# Grindstone — user reviews > 1,119 indexed App Store user reviews of Grindstone by Capybara Games Inc., rated 4.70/5 from 6,673 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/grindstone/id1357426636/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/grindstone/id1357426636.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 5,558 · 4★ 548 · 3★ 216 · 2★ 104 · 1★ 247 ## What do users think of Grindstone? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 🚀 Addictive gameplay - 👍 Unique and charming art style - 🎨 Excellent soundtrack and sound effects - 💡 Satisfying chain combos - 🕹️ Intuitive and challenging mechanics **Cons** - 🐛 Occasional crashes and bugs - 🔋 High battery consumption - ⏱️ Unskippable animations - 🔄 Progress loss when switching apps - 🤔 Difficulty spike in later levels **Commonly reported bugs** - Freezing on black screen after intro - Inability to complete certain levels due to glitches - Disappearing save data after updates **Most requested features** - More levels and content updates - Ability to save progress mid-level - Option to disable animations - Landscape mode support on iPad - In-game enemy encyclopedia ## Newest reviews (17 of 1,119) ### 4/5 — It’s a shame *2026-07-31, version 1.1.41* If it wasn’t only on Apple Arcade, it would easily be a 5/5 ### 5/5 — Love it but would love some new levels! *2026-07-29, version 1.1.41* Beat it all, daily grinds don’t do it for me, so would love some new levels! ### 5/5 — Идеальная игра *2026-07-28* Механика свежая и интересная. Уровни разнообразные. Заставляет размять мозги! Прошу добавить кнопку быстрого перемещения к текущему уровню. Листать от города 150 уровней вверх очень неудобно ### 5/5 — Great *2026-07-14, version 1.1.41* Great ### 5/5 — Drop everything and download *2026-07-10, version 1.1.41* This is without a doubt the best puzzle game I have every played. In fact the best game in the Apple Arcade. ### 5/5 — Lotofun *2026-07-10, version 1.1.41* Great game with excellent replay value! ### 5/5 — Digital CRACK *2026-07-09, version 1.1.41* The title is the review! ### 5/5 — Fun game *2026-07-08, version 1.1.41* It’s a lot of fun but the art style really sets it apart definitely one to check out ### 5/5 — good game *2026-06-27, version 1.1.41* like this game ALOT im really only submitting this review as the game keeps asking me to submit one 😭 but welp sorry for a bad written review but i do really enjoy this game ### 5/5 — Suddenly stopped working! *2026-06-26, version 1.1.41* I adore this game - my Apple Arcade subscription is really my Grindstone service and play it basically every day, but it suddenly stopped loading this week! It freezes on the playing screen after the animation of the grindstones bounce and won’t load. iPhone 16 Pro Max on iOS 26.5. Please fix, friendos! ### 5/5 — Captivating and Unique Game *2026-06-19, version 1.1.41* This is one of my favorite mobile games of all time. Its characters, styles, and progression are amazing. ### 5/5 — LOVE this game! *2026-06-18, version 1.1.41* I’ve been playing this game for six years now and I absolutely love it. Please come out with new levels!!! ### 5/5 — Love Fortune Grind…. *2026-06-18, version 1.1.41* I love this game. I love it so much that this is the first review I’ve ever cared to write. I play the Fortune Grind every day. Sometimes, right at 5 pm (when it resets - and I need to [reset] as well). If being a daily player since day 1 has any weight, I’d really welcome some variety with the game. For instance, today’s Fortune Grind quickly turns into lava well before you’re really finished playing. Boards that don’t cut the game short or make it virtually impossible to score many points would be great (I also hate that vice things, btw). You’ve spent lots of time creating different armor, weapons, enemies and I’d love to see them reflected in Fortune Grind. ### 5/5 — Easily Top 5 on Mobile *2026-06-17, version 1.1.41* I love this game. It hits that perfect sweet spot between classically simple, satisfying gameplay and ridiculous, often meta, humor (that shows up both in your face and hidden in the little details). Hard to find another to compare it to honestly. Adding this to your mobile game roster is a no-brainer. ### 5/5 — Genuinely the best mobile game *2026-06-15, version 1.1.41* I have been playing this game since 2020 it’s SUCH cute art and amazing music. It’s so fun and very easy to pick up and put down for a busy person that loves to game in between tasks. Have a lot of love for this studio and would highly recommend this game to anyone ### 5/5 — Amazing *2026-06-12, version 1.1.41* One of my favorite mobile games ever. Love the music the art style and the fun addictive puzzles. I can’t get enough. There’s so so many levels but after getting 100% on everything all I can say is I need more levels. ### 5/5 — Fun Puzzle Battle Game *2026-06-05, version 1.1.41* Great visuals with awesome soundtrack and engaging gameplay. Download it ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Addicted *2026-07-29, version 1.1.41* Great addictive game ### 1/5 — Quit asking me to rate *2026-07-15, version 1.1.41* I already rated this game leave me alone. 1 star for being annoying. ### 1/5 — Do not even bother *2026-06-09, version 1.1.41* It took forever to figure out how the game worked. Then when I did figure it out an update arrived that made all my gems disappear. Even when playing the mini games the gems disappear. Just horrible. ### 1/5 — stop freaking asking for reviews every time app is opened *2026-05-29, version 1.1.41* EVERY time I load this game it asks for another review, even though I've done many. so annoying ### 1/5 — Good game but… *2026-05-13, version 1.1.40* Please stop asking for ratings every time I open the app. ### 1/5 — We pay for easy mode ! *2026-04-22* FOR the love of God we playing a subscription price for a game platform where the games are supposed to be easy! But even though you don't have in app purchases you still design the game levels in a way that you are stuck in levels rather than satisfyingly clearing levels ! We dont want difficult levels! we just WANT IT TO BE EASY! Slashing through it easily! Dont make it like chess we are paying you for a more satisfying experience don't make the levels difficult ! We dont want to scratch our heads to go through each level! make all the levels damn easy! ### 1/5 — Unnecessary interruptions *2026-02-21, version 1.1.40* It begs for reviews ### 1/5 — Don’t force me to review *2026-02-18, version 1.1.40* I only give one stars for any app that asks me to review it every time it opens. ### 1/5 — Cheats *2025-12-06, version 1.1.40* Not good control on small devices. I’d give negative stars if I could. ### 1/5 — Stupid game *2025-11-09, version 1.1.39* Instructions to clear the level through the blue monsters, no other info. Can’t work out what to do and no instructions how to play. Stupid game. Bad UX. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Loved It *2026-08-27, version 1.1.41* Absolutely amazing. Love getting the 40 point gems haha ### 5/5 — Love this. *2026-08-21, version 1.1.41* Love love love this game :) ### 5/5 — Fun *2026-08-16, version 1.1.41* It’s a really fun game. ### 5/5 — Super Fun & Awesome Aesthetic *2026-08-11, version 1.1.41* A great take on the “Connect the Things” genre with a fantastically weird visual style. ### 5/5 — This Game Is Sick *2026-08-08, version 1.1.41* This Game Was Really Fun When I Was Little. But Can’t There Be More Updates? ### 5/5 — Cool! *2026-08-06, version 1.1.41* I love this game! I love everything about to. The End..? ### 5/5 — 梦中情游 *2026-08-05, version 1.1.41* 这游戏是真的上头，不断计算路线打出combo，我喜欢 ### 5/5 — Grindstone *2026-08-03, version 1.1.41* Best game love it but I don’t beat it ### 5/5 — Smashy *2026-07-31, version 1.1.41* Smashy good ### 5/5 — This game is good *2026-07-30, version 1.1.41* It is a good 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 2026-09-09.*