# Prince of Persia Classic HD — user reviews > 50 indexed App Store user reviews of Prince of Persia Classic HD by Ubisoft, rated 4.15/5 from 221 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/prince-of-persia-classic-hd/id464308294/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/prince-of-persia-classic-hd/id464308294.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 133 · 4★ 38 · 3★ 19 · 2★ 13 · 1★ 18 ## Newest reviews (10 of 50) ### 3/5 — Good game, Horrible controls *2016-01-22, version 2.0.1* Game is good and enjoyable. Controls are frustrating... Can be improved! ### 3/5 — Not quiet as good as original Mac game *2013-12-09, version 2.0.1* but brings back great memories of my favorite game ever.... ### 4/5 — Still the classic *2013-07-27, version 2.0.1* This is a nice graphical upgrade to the original. My only complaint is that the scrolling required because the screens have been made slightly wider than the iPad screen. So things you should be able to see are not always visible. ### 3/5 — Almost fun, but... *2013-06-10, version 2.0.1* This is a nice remake of the original game. The downside js that the controls are really difficult to get used to. The joystick is not the most responsive, and the layout of the buttons isn't all that intuitive. Since the character can't move diagonally anyway, I think it'll be easier for me to just have four arrow keys instead of a joystick that goes in all directions. ### 3/5 — Doesn't compare to the classic *2013-04-01, version 2.0.1* The animations are horrible. All the fantastic work the original developer put in the animations of this amazing game (that redefined the industry) was ignored with crappy animations. ### 5/5 — Cool *2013-03-04, version 2.0.1* This is a great game, it is like the original game, but with better grafics. The only problem would be that it crashes to much. ### 3/5 — BRING BACK THE ORIGINAL *2013-02-02, version 2.0.1* we want to play with the old graphics!!! pleaseee ### 4/5 — Good *2013-01-19, version 2.0.1* It's not the feeling of the original one, but is a good try. ### 5/5 — Best game ever *2013-01-16, version 2.0.1* I've been waiting a long time for a game like this ### 2/5 — Bring back the original! *2013-01-16, version 2.0.1* This is the original maps with new art but the gameplay isn't exactly the same. Details are lost in translation. This is a 24 year old game, we want to play it the way we remember! ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — POP UPDATE FOR IOS 11 *2018-09-08, version 2.0.1* Are you ever going to update these games? Where is POP Shadow and Flame that I purchased and beat as well as POP Classic that I also purchased and beat as well as in app purchases enough to play again. It disappeared from my IPAD. No where in the App store. I purchased these games. The game completely disappeared after IOS 11 update. Unfair! Please respond! Terrible customer service! ### 1/5 — An update before it can't play anymore *2017-06-13, version 2.0.1* Like the game a lot, but was informed thar 32-bit games won't work with the update to iOS 11. Will there be an update before this happens, or will the money spent be gone in the fall? ### 1/5 — Junk *2014-09-12, version 2.0.1* 2 dollars for a bad remake and then you have to buy lives?! Not worth this garbage. ### 1/5 — Fun but glitchy *2014-04-20, version 2.0.1* Be prepared that you may need to delete and reinstall after the first few levels. The game just auto closes at some points . Takes the fun out of it. ### 1/5 — Bad *2013-07-29, version 2.0.1* I hate Ubisoft !!! Why? the control is so terrible in both PoP!!! Waste my money,waste my time!! ### 1/5 — Terrible new control scheme ruins a classic *2013-05-29, version 2.0.1* Whoever made the decision to move from the four directions and modifier button(for attack, grab a ledge, cautious step, etc.) to this directional joystick or slider plus 3 contextual button control scheme completely destroyed the game. The animation in gameplay is choppy, extra frames change the timing from the original, and swordplay is now simply parry-attack, with no placement strategy. A really disastrous butchering of one of best classics of all time. ### 1/5 — Terrible - They Ruined It *2013-04-04, version 2.0.1* A ton of changes to the original that completely ruins the game. Plus all sorts in game spam and pop ups. Get any of the other 20 ports, it will be better than this. ### 