# Oden Cart A Heartwarming Tale — user reviews > 88 indexed App Store user reviews of Oden Cart A Heartwarming Tale by GAGEX Co.,Ltd., rated 4.70/5 from 160 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/oden-cart-a-heartwarming-tale/id1065746015/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/oden-cart-a-heartwarming-tale/id1065746015.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 137 · 4★ 14 · 3★ 4 · 2★ 0 · 1★ 5 ## What do users think of Oden Cart A Heartwarming Tale? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 📖 Amazing storytelling - 💖 Heartwarming characters - 🎨 Beautiful artwork - 😌 Relaxing gameplay - 💡 Unique concept - 😊 Charming atmosphere - 🎶 Great soundtrack - 🤔 Compelling narrative - ✨ Well-written dialogue - 👍 Easy to play - 🌟 Immersive experience - 💯 Highly recommended **Cons** - 🐌 Slow progression - intrusive ads - 🧩 Difficult to unlock endings - 😵 Repetitive gameplay - 🎨 Unappealing art style (minority opinion) **Commonly reported bugs** - Banner ad covers bottom icons - Game crashes - Ads fail to load, game stuck - Difficulty unlocking final gripes for certain characters (Nice Girl, Grumpy Man, etc.) **Most requested features** - Option to pay to remove ads - Way to see how many bubbles needed for new gripe - More English translated games from developer - Option to communicate or send responses to characters ## Newest reviews (13 of 88) ### 4/5 — I don’t like the background noises *2024-08-23, version 1.0.1* Everything is nice and relaxing but the background noises of talking are too scratchy, it’s like a broken radio from a horror game and I don’t like it. ### 4/5 — One gripe *2023-10-14, version 1.0.1* Great game, amazing story telling. As usual for them amazing story telling. Less to do than Hungry Hearts Diner series. Only problem is the banner ad at the bottom covers the bottom half of the bottom icons. Still playable but extremely annoying. ### 4/5 — Good Story Concept *2021-11-24, version 1.0.1* This is the first time I’ve ever played the game with such a concept, that is the story of an oden seller and how he could be a good listener for the customers that attend his kiosk to eat and to share their own problems as they drunk. My concern is it will get a little bit boring in the middle when you have to tap same conversations over and over to get a new one. ### 4/5 — Beautiful game, but one flaw... *2021-06-26, version 1.0.1* I love games by Gagex, particularly the cozy ones dealing with food. The art is lovely, as are the descriptions of the food (so much life and culture can be expressed through food!), and, most importantly, the characters are interesting, making the story interesting. However, my single issue with this particular game is that it really slows down as you draw towards the end. Of course, this might be entirely due to user error, but I’m playing this solely as an idle game and not putting effort into thinking about puzzle-solving. These games are cozy to me and easy and quick to check on; I don’t really like feeling as if I have a task to do, feel me? ### 5/5 — Great storytelling! *2021-02-24, version 1.0.1* Wow. What a unique & compelling game! I was captivated by the storytelling and relatable characters. The gameplay is very different from other games I’ve played in the past, but once I was able to get into the rhythm of the slower (more casual?) pace, I really enjoyed it & wanted to uncover the full story. Now that it’s over, I wish I could experience it all over again. Like other reviewers, I was having a tough time finishing the Nice Girl & Grumpy Man’s storyline. It was frustrating to figure out, and unfortunately I relied on some spoilers to get the Grumpy Man’s ending. I will say for future players that the key to progressing is to finish the storylines for the last three characters first, and then return to the others. Overall, I’m so glad I discovered this game, and I’m also playing other games from Gagex at this time, too! Thank you. ### 5/5 — Like *2021-01-30, version 1.0.1* Really a nice game. It’s stories make me cry a lot ### 4/5 — Nice Girl: A Gut-Wrenching Tale *2020-10-27, version 1.0.1* I don’t know what is up with this girl, but she REFUSES to change! Like, all I need is a single gripe from her and bam, she’s done. But for the past three days all she ever says is “Nice Oden!” Okay den, WHAT ELSE!? I have literally finished EVERYONE else but her and STILL she won’t say it! What do I gotta do to