# Friends – Pengu, Bao & Mellow — user reviews > 4,328 indexed App Store user reviews of Friends by SLAY GmbH, rated 4.80/5 from 237,747 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/friends-pengu-bao-and-mellow/id6462927800/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/friends-pengu-bao-and-mellow/id6462927800.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 218,736 · 4★ 9,710 · 3★ 4,879 · 2★ 1,451 · 1★ 2,971 ## What do users think of Friends? Overall sentiment: mixed **Pros** - 🤩 Cute and fun game - 👍 Enjoyable co-parenting experience - 🎮 Fun mini-games - 🤖 Interesting virtual pet concept **Cons** - 🤬 Too many ads - 🐛 Frequent bugs and glitches - ⏰ Needy penguin requires constant attention - 💰 Expensive in-app purchases **Commonly reported bugs** - Disappearing items and progress - Ads not providing promised rewards - Leveling up and progression issues - Laggy performance and crashes - Syncing problems between co-parents **Most requested features** - More mini-games and activities - Ability to have multiple penguins - Customization options for penguin and environment - Sleep mode or reduced notifications - Better rewards and coin earning system ## Newest reviews (17 of 4,328) ### 2/5 — No just no *2026-08-24, version 2.3.11* I had this game before but I got rid of it for a while. But then I was curious what it’s like now. So I got it but you have to give the game you email or if you don’t want to do that you have to login and give it your mobile number and me being a smart kid I deleted it again. So you can get it but parents just warning you that, that’s what you have to do if you get it for your kid or yourself. And for the developer please change it but keep all three let you do whatever on them just don’t make us sign in please! 🙏 ### 3/5 — idk stupid *2026-08-24, version 2.3.11* it’s stupid that you have to pay to have a tutor to have to the school done. It’s so stupid I’m not paying for that but it’s nice to raise a pet but why can’t we raise a pet by ourselves? I don’t know it’s pretty stupid. ### 4/5 — Review *2026-08-20, version 2.3.11* i do this with my friend and i keeps are bond alive !!! i can 100% say that their adorable ❤️! i recommend the bear for people with depression because this has helped me get up for the day! ### 2/5 — Original was better *2026-08-18, version 2.3.10* I played this with my bf at the time in 2024 and it was great. Mini games fun, dressing up the pengu and feeding it was easy. No ads, easy to build the homes and get cash. We fell off the game and decided to download it again so it can be something we do together while we’re apart. Now, the game has so many glitches. So many ads that even the ads freeze, we buy clothes, it doesn’t show up in the inventory, and if it does, we can’t equip it. When we open the game, a lot of the features or buttons to show so we to close it and open it a bunch of times. Even the ads freeze and we have to close up the game. It’s not fun as it used to be. Don’t know why the changed it so much and for the worse :( ### 4/5 — Clothes *2026-08-17, version 2.3.9* It is good and all but it needs to constantly add to the clothes I have bought every single skin and item of clothing. I gave pineapple ( my panda) a few ideas and he said he’d do it quick but he hasn’t so I do really wish for some more items of clothing and maybe a pet for my panda ### 5/5 — meow *2026-08-15, version 2.3.9* meow ### 5/5 — Aplicativo *2026-08-14* Aplicativo ### 5/5 — Very fun *2026-08-14, version 2.3.9* It is very fun and I’m playing with a group ### 5/5 — Good *2026-08-14, version 2.3.9* Great game too many adds tho ### 5/5 — Review *2026-08-14, version 2.3.9* The game is really fun bc i want to have a kid in the future and its like having a kid but younger age level ### 5/5 — Cool *2026-08-14, version 2.3.9* It’s fun and it also lets me throw the penguin ### 5/5 — Love it *2026-08-14, version 2.3.9* It brought me and my boyfriend closer ### 5/5 — Very fun *2026-08-13, version 2.3.9* It’s a very good way to connect to your friends or significant other ### 5/5 — I love this game *2026-08-13, version 2.3.9* I love this game ### 5/5 — tufff *2026-08-13, version 2.3.9* get it if you have goals ### 5/5 — The queen *2026-08-13, version 2.3.9* I love this game it is sooo fun ### 5/5 — 5 stars *2026-08-13, version 2.3.9* My little sister and me enjoy this game a lot ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Infuriating game *2026-08-20, version 2.3.11* I PAID FOR A MONTH SUBSCRIPTION, and didn’t read the fine print it charged my card for the entire year, which is fine I had the money but I was expecting a monthly charge not a lump sum taken out all at once. Not to mention I just finished 300 levels of the spring event to get the stupid skin for the pupu I even went to level 305 JUST TO MAKE SURE I HAD IT, well f me bcz it restarted me back at level 43 