# Phase Card Game — user reviews > 53 indexed App Store user reviews of Phase Card Game by Goutam Shetty, rated 4.61/5 from 24,669 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/phase-card-game/id1491122135/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/phase-card-game/id1491122135.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 19,472 · 4★ 2,838 · 3★ 1,099 · 2★ 435 · 1★ 812 ## What do users think of Phase Card Game? Overall sentiment: neutral **Pros** - 🎮 Fun game - 👍 Better than official version - 💰 No pay-to-play features **Cons** - 🤖 Poor AI strategy - 🕰️ Slow gameplay due to player delays - 🤯 Rigged or scripted gameplay - 💰 Useless coin system - 🗣️ Limited chat options **Commonly reported bugs** - Game freezes or crashes - Disconnects players during online games - Incorrect card discarding by AI **Most requested features** - Add point system - Implement skill-based AI opponents - Allow more than 4 players in online games - Ability to quickly set bet amount - Option to spend coins on upgrades ## Newest reviews (17 of 53) ### 3/5 — Good game but could use some upgraded features *2023-06-16* 1. Gameplay WILL BE SLOW if another player consistently uses the time on the play clock before taking their turn. Other than leaving the game, there is NOTHING you can do about it. You can not even “vote them out”. 2. THE COINS ARE USELESS. You cannot purchase anything like in-game upgrades or new features with them. 3. If you do want to be a “high roller”, the only way to increase the number of coins to “bet/play” is to hold down an arrow button and watch it count by tens. THERE ARE NO PRESET AMOUNTS (10, 100, 250, 500, 1000…). For example, If you want to play 100k coins, you have to keep your finger on the arrow for approximately 2:00 MINUTES! Once you have your 100k coin bet and click to start a game, IF ANOTHER PLAYER QUITS, you are AUTOMATICALLY RETURNED TO THE START SCREEN, YOUR BET IS ERASED and you have to sit there ANOTHER 2 MINUTES to place your bet again! I have had this scenario REPEATED TWICE before actually getting to the game play. So, THERE WENT 6+ MINUTES OF MY TIME!! 4. The pre-selected chat responses could REALLY use some reworking. When trying to get another player to speed things up, “play fast” just does not cut it. ### 3/5 — CPU strategic AI is flawed but game is good overall. *2022-11-14, version 1.15* Look, as far as online Phase 10 games go, this is a 5-star game. However, it has 2 massive flaws that each subtract a star. 1. Games are 1000% scripted. Every round you’ll either get a great hand or a terrible hand. While this is possible in real games, it happens EVERY time you play this one. You’ll not be able to lay down for 3 rounds in a row, and then you’ll get 3 insta win hands to catch back up. The game is designed to trigger maximum dopamine and adrenaline levels because strong emotions are good in gaming. This is more of an online card game problem at large. You’ll either never get the one card you need, or you’ll get it at the perfect time. 2. The CPU will self-sabotage with no strategy. The CPU will consistently discard cards that other players need despite there being no reason to. For example: A player has a run of 9 laid down (cards 2-10), and the CPU player will discard a 1 or an 11 to them despite that being the 1 card they should not discard. There are certain times where it can be strategic to help another player go out so that a player ahead of you can’t lay down and complete the phase, but this happens regardless of the strategic benefit. It has cost me being able to complete the phase multiple times and is incredibly frustrating. ### 3/5 — I love playing this game, BUT… *2022-07-02, version 1.13* It has become strange playing the “characters“ off-line… I normally play with three that includes me. They often play a card that is very obviously one that can be played on the board by the next player. I’ve also seen time and again where the character will draw the discarded card and then lay the same card back down on the discard pile. At first, I thought it might be a fluke, but it is happening too often and makes it very frustrating to see these blunders continually occur. I hope the developers will take notice of this and program it so it doesn’t occur. I’m losing interest in playing it, which makes me sad because I do love the game. ### 3/5 — 😒 Robot players *2022-01-16, version 1.6* I love Phase 10 overall, but it's so frustrating when there's a robot player who gives a card to to the next player that helps that player win. For example, on the color phase, the robot gives a yellow card when the person behind them already has the yellow cards down. It is understandable if this happens once, but oftentimes it happens 4 times and of course that person wins. It is definitely an advantage to have a robot be right in front of you because they give you all the cards you need. ### 3/5 — Like the game BUT… *2022-01-12, version 1.6* So I really like this game but there some major issues I have with it. You can’t move the cards around when it’s not you turn, you can’t leave the cards your gonna use in the box, so your hand can get very cluttered, and can make it hard to see what you wanna get rid of vs what you wanna keep, it’s slow, it can be a kinda tricky to put them in the box you have to place the cards down just right, or to skip a person, if you accidentally put the cards in the wrong box you can’t just switch over to the right box, you have to cancel it, and start all over, and it’s the same phase over and over, which I get is how the actual game is played but it’s get kinda repetitious, and boring. I will probably keep the game just because it doesn’t use energy, to play a phase like it des with Phase 10. ### 3/5 — Not bad, several updates needed *2021-12-08, version 1.6* Hello.. it’s decent enough, but several updates needed 1. The coin system is pointless, just get rid of it, and track stats or something 2. having to push ok when completing the phase. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve put my cards out for the phase, and discard before clicking ok, then end up losing before I get another chance. If the phase is complete and I put it on the board, why in the world would I need a confirmation button? 3. AI needs to be revamped. Constantly discarding incorrect cards, and their use of skips is just bad. 4. The person who starts each round needs to rotate rather than the person after the person who gets rid of their cards the previous round. With no point system, there is absolutely no benefit to being the first to get rid of your cards. 5. Add the point system 6. Allow free chat, or more options (especially more on the negative side) 7. Fix online. Add a timer. Automatically boot players if they take too long, etc ### 4/5 — Fun, but AI can be stupid *2021-11-28, version 1.6* This ia a fun game, but the AI really needs some smartening up. One mistake it always makes -and I mean every single time - is skipping the wrong player. If two players have completed the phase but not got rid of their cards yet, they should skip someone who has not gone down yet, to possibly prevent that person from going down. If the AI has completed its phase,iIt makes no sense to skip someone else who has completed the phase as well. But that’s exactly what the AI does every time. ### 3/5 — Game shows favoritism *2021-10-29, version 1.6* So aside from some of the other complaints here, I have noticed favoritism in the game. Each game, there seems to be one player that is unstoppable. Sometimes it is even myself. I believe it is because these players continually draw wild cards the whole game while others not so much. Most people have learned the strategy here as it is not difficult. So it appears that there is supernatural luck with some players that is consistent throughout the game. This is not true to life when it seems to be present on most games. Therefore, the game algorithms need to be improved when it comes to drawing cards. As I said, I have this crazy luck at times so it is not specific to any one player at all times, but rather each game. ### 4/5 — Good overall *2021-09-01, version 1.6* Overall, a fun game. I’d make a change to how the bots play though. Because there is no “score” based on remaining cards in your hand, the bot logic when they have completed a phase should be to skip players who have not completed a phase in that cycle. When they have a skip card, they always play it against the player/bot with fewest cards in their hand. Logically, they should skip the player still working to complete their phase. That would keep that player at bay and hopefully keep them behind or at least keep them from advancing. ### 3/5 — Love this game *2021-08-13, version 1.4* I truly like this game, however the constant lag with some players is affecting everyone’s game when playing online. It stops the timer and we just have to simply wait however long it make take or quit. Then today every turn for me, I couldn’t choose anything or place my phase or discard, i could see the timer counting down but it wouldn’t let me choose. And honestly the online play needs to be updated bc we can tell we’re playing with bots when they consistently help each other. And it’s so rigged I honestly don’t know why I play it. It’s a card game so I tried to believe that it couldn’t possibly be rigged, I just kept getting crappy hands. However EVERY 👏🏼SINGLE👏🏼TIME👏🏼I get to the two sets of four, it’s just so incredibly convenient how someone wins the round right before I get the last card I need (EVEN WHEN I BEGIN THE PHASE WITH PERFECT CARDS). I’ve played 30+ games and it’s happened every time, so I find it hard to believe that isn’t rigged. And I’m kind of irritated that I’ve lost double the money today bc your game keeps lagging. So it reset, with the same players, yet took double the money. Then I had to exit bc I couldn’t choose. Plz fix this or I will have to delete! ### 4/5 — Great game, just a few glitches. *2021-07-15, version 1.4* The game is fun. I like the option of 2-4 players. My only problems are a few glitches. Sometimes I would start the game and it would signal as thought it’s my turn while other players go, then once my turn comes I can’t click anything. Other times in offline games the other players would pick up and discard the same card from the discard pile. There were a few more I noticed, but those didn’t affect the game. Otherwise, this is a great app for the game. ### 4/5 — Phase 10 *2021-07-13, version 1.4* This is a great game I love it so much I think you guys did a good job creating this game and making it for people who really enjoy it thank you so much for creating this game that is very fun. You can also invite other people to play with you that’s another thing that I like about it you can play with friends online or off-line thank you so much for creating this game if you can I would like you to make another phase 10 game but with a bunch of people like six people if not that’s