get ya to talk!? She’s driving me mad! I even just stocked EGGS to the point only SHE shows up, and even then, she still won’t say it! I’m this close to flipping my cart over and pouring a bottle of booze over your head! WHY WON’T YOU JUST ALREADY SAY IT!!! Besides that, fun relaxing game. ### 5/5 — <3 *2020-07-12* I never read descriptions much, so I went into this game thinking that the customers were just random citizens with some emotional baggage. Well, that part was true, but I also didn’t expect a connected story between some of them! It was a pleasant surprise, and I’m glad I went into the game blind. <3 ### 5/5 — Great game *2020-06-22, version 1.0.1* Soothing relaxing intriguing mysterious ### 5/5 — Different and fantastic *2020-01-04, version 1.0.1* Really enjoyed getting to know all the characters’ back stories. Some were funny, others very dark. Can’t wait to play your next Oden game 😊. ### 5/5 — Peaceful *2019-12-18, version 1.0.1* To ### 5/5 — Beautiful Story *2019-12-05, version 1.0.1* This is probably my third time playing this game, because I enjoy the story so much. I can still remember my first time playing it. It gave me so many emotions, from anger, to sadness, to hope. Oden Cart is a pretty simple game, but the story is so wonderful. I’m pretty sure it made me cry the first time I played it! I was so invested in the characters and what was happening to them, that I checked the game often. I didn’t expect to become so attached, and the fact that I did tells me this is a well written game. c: ### 5/5 — Amazing Game *2019-11-10, version 1.0.1* All I have to say is I adore this game 100% ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Game is ruined by ads. *2021-10-08, version 1.0.1* Beautiful soundtrack, and nice atmosphere as with the other games by this developer. I love their games but this one is legit ruined by the bottom ad that can be closed and it partially blocks all the other buttons in the game. The “recommendations” is also just more ads. I’d rather just pay to play without ads or at least move the ads in a way they are blocking the screen. ### 1/5 — Unplayable *2020-09-24, version 1.0.1* More broken ads, game crashes, waste of time. Shame. I really loved “summer memories” so I’m trying to play through the rest of their catalog but most of the titles are unplayable. Ads pop up intrusively, they fail to load leaving the game stuck. You’re only option is to throw it out of memory and relaunch but you have to do this every third action or so... and that’s only if it hasn’t crashed. This one is a nonstarter. ### 1/5 — Ads :c *2020-09-17, version 1.0.1* I’d love to play this game but as soon as I get to the gameplay a large banner ad completely covers the bottom bar that allows you to stock the cart/view customers etc. I usually don’t mind ads at all but this one is getting in the way of the gameplay. ### 1/5 — Ad bar *2020-08-25, version 1.0.1* The ad bar hides half the menu and makes it difficult to click, also makes you wonder what content you might be missing and it seems like 1/4 of a game. You click bubbles and read complaints about life. No development seems to happen nothing seems to unlock no legitimate progress in any form other than having unlocked the max amount of complaints to read. How is this even considered a game ### 3/5 — It could be better (something is missing) *2020-09-26, version 1.0.1* The game itself has a potential. The concept, story and characters were good. I'm not sure what it is, probably the pace a lil bit slow, it got bored at the begining of the game cause as we know the elements of the game only few. Some people might find it this game was 'a waste of time' because of that at the beginning of them playing. I don't mind the 2D animation, i think this game needs to add something for "the elements of the game" got more interesting. ### 3/5 — Ads - covers game menu *2020-07-15, version 1.0.1* It’s a little pointless and really annoying to design a game with ads: which COVER the menu options. It really looks like a monetisation option slapped on top without any thought. ### 3/5 — Good But Gets Boring *2018-02-16, version 1.0.1* Let me start off by saying that Iike this game. It's slow paced, which I like, and it has interesting characters. However, after a while it gets boring. I'm aimlessly sweeping through characters gripes and getting the same ones again and again. If there was more interactions with the characters, it