# Metalstorm: Modern Air Combat — user reviews > 2,805 indexed App Store user reviews of Metalstorm by Starform, rated 4.80/5 from 38,453 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/metalstorm-modern-air-combat/id1461423243/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/metalstorm-modern-air-combat/id1461423243.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 33,208 · 4★ 3,385 · 3★ 869 · 2★ 298 · 1★ 693 ## What do users think of Metalstorm? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 🚀 Smooth gameplay - 🎨 Impressive graphics - ⚔️ Engaging combat - 👥 Fun team-based play - 🏆 Competitive experience - 🆓 No ads or pay-to-win **Cons** - ⏳ Slow progression and unlock system - 🤖 Unbalanced matchmaking against bots - 🔧 Lack of customization options - 🌐 Connectivity and server issues - 📚 Unclear scoring and progression systems **Commonly reported bugs** - Game crashes and disconnects - Controls becoming unresponsive - Planes behaving erratically - Incorrect scoring and ranking **Most requested features** - More maps and game modes - Ability to choose game mode - First-person cockpit view - Faster progression and rewards - Improved missile and flare mechanics - Better matchmaking and skill-based pairing ## Newest reviews (15 of 2,805) ### 4/5 — Great game but has some problems-Ken-Top Gun owner-sergeant - level 43 *2026-08-25, version 1.0.94* The game has great graphics and isn’t easy to master the military aircraft power is pretty balanced out with different aircraft having different ups and downs which make it difficult to face,”Any pilot can beat any 5th generation aircraft, it’s not the plane it’s the pilot” there’s eight problems that I’ve found, when u create a squadron if u want to change the name or tag it costs a lot of gold, second is if u want to add someone to your squadron they should get the invite even if they are in another because they might want to change, and another problem is u can’t see or search players who don’t have a squadron the only way is to see them in a match, the fourth is that sometimes it won’t let me turn my plane or it gets stuck and the buttons don’t work and if I select cancel a match and it goes through it puts me in it. The fifth is if your a squadron owner u should be able to see your members friends because u want to find more good players and even if you’re not a squadron owner u should be able to. Sixth is that when I write a review it disappears. The seventh is that I can’t say protect me or back me up I can only do that to other players and I can’t plan a great strategy with the team just by myself because I there is no chat where I can text what I need just one that lets me say thanks and so on. The eighth is that if I want to invite someone who isn’t 1st,second or third in the match to my squadron I can’t. That’s what I think that should be changed otherwise great game and definitely one of my favorites. and I recommend everyone to play it and it doesn’t matter if your the best gamer ever it’s 100% worth playing. ### 4/5 — Not happy *2026-08-22, version 1.0.94* You spend a lot of cash upgrading your planes for them to be crab. Missels go all over except to the target, but they can throw a rock and kill you dead ### 5/5 — 😃 *2026-08-22, version 1.0.94* the best game ### 2/5 — My dick hurts *2026-08-21, version 1.0.94* Because i jack off like 6 times a day lol ### 5/5 — Great game *2026-08-21, version 1.0.94* It is an amazing game but I would like some changes 1:please make missiles easier to evade and flares more effective 2:please make upgrade parts (avionic engine fuselage parts etc)more common and easier to get 3:when you upgrade please make it so you get more garage points (is that what it’s called?) anyways great game thanks a lot! ### 4/5 — Bello, ma da migliorare *2026-08-20, version 1.0.94* Gioco molto bello in sé ma personalmente aggiungerei alcuni cose come un effetto visivo per il boom supersonico e migliorerei la grafica per quanto possibile, principalmente per quanto riguarda gli scenari, se fate ciò, il gioco è perfetto nulla da dire ### 5/5 — Great fun! *2026-08-19, version 1.0.94* Pretty cool game with an easy learning curve to dive right into the action! ### 4/5 — Sxk *2026-08-19, version 1.0.94* Great game but very expensive and takes very long to get to the planes you want but overall fun game ### 3/5 — Mejorar el juego *2026-08-19, version 1.0.94* 🇪🇸 Español El juego necesita mejorar bastante la obtención de aviones. Deberían hacer que los jugadores puedan conseguir aviones más rápido y de una manera más fácil, ya que actualmente puede llevar demasiado tiempo desbloquearlos. También sería muy bueno que agregaran y mejoraran los mapas. Jugar constantemente el mismo modo de juego y repetir los mismos mapas termina siendo muy aburrido y hace que el juego pierda variedad. Más mapas y nuevos modos de juego harían que la experiencia fuera mucho más entretenida y mantendrían a los jugadores interesados. 🇬🇧 English The game really needs to improve the way players obtain planes. Players should be able to unlock planes faster and more easily, since it currently takes too long to get them. It would also be great to add and improve more maps. Playing the same game mode and the same maps over and over again becomes very boring and makes the game feel repetitive. Adding more maps and new game modes would make the experience much more enjoyable and keep players interested. ### 5/5 — Great game *2026-08-19, version 1.0.94* Pretty solid game 🤘🏻 ### 5/5 — F16 please *2026-08-18, version 1.0.94* F16 please ### 4/5 — Great game but has some problems-Ken-Top Gun owner-guest account-sergeant ,level 41 *2026-08-18, version 1.0.94* The game has great graphics and isn’t easy to master the military aircraft power is pretty balanced out with different aircraft having different ups and downs which make it difficult to face,”Any pilot can beat any 5th generation aircraft, it’s not the plane it’s the pilot” there’s eight problems that I’ve