# Junk Jack — user reviews > 764 indexed App Store user reviews of Junk Jack by Pixbits SRL, rated 4.40/5 from 471 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/junk-jack/id601584735/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/junk-jack/id601584735.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 353 · 4★ 37 · 3★ 27 · 2★ 10 · 1★ 44 ## What do users think of Junk Jack? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 🚀 Awesome game - 🚀 Great sandbox experience - 🚀 Tons of content - 🚀 Nostalgic - 🚀 Addictive gameplay **Cons** - 🐛 Crashes and glitches - 🐛 Multiplayer issues - 🐛 Inventory/crafting bugs - 🔋 Performance issues on older devices - 🔒 Lack of cloud/cross-device save support **Commonly reported bugs** - Crashes when joining multiplayer - Inventory items disappearing - Crafting recipes not working - Compatibility issues with newer iOS versions - Multiplayer desync and desyncing **Most requested features** - Controller support - More planets/biomes - NPC/civilization features - Expanded crafting/progression - Taming/breeding mechanics ## Newest reviews (15 of 764) ### 3/5 — По сети играть невозможно :( *2025-12-21* Для одного вероятно ок, но сетевая игра ужасно нестабильна. Постоянно вылетает, не хочет делать реконнект без перезагрузки ### 3/5 — Be aware if you are not doing everything right *2025-10-08, version 3.3.1* I am a collector and after exploring seven planets and looted and sorted everything nice and neat in hundred of chests, I opened a chest accidentally with a bucket of water and everything starts to pop like graffiti, and guess what - there is no way to roll back to 5 seconds ago. I simply can’t ### 3/5 — Glitch with wood planks? *2024-12-23, version 3.3.1* I love this game but I’m at a stand still. The recipe for the hen house requires wood planks. To get wood planks you need wood boards. But to get wood boards you need wood planks. Am I missing something? Or is this a glitch? ### 5/5 — Try new things! *2024-04-10, version 3.3.1* Go one Xbox go on steam go on Sony make your money!!! It’s such a fun game still so much potential!❤️ ### 5/5 — Nostalgic *2024-04-02, version 3.3.1* I used to play this game a ton when I was a kid. Nobody knew this game, so I would ask my siblings to play with me and only one was interested. We played other sandbox games like these, but this one was something I enjoyed the most. There are a vast variety of items and biomes now. Used to be a small game back then, but I see the improvement in the game and it makes me happy. I think this game is a hidden gem when it comes to 2D and sandbox games, similar to Minecraft and has its inspirations shown in the game, but it is its own game. I hope more would support this to become a more enjoyable game and popular. ### 5/5 — Please add controller support *2024-01-22, version 3.3.1* I love the game and would like to see the whole screen and have a more comfortable hand placement ### 5/5 — Junk Jack *2023-12-14, version 3.3.1* Great game, however, it does not work with iPhone 12 mini iOS 14.8.1 ### 5/5 — My love for this game *2023-10-25, version 3.3.1* Im so unbelievably grateful to have played this all throughout my teens and would do anything to get a hand on my old ipod touch save files…I feel so incredibly nostalgic about these worlds and I remember all the endless days and nights I spend mining and building in the endless worlds of junkjack. Thank you Devs <3 So so so thankful for your work ### 3/5 — Abandoned *2023-06-08, version 3.3.1* Used to love this game, coming from pre-iPad 3 era, but it look like the developer has already abandoned this game. Crashes on newer devices. ### 5/5 — DO NOT PLAY ON IOS 9 DEVICES *2023-04-13, version 3.3.1* THIS GAME WON’T WORK ON IOS 9 DEVICES ANYMORE THE GAME WILL CRASH! USE IOS 10 DEVICES AT LEAST. ### 2/5 — Annoyeddd *2023-03-10, version 3.3.1* Developer still makes money but had the wiki guide forum to this game took down… dont see the need why… i know not many people play this game anymore but i cannot get answers to anything anymore, i have reached out in many ways to get help but no response …. ### 2/5 — Crashes *2023-01-22, version 3.3.1* Too many crashes after I die and all items despawn super frustrating. ### 3/5 — Regular crashes and slow game progression *2022-12-31, version 3.3.1* For Junk Jack uninitiated: it’s fun, rich in shear number of items and collectibles and has adorable “pixel-ish” artwork combining traditional pixel art graphics for character tools and items with sometimes incongruently detailed environmental blocks. It’s built for mobile and excels at keeping the interface simple enough to be played with one finger or thumb. While Junk Jack wears its influences (Terraria, Minecraft) on its sleeves as a sandbox with heavy emphasis on crafting, it ultimately falls flat on basic play mechanics. Different weapon types deal different damage types effective on different enemies. The super-short list of quick-swap slots combined with frustratingly limited one finger control (no multi-touch) often means choosing to move, select weapons or attack, all in real-time when only one of those things can be done at a time. Regardless of what weapons you use, combat is almost universally “hit that baddy as fast as possible to keep it pinned and air-juggle it to death.” This unforgivably works for enemies of all tiers, bosses/mini bosses included. This often equates to NOT choosing an optimal weapon in favor of spamming attacks with whatever you have enabled at the time. Progression in the game is a laborious grind of acquiring new items with only marginal improvements in their damage or durability. Tools, weapons and armor can be enhanced through gem encrustation, but each item is limited to a single enhancement. Character and chest inventory sizes are exceedingly limited, so maintaining Armor/Weapon sets specialized to particular planets or biomes is extra tedious. Sadly, recent