# John Mad Run — user reviews > 121 indexed App Store user reviews of John Mad Run by Happymagenta UAB, rated 4.20/5 from 12 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/john-mad-run/id844148083/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/john-mad-run/id844148083.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 7 · 4★ 3 · 3★ 0 · 2★ 1 · 1★ 1 ## What do users think of John Mad Run? Overall sentiment: mixed **Pros** - 🎮 Addictive and fun gameplay mechanics - 🎨 Retro pixel art style with good graphics - 🎵 Great soundtrack and audio design - 💰 Minimal in-app purchases and ads - ⚡ Simple and easy to pick up controls - 🩸 Unique violent action theme - 🏃 Engaging endless runner concept **Cons** - 🐛 Frequent app crashes and freezes - 🐛 Screen display issues (half screen visibility) - 🐛 Unresponsive and buggy controls - 🐛 Weapon firing lag and unresponsiveness - 🐛 Secondary weapon (knife/sword) stops working mid-run - 🐛 Audio cutting out randomly - 🐛 iOS compatibility issues (iOS 17) - 📉 Limited content and variety - 💾 Save/progress loss after app closure - 🔄 Data reset after updates **Commonly reported bugs** - App crashes on launch (iOS 17) - Screen only displays half the game interface - Controls unresponsive to swipe inputs - Firing mechanism requires rapid tapping to work - Knife/sword stops functioning after 2-3 runs - Sound cuts out intermittently - Jump and movement inputs not registering - Progress and high scores not saving - Weapons not unlocking after Facebook likes - Game glitches when clicking ads - Save data deleted after updates - Secondary weapon control loss on restart - Enemies shooting before appearing on screen **Most requested features** - More weapons and gun variety - Character customization and outfit options - Power-ups and special abilities - Boss encounters and story mode - Multiple level maps and scenery changes - Armor and health upgrades - Skill tree system - Different difficulty levels - Invincibility frames after getting hit - Button controls as alternative to swipe gestures - Weapon selection library system ## Newest reviews (12 of 121) ### 2/5 — Would be a 4 *2025-02-05* but the screen is still busted, and only shows half of it... Joan mad run is an even better game, true, but I wanted to play this one too, and it just doesn’t work so don’t bother ### 4/5 — Bruh *2023-06-25* Fun and simple little game but only half of my game displays so I have limited vision on what is happening. If you could fix this bug I would love to give 5 stars ### 2/5 — Needs fixing for new phones *2022-10-26, version 1.0.13* I really like this game… Not as much as Joan mad run… But I do love the idea of finally having a violent runner game… But on new phones in particular my 13 Pro and it cuts the screen completely and a half and you can only play with half the screen and use half the screen to see if it were fixed I would bump it back up to a 5. Joan site at a five, but I would give this one equal credit for being the predecessor if it worked, right 😅 ### 4/5 — John mad run *2016-11-28, version 1.0.11* This game is really awesome but the sound keeps cutting out on me but on other i phones it Will be fine I definitely recommend this game ### 3/5 — Unresponsive controls *2015-12-07, version 1.0.5* When i press fire. I have to rapidly tap to even get one bullet to shoot. Please fix this. IPhone 5s IOS 8.1.2 ### 4/5 — I want to give this a 5 star review but......almost there *2015-09-01* Well, let's start with what I do like. Not many ads, Fun gameplay, a nod to games of old; Doom, Mario, Contra etc.... But it's totally worthless because you lose ALL progress every time the app closes. It's also full of bugs in the game itself; loss of sound, can't use knife/sword etc..... Once these issues are fixed it would be a great app. A good way to pass ten minutes at best. After the update, I'm upping my rating from 2 to 4 stars. Thankfully you can now save your progress and upgrades. Still though, on occasion you will lose control of secondary weapon... but you don't lose progress when you restart. ### 3/5 — Good Game, Bad Controls *2015-06-09, version 1.0.5* It's not really that the control scheme itself is bad, it's just that it does read my right thumb sometimes (shooting/secondary). Besides that, I love the game. ### 3/5 — Content! *2015-05-28, version 1.0.5* This is a fun game with quite a lot of potential, but it's lacking the content it needs. Keep the fun and addictive gameplay, but add some more satisfying elements, as many things as you can think of that'll stop the game