# Hooked Inc: Fishing Games — user reviews > 2,792 indexed App Store user reviews of Hooked Inc by Lion Studios, rated 4.70/5 from 500,574 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/hooked-inc-fishing-games/id1436213906/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/hooked-inc-fishing-games/id1436213906.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 394,711 · 4★ 77,969 · 3★ 19,838 · 2★ 3,477 · 1★ 4,579 ## What do users think of Hooked Inc? Overall sentiment: neutral **Pros** - 🚀 Addictive gameplay - 👍 Simple and relaxing - 💡 Offline earnings - 🚀 Satisfying to catch fish **Cons** - 🐛 Freezing issues with ads - 💰 Excessive ads and in-app purchases - 🐛 Glitches with experience and progress - 🔋 Game drains battery quickly **Commonly reported bugs** - Resets progress when collecting experience - Crew members and items disappearing - Inconsistent tournament scores - Goals not tracking properly **Most requested features** - More fish varieties and challenges - Ability to hide crew members - Confirmation for gem purchases - Adjustable difficulty curve ## Newest reviews (15 of 2,792) ### 3/5 — Good game but forced ads *2026-08-28, version 3.2.1* As above ### 5/5 — Best fishing game ever *2026-08-28, version 3.2.1* It’s really fun ### 5/5 — great game *2026-08-28, version 3.2.1* i love the game becouse it’s addless and i can play it in the deer stand ### 5/5 — Great game *2026-08-28, version 3.2.1* About ### 5/5 — Awesome game *2026-08-28, version 3.2.1* This game is awesome. I play It’s on all my devices. It’s a really fun game. I definitely recommend this for everybody that loves fishing. I Myself loves fishing everything to do with fish. It’s really fun and recommending this for fishing Lovers, those who love to fish ### 3/5 — The ads DO NOT WORK *2026-08-27, version 3.2.1* I enjoy the slow progression of these types of games. They are all very ad driven I understand this and I don’t mind watching ads in order to progress. However, the ads in this game DO NOT WORK. Your required to watch ads to open gem chests, spin the wheel and for the idle double up but when you watch the ads they simply DO NOT WORK most times. If this was fixed it would be a 5/5 to me ### 5/5 — Best game ever *2026-08-27, version 3.2.1* This is the best game I.ve ever played idk how it’s so good even tho you just buy find catch move and stuff please make more updates and get rid of the adds or make the game have less adds please that would be a OP update ### 5/5 — J’adoreee *2026-08-27, version 3.2.1* Trop le fun!!! ### 5/5 — Daim *2026-08-26, version 3.2.1* Very Goonhogs fun ### 5/5 — Good game *2026-08-26, version 3.2.1* Has some minor issues like ads getting stuck occasionally, I’ve purchased the ad free pass, it’s a good game to pass the time, has idle features and also lots of events where you can get free gems, no P2W more of a pay to progress faster which I like :) ### 5/5 — Great game *2026-08-26, version 3.2.1* I love this game! It is super relaxing with the sound on ### 5/5 — Gun *2026-08-26, version 3.2.1* Gun game ### 2/5 — Boring *2026-08-26, version 3.2.1* I get its an idle game. But even for one of those it’s pretty boring. Slow, long progression. Also Ive watched many ads to help me out in the game for perks and just about half those seem to not go through. I watch the ad which Im sure makes you your money. But then i dont get my wheel spin. Or my multiplier. Or my kraken fight. At first I chalked it to a bug in the game. But it’s happened wayy to often now to be a “bug” ### 3/5 — Good game but bug issue *2026-08-25, version 3.2.1* The game is really good no doubt, but there is a bug issue when watching an ad more than once, the reward of the ad wouldn’t be given at all ### 5/5 — Hooked Inc fishing games *2026-08-24, version 3.2.1* Best game that I’ve seen that’s got to do with fishing ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Ads for prices don’t work *2026-08-29, version 3.2.1* Literally ever 2nd ad you watch to get some sort of benfit just doesn’t work if it was now and again sure it’ll be sound but it’s like the first works and then no more, very annoying ### 1/5 — Fun but… *2026-08-28, version 3.2.1* Good game with way to many ads that don’t even trigger the reward it says it will ### 1/5 — Fun but too many bugs lately. *2026-08-26, version 3.2.1* Edit: after most recent update, still not working. You can watch the ads and receive skill points for it but will rarely receive the reward. Very fun and enjoyable, but if you haven’t started playing yet I wouldn’t recommend at this point. I love this game but lately when you spin the wheel or watch an ad to get gems, it becomes a gamble whether you will receive the reward or not. It’s simply not worth it. I sunk a LOT of money into this game when it was still good, and would watch ads and play consistently, but now the rewards don’t appear half the time and the developers are unresponsive. I wouldn’t bother with the game at this point, but if someday the bugs are fixed, I will update my review. ### 1/5 — Terrible *2026-08-25, version 3.2.1* Watch ads and you