Harry Potter User Reviews

Customer Experience

Positive experience60.0% of reviews
Neutral14.3% of reviews
Negative experience25.7% of reviews

~ Based on 35 written reviews from the US App Store.

What users say

Is Harry Potter Safe?

Harry Potter: Magic Awakened appears safe based on user ratings. AppsHunter Safety Score for Harry Potter is 93/100.

This assessment is based on 30,104 user ratings, with an App Store average of 4.6/5.

Safety Analysis

91.3% of ratings point to a safe experience
3.2% of ratings suggest some concerns
5.5% of ratings point to a risky experience

~ Based on 30,104 App Store ratings for Harry Potter.

Is Harry Potter Legit?

Harry Potter: Magic Awakened is no longer available in the App Store. AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Harry Potter is 35/100.

Based on 35 of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.

Score capped because this app is no longer listed.

Top reviews

I’m being honest

This game is so much fun when you look at it in retrospect, but it’s so buggy and the game is so laggy. I started and immediately I was so exited, a new Harry Potter game was just what I needed and the art was so cool! Took a little while to load but you know, I just had to trust the process. The first bug I encountered was me having to restart the whole game because I tried joining the same server as my sister. Then, when I finally got it back to where I was the game just wouldn’t load, I tried deleting photos, other apps, just to get this game to work but nothing was working at that point. So, I deleted it, but it didn’t end there. I decided to give it a second shot. I heard the servers were going under maintenance so I thought it was the perfect time to see if they fixed the bugs. Nope. I joined in and my screen turned black, it took me at least 30 minutes to turn my phone back on because it was just lagging my whole phone, to the point I thought it broke. As soon as it turned on I deleted it for good and came to write this. Please do not waste your time on this game, if the creators would just take another year or so to fix this and make it less buggy I will be fine with that. Thank you for reading this and I hope my review is noted as helpful to you and the creators in hopes to make this a playable and enjoyable game.
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Eh

I’ve been playing this game for over a year. It was great at first. It had several of the original characters & parts felt very similar to the books & movies. Eventually, it turned more to an Asian/anime theme. Many of the characters, music & themes are eastern influenced. I’m not saying that’s a bad thing, but it just doesn’t feel reminiscent of the original storyline to me. It got to the point where I didn’t feel like I was playing a Harry Potter game anymore, which defeated the purpose of me downloading it to begin with. I wanted to feel like I was in Hogwarts & Diagon Alley with themes that are faithful to the original story that I cherish so much.

There’s also an issue with bots in this game. I spent hours, days & weeks building up my dueling points only to be defeated over and over again by game bots, which I don’t think is fair. Most of the “real” players with money can buy their way through this game & advance at a much faster pace than us “regular” folk. I also had a hard time obtaining many legendary cards, regardless of how many gold & silver keys I used. I would often get the same cards over & over again, which was useless.

Ultimately, if you want a game that’s true to the original concept of HP, this probably won’t be the one for you. I’ve heard better things about Hogwarts Legacy, so I’ll get rid of this game & try that one instead.
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Very fun just one thing unclear

Ok I got this game yesterday and it’s been a blast! I’ve been able to change my character with super cool graphics and the storyline looks very promising just one thing. So when I got to Hogwarts and went through the sorting I then went to bed, when I woke up Lottie was in my dorm room and she would ask you if you wanted to go to the dueling club. And when you clicked yes then you were teleported there you can even have a partner. I don’t have a problem with any of that I’m just confused on how long you have to duel before you progress it’s kinds just match after match leveling up friendship with your partner but no progression on the story line because I’ve been dueling for like, the past 2 hrs. It’s a very fun game but that’s just the one thing I don’t know about because there are no alternate things to do. It may be that I have to get to a certain lvl or something but it would be good if you could let us know when the dualing part of the plot line lets you progress into other more interesting stuff.
Thank you for reading!
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It’s ridiculous

