# Mancala (Kalah) and Friends — user reviews > 111 indexed App Store user reviews of Mancala (Kalah) and Friends by Vishal Sanap, rated 3.70/5 from 1,334 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/mancala-kalah-and-friends/id1041732970/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/mancala-kalah-and-friends/id1041732970.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 622 · 4★ 258 · 3★ 160 · 2★ 64 · 1★ 230 ## What do users think of Mancala (Kalah) and Friends? Overall sentiment: neutral **Pros** - 🚀 Fast gameplay - 👍 Fun and challenging - 💡 Competitive AI - 👍 Great way to practice **Cons** - 🐛 Crashes and freezes - 🐛 Glitchy and buggy - 🐛 Incorrect game rules - 🔍 Lack of real players, mostly bots - 💰 Paywall for higher levels - 📺 Excessive ads **Commonly reported bugs** - Inconsistent game mechanics - Incorrect marble counting and capturing - Inability to reconnect with friends - Freezing and crashing during gameplay **Most requested features** - Avalanche mode - Ability to play with friends - Ranking system and tournaments - More customization options - Sound effects for gameplay ## Newest reviews (15 of 111) ### 3/5 — Good game but has issues *2025-05-12, version 2.2.5* I really like the game & having to have coins to play, but a lot of times when I watch the ads it doesn’t give me my free coins & I have to wait 2 hours to get free coins. It’s very annoying & sometimes the game crashes on me. ### 3/5 — It’s ok *2025-04-09, version 2.2.5* Game keeps crashing. ### 3/5 — Fun but *2024-10-24, version 2.2.3* I like this, but i have been looking for something that also has avalanch mode, thats my favorite way t8 play. Also its a little outdated byt kts still fun. ### 3/5 — Mostly bots *2024-08-07, version 2.2.3* I would like to play against random people online but 14/15 times it is just a bot playing with a generic name (Richard, Rochelle, Kierra98, etc). They will respond with the same moves every time; it gets old very fast. ### 3/5 — Ads & aesthetic style *2024-02-05, version 2.2.3* do better ### 2/5 — Don’t get the ads free *2023-11-13, version 2.2.3* I bought the ad free version expecting to get 10000 coins to play online with. Unfortunately that didn’t go through and I had to pay $4.99 and still need to watch ads to play online. Total waste of money ### 1/5 — Play with friends? *2023-06-27, version 2.2.3* I tried to create a room and join a room created by a friend but kept saying game doesn’t exist. Never was able to get the game started. Deleting this app. ### 2/5 — Glitchy *2023-05-24, version 2.2.3* I play mancala on another app that doesn’t offer online play so I found this one. I really like being able to play with another person without having to “wait my turn” for sometimes hours or days. What I don’t like is how glitchy the app is for me. I just downloaded it so there are no updates. Every few minutes I have to close the app out and reopen it because the random play won’t load or the entire app will freeze and won’t load up completely. And sometimes when I do get it to load it reloads the last game a I finished and freezes. ### 1/5 — Incorrect Rules *2023-04-06, version 2.2.3* In mandala if you clear your side you get the credit for the other players stones still in play, but in this game they go into the opponents store when you clear your side. So if you play correctly you can never win. ### 3/5 — Great, just little things *2023-02-24, version 2.2.3* When the other player drops you’re waiting 40+ secs to find out. The “You Lost” message could get made smaller. I know I lost, so let’s move on. Otherwise, good game. ### 1/5 — Say u play with actual players but it’s computers *2023-01-25, version 2.2.3* It’s completely computers the suppose other actual players. Every each game the other player takes first move (fine) but it always takes the same moves. It’s just really weird. You’ll have to play for yourself to find out ### 1/5 — i wrote a review *2023-01-09, version 2.2.3* i wrote a review now i somehow have 10 wins and i just one a round i played with a new name person like huh this weird ### 3/5 — Bug