and I REFUSE TO WASTE ANOTHER HOUR to get that stupid skin. And don’t get me started on the free spins why have any gem prize above 5 if your only going to get 2s. If I hadn’t spent the freaking lump sum of money on this game I would have deleted it months ago!!!! DONT WASTE YOUR TIME!!! ### 1/5 — HORRÍVEL!! *2026-08-15* Abaixei o aplicativo e quando entrei tive que fazer o cadastro ou pelo login ou pelo Apple. Tentei várias vezes, e nenhuma delas funcionou! Sempre aparece na mesma tela. ### 1/5 — After everything…. *2026-08-15, version 2.3.9* I used to love this app. But after a glitch or something i couldn’t see my pengu no more. And still haven’t been able to recover him. Support dont answer the emails. I guess i lost my progress. ### 1/5 — Pay to Decor *2026-08-04, version 2.3.9* If you wanna do anything but feed and give love to your penguin, you have to pay. Everything you’d want your penguin to wear or have in the background needs “Pengu Pass” but if you want some ugly skirt? Yeah! Of course you can have it for 100 coins. Only reason I play is because my friends been dying to raise one with me for a while. Genuinely kinda boring. Only thing fun about it is knowing you’re sharing with someone you love. ### 1/5 — Was a great app, until issues progressively got worse. *2026-07-27, version 2.3.7* It’s a good app but after 9 months of using it, I’ve experienced many issues from it freezing to not being able to click things, and also crashing. I thought after time it would be fixed but I still experience the same issues and more where I can’t even buy food at times, having to restart the app many many times. After paying $100 for more, and having it not work too great is disappointing. (Update): it’s even worse now. I lost have the features I had. He doesn’t have an option to sleep. Can’t use the chat function anymore. Randomly crashes and freezes when I just wanna get food, not able to do the achievements it asks for to level up, the app has just got worse and worse for me throughout having it for close to a year instead of improving. Disappointed after spending a 1 year $100 plan honestly. I’m still obviously going to be using it after how much time I’ve invested and money I spent, but I’m still definitely and honestly disappointed at this point. ### 1/5 — Scam *2026-07-22, version 2.3.6* Everything is adds everything is for sale only reason I play my kid doesn’t want her pet dying. ### 1/5 — Ruined *2026-07-22, version 2.3.6* This game was very enjoyable in the beginning. I started playing this game a couple years ago, and it was perfect! No ads, game never froze, and the levels were fun to progress. Now, the next level is locked by a paywall, and there are ads ALL THE TIME. This was an easy 5 star for me before. ### 1/5 — ads *2026-07-21, version 2.3.6* Way to many ads, can’t enjoy the game because ads pop up like every 1-2 min ### 1/5 — Changed *2026-07-12, version 2.3.5* this game has changed so much since it first came out. it used to be so much fun but it’s only about buying stuff. you can’t do any cool outfits without spending real money on a stupid pass for the game. theres also now limited options for everything unless you pay to play ### 1/5 — Infuriating game *2026-07-10, version 2.3.5* I PAID FOR A MONTH SUBSCRIPTION, and didn’t read the fine print it charged my card for the entire year, which is fine I had the money but I was expecting a monthly charge not a lump sum taken out all at once. Not to mention I just finished 300 levels of the spring event to get the stupid skin for the pupu I even went to level 305 JUST TO MAKE SURE I HAD IT, well f me bcz it restarted me back at level 43 and I REFUSE TO WASTE ANOTHER HOUR to get that stupid skin. And don’t get me started on the free spins why have any gem prize above 5 if your only going to get 2s. If I hadn’t spent the freaking lump sum of money on this game I would have deleted it months ago!!!! DONT WASTE YOUR TIME!!! ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — me and my husband play this all of the time *2026-08-23, version 2.3.11* love it ### 5/5 — Love, BUT *2026-08-22, version 2.3.11* NEED MORE LEVELS NOW ### 5/5 — Very fun game *2026-08-22, version 2.3.11* Fun game ### 5/5 — Love it *2026-08-21, version 2.3.11* I love how you can now give them a personality love doing it with my boyfriend ### 5/5 — Great game *2026-08-20, version 2.3.11* This is a great game ### 5/5 — Wow *2026-08-19, version 2.3.10* Wow ### 5/5 — Sooo cute *2026-08-16, version 2.3.9* Me and my friends are raising our baby Jellybean hehe is so cuteee and it’s js a little fun thing we can do to pass time ### 5/5 — Pengu *2026-08-16, version 2.3.9* Fun good quality time ### 5/5 — Pengu *2026-08-16, version 2.3.9* Love this he is so cute ### 5/5 — kynti *2026-08-15, version 2.3.9* I love this game --- *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 2026-08-31.*