# Oware Master — user reviews > 76 indexed App Store user reviews of Oware Master by Rodolphe Boulanger, rated 4.70/5 from 988 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/oware-master/id936240379/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/oware-master/id936240379.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 811 · 4★ 101 · 3★ 39 · 2★ 14 · 1★ 23 ## What do users think of Oware Master? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 🚀 Learning more strategy - 👍 Well-designed app - 👍 Realistic learning experience - 👍 Excellent teaching method - 👍 Pleasing visuals and easy to see - 👍 Fun and historical significance - 👍 Realistic gameplay **Cons** - 🐛 Bugs and freezing issues - 🤔 Rules seem to change - 🤔 Online play not working - 🤔 Difficulty levels too unbalanced **Commonly reported bugs** - Online play freezing - Game getting stuck **Most requested features** - Undo button - Ability to customize seeds and board - Allow Facebook friends to play - Option to fully complete the game ## Newest reviews (14 of 76) ### 4/5 — Fun but bugs ruin it a bit *2024-07-02, version 1.5* I love this app, very well designed and playable. However, trying to play online with Game Center doesn’t work. It simply freezes on the connecting to opponent screen every time one is found. I would give this 5 stars if that were changed. ### 4/5 — The best *2024-01-09, version 1.5* The App is second to other. It simply the best. ### 4/5 — 👍🏽 *2022-07-21, version 1.4.1* Its a good game but I wish you could customize the seeds and the board ### 5/5 — Super *2021-03-10, version 1.4.1* Ça chauffe les neurones en même temps d’être détendant ### 4/5 — Good game but very tough difficult jumps *2021-02-04, version 1.4.1* The game play is perfect but the jump between easy and intermediate is TOUGH AF. I can beat Easy 19 times out of 20 with half of my moves basically at random. However going to the next difficulty is WAY harder, imo. I’ve played dozens of games and the closest I’ve came to beating it was 11 seeds. It crushes me every time. ### 5/5 — Best Mancala game I found *2021-01-29, version 1.4.1* I got many mancala apps and this was the best. One of the best apps all around even. ### 4/5 — Mode apprentissage ? *2021-01-03, version 1.4.1* Bonne appli, jeu fluide en version payante. Une petite amélioration à mon goût : un mode apprentissage avec possibilité d'annuler jusqu'à 2 ou 3 coups pour revoir sa stratégie... ce serait super ! ### 3/5 — Doesn’t follow the rules of real oware *2020-03-03, version 1.4.1* Nice graphics and it’s easy to count.But that’s not the rules of the game is actually and totally different from the real Oware ..... I think the name should be changed 😒 ### 3/5 — Jeu en ligne ? *2020-01-25, version 1.4.1* Le jeu est très bien, mais dommage qu’on ne puisse jouer en ligne... ### 5/5 — My favorite game *2020-01-02, version 1.4.1* Very fun ### 5/5 — Brain pill *2020-01-01, version 1.4.1* Free version not that hard but challenging. ### 5/5 — Awalé *2019-09-22, version 1.4.1* Jeu super sympas Appli facile à utiliser et bien faites mais un peu plus explication sur la règle du jeu surtout au moment de finir la partie expliquer pourquoi la partie est finie ### 5/5 — Awalé j adore en appli *2019-08-25, version 1.4.1* Enfin une appli super bien faite pour jouer seul ou à deux ou jeu le plus simple du monde ### 3/5 — Awalé Master *2019-07-07, version 1.4.1* Jeux très éducatifs un peux comme les échecs ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Online play is broken? *2022-08-06, version 1.4.1* When trying to play an online game, the wait for another player is never ending. Have never managed to get an online game. ### 1/5 — Déçu *2020-06-14, version 1.4.1* Déçu par ce jeu. On finit par s’en lasser rapidement.L’option de jeu en ligne a disparu... Je désinstalle ! ### 1/5 — Ads? Seriously? *2019-03-19, version 1.4.1* Ads have been added in the latest version. Terrible. Intrusive during the game. ### 1/5 — Déception *2015-07-06, version 1.1* Vous êtes des tricheurs car j'ai gagné au moins 7 graines et je l'ai est pas eu