# Putt-Putt Saves The Zoo — user reviews > 116 indexed App Store user reviews of Putt by Humongous Entertainment, rated 3.60/5 from 116 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/putt-putt-saves-the-zoo/id511499384/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/putt-putt-saves-the-zoo/id511499384.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 67 · 4★ 6 · 3★ 5 · 2★ 4 · 1★ 34 ## What do users think of Putt? Overall sentiment: mixed **Pros** - 🎮 Nostalgic gameplay experience - 👍 Educational and engaging for children - 🎨 Clear, crisp graphics on modern displays - 📱 Faithful adaptation from PC to mobile - 🎵 Memorable soundtrack and audio (when working) - 🧩 Charming point-and-click puzzle mechanics - ⏱️ Appropriate length for children's attention span **Cons** - 🐛 Frequent freezing and crashing issues - 🔇 Sound not working on many devices - 📱 Recent UI update made game smaller and non-fullscreen - 🎮 Intrusive load/save/skip buttons blocking gameplay - 💾 Game doesn't save progress properly after closing - 🔄 New engine update broke previously working version - ⚠️ Unresponsive touch controls and click detection - 🔊 Audio only works with ringer enabled (unintuitive) **Commonly reported bugs** - Game freezes every 5-10 minutes requiring restart - No audio output on multiple device types - Touch controls swapped horizontally after updates - Game crashes after opening song - Unclickable items and frozen character dialogue - Force close errors - Game doesn't save current stage when closed - Audio disappears after first few launches - Incompatibility with iPhone 13, iPhone 15, and iPad Pro - Screen mirroring doesn't output audio **Most requested features** - Restore fullscreen mode option - Add music and sound effect toggle options - Release other Putt-Putt games (Travels Through Time, Goes to the Moon, Wins the Race) - Release Freddi Fish and Pajama Sam games - Apple TV version - Game Center achievements that actually register - Ability to switch between old and new UI - Buzzy the Knowledge Bug games - Junior Field Trips games (Airport, Jungle, Farm) - Lower pricing on games ## Newest reviews (13 of 116) ### 3/5 — Keeps Freezing :( *2025-09-23* This is such a nostalgic game for me and I love it but it keeps freezing on me and I have to start all over again :( please fix it ### 4/5 — Bummed *2024-08-23* I’m not happy with this new update. It doesn’t fill the screen. It’s tiny and the load and save buttons stay on the screen. I wish we could go back to what it was before… ### 2/5 — New ui??? *2024-07-31* What is up with the new ui on iPad devices? It’s so small, and no longer in full screen?? Not enjoyable to play like this, please revert back or add an option to switch between both UI’s. ### 1/5 — Where’s the audio?? *2024-05-16, version 1.2.2* Absolutely no sound. This was a favorite game as a kid and now I have no sound when I play it…fix it or refund me ### 1/5 — Want a refund *2024-04-29* If I could leave zero stars I would. I debated for months on if I should get this game and after talking with my kiddo she loved the advertised video and said she wanted to play and was so excited I wait hours on a download with low signal only to find out THERES NO SOUND after looking at reviews I see that’s a common thing and I should have read before buying that’s my mistake 🙄 fix it or refund me because this is a rip off ### 4/5 — Favorite game growing up but one problem *2024-02-27* This was my favorite game growing up, I played it in school. I saved all the baby animals and now I just need to save Sammy, but when I try to grab the toolbox putt-putt just continues talking and it’ll stay like that doesn’t matter how long I wait, and won’t let me click on anything as well when I try to grab it. Other than that I love putt-putt games a lot ### 1/5 — Why sound won’t or on app paid $8 for game no sound???? *2024-01-04* Why sound won’t or on app paid $8 for game no sound???? ### 1/5 — Sound stopped working! *2023-12-22, version 1.2.2* This game worked fantastically for me. I recently got an iPhone 15 and I now can get no audio from the game :( Please fix it! ### 1/5 — Volume doesn’t work!! *2023-09-07* Tried getting this game for my child but volume doesn’t work so it’s pretty much useless ### 2/5 — Only 2 stars from me *2023-08-05, version 1.2.2* I would of given 4-5 stars but unfortunately I downloaded it and had no sound. I paid $9.99 this too so pretty disappointed and waste of money. ### 1/5 — No sound *2023-06-29, version 1.2.2* I don’t have any sound on this app. I’ve tried everything in settings and nothing very upsetting ### 3/5 — Sound is finicky *2022-12-28* Ok, I figured out that to get the sound to work, you have to turn your ringer on (the switch on side of phone should not show orange). Kind of a bug, but not impossible to get around. ### 1/5 — Sound broken *2022-07-11, version 1.2.2* I was really excited to play this game but the sound is broken. I can’t hear anything ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Constantly Freezes *2026-01-14* My kids love this game but are getting very frustrated because the game freezes every time they play. The program has to be closed and restarted every time and if we are lucky we get 5 minutes before it freezes again. Will not be purchasing any more games from humongous. ### 1/5 — Sounds *2025-11-11, version 1.5.4* Sounds continuously not working ### 1/5 — Game freezes non stop and so do the other putt putts *2025-08-15, version 1.5.4* It’s such a shame I love this game and I’m trying to introduce it to my son