8/10 for sure. It’s a set story RPG. So choice doesn’t matter click the wrong thing or mess up on a potion it will just set you back. That’s fine, I expect 3/10 when it comes to mobile games. This has a weird immersive aspect to where the story doesn’t change but how you deal with other players matters. Do you get invited into duels? Maybe a dance? Do you show up to random classes? There is a lot to do and I don’t know anyone who has paid for gear. If you work it well you don’t need to pay to win. I am pleasantly surprised with this game. Also I lucked out and got my best spell like in my 3rd day. People play so different it’s hard to tell if you’re going to step on a higher level or just get demolished by a lower one. The combat is really thought out and when you just need a break you can just chill in a room and chat for a bit. Planning was okay.. we kinda had to pull it off but we didn’t for the longest time but we eventually got it. It’s not pay to play. 90% of the people are super fun and not aggressive. Unless you get into the dueling club, that’s the place to be aggressive that’s where it’s okay
I completely recommend this game. It’s super fun and free if you want it to be
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It’s ridiculous

8/10 for sure. It’s a set story RPG. So choice doesn’t matter click the wrong thing or mess up on a potion it will just set you back. That’s fine, I expect 3/10 when it comes to mobile games. This has a weird immersive aspect to where the story doesn’t change but how you deal with other players matters. Do you get invited into duels? Maybe a dance? Do you show up to random classes? There is a lot to do and I don’t know anyone who has paid for gear. If you work it well you don’t need to pay to win. I am pleasantly surprised with this game. Also I lucked out and got my best spell like in my 3rd day. People play so different it’s hard to tell if you’re going to step on a higher level or just get demolished by a lower one. The combat is really thought out and when you just need a break you can just chill in a room and chat for a bit. Planning was okay but the execution of the idea was spot on. Props to the devs they had an idea and followed through.
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What a Waste

This game had so much potential to captivate the entirety of the HP community AND extend its appeal to card game enjoyers; however, the developers made it so that your success in main function of the game was dictated by how much money you spent. Now there’s very few players anymore because the developers thought the best way to pursue profits was demanding obscene payments for low value rewards leading to frustrations that were never addressed by the devs and the absence of players. Don’t waste your time: there’s no way to progress as a free to play player not to mention if you’re a new players there’s no hope… it’s simply not accessible to players. Eventually, the game will be barren and it’s only inhabitants will be the bugs and viruses that plague it already. They’ve prioritized profits over fixing any actual issues; complaints about monetization issues have been the biggest concern of players since the beginning and not only have they not changed but they haven’t even addressed the issue; if you want proof, just look at what reviews have developer responses. To sum up this rant, don’t waste your time or money unless they change their game soon and drastically.
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No Qualms About It, This Game is Pay to Win

I’ve played this game since its launch and while it was enjoyable for a few months (the campaign is great, but updates aren’t released quick enough) it’s become very clear to me that this game is yet another ‘Pay To Win’ cash cow.

I’ve personally spent ~$30 on in-game purchases so far, and even with that I still cannot realistically compete in duels with people who are paying hundreds of dollars for card upgrades. This aspect of the game ruins the entire dueling experience and destroys any sense of equity amongst competitive players. The devs have not addressed the overpowered 1% player base issue in a way that’s fair to all, and I suspect that’s intentional because people who aren’t skilled but who have money will pay to be perceived as better.

In 1v1 and 2v2 ranked duels, card levels could be capped at realistic levels to make the duels skill and strategy based, but this isn’t done. Instead, devs have implemented a non-ranked 3rd battle mode where they level the playing field with everyone receiving same level cards but there is no point or reward for participating in this 3rd type of duel.
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Already a LOT of bugs from the first 10 minutes

The art style is phenomenal but already, I’ve run into a handful of bugs. Whenever I put on my Ravenclaw robes, my character’s entire body disappears so it’s just a head. Whenever I looked for friends to add, all of them had their body missing too so I assume that they were also wearing robes that disappeared their body. I’ve been trying for a while now to sign into my WB games account to get that 200 gold sign-in bonus but when I input all my stuff, nothing happens and it says the sign in failed despite it working for other games. And this is just more of a personal tick - but we can’t change our character’s tone of voice? I have a female character and her voice is so high pitched that it gets immediately annoying, there’s no way to change that?? I’ve only just completed the sorting ceremony, getting ready to go to my first class, but dear lord the handful of bugs I’ve found this early in makes me not want to play.