par contre quand c'est à l'adversaire lui il en remporte même 3 en plus que ce qu'il devait gagné ### 1/5 — Best game ever *2015-05-13, version 1.0* Too perfect,just like real life.A big thanks to the producer,well done. I recommend this game to the family, friends and young people. I'm loving it ### 2/5 — Rules seem to change *2023-07-23, version 1.5* It seems to change the rules above the easiest levels. Sometimes it jumps over empty squares and other times when it benefits the computer player it doesn’t. ### 2/5 — Faites quelque chose svp *2018-07-22, version 1.3* Ce jeu ment trop car quand je mets des pions dans le trou et moi j’ai 20 pions ( que j’ai gagné) et sa me dit que j’ai perdu ! J’espère avoir une explication. Merci d’améliorer le jeu . Cordialement . ### 3/5 — The hard aspect the computer always cheat *2024-08-17, version 1.5* This game is a cheat when it comes to the hard aspect ### 3/5 — Bien mais la pub forcée est insupportable … *2020-10-03, version 1.4.1* … surtout lorsqu’elle recouvre une partie de votre jeu et crée des interruptions pour vous envoyer sur un écran publicitaire ### 3/5 — Pub *2020-05-21, version 1.4.1* Impossible d’acheter la version premium ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Learning more strategy all the time! *2025-11-13, version 1.5* This app is so well designed! I have only played it offline against the computer and still can’t win every time against either Medium or Hard levels. It’s a more realistic learning experience than the versions I’ve tried that have an “undo” feature. This way you either have to quit and start again or play all the way through to learn from your mistakes— just like playing against a human! 😃 ### 5/5 — owaremaster *2024-10-11, version 1.5* #noadsorinteruptions#easyorhardorintermeditetowin#75%rating! ### 5/5 — Simple mais pas facile :) *2024-09-13, version 1.5* J’espère un jour arriver à passer le cap du niveau intermédiaire… Belle interface en tout cas ### 5/5 — Exactly what I needed to learn the game *2024-04-12, version 1.5* The teaching method was excellent for an old codger like me.I wanted to learn the basics in order to give a wooden set to my chess master grandson.To learn,I only had to follow the on screen options to move.If I did good ,it immediately told me and if I did poorly it explained the reason why.The instructions were so simple,they used the words,sow,harvest,and starve to make the concepts stick in my head! The visual wood and stones were very pleasing and easy to see.I downloaded several apps and this is only one I liked. ### 5/5 — Nice to see an online version. *2023-01-29, version 1.5* I have a nice mahogany board with those green beans that I was gifted by my stepmom when she and my dad were working in Nigeria. I never get a chance to play with anyone, so this is cool. I had an earlier version that I tried and the beginner mode waxed me. I used to be the family champ. Maybe with practice I can advance. ### 5/5 — Love the Game and it’s historical significance *2022-11-19, version 1.5* I’ve been playing mancala games for a minutes but oware takes it to another level. The game play is fun and it didn’t take long to learn how to play it. After the first day of playing I’m not on medium and it is noooo joke lol. I wish more ppl all over the globe would learn more about this West African game. ### 5/5 — Love to learn! *2022-09-05, version 1.5* I love learning games from different parts of the world and the presentation of this one is so well done! Makes we want to travel to Africa and play! Thank you for a great experience! ### 5/5 — Awesome *2022-07-18, version 1.4.1* I so much love the game but not allowing Facebook friends to play with would have made it best ### 5/5 — Avis *2022-05-13, version 1.4.1* Super jeu et concept, règles très bien expliquées et plusieurs niveaux. J’adore, il n’y même pas besoin de le transporter. ### 5/5 — Like the real thing *2021-03-30, version 1.4.1* Realistic, good music, good difficulty options, nice background and animation. --- *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 2026-08-25.*