don’t get the rewards. ### 1/5 — Buggy Ad-Watching Simulator *2026-08-24, version 3.2.1* Attempting to play Hooked Inc is a tragic experience. The graphics are pleasant, and their take on the typical mobile idle-game is unique enough to make it pretty enjoyable when the game actually works as intended. Unfortunately, the frequent, obnoxious ads ruin the experience and make the game nearly unplayable. I played this game quite a bit a few years ago (before COVID), but deleted it in frustration from the incessant random ads, and the optional ads failing to register and give the promised rewards. Now, 6+ years later, the ad problem appears to have only gotten worse. I understand the “watch-ads-to-play” model has become the industry-standard for mobile games, but how is it acceptable to force a random, unskippable ad every 1-2 minutes? And how has the issue with ad rewards not registering gone unaddressed for over 6 years? Some of the ads are 60+ seconds long and require you to interact with them in some way for them to finish. When trying to open chests, spin the wheel, or double your login bonus, you have to watch 3-4 of these ads before the reward actually registers. When you finally give up with trying to fight the game into giving you the promised rewards, you’re given a random ad. For example, when opening crates, you have the option to watch an ad and double the reward, or open it immediately for a half-reward. Even when I try to open it for the half-reward, I’m given an ad anyway. I’ve played a few similar idle-style mobile games, and none ever had issues with ad-rewards failing to register. Since Hooked Inc has had this issue for at least 6 years now, I’m convinced the devs either have no interest/capability in making the game function, OR they purposely withhold rewards at random to make you watch more ads. Either way, it makes this game not worth your time; I honestly think filling your underwear with fire ants and chewing on shards of broken glass would be less irritating than attempting to play Hooked Inc. ### 1/5 — Inappropriate ads TW:NSFW *2026-08-24, version 3.2.1* This game is not for adults but i received NSFW ads every ad (which is a lot. Once a minute or so). There is no report button, “not interested” doesn’t work. Used to love this game but cannot support explicit content on supposedly safe apps. ### 1/5 — Remove fake ad *2026-08-23, version 3.2.1* I have this game and the ad I just saw for it is absolutely fake. There is no combo system except for the schools of fish and you cannot skip ahead to a more powerful boat without having to go through the other ones first Please, for your own self-respect and for the sake of the market at this point, remove the fake at and make it more truthful You are trading long-term success for short-term gains which also creates distrust between game developers like you and the consumers a.k.a. us ### 1/5 — scam *2026-08-20, version 3.2.0* bought the no adds package never got a random person ### 1/5 — Fun but too many bugs lately. *2026-08-12, version 3.1.3* Very fun and enjoyable, but if you haven’t started playing yet I wouldn’t recommend at this point. I love this game but lately when you spin the wheel or watch an ad to get gems, it becomes a gamble whether you will receive the reward or not. It’s simply not worth it. I sunk a LOT of money into this game when it was still good, and would watch ads and play consistently, but now the rewards don’t appear half the time and the developers are unresponsive. I wouldn’t bother with the game at this point, but if someday the bugs are fixed, I will update my review. ### 1/5 — Ads and gems *2026-08-11, version 3.1.3* So I came back to this game a while ago and I now remember we why I quit playing it. The number of ads is ridiculous and then the number of gems required for everything is crazy. We have to watch adds to get items then we have to watch more ads or purchase gems to use all those items to upgrade. It’s ridiculous. I’m out again. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Funnn!!! *2026-08-30, version 3.2.1* This is such an amazing game ### 5/5 — Love this game *2026-08-30, version 3.2.1* Great features love this game ### 5/5 — Pls fix this bug *2026-08-29, version 3.2.1* There’s some bug that makes it when you watch an ad to get a reward like half the time you’ll watch the full ad and then just not get the reward pls fix this bug the rest of the game is amazing ### 5/5 — Amazing *2026-08-29, version 3.2.1* Fun for long car rides keeps you busy and you’re telling me I can “ fish “ on the go ! Amazing entertainment. Keep up the good work. ### 5/5 — very gud gaem *2026-08-29, version 3.2.1* yes ### 5/5 — Very good *2026-08-29, version 3.2.1* Good good game ### 5/5 — Simple & fun *2026-08-29, version 3.2.1* Loving the game ### 5/5 — AAAAHHHH *2026-08-29, version 3.2.1* Haven’t played yet, reviews say it’s good so idk ### 5/5 — W game *2026-08-28, version 3.2.1* Love this game ### 5/5 — Hi *2026-08-28, version 3.2.1* Really good just to mang adds --- *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 2026-09-05.*