EDIT:
Opening my inbox, I have a handful of letters that are completely confusing. I can only assume they’re for later in the game and I’m not SUPPOSED to have them yet. One says “chapter 3” and another says “chapter 2”.
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Response from developer

Hi, thanks for taking the time to share your thoughts on Harry Potter: Magic Awakened so far! Your feedback is important to us so we'll be happy to forward this report to the appropriate team for them to review. If you have any more details you'd like to add or if you ever run into issues while playing, you can always reach out to us through Settings > Service or at http://go.wbgames.com/HPMAHelp at any time. Also, for any bugs you encounter, we encourage you to submit an in-game bug report so it can be further investigated. Thank you!

I’m not sure anymore…

I was playing this game every day and I had to take a break because it was getting frustrating.
I completed the years before the gameplay that’s currently going on now was released.
In hard times with the economy, it’s near impossible to throw the amount of money at this game that it’s basically all but demanding for you to get fair game play. You get capped in gold for duels but yet you need gold to level your spell book. You used to get gold from the flying car, now you do not. So it makes it harder and harder to level your spell book to meet the requirements to continue playing. When you go to duel, you can CONTINUOUSLY get matched with people far outside of your ability. And then you lose all your points for nothing. It’s like, why try?
So, I took a break. I came back. And there’s minor differences. Not enough that I think I can get continuous game play. I’ll get frustrated and need a long break again.
Which is a shame. Because I love HP and this has so much more potential than what it’s being given.
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LOVE IT, but the game is ALMOST unplayable

I was super duper excited when I saw this game had been released. It has definitely not disappointed, it’s actually everything I have ever wanted in a game mixed together. People can customize their characters, name them, PvP/duel, and roleplay. There’s also an immersive story with fun characters. I love how the game keeps its charm with the hogwarts elements (DUH, ITS A HOGWARTS GAME) but it’s whimsical and friendly for those who don’t want to pay to actually enjoy the game. It’s lovely.

Here’s the problem: it crashes every 15 seconds after I enter the game. I know it’s a problem currently trying to get fixed, but when It gets to the point I can barely play the game, there’s an issue. I find it particularly common when I press to enter the Shop/Store button on the top right corner and when I want to upgrade a card in the “Charms” section. I can tolerate it crashing 5 times, it’s fine, I just enter back into the game. However, after it crashing 10 times within 5 minutes, especially after experiencing this for days, I could no longer stay silent. When talking to others about it, through chat, they said they were also experiencing the same issue.

There’s so much I want to do and I want to spend hours playing, but I can’t if the game doesn’t allow me to do that. I hope this issue gets fixed soon.
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Takes Up Massive Amount of Space

this game is dope, ngl. but the amount of space it takes up is insane. it says it takes up 3gb, but each day it downloads more and more, lil bits at a time. i've been playing for about a month and am only just starting year3, and the game is taking up over 10gb on my tablet. and, if it doesn't have enough space, then the game simply won't even open so i've had to uninstall almost everything else on my tablet to make room for this. i'm at the point where I only have one more app I can uninstall before im out of options and won't be able to play this game anymore.

makes me glad I've never spent more than $10 on it. won't be spending more, because it seems i won't be able to play much longer.

while i appreciate the attempt to bring an intricate game to mobile apps, theres a reason people save this level of game power for consoles and PC. not only is it inherently inaccessible to low income people who can't afford spacious devices, but this isn't sustainable. it might start with people like me who have a smaller amount of space on our devices (32gb) but, at the rate of space accrual you're going, your entire userbase is going to be having this problem within a year.
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Enjoy the game but there are more unpleasant problems than I thought

I’ve been playing this game more than a month and enjoying it so far. However, there are some issues I would like to talk about:
1. This game is expensive: I played this game in another version which is Chinese version. In Chinese version, it’s much more generous when it comes to spending your real money in the game, which I found very frustrating when I am playing the same game.
2. The duel ranking: I am at GM now and was taking me just like 100 more to be a MA. But the game makes it impossible when it matched me and my teammates with much higher rank which make me loose all the points I was working so hard for.
3. The huge differences between people who spend a lot of money and who don’t: if you don’t spend tons of money in this game, oh well, good luck with that. It takes forever for me to upgrade my book or get new cards, even though I spend around $200 on this game already. I played a lot of games, but this is so far the most ridiculous expensive game that I ever played. Other games require skills to be a good gamers, money just make things look prettier. But with this game, you just need to spend thousands of $$$ to master it.
If you wonder why I still play this game. Well, because I am a huge fan of Harry Potter since I was little. I made a punch of friends on this game already. It’s fun to play but it’s less fun when it comes to spend my money in this impossible situation.
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I love this game! Here are my few suggestions though

This game is so much fun. It super addictive and has so much to offer. I especially love how you don’t need to be a fan to play the game, yes there is refrences but I got my friend who is not Harry Potter fan to fall in love with this game. The art style, the music, the gameplay options. All so much fun.

