# JoinDispatch — user reviews > 234 indexed App Store user reviews of JoinDispatch by Kyle McCullough, rated 4.20/5 from 898 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/joindispatch/id1161946025/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/joindispatch/id1161946025.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 568 · 4★ 135 · 3★ 60 · 2★ 36 · 1★ 99 ## What do users think of JoinDispatch? Overall sentiment: neutral **Pros** - 🚀 Interesting story and gameplay - 🤖 Unique text-based adventure concept - 👍 Immersive atmosphere and mystery - 💎 Compelling narrative and 4th wall breaks **Cons** - 🔒 Paywall after initial tutorial - 🐛 Bugs, glitches, and inconsistencies - ⏱️ Short first episode/shift - 🕰️ Long wait times for new content **Commonly reported bugs** - Calls getting stuck on hold - Skills disappearing or not working as expected - Repeated resets of progress - Unresponsive UI and black screens **Most requested features** - More episodes/shifts to continue the story - Ability to replay past calls/choices - Clearer progression and skill system - Offline mode or reduced battery drain ## Newest reviews (17 of 234) ### 3/5 — Lost progress *2026-02-15, version 2.2.3* Was 5 Stars before the Shift 2 update. I've had the game for a long time and was surprised to see that Shift 2 is finally here. I made an account on the forums many years ago, I have not checked it in a while as I haven't received any email notifications from there in a long time. I opened the game and discovered that all my progress is gone. I tried the email backup sync and restore, but it didn't find any saves. I saw your response to another review saying you had to rebuild the game from scratch, which is probably why my progress is gone. I used to have the full game, but I still had to watch ads every once in a while. I was pretty disappointed that the game is now paywalled, especially since I lost my progress and won't be able to play Shift 2 without paying. Also, the new font is somewhat difficult to read compared to the previous one. ### 2/5 — I’d really like to be excited about the new updates, but I keep running into bugs *2026-02-06, version 2.2.2* First of, let me just say that I was absolutely psyched to see this had been updated after its hiatus. It was one of my favorites years ago. I’ve started playing from the beginning again since it’s been awhile, and I want to say I’ve enjoyed the whole thing all over again, I really do…but I keep running into bugs. The call selection interface keeps popping up *while I’m in the middle of a call* without any way to exit out of it, which means I basically end up getting cut off and I never find out what happens to the caller. Half the first responder buttons end up being grayed out/unavailable most of the time. And worst of all, I bought the season pass, and when the bugs hit I deleted and redownloaded the app hoping that might fix things—and now I can’t restore my purchase. I really hope you can fix these things. I’d love to be able to enjoy the game. ### 4/5 — Confused *2025-12-24, version 2.1.2* I got this game when it first came out years ago and had not finished it. The new updates reminded me of this, so I came back to try to do it, but I’m a bit confused. I couldn’t complete past shift 1, so I started researching. People were mentioning that shift 2 has never shown up, and that was like five or six years ago. Does that mean the game is unfinished? Is it going to be finished? I hope so, because it was fun and interesting while it lasted. And hopefully I didn’t just miss something that is keeping me from progressing. ### 4/5 — Can’t Wait for Episode 2 *2025-12-16, version 2.0* Super fun first episode and Can’t wait for episode 2! Only downside is I can’t sync. When I try to sign in with the magic link it just opens up in my browser not logging me in the app. ### 4/5 — Love it but.. *2024-02-25, version 1.20* The game sometimes had a black screen after syncing you to the game. I love the concept so far and hope to see more. But the ads before every call is also annoying but it’s still fun to play and I hope I see more done here! Well done!! ### 4/5 — Second *2022-06-29, version 1.20* I’ve really enjoyed it. I just hope the second shift will come out at some point ### 3/5 — Finish the game *2022-05-20, version 1.20* I love this concept please for the love of god finish it ### 4/5 — Great *2022-02-14, version 1.20* Very nice game but I wanna replay the tutorial ### 3/5 — Umm *2021-11-15, version 1.20* I like this game but I don’t get the reason why they have to add the fake glitches it’s kinda confusing ### 4/5 — Nit picking *2021-06-16, version 1.20* Calls have some what of a childish vibe to them. Fire trucks don’t have medical training which is somewhat unrealistic. Other than that it’s an ok game ### 5/5 — True Indie Gold *2021-02-08, version 1.20* Challenging text-based adventure game, which is quite well written & features some more novel story telling than you’d find in the 911/similar sims out there. Just download it and play one full shift - I doubt you’ll end up deleting it ;)! Played since it was originally featured. This has a light game file, which packs a punch. Good replay ability - no internet connection req’d. 10/10 would pay like ~3.99-4.99 for a new chapter or even up to ~9.99 for expanded use of skills & chapter expansion + pass for a future expansion. ### 5/5 — Great mobile game *2020-12-19, version 1.20* I’ve played through the entire game and was left craving more at first it seems like a cutesy type of wannabe dispatch simulator but as I went on it took on a story of its own, quite a bit of 4th wall breaking which I enjoyed and was also scared a bit by, looking forward/Hoping to see the next shift added or the game continued, definitely a cool and interesting game, I recommend any to give a try, it’s unexpectedly good ### 3/5 — No new updates after 2 years *2020-06-11, version 1.20* It’s been 2 years and there still isn’t any updates to the game story wise. ### 5/5 — awesome game *2020-06-10, version 1.20* can’t wait any longer. are y’all making a episode two? i love whoever made this game. ### 3/5 — when will shift 2 be a thing ? *2020-06-07, version 1.20* It’s been shift 1 for what 1 year maybe 2 like seriously come on.. ### 2/5 — NOT UPDATED *2020-06-06, version 1.20* I am done with shift one but can’t go past that. I did it so quick and now want to delete the game. That’s all I can say! The second time doing shift one there is no way to decode the bug... that please fix or make it easier to do or send it to me I have tried more then 100 times and YES I was counting! ### 3/5 — It’s good *2020-06-02, version 1.20* The concept and build of the game is good. But I wanted a more realistic dispatch game, there seems to be something else going on in the story of the game and I don’t want a plot twist just good old dispatch games. Too many ads also. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — I really want to like this game but… *2025-12-17, version 2.0* Keep in mind, I’ve played version 1 before. It was a great game with very few to none(irl) bugs. But this is unacceptable for version 2. The labels on the calls before calling are very inaccurate compared to the call. The emergency service buttons are very inconsistent and sometimes do not even show up for the correct emergency. In fact, the same labels show up, just that it’s a different calls. The calls are the same from version 1(which I’m not going to complain, and I want them to still be there.) but the worst part is the scoring system. It is way too bugged. You can get 2 different scores, and the success and failure rate depends on the first one, which is always a failure rate. To the developers, please fix this, and make a reset progress button because of how bugged this is, and i really want to enjoy it. Thank you. ### 1/5 — Cool game, too short *2021-11-23, version 1.20* I ended up caving and spending the $1 for no ads, only to find the game ended 1 call after my purchase. The game is way too short and it’s been 3 years. Clearly the developers gave up on this project. Don’t waste any time or money playing a game that ends very shortly on a cliff hanger with no signs of continuing the game. ### 1/5 — Broken! Help!! *2021-06-20, version 1.20* I was really excited to play this; looking at the reviews I thought it looked really fun and interesting. When I opened the app, it seemed normal until I got past the "syncing" and "please wait" parts. Everything started glitching out, the screen would bounce around with purple and green glitch lines, the buttons would glitch all over too. I don't know what to do, please help. ### 1/5 — Don’t purchase *2020-03-01, version 1.19.15* This game can be beaten in 20 minutes. That is way to short for a game. And while the Dev said “more content is on the way”. The last update this game had was 6 months ago. Face it, this game is dead and so is its support. Don’t waste your time or money on this failed game ### 1/5 — Broken! *2020-01-18, version 1.19.15* This game was completely broken. At first I thought it was the app being quirky, but it was impossible to play. Colors were shifting and buttons moved so you couldn’t tap them. Update and fix this please! ### 1/5 — Game frozen *2020-01-15, version 1.19.15* After doing the training the game just freezes and won’t let you accept calls ### 1/5 — keeps freezing up *2020-01-08, version 1.19.15* The game lets you do the training then just freezes up. fix i will change rating. ### 1/5 — Sad abandonware *2019-12-27, version 1.19.15* I really enjoyed this game until I found out that it’s defunct and won’t go beyond Shift One. ### 1/5 — Ads get in the way of story try banner ads. *2019-11-23, version 1.19.15* Stoping the story every 5 seconds for a ad isn’t worth the 1 minute of game play no thanks. ### 1/5 — Kicks me out every time I have to watch an AD *2019-08-11, version 1.19.14* Literally kicks me out every time I have to watch an ad. Also restarts my progress. I literally can only do the training mission and the 1st mission. Terrible. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Where’s episode 2!? *2025-02-09, version 1.20* I’m so ready for episode 2! I keep trying to find any other information in episode 1, I just can’t find anything! Hope episode 2 will be even more action packed! ### 5/5 — Amazing game with amazing lore *2023-11-10, version 1.20* For a mobile game this gives fnaf type lore but for us first responder nerds I recommend it to anyone ### 5/5 — Amazing game *2023-11-05, version 1.20* The game play is really good, most text based games tend to be boring but this is not the case I love how many ways the outcomes can change and the mystery so clear but just out of reach, I can’t wait to see an update for another shift, and heck, I would pay for it! ### 5/5 — More *2022-04-28, version 1.20* I love this game and still come back now and then to play it again or to see if it will ever have another update… ### 5/5 — Love the game but one problem *2021-11-19, version 1.20* I’ve loved this game since it came out and I love finding all the secrets and stuff like that but one problem when is shift 2 coming out it said shift 2 is coming out fall 2021 and it’s not here and I’ve been so excited for it ### 5/5 — Still waiting on episode 2 this game is gold *2021-11-12, version 1.20* Excellent plot, great replay ability, twist and turns and to remove ads (which only appear after the call) is only $1. Would pay money for a full game / future episodes. ### 5/5 — Chapter 2/Rest of the story? *2021-09-09, version 1.20* I've had this game since like it came out-Kyle you never emailed me back when I asked if Chapter 2 was done!!! This game is good, keep it going! ### 5/5 — one of the best games i’ve played !! *2021-04-15, version 1.20* I NEVER normally leave reviews for games but i just had to for this one - i love how it’s not just answering calls and figuring out what to do (but that part is done extremely well and interestingly) but there’s also a whole story line behind it and something bigger to it all !! I’ve just finished chapter one and am about to redo my shift and i’m in love ! Was meant to be revising today but honestly i know i’m gonna spend all day playing this game and i’m not even mad about it. ### 5/5 — Great game, good job *2021-03-12, version 1.20* Fun game, not the most realistic one but really puts you into the story, for only .99 cents you can get rid of the ads (do it) great game good job game maker people edit: bought the no ads and it’s worth it, sorta mysterious and fun definitely get it ### 5/5 — One bug but the game is amazing *2021-03-05, version 1.20* So there is one bug where in the middle of the call it would reset like I was just opening the game but so far please make more the game is super fun --- *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.*