OK because I really enjoy this one thank you so much for creating this game. PHASE 10 ROCKS ### 4/5 — Interruptions *2021-05-05, version 1.4* I get interruptions signs a lot ,twice in a row and I’m out of the game,therefore have to start over. Also , the game I just completed, I could hardly wait to be over. The delay on the player before me lasted far too long. I have a lot of patience but this delay was unbearable. This is a good game,I’m not a world class player but I do enjoy a challenge. I have yet to figure out how players swoop up cards from the discard pile,is there a trick that I’m missing I.e.playing on their discard pile or to romance. Please inform me how that is done. Thanks I’m still waiting to hear how players swoop up a card on display pile when it isn’t their turn, which I consider a illegal play. Romancing cards, some players build their whole game with “romanced” cards. Guess who is the winner ? Skipping, I’ve been skipped so many times in a phase, I didn’t feel like I was still in the game, if you happen to be winning, look-out, because there’s two players coming for you. Al, what’s wrong with his playing ? Players complain that he makes goofy plays and helps the player he’s following,so I do too. Just saying... ### 4/5 — Decent game *2021-04-19, version 1.4* This game is a pretty good replacement for the official Phase 10. I just wish we had the ability to change the number of players for online games because the game can move quite slow. When playing the bots they aren’t nearly as capable as real people and it’s very obvious. I also wish there was an option to play a continuous game at your leisure with real opponents ie. I take my turn and then get a notification when my opponent has taken their turn. This used to be the way the official skip-bo app was played and it was fun because you could pop in and out to take your turn and weren’t cuffed to the game for an extended amount of time. There is a chat option with online play but it’s pretty useless. The only options are for canned generic responses so you can’t get to know the people behind the cards and in general it’s unfortunately a wasted feature. You’re playing a game for 30-45 minutes with no ability to actually talk with the people you’re playing. I highly recommend the creators upgrade this feature. There aren’t many ads interrupting play and there’s no annoying gimmicks to con you into spending your real world money. Either way I will continue to use this app. It doesn’t wow but it also doesn’t disappoint. ### 3/5 — Fun but.... *2021-03-23, version 1.4* I love this game in general. Better than the actual Phase 10 app. But with that being said my review has similar complaints to the other reviews. The computer players ARE HORRIBLE in so many ways. They can’t play strategically like people can so they constantly throw the game (usually helping the player after them). I know it’s impossible to make their gameplay as good as humans but some issues are fixable such as the issue with them phasing and then skipping other players who have also phased and giving cards to the next player that they already have played on the board and picking up a card from the discarded deck that they don’t even need and putting it right back down. If somebody disconnects just black the person out don’t replace with an AI it just ruins the game. Other complaints are Nothing to spend coins on. No way to type in the chat. Game invite option to in-app followers doesn’t actually work. Haven’t been able to play again with players I’ve followed. That’s it for now. But AI players appear to be everyone’s BIGGEST COMPLAINT, please fix!!! ### 3/5 — Phase 10 sub par review *2021-02-09, version 1.4* I grew up playing this card game and have been looking for a great phase 10 app. This one is “ok”. Like the previous reviewer said there is some redundancy. You can’t skip someone multiple times. You also don’t play with points. I’d prefer the option to play with points. Also if everyone completes the phase they are on there is no incentive to go out. An incentive could be that the person who goes out gets to start the next hand? I have managed to get 7 friends to download it, but I’m a little disappointed. It kicks people out of the game if they go out of the screen to check their phone or if they go in and out of wifi and the game replaces them with a computer player. They don’t even have the option to come back in. Also, the computer player either picks up a card and discards the same card or discards a card that plays. -improve not kicking people out -option to play with points -make computer more competitive -allow to play with more than 4 people -incentive on “going out” if everyone completes their phase? -allow skipping more than once This app is on the right track just needs some updates and bug fixes. ### 3/5 — Good, but needs more *2021-02-02, version 1.4* I really like the game, but you don’t have a chance to lose coins when you bet them, so you can bet all of your coins to get the most profit. But, as you get more money, it becomes more tedious to reach your maximum bet. I reached 3.73 million coins, and to get to bet 2 million, it took 40 minutes, because your bet only goes up by 100 coins each time. I really wish there was a faster way to bet, or make it so that there is a risk to lose coins, so people won’t bet as much. But even when you get coins, there is nothing to spend them on. No skins, power ups, nothing. An idea is that you could have arenas, where there are different stakes at each. I would also like an option for a shorter game, so each game doesn’t take 30 minutes, but is more like 10-15 minutes. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Rigged!!! No luck or strategy at all!!! *2021-12-01, version 1.6* This is the second time I have deleted the game. I played a few years ago and got frustrated and deleted it. There have been changes but it’s still very rigged. When you are playing against an AI behind you, there is nothing you can do. It will take cards but doesn’t lay those cards down. So you cannot use strategy, the game decides weather they win a round or not. Also I can be three phases ahead of everyone but as soon as you hit phase 7 it will make everyone catch up to you (almost every time) before it lets you wine that phase. I play because I love strategy. I know it’s also luck, but there is no luck in this game as the game completely controls the outcome!!! I’ll just download another one. Also, people that purposely use up all the time should get kicked out after 2 rounds so that the good players don’t have to leave the game out of frustration and lose their money. ### 1/5 — Fixed *2021-08-01, version 1.4* This game is so fixed that it’s just so unbelievable!! It is impossible to get the card I need to get a phase. I discard one I don’t need and the card I draw from the draw pile is the same number I discarded, that happens over and over again. And yet the bots are pulling every card they need. This has been happening for a long time and I am so ready to delete this game, again! I’ve played offline, online, two players, three players and four players and still it happens 😡🤬 Playing with family isn’t always possible. I wish that I could say I like this game but I can’t. If were possible to give less than one star, I definitely would 😡😡😡. ### 1/5 — Rigged *2020-07-24, version 1.4* Okay so I have been playing this game for months now and I have noticed a few things...while playing online is okay and playing with friends is great, DO NOT PLAY OFF LINE IT IS FIXED!! Yeah you might win a game, however, 9 out of 10 you will lose!! The computer plays as if it is on a team of 3 against 1 if your option is 4 players. If you start to lead against, the AI’s will feed each other their needed card so at least 1 AI is either with you in phases or gets a head of you in phases. And for the most part, you may go six hands without a wild card or skip which is all given to the AI’s which give you a much higher dis advantage. In other words, if you are playing against AI be it 2,3,4 players, you are at a disadvantage to win as you will not get any wild cards or the AI work together for you to lose!! The house will always win! ### 2/5 — Like it but there are issues… *2023-02-11, version 1.15* It’s plays like a regular phase 10 game BUT the time out feature should kick people out of a game and let a bot take over if someone is being to slow. Playing games sometimes I just leave the game (someone who wants to play) because I’m not waiting for someone’s cards to time out every single time when they have clearly left the game. Also I wish we could say more than just the provided “That’s impressive” or “play fast!” Sometimes you want to tell someone something this isn’t automated for you. What’s the point of the “ player started following you?” If you can’t talk to them? Seriously, someone tell me the point. Also! I’m okay with being blocked but when you keep beating the same people they block you constantly. I was just in a game with a guy who keep blocking me and he kept sending me this emoji” 😍 “….. ughhhhh if someone can borderline harass you on the app I should be able to say something . .. idk ### 2/5 — Could be better. *2021-10-12, version 1.6* Everyone is making the same comments and suggestions, and have been for years. This tells me the developer/seller doesn’t care or want to make it better. This is sad because this could be an amazing game, and with just a little fixing. So..... I’m hoping someone reading these reviews knows how to create a game, or knows someone that does. I’m also looking around. If we could create a similar game with a few changes we would hit the nail on the head! Please help me create a game this fun that actually works! Also to the seller, I have looked at other games and when I see your name I skip right on by because I know what I’ll be getting. I also want to say I don’t believe all the 5 star ratings. There is not one review that doesn’t list the same complaints, and not one review that is more than 3 stars. Where do you get the 5 stars, and where are their reviews? ### 2/5 — Not very fun, computers don’t “try”. *2021-05-13, version 1.4* The computer players just keep picking up - and then immediately lay down - the card that I lay down. It makes the game incredibly boring. There isn’t a way to change the game setting to more advanced. Another pet peeve of mine is that it doesn’t keep score. I can get over that though, just a mention. But I dislike playing all the way through, effortlessly winning every phase, and getting to phase 10 while the computer players are still stuck on the first 1-3 phases. I’d like a little more challenge. Playing against actual other players is cool though, I just don’t always have time to play a full game so that’s when I play the computer since I can pause and come back to it. ### 2/5 — Poor AI skills *2020-10-04, version 1.4* I just started playing this and have watched the computer players spend several