# Mininigma: Enigma Simulator — user reviews > 92 indexed App Store user reviews of Mininigma by Horacio Jimenez, rated 4.50/5 from 30 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/mininigma-enigma-simulator/id334855344/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/mininigma-enigma-simulator/id334855344.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 24 · 4★ 1 · 3★ 3 · 2★ 0 · 1★ 2 ## What do users think of Mininigma? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 👍 Realistic Enigma simulation - 👍 Historically accurate - 👍 Great attention to detail - 👍 Excellent graphics and artwork - 👍 Informative and educational - 👍 Fun to use - 👍 Good for understanding cryptography - 👍 Supports various Enigma models - 👍 Plugboard simulation is amazing - 👍 Rotor and plugboard configuration options - 👍 Backspace function is helpful - 👍 Custom keyboard option - 👍 Developer responsiveness - 👍 Good value for money - 👍 Useful for password creation **Cons** - 🐛 Audio not working after update - 🐛 Sound issues with key presses - 🐛 UI elements cut off on newer devices - 🐛 Not compatible with VoiceOver - 🐛 Help/tutorials use difficult font - 🐛 Some UI elements obscured by Dynamic Island - 🐛 Lower keys unreachable due to home gesture area - 🐛 App crashes and freezes iPad - 🐛 Incomplete download issues - 🐛 Difficulty understanding tutorials - 🐛 Ring settings may not be working - 🐛 Keyboard keys are small - 🐛 Copy/paste not working with iOS 5 - 🐛 Light board not working - 🐛 Dials on top are finicky - 🐛 Spacing issues/words running together - 🐛 Numerals not working - 🐛 Some settings have little influence - 🐛 No reset button for settings - 🐛 No landscape mode **Commonly reported bugs** - Audio not working after latest update - No sound from keyboard presses after update - UI elements cut off on newer devices (iPhone X, Dynamic Island) - App not compatible with VoiceOver screen reader - Help and tutorials use a difficult-to-read font - App crashes and freezes iPad - Incomplete download and reload issues - Copy and paste not working with iOS 5 - Light board not working - Ring settings may not be working - Dials on top are finicky - Spacing issues where words run together - Numerals not working - Some settings have little influence on the text - App crashes on opening **Most requested features** - Add German language support - More Enigma models - Add numbers to the keyboard - Add a space bar - Improve readability of tutorial font - Fix UI issues with newer devices (Dynamic Island, home gesture) - Add VoiceOver compatibility - Add a reset button for settings - Add landscape mode - Add other crypto simulators (NEMA, Jefferson wheel) - Add more sounds - Option to send key with ciphertext - Create authentic style code books - Add Enigma clock - Add Hagelin M209 - Option to switch to a 'normal' iPhone keyboard - Improve directions for plugboard and rotors ## Newest reviews (15 of 92) ### 4/5 — Cool, one major flaw *2025-07-02, version 4.4.8* The app works really well. I’ve read about the Enigma machine for many years and have become quite familiar with it including how it works. It looks great, too. A great emulator. Now for the bad part. All the help and tutorials are written in some bogus font that looks like a severely distressed typewriter. My tired old eyes struggle to read them. If the developers are reading this, please stick to a font that’s readily readable. If it wasn’t for this issue, this would be a five star review. ### 5/5 — Love it! *2018-08-04, version 4.3.0* This is a really great app. Works well, easy to use, and fun! If you like ciphers and are interested in history then you need this app. ### 5/5 — Relevant! *2018-03-03, version 4.3.0* This app is more than just fun. It helps with the understanding of codes, cyphers and cryptography especially in today’s world of trolls and bots. Brilliant machine and brilliant app. ### 5/5 — More models weeks be cool *2017-10-22, version 4.3.0* Would be awesome to have the other models available that were made during the war. ### 5/5 — Enigma *2017-10-20, version 4.3.0* Super APP decodes original enigma messages ### 5/5 — Great app *2017-02-09, version 4.1.1* A real enigma machine cost $300,000 + and I paid $1.99 to turn my phone into one highly recommend it! ### 5/5 — SUPER COOL! *2016-12-12, version 4.1.0* Wow, a lot of features in this app. The keyboard is especially responsive and the key word generator is really cool! There is every enigma model, and every rotor. The main thing is that there is no A reflector like on other enigma apps but I don't care about that. This is better than other enigma apps because it has a BACKSPACE! And to the devs, use keyword: Enigma BJRA QYMV AIWS LSAQ NJDS DE ### 5/5 — Top Enigma-Emulator *2016-11-23* Ein hervorragend gemachter Enigma-Emulator. Liebevoll gestaltet, jede Funktion der Enigma kann konfiguriert werden. Hervorragend! ### 5/5 — Great for pretty good privacy machine *2016-02-04, version 4.0.5* Great apps, very good apps and enigma machine for send a private message to anyone. Very simple, just put a password for generate a private system. Sending a message is very simple too. Great !! I recommend! ### 5/5 — Alles gute *2016-01-24* Die App macht genau das was sie soll, die Integration als Keyboard ist eine interessante Spielerei. ### 5/5 — Awesome app. Fun, educational, and can be used for text messages keyboard *2015-10-12, version 4.0.1* This is the app to have if your an Enigma fan or want to learn more about the German code machine that was used in World War II. This is the machine that was the subject of the movie "The Imitation Game". You can change the initial settings and type into the machine and get the coded message. You can also add the Enigma keyboard to your text messages and type code directly into a text message. ### 5/5 — Excellent Enigma Simulator! *2015-10-03, version 4.0.0* The app was great before and it just