# Old School Musical — user reviews > 70 indexed App Store user reviews of Old School Musical by Plug In Digital, rated 3.80/5 from 97 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/old-school-musical/id1462400110/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/old-school-musical/id1462400110.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 47 · 4★ 18 · 3★ 11 · 2★ 5 · 1★ 16 ## What do users think of Old School Musical? Overall sentiment: mixed **Pros** - 🎶 Great chiptune music - 🕹️ Fun and engaging gameplay - 🎨 Awesome pixel art/retro style - 💡 Unique rhythm game mechanics - 📱 Good mobile port - 👍 Addictive gameplay - ✨ Immersive environment - 💯 Highly recommended - 🎮 Great for passing time - 🌟 Hits the number one spot for rhythm games **Cons** - 💸 Expensive song packs - 🤏 Small buttons/controls - 🛒 High microtransaction cost - ⏳ Repetitive gameplay - 🤔 Misleading game description (free content) - 📉 Price difference between platforms - 🤷‍♂️ Controls not intuitive - 🚫 No story/lack of depth - 🔊 Sound issues (latency, no sound) - 😵 Overly chaotic effects in some modes **Commonly reported bugs** - Purchases not restoring - Cannot play purchased songs - Ads stop game from working - Music stops after ad - Songs not loading after ad - Game breaks after ad - Songs not downloading after purchase - Game crashes - No sound - Sound slightly ahead of notes (latency) - Grey bars issue - Accidental misstap or pause - Hitboxes too close together **Most requested features** - Option to make buttons bigger - PC port - Chicken Republic 2 - More 8bit sounds - Ability to buy all songs at once - Option to adjust button size - Add a harder difficulty/impossible mode - More free content/levels - Add swipe controls - Add more stats at the end of games - Option to unlock worlds by scoring gold/silver - Better currency system for unlocking levels - Add cartoon character integrations (Adventure Time, Gumball) - Different control schemes/quadrant layout - Option to turn off rumble - Adjustable controls for iPad - Add a 'buy all' option for songs - More free songs per week ## Newest reviews (16 of 70) ### 3/5 — Buttons too small *2021-05-24, version 1.2.18* So I’m stuck on the first level and it mainly looks like I’m only losing because THE BUTTONS ARE TOO SMALL PLEASE MAKE A OPTION TO MAKE THEM BIGGGER ### 3/5 — La latence *2021-02-28* Le jeu est vraiment bien c’est super génial de l’avoir mis sur mobile sauf qu’il y a un problème :/ le son est légèrement en avance par apport aux notes du coup on se re trouve à faire que des cool,bad ou miss rarement des perfect ### 4/5 — 新感覚の音ゲー *2020-11-24* ノリノリなチップチューンが楽しめるレトロチックな音ゲー！ 通常モードは、よくある「リズムとノーツに合わせてタイミングよくボタンを押す」ものですが チキンリパブリックモード(？)は、ノーツが回転やら拡大縮小やら、プレイ画面が何十個に増えるやら、まともにプレイ出来ないほどにめちゃくちゃなエフェクトで妨害してきて中々にカオス(笑) ボタンのサイズが小さいので、連タップ必須の高難易度曲はかなり難しいです。 追加購入曲はまとめ買い出来たらいいなあ。 ユニークな音ゲーが楽しみたい人にオススメしたいです！ ### 3/5 — Excellent jeu de rythme *2020-10-06* Je possède déjà la version Switch (que j’ai bien poncé), et je dois dire que le portage est très réussi. D’ailleurs, je préfère la version mobile car l’ergonomie est franchement plus adaptée que sur console de salon (écran tactile + posture adéquate des doigts), il est bien plus facile de jouer avec 3 doigts alors que le gameplay manette incite plutôt à jouer avec le pouce, ce qui est bien plus contraignant. Le seul point négatif qui coûte les 2 étoiles manquantes : le prix du jeu complet, 35 euros environ, chaque pack valant 3,49e. Contre 13 euros sur Switch (et les DLC sont gratuits ...). Plutôt abusif, même avec la rotation des 5 musiques gratuites par semaine en échange du visionnage de pubs Je préférerais payer un prix unique pour tout débloquer et je ne pense pas être le seul ... ### 4/5 — Good game but *2020-08-08* I like the game it’s the best game I ever played but I tried to restore my purchases but it doesn’t let me can someone contact me because I don’t know if it’s my phone or the game itself ### 3/5 — チップチューンは最高 *2020-06-16* だけど音ゲーでバーチャルパッド操作は向いてないかなあ。 ノーツに全集中するとボタンはおおよそ勘で押すことになるので、操作性は要改善かなと。 あと課金曲は他の音ゲーにあるようなフルで(後の追加分も)アンロック出来るような体系があると少々お高くても買う人いるのではと思います。(自分もそう) 今後に期待！ ### 3/5 — Not a bad game, has potential *2020-06-16* It’s near concept, the tunes are also very catchy and relaxing. However the game play itself is a bit lacking and repetitive and doesn’t warrant a player to spend 2.99 for each level pack. It’s cool that the first few songs were free but I don’t feel it would be worth the money to spend 2.99 for each set of 5 songs. It is a nice game. But a bit to simple and repetitive in nature, still, it is very fun to play! If your into it then go for it!! ### 4/5 — Good port *2020-06-11* It’s honestly a good port of the game, I liked the original and the only issue with this is you pay way more for way less. There’s only challenge mode, which was good, but it kind-of defeats the uniqueness of the idea being your actions affects game characters. However the game just removes the multiple games concept, so you only see “Chicken Republic”. I don’t really understand why some people don’t like the free songs thing, you either pay for it yourself or the ad revenue does it. So I’ll just leave it at that; good port. ### 3/5 — Good Game, Not Worth Thirty Dollars *2020-06-01* Let me just say the game is very fun even though I’ve only played the first five songs and one free weekly one, but three dollars to unlock five song is way too much money for me to spend. There are ten paid worlds so if you want the full experience you would have to pay thirty dollars, and maybe more if they add more levels. I have no regrets getting the game, it’s free to try after all, but I’m not ever going to pay the money to get the rest. ### 3/5 — Purchases are gone *2020-02-19* Last week I purchased the seaside song pack, and when I went to play the game today, the songs weren’t unlocked and I can’t play them. I was planning on purchasing more levels, but now I’m scared of this happening again. $3 wasted unfortunately. Otherwise, fantastic game. Really enjoyed the first 5 levels **Developer response:** Purchases don't restore automatically on iOS devices. If you uninstalled the game or performed some device cleanup, maybe something went missing. You can restore your purchases by clicking the button in the options menu. ### 4/5 — Controls *2020-01-22* I don’t know how to use the shoulder buttons Respond please **Developer response:** Left / Right arrows ### 4/5 — A great time killer *2020-01-20* This is a pretty good game. It’s unique with it’s challenges are fun and it’s easy to just pick up and play. The amount of content you get is nice, and there’s a lot more if you’re willing to pay. It’s a simple rhythm game and that makes it great :) ### 4/5 — Free WORLDS, not songs *2020-01-19* I know your going to say: weekly songs blah blah. I know! But I’ve read your responses and you said it multiple times. So can you for let it be able to play all WORLDS?! I’ve played this game and it’s really fun but I can’t play the other levels without buying with real money. And I’m a kid so I obviously can’t buy them. This is a MAJOR ISSUE and I know because every review I read said it was a problem. Please fix this ASAP **Developer response:** Hi. We can't just make all worlds free because it takes time to make games and we have to eat and pay our rent. The options we had was to make it premium only OR let the users that can't afford it play it anyway with a free to play alternative. It's like a demo mode, but with new free content every week. You are able to put this review because we chose to let you play the game for free by watching ads. The only way we could earn money with ads would be by making agressive marketing and strategy around it (like showing ads every minute). We don't want our game to be something like that. I was a kid loving videogames before so I totally understand your struggle. I hope you will understand that we just can't do it another way. ### 4/5 — 재밌는데 *2020-01-15* 피시버전에서 즐기다가 모바일나와서 즐기고있는 유저입니다. 그런데 오류가 좀 있네요.. 매주 무료 노래에서 광고보고 나오면 개임진행이 안되서 계속 광고 보게되는데 얼룬좀 고쳐주세요.. 그리고 노래해금이 피시버전 가격을 생각하면 너무 비싸네요 ### 4/5 — Ads stop game from working *2020-01-14* Hi I love your game. But when I watch an ad for weekly songs. After the ad the music stops and no songs load. The game breaks. Then if I quit the song then the other songs don’t work either. I have to close the app to play again. Then I have to watch an ad again and the cycle starts over ### 3/5 — It’s okay but disappointed in the micro transactions *2020-01-14* 3.99 for new levels/songs? Are you kidding me? At this point just make the game 2.99 or something ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Add simulator with music mini game. *2025-11-12, version 1.2.18* More adds than a commercial break. 