rounds picking up and putting down the same card in the discard pile. This really needs to be fixed otherwise what’s the point? It would be nice if there were levels of difficulty to choose for the AI players. Also they need to program more common sense and game knowledge into the AI players because every game seems to have one really stupid one who drops all the right cards but it’s never the one who goes before me. Also what every one else is saying about the AI’s always skipping whoever has already completed the phase when they have also completed already. That’s not strategic. Over all a very poorly developed app. Wish there was a name brand phase ten app. ### 2/5 — Want to like it... *2020-08-14, version 1.4* Love playing Phase 10 with the family. This seems like it should be a good substitution, but it falls short in many ways. - Despite what the rules say, there is no point system. If two players are on the last Phase, whoever completes their phase first wins, rather than finishing the round and tallying points like the real game. That also eliminates strategy throughout the game. -As others have said, the AI is extremely dumb/rigged. They constantly pick up and discard the same card, as well as discarding a card the next player (sometimes you) can obviously use. - Definitely seems rigged towards the AI towards the end. Of course the phases get harder, but your four-phase lead will evaporate and suddenly the hapless AI will fly through the remaining last few phases. - Do not like the auto start after a game is completed. Should go to the main menu and let you choose to play again. So many others I can’t think of right now. Shame, because this should be a fun app. ### 2/5 — So slow it's boring.. *2020-04-12, version 1.2* The timeout should be faster. I played a game today that took forever. The guy playing the hand before me used up every last second he could the entire game. Either was AFK or just trying to make everyone mad. If you're AFK after at least 2 hands you should be booted... Also when playing online if someone leaves and the AI take over, they do everything in their power to help the next player after them. I was 2-3 phases ahead of everyone the entire game and as soon as the AI took over a spot, it gave every single card the next player needed to win. She needed yellow, guess what, the AI only dropped yellow.... Plus what's the point of the chat if no one can see it and you can't see other people's chat. Does it even work?? I miss the other phase ten, it felt alive. They lost the rights to the game and shut down. This feels like a Chinese knockoff that we're stuck with. If you like phase ten, look elsewhere. This feels and looks like early iPhone 3G games. ### 2/5 — Love the game but definitely needs changes *2020-01-25, version 1.1* Is anyone else annoyed that you can’t close the app when you are playing online. Several times my phone would ring or go to screen saver mode while waiting for other players to finish their phase and then I’d lose the game because it would save I lost connection. They really need to change that, the game takes way too long to not be able to close it for a few minutes. Also why can’t you play multiple games at one time. They really need to adjust it so it’s more like words with friends where you can come and go to the game as you want and play with as many people as you want! Once they make those changes I’ll download it again. Right now it’s just not worth it! ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Judy *2023-06-27* This games need to put a faster timer on this game. Also, I was on phase 10 and the game froze me and I could not play.I am playing this game as I type there is a player that is intentionally slow playing I want to be able to make her play faster and I also want to be able to block her from playing in the same table as I am. Her name is Roxi Please fix the players time slow players are ruining this game. I was playing tonight and the game just froze. By the way, why can’t you do something about players playing so slow. Please put a timer on them slow players are ruining this game, some do it on purpose . How does a player return to game if they get disconnected ? ### 5/5 — Ah! So Much Better! *2023-02-18, version 1.15* I’ve never played phase 10, or at least not much. It did seem I.day familiar when I played the other one that’s on the App Store. With THAT one, I couldn’t really get any better at it because 30 second adds after every single phase was annoying and running out of energy before finishing a game might tempt some people to just spend actual money to buy some, but the gesture just pisses me off. I enjoyed playing, but had to stop for a long time for the clock to build energy and I have a life. A busy one and I use games like this during breaks to relax. It possible with the other app. This one allows me to begin a game, pause when I need to focus elsewhere and pick up right where I left off. There was a remove ads option, but it wasn’t necessary, since those ads weren’t intrusive in the least and never interrupted gameplay at all. I appreciated that so much that I bought the no ads option, just to say “thanks” for making such a beautifully simple app. Sometimes, it feels like the AI is stacked against me, but at least it’s somewhat fair, in that it also seems stacked against others as well. This is kind of funny, since I’m playing against computers, but obvious when the one card I need keeps being discarded by the player 2 hands before