# Fractal Combat X — user reviews > 243 indexed App Store user reviews of Fractal Combat X by NEWTYPE K.K., rated 4.10/5 from 102 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/fractal-combat-x/id578085611/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/fractal-combat-x/id578085611.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 59 · 4★ 17 · 3★ 10 · 2★ 7 · 1★ 9 ## What do users think of Fractal Combat X? Overall sentiment: mixed **Pros** - 🎮 Engaging flight combat gameplay - 🎨 Excellent graphics and visual effects - 🕹️ Good controller support (MFi, PS4, etc.) - 🆓 Free-to-play with reasonable pricing - 📱 Works without VR headset - ⚡ Smooth performance on most devices - 🎯 Intuitive controls with multiple modes - 🛩️ Variety of aircraft to unlock and upgrade - 🌍 Multiple missions and levels - 🔊 Good audio feedback and sound design **Cons** - 🐛 Frequent crashes and stability issues - 📱 VR mode not properly centered/focused - 💰 Aggressive monetization and ads - 🎮 Overly sensitive controls - ⚠️ Difficulty balance issues (too hard) - 🔋 Performance issues on older devices - 📺 Double screen/split screen glitches - 🎯 Unclear mission objectives - ⏱️ Unfair time limits on missions - 🚫 Compatibility issues with some headsets **Commonly reported bugs** - App crashes on startup or during missions - VR mode misalignment and focus issues - Double/split screen display glitches - Controller not recognized or pairing issues - Audio not working after iOS updates - Flight model gets stuck in certain maneuvers - Mission fails despite completing objectives - In-app purchases causing crashes - Purchased aircraft disappearing - Blurry or unfocused VR display - Game freezes during mission selection - Incompatibility with iPhone 13 and newer - Motion controls behaving erratically **Most requested features** - First-person cockpit view - Machine guns and cannons (not just missiles) - Rudder controls for advanced flight - Bombers and dive bombers - More aircraft variety - Hangar customization - Practice/free-flight mode - Ad-free premium version - More planets and environments - Custom VR headset calibration - Stall recovery mechanics - More diverse weapon types - Story/lore explanation - Ability to keep lower-class aircraft - Restart mission button ## Newest reviews (19 of 243) ### 2/5 — Keeps crashing. *2026-02-02* Cool game but It kept crashing during gameplay so it needs updating. ### 4/5 — FCX isn’t a bad game. *2025-04-02, version 1.9.8* As I said, FCX isn’t a bad game. It’s quite good, gameplay feels balanced, but one thing is that in expert flight mode, the flight model can get stuck if you move in a specific way, ex: doing a half loop, then changing horizontal direction, then trying to loop back again. Now this is the problem, there are some situations in where the (space?)craft can’t pull up or down. Which isn’t good. Please fix it. ### 3/5 — Ads *2024-08-10* There should be a free version with ads (the way it is now) and an option to buy the game and play it without ads like on other games. You could even still have the option to turn on ads and watch them for extra points if you bought the game. No option to remove the ads is annoying. The game itself is awesome other than the mission briefs not giving clear objectives. I shouldn’t be losing a mission just because the objectives are unclear and there’s an unknown time limit when I’m full health and cleaning house ### 4/5 — Wow! *2023-01-20* This is a really nice game! It was a really big deal for me. Though I would add some things such as, super maneuverability, still having control after stall, rudders, and guns/cannons. Something else is can you add bombers/dive bombers? It’d be amazing to go first person also. I think a good idea would be that you can add a hangar customization tab! This is a perfect game and I personally love all the jets, and middles you can shoot! ### 3/5 — Issues *2022-11-05* Good game but it has issues do It being pretty cliché of it all…I say at least try to make it not as to get shot down with out a chance to engage late class 2 missions Plus missiles only??? c-mon! Give some thought add more armament like air-service to equip and a gun to make a quicker kill. Or maybe