editions of the game (3.31) crash regularly with resulting inventory loss. After hundreds of hours in the game, this was the final dealbreaker for me. Junk Jack offers an outstanding quantity of trinkety items to change pets and character appearance. In this case, I would gladly exchange quantity for quality if weapons and armor abilities made a strategic difference, like classing in Terraria or Minecraft (both of which have exceptional replay value partially because of this). ### 4/5 — A Hidden Gem! *2022-12-08, version 3.3.1* So your wandering through the comments to decide if you should purchase this game! If you’ve come across this comment I’ll give you a short review on the prose and cons. Now this game is not a Minecraft or terraria rip off! It’s not, it has similarity’s but it’s not the same game, it also has some portal knight inspiration as well! It’s easy enough to play controls are responsive enough and menus and UI are good! Planets are all beautiful and well designed, crafting is decent and enemy’s are cool! I also love the idea of the little collectibles you can find. Now cons for me it’s really just building I dislike the building in this game and find it quite tedious. Anyways that’s like it so hope this helps! ### 5/5 — Best game! *2022-11-30, version 3.3.1* Update plz! ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — broken *2026-05-15, version 3.3.1* why doesn’t this work on my phone i’m on the latest ios bruh ### 1/5 — One crash and my progress is gone. *2024-06-29, version 3.3.1* Spent a good two hours making a very nice cliff side manor. When I tried removing a torch, the game crashed. When I went back in, none of the progress was saved and reverted back to the first night where I had barely completed the main hall of the manor. Instant delete. Anger and fury consume me. ### 1/5 — Non capisco *2024-03-05, version 3.3.1* Continua a mancare la lingua italiana, cosa veramente complessa da implementare,difatti tutti i giochi nell appstore sono in inglese🤔 App oramai completamente dimenticata, l’ultimo aggiornamento risale a 3 anni fa, spendete i vostri soldi altrove ### 1/5 — Trop de bug *2023-04-16* - l auto Dave marche pas - bug avec les fours - bug avec le sol - pas de planète annexe en multi … ### 1/5 — Crashing on IOS 9.3.6 *2022-10-23, version 3.3.1* App says it supports it but won't even open. ### 1/5 — Won’t open *2022-10-19, version 3.3.1* Won’t open on iOS 13. No app support anymore. Waste of money. Such a bummer. ### 1/5 — Sad, wish I could play *2022-09-25, version 3.3.1* I was excited to play this with my boyfriend, so I bought it and as soon as I opened it I couldn’t click on anything. No single player, multiplayer was joinable but I couldn’t touch anything, not even the options worked. Really disappointed. ### 1/5 — Bugs force close games *2021-12-12, version 3.3.1* Games continue crashes will mid game and items missing went open game… Please do someting, items not easy to get… Wiki site close… Discord support seem graveyard land… So sad 😞 For MYR19.00++ it not worth it… If you guys wanna buy it please think twice before buy it… ### 1/5 — Be warned *2021-07-21, version 3.3.1* I paid the money for this app. Was able to download it but unable to open it and play. My numerous email requests for a refund have been totally ignored by these developers. Be warned! ### 1/5 — Junk jack glitches *2021-06-06, version 3.3.1* When your playing junk jack with 2 people the host can open everything but there stuff the other player can’t and if they try it kicks them out of the game ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Love this game *2026-07-24, version 3.3.1* This game is honestly better than terraria and a junk jackian could beat a terrerian easily because he can travel across worlds really fast and the terrerian can only teleport very short and we have very op potions and the different worlds that we have can easily expanse ### 5/5 — Childhood *2026-03-31, version 3.3.1* I remember playing this game YEARS ago. Forgot about it as I aged. It recently appeared to me again in a dream at the ripe age of 26. I woke up in a cold sweat and immediately purchased it. Junk Jack will always have a special place in my heart. ### 5/5 — It makes me so happy *2025-12-17, version 3.3.1* The nostalgia is so heavy with this. Great game, being 23 sucks :( ### 5/5 — Yesss *2025-08-22, version 3.3.1* I’ve been looking for this game for forever I played it so much as a kid, I really wish they’d continue adding to it, and keep it alive Last updated 4 years ago :( ### 5/5 — Miss this game *2025-08-01, version 3.3.1* I wish this would update again, it was truly ahead of its time ### 5/5 — Exceptional Value *2025-06-20, version 3.3.1* Been having such a good time with Junk Jack. I’ve spent over a thousand hours playing Terraria, and Junk Jack, albeit similar, offers so many unique mechanics (I love the idea of exploring different planets to progress the game so much!) that like with Terraria, I’ve been unable to put it down. I just want to dig a little deeper, explore a little further. The only thing that would make the experience even better - controller support. Thank you for a great game :) ### 5/5 — Это чудесный опыт *2025-04-05* Игра хорошая , жаль разработку забросили и больше не будут обновлять:( ### 5/5 — What a game *2025-02-21, version 3.3.1* A decade later I come back to review. I’m glad my younger self had the chance to play this game. Getting me all teary. ### 5/5 — uwu controller support pls *2024-12-31, version 3.3.1* would love controller support on this! ### 5/5 — An Absolute Gem *2024-10-27, version 3.3.1* I can proudly say that Junk Jack is one of the best sandbox games out there. The controls are perfect, the worlds are full of mystery, and the progression just feels more natural. Thank you for making such a wonderful game. --- *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 2026-09-13.*