# Mage Mania — user reviews > 79 indexed App Store user reviews of Mage Mania by Jampot Software co., ltd, rated 4.20/5 from 97 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/mage-mania/id1020990223/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/mage-mania/id1020990223.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 53 · 4★ 20 · 3★ 15 · 2★ 7 · 1★ 2 ## What do users think of Mage Mania? Overall sentiment: mixed **Pros** - 👍 Fun and enjoyable gameplay - ✨ Retro and nostalgic feel - 🎮 Easy to pick up and play - 💡 Interesting game concept - 😊 Good for passing time - 🌟 Addictive gameplay - 🎨 Great pixel art - 👍 Supports podcasts/music playback **Cons** - 🐛 Unbalanced gameplay - 🐛 Buggy experience - 🐛 Grind-heavy progression - 🐛 Ads not rewarding - 🐛 App stops music/podcasts - 🐛 Translation issues - 🐛 Steep learning curve - 🐛 Tutorial issues - 🐛 Game may be dead/unsupported **Commonly reported bugs** - Translations are funny/need fixing - App stops podcast/music playback - Ads never give reward - Tutorial starts without equipping spells - Thrown weapons listed for zero gold in shop - Game not playable offline **Most requested features** - Fix translations - Allow offline play - More characters to use - Build chains diagonally - Choose number of pieces in a chain - More content/updates ## Newest reviews (13 of 79) ### 4/5 — Giving a review for coins? *2026-01-17, version 1.3.3* Hope the games good! Lol ### 4/5 — Cool *2025-04-20, version 1.3.3* Pretty cool ### 3/5 — It offers 200 coins for a review. *2021-03-06, version 1.2.7* Too early to say whether it’s good or not, but as soon as you get the game it asks you to write a review for 200 coins. Not a great experience, would be better if it suggested this a few weeks after so I would actually have something to say. ### 4/5 — Coo *2021-01-24, version 1.2.7* Pretty coo ### 3/5 — Discount Axes *2021-01-03, version 1.2.7* I like the game, but found a bug... In the shop the Thrown Weapons (Axes, Crosses) are listed for sale for Zero gold. Selling them they’re listed normally. So buying 100 free axes made finishing levels a breeze (didn’t have to cast a single spell. And making money by buying the axes and selling them back for full price, I pity the store merchant. :) Playing on an iPad Mini 3, in English. ### 4/5 — Just started it *2020-12-13, version 1.2.7* Just started but it seems pretty decent so far no unnecessary ads so far lol ### 4/5 — It’s not that bad *2020-12-09, version 1.2.7* It’s not that bad ### 5/5 — Easy fun *2020-12-01, version 1.2.7* Quick and simple. Nice game! ### 5/5 — Nice game *2020-11-09, version 1.2.7* Nice game ### 5/5 — Amazing *2020-08-07, version 1.2.4* It’s got this old school fantasy vibe to it it’s really fun ### 4/5 — Fun! *2020-05-29, version 1.2.4* This game is fun, feels a lot like Hero Emblems but simpler. The English translation could be better, but otherwise very good! ### 5/5 — Retro fun I love *2020-05-15, version 1.2.4* This game is awesome I love it ### 4/5 — Game *2020-05-06, version 1.2.4* So far ok ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Can no longer be played offline. *2024-12-04, version 1.3.3* Very fun, but I hope translations get fixed. Still amazing! —- Dropped from 5 to 1 star. This is no longer an offline game. ### 1/5 — unreasonable monster *2019-05-02, version 1.2.4* bad ### 2/5 — So far, pretty fun. *2024-12-31, version 1.3.3* Translations are also funny ### 2/5 — Unbalanced and buggy *2022-10-08, version 1.3.1* I like this type of game and, while this one has potential, it suffers from both balance issues and bugs. When you have to grind to get the initial upgrades, there’s a problem. When viewing ads never gives you the reward, there’s a problem. Enough problems, I’m out. ### 2/5 — App stops music in other apps even when all sound is turned off in this app *2021-01-30, version 1.2.7* Kind of fun, though learning curve is a bit too steep and you end up relaying the same levels over and over and over...would be nice to have ALL text in English when English is the selected language. The biggest problem is this app pauses Apple Music and Spotify, even when its own music and sound settings are turned off ### 2/5 — Bizarre *2020-09-28, version 1.2.4* Tutorial starts without getting you to equip spells and first battle is against a 6 hp rat when your spells do 1 damage and you have 2 hp. I haven’t beaten the first battle in 15 times. Wth... ### 2/5 — Good *2020-04-28, version 1.2.4* Nice ### 2/5 — 关卡与经验的设计不合理。 *2019-05-20, version 1.2.4* 一直没升上3级。 ### 3/5 — Lantern. *2022-12-24, version 1.3.1* Could do with some better translation, but otherwise it seems decent. ### 3/5 — Not bad *2022-10-04, version 1.3.1* It’s aight. Good game to zen out to. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — coins *2024-12-31, version 1.3.3* I writing this for 200 coins.and,it seems good playing ### 5/5 — This is an excellent game. But.. *2024-04-14* Very fun, but I hope translations get fixed. Still amazing! ### 5/5 — Game fun. *2023-03-01, version 1.3.1* Enjoy much. ### 5/5 — Cool *2023-01-04, version 1.3.1* Good game ### 5/5 — Good stuff *2022-12-20, version 1.3.1* Fun game. Takes a minute to grind. ### 5/5 — Cool game *2022-09-22, version 1.3.1* Love the game, great job. I like your other games as well, you have my support! Only thing is that this is the first game I’ve ever played that stops my podcast when I open the app and there is no way for me to get it to play. This is definitely a bug or something because I have played literally thousands of games on the AppStore and this is the only one that doesn’t let me listen to music or podcasts while playing. Anyway that’s not a huge deal, like I said I love the games you make. Never stop being awesome. ### 5/5 — So far I dig. *2022-09-15, version 1.2.7* I’m still early on, but I’m optimistic. 🤞 ### 5/5 — Good game *2022-09-12, version 1.2.7* Good game ### 5/5 — Fast paced strategic match game *2021-05-25, version 1.2.7* Really enjoyed this game ### 5/5 — Very retro *2021-01-16, version 1.2.7* Slow start --- *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 2026-09-03.*