1/5 — Bring back old POP *2013-01-05, version 2.0.1* I found this weak. New graphics are pretty but don't really add anything to the experience, in fact the characters are just the characters from sands of time, which seems lazy. They went to all the trouble of updating a game that didn't really need an update, but couldn't be troubled to design new characters for it. Game is almost exactly the same as the prince of Persia classic app that this replaced, just with newer graphics. Also, the movement pad is HORRIBLY designed and awkward to use; old direction arrows were much easier to use. I mostly wanted this because I used to play old POP back in 1992 and wanted it on my iPad for the sake of nostalgia, I am very sad to see that this is the only version of this game still available. This is a completely unnecessary attempt to update a game that was fine to begin with. Ubisoft should not have messed with perfection. If they people like this game then fine, but they should still make the classic POP app available. Again, too, the s---tiness of the directional movement pad really interfered with my enjoyment of this game; whatever else they do they need to rethink some design aspects. ### 2/5 — I feel like I wasted money *2015-03-12, version 2.0.1* I'm a huge fan of Prince of Persia. This game is frustrating to play even though the level maps are simple. The controls are almost unresponsive so it might take 20 minutes or longer to pass a level where you have to fight 2 times. If you are going to reuse characters from an existing game at least take the time to update them so they don't look blocky. ### 2/5 — Not as good as the old one *2013-04-06, version 2.0.1* The control is not very accurate. And the characters looks different from the old one. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Classic game of all time. *2014-09-02, version 2.0.1* Just like its name..classic ### 5/5 — Good'ol POP *2014-08-14, version 2.0.1* Once you get used to the controls this game plays very well. Brings back all the powerful memories of the original. ### 5/5 — Classic! All old games should port! *2014-08-10, version 2.0.1* This is a classic title, very well done for a port to the iPad. All old cartridge and CD based games from the 32-bit era and before should be ported to the tablet platform. The gameplay is phenomenal! ### 5/5 — Fun! *2014-01-03, version 2.0.1* It's a game I played as a kid a lot so very cool to now have on iPad ### 5/5 — POP CLASSIC *2013-07-28, version 2.0.1* This game is awesome and it rocks. The only thing is that you can not turn back time but you can play the classic PRINCE OF PERSIA remastered. ### 5/5 — This Game is Awesome!!!! *2013-07-17, version 2.0.1* I normally don't write reviews but this game deserved my input. First of all, for all the haters out there who think the controls are horrible, please settle down. If you had played the original game in the early 90's on a 386 PC, (486 if you were lucky), then you would be well aware of how easy it was to fall off ledges and walk too far from just pressing a keyboard key a hair too long. What I feel most people are missing in their comments about the controls, is just how true the developers of this game were in building the game to that old PC version I fell in love with. Honestly, after 10 minutes or so, the controls felt like second nature and often I could grab on a ledge while falling and not plummet to my death. I don't recall being able to do that on my PC. I really enjoyed going through all the levels with the updated graphics. The quality of this game is top notch. I would encourage anyone on the fence to go ahead and dive into this game. Fortunately I picked the game up on sale for .99 cents but I would have been happy to pay up to $5 to relive that youthful experience now that I'm in my forties. Buy the game! Have fun with it. I certainly did!!!!!!! ### 5/5 — Well done *2013-07-11, version 2.0.1* The controls take some getting use to but once you know them they are fairly easy. The game itself is exactly as I remember from 20+ years ago. Love it! ### 5/5 — Prince *2013-07-02, version 2.0.1* Great app. Well done ### 5/5 — A great classic redone very well! *2013-04-13, version 2.0.1* I love this back in the 80's....now reliving old memories!! ### 5/5 — Pop 2 please *2013-03-16, version 2.0.1* Pop 2 was always my fave --- *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.*