# Shovel Pirate — user reviews > 42 indexed App Store user reviews of Shovel Pirate by Gionathan Pesaresi, rated 4.10/5 from 37 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/shovel-pirate/id6473428149/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/shovel-pirate/id6473428149.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 22 · 4★ 6 · 3★ 4 · 2★ 0 · 1★ 5 ## What do users think of Shovel Pirate? Overall sentiment: mixed **Pros** - 👍 Fun and enjoyable gameplay - 👍 Simple and easy to play - 👍 Satisfying mechanics - 👍 Good for killing time - 👍 Nice characters and graphics - 👍 No ads (in paid version) - 👍 Good value for price (for some) **Cons** - 💰 Paid to unlock levels - 💰 Misleading free-to-play model - 💰 Game is too short - 💰 Poor value for money (for some) - 👎 Controls can be frustrating - 👎 UI needs improvement **Commonly reported bugs** - Game freezes after purchase - Cannot play past a certain level without paying **Most requested features** - Separate buttons for ladder and shoveling controls - More levels or a sequel - Longer games - Make more levels free in the future - Updates to design - Dark mode option ## Newest reviews (12 of 42) ### 4/5 — Why it isn’t 5 star *2025-04-03* This game has good gameplay and the achievements are relatively easy to get the collectibles are nice to get the reason I wouldn’t put this as a higher rating is because you need money to buy the rest of the game which kinda ruins it for me other that this game is awsome ### 4/5 — Malos controles *2024-04-01, version 1.0* Que usen los mismos controles para subir y bajar escaleras que para moverte te pone en situaciones complicadas y poco intuitivas. Es muy frustrante repetir un nivel porque el personaje bajo las escaleras solo porque moverte a la derecha implica bajarlas también. ### 4/5 — :3 *2024-03-08, version 1.0* Игра прекрасная!! Но минус есть то что платная прода. ### 3/5 — ):( *2024-02-26, version 1.0* Really cool and fun game but it would not Eat me play the 7th level and I was really mad and sad. It would not let me play after the 6th level. P Ease make longer games :( ### 3/5 — Не стоит 200 рублей *2024-02-18, version 1.0* Ну игра маленькая без покупки полной версии и лучше искать бесплатные платформеры.у разраба есть много лучших примеров таже slime lab Mimelet И все бесплатные! ### 5/5 — 😫 *2024-02-17, version 1.0* El juego es muy lindo, divertido y todo pero a partir del nivel 6 tienes que pagar, es poco lo que tienes que pagar pero aún así no está bien, la verdad es que a mi me encantan los juegos de Neutronized pero ahora si se paso🤬😡😤😠y la verdad me pone triste porque yo si lo quería jugar desde el 1 de Febrero espero que lo pueda arreglar por favor 🙏 😢😭 ### 5/5 — A very good short platforming game *2024-02-17, version 1.0* A very good short platforming game with 15 levels, each with 3 diamonds to find and a collectible. Can you find them all? I look forward to playing more levels. ### 5/5 — Très bon jeu *2024-02-16, version 1.0* Se jeu est très cool et facile a jouer avec de beaux graphismes merci au développeurs ### 5/5 — Very nice game *2024-02-16, version 1.0* The gameplay is very simple, and the gaming experience is very fun. ### 5/5 — Good game but… *2024-02-16* I’ve loved the super cat tales games of yours and this one looks pretty good…but it kind of bothers me how I have to pay for the next few levels when all the other games of yours are free. I like Shovel pirates a lot already. Will you be making the next levels free in the future or as you make more worlds? ### 5/5 — Shovel fever *2024-02-16* I’ve been playing this for about ten minutes and I’m already addicted I just can’t stop digging and hitting things ### 5/5 — I beat the game! *2024-02-16* Please make a sequel. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Why I hate this game *2024-04-20* This game was fun and a few levels, but I have to pay for the rest I don’t have a Apple Cash on me. Can you please fix this please I’ll give you five stars if you do. ### 1/5 — Poor value *2024-02-20* I’m a big fan of this developer and fully back the monetisation of apps. We all need to make a living. My two big problems with this game are it’s advertised as free and it’s not, then when you do pay, the game is tiny. Only 15 very small and simple levels. You’ll have it finished within a couple of hours of your first play. Sad to say this was a waste of money. ### 1/5 — Sacanagem *2024-02-19* O jogo é legalzinho, nao vou mentir. Mas ter eu feito pagar 9,90 pra so ter 15 fases é muito absurdo, sendo q quase a metade eu joguei sem pagar ### 1/5 — such short game *2024-02-18* i paid for the game and theres only 15 levels whitch are very short, this game should be enough with ads also since i finished the game i dont even have the feeling to keep the game to play it again, easy game no challenge not exciting ### 1/5 — complete scam don’t download *2024-02-17* okay so i started feeling a bit of boredom so i downloaded this game and i immediately saw the GeT tHe FuLl GaMe NoW button…why do mobile games still do this anyways so i played like the first 10 levels when it came up it was only $2.00 so i payed (or i guess tried) AND THE GAME FROZE complete scam and lost $2.00 ### 1/5 — Entrete pero… *2024-02-16, version 1.0* No lo descarguen se veía bueno y lo es pero solo se puede llegar al nivel 6 y después te dice que tienes que pagar dos mil pesos para seguir jugando muy mal ahí neutronized 😤😤😢 ### 1/5 — Payant *2024-02-15, version 1.0* C’est une perte de temps, le jeux est payant après seulement quelque niveau. Ne perdez pas votre temps. ### 2/5 — payant *2024-02-17, version 1.0* ce jeu pourrait être bien si nous étions pas obliger de payer au bout d’un certain niveau, si vous ne voulez pas payer alors vous terminez le jeu en 10 min. 😑😑 ### 2/5 — Not a free game ☹️ *2024-02-15* This is a bit misleading as it is under “free” games category (which normally has adverts). Unfortunately after the tutorial you have to pay. Would be better to have this under a “paid” game category rather than misleading downloaders. ### 3/5 — Good but short *2024-03-05, version 1.0* Good game but very short with only 15 levels. Hopefully more are coming. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Simple and fun *2026-06-05* Fun and easy to enjoy. Short enough to finish in a couple of sit downs. Fun enough to want to play a few times. UI could use work, maybe a separate button for controlling on the ladder and shoveling. Other than that, another banger ### 5/5 — Your games are really good *2025-02-08* So I been playing this game and it was really fun i fact all your game are fun I appreciate what you do and thank you for working hard on these games ### 5/5 — Gostosinho *2025-01-05* Adorei ### 5/5 — shut up and take my money *2024-06-21* happy to support since Super Cat Tales. It was satisfying when I figured out you can hit the baseball back at the monkey! ### 5/5 — Why he cheecked up tho🤤 *2024-03-22* naw when saw the cover i couldn't contain myself ### 5/5 — Carino come passatempo *2024-02-22, version 1.0* Il gioco è davvero molto carino e coinvolgente, ho dovuto pagare 2€ a metà del gioco per avere il resto dei livelli e finire il gioco. L’unica cosa che non capisco è se ci sia un continuo o se finisce del tutto alla fine dei livelli, non so se magari serve raccogliere tutti gli oggetti o fare 3 gemme per ogni livello. ### 5/5 — magnífico *2024-02-21, version 1.0* aunque sea una experiencia de solo 6 niveles merece la pena comprarlo completo ya que la jugabilidad es muy buena, merece mucho la pena huhu 😘 ### 5/5 — Fantastico *2024-02-20, version 1.0* Un gioco che ti permette di divertirti nei momenti fermi della giornata, senza impegno, proprio divertente!!! Molto carini i personaggi ottima l’idea di non avere pubblicità. Verso metà gioco ho dovuto pagare per poterlo finire. Una spesa non impegnativa pagata volentieri. Molti altri giochi dovrebbero essere fatti così !! ### 5/5 — I love it ❤ *2024-02-19* This game is so fun. The levels are challenging but not to hard. 5 mins in and I was have so much fun 🤣 To the developer(s): Thank you so much for making this game as amazing as it is I was literally counting the days before I can get this game ♡ඩ☺︎ ### 5/5 — Epic game *2024-02-18, version 1.0* Great game with good gameplay! --- *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 2026-08-24.*