me over and over, or I keep drawing the LAST card I need at each hand. It whatever. I guess card games can seem that way at times. Still a great app, with simple features, and unobtrusive ads 😊 ### 5/5 — Better than the more popular version *2023-01-22, version 1.15* I originally downloaded the Mattel version of phase 10 as I love their card game. However, the Mattel version was extremely frustrating from the long ads to needing lives to continue playing even if you’re in the middle of a game. Thus, I searched for another version of the game and found this . So far , this app has proven to be better than the Mattel version. No ridiculously long ads and you continue to play the game with no lives needed. Also the Mattel app just has too much going on for such a simple game. ### 5/5 — A nice little game *2022-04-01, version 1.13* I started with the official Phase 10 app but after growing incredibly frustrated with the pay-to-play features I went searching for something generic. If you want to play a basic, normal version of Phase 10 straight through without having to buy anything to continue playing then this is the game for you. The ad interruption is very minimal, I believe it only comes at the beginning and end of games (after all 10 phases are finished). The play can be a little bit slow on the part of the computers but I actually like that because it adds to the feeling of reality. In most real life games players aren’t playing their cards at lightning speed either. Overall, I’ve been very satisfied and this app offers just what I need. It’s nothing fancy but it’s exactly what I was looking for. ### 5/5 — choose point amount *2022-02-27, version 1.10* love this game so much that’s why I gave it a 5 star there is only one thing that I think should be changed is when you play online an you choose your point amount instead of having to hold the arrow can you fix it where you can put in amount with number be so much easier instead of holding the arrow… please maybe see about changing that ### 5/5 — Love This Game!!!! *2021-05-06, version 1.4* This is one of my favorite games that I used to play with my cousin all the time and now that they have it as an app on my phone I’m so excited LOL! But in anything good one could always find personal and equipment flaws. The only thing I don’t like is the fact that they have preset comments you can send to your opponent that doesn’t allow you to write your own such as when a player passes off a winning card to the next person multiple times! So irritating that you can’t question their knowledge about how the game is played... ### 5/5 — It’s a good game, but when you need to send a text in the middle of a online game it kicks you out *2020-10-26, version 1.4* It’s a really fun game, Better than most i have played. Only down fall is when you are playing with friends and when you try to text someone back it kicks you out of the game you was playing and i don’t think that’s fair. i feel like it should do what it does when you are playing offline where you can exit out of the game and come back to it or even at least text someone back without it kicking you out! other than that it’s a really good game! ### 5/5 — Doesn’t open... crashes immediately *2020-02-11, version 1.1* Please make this app support iOS 11! I’m on 11.4.1 and every time I try to open the app it just crashes, doesn’t even pull anything up. It’s a bummer because I love playing this on my iPad and would love to have it on my phone too :( Please let me know if there are any fixes for this besides updating my iOS because unfortunately I can’t currently afford a new phone and this phone does have enough storage space to update to the current iOS. I will gladly redownload this when the issue is fix so please reach out to me if it is! ### 4/5 — Pretty fun but AIs have poor strategy *2023-04-04* This game is pretty fun to play - but, when playing against AI, or a game with both real players and AIs, they AI play strategy is lazy at best. For example, why does it give the exact card needed by the next player when that player has achieved the level when it should NOT be helping the next player go out. Or why does it “skip” the players that have completed the level after it has also completed it? Shouldn’t it skip the players who HAVEN’T completed the level so they don’t also advance? It makes zero sense. When played with only real players, these things don’t happen because people are smart and strategic but it is SO frustrating to watch these dumb moves happen by the AI - so much so that I have to quit playing the game. ### 4/5 — Glitchy *2023-02-25, version 1.15* I gave 4 stars just because phase 10 is a fun game. My family has played the card game forever - I highly recommend it irl. The app is pretty glitchy. Don’t be surprised if it freezes - then makes you watch an ad when you quit the game that you couldn’t play. What happens more often is that the bots discard what the next player needs, often to go out. The most frustrating thing is when you’re moving cards to meld, you have to be very precise or the card won’t stay where you’re trying to put it. So you have to go very slow and even then there’s no guarantee it’ll stick. It might even snap back down onto the discard pile. Playing ‘online’ with real players is slow partly because of this. It’s a long-ish game so also feels slower because the social fun of playing this game around the table is missing. --- *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 2026-06-10.*