better suited for 80 yr olds (her words) and the other says she rarely plays it on her phone. Really fun game but buy with the knowledge that it drags when the computer and or opponents have to play. The computers comments(I’m full of fear) was funny the first time but gets frustratingly old really quickly as again it delays the pace. ### 4/5 — Best game when you’re bored *2026-04-04, version 5.3.10* One of the best games on iOS for me like balatro it only takes a few minutes and is super fun however overpriced decks and profile pictures kinda set it back. ### 4/5 — Why can’t you play bought games *2025-11-18, version 5.3.10* I love this game, play it all the time when I have down time. I have bought every game mode. Why is it that I can not play them if I don’t have service?? I play myself against the bot and it doesn’t allow me to play anything but the original version. Make the other game modes downloadable!!!! ### 4/5 — please add more languages *2025-02-19* too expensive for not having portuguese ### 2/5 — $5 to pay for a bunch of microtransactions *2025-01-03, version 5.3.10* Unbelievable I paid 5 dollars just to get 1 deck and a bunch of options to spend more money. I will be asking for a refund. ### 3/5 — IAP despite premium purchase *2024-12-20, version 5.3.10* Why must I make further in app purchases despite paying for the game itself? ### 4/5 — Fun game to play with friends *2024-12-12, version 5.3.10* I got this because a friend suggested it and it’s a pretty entertaining game ### 2/5 — It kinda sucks *2024-12-07, version 5.3.10* This game is boring and I would rather get the second version ### 4/5 — Online *2024-11-30, version 5.3.10* From kid FYI I think this game so much fun to play but when I did online mode it took like 15 minutes ### 2/5 — IF YOUR BUYING TO USE THE EXPANSION PACK THEN DONT BUY *2024-11-16, version 5.3.10* I am sad to report that if you dont read the small barely visible text on the images of this game before you buy it then you will be disappointed as the expansion packs advertised are add ons that you need to buy, I am hoping I can get a refund. get the box game instead ### 4/5 — Great but… *2024-11-10, version 5.3.10* This game is awesome but when you’re playing with the main deck… that’s where things get confusing. I have the original exploding kittens game in real life and there weren’t cards like slap or double slap and even reverse! For example: you think the card that is on the top of the draw deck is a exploding kitten so you slap the other player? That doesn’t make any sense! ### 4/5 — Awesome except for Armageddon bug *2024-09-14, version 5.3.10* So fun and surprising amount of strategy but please fix the Armageddon bug! ### 2/5 — Never play, the inferior version *2024-09-07, version 5.3.10* There is a much much better sequel and there is no storyline so it will still all make sense, don’t download this, download exploding kittens 2. ### 2/5 — WASTE OF FREAKING MONEY *2024-08-08, version 5.3.9* this game is a waste of money bc i bought the party pack and theirs no one plying that mode ### 2/5 — Stopped private games from adding the public in games *2024-08-07, version 5.3.9* Why has your private games gone from being able to add strangers in, to now you can’t. We use to enjoy 2 of us sat on the sofa at home loading up a game and then adding others players over the world to join us. Now its just 2 of us in a game. It’s just not that fun anymore. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Why disrespect Jesus in avatar selection ? *2026-04-27, version 5.3.10* In the avatar selection menu there is an avatar named Jesus, which is clearly an attempted depiction of Jesus Christ. The avatar appears to have a lazy eye and a moronic facial expression. The blatant disrespect to Jesus, every Christian, as well as anyone who has respect for Jesus and his teachings, regardless of religious beliefs is appalling ! I don’t understand how anyone who claims to be a Christian can see this and continue playing/supporting this game or its developers. If I would have known of this before hand, I wouldn’t have spent money and downloaded this game to begin with. ### 1/5 — Servizio clienti *2025-08-10* Ho problemi all’interno di gioco,chiedo il rimborso e me lo rifiutano, pessimo. ### 1/5 — Half a game *2025-02-17, version 5.3.10* Waste of $ , only approx 15 cards and have to pay to get additional … ### 1/5 — Misleading *2024-12-28, version 5.3.10* Says can be played by multiple players together in a room. NOwhere does it specify that each player has to purchase their own copy. I want a refund! ### 1/5 — Removed my purchases. Scam. Give me back my stuff!! *2024-08-12, version 5.3.9* Recently got back into this game after like a while off it and my pterodactyl bear, knife squid, and one more I had I forgot are GONE. Give them back now scammers, or I’ll sue you or something, I’ll figure it out. You can’t just take my purchases away. ### 1/5 — Cheaters *2024-07-24, version 5.3.9* So many cheaters playing this game now. Used to be a really fun way to kill some time but lately has been a real buzz kill. Why have cheat codes at all? I hope the new version addresses this issue. ### 1/5 — Bad servers *2024-07-21, version 5.3.9* Why can’t I host this locally? I don’t want to wait 15 minutes to play a game with my friends. ### 1/5 — We are full try again later *2024-07-20, version 5.3.9* What is this? I can’t even get into any games. I would play this multiple times a day and now it’s just frustrating cuz the majority of the time it says it’s full. Horrible idea and feature! ### 1/5 — Mobile version is rubbish *2024-07-13, version 5.3.6* So few cards in a deck that it limits game play significantly. Definitely wouldn’t recommend the mobile version, buy the deck. Turn timer also makes it super antisocial, would be cool if that could be disabled and a full deck could be used. ### 1/5 — Bugs!!! So many bugs *2024-06-13, version 5.3.6* Please fix the bugs in breaking kittens pack!!! So many people can cheat and hack the system… Please fix!! ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Fun to Play *2026-03-20, version 5.3.10* I got this app to play with friends and family around the globe. I love the card game, so I immediately turned to this. The app version is similar to the card game, but has different cards and way less cards in the deck. I love the sound effects and funny looking cards and characters. It’s great that you can play with strangers, a bot, or friends, but it would be better with a way to add bots to a private game because I usually play with only one friend, and it would be more fun with a way to play with friends and make it 5 people. It would also be better if the other decks and avatar packs didn’t cost money. ### 5/5 — Muito bom *2025-04-12* Só é bom ### 5/5 — AMAZING *2025-02-23, version 5.3.10* not good by itself as it’s $5 or £5 or €5 but great in the bundle for $7 but GREAT ### 5/5 — No words *2025-01-25, version 5.3.10* It’s funny, it’s not repetitive, it’s awesome what else could ask for? ### 5/5 — Weird bug with iPad *2024-12-31, version 5.3.10* Sometimes, when I open up the game, it bugs out and makes it so I can’t use the expansion decks. It also glitches out the avatar selection and removes all of the purchasable avatars except for the god one, which is now called Mike. Exiting and Reentering it causes Blue to duplicate each time. Mike is also unable to be selected, and just plays the sounds. Restoring purchase also doesn’t work properly. ### 5/5 — cool like a cool *2024-11-02, version 5.3.10* suler cool 😎 ### 5/5 — Better than the 2nd one by far *2024-10-27, version 5.3.10* Love it ### 5/5 — Can’t stop playing *2024-09-18, version 5.3.10* See the title ### 5/5 — Scientifically Accurate *2024-07-17, version 5.3.6* This game is accurate to real life. ### 5/5 — Perfect version of it *2024-07-15, version 5.3.6* I can literally just play exploding kittens wherever I want (even when my family doesn’t want to play the actual cards) it’s amazing. And I kinda hope we see godcat and devilcat as profile pictures that would be amazing --- *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 2026-07-16.*