from feeling like an eventual grind. ### 5/5 — AWESOME GAME *2015-03-31, version 1.0.5* AMAZING GAME SO BLOODY AND EVERYTHING I WANT IN A GAME! But... U guys should add more in weapons and all, and like power ups or something just to spice up the game. ### 4/5 — Could use more *2015-03-26, version 1.0.4* I really love this game but I feel like something is missing. Perhaps it is lack of character customization or the lack of unlockable weapons but overall it's a very enjoyable/addicting game ### 5/5 — Addicting *2015-03-12, version 1.0.4* Overall it's a lot of fun and their should be more weapons and character customization. Also the music in the beginning sounds like Far Cry 3s music. ### 2/5 — Addictive little game *2015-02-27, version 1.0.4* It was a good game until the update and now the scores aren't working ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — App doesnt load (ios17) *2025-09-23, version 1.0.13* Not sure if this is a common issue but the app opens for 2 seconds then crashes to iOS home page ### 1/5 — Crashes *2025-03-22, version 1.0.13* 1 star cause can’t play after update and never played before it looks fun ### 1/5 — Can’t play *2023-03-26, version 1.0.13* I love the game so much I played it for years but I can’t play it anymore it keeps crashing instantly ### 1/5 — It’s not letting me play *2022-07-08, version 1.0.13* After the update I can’t play it ### 1/5 — Não compensa baixar *2017-01-10* O jogo trava praticamente toda hora ### 1/5 — This game is a DOOM rip off *2016-05-18, version 1.0.7* This game rips off DOOM which originally came out in 1993. DOOM -Run, and Gun FPS action -Blood, and Gore -The hud displays the Doom Marines face, also displays health, and ammo. -You start off with a pistol in the first level of DOOM, then you get a shot gun. John/Joan Mad Run -Just like DOOM except it's a 2D sides roller with endless running ### 1/5 — I can't delete it *2015-11-04, version 1.0.5* My phone always freezes when I play it or try to delete it it's like it sends a virus to your phone ### 1/5 — Terrible *2015-06-29* This game is terrible from the annoying vibrate on damage you can't disable to the regularly non working shoot button to the boring repetitive gameplay with weak rewards for you earned game money. This seems to have been gone through no testing at all. Terrible ### 1/5 — Save issue *2014-10-30, version 1.0.3* Pretty fun game! Decently challenging but not a lot of variation. It never saves your progress/weapons, which is super annoying. Everytime I reload the app it makes me like their page again/go to their website to unlock the same weapons. I just did that the last time I played! ### 1/5 — Fun *2014-10-07, version 1.0.2* Fun but stupid! It doesn't even save your progress when you close the app and you have to like there page on Facebook every time you play to get the guns. Not worth it don't download! ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — App não abre *2021-11-09* O jogo não abre no iOS 15.1 ### 5/5 — Why u made Joan better than john *2016-12-16, version 1.0.11* WHY DID U MAKE JOANS GAME BETTER THAN JOHN AT LEAST ADD THE STUFF FROM JOANS GAME TO JOHN BECAUSE I REALLY LIKE JOHNS GAME BETTER THAN JOAN so DO IT ### 5/5 — Game *2016-05-16, version 1.0.7* It is good. ### 5/5 — Bloodest game ever *2016-05-06, version 1.0.7* I am on love with this game ### 5/5 — Outstanding *2016-03-21, version 1.0.5* This game is so addicting and so much fun! However, there is a lack of guns and features... You guys need to update this game more! There should be new obstacle, enemies, characters, and guns. To wrap it all up, this game is so much fun. I highly recommend it. ### 5/5 — Awesome but, *2015-08-01, version 1.0.5* This game is awesome but needs mor guns because I unlocked them all in les than 5 minutes ### 5/5 — Fantastic *2015-05-25* Love this game so much! I'am the typical person, that downloads games to my phone, to play for the time to go by, and when I get bored I just delete and find something else. Buttttt this is by far one of the best games on the App store! If yall could just add some little perks to it. Maybe power ups, Armour, explosives, boss encounters, etc! That would be cool, but other than that, its perfect! ### 5/5 — Класс *2015-05-02* Супер ### 5/5 — Сован *2015-04-24* Срррчрярв ### 5/5 — Excellent *2015-04-21, version 1.0.5* One of the best endless runners to come out in a very long time. Minimal IAPs and great gameplay make for an experience thats hard to put down --- *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 2026-08-13.*