# NOVA Black Hole Apocalypse — user reviews > 14 indexed App Store user reviews of NOVA Black Hole Apocalypse by Public Broadcasting Service, rated 3.60/5 from 53 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/nova-black-hole-apocalypse/id1114574985/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/nova-black-hole-apocalypse/id1114574985.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 28 · 4★ 3 · 3★ 5 · 2★ 5 · 1★ 12 ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — PBS NOVA Black Hole Disappointing *2024-09-27* Installed on iPad 17.3.1. Downloaded fine. Downloaded this twice. Whether I play or watch, neither works with sound. PLAY starts rolling balls on a grid which I presume is a “Black Hole” & stars. I don’t have a clue to what’s expected or happening. Poor. I expected more reliability from PBS development. ☹️ ### 1/5 — Star smashing was fun then well boring/impossible *2018-01-12* Can’t get past smashing a star behind a black hole. There probably is a way I could not find it and got VERY bored. Maybe a hint would have helped. I deleted the app as I could get no further and lost interest. ### 1/5 — Too Hard With Black Holes *2017-05-16* It's 100% impossible with The binaries of black holes ### 1/5 — I do not like this game *2016-06-23* All you do is smash stars together also I am the first to rate this app ### 2/5 — Grid useless *2017-12-26* You can't rotate, so the grids are basically useless, you can't determine relative angle because the perspective is off. ### 2/5 — Crashing *2017-02-19* Looks like it might be fun but it crashed a lot and I could not get past level 2. ### 3/5 — I did it, but I didn't like it. *2021-01-19* I had to finish each level. Then I found the answer key. Sad they made this almost too difficult to see the end. And I don't get to see my badges? Take a picture of your badges after you get them, they will go in the black hole, never coming back. I earned those with trial and skill. Learn from this and you will enjoy your badges for years to come. ### 4/5 — Really need a zoom out option... *2019-06-30* I use an iPad Pro, and because your star is so close to the edge of the screen it is impossible to get to higher starting speeds on many levels without slipping my finger off the screen and automatically launching the star. A simple zoom-out option would fix this! ### 4/5 — Pretty decent *2018-09-02* I get why people might think it's impossible, but an easy game is no fun. Keep at it. I agree, as sequel would be fun. Gave it 4 stars only because it crashed several times. ### 5/5 — Pretty good, but one fix *2025-04-14* Sometimes you beat the level, then die an instant later and have to restart the level. ## Most praised reviews (4 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — This is Great but it has a couple little bugs. *2018-12-16* I really love ❤️ this game, and I think smashing stars 🎆🔆🔅⭐️🌟✨💫☀️🎇🌠 with my star 💫 across the galaxy 🌌🌀,but it has a couple little bugs.First when it says the space time fabric will bend it does not bend.Second, I really think they should make a part 2 where the star 💫 is a black hole 🕳 ### 5/5 — Plz make nova elements work with iOS 11 *2018-03-15* Plz ### 5/5 — Fun!!! *2018-01-29* Great casual fun! My 7year old likes it, I like it and I like this as a companion app to the Nova Black Hole Apocalypse episode. None of these puzzles are impossible, it simply requires a test and repeat approach. Mad props to PBS and Nova, for a fun little app. ### 5/5 — Smashing *2016-06-30* My kids loved playing with the different scenarios and have been much more interested in cosmology. It's a great demonstration of things that happen on a scale we don't really get to see. Thanks, Nova! --- *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 2026-07-06.*