# First Player — user reviews > 79 indexed App Store user reviews of First Player by Florian Letz, rated 4.60/5 from 212 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/first-player/id972283389/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/first-player/id972283389.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 170 · 4★ 19 · 3★ 9 · 2★ 0 · 1★ 14 ## What do users think of First Player? Overall sentiment: mixed **Pros** - 👍 Simple and easy to use - 🚀 Works as intended - 🎯 Straight to the point - 🎮 Fun for game night - 💡 Useful for deciding first player - ✅ Functional and effective - 💯 Impartial selection **Cons** - ⚠️ Limited to 5 players - 💸 Upgrade not worth it - 👎 Disappointing limitations - 🎨 Lacks visual flair - 📱 Free version issues **Commonly reported bugs** - App crashes at 6+ players - Upgrade purchase issues - In-app purchase not unlocking features - Touch and hold limited to 5 fingers - Three finger touch conflicts with iOS gestures **Most requested features** - Allow more than 5 players - More visual customization (colors, pizazz) - Unlock all features in free version ## Newest reviews (13 of 79) ### 3/5 — Not bad, just don’t play a game with more than 5 players *2025-12-25, version 1.0.3* Works great… if you have 5 players or less lol ### 3/5 — The app breaks at 6 players *2023-04-03, version 1.0.3* Works great for 5 or less players ### 3/5 — Great but needs to allow more people *2022-12-27, version 1.0.3* Needs to be able to have more than 5 players ### 4/5 — Does exactly what it’s supposed to do… *2021-09-11, version 1.0.3* It is perfect at what is does except I thought the touch n spin and touch n point features were free when they’re not. Just a warning to anyone else who is about to make the same mistake. Touch n hold is still perfectly random and works very well though. ### 4/5 — Works great on older phones, but... *2019-09-23, version 1.0.3* This app works great, until you try to do three finger touch on ios13. It then tries to cut, copy, and paste. ### 4/5 — Not iOS 13 ready *2019-09-23* I love this app but sadly since iOS 13 the touch and hold function isn‘t working anymore with 3 players and more. Two players is working still fine. ### 5/5 — Best game start app ever. *2018-12-25, version 1.0.3* If you play boardgames then this is a must buy. No more fighting on who goes 1st. ### 5/5 — Simple et efficace *2018-12-20, version 1.0.3* Cette application fonctionne à merveille et l’interface est géniale. ### 5/5 — Does it needs *2018-11-10, version 1.0.3* Awesome app. Does what it needs. Can’t go more then 5 people on the IPhone but that’s not the developers problem. ### 5/5 — Sehr praktisch *2018-10-25* Haben die pp gerade auf der Spiel 2018 vorgeführt bekommen ### 5/5 — It does exactly what it is supposed to do *2018-08-20, version 1.0.3* Perfect app, nothing fancy. It does exactly what is required of it. You couldn’t ask for more really, well other than helping me to win a game of course but that would take a miracle! ### 5/5 — Bravo! *2018-08-06, version 1.0.3* Bravo! ### 5/5 — Great and simple app *2018-06-12, version 1.0.3* Does exactly what it needs to do. Simple and straight to the point. It's a pretty useful app to have. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Terrible *2023-10-08, version 1.0.3* I hated it ### 1/5 — I lost *2020-10-10, version 1.0.3* 4 times in a row! ### 1/5 — Upgrade purchase scam *2020-02-07, version 1.0.3* I decided to upgraded since my gaming group consist of 6 players or more. The free app only selects start player for 5 max. I paid for the upgrade with no changes as advertised ☹️ ### 1/5 — Limited to 5 players on IPhone 7+ *2019-08-04, version 1.0.3* Can’t select more than 5 players ### 1/5 — Payed for upgrade, still can’t support more than 5 *2019-04-30, version 1.0.3* After paying for a version that supports more than five, version still taps out at 6. Waste of money and when I already had an app to do max 5 ### 1/5 — Doesn’t unlock more than 5 players! *2018-08-04, version 1.0.3* Paid for the app to allow more than 5 players and it still limits to 5. Don’t waste your money. ### 1/5 — Misleading and already filed complaint *2017-03-07, version 1.0.3* Says it support 6. Bought and still max is 5. ### 1/5 — Useless without buying full version *2016-05-03, version 1.0.3* Handles only up to 5 players in free version. So I tried to upgrade for $0.99, 3 times, and eventually got an error. Wonder if I've been charged 3 times for something I don't have. ### 1/5 — Free version doesn't work for me *2015-09-18, version 1.0.1* Tried using press n hold option in free mode, does not work at all. Only recognizes one finger. States that the free mode should be for 2-5 people ### 3/5 — Tried it with 6 fingers *2026-02-20* Look I was fiddling with it and noticed that when I do the finger selector- it did 5 fingers max. So I dropped the dollar - no change. I suppose the color spin thing still works for me, but I’m majorly disappointed. I play most things 6 player. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Only needs to do one thing *2026-03-15, version 1.0.3* Only needs to do one thing and it does and in fun ways. ### 5/5 — FP *2025-11-02, version 1.0.3* Easy app to determine who places first. Impartial ### 5/5 — Easy *2025-09-11* Einfach und funktional ### 5/5 — Fun for game night *2024-09-25, version 1.0.3* Turns picking who goes first as its own fun mini game. ### 5/5 — I have been looking for something like this for ages! *2021-10-24, version 1.0.3* I love this app! It is awesome and works great. I was debating something, we then just used this app, it is great! Recommend it, depending on how you use it or how you want it to be. This was perfect for me. Thanks and keep up the good work developers! ### 5/5 — Straight to the point *2019-12-25, version 1.0.3* Does exactly what it says :p easy to use ### 5/5 — A good board game app *2019-12-13, version 1.0.3* The app works great. ### 5/5 — Nice and easy *2019-11-18, version 1.0.3* Very easy to help decide who goes next ### 5/5 — Perfect for choosing start player. *2019-07-28, version 1.0.3* 👍🏻👍🏻 ### 5/5 — 10 *2019-04-02, version 1.0.3* I tested this with ten fingers. Works perfectly. Basic, has some style. Still I’d pay for some more pizazz and variety. --- *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 2026-08-21.*