0/10. ### 1/5 — Doesn’t work anymore *2025-03-23, version 1.2.18* Can’t play songs unless I click on the free weekly’s… I can’t even play the ones I purchased :| pls fix ### 1/5 — TO HARD *2020-02-29* When I downloaded this app I had no idea what it was but when I got in it I got to the first level on easy and they made the game overly hard so I would personally not recommend it to anyone unless you have fast reflexes **Developer response:** You have 3 levels of difficulty that you can choose before starting a song. Did you try to play on easy or normal mode ? ### 1/5 — 1점 준이유 *2019-12-30* 게임이 아무소리가 안남 ### 1/5 — Won’t scratch that itch *2019-12-19, version 1.2.15* If you’re looking to scratch that itch to play either Guitar Hero or some other rhythm based games...keep moving. ### 1/5 — Don’t bother *2019-12-14* You get a handful of songs for about 20 mins of amusement then it begs for your wallet. Just play another rhythm game, not worth the download. **Developer response:** Hi. We will add weekly free songs in few hours, letting you play 5 songs by watching an ad, with new songs every week. ### 1/5 — 55 songs? Try 5 *2019-12-13, version 1.0* 5 songs are free. You must pay $30 to unlock the other 50 songs. The game description is intentionally misleading. ### 2/5 — No story? *2020-02-08* I’ve seen gameplay of this before and thought it seemed neat, but wanted to try it out before buying it. Steam didn’t have a demo, but this one was free to play with in-app purchases. I’ve seen this before with Ghost Trick, where you get the first chapter for free and then you buy the rest of the game in bundles of 5 stages. That seemed like a good deal, so I downloaded this to give it a chance. This...does not seem to be that game. The game I saw certainly LOOKED like this game, but it actually had a story and characters and more complicated rhythm gameplay. Between that and not being able to just turn the rumble OFF while playing, this killed any interest I might have had in buying that other game. **Developer response:** Old School Musical Pocket Edition is not the same version than Old School Musical (that's why it's called Pocket Edition). Story mode is only available on consoles and PC because of some mistakes we made during development that makes it very hard to port. We are still learning from that. The core gameplay is exactly the same for both versions. You can turn off the rumble on the options. ### 2/5 — 새로운 음악 리듬게임 *2020-01-12* 새로운 방식이라 재밌겠다 하고 받았는데, 터치감도 없고 핸드폰 진동만 울림........... 음악도 단조롭고...... ### 2/5 — 흠 *2020-01-11* 이겜 스토리 있어야 재밌는데 ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — 구매복원 *2025-05-25* 구매복원이 안되요 ㅠㅠ ### 5/5 — H79c3H16 *2024-04-04* Very awesome. Great 8bit sounds. Great storyline and very awesome funny characters. I hope for a OSM2 or more 8bit Sounds from other good chiptuner. thx a lot for playing this great game. I NEED MORE STUFF…. ### 5/5 — Chiken Republic *2022-04-29* Vous allez sortir un Chiken Republic 2 ? ### 5/5 — qui est il? *2022-02-04* c’est qui qui danse a la fin ### 5/5 — PC port *2021-08-19, version 1.2.18* Received it on PC as it was a free prime game, loved it then and love this port. ### 5/5 — Come back plz *2021-02-06, version 1.2.18* Ok so the game is dead but it’s really good matriarchy is a slap ### 5/5 — Great game, don’t let the negative reviews dissuade you *2020-02-29* This is NOT a free game. Even though you can download it for free you can only play 5 songs of the ‘Arcade’ plus weekly free songs. A lot of the negative reviews for this game stem from that fact but the actual game is quite fun. The songs are great, art is great, controls are simple and fun it’s all there. Plus song packs are priced very fairly for a rhythm game. $3 for 5 songs is practically a steal tbh. I recommend giving this game a try. If you don’t like the play style or music don’t but the packs, if you do find it fun however I highly recommend buying the in game song packs! ### 5/5 — Amazing Game *2020-02-28* Out of all the mobile rhythm games out there this one hits my number one spot for the best rhythm/music game! It reminds me a lot like guitar hero and I enjoy the fact that this game really knows how to immerse someone with its colorful, breathtaking environment and old-school retro look. The characters as well strangely reminded me of Sans and Papyrus from UnderTale 😂 ### 5/5 — Add a harder difficulty *2020-02-01, version 1.2.18* I love it but once you get good it just gets easier and easier so please add a impossible mode ### 5/5 — Amazing game! *2020-01-10* This game is so fun just to turn on and play for awhile. Great music with fun and difficult levels. But honestly I don’t like how you have to play for more songs but I love how you can play 5 songs plus the challenge versions of the songs with 3 different difficulty’s. So basically you get 5 songs with 15 different level experiences. I also like the weekly free songs so if you don’t have the money to buy more songs you can still play them. Also I noticed there is a way to pause the game but it’s not really visible. Maybe add a button we’re the pause already is so people can see how to pause. That’s basically all I can say! Love the game ❤️ **Developer response:** Thanks for your feedback :) --- *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 2026-09-05.*