# Horse Academy: Ride & Compete — user reviews > 375 indexed App Store user reviews of Horse Academy by Blue Omega, rated 4.40/5 from 4,800 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/horse-academy-ride-and-compete/id1489766113/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/horse-academy-ride-and-compete/id1489766113.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 3,663 · 4★ 410 · 3★ 185 · 2★ 125 · 1★ 417 ## What do users think of Horse Academy? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 🤩 Amazing community and developers - 🐎 Wide variety of horses and breeds - 🏇 Diverse events and competitions - 🏡 Customizable ranch and island - 🤝 Friendly and helpful players **Cons** - 🐛 Bugs and glitches - 💰 Expensive in-game purchases - 🤖 Unrealistic character and horse animations - 🔍 Confusing controls and UI - 🔋 High battery consumption **Commonly reported bugs** - Frequent crashes and freezes - Invisible horses and missing textures - Inconsistent performance across devices - Incorrect or missing information in the tutorial - Issues with loading and logging in **Most requested features** - Add more western-style events like pole bending, reining, and team sorting - Improve camera controls and viewpoints - Allow players to create and share custom horse designs - Implement a more intuitive tutorial and onboarding process - Add the ability to lead and care for sick/injured horses ## Newest reviews (10 of 375) ### 3/5 — Mhhhh *2026-06-27* Grafik naja Steuerung naja In Game keufe viel zu teuer Vielleicht hab ich mich nur noch nicht so ganz ein gespielt aber irgendwie check ich denn sind nicht so ### 4/5 — Best game ever!! *2026-04-15, version 20.92* It does not look like the picture at all but it is very fun and interesting people and very appropriate like the chat ### 2/5 — Okay but… *2026-03-08, version 20.88* It’s a good game and all but could be better if it was more realistic and easier to control the horse and less confusing ### 4/5 — Little confusing but so great! *2026-01-18, version 20.67* I just started playing this game and it’s so fun! But, it’s sometimes really confusing because you don’t know when to jump the horse because it does it way after. But overall, Horse Academy is a fantastic game and I totally recommend it. ### 2/5 — Annoying *2025-12-13, version 20.38* This game is so annoying! I found the most beautiful horse but and it took me 30 minutes to game it and then I couldn’t afford it! ### 4/5 — No so good *2025-11-08, version 20.16* It does not look like the picture at all but it is very fun and interesting it’s chat is very kind and you can trade so I give it 3 stars ⭐️ ### 1/5 — I CANT TAME WILD HORSES *2025-10-20, version 20.02* I got one to follow me but my button for dismounting wouldnt work. It was the prettiest horse! Please fix that glitch Edit: now i tried to switch my controls, i entered the wild meadows and had none. I later put it to default controls and still no luck. Cant play anymore. Very disappointed. Come on. Seriously. ### 5/5 — Best game ever *2025-10-05, version 20.02* Love it ! ### 3/5 — Great game overall but one problem *2025-09-25* Can you please make it so you get bonuses everyday for the gold club, considering you pay 17 dollars for it.. And to give the bonus ad’s aswell, so people would actually buy it worth the value We also need a report button, cause I’m being harassed and other people do too, I feel like you should be able to report since some are extremely toxic.. ### 1/5 — Cyber bullies *2025-08-31, version 19.75* There are cyber bullies on this game! Don’t get if you care about your feelings 😭😭 please deleted online chat people can be so mean ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — This is so bad *2026-08-11* I’m sorry to be horrible, but this game is really bad,when I downloaded it I had to re- install it because it kept freezing until it finally came on, secondly the game is nothing as it is advertised, the graphics and game designs are awful, my horse kept falling through the floor and there was no tutorial, also the courses only last up to a minute then the game gives you no clue what to do other than breed horses which I thought was weird. Thirdly the game is nothing as it is shown on the pictures of the game, on the photos it’s shown as a racing and fun game to play with friends, however, the game has poor quality with a tiny chat box that you can not even read, as I said before im really sorry to be so negative, however the positive thing was how you can have THREE diffrent breeds. :) ### 1/5 — WORST GAME EVER 🤬👎 *2026-07-27, version 20.92* This game is the worst so many glitches a lot of meen ppl fume stuff yea I highly suggest not getting this game ### 1/5 — Download if you want to get banned in 3 seconds *2026-07-14, version 20.92* You state your opinion, you get banned! ### 1/5 — Parent beware, buyer beware, player - beware. *2026-07-14, version 20.92* This game was great - until it wasn’t. This game has a dark side that most games never have. What may look like a harmless, chat friendly, player friendly, free wild horse game with vast, never ending careers you can take and an ability to build and create your own ranch to your own vision, the politics of it are trash. My friend recently got banned for stating her own opinion, something she didn’t know she would get banned for. Me as well. She simply disliked how horses in the game aged by the weeks - and therefore could not be bred. She made this public in the chat asking how she could change it, and got a reply of ‘If you continue on this conversation line, Andrew will hear about it.’’ Andrew is considerably one of the two people that run the game. But I think there’s more hidden behind that topic that “Andrew’ himself will not talk about. Furthermore, if you try to state your own opinions or even give feedback on how the game can improve, you will be banned in return of your harmless actions. All because some unemployed retard got his feelings hurt. Grow up. I also, who had nothing to do with this situation, got banned as well. I cannot log in to my account. The reason why in the title it says ‘ parent beware’ is because certain ‘questions’ Jarvis the Bot asks in the chat box with answers hold topics that may go against certain beliefs or are overall just inappropriate for younger users. The reason why in the title it also says ‘buyer beware’ is because, who are you really giving your money to if you buy a “gold club” membership or pay for the special bundles? Take that into consideration that, it’s not going to some company. It’s going to a random man complaining how his van needs to be fixed in the chat for everyone to see. But me and my friend both get banned for giving feedback to the game. Ok. Totally makes sense. Thank you for reading, and I hope this shifts your mindset or thoughts about downloading this game. ### 1/5 — Bad *2026-04-15* Bad game. Lost my account multiple times. DO NOT BUY ### 1/5 — Not my favorite :( *2026-02-24, version 20.70* Three things. One I can’t get good horses without paying real money.Two the graphics are not great.Three They don’t make how to play the game easy to understand. Thanks for trying. But not my favorite game. ### 1/5 — Bad *2026-02-17, version 20.70* The animations are really bad, and the way to horse moves is incorrect. First of all there are not real gaits, like trot, walk and canter it is just faster or slower and the horse is WAY too responsive. I recommend not to download the game. (If you are looking for a good horse game, try Equestrian the Game) ### 1/5 — Horrible game *2026-01-08, version 20.52* Just no. Fuh nah. ### 1/5 — game *2026-01-03, version 20.46* Not for computers other wise good ### 1/5 — A *2025-11-16* Worst horse horse game ever!,,,!!!!a,n ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Great *2026-08-11, version 20.92* Great game no annoying ads ### 5/5 — Love this game :D *2026-07-25, version 20.92* There’s so many things to do on this game i love it so much the developers engage with the players and the community is really sweet and nice i like the breeeding and name another horse game that has jousting it’s really fun and the horses are just so pretty tysm Andrew and the other developer sorry I don’t remember his/her name but tysm for making this game i love it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:D ### 5/5 — favorite game *2026-03-14, version 20.88* how can somebody not like this game? it’s amazing! there’s so much to do. everything about it is amazing. you really can’t get bored on this game in my opinion. love it! ### 5/5 — My lovely Adventure *2026-02-22, version 20.70* I’ve played this game on and off since 2018. This game is a community where the creators are actively involved and engaging with players. You’ll never find yourself bored of the game or lacking friends. Between massive community charity events and breeding new horses. It’s never a dull moment. Thank you Andrew & Jon for making such a beautiful game! - Blizzard ### 5/5 — The best horse game on Mac! *2026-01-16, version 20.67* Love this game, has everything you could want from a horse game ### 5/5 — Fun for all ages *2026-01-03, version 20.46* I love this game! I have been playing for many years. If you see bad reviews it is because some people are sore losers. The Admins are always polite and helpful. You can chat with friends and there are lots of events to keep you busy. Come join our HA family😁 ### 5/5 — Do you have to pay *2025-12-30, version 20.46* ??? Paying ### 5/5 — Nice game *2025-12-10, version 20.38* I love this game but I click on Guest and I cent go bak to me normal profile . Cen you help me? ### 5/5 — AMAZING GAME!!! but… *2025-11-25, version 20.21* The game is amazing, I’ve played for 2 years, but the only thing that gives me trouble is mostly the controls .. I really love the game but besides that is amazing 😁 ### 5/5 — To fix glitches, just delete and redownload *2025-10-23, version 20.12* Thats what i did to fix my glitches (no controls, couldnt dismount) and it worked perfectly. This game is awesome. I love jousting and racing By doing jobs i can earn as many coins as i want to buy horses people sell. Get this! You wont regret --- *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 2026-08-26.*