# New Star Manager — user reviews > 1,114 indexed App Store user reviews of New Star Manager by New Star Publishing Ltd., rated 4.70/5 from 8,175 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/new-star-manager/id1360417684/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/new-star-manager/id1360417684.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 6,740 · 4★ 1,038 · 3★ 201 · 2★ 73 · 1★ 123 ## What do users think of New Star Manager? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 🚀 Engaging gameplay - 👍 Detailed management simulation - 🚀 Addictive and fun - 👍 Solid foundation - 🚀 Impressive depth **Cons** - 🐛 Frequent crashes - 💰 Aggressive monetization - 🔋 Player energy issues - 🔋 Difficult to keep players happy - 🐛 Bugs and glitches **Commonly reported bugs** - Issues with player substitutions - Incorrect player ratings and statistics - Problems with the European competition qualification system - Freezing and white screen issues - Inconsistent player energy and recovery **Most requested features** - Add ability to change team name, kit, and logo - Improve player development and training system - Implement a loan system for players - Add more customization options - Introduce a practice mode or tutorial - Improve the difficulty balancing between leagues ## Newest reviews (13 of 1,114) ### 2/5 — Addicting but crashes *2026-08-07, version 1.7.7* The game keeps crashing please fix it. ### 2/5 — horrible after promotion *2026-07-28, version 1.7.7* i have so many bad things to say about this game, first of all as soon as your promote in spanish league to league 2, the opponents become 10x more skilled which has absolutely no balance since we barely get paid to even catch up by buying players that are somewhat decent, not only that but every single game has ended in my team losing by 5+ and i’m only give 2 chances to score all game long. second, progressing in this game is so incredibly hard maybe even impossible until you promote and relegate atleast 5 times so you can finally get enough money to get a good academy and etc to buy players that are high rated so you can actually have a chance in league 2. third, the games are obnoxiously long, there should be an option to sim the match otherwise a single season would last days if i’m playing multiple hours a day. fourth, the prices on everything including scouting building, stadium, training ground, players, and so many more are so insanely high, it’s genuinely impossible to get anything good since after you promote for the first time you get wrecked over and over then you lose money and lose sponsorship and lose fans to the point you’re getting almost no money before relegating back down. A 80 ovr player cost millions and needing 11 not including reserves or substitutions makes league 2 impossible to win any matches. I can list so many more problems but these are the main 4 that make the game unplayable ### 2/5 — So much potential *2026-07-26, version 1.7.7* This game has amazing potential but is just so unrealistic opposition goalies save almost everything and if you bench a player once his happiness drops and then you just lose every game even if you have got max work rate and you score every chance ### 2/5 — Fun but misses the mark *2026-07-19, version 1.7.7* I’ve read other reviews that has similar comments to mine so I’ll keep it brief. But basically starting in season two most of your team is unhappy and you don’t get enough meeting cards to make the players happy. All you can do is just spend $1.99 to get more meeting cards. It’s just impossible to keep your players happy and it’s not very fun after that. Also the ads to get players energy back are extremely buggy and do not work often ### 3/5 — J’adorais le jeu … *2026-07-18* Mais la mise à jour a vraiment tout gâcher c’est devenu injouable Alors que c’était mon jeu préféré je dois le désinstaller car la mise à jour et horrible :les matchs sont beaucoup trop dures maintenant ils sont lent et la nouvelle fonctionnalité de tir est affreuse le nouveau ballon etc ### 4/5 — Série A *2026-07-08* Quando vc chega na série A vc leva uma surra até para o paysandu e qualquer chegada deles resulta em Gol arrumem isso deem uma nivelada ### 2/5 — Crashes way too often *2026-06-27, version 1.7.7* I love this game i play it every day but it seems that every ecl match i have to restart my game in the middle of me playing sometimes messing up my board challenges and i struggle to understand how such a good game can crash so often pls fix this i want to keep playing without wanting to worry about game crashes ### 4/5 — Fun game *2026-05-24, version 1.7.7* Only annoying parts is the constant development asks you can’t keep up with and the wayward passes that the game for some reason forces on you ### 2/5 — Very fun but need deep improvement *2026-05-11, version 1.7.7* This game is really fun and I enjoy playing it, but it gets really irritating. In one match I barely even touched the ball for almost the entire first half (I got the possession only once!) while the other team scored 4 goals in under 20 minutes of the game and guess what when I refresh it and retry it they