# Pong®World — user reviews > 50 indexed App Store user reviews of Pong®World by Atari, Interactive, rated 3.80/5 from 881 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/pongworld/id553946340/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/pongworld/id553946340.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 365 · 4★ 213 · 3★ 135 · 2★ 71 · 1★ 97 ## What do users think of Pong®World? Overall sentiment: neutral **Pros** - 🎮 Fun gameplay - 🎨 Charming graphics - 🕹️ Nostalgic Pong experience **Cons** - ⏱️ Slow coin earning - 🔍 Paddle visibility issues - 🤯 Frustrating ball physics - 💰 Aggressive monetization **Commonly reported bugs** - Inconsistent coin tracking - Crashes and freezes - Levels not saving progress **Most requested features** - Faster coin earning - Improved paddle controls - More level variety - Multiplayer support ## Newest reviews (16 of 50) ### 3/5 — Is fun but *2021-10-07, version 1.0* 1 problem it needs to be updated because is works with iOS 4.3 update it to make it work with iOS 10 or later immediately because I want to play it on my iPod Touch ### 4/5 — Overall...fun *2014-07-05, version 1.0* It is an entertaining game. My only hang-up is you pick up coins during a level, then when you finish the round and go back to main page, you don't have all the coins you won! What is the story with that? Yes, game could use some more development. ### 3/5 — It's a fun game but... *2013-08-20, version 1.0* There is a bug that needs to be fixed. Half my coins keep disappearing. N it takes a long time to earn them as it is. Wouldn't recommend spending money to save time to get better upgrades if half of its gonna disappear. ### 4/5 — Like the old Atari game *2013-03-29, version 1.0* Just with better graphics, more options, upgrades and different paddles but after you buy a longer paddle it should last longer and I don't understand what the moonbeam is for. ### 4/5 — Really good game! *2013-03-11, version 1.0* I really like this game! Sure, they always show the same ad, and earning coins can be a little bit difficult. But when you look past that, there is a great game! ### 4/5 — Small annoyances, but fun *2013-01-21, version 1.0* The coin count is odd, and it takes forever to build them up enough to use them. On iPhone, your finger completely covers the paddle until you can build up the size, making it easy for the ball to slip past. But still a fun game that I find myself playing for longer than I intend to. ### 3/5 — Fun *2012-12-22, version 1.0* This is a fun enhancement on the original but you get punished in coin total if you do anything other than replay the current stage you just finished. Makes me not want to play if I'm gonna lose coins just for going somewhere else in the game. Change that & it would be more worthwhile to continue playing other & future stages. ### 4/5 — Coin *2012-12-14, version 1.0* Wish I could earn coins faster. Not gonna pay for them. More fun on an iPad. Wish I could link iPhone and iPad play together so all my coins were in the same place. ### 3/5 — Fun Gameplay, Lame Upgrade System *2012-12-09, version 1.0* This game is fun for a little while, but it takes a ridiculously long time to earn enough coins for paddle upgrades and level unlocks. The moon level is 6250, which is at least 50 games worth of Pong World (less your "Daily Spin"). On top of that, I constantly lose coins for no good reason after earning them in a game - it appears to be a bug related to your menu choice after playing a game. Extremely annoying. This game is basically all about buying coins as in-app purchases. Don't bite! There are only four levels and the gameplay doesn't evolve much - at least not enough to justify $5 worth of coins. Finally, the thing is larded with ads and has no ad-free version. Definitely worth a spin, but not much more than that. ### 4/5 — Coins *2012-12-07, version 1.0* Needs an easier way to get coins very fun and hard game but you play the same level over and over again i cant get past level 2 lol ### 4/5 — One of my 5 games *2012-12-07, version 1.0* I don't play too many games and over the period of time, I have installed and removed lot of games. Now I have only 5 games on my device and this is one of them. Very addictive, that's all I can say. ### 4/5 — Fun Take on Pong *2012-12-07, version 1.0* A beast of a Freemium game. I suckered myself into the $1.99 to double all coin values. If not, would take a billion years to upgrade the paddles & levels. Still, cool spin on Pong and imaginative levels. Wish there were more. The special traits of each paddle are unique and challenging to face. ### 2/5 — Pretty, but frustrating *2012-12-05, version 1.0* I want to like this game, but I can't get over the controls. The ball moves very erratically, curving as if there was a gravity well that changed on every bounce. I think it might be trying to be modeling spin or something, but the effect on the ball's path is absurdly large. The controls feel a little unresponsive and the paddle is a bit smaller than I keep expecting it to be. Most of the time I feel like I'm losing due to a random bounce or the paddle not being where I thought I told it to be rather than because I think I messed up. I don't really like the coin system either (too slow to get coins vs. prices), though maybe