issues *2022-12-19, version 2.2.3* It was great before the update. Now it keeps kicking me out in the middle of a match. Hoping it will get a fix. ### 1/5 — Horrible *2022-12-14, version 2.2.2* This isn’t how you play real mancala. And btw you shouldn’t have to pay to play ### 2/5 — Crappy friend game *2022-10-16, version 2.2.2* I tried playing with a friend and I invited them several times and they only got my invite in their game screen on like the 10th time trying to re invite me everytime. Same with their side. Playing random people is no issue, but playing with your friends you know and inviting them to a game can be very frustrating ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Ads *2026-04-16, version 2.2.8* So many ads I don’t even want to play ### 1/5 — Ads still everywhere *2026-02-18, version 2.2.6* Bought the subscription, still has ads. Also- I’m not playing a game with a real person, it’s obvious it’s AI. I’m not being connected with the different people with the same Avatar To the developer response, yeah I know how to restore purchases and still doesn’t answer the fact that I’m not playing real people. ### 1/5 — Ads still everywhere *2026-02-15, version 2.2.6* Bought the subscription, still has ads. Also- I’m not playing a game with a real person, it’s obvious it’s AI. I’m not being connected with the different people with the same Avatar ### 1/5 — Terrible *2026-01-27, version 2.2.6* Paid for no ads… Still had ads 👎🏻 ### 1/5 — Bots Only *2024-10-11, version 2.2.3* So there is nothing but bots that you’re going to be going against in multiplayer where is the fun, first review ever I’ve ever posted and this game just takes the cake for it being terrible ### 1/5 — Really long ads *2024-07-19, version 2.2.3* Game play is fine, but the ads are longer than the play time. Not good. ### 1/5 — Sucks…I would give a zero stars, but that’s not possible💀 *2024-01-27, version 2.2.3* It makes you pay the game coins, if you ruin out you can’t play. Personally I just want to practice, but when you have to pay, then it’s not good. Pick another Mancala game. ### 1/5 — Spammy *2024-01-26, version 2.2.3* Spammy spammy ads ### 1/5 — Boring *2023-09-25, version 2.2.3* Multiplayer is just bots that do the same moves every time. Game is literally not then ad then get pointless coins cause you have to do the same repetitive moves against a cpu that is supposed to be a real player. You can easily tell became the computer doesn’t think it just reacts immediately. Waste of time. Get a different game there are tons more. ### 1/5 — Slow and hangs up *2023-07-16, version 2.2.3* Won’t let you replay the same player without starting a new room. Very slow, gets hung up. Must close app and restart several times. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Best Mancala game on store *2026-07-06, version 2.2.8* I like the board designs. ### 5/5 — Fun *2024-07-23, version 2.2.3* Is the best game in the world and is so fun because you can play with people you know and laugh at them and of are self and have fun! ❤️ ### 5/5 — A+ *2024-02-09, version 2.2.3* Great way to practice. ### 5/5 — WINNER *2023-10-23, version 2.2.3* I won like a billion times 👽👽 ### 5/5 — Love it! *2023-01-05, version 2.2.3* One of my favorite childhood games, no issues. ### 5/5 — Fun! *2022-02-25, version 2.1.9* Free and easy! Just like your mom! ### 5/5 — Competitive AI *2020-08-17, version 2.1.4* Other Mancala games have simple AI’s to beat. This one is a challenge! ### 5/5 — Friends *2020-07-04, version 2.1.4* I love this app. But how do I play with friends. I did the thing through Facebook but friends don’t come up and it doesn’t work when I invite them. ### 5/5 — Do ittttt *2020-05-30, version 2.1.2* This game can be 1000x better if they just add more messages that you can send to your opponent in game. Even better would be adding a type box so you can write anything you want. You guys need to hire me honestly 🤦‍♂️😖 ### 5/5 — Awesome *2019-11-22, version 2.0.9* I love trying new games ..a great mind 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 2026-08-15.*