# Retro Bowl+ — user reviews > 200 indexed App Store user reviews of Retro Bowl+ by New Star R&D Ltd., rated 4.40/5 from 1,444 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/retro-bowl-plus/id6446029554/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/retro-bowl-plus/id6446029554.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 1,050 · 4★ 160 · 3★ 70 · 2★ 47 · 1★ 117 ## What do users think of Retro Bowl+? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 🚀 Addictive and fun gameplay - 👍 Simple and intuitive controls - 🚀 Quick and easy to pick up - 👍 Nostalgic retro style - 🚀 Smooth performance **Cons** - 🐛 Inconsistent AI difficulty - 🔍 Limited defensive gameplay - 💰 Slow progression due to limited coin earnings - 🐛 Frequent interceptions and unrealistic plays - 🔍 Lack of customization options **Commonly reported bugs** - Game freezing and crashing issues - Incorrect jersey colors in some matchups - Unrealistic scoring and comeback mechanics **Most requested features** - Add defensive gameplay and player control - Improve coin earning rate for better progression - Introduce more customization options for teams and players - Implement online/multiplayer modes - Add more play calling options and strategic depth ## Newest reviews (20 of 200) ### 4/5 — Good game *2026-07-28, version 1.6.47* Similar to the regular but good ### 4/5 — Amazing game *2026-07-21, version 1.6.47* I love playing this game its really fun but hopefully they add more features to the game ### 4/5 — Fun *2026-07-16, version 1.6.47* Honestly, it’s a blast from the past. You can choose gameplay challenge levels, one of which is pretty tough. My only suggestion is need more stats (e.g., total points scored by a player, total touchdowns by a player/team in season, etc.). ### 5/5 — + is right *2026-07-15, version 1.6.47* I’ve been playing retro bowl sense the beggining and it’s great it plays pretty good and also anything that you’d pay for in the original rb is available for free get it it’s good ### 5/5 — Team customisation rocks *2026-06-19, version 1.6.45* The team customisation lets me make my own league for my home country ### 5/5 — aight this game is unmatched but we need these so hear me out *2026-06-14, version 1.6.45* aight we need 1. more animations (juking, hurdles, stuff like that, maybe if you’re diving into the corner of the end zone the pylon falls over if you get to close to it as if you came in contact with it) 2. add more td animations (celebrations, maybe adding the player’s face when you score the touchdown, more scoreboards maybe) 3. cloud download or sum not the kind of cloud download you think tho just like mlb the show or college football 26 let ppl make custom leagues and teams to submit to smth so that other players can just download it and play with a custom team or league (bc I make a cfb league on my save, yes im too lazy and broke to buy rb college) 4. honestly just let us have some interaction with the defense like not playing defense but choosing the play based on the opposing team’s formation or sum but yeah uh plz add it 🙏🫩 ### 3/5 — Exactly the same *2026-05-10, version 1.6.43* This is kinda on me because I had already bought the unlimited version because this game is literally the normal game but with unlimited already acquired so yeah. ### 5/5 — Simple, Interactive, and Customizable! *2026-03-15* Retro Bowl+ is Retro Bowl, but where you are given premium access when you download the game; you are given it without cost unlike Retro Bowl. This allows you to have even more control of your experience, being able to change roster size, teams weather, uniforms, etc. Retro Bowl was already a great game, simple, customizable difficulty, interactive with there being random events where you have to make decisions, and lacking glitches. Now, you get premium access as long as you have Apple Arcade, bettering the game! This is a great game for anyone. ### 4/5 — PLEASE ADD CAREER MODE *2026-03-13, version 1.6.42* PLEASE ADD CAREER MODE other than that good game ### 5/5 — Defense *2026-03-10, version 1.6.42* Please add defense love the game just add defense thx ### 5/5 — Defense *2026-02-01, version 1.6.42* I love this game my brother calls me addicted but this game needs defense or at least be able to see your defense play please it would be so good ### 5/5 — What I wanna see in the future *2025-12-30, version 1.6.38* Dear Retro Bowl, I love your game it is awesome but I would like just 3 things added to the game if you wouldn’t mind. First off you should let us be able to play offense and defense it would make the game so much more fun and let us punt the ball as well. Second I ask if you could expand the roster up to 22 offense+defense and a punter, and kicker. This would make the draft way more interesting with all the picks we get. Also can you please add PvP me and friend want our teams to play each other in an intense match both are teams are good we want to settle the score and see who has the better team. Can we also get a playbook instead of getting random plays? That’s all I have to say for know Sincerely, TJtilz ### 5/5 — Great news for the game; It was great to play *2025-12-26, version 1.6.38* I don’t know if I can get a better game then this iOS game ### 5/5 — Great game but a few suggestions *2025-12-25* I love this game it’s so fun but I have a suggestion to make it better. PLEASE ADD A CAREER MODE WHERE YOU PLAY AS A PLAYER. I really want this to be added cuz it would be so cool. Also can you make it so I can sub in someone mid game cuz that would be good. Other teams should also have timeouts to make it fair and you should be able to have infinite star players as long as the salary cap allows it. And players should be able to get injured on the field for a better experience. Also, I feel like dynamic, the hardest difficulty, is too easy, so it would be a lot more fun if there were more and harder difficulties. My defense never gets safeties, which I take to mean that safeties aren’t a thing, so if that could be made possible that would be fun. And sometimes It’s 4th down and I’m out of my kicker’s field goal range but I’m forced to either go for it or kick it, so if I were able to punt it in that scenario that