one shot one kill all enemy’s. *UPDATE* Are to much missiles being shot at me more than I can evade. Yes I top off my jets I still get killed. Not fun. ### 2/5 — AAAAGHHHGHH EPILEPSY!! *2022-10-17, version 1.8.1* Condition: 3rd world campaign: Phase 3 gear level locked, Already have best phase 2 maxed with 2x boosted.Sitting on piles of useless funds, they level locked won’t let me use. =============================== Cons: They spawn hundreds of enemies, shooting sidewinder missiles on your back at start, AT START! instant death right on start. Even if you down all of them (50bandits) they pull the mission as failed, even if you got all objectives, the timer runs out, and forces redo. Wow, developers, we have a life to live you know? =======DEAR DEVELOPER ======TY== Make phase 3 ships available on 3rd campaign, I have the creds and money to get it. Mission 3-4 in campaign 3 is like trying to scrape up an ocean with a butter knife. Life is short, why you make it so hard for us? its like a peepee measurement contest, for you to mock us. You ever played:”STRIKE SUIT INFINITY?” NOw that is a GOOOD GAAMMEE! Better than yours, I got the whole series. Check it out plz, learn something cool, and make some smilez. Ok best wishes, good luck. ### 5/5 — Just the Best ! *2020-12-17, version 1.8.1* The Best of the Best ! Thumbs Up ! 👍 ### 4/5 — Not flexible for all headsets. *2020-11-11, version 1.8.1* I own a gear VR headset, and there is no way to get the headset adjusted to the game. ### 5/5 — In VR, surprisingly good. *2020-10-12* I just used my basic headset, out my phone in and away we go. Compared to a lot of usual FPS converted loosely to work in separate eyes, these guys have done a great job - only thing better is the dedicated VR machines powered by PCs Best VR experience I’ve had so far using my basic headset - and even with the google cardboard headset. Games not too bad either. A few rough round the edges bits but nothing worth writing home about. Spend money on this if you like it because these are the type of developers we need to support instead of the greed that’s sweeping the mobile games market. Well done guys 10/10 from me. ### 5/5 — Non VR *2020-09-23* I play this game without a Vr headset. I appreciate the fact that you guys made the game for people without great VR sets. Thanks! ### 5/5 — おもろい *2020-07-26* VRゴーグルと、ps4やxboxのコントローラー、bluetoothイヤホンでかなりの没入感！ エースコンバット系で操作も分かりやすく、導入も遊びやすいよう丁寧に作られてて素晴らしいです。 一つ希望としては、三人称ではなく一人称視点で遊んでみたい！ Isn't it have first person view mode? ### 5/5 — Brilliant VR game! *2020-07-02* I was able to connect my PS4 controller to my iPhone 6 and play this in VR. Loved it, well made and fun to play! ### 5/5 — 3 years old and still looks good *2020-06-28* I personally don’t enjoy playing mobile games. But when it involves a game pad and vr. That’s already a great game for me. This is a great game to kill some time with. It can be for the casual, or for the daring. 10/10 would recommend ### 4/5 — Good game, a few problems *2020-06-09* This game is good, but there are a few problems. 1: the game gives false information at the start of the level 2: it is ridiculously hard to get the in game currency 3: everything is way too expensive ### 2/5 — Reviews are deceiving *2020-06-07, version 1.8.1* Super boring gameplay. 👎 ### 4/5 — Great game *2020-04-30, version 1.8.1* I’ve been looking for a good ver game for a while and I think I finally found one. The graphics are great and I love how there are so many different planes and that you can upgrade them the only thing I would say that might need some adjustment is the controls are a bit jumpy and sensitive otherwise it’s great ### 5/5 — Help *2020-03-25, version 1.8.1* I cant beat the extractor beat 1 its kinda hard plsss BTW nice game🇵🇭😃😃 ### 5/5 — Should not be free *2020-02-09* Amazing game, and it being free is an added bonus. I would like for you guys to update the graphics a little bit, and add a little more detail to the planets surface. ### 5/5 — Cool man !!! *2019-12-29, version 1.8.1* Gráfico y funcionamiento excelente. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Not for iPhone 13 *2026-02-19, version 1.12.6* Won’t even open on my iPhone 13. Very disappointing!!! ### 1/5 — IPhone 8 plus *2019-01-15, version 1.8.1* Make this comparable for my phone in vr mode ### 1/5 — VR Does not work at all. *2018-03-23* I got this game because I heard it was great with VR. When I got it I was greatly disappointed. The two dots and everything else is not centered properly so you can’t even look at the screen. While taking the phone out to try and fix it I saw that it bought something using my real life money!!! I could not get a refund and I am greatly disappointed. ### 1/5 — Spam *2017-11-26* My class 1 fighter disappeared once I got class 2. All the spam is annoying and ridiculous. After a few levels, combat turns into a mindless arcade. ### 1/5 — Crashes Immediately *2017-03-04, version 1.7.4* This is a great game but it crashes immediately now, making it impossible to play. Please fix this! ### 1/5 — Totalabsturz bei Start *2017-01-31* Läuft nicht mehr. Finger weg! ### 1/5 — Not compatible *2016-12-29, version 1.7.0* I have two diff headsets, this game can't be focused in either. ### 1/5 — Unplayable on iPhone *2016-12-10, version 1.7.0* App goes to sleep every time I try to play on my iPhone. Absolutely unplayable. Will play other VR in the future. ### 1/5 — Not ready for Cardboard *2016-12-06, version 1.7.0* Says it supports VR but could not be focused on Cardboard hardware. ### 1/5 — アップデートしたら *2016-11-12* 開かなくなったので改善求めます。 ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — このアプリ自体不要 *2025-12-06* VRが無くなったので不要になりました！しかも、アプリが落ちる！アインストールした！ ### 5/5 — Real dog fighting *2025-03-13* Hands down best app game so far!!! Jet fighting upgrades the Aircraft and graphics amazing 100 STARS ### 5/5 — Perfekt *2024-11-15* Perfekt ### 5/5 — Vraiment bien ! *2024-08-21* Le jeu est vraiment bien contrairement à d’autres jeux du même type. Cinq étoiles bien méritées. ### 5/5 — Just what I was looking for *2022-03-16* This game is exactly what I was looking for in a flight combat game. The control system is intuitive and easy to learn (note: I dint have a VR setup, so I’m playing with motion/touch control). The audio feedback is really important - you hear beeps when targeting locks on. The missions are fun and can get quite intense. The equipment system is easy to understand and well laid out. Upgrades aren’t expensive and you can repeat missions to build up in-game currency for new jets and improvements. I went ahead and bought a credit package and ads were automatically disabled as advertised. I’m having a lot of fun and am considering a VR headset to see what that’s like. Tl;dr - the game is fun, inexpensive, and worth downloading to at least check it out. ### 5/5 — Игра топ *2022-02-01* Игра очень хорошая и графика шок 🤯 я играю в vr очень нравится но очень много донатовских функций а так впрочем игра очень крутая спс разработчикам мне зашло🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩 ### 5/5 — Great game *2021-12-02* Although at first the vr controls seem weird and there’s only missiles, it’s a great game and once you get used to the controls then there actually pretty good, it can be a bit blurry but it still has really good graphics. I really don’t see a need to use guns in this game and the missiles just look incredible. You can ignore any bad comments about it’s vr capabilities and even if you don’t like it in vr it has options if you do t have a vr headset. ### 5/5 — FCX App *2021-03-18* This app has not been updated and upgraded in three years. When is an update coming? Yes, when is an update coming??? ### 5/5 — Great Game, But One Question (DEVS PLEASE ANSWER) *2021-02-17* So, I’ve had this game for about 2 months but never played it because my VR headset is broken. But today, I started playing it using touch screen, which I didn’t know I could do. I got past level 2 so far, and the game is awesome, but you need to add different weapons like cannons, machine guns, and lasers. Here’s my question: What is the story of this game? What’s the lore and stuff? ### 5/5 — It’s a great game *2021-01-28* It’s a really great game, it’s the best vr game theirs is! But you should at first person view, so that way you are in the jets and not outside. --- *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 2026-09-08.*