found, when u create a squadron if u want to change the name or tag it costs a lot of gold, second is if u want to add someone to your squadron they should get the invite even if they are in another because they might want to change, and another problem is u can’t see or search players who don’t have a squadron the only way is to see them in a match, the fourth is that sometimes it won’t let me turn my plane or it gets stuck and the buttons don’t work and if I select cancel a match and it goes through it puts me in it. The fifth is if your a squadron owner u should be able to see your members friends because u want to find more good players and even if you’re not a squadron owner u should be able to. Sixth is that when I write a review it disappears. The seventh is that I can’t say protect me or back me up I can only do that to other players and I can’t plan a great strategy with the team just by myself because I there is no chat where I can text what I need just one that lets me say thanks and so on. The eighth is that if I want to invite someone who isn’t 1st,second or third in the match to my squadron I can’t. That’s what I think that should be changed otherwise great game and definitely one of my favorites. and I recommend everyone to play it and it doesn’t matter if your the best gamer ever it’s 100% worth playing. ### 2/5 — Про гру *2026-08-18, version 1.0.94* Гра гарна ,але з часом квести перестають виконуватись ,не додається exp ,не можливо перейти на новий рівень ### 5/5 — 哈哈 *2026-08-18, version 1.0.94* 画质好，有时候会卡，还有就是这款游戏机库升级太困难，奖励太少 ### 4/5 — Tengo Problema con la nueva actualización *2026-08-18, version 1.0.94* Errores: tamaño de la letra en medio de la partida por ejemplo cuando matas a 5 y sale la medalla, sale bien chiquito la letra o lo mismo cuando Destruis un avión enemigo, cuando mandas señales de socorro en tu mini mapa no aparece y cuando lo hace un aliado la señal aparece por las nubes y no arriba del avión o jugador, le hicieron algo a los aviones? Es que frenan de golpe o cuando van volando suelen perder rápidamente o trágicamente ma velocidad, no se si quieren hacerlo mas realista pero creo que no es el camino, ya que el juego nació siendo arcade y tratar de convertirlo mas realista es dañar el juego y mas si no tienen el equipo necesario para hacerlo… pierde su esencia y lo terminan deformando y lastimando Ideas para el juego: Escuchen a la comunidad, tengo algunas ideas para que el juego este vivo y es que haya modo de 3 vs 3, modo circuito en mapas como una carrera, aumento de nivel de caja e evento de escuadrón, y que uno pueda diseñar su avión de ponerle su nombre o en la cola del avión poner la bandera de su nación ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Ruined Matchmaking *2026-08-25, version 1.0.94* Drop trophy based matchmaking, makes no sense at all! ### 1/5 — Fishy *2026-08-24, version 1.0.94* They keep charging me 9.99 randomly despite not having been on the app for a few days. I would avoid at all costs. ### 1/5 — Capture the flag is wack *2026-08-21, version 1.0.94* Worst addition to the game. Capture the flag is so unevenly matched and at even hours throughout the day? ### 1/5 — .. *2026-08-20, version 1.0.94* The new mode is terrible and shouldn't exist. ### 1/5 — Ridiculous *2026-08-18, version 1.0.94* Best way to describe how this game has been ruined. So obviously much more rigged, it’s hilarious. Any player that sinks further cash into this game, is a sucker. Funny how the same players seem to win all the games by cheating or by the game sabotaging your aircrafts speed, turning ability and accuracy of weapons. ### 1/5 — Great game except *2026-08-17, version 1.0.94* Overall, I think that this is a fun and satisfying game, but the pairing mechanism is terrible. For starters, I only have a mirage m.III but on the other team, they have like kf21 boramaes and f22s and many other late-game powerful planes. ### 1/5 — Sale *2026-08-14, version 1.0.93* Star form should probably sale the rights to Project Aces so the game would get fixed and become what it could be. ### 1/5 — Broken update and devs not listening *2026-08-14, version 1.0.93* Yes they write feedback and then don’t listen to 100 people saying roll back the update out of ego. Then they want the players to stay quiet and not fix the game they broke with an update nobody asked for. Not the first time and wont be last. Don’t recommend this game at all. ### 1/5 — Won’t open now on 9th gen iPad *2026-08-12, version 1.0.91* iPad so tops ### 1/5 — GAME BOT *2026-08-08, version 1.0.91* GAME ANJING TEAMNYA SELALU BOT GAME ANJING GAME BOT ISINYA BOT SEMUA ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Great game *2026-08-26, version 1.0.94* I love the graphic and jet ### 5/5 — Awesome game *2026-08-26, version 1.0.94* The time I invested in this game has been well worth it makes me think about flying a little drone ### 5/5 — Really fun! *2026-08-25, version 1.0.94* Absolute gem. If you understand the mechanics, the game is super fun to play. Thanks to the developers! ### 5/5 — Best game ever *2026-08-24, version 1.0.94* Better than war thunder ### 5/5 — Love it *2026-08-24, version 1.0.94* I can’t stop playing this fkng great game !!! ### 5/5 — Good plane *2026-08-24, version 1.0.94* Jet plane ### 5/5 — Great game *2026-08-23, version 1.0.94* It’s a great game, should definitely make it to consoles 🙌🏽🔥 ### 5/5 — voice chat *2026-08-23, version 1.0.94* Just missing an voice chat and it’s the best ### 5/5 — Amazing *2026-08-22, version 1.0.94* Is a Inhanced aviation game with high quality graphic design, unlock aircraft and dominate the sky's!!! ### 5/5 — Enjoy this Game *2026-08-22, version 1.0.94* Probably one of the only games I play next to stardew valley. Unlike other cell phone adaptations this one is very real and entertaining. I insure Airshows and other events. I’ll never fly a real one but this is as real as it gets! --- *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 2026-08-28.*