would also be good. Also, if I do really terrible over the course of a few seasons, i should be able to get fired because it really puts a sense of urgency on the player. I’m really sorry, that’s a lot of suggestions, but PLEASE ADD THATTTTTTTTTT. Thx :) ### 5/5 — Great game but a few suggestions *2025-12-15* I love this game it’s so fun but I have a suggestion to make it better. PLEASE ADD A CAREER MODE WHERE YOU PLAY AS A PLAYER. I really want this to be added cuz it would be so cool. Also can you make it so I can sub in someone mid game cuz that would be good. Other teams should also have timeouts to make it fair and you should be able to have infinite star players as long as the salary cap allows it. And players should be able to get injured on the field for a better experience. Also, I feel like dynamic, the hardest difficulty, is too easy, so it would be a lot more fun if there were more and harder difficulties. My defense never gets safeties, which I take to mean that safeties aren’t a thing, so if that could be made possible that would be fun. And sometimes It’s 4th down and I’m out of my kicker’s field goal range but I’m forced to either go for it or kick it, so if I were able to punt it in that scenario that would also be good. I’m really sorry, that’s a lot of suggestions, but PLEASE ADD THATTTTTTTTTT. Thx :) ### 5/5 — Great game but a few suggestions *2025-12-08, version 1.6.38* I love this game it’s so fun but I have a suggestion to make it better. PLEASE ADD A CAREER MODE WHERE YOU PLAY AS A PLAYER. I really want this to be added cuz it would be so cool. Also can you make it so I can sub in someone mid game cuz that would be good. Other teams should also have timeouts to make it fair and you should be able to have infinite star players as long as the salary cap allows it. And players should be able to get injured on the field for a better experience. So yeah. PLEASE ADD THATTTTTTTTTT. Thx :) ### 5/5 — Retro Basketball *2025-11-30, version 1.6.35* I’ve been playing this game since middle school and I would love a Retro Basketball ### 5/5 — What I wanna see in the future *2025-11-25, version 1.6.35* Dear Retro Bowl, I love your game it is awesome but I would like just 3 things added to the game if you wouldn’t mind. First off you should let us be able to play offense and defense it would make the game so much more fun and let us punt the ball as well. Second I ask if you could expand the roster up to 22 offense+defense and a punter, and kicker. This would make the draft way more interesting with all the picks we get. Also can you please add PvP me and friend want our teams to play each other in an intense match both are teams are good we want to settle the score and see who has the better team. Can we also get a playbook instead of getting random plays? That’s all I have to say for know Sincerely, TJSTAT ### 5/5 — Perfect for people who like pixelated sports games *2025-11-22, version 1.6.35* I love this game and I like the pixelated but smooth gameplay along with the new trucking animation and a simple story in Franchise. Really fun game👍🏽 ### 4/5 — Need cfl *2025-11-22, version 1.6.35* Give us cfl pls ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Hard *2025-11-19, version 1.6.35* This game is so hard my dad is 61 and he can beat it i am only 32 i like madden 26 on my ps5 and my switch two it could be better like when you first buy it and play you can choose modes in the game to ### 1/5 — ... *2025-09-19, version 1.6.35* IT MADE ME RESTART A GAME EVEN THOUGH I FINISHED IT! AND MY RB GOT INJURED EVEN THOUGH HE NEVER DID IN THE GAME! ### 1/5 — Worst game ever *2025-03-26, version 1.6.17* This is the worst game ever! The bad teams are super good! The good teams are fair but the bad teams are even harder! I think that should be fixed ### 1/5 — Please read *2025-02-09, version 1.6.12* Bro this game is cursed. So I looked at my games in the menu and I look back on the Home Screen and guess what? It’s gone. And when I did it again it came back, and then I tried again and it didn’t show again! Then I tried again and it came back again, and I tried a lot after and it didn’t work. It just acted normal but then I opened it and my save was gone! Please fix this!!! ### 1/5 — Retro bowl *2024-11-24, version 1.6.11* Retro bowl ### 1/5 — Difference *2024-11-15, version 1.6.11* The difference is the price! The same as the free one! Apple scamming people out of money ### 1/5 — Deleted my save *2024-09-23, version 1.6.9* Had 12 years in and the save is gone from the Home Screen. Can no longer load it. ### 1/5 — Lag *2024-09-23, version 1.6.9* It becomes laggy and plays really slow ### 1/5 — As of right now *2024-09-05, version 1.6.9* Where is the update that I paid for, it says it’s here but it’s not??? Cmon now ### 1/5 — Hurry up with the update *2024-09-03, version 1.6.9* I’m tired of it being the same way I am not patient HURRY UP WITH THE UPDATE ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Amazing *2026-07-27, version 1.6.47* Amazing game but there should be some more game play. ### 5/5 — best mobile game *2026-07-25, version 1.6.47* palmore the goat fr ### 5/5 — 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 *2026-07-22, version 1.6.47* I love this game. Gives that old school feel. Great game ### 5/5 — Fun game *2026-07-21, version 1.6.47* Love this game. Fills empty time and is easy to play!!! ### 5/5 — Love it play it everyday *2026-07-20, version 1.6.47* I like how it has the play offs no adds and the feeling of the team ### 5/5 — Fantastic! *2026-07-19, version 1.6.47* I love this game years and years ago and I love it as much now as I did them it’s fantastic. I play it every single day. ### 5/5 — Great Game! *2026-07-17, version 1.6.47* I love playing this game. It’s the best football game ever made for your cell phone!! ### 5/5 — Best offline game *2026-07-16, version 1.6.47* It’s true. ### 5/5 — Scratches that itch *2026-07-16, version 1.6.47* Retro Bowl+ is a fun way to spend your downtime on. And and easy way to get lost in building teams to compete with challenging opponents. ### 5/5 — Retro good *2026-07-16, version 1.6.47* Really good game --- *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.*