# Math and Sorcery — user reviews

> 154 indexed App Store user reviews of Math and Sorcery by Crescent Moon Games, rated 4.60/5 from 305 ratings.

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/math-and-sorcery/id1360768582/reviews
- App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/math-and-sorcery/id1360768582.md
- Rating breakdown: 5★ 222 · 4★ 56 · 3★ 11 · 2★ 5 · 1★ 11

## What do users think of Math and Sorcery?

Overall sentiment: neutral

**Pros**

- 🚀 Fast-paced gameplay
- 👍 Engaging RPG elements
- 💡 Unique math-based combat
- 🎨 Pleasing pixel art style
- 🧠 Helps improve mental math skills

**Cons**

- ⏱️ Extremely short time limit
- 💰 Mana required for leveling up
- 🔍 Unclear progression mechanics
- 🌐 Frequent ads interrupting gameplay
- 🐛 Crashes and bugs preventing progress

**Commonly reported bugs**

- Game freezing after defeating the librarian boss
- Mana not properly rewarded when leveling up
- Inability to collect rewards after winning battles
- Crashes occurring on later levels

**Most requested features**

- Adjustable difficulty levels
- Ability to replay completed levels
- More varied math operations and challenges
- Daily challenges or endless mode
- Option to disable ads or pay to remove them

## Newest reviews (14 of 154)

### 3/5 — Not an Educational Game

*2026-02-15, version 1.21*

It’s a fun game in so far as addictive RPGs go, but you don’t really learn any math. You’re forced to make split-second decisions and choose A,B, or C based on likelihood.  So for instance (23+4)x5= a)118 b)135 c)127 

You get about 0.3 seconds to answer this. Naturally, you know that anything times 5 is going to end in a five or a zero, so you pick B.

Then you grind this over and over again, except that isn’t all multiples of 5. You’re not even looking for precise answers half the time, just shortcuts that work with the multiple choice. 

Worst part is it isn’t even leveled in an educational way. If it were like learning tables where Level 1 is all about adding ones and 2s at increasingly faster pace, then three, then four, then subtract, it would be awesome. Instead the numbers and the operations start randomly and the timer is killer. You will only get through by getting power ups, which for some people means spending hours grinding away and for others it means spending hours AND money. Clever little casino where the house always wins. 

If this truly were a casino, K I’m the equivalent of a professional poker player. I’m good. I’m fast. But I know that no matter who you are this game is rigged in favor the house and newbies, especially kids, who want to improve their math will mot learn much here. 

Beyond failing to follow any of the science behind creating an effective educational math challenge, it doesn’t even provide mental mag strategies. A truly educational game is meant to encourage mastery. This game instead literally profits from defeat.

### 4/5 — Salvamento na nuvem

*2026-01-16*

Parece que não salva o progresso na nuvem? Arrumem isso por favor é ótimo jogo recomendo.

### 2/5 — Trava no último nível da biblioteca

*2024-11-16*

O jogo trava sempre que completa-se o último nível da Biblioteca, impedindo o jogar de obter o progresso e continuar. Decepcionante!

### 4/5 — Tiny problem 🙁

*2024-10-14, version 1.21*

Great game, although I admit the timer really stresses me out.If there’s a way to turn the timer 
of, or at least make it longer, please let me know.

### 2/5 — Was fun but can’t click the collect button on iPad Pro

*2023-05-21, version 1.21*

After beating the librarian (intro ‘boss’) I can’t progress any further. The giant collect button does not react to my clicks, restarting the game, your scrolls are consumed but you don’t get credit for the fight the only option is to redo the fight to which you will still not be able to click the collect button.

### 2/5 — ITTIMA IDEA..,pessima resa

*2021-01-24, version 1.21*

Tutto poteva essere fantastico,purtroppo il tempo scorre troppo in fretta e diventa frustrante invece che esseredivertente e poter unire un tool di apprendimento.......perché????!!!!

### 2/5 — Gut, aber...

*2020-02-28*

Spielidee und -umsetzung gut, aber man kann seine Einkäufe trotz angegeber Funktion nicht wiederherstellen (“Betrug”)!

### 5/5 — Giocate a questo gioco così imparate

*2020-02-14, version 1.21*

Forte DavidPit81 che mette 1 stella perché secondo lui 7-4+3 fa 0, non diversamente da tanti altri matematici di Facebook con originali teorie di calcolo. Newton avrebbe molto da imparare al giorno d’oggi...

### 5/5 — Amazing Math Game! Tiny problem 🥺

*2019-12-05, version 1.21*

The game is fun and entertaining, especially for math nerds like me. Graphics are crisp, smooth, and pleasing to the eyes (at least to mine). Never have been more proud of a math game that’s actually fun (and a little addicting) to play!

Gameplay is simple - but don’t let it fool you. Yes, all you have to do is solve simple arithmetics problems in the beginning, however, having such a limited time will cause one to make mistakes. Highly beneficial to whoever wants to become faster in mental math lol This has been especially challenging considering that you have to choose which enemy you’d attempt to attack. 

They include numerous pets with various powers to assist you in your mathematical battles, such as slowing down time, increasing health, etc. In order to unlock pets, you’ll have to loot specific items for that specific pet (i.e. Apples for a donkey named Henry).

Other than all that, I’ve been playing for a few days already and have obtained a few extra gems to buy some items from the shop. Although I saved up to 248 gems, I purchased 2 orders of 9 salads and 6 cheese pieces for 25 gems each and it never gave the items for me :( I’ve tried refreshing but it didn’t work... I know it’s not a big deal, but I’d like to have a new pet! 