now. I have the full collection and it freezes nonstop. I wish I could just get my money back ### 1/5 — Bug ridden *2025-01-02, version 1.5.4* The game is there, however ruined by music and sound that - if you’re lucky - works for the first couple of launches then disappears for good thereafter. I’ve also had multiple issues with the game freezing at random points. This really needs fixed as it makes the game unplayable. ### 1/5 — Update steals old app and switches with broken app. Shame. *2024-11-29* The Humongous games mean everything to me. I want to support them. However, this game is completely unplayable with the new engine. It's upsetting that I purchased one product that was reliable to one day wake up to a completely new product. This wasn't just an update, it's essentially an entirely new app running on something that doesn't work. I wish I could get my money back since I had my old product basically stolen from me through the update. The same thing is happening to ALL the apps that have recieved this 'update' (app switching) Game crashes around every 10 clicks on iPad Pro-- you will be unable to click anything. Sometimes it fixes itself when you exit and return to the app, but most of the time it doesn't. You have to save often and reload if you want to progress at all since when you close the game it does not save your current stage (unlike in the old version) Frustrates the heck out of my toddler, who I'm trying to introduce to my childhood games. Here's what you should all do instead of buying this: Extract the .HE0, .HE1, .HE3 and .HE4 files from your old Humongous CD Roms on your computer, transfer them onto your iPad on properly named folders. (I.E. the HE0,HE1,HE3,HE4 you extracted from Putt Putt Travels Through Time, you put in it's own folder titled ike the game) Then install ScummVM's iPad and import your games that way. ### 1/5 — Bugs need to fixed and updated *2024-11-01* “I’ll update my review once bugs are fixed.” However, I love this game. Been playing it with my kids for many years. However, I just downloaded this game on both my phone & iPad and you can’t click anything. It was completely frozen on my iPhone. I got a little bit further on my iPad, but then it froze too. Also, please make it full screen again as well. Thanksssss! ### 1/5 — This app doesn’t work *2024-09-02, version 1.4.7* I can’t get anything to work, refund. ### 1/5 — Terrible update!! *2024-08-27* They just made a TERRIBLE update to this game and a few other putt putt games and pajama sam that have HUGE "load" "save" "skip" buttons when the game used to be full screen! Please fix it and let the game go full screen again! Awful update I'm so upset... ### 1/5 — Update *2024-07-28, version 1.4.7* Whatever the new update is. It’s TRASH ### 1/5 — The New update is Garbage *2024-07-27, version 1.4.7* They Literally Went Back to The 2011 Style! The Screen is to Small, And there is no way to remove The Music or Sound Effects! please Add Music And Sound Options ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Terrible update!! *2024-11-19* They just made a TERRIBLE update to this game (and a few other putt putt games and pajama sam) that have HUGE load, save, and skip buttons when the game used to be full screen! Please fix it and let the game go full screen again! Awful update I'm so upset... ### 5/5 — Why no German :( *2024-09-22* I love it but why no german language :( ### 5/5 — memories *2024-01-29, version 1.2.2* loved this game as a kid and it was really fun to go back to as an adult- you need to have your ringer on for the sound though idk if that’s the issue a bunch of other people are having ### 5/5 — :🚘: love it! So much nostalgiaaaaaa…. *2023-10-17* :🚘: I used to LOVE this game as a kid, and I was ecstatic when my friend told me it was on iPhone!! So, of course I promptly downloaded it, and…. BAM! Immediate punch in the face with nostalgia. I saw a bunch of complaints about no sound, but the sound worked just fine for me. However, some of the subtitles didn’t match what putt-putt was saying, and that kinda annoyed me. Overall, this was amazing! I did complete it in like, nine minutes though, So I wish it was a teensy bit more complex, and that there were more animals. Still amazingly nostalgic though! Five stars. ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ :🚘: ### 5/5 — I completed this game 👍 *2023-07-26* This game is really fun for kids… But.. I saved all the animals This game cost with dollars. My mom installed that. This game is fun. ### 5/5 — Love Putt Putt *2023-03-30* Putt Putt was one of my very first friends as a kid and I’m so glad it’s on the App Store to revisit those memories I loved so much back then. The controls were a little hard to figure out at first as far as where to click to move around but once you get the hang of it, it’s pretty easy. So happy these are on the App Store!! Graphics and nice and clear. ### 5/5 — My childhood in one game *2022-10-17, version 1.2.2* Do I need to say anything?No ok. ### 5/5 — Nostalgia *2022-06-18* Used to play on my computer as a kid, can’t believe they made it into a app! This was one of my favorite games! Everything is working good for me :) ### 5/5 — I missed PuttPutt *2022-01-26* It reminded my memory from 13 years ago. Thanks for making it as a mobile game🙂 ### 5/5 — Loved it as a kid. Now my nieces love it too! *2022-01-07* Still holds up and teaches them important logic skills. Great for entertaining kids over the holiday season --- *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 2026-09-03.*