# Puck Drop: Hockey Manager — user reviews > 102 indexed App Store user reviews of Puck Drop by Marcel Piestansky, rated 4.80/5 from 399 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/puck-drop-hockey-manager/id1524201259/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/puck-drop-hockey-manager/id1524201259.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 346 · 4★ 35 · 3★ 7 · 2★ 5 · 1★ 6 ## What do users think of Puck Drop? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 🚀 Fast simulation speeds - 👍 User-friendly interface - 💎 Great hockey management game - 🏆 Realistic and fun - 🎮 Addictive gameplay **Cons** - 🐛 Inconsistent simulation results - 🤑 Pay-to-play features - 🔄 Repetitive player/team names - 🤯 Difficult to progress past first round of playoffs **Commonly reported bugs** - Game crashes when hiring head coach - Playoff games not showing up past 2034 season **Most requested features** - Roster updates - Salary cap adjustments - Custom draft classes - Player training/development - Expanded stats and records - Online leagues/multiplayer ## Newest reviews (13 of 102) ### 4/5 — Roster update *2025-01-25* I had a new file created and was editing the rosters and I went into it this morning and everything is gone. Very disappointing. So to save me and others a lot of time could you update these rosters? To the 2024-25 season? Thanks. You had 5 stars with me but you’re only getting 1 now due to this app crash today. Very disappointed. ### 4/5 — Good game “but” *2024-11-27* This is a good game it’s almost better then nhl 25 I’ve been playing it a bit only thing I don’t like with it is I have to go in and make the draft prospects better so I’m not getting busts in the second and third round ### 4/5 — Update the roster *2023-05-19, version 1.5* UPDATE THE ROSTER / PLAYERS STATS ### 4/5 — Great game! *2022-08-18* This is the best video game of hockey management ever! The best part is that one guy did all this, so all congratulations to you. But I think you can make this game even better by upgrading it with conditional draft picks which is present in the NHL same for holding salary in a trade (this could be really fun), but also, in the NHL, when the Stanley Cup starts the salary cap isn’t active so I would like these three components added to the game, but I know it is difficult for only one person to do all this, but it would really great if you could add those. ### 5/5 — Only GM Game that is worth it! *2022-07-18* Absolutely amazing game and addicting is a word that highly underrates this game. Im glued to my phone now because of it! Only thing i want to see added is retained salary transactions in trades. Thats it. Otherwise perfect. And FYI folks game is still fully functional if you use the free version! Idk i want to tip though because its so good. ### 5/5 — Love it *2022-07-10* Great time waster or mental break sim game. Wish there was also one for NFL too. Only thing I’d say is that it’s a little too easy to game the system, but that’s actually half the fun. ### 5/5 — Awesome game *2022-06-28, version 1.4.11* I think you should make this same style of game, but in different sports. Great game to play if you’re a hockey fan! ### 5/5 — Pick drop *2022-06-28, version 1.4.11* It’s a great game! ### 5/5 — Best hockey game out there *2022-06-08* Can you make it so that there can be salary retention? **Developer response:** Thanks for playing! Salary retention will be part of the next major version that will be released for the 2022/23 season! ### 5/5 — Great game *2022-06-01, version 1.4.11* It’s a great game and I think that you should do a baseball or basketball version as well ### 5/5 — Game on! *2022-05-28* Great game. Probably the best hockey gm game, I played so far. Hours of fun trying to bring a cup to Ottawa. Finally made the playoff after trading and drafting my way in. Ottawa might get parade! Great game and I will be getting the premium version because I don’t mind playing money for something that provide hours a fun. GM Ottawa Spartans **Developer response:** Glad to hear you're having fun bringing Ottawa back into the play offs! Thanks for playing and your support! ### 5/5 — I Love This *2022-05-28, version 1.4.11* I was looking for a game/simulator like this for a long time, and honestly this is the best one out there. The interface is really user friendly and the overall experience is really stimulating. In some other reviews that I’ve seen I’ve seen requests for custom draft classes, All-Star play etc., which I would be curious to see implemented. I realize that this would be a mountainous task, but it would be cool to be able to start with rosters and draft classes from previous years. Being able to tank to get McDavid or Matthews from a different team would be fun, but in no way is this not being a part of