My few issues:
The game crashes a lot
There are tons of glitches such as the social owl shows up different every five seconds.
I think there needs to be a more efficient way to get coins and gems and we should be forced to use real money. The leveling up of the spell book is a very fun and creative idea, but at the rate of income vs the need of upgrade to even complete certain tasks are very irritating and difficult to match.

I really want a potions class! My favorite class is Divination but there is nobody who ever joins that class and I’m stuck with NPCs. I also really want more of a dark path option. I think that is so cool and I love the unforgivable curses! I want Nocturne Alley and when will we get a Hogsmede???

Anyways.
I can’t wait to see all that this game will become and all it can offer and I intend to be there every step of the way!

Also we need more Familiars!!! We need more than Owls. Cats, dogs, frogs, MAYBE EVEN LIKE A NEWT SCAMANDER TYPE OF TRAIT TO INCLUDE. Multiple animals. A collection. Etc etc. sorry I got a little excited lol
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Ban system stinks. Solo Exams are too hard

I made it through the ranks (Up to Platinum) with very limited amount of cards (I’ve been playing for 7 days). Now I find out my main card was banned this week, and could possibly be banned every week (player votes determine what card will be banned each week which is dumb). Do you guys understand you can not ban cards when there are only like 20 cards in the whole entire game? (I’m over exaggerating obviously). Banning 2 cards per week in the early ranks especially is asinine, save that for grandmasters. Or let players ban 1 card pre match.

My friends can help me in class but not on the Exams? C difficulty is easy but after that it gets way too difficult. A difficulty doesn’t even make sense. It just screams “spend money on the game or grind for weeks! Possibly months if you want to beat me”. That isn’t fun at all. How is PVE more pay to win than PVP?

In my opinion this game has a stupid amount of potential. And you guys are letting it go to waste. I’ve heard terrible reviews about the exploration update. Me my wife and 7 year old, we all play this game. It’s amazing. But at this point, I’m seeing too many reasons as to why I should stop playing right now. Before I get too invested
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Response from developer

Hi there, thanks for taking the time to share your thoughts on Harry Potter: Magic Awakened so far! We appreciate your feedback regarding the card banning process as well as the class difficulty. This is important to us and the game team so we'll be sure to forward this report for them to review. If you have any more details you'd like to add or if you ever run into issues while playing, you can always reach out to us through Settings > Service or at http://go.wbgames.com/HPMAHelp at any time. Thank you!

Year 3 update

Honestly, the new update is okay. Love that we got yr 3. However, upset we cant buy or trade items (gold nuggets/keys/pink gems)for gold coins. I feel that the new updates for the forbidden forest was kind of unnecessary. It nice, but wasn’t needed. Definitely need to bring back getting gold from the ford anglia. We would also like to see quidditch, more options/ways to earn/buy more clothing/hairstyle options. The rewards for dancing should also be increased bc lvl 5’s are atrociously difficult with little to no reward. The duelling club should also have more rewards based on rank and card proficiency. More dorm and personal space decoration options would be a bonus. More spells and other ways to upgrade them besides just gold coins would be awesome. Otherwise, I absolutely love the game and I’m kind of obsessed! Been logging in everyday for the last 23 days!
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Response from developer

Hi Keatynn. We appreciate you sharing your thoughts on the new update and other aspects of the game. Feedback is very important to us, and we'll make sure to share it with the appropriate teams. If you need assistance with the game, please reach out in-game by clicking the settings button and choosing "Service", or at go.wbgames.com/HPMAHelp.