Even so, still an amazing game. Not to mention, a math game! Please keep up the great work!

### 5/5 — fun and challenging

*2019-10-11, version 1.21*

Thanks 5 stars

### 3/5 — App broken

*2019-08-22, version 1.21*

I love this game, have been plying for about a year. Maybe 3 weeks ago, the Leaderboard route broke. I’ve contacted devs, but no response.

### 2/5 — Too fast and rigid

*2019-08-21, version 1.21*

It would be nice if the very first level started slow; the current version only works for people at a very specific level of math skill.

### 5/5 — Pas mal

*2019-07-22*

Sympa, par contre attention les fautes... on apprend les maths mais pas l’orthographe !

### 5/5 — Daily Challenges

*2019-06-10, version 1.21*

Can you guys add Daily Challenges and Endless levels, this will make the game more fun!

## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated)

### 1/5 — Stuck

*2025-06-18, version 1.21*

Stuck first boss passed but cannot get reward need to uninstall forever

### 1/5 — Bom e ruim

*2024-06-13*

Trava no primeiro Boss

### 1/5 — Problema para prosseguir

*2023-10-22*

Após o primeiro Boss o jogo pede para avaliar e após isso não permite tocar em coletar para prosseguir.

### 1/5 — Freeze

*2023-10-04, version 1.21*

Like the game so far and think it will be great for my kids… aside from the fact that after I beat the boss in the library it asks for a review and then promptly freezes forcing me do that battle over and over without ever saying the area is complete. 

Will change my review once this is fixed.

### 1/5 — Bug

*2022-06-02, version 1.21*

Cannot pass the last level on 1st level, unable to collect item after won.

### 1/5 — ให้ 1 ดาวเพราะมันขึ้นมาให้ Review ขณะเล่น

*2021-11-17, version 1.21*

ถือว่าเป็นการทำลายสมาธิการเล่นมาก เอาไปดาวเดียวพอละ หักคะแนนมารยาท

### 1/5 — Adds and points

*2018-11-25, version 1.21*

It took me forever to beat the Librarian in chapter 1 butt what I do hate is that when you get a question wrong it sets you back 1 thing and the adds because every time after you complete a battle it gives you an add.

### 1/5 — lose progress

*2018-08-26*

if I delete the game I lose my progress, I was in lvl 13! this is really sad😩

### 1/5 — Calcoli sbagliati

*2018-08-25, version 1.2*

Quando si trova in riga un calcolo senza parentesi es. 7-4+3 si eseguono sempre prima le Addizioni e poi le Sottrazioni per la regola MDAS (Moltiplicazioni, Divisioni, Addizioni e Sottrazioni). Il gioco, che a mio avviso è un’idea carina, fa svolgere le operazioni nell’ordine in cui si trovano da sinistra verso destra... Grave errore... Risultato giusto nell'esempio (0) risultato attuale in game (6) correggete pls!

### 1/5 — Great game but took my money

*2018-08-24, version 1.2*

I’ll change to a 5 star review once this is fixed. Paid $4 to remove ads and it errantly charged me twice. I got twice the potions - but I didn’t want that. I clicked the purchase button and it didn’t react, then I clicked again and paid and it went through the process twice.

## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated)

### 5/5 — Jogo

*2024-08-30*

Legal

### 5/5 — Super top

*2024-05-17, version 1.21*

Un jeu vraiment super top, la révision des opérations sur fond de jeu de rôles est tout à fait excellente 🫶

### 5/5 — Fallo extraño

*2024-04-13, version 1.21*

Cada vez que abro el juego me pregunta "¿permitir pegar desde cuenta de banco?"
Por que narices me pregunta eso? Exijo una solución rapida. Juego constantemente a este juego y no quiero tener que desinstalarlo por una tontería asi

### 5/5 — Exceptionnel

*2023-11-16*

Je super avec des variation novelles comparais au autre jeux

### 5/5 — Please !!!

*2023-04-29, version 1.21*

Can you get it developed PLEASE!!!!

### 5/5 — Une masterclass digne du roi Dagobert

*2022-11-25, version 1.21*

Très chers compatriotes,
Je suis heureux de vous dire que ce jeu est plus intéressant que Tiktok, plus compliqué qu’Elden Ring, plus tragique que je ne le croyais. Quand j’ai appris que l’on pouvait jouer avec Henry, mon coeur n’a fait qu’un bond. J’ai vu ses yeux, sa tête, son corps, son appétit pour les pommes et j’ai compris qu’a partir de là mon amour n’irait que pour une personne: le maître des calculs. 
Dernière information: 2+2 c’était le plus dur

### 5/5 — Officially among the best app in Appstore

*2021-11-27, version 1.21*

This is one of the very few game that is actually game in Appstore. It doesn’t force you to buy anything in the store to enjoy the game. It’s fully capable of playing offline. It has minimal ads. Its design is simplistic but effective.

This game’s worth every 5 stars it got.

I can not stress enough how much better this app is than any other trash apps where you are plagued with offensive ads, intrusive micro transactions, and a lot of illegal thing that Apple allowed.

### 5/5 — Sehr sinnvoll und macht auch Spaß

*2020-03-03*

Neben Plus und minus geht es im dritten Level auch mit mal weiter. Auch ohne Geld kann hier das Kopfrechnen auf spielerischer Art und Weise gelernt werden. Es ist super, auch schon für unsere 7 jährige!

### 5/5 — Incredible

*2020-02-27*

I can’t think a better way to make math fun

### 5/5 — Muito divertido!!!

*2020-02-25*

Perfeito! Deveriam fazer uma continuação!

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