# Piccolo: Othello — user reviews > 174 indexed App Store user reviews of Piccolo by Symbolic Software, rated 4.70/5 from 603 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/piccolo-othello/id1561230039/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/piccolo-othello/id1561230039.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 481 · 4★ 75 · 3★ 25 · 2★ 10 · 1★ 12 ## What do users think of Piccolo? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 👍 Addictive gameplay - 👍 Beautiful and simple UI - 🚀 Smooth and responsive - 🔒 No ads or in-app purchases - 👍 Challenging AI opponents - 👍 Nostalgic classic game **Cons** - 🐛 Occasional bugs and glitches - 🔍 Difficulty balancing issues (too easy or too hard) - 🤔 Lack of online multiplayer - 🤔 No option to undo moves - 🤔 Unclear win/loss indication at the end of games **Commonly reported bugs** - AI getting extra moves in certain situations - Settings button not functioning properly - Game freezing or crashing on some devices - Inconsistent piece size on different screen sizes **Most requested features** - Add online multiplayer mode - Implement an undo move feature - Add a tutorial or tips section for new players - Introduce a 'watch AI vs AI' mode - Allow customization of game board and piece themes ## Newest reviews (18 of 174) ### 3/5 — Keeps crashing *2026-02-12, version 2.25* Had to reload 3 times in one week. Great free app but needs to be more reliable. ### 4/5 — Un véritable classique ! *2025-11-12, version 2.24* Ce jeu est tellement addictif que vous aurez envie d'y revenir sans cesse ! ### 5/5 — Il gioco è semplicemente fantastico! *2025-07-09, version 2.24* Mi è piaciuto tantissimo! ### 5/5 — Love love love *2025-04-06, version 2.24* I absolutely love this game. So much so that I’ve renamed Piccolo Brutus. Everyone knows He wants those corner places, all of them. He fights me tooth and nail constantly. I play and play and play., cause he’s the trusty player I don’t have to wait days to make his turn. ### 5/5 — Best Othello app *2025-01-07, version 2.24* I’ve tried many Othello apps over the years, and this one is easily my favorite. The AI is great, and I don’t think I’ll ever beat the highest levels. No ads, no annoying features, just a simple app to play Othello. Love it! ### 5/5 — てつ *2025-01-03, version 2.24* 面白い ### 5/5 — Meilleure version sur AppStore *2024-12-26, version 2.24* Pas de publicité. Permet à jouer avec les amis, la famille sur 2 téléphones à distance. Merci pour votre app. ### 5/5 — The best one ive tried on ios *2024-12-22, version 2.24* Most of the ones ive tried are either driving me nuts w ads or too easy. I found an obscure one a while back that was ad free and just had 1 level. It destroyed me like 199/200 games and i deleted it. I was trying to find it again today and found this instead. It has 8 levels and i beat it like 95% at level 4 and 0% at level 5. When i click random online game, i just get … for player 2 and its my turn. Not sure what to do there. Maybe i need to have notifications on or use imessage, idk. But overall its plenty good and doesnt bug me. Only thing id want would be like a learning mode where it puts a number in the available squares to let me know where im making mistakes. But im quite happy with it just the way it is. Im gonna cut off my internet and see if it plays offline. I assume it does. Then for some reason, im gonna install wzebra on a computer and see if this beats it:) Ive got a crypto question… So i know these 20 word combos for bitcoin wallets make guessing them like hitting a grain of sand if the earth was made of sand but theyre only unique to 4 letters and theres more of them than there are bitcoins. So guessing one if there are billions of grains must be easier. I know it practically impossible but it bugs me that i could buy bitcoin, put it on a hardware wallet in a safe and never touch it and “youre saying theres a chance” it could disappear without ever opening the door:) and then ya got ibm building cryogenic chandeliers… how safe can something based on software, math problems, and humans be? Youd like a guy named steve gibson on the security now podcast ### 5/5 — I'm so happy to see one of my favourite board games digitally *2024-12-22, version 2.24* I'm so happy to see one of my favourite board games digitally! My family and I have loved this game since I was really young, and it's amazing to see such a developed app for it. ### 5/5 — Request *2024-12-04, version 2.24* As you know from my past review, I absolutely love this app, it’s the best OTHELLO app in existence, and it is so kind of y’all to labor in love and make it free… I do have a request though; could you add a mode that allows the user to lay out the pieces as they want them laid out, so