would be better. Having an option to communicate or send responses would make it less boring. Also, I'm not a huge fan of the art style. Women are very round and men are very jagged. But what kept me playing were the stories. They were great to watch unfolding. I just wish it was portrayed a bit differently and with better art. ### 3/5 — Takes forever *2018-01-08, version 1.0.1* Some new customers take forever to appear. Also their gripes sometimes takes forever.Please fix this.Thank you ### 3/5 — Amazing but... *2016-12-11, version 1.0.1* I can't seem to get the last gripe for the grumpy man and the nice girl. Is there some sort of glitch or am I missing something? Either way, I've been playing for the longest time and I've tried so many combinations with their favorite Oden, but to no avail. Overall, amazing stories and very heartwarming. Would increase ratings once glitch is fixed. ### 4/5 — As close to perfect as you can get I think *2025-01-09, version 1.0.1* The only reason I didn’t give it 5 stars is because is because 5 stars means like literally perfect, which it wasn’t. IT WAS VERY CLOSE, but there were some spelling mistakes, the ads got in the was sometimes at the bottom of the screen (and I have pretty slim fingers), and once you have like three or so bubbles you have to get for a character it becomes VERY slow. I think I must have had characters come dozens of times and they didn’t say anything new to me. I guess however, you could see this as positives. “It exudes patience in every way, including how long you have to wait for something to happen.” Y’know? All in all, great game though:) I love almost all of Gagex’s games. P.S. I hope I didn’t scare anyone away with a long comment:) ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Game *2025-08-24* It's easy, interesting, doesn't require watching ads, donations... and doesn't require constant visits. BIG PLUS - English. ### 5/5 — Amazingggg *2025-01-15, version 1.0.1* I’ve downloaded the game several times. I love reading the stories and the character development is so good. It starts slow but trust it’s worth it!! ### 5/5 — Like reading a pleasant book *2023-12-20, version 1.0.1* A very good narrative through snippets of multiple characters that end their journeys in fun, inspiring or fitting ways for them. ### 5/5 — Nice girl's last gripe isn't showing up! *2023-08-21, version 1.0.1* Is this a bug? ### 5/5 — A wonderful game *2022-08-12, version 1.0.1* This game has a great story-line. It is truly an amazing game ### 5/5 — I love ALL the games but have 1 issue *2022-07-05, version 1.0.1* All of these characters are so wonderful and it’s so clever how all of their stories come together to create a whole narrative I do have one gripe that is more about game play than the actual game - I wish there was a way to see how many bubbles you needed to click until you reach a new gripe. While I love the story and want to play the whole way through,I lose interest if I keep getting 200 old bubbles before I get a newer one that I need 50+of to unlock a new gripe. That speed is the only issue I have. Still 5 stars. ### 5/5 — This game great!! *2021-09-14, version 1.0.1* Good story Good Graphics Good picture but I want more about gameplay. ### 5/5 — Came back for more *2021-05-17, version 1.0.1* I originally had played this game almost three years back, and came back for a second round. It’s still the same as I remember, with relatable characters and believable stories. There are a variety of different perspectives and it’s nice to see the slow (but not achingly so) progression of each characters’ stories. Makes you think about the other person. This is incredibly charming to me, although that might be in part because of my familiarity with the Japanese culture, so know that going forward. For anyone that’s looking for more, there’s a sequel to this game! Also fun. ### 5/5 — Great! *2021-05-04, version 1.0.1* I enjoyed it very much. I liked characters and story. And of course, Oden. I ended up going to Asian grocery store to get Oden set to make Oden for dinner. By the way, where is Oden Cart 3 in English language? Please hurry. ### 5/5 — Awesome game *2021-03-01, version 1.0.1* I've played this and the second one several times. I love everything about it, I find it very relaxing. I do wonder when they will translate the third game into English though! --- *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 2026-09-03.*