They stole from me

To be honest, I really, really liked this game for a lot of reasons, mainly the animation, story, and voice acting. But when standing in the checkout line at the store getting some Funions, the game glitched out and sent me to my Home Screen. I didn’t really care at the time, because this happened to me a lot. But when I go back to keep playing, it asks my age. But then I clicked “enter Hogwarts” and the cutscene you see at the beginning of the game starts playing. Then I realized that somehow, my progress and account was deleted. This is VERY disappointing, because I collected every Legendary spell and summon card and the Hermione Legendary companion card. Do you how tempting it have golden keys and not using them? And saving all the gold you possibly can to buy Orb of Water, without spending a dime? I spent time to get those cards, so to make sure the same thing doesn’t happen to you, I’d recommend not getting to deep in to the game or spending any money before this is fixed.
BTW, I’m 12, but should definitely take me seriously, or this might happen to you too. Can you imagine working hard to get one special card and it being taken from you?
So listen and be warned.
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Has Possibilities

As a former HP:Wizards Unite fan I am somewhat reluctant to invest too much of myself in this new game from WB, lest they pull the rug out from under us yet again. So far, it has great possibilities but the movement controls are awkward and the basic gameplay could use a LOT more explanation. Sometimes, text appears then disappears too fast to read, rewards are received but it is not clear how to use many of them, and echo use needs a significant tutorial. Decks are recommended but only when you try to select one will it tell you you did not yet have the necessary cards. This makes no sense to recommend something one cannot use. Most annoying is the constant effort to sell upgrade packages, but why the heck would I throw money into buying items I don’t know how to use?
I expect this game can, and should, get better but right now there is way too much to process without adequate information so it is quite frustrating.
Art design is good, with nice options for building your character and allowing players to keep their chosen house, should they not be happy with the Sorting Hat’s decision.
Here’s hoping WB will be patient with this game and will not hit it with an Evanesco before it finds it’s stride.
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Amazing Game

I’d give this game a five out of five. It’s a great game. The art in the game is absolutely amazing! I love the way the artists portrayed the characters. So visually appealing! For the actual gameplay, I’d say it’s pretty fun. Dueling is pretty fun, I just wish that there were some more spells. Also, I feel like the Legendary cards aren’t even that good. I have fiveish legendary cards, and I only really use two of them. I’d say that most Epic cards are better than a lot of Legendary cards. For the story line, it’s fairly easy to keep up with and makes sense. Some duels during the story are really hard though, even if it’s just your first year. I don’t have a lot to criticize about this game, it really is great. It got a bit boring after a few days of having it, but that’s just the nature of having games. There was one bug where no matter what I wrote in the title or motto of my social club, it was called inappropriate and I couldn’t start one, but other than that, it’s a great game. 10/10
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The authenticity of the series isn’t quite here yet.

Harry Potter : Magic Awakend is an amazing game, With exceptional graphics and gameplay mechanics, Along with the good stuff the thing is they keep adding more and more to the levels and story and the “Coming soon” stuff .so what could be bad in such a game with such a outstanding community? Problem 1# Well known: The controls: Everyone would like to log in, go to the dorms and add a friend but thats not the case. I’m usually playing with my Potter Head friend (not to say I’m not a Potter Head) And then we take up at least half an hour to try and figure out how to share a dorm. All I’m saying is make sharing a dorm or even a server and adding friends easier. Problem 2# Not many people know but what I’d like is,Stay with me here: You hop on to your probably fantastic broom and then you peek a glance of the map “If I’m at Hogwarts then how to get to Diagon Alley on my broom? Well you can’t. That’s right, you can only get from one place to another easily via map. Sadly. For know that’s enough from me By the way I’m literally ten. Bye 👋
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Honest Review

I absolutely love the game but there’s some minor flaws and glitches and bugs, but is very small. I love the color scheme the details in the graphics, but I do wish there was more features like more clothing designs like a list and more clothes that cost coins instead of gems I wish there was like a list of clothes that wasn’t gender separated so you can pick whatever you want. The story plot in the details are very interesting. They can get a little boring sometimes first year was rather boring but I wish it wasn’t so fast I wish they had like. Do you know a graduation process or shows you go to different places more hogMeade is an open yet, so is London but I hope there’s more to come and I wish there was a better voice chat feature on the game that I wish there was more classes more clubs I wish you could explore more. I wish there was dances that were a game you have to earn points in I wish it was just something that allows you to dance without playing the game. I wish there was a faster way to earn coins and just more stuff. It’s a new game so it’s still a work in the only thing I can say is I wish there was more clothes and wish there was a longer story-lines or maybe a character love interest. I’d love to see the characters grow and change more. I also wish people could edit the voices of the their own characters and change the pitch and stuff.
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