the app hindering my experience. Main takeaway though is that this app is legendary. ### 5/5 — Awesome *2022-05-14, version 1.4.11* 👏👏Superb. Complex enough to be interesting, but simple enough to be unterstood easily. The best sport management game i’ve played so far. Maybe one thing, you should add Belarusians and Latvians there are far more players from those countries compared to France and Norway which are highly representated. Really Nice Game ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Inconsistent *2024-06-05, version 1.5* I work hard to build a decent roster in 10 seasons to just keep getting knocked out in the first round by an eight seed! Makes no sense ### 2/5 — So inconsistent *2023-07-20, version 1.5* This game will have you win 70 games in a season then get swept by the 8 seed then a few years later sneak in as the 7 seed and dominate all the way to the cup. Gets lame and boring after a bit ### 2/5 — Pay to play game *2022-02-05* Decent game, well thought out. It isn’t free though. You’ll get hit with a paywall a few seasons in and lose all functionality. Developer made the game as annoying and non-functional as possible to bait you into paying, such as slow simming and shining a ridiculously bright light in your face (seriously - forcing light mode? That’s a new one. Big yikes). So just keep in mind that while the game is good, you’ll be forced to pay after a few seasons. ### 2/5 — Ugh *2021-03-29, version 1.2.12* I loved this game until now, you have to pay for multi day simulation?!??! It was much better before that was a thing. ### 3/5 — Food or water? *2024-05-02* Food of water? ### 3/5 — Missing some penalty calls *2022-10-12, version 1.5* Fun, clean, simple interface. But any chance you could add fighting majors. That’s half the penalty time of an actual televised hockey game. Otherwise great job. ### 3/5 — Plz cancel the salary cap during the playoffs *2022-09-13* In the NHL the salary cap during the playoffs is off, also plz make conditional draft picks ### 3/5 — Simulation is inconsistent *2022-07-13, version 1.4.11* Too many times the sim engine seems broken or just weird. Teams averaging 45 spg can’t break 20 all of a sudden for a whole month. 85 ovr goalies saving all 50 shots on net. Just doesn’t make that much sense sometimes. Fun but there’s also no hall of fame or team records or anything so it gets kinda boring. It’s challenging but not hard I’ve been able to go 8 titles in a row but I still don’t understand the statistics. Someone can have 55 goals through 60 games and still wind up with 63 goals on the year… how? So what if it’s “unrealistic numbers” I find the way the sim acts be even more unrealistic ### 3/5 — It a good game but inconsistent *2022-07-09, version 1.4.11* for some reason i will always get sweeped or eliminated in 5 by 8th in the division when im 1st or 2nd in the whole league. im sorry but it just makes no sense. how am i supposed to win when even a perfect team wont get me past round 1 ### 3/5 — Good game however *2021-12-23, version 1.4.7* It requires you to purchase premium to keep dark mode, fast sim and other stuff like that. The minimum donation to get premium is 6.99. So it’s kind of a pay to play game. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — NHL *2025-04-14* Can you do I updated pls ### 5/5 — Very good *2022-11-15* This game is amazing, definitely a Top 5 in hockey sims. It has a bunch of options to choose from and the community hub is good to add irl leagues with the teams and players, it is much better than some games that you could play. ### 5/5 — Very fun *2022-11-07* Amazing ### 5/5 — Amazing game *2022-10-14* It’s worth downloading a crated roster, makes it more amazing. This is by far the best app for hockey. Free to play. ### 5/5 — Plz increase the salary cap *2022-09-08* Increase salary cap bcz it’s hard to build a strong team and sign extension contract to keep my stars players **Developer response:** Custom draft prospects can be created in custom rosters. Thanks for playing! ### 5/5 — Great management game *2022-08-21* I like the quick season simulation. ### 5/5 — Amazing game *2022-08-17* Better than NHL GM mode - there is nothing better than this. ### 5/5 — Is good *2022-08-07* Is good ### 5/5 — Amazing *2022-08-05* Truly one of the “hidden gems” of the App Store this game will make you wish there were more manger games with this style ### 5/5 — Great Game *2022-07-19* BEST HOCKEY GM GAME I’ve ever played. Suggestion: - show if a team is on a winning streak or losing streak before games. - PLEASE add injuries to “career events” for players. I think it would make the game so much more easier to read stats on players. **Developer response:** Thanks for playing and your suggestions! --- *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 2026-08-29.*