# International Snooker Career — user reviews > 146 indexed App Store user reviews of International Snooker Career by Stefan Ridby-Hopper, rated 4.40/5 from 47 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/international-snooker-career/id459139659/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/international-snooker-career/id459139659.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 36 · 4★ 5 · 3★ 0 · 2★ 2 · 1★ 4 ## What do users think of International Snooker Career? Overall sentiment: mixed **Pros** - 🎮 Realistic and smooth gameplay mechanics - 🎨 Amazing graphics and visual quality - 🏆 Engaging tournament mode with career progression - 🎙️ Good commentary and sound effects - 📱 Works well on various iOS devices - 🎯 Addictive and fun snooker experience - 💰 Good value for money (when working properly) - 🌐 Online multiplayer functionality available **Cons** - 🐛 Frequent freezing and crashing issues - 🤖 Unrealistic and inconsistent AI behavior - 📐 Inaccurate physics and ball mechanics - ⚖️ Incorrect snooker rules implementation - 🔧 Poor responsiveness to button inputs - 🎮 Unfair difficulty spikes with CPU opponents - 📺 HUD/menus block pocket visibility - 🔋 High battery consumption - 💳 Aggressive in-app purchase system - 🔌 Connectivity issues for online play **Commonly reported bugs** - Game freezes during BHG Invitational tournament - Camera angle altered and unplayable after updates - Cannot play local or internet multiplayer matches - Unresponsive strike, chalk, and pause buttons - App won't load on iOS 11+ - Screen display issues on iPhone 6 and other devices - Left side of game missing on screen - Menu buttons only respond to swipes, not presses - Auto chalk purchase not remembered between sessions - Keyboard top row blanked out when changing player name - Game crashes on startup/resume tournament - Cue ball goes in-off too frequently - Ref incorrectly calls fouls on valid shots - Free ball rule only applies to CPU - Pool pack purchase requires repayment after update **Most requested features** - Update for iOS 11 and later compatibility - Improved AI difficulty settings and more realistic opponent behavior - Real professional snooker player profiles - Restore previous in-app purchases functionality - Jump shots and advanced techniques - Online tournament modes - Hide menu/HUD option during gameplay - Left/right arrow controls for aiming - Crowd noise and enhanced commentary - Better spin physics implementation - Career mode improvements - Multiplayer local play options ## Newest reviews (12 of 146) ### 2/5 — Je me suis fait avoir. Tant pis pour moi *2023-05-23* J'ai vu après l'achat que les "bons" commentaires dataient de 10 ans. Aucune mise à jour depuis 5 ans. N'essayez même pas de jouer en multi joueur... Il n'y a pas de joueur en ligne. Après 10 minutes d'attente, toujours personne. Le rendu est mauvais et le comportement des billes n'est pas du tout naturel. Les poches sont trop larges et il manque réglage fin pour la visée. Je desinstalle, tant pis pour mes 3€ ### 4/5 — Good game *2020-01-30, version 1.47* I have to agree it is a very good game which could be even better if the computer did not choose ridiculous shots and the programmers had a better insight into the rules of the game. It is spoilt with too many anomalies in the rules and the gameplay. ### 2/5 — ... *2019-12-22* Absolut ungenaue Steuerung - hab bei gratisversionen schon bessere bekommen ### 2/5 — Mann kann nicht genau ziehlen. Die grobe Steuerung ist ein Witz. Spart euch das Geld. *2019-04-11* Das Ziehlen ist zu grob, es gibt keine Möglichkeit feiner zu ziehlen. Die Physik ist ein Knaller. Manchmal stoppen die Kugeln so abrubt, das es kaum nachvollziehbar ist. Die Krönung des ganzen ist das kreiden des Queues. Damit Mann das nich vergisst, kann man sich für echtgeld eine automatische Kreide Funktion freischalten, damit nicht mehr so viele stösse daneben gehen. Für mich rausgeschmissenes Geld ### 3/5 — Quite Buggy *2019-02-12, version 1.47* I personally love this game, however there is an annoying bug where when I press the camera button it plays a shot. This is really annoying as I lose lots of frames through this. If it was sorted it would be my favourite snooker game ### 4/5 — Probs on i phone 6 *2018-05-28, version 1.47* Great game but the “D” is sometimes missing. Also I can’t change my name because it won’t allow me to select the top row of letters. ### 4/5 — Good but.., *2018-05-11, version 1.47* Used to play IS2012 a lot, and this is back to the gameplay I like over later incarnations. Little issues like the top row of the keyboard is blanked out when changing player name, and then you can’t get out of that screen because the keyboard won’t go away! iPhone 7plus ### 4/5 — Very Close to Perfection!, *2018-05-06* Easily the best snooker and pool sim on the AppStore, good graphics, great commentary from the wonderful Michaela Tabb. Gameplay is fun fluid and easy to pick up, yet with the guide length options can be challenging. There really does need to be a Ai difficulty setting, because they don’t really offer a huge challenge unless you play with no guides, but this is not real life play so that doesn’t work properly, as you don’t get a real world 3D view. I would love it if we got a update to replace the Ai names with that of the official