# Fanorona Game — user reviews > 32 indexed App Store user reviews of Fanorona Game by egoBooster.net, rated 4.20/5 from 37 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/fanorona-game/id626053192/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/fanorona-game/id626053192.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 25 · 4★ 4 · 3★ 2 · 2★ 1 · 1★ 5 ## Newest reviews (10 of 32) ### 5/5 — Great game! *2017-12-06, version 1.1* A classic board game, well ported to mobile. ### 5/5 — Good AI *2017-08-24, version 1.0.7* Helped me beat Assassin's Creed III. A+ in my book. ### 5/5 — Fantastic *2016-04-01, version 1.0.7* Great game. Always been a fan of fanorona. AI is fairly challenging and makes for hours of fun. ### 5/5 — Super jeu! *2015-06-09* Je viens de commencer à jouer à ce jeu et je le trouve très intéressant. Dire qu'on l'a découvert grâce à Assassins Creed! ### 5/5 — Good! *2015-06-07, version 1.0.7* GG ### 5/5 — Awesome! *2015-03-27, version 1.0.7* I just bought this game a few days ago, and it's already become one of my favorites. The rules are pretty simple. Kind of like an amped up version of checkers. Sweet game. Well designed app too! ### 5/5 — Fantastic! *2014-06-28, version 1.0.7* Best Fanorona game around! ### 5/5 — Fanorona *2014-04-29, version 1.0.6* Fun and challenging! :D ### 5/5 — Fun game. Also challenging. *2014-04-04, version 1.0.6* I approve ### 5/5 — Best game ever *2013-10-17, version 1.0.3* Haven't played this game in years. Super-happy I found it, can't stop playing., one of the best games ever invented ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Buggy? *2025-01-09, version 1.1* Literally wouldn’t allow me to quit the app or swipe to choose between apps. I had to bring up the calculator app from the “utility” screen, and then kill the app by swiping up on that. Horrible! ### 1/5 — It’s not like the real thing. *2024-06-08, version 1.1* Forget the whole “human and human experience” thought process when I say it isn’t like the real thing. Why can’t I pass my turn? If I made one move, I should be able to “skip” “pass” or whatever. This app should be free. I wasted a buck. ### 1/5 — Restricting *2020-06-18, version 1.1* GAME DOES NOT ALLOW ME TO CANCEL MY CHAIN. Your are not forced to chain if you do not want to those are the rules... yet I am I forced to chain even I don’t want to. Multiple times the A.I. Cancels its chain but I can’t?? 1 star should be 0 ### 1/5 — Fano Rona *2018-03-08, version 1.1* Terrible ### 2/5 — No instructions *2024-02-02, version 1.1* How do you stop a chain? ### 2/5 — Misses mandatory takes (cheat?) *2014-01-12, version 1.0.3* I've played on all the difficulty levels and the Device opponent misses mandatory takes/moves. It is very frustrating because pieces are left on the board that should not be in positions that might be considered cheating. What's more interesting is that the Assassin's Creed IV game does the same thing in its mini game of Fanorana. Must be a very hard game to program completely correct. Another thing I'd like to pick my color when playing Device and the game consistently have white go first. ### 3/5 — Not Great for ACIII *2023-06-09, version 1.1* This will definitely help you learn the game and get you started in the right direction for winning a game, but there’s several flaws to it. The player must always capture a piece where as the computer can at any point decide to no longer capture. You can’t decide who goes first and who doesn’t. It’s up to a luck. Whenever you start a new game if you start it in the middle of a capture the pieces being captured will still be gone in the new game. Overall if you’re using this to play I’d say it’s fun. If you’re using it as an Achievement Hunter like myself then this will help, but it won’t win you the game. ### 3/5 — Game Center issues *2020-07-01, version 1.1* When playing online games they almost never update with the gamw ### 3/5 — Not bad really *2014-03-12, version 1.0.5* It's really not bad but I would like to see few things in setting being able to change controls like instead of drag drop have select and drop as well and the guide should help the player get better at the game helpful hints and such. Color select for your pieces. So this review is more for things that would be nice but not really needed ### 4/5 — Good game, but input needs fixing *2015-02-19, version 1.0.7* On an iPhone 5s, the white pieces frequently don't lock into place, making it annoying to move. Otherwise, good game. Thanks! ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — most fun i’ve ever had. *2023-07-09, version 1.1* me and my lover love playing this game! due to our long distance, this is the closest we can get to playing together irl. this is THE best game i’ve ever played in my entire life. bravo 👏 ### 5/5 — Excellent abstract game *2021-04-13, version 1.1* As a fan of abstract strategy games this is an excellent app and game. Works well and love that as a beginner the easy ai setting is great for learning how to play ### 5/5 — Great way to learn this board game *2021-02-13, version 1.1* Great way to teach the kids about a board game played in Madagascar! We tried to learn with pebbles and a game board, but it’s much easier to learn and understand through this app first. ### 5/5 — The best AI out there *2020-08-14, version 1.1* I don’t normally write app reviews but I’ll be honest - I was freaking out about getting the Original Gamer trophy for ACIII Remastered. No other online Fanorona AI seemed to be good enough, and the YouTube tutorials were simply not helpful since the AI changes movesets every game. This app helped me win an Expert game of Fanorona on the homestead on the first try. Worth every penny. It’s important to note that you CAN stop your move. Like it says in the rules, tap the screen with two fingers and you should be set. ### 5/5 — 5 star *2020-07-26, version 1.1* Best game ever I thought I knew every strategy game apparently not. So far my favorite strategy game ### 5/5 — Tougher than Nine Man Morris *2019-05-06, version 1.1* tougher than nine man morris ### 5/5 — Works well lacks online multiplayer *2019-01-11, version 1.1* Fully functioning game ### 5/5 — What games should be *2018-06-04, version 1.1* This is a great game and well set up for mobile. Recommendation: add a setting to remove hints (don’t tell me I have more moves... if I don’t see it, I don’t want to be told.). Even better... if I miss out on a chain, track it and let me know at the end. ### 5/5 — Works Great *2018-04-07, version 1.1* Works Great on hard for beating AC3 After hours of trying to find a game that would win, this one did on the first try. Totally worth the $0.99 ### 5/5 — Awemsome *2018-03-11, version 1.1* This app is the best Fanarona app I’ve ever played. --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. 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