that users can practice different mid game and end game strategies against themselves (or even the AI). Thanks for your consideration. ### 5/5 — Compared to other apps *2024-12-01* I’ve tried every other othello app (including the paid ones) and this one is the best **Developer response:** Thanks so much! ### 5/5 — tanosii] *2024-10-14, version 2.24* oserotanosii ### 5/5 — Amazing game! *2024-09-16, version 2.24* I love this app so much and it teaches me to play the game and the design of the game is so simple to pick up and play by yourself or with another opponent. ### 5/5 — 2 Player Mode Maybe? *2024-09-13* I love this app so much and it teaches me to play the game. I just wish it had a two player mode where I and another person could verse each other on just one device. Hopefully they add it soon. :) **Developer response:** It does have two player mode! Check the settings! ### 3/5 — Multiplayer leider nicht möglich (31.08.24) *2024-08-31, version 2.24* Der Modus lässt sich leider nicht anklicken, obwohl die Funktion vor 1 Woche zum jetzigen Stand verfügbar war. Ansonsten sehr gutes Spiel, wir hoffen auf ein Bug Fix! ### 2/5 — It’s great but *2024-08-31, version 2.24* This could just be the fact that I’m really bad at othello but even on 0 level difficulty it’s really hard to win. I also wish that I could get some kinda feedback on moves and be able to undo moves in a bot match. ### 5/5 — Very Good App *2024-08-28, version 2.24* How wonderful to have a well-designed and well-programmed Othello app that is super customizable, good on battery and contains no ads or tracking. I applaud the developer for doing everything right. And I appreciate that it saves your game if you have to close the app, so you can play in short spurts. I also appreciate that is free but that you can buy themes for a fair price to support the game. I will be buying at least one of the theme packs to give support. I highly recommend this well-done game. ### 3/5 — Remove history *2024-08-03, version 2.24* How to ? ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Makes no sense *2025-08-10, version 2.24* It’s like the game has unwritten laws I don’t get. I get one chance, the other player gets 3 chances!!! I mean, what the hell? ### 1/5 — Inappropriate claims appeared in the app. Thief. *2024-12-26, version 2.24* Since when did Othello became a Japanese-origin game. ? ### 1/5 — You wanted a rating *2023-12-25, version 2.24* If the first thing you do is ask for a rating expect it to be bad. Hey you installed the game please rate it… So 1 star and I’m now uninstalling it ### 1/5 — Never win *2023-04-22, version 2.22* Even if I play the least difficult level, I never win, and that’s absolutely no fun, so I deleted the game. ### 1/5 — c'est ciao *2023-03-08, version 2.22* bonjour je suis plutot satisfait de ce jeu qui parrait annodin au premier abord mais ce revele etre d'une complexité complexe Est-ce que c'est bon pour vous ??? en plus j'ai démarrer léo ;) ### 1/5 — olo *2022-03-12, version 2.16* olo ### 1/5 — zakko *2022-01-29, version 2.03* zako ### 1/5 — Updates every day? *2022-01-24, version 2.02* Nice app but cool it with the too frequent updates (both iOS and macOS). ### 1/5 — katenai *2022-01-20, version 1.58* fk game ### 1/5 — awful game, causing vile arguments. *2021-12-01, version 1.46* awful game, causing vile arguments. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Good game *2026-01-20, version 2.24* Had a great time Thanks a lot Just wish the animation of the chips changing color were showing them flip over ### 5/5 — Most Excellent *2026-01-18, version 2.24* Fantastic easy play with no ads and no invasive data theft. A definite 5 star app. ### 5/5 — Magnifique apps *2025-10-28, version 2.24* Un programme qui joue bien et même très bien ! Gratuit sans pub une merveille un grand merci au développeur 👍 ### 5/5 — Excellent *2025-10-02, version 2.24* Conception fine, très belle application, logique bien codée. Très agréable, une application comme il s'en fait rarement depuis des années. ### 5/5 — Love this game *2025-09-27, version 2.24* Perfectly executed. So much fun. ### 5/5 — Gioco interessante *2025-08-25, version 2.24* Gli amanti dei classici giochi da tavolo lo apprezzeranno sicuramente.💯 ### 5/5 — fantastic *2025-08-20, version 2.24* totemotanosii mairuyowasugitehanasininaranai ### 5/5 — Sehr interessantes Spiel. *2025-08-16, version 2.24* Ich rate dir, die Regeln zu verstehen – du wirst es nicht bereuen.❤️ ### 5/5 — Weckt Erinnerungen *2025-08-08, version 2.24* Vor 40 Jahren habe ich das auf meinem ersten PC gespielt. Nett, das wieder zu haben. ### 5/5 — Top boardgame *2025-07-22, version 2.24* This game is amazing⭐️ --- *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 2026-08-26.*