that's just a result of not thinking the game is very playable. ### 4/5 — Advancing levels needs to change *2012-12-05, version 1.0* Advancing to the next level should either be significantly less coins or no coins at all, you should advance to the next level once you beat the previous level. Also multiplayer via Game Center would be great, otherwise this is a fun game. ### 2/5 — Annoying *2012-12-04, version 1.0* Only pong game I've played where the ball can curve back on you after you hit it and go in your own goal. It's also hard to see your paddle, so sometimes you think you're going to hit the ball but you don't. AND the game sometimes spawns a chest in front of your ball when you're going to score, reflecting it back to you instead. Your coins often disappear right after you earn them. However, the "daily spin" can be done about 3 times a day. Getting coins is more important than winning, so you need a paddle with magnetic ball, like Chomper. It's not a game for kids or feminists; the only female character is a prostitute. ### 3/5 — Not too bad *2012-12-03, version 1.0* This is actually kinda fun. A good time waster when I need it in the office. Only problem I have is it takes too long to earn enough coins to open the next level, even when you beat the prior one. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — A let down *2016-12-15, version 1.0* At first it looked like an interesting twist to an original classic and could have gone far but once I started playing the game is far too complicated in the very beginning of the game it doesn't even build up to it. And it takes forever to earn the coins needed to advance to the next level and on top of that there is a glitch in the game that sometimes after completing a match it doesn't save the coins that you earned during the match when you go back to the main menu you look at your coins and it's sometimes the same as when you started the previous match you just completed. This game was a big let down from the beginning. ### 1/5 — Free with strings *2012-12-10, version 1.0* Yes the app is free but not only do they feed you ads but everything in-game costs "coins" which they constantly try to sell you more of in-game. Each paddle has its own upgrades and none carry over. So if you buy the wider paddle upgrade it only works on the paddle you bought it for and you have to buy it again if you want it on another paddle and the upgrades are not cheap compared to how many you win from playing. Even changing from one type of game to another costs you coins. You can barely earn enough coins by playing to advance. Its basically required that you buy coins to get enough to advance. This game is practically a scam so if you think you're getting a free game, think again. ### 1/5 — Shame the mechanics don't match the graphics *2012-12-05, version 1.0* There is no point in having a PONG game if it is written so the ball bounces down and out if it hits the edges of the paddles. It is also almost impossible to both see and move the paddle at the same time. Also, the popup ads are obnoxious and far too frequent. They make it clear that the developers think revenue is king and gameplay is a footnote at most. It is a pity. There are some outstanding ideas here. They are just well hidden in a hot mess of a game. If this is what Atari and its developers are going to extrude, then maybe the next time the company goes down, it should stay down. Be glad there is no rating lower than one star in the App Store. ### 1/5 — Destroy a classic... *2012-12-01, version 1.0* I understand this is not classic pong...but you are taking a clean and simple game and making it too complicated...I get the power ups and choosing of the paddle monsters but it is too much like breakout. Also the curving of the ball is way to extreme...not to mention the color of the ball and anemia tin of all the powerups and then them flying to the paddle is confusing to follow. Now maybe because I am colorblind, but not blue color blind...in level 2 the ball and spinning pegs make it too hard to see the ball with all the coins and powerups being the strongest colors... Why is there no setting to limit the color or trails or animation? Over all this game is not worth it. I can't mess with settings to adjust for different playing abilities or visual preferences and the gameplay is way to away from the original or at times difficult to play at all... It would be great to have preferences to drop the curve..I mean if you mention Atari and Pong, I expect something that is like the original, not overly modern and just could be another game made by a company trying to rip off the pong experience with over done effects...give me the pong i Know and love... Needs a lot of work... ### 1/5 — Just ok, barely *2012-11-30, version 1.0* This game is OK but, as others have mentioned, it really is just a tease to get you to make in game purchases. After you win the second level it "opens" level 3 but you need 2500 coins to play it. You might win 25 to 75 coins in a game so if you do no other upgrades you might have enough coins to open the third level after 50 games or so. Using the headline about doing this for a 40th anniversary kind of gives the impression it was put out as a gift but in truth it's only object is to earn capital. That's