keeps getting better. The latest version includes a custom keyboard that increases the realism. The developer really cares about the quality of his app. ### 5/5 — Awesome *2015-08-19, version 3.0.1* Following a recent visit to Bletchley Park I was keen to play some more with an Enigma machine. This is an amazing app with a fantastic recreation of a fully working Enigma machine. Highly recommended ### 4/5 — Just like the original Enigma *2015-08-19, version 3.0.1* This is a great app, it works just like the original Enigma that the Germans used in WW2. This also means it still has its weakness. A letter could never be itself; if this was fixed, I would give this 5 stars. This is a great app, works great. You can set it up they way u want on the rotors or the plugboard and get the Trillions different possibilities this machine has. If you are into code or ciphers, you should get this, and hopefully the developer will update to fix the weakness. P.S. Also it could be nice to have numbers in their also. ### 5/5 — Great App *2015-07-08, version 3.0.1* Love the historical authenticity. Practical uses too. I use it for passwords. An easy to remember phrase turns into an impossible to hack password. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — incomplete download *2016-10-11, version 4.1.0* Did not completely download and will not let me reload. ### 1/5 — Doesn't work! Crashes! *2010-08-01, version 0* Just crashes on opening. Don't reccomend this at all and rather annoyed I paid for it as in theory it's a very simple app and shouldn't be possible to muck up but they managed somehow. ### 2/5 — stürzt laufend ab *2015-11-29* Die app ist gut gemacht, leider stürzt es laufend ab und friert dabei mein ipad ein. ich warte auf ein update. ### 2/5 — Leider nicht voll Funktionsfähig. *2011-07-07* Bin mir nicht sicher wo genau welche Einstellungen nicht funktionieren, jedoch haben diese nur wenig Einfluss auf den Text. ### 3/5 — Latest update *2026-06-25, version 4.5.2* After the latest update the audio is not working. Turning it on/off off/on doesn’t fix it. ### 3/5 — Looks great… but… *2021-05-06, version 4.4.6* This app looks absolutely wonderful… And from my testing, the app performs as advertised. My only real concerns are as follows: 1) The UI does not account for newer devices such as iPhone X as some of the elements are cut off towards the top due to how the screen and Face ID camera are set up. And also 2) The app is not compatible with the voiceover screen reader built-in to iOS. What does those two minor little grapes, great app. The developer should consider making appropriate changes to meet the needs of modern devices as well as make their app slightly more accessible to more users by allowing access via the voiceover screen reader ### 3/5 — Neat but *2014-11-15, version 2.8.0* How do I decode an encoded message that was sent to me. If I paste in the text it just re-encodes it. Neat app ### 3/5 — Nice looking app but... *2011-11-22, version 2.2.0* Needs to respect the device volume control, currently too noisy to try it out properly! ### 3/5 — Nice but..... *2010-04-07, version 0* Horrible directions how r we supposed to know what the plugboard n Rotors do ### 4/5 — Problème de son *2026-06-24* Bonjour, depuis la dernière mise à jour, plus de son des frappes au clavier. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Excellent Enigma emulator *2026-06-24, version 4.5.2* This is a very polished app with great attention paid to fidelity and authenticity. I like that various versions of the Enigma machines are simulated and explained. ### 5/5 — Fast fix! *2025-12-17* Wurde superschnell behoben! Wieder Top! alter Text: Schade, fand ich mal super. Aber nun kann man die unteren, mittleren Tasten nicht mehr erreichen, weil der Bereich von der Homegeste beansprucht wird. Und oben verschwindet einiges hinter der Dynamic-Island. **Developer response:** Könntest du es noch einmal mit dem neuesten Update (4.5.1) versuchen? Ich hoffe, es löst das Problem. Danke! (online übersetzt :) ### 5/5 — Just brilliant!! *2023-11-20, version 4.4.8* This Mininigma App couldn't be more like the real thing. The changeability of the rotors as for u-boats. Luftwaffe, army etc., or just swapping them around is just great, the plugboard is amazing too. The whole enigma simulator App is just brilliant. I have a pile of downloaded copies of WWII German coded messages and the Mininigma decodes them as the real Enigma machine would've done all those years ago. I actually use it to create my most important online passwords, I couldn't be more happier thank you guys, you've done a great job.... PS. Please, please keep it updated. ### 5/5 — Genius App!! *2021-10-19* Thanks for doing this! This is an absolutely spectacular app for enigma enthusiasts. It’s the most realistic simulation I’ve ever seen. ### 5/5 — Puts a piece of history in your hands *2020-08-26, version 4.4.5* An Enigma wrapped in an app inside an iPhone. Outstanding use of the iPhone's technology to explain this technology from World War II. The artwork, use of sound and animation are excellent. The Bézier curves of the plug cords are an elegant touch. I was particularly happy to see the infamous 4-rotor variant of the machine. I searched the App Store for an Enigma simulator and this does not disappoint. Excellent workmanship. ★★★★★ ### 5/5 — Sehr gut *2020-04-16* Sehr gut. Aber in deutscher Sprache wäre es noch besser. Very good, but in german language it would be much better. Thank you. ### 5/5 — 🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨 *2020-02-28, version 4.4.4* Thanks for the update ### 5/5 — 上等 *2019-08-21* なかなか良いです 特にグラフィックが 解読機能つけてください ### 5/5 — エニグマ *2018-11-16* ドイツの暗号機エニグマを忠実に再現していてこの価格なので買う価値はあります ### 5/5 — Coole App! *2018-10-07* Funktioniert klasse, da steckt eine Menge Arbeit drin! --- *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 2026-08-26.*