top 64 or 98 REAL players in the world, also the Ai players choice of shots is sometime very questionable, they will foul when unnecessary, also take shots on that even Jimmy White would refuse, and finally they don't really have any safety game, which would really be the icing on the cake. ### 4/5 — So good, but please fix a couple of bugs! *2018-05-01* I absolutely love this game and I’m so glad to have it back, but just a couple of bugs are a bit annoying. The menu buttons on this game (and also the classic version) seem to only respond to swipes rather than presses. Perhaps they’re bound to the wrong sort of event listener? Also, I bought the pool pack for the original game, but it wants me to pay for it again to unlock pool mode. Is there a way to recover previous purchase so that I don’t have to buy again?! 🙏🏻🤞🏻 ### 4/5 — Fantastic game, needs a few updates! *2018-04-29, version 1.42* It’s a brilliant game, one that’s utterly addictive and the best snooker game out there... BUT. The latest remastered version has flaws! It’s sticks, and you can chalk your cue without pressing on the chalk button about 16471637 times before it works, and the same with the pause button, and the button to make opponents shots speed up... Fix these minor issues, you have a wonderful game!! ### 2/5 — Please update for IOS11 *2018-04-13, version 1.3* Updated my iPad for my autistic son and now the app won’t load. This was his favourite game please help!! ### 2/5 — Update it to iOS 11 *2018-01-04, version 1.3* I still play this wonderful game. Please update it to work with iOS 11 ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — С другом не поиграть( *2025-03-30* Бесконечная загрузка в дружеском матче, VPN не помог. iPhone 15&16, iOS 18. А играть поочередно на одном устройстве поочередно нельзя (серьезно?) ### 1/5 — What has happened to the camera? *2024-12-25, version 1.47* All working well until the other day and the camera angle has altered to the point it’s unplayable. Why mess with an old game? Apple to blame? Please fix asap. ### 1/5 — Waste of money *2020-08-23, version 1.47* Got this for myself and for my son but can’t play him local or internet 🤷‍♂️ ### 1/5 — Terrible *2020-02-23, version 1.47* Truly awful game. Terrible graphics and game play. Don’t waste your money! ### 1/5 — Essentially the same game *2020-01-10, version 1.47* I purchased this thinking it was a different game however it’s the same game as is tournament so I’ve wasted £2.99 ### 1/5 — AI is still awful... *2019-11-09, version 1.47* The AI is still either pants-on-head moronic or unbeatable world champion, with absolutely no middle ground... Avoid! ### 1/5 — Won’t connect to internet *2018-06-20, version 1.47* Hiya - great game. But it will not connect to internet Pl saw please fix bug 🐜 VMTs - Gaz. ### 1/5 — Freezes for no reason *2018-05-17, version 1.47* Keeps freezing half way through a game. I have withdrew from two games already because when it freezes it stays frozen even if you close the app and go back in ### 1/5 — Latest update still doesn’t work! *2018-04-29, version 1.42* Whilst it was nice to have this updated to work on the latest iOS (I’m on 11.3), the game is unresponsive. Whether you’re tapping the strike button, chalk button or replay button. Needs rethinking and reworking. ### 1/5 — Hacked off! *2018-01-06, version 1.3* You pay for a game only for developers not to update anymore! Where is the compensation? A great game let down by this ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Great realistic snooker game *2025-07-27* Great snooker game with amazing graphics and really smooth play, however the BHG Invitational round seems to have a glitch in it as I have noticed a couple of times where I’ve had to withdraw the game as it freezes which isn’t great when one is leading in the final to have to give the game up and lose your chance of being a trophy winner. I have given the game a five star rating as I think the game is worthy of this but if the glitch can be rectified then the game would be perfect. ### 5/5 — 非常好 *2023-07-07* 游戏非常好很逼真，very good ### 5/5 — It’s back! *2019-09-22, version 1.47* Simply the best snooker game on the AppStore. Sure it has its imperfections but overall it’s a great snooker experience. ### 5/5 — Snooker *2019-07-09, version 1.47* Brilliant game well worth the £3 ### 5/5 — International Snooker Career *2018-09-20, version 1.47* I Tried the lite version first and it was brilliant then I tried the paid one and the graphics were amazing and the app has the number of frames ### 5/5 — Top!!!!!!!!!!! *2018-08-19* Ein Muss für jeden Snookerfan!!!!!!!!!!!!! Lässt sich hervorragend spielen!!!!!!!!!!!!! Muss immer wieder sagen, top, top,top!!!!!!!!!!! Super Game!!!!!!!! Danke, danke, danke für die Umsetzung für die 11er Version von IOS. ### 5/5 — I Love This Game But Please Make It Compatible with IOS 11 *2018-02-23* Amazing graphics , easy to use , Just update to make it IOS 11 compatible ### 5/5 — Best game ever *2018-01-14, version 1.3* This is best snooker game ever. Needs an update to work on iOS 11 ### 5/5 — Update *2017-12-27, version 1.3* Needs update for ios11 ### 5/5 — Please update!!! *2017-12-14* Please update game so I can play it again!!! Please update!!! --- *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 2026-09-08.*