fine but just say so. I would much rather pay up front than get squeezed. Never have liked a tease so in the trash it goes. ### 2/5 — Poor execution *2016-07-16, version 1.0* I liked the last version of Pong and I found this version extremely poor version. I like the fact that I can play anytime I want without having to wait (Which is why this is not a single star). Unfortunately the gaining of money in the game to level up or progress is terrible. The game get so annoying trying to level up that I don't normally play it until my phone screams "Mommy!" and scares the crap out of my spouse. Otherwise I am thinking of deleting the game to make more space on my phone for that paint drying app that is more interesting. ### 2/5 — They set u up to fail and to get ur money *2014-11-02, version 1.0* This game could easily be a 5 star game but they make it SOO difficult to get coins n u need boosts n upgrades to be able to beat these guys but it takes u days to earn enough coins to get a boost or upgrade n on top of it u need coins to unlock levels n that will take days n days to earn that many coins it's ridiculous. They need to lower coin prices on everything or they need to make it where u can earn more coins per game. ### 2/5 — Satisfactory *2012-12-11, version 1.0* The game is more frustrating than fun and challenging. Like what the majority have said, it takes a long time to earn coins. Your finger pretty much covers the paddle and the ball spins way too much that you usually lose by scoring yourself. MAYBE this will grow on me but I have no problem moving on to another game. ### 2/5 — Poor Controls *2012-12-08, version 1.0* I love Pong as a game but this version does not live up. The biggest complaint I have is that in order to control the paddle you have to completely cover it with you finder which makes it hard to see exactly where the tiny ball will hit. I've already uninstalled. ### 2/5 — Game play is fun, but... *2012-12-08, version 1.0* Game is fun to play, but why do I lose coins when changing characters or going back to the menu (up to 90). Upgrades are to expensive, for the amount of coins that you can earn during game play. And the ball u-turning back to your own goal is frustrating for younger kids who are playing. Make these changes and the game could earn a higher review. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Living a dream. Booyah. *2014-02-21, version 1.0* I am 10, and my dad was a big fan of Pong. He may not have had it as a kid, but he played the home console version a LOT. Now that I have a newer, digital version, I feel like I'm in family history. Keep it up, Atari! :) ### 5/5 — Atari *2013-01-23, version 1.0* I heard that Atari is filing for bankruptcy. I just want to say I give my utmost support to the guys at Atari and thanks for making my childhood a wonder with Pong. I love Atari and hope you guys stay for good. Thanks again. ### 5/5 — Atari's Pong goes AWESOME! *2012-12-27, version 1.0* While this revamp doesn't look or play anything like the primitive original, it's nevertheless a really fun game. The music is catchy and the gameplay entertaining. I'm looking to get my wife and son on it, so we can "Pong" each other to death! ### 5/5 — Ancient and Modern *2012-12-18, version 1.0* The irony of playing Pong on an iPad4 makes playing this game even more fun. If you have an iPad you need this game, come on the price is right, what are you waiting for? Pong ON! ### 5/5 — Pretty darn fun *2012-12-17, version 1.0* Fun variation of the original. It's hard though.. which makes it addictive.. so yeah. Download it for free if you can, that's what I did!! If not, still probably worth it! ### 5/5 — Pong World *2012-12-08, version 1.0* This is a simple but fun and highly addictive app. The price is right and the challenge is basic but I can not seem to put the game down ! ### 5/5 — Aggravatingly Addictive!!! *2012-12-02, version 1.0* Yes its fun and a great remake of one of the first video games ever but i find it hard but i want to go on and on, the only thing i find that may need improvement is the paddle or the touch with the paddle, im having trouble getting the paddle all the way to the ends, or is it just me? ### 5/5 — Hard...difficult to unlock upgrades *2012-12-02, version 1.0* Game play seems incredibly hard, and you have to play FOREVER to get enough coins for upgrades (earn 50+/- per game, but unlocking stage 4 costs 6,250 coins!). However, it is fun to,play as long as you don't want to upgrade often. Still do not know how to buy additional paddles...grrrrrr. ### 5/5 — Cool game!! *2012-11-30, version 1.0* I've already tried playing it HotSeat at my friend's, and I'd say that it's real fun!! The only thing I'd like to mention is that it's not the best way to control paddles with your thumbs--I'd rather suggest that you use your index or middle finger (depending on your tastes ^^) to move your paddle. ### 5/5 — Fun game! *2012-11-29, version 1.0* This is an addicting game! I never played the original so I don't have much to compare it to, but I like the funky turns you can make the ball do. Bonus that it's free - can't wait to have enough coins to play the other levels!! Might not be getting much done at work today... :D --- *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.*