scored 3 goals in less than 10 minutes. Shooting also feels very inconsistent long range power shots never go over the goalkeeper’s head, but when I shoot closer outside the box, the ball flies way over the goal even and it feels like I could’ve shoot further away but you really can’t cause they always save it or the shot goes beyond the goal when I’m not aiming there. The tutorial says you can curve the ball, but no matter how many times I try, it never seems to work properly. Free kicks are also frustrating because the goalkeeper saves every free kick I make or it goes over the net and sometimes the shots feel weaker than the shot I was trying to Make. Another annoying thing is that the AI opponents constantly boot the ball away instead of dribbling or passing like in all football games I’ve played. The game has potential and can be really enjoyable, but these issues make it very frustrating at times. ### 4/5 — Travamento *2026-04-27* O jogo é muito bom. Mas já é o segundo celular em que ele fica fichando sozinho ### 4/5 — Great game but begs for money too much *2026-04-23, version 1.7.7* Too many in app purchases are needed just to get card packs. It would be easier if there was an option to buy packs with coins. Also need to update rules for 2025 which is 5 subs and one in extra time ### 5/5 — Amazing *2026-04-21, version 1.7.7* Love this game ### 3/5 — Annoying bug *2026-04-08, version 1.7.7* Good game, have played it on and off for years but recently I’ve been having trouble not loading into the game which is annoying as I need to reinstall the app to play which then deletes my current save ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — crashing *2026-07-27, version 1.7.7* games keeps on crashing every single time i play a game and keeps on resetting ### 1/5 — Wank *2026-07-09, version 1.7.7* Too hard to earn money players always exhausted always injured keeper always gets sent off joke ### 1/5 — Trash *2026-06-16, version 1.7.7* Trash game, didn’t even load. Just stuck on a grey screen, here’s an idea. If you’re going to make a game at least make it load. ### 1/5 — Make this fun again *2026-06-04, version 1.7.7* I used to be able to do things for free but now I have to pay real money for basically everything ### 1/5 — Played for months but now it will not load up *2026-05-19, version 1.7.7* Randomly not loading up. There is just a loading screen and then goes blank. I have deleted and reinstalled also and no difference. Really disappointing. ### 1/5 — Complaint *2026-04-29, version 1.7.7* Just paid money to buy items and New Star Manager has jammed. Please retrieve for me! ### 1/5 — Can’t get in the game *2026-04-11, version 1.7.7* It kicks me out the game every time I load in ### 1/5 — Won’t open *2026-02-12, version 1.7.7* Once a great game but now won’t open. Says searching for update then nothing. ### 1/5 — Most annoying tutorial ever… *2026-02-10, version 1.7.7* Please give us the option to bypass the tutorial or break it up into bite sided chunks. I just wish to play and feel out the game, not be forced to play the preplanned path to the letter. Disappointed because I love your other games, this is just a letdown. ### 1/5 — Great game *2025-10-03, version 1.7.7* However won’t let me restore purchases after previously buying editor kit ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Great game *2026-08-10, version 1.7.7* Good ### 5/5 — I love this game *2026-07-31, version 1.7.7* If I was looking for a good to play it would be new star manager ### 5/5 — Years of experience *2026-07-08, version 1.7.7* Great game always come back for more! ### 5/5 — Best game ever *2026-06-27, version 1.7.7* It is so fun but why we play all game 5 star ### 5/5 — Brilliant *2026-05-27, version 1.7.7* Been playing this for years never gets old ### 5/5 — Muito bom *2026-05-27* Top ### 5/5 — Eduardo *2026-05-16* É um bom jogo,muito divertido e engraçado.só poderia ter jogadores ouros na liga brasileira,sistema de base um pouco diferente e ser totalmente sem internet ### 5/5 — One club legend *2026-05-10, version 1.7.7* New Star Manager is an incredibly addictive mix of club management and tactical gameplay. If you love the "building" aspect of sports games, you will get hooked on upgrading your facilities and turning a bottom-tier team into a powerhouse. The only downside is that you are locked into one club. You can’t get hired by bigger teams or manage a national squad like in the original New Star Soccer. It’s a "one-club journey" only. ### 5/5 — Really good *2026-05-02, version 1.7.7* Good game to play with no WiFi, play it every holiday. Good for football fans trying to build up from low league to champions. Good mechanics. Would make it so you don’t have to be new star though as players might get bored with just one club. Overall 5 star for me best offline football game. ### 5/5 — recuperação do modo carreira *2026-04-29* jogo muito bom, jogo a anos, mas troquei de celular e sempre que instalo novamente eu perco tudo, volto do início e não consigo recuperar minha carreira, poderia ter a opção de recuperar --- *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 2026-08-27.*