# Smash the Code — user reviews > 48 indexed App Store user reviews of Smash the Code by Piotr Sochalewski, rated 4.20/5 from 54 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/smash-the-code/id728576360/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/smash-the-code/id728576360.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 35 · 4★ 8 · 3★ 4 · 2★ 3 · 1★ 4 ## Newest reviews (15 of 48) ### 4/5 — Brain training *2021-05-27* Fun game! Would be better if you could increase levels of difficulty (i.e. numbers can repeat, five spaces, six spaces, seven, use of zero) ### 4/5 — Simple but fun *2021-05-01, version 2.4.1* Ignore the other review. The game is quite winnable. ### 3/5 — J'aime bien 👍 *2020-12-26, version 2.3.0* Ça fait passer le temps dans les transports et stimule la cervelle ;-) EDIT : la dernière version est buggée !!! Donc je retire une étoile... ### 4/5 — Enjoyable time killer *2020-03-22* Fun puzzle game, only thing is the last couple times I’ve opened the game, my guesses no longer show on the board. The pegs light up but no guess, so not sure if I’m doing something wrong or if it’s an issue with the game. **Developer response:** Thank you for your comment and impact. It is already fixed in 2.2.3. ### 4/5 — Consigliato *2019-06-22, version 2.2.0* Gioco semplice quanto divertente. Suggerirei di mostrare i tentativi fatti a partita persa. ### 4/5 — Looking for a simple logic puzzle? *2018-09-17* This is a fun logic puzzle. Unfortunately I am having trouble reading the in-game text. Please make the text darker so that it is legible. Thank you. ### 3/5 — Très bien mais buggé *2018-09-03, version 2.1.1* Parfois les indications sont fausse en jouant à deux... Ce qui rend le jeu un peu surprenant Sinon très bon jeu ### 3/5 — Fun but has a couple of annoying flaws *2018-08-05* Since it is not Mastermind, I will not make those comparisons. But, one very annoying and frustrating flaw is, When the game ends, it opens a new page or screen thus preventing the player from reviewing his or her moves. This truly mars what would otherwise be an enjoyable game. Also, it would be nice if the same number could be placed in a given row as a matter of honing in to an answer. ### 5/5 — Simple and creative *2018-08-04* I love this game. The dot configuration would make the game too easy if they were ordered according to number position. The game is kinda like sudoku but faster (less moves). So it’s quick and easy. ### 4/5 — Really good game *2018-07-30* Very much like the old game of MasterMind, as they say. Needs one improvement, IMHO - after game is over, if the correct solution was not reached, then you should be able to go back and review the correct answer along with your ten choices so you could learn from your mistakes. Thanks for a good app! ### 4/5 — At first I hated it, then I understood how it works *2018-06-18* As others have noted, the black and white dots were confusing at first. Once I read the developer reviews that they only relate to the number of right digits & places, but not their position, I figured it would be impossible to solve and *almost* deleted the game. Then, I tried different strategies to solve for the digits and found that it is in fact solvable and is just challenging enough to keep you from getting bored with it. I realize now that if the dots gave you the position of the correct digits, it would be much too easy and would become boring fast. This game will make you think and it’s fun because a round is fast. As another reviewer stated, if it had landscape mode on the iPad, I’d give it 5 stars. It’s fun - give it a try, but just make sure you understand the rules! ### 4/5 — Apprentice *2018-05-31* Good clean fun. App does not rotate to landscape in iPad. Fix that, then will give 5 stars ### 5/5 — Mega spiel *2018-03-04, version 2.0.3* Wenn mir mal langweilig wird oder nicht konzentrieren kann spiele ich das spiel, weil man muss schon denken wenn man schnell gewinnen will. Ist mega spiel, aber bei multiplayer modus buggt es. Bei mir war es so, ich habe 1234 eingegeben und es kamen 4 weisse pünkte (alle richtig aber auf falschen stelle). Und am ende die kod war 6895 oser sowas, also die 123und4 waren nicht mal drin. Ausserdem, in einzelmodus ist es perfekt! ### 3/5 — Major Flaw *2018-03-01* App does not allow entering same number multiple times on the same line. Original Mastermind game allowed this. Ability to do this is necessary tactic to solve the puzzle, otherwise it degenerates to mostly a guessing game. ### 5/5 — Bad reviews from people who don’t understand rules *2017-12-24* This is a fun game and a good app. Reviews from people complaining are from people who can’t comprehend the rules of the game. The pegs don’t go in “order”. The amount of black pegs are the amount of correct digits in a correct position. The amount of white pegs are the amount of correct digits in an incorrect position. The challenge is to find which digits are in the correct position through intelligent trial and error; moving the numbers and seeing how that affects the number of black and white pegs, in order to deduct which digits are the correct ones before you run out of guesses. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Why you hidden numbers? *2021-05-16, version 2.5.0* What the points??? I don’t like it anymore ### 1/5 — Dev, try your own game on multiplayer.. *2018-02-26, version 2.0.3* Thats stupid, the multiplayer game make no sense ### 1/5 — Doesn't make sense. *2017-11-17* The dot peg signals don't make sense. They are not signals in order of the numbers from left to right. Say the black peg is on the top left square, I'll try different combinations with the same first number until I get to the 6th try, and the first peg is no longer black even though the number didn't change. Too confusing. EDIT: Then that’s a POINTLESS GAME, developer response. SMH. **Developer response:** The order of indicator pegs is not related to an order of numbers in guessed sequence. You do not know which number is correct, you just know that some of them are correct in the correct (black) or in an incorrect (white) position. ### 1/5 — App simply does not give correct feedback *2017-10-17* The peg numbers give false information. It cannot be rocket science to program a game like this! Look elsewhere **Developer response:** The order of indicator pegs is not related to an order of numbers in guessed sequence. You do not know which number is correct, you just know that some of them are correct in the correct (black) or in an incorrect (white) position. ### 1/5 — 🌟 *2015-07-07, version 1.0.9* Absoluter Schwachsinn ### 1/5 — Inutile *2014-07-12, version 1.0.8* Ce jeu appli ca sert a rien surtout s'il faut le payer moi je l'ai eu gratuit. ### 1/5 — Impossible game to win *2014-05-28, version 1.0.8* Seems like a simple game.. But not. I have the ability to understand complex things. - black dot, number placed correctly - white dot, number is present, but not in the right order Yet the dots are randomised, with no reference to pinpoint the order which the black dot is placed. The dots should be aligned straight, not 2 and 2. ### 2/5 — Want to like it *2019-02-27* Can't see the tips so not sure what the dots mean. It comes up but then it moves down or something so I see something about colors but it's hard to read what it's saying what they mean. Can't read the tips if they're hidden. **Developer response:** Thank you for your comment and impact. Fortunately it is already fixed in 2.2.1 ### 3/5 — Good but.. *2022-05-02* This is an interesting game, clever and not easy to solve. Because of that, my criticism is that the results disappear too quickly and there is no way to see the correct answer once you solve it in order to figure out how it works. It’s confusing that the positions of the numbers are not revealed but I understand that’s part of the difficulty and appeal. Still, that being said, we need the screen to either hold until dismissed once the puzzle is solved or the ability to go back and see what the correct answer was. ### 3/5 — Not working *2021-09-22* I love this game. The last 3 days it has been returning answers that are not possible. Something somewhere in the app is broken. Please, please fix it. Thank you for creating this app. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Nice game *2021-05-18, version 2.5.1* Love it! ### 5/5 — Hidden guesses? *2021-05-17* In the new version all the guesses are hidden. Is that a bug? **Developer response:** Hi exarchitect! Thanks for pointing this out. Fortunately this is now fixed in version 2.5.1. Have fun! ### 5/5 — The numbers disappeared *2020-03-25, version 2.2.3* Update: Thank you for fixing it! The app was just fine when code number guessed stopped displaying. Please fix. ### 5/5 — Bello ! *2020-01-28, version 2.2.1* Mi piace molto ! ### 5/5 — Took some time.... *2019-12-31* It took me some time to figure out what exactly I was doing, but once it clicked, the game became MUCH more enjoyable. I guess I should have read the reviews first, ad that would have saved me quite a bit of experimentation. Though.... figuring it out on my own was kind of a little achievement for myself. =D As for the negative reviews... I don't know what to say. I think the developer handled himself in a very restrained manner (much more than I could have). I guess I could say that not everyone is going to enjoy game they try and play... and some people have more patience for games while others just want to win-win-win everything they come across without too much thought or effort (there's Checkers fans and then there's Chess fans.... and everything in-between... not everyone is going to land on the same spot across that spectrum - but those who don't land in the spot they envision themselves landing shouldn't fault the creator of whatever it is they're trying to play:;: that's just rude - accept that you landed where you landed and either be happy with it or strive to reach where you wanted to land). Thank you, developer (I'm sorry, I can't remember the name and hitting 'Cancel' on my review in order to see it will delete what I've written), for making this fantastic little puzzler. Endless replay value and very enjoyable. I'm definitely gonna have to keep my eye open for games you release in the future. =D ### 5/5 — I love this game - can’t find this game any better *2019-10-31, version 2.2.1* ***UPDATE*** 2019-10-31 I’m still playing this game still loving it ***UPDATE*** 2019-07-14 I like this game very much, but can you fix some things?I don’t want to lower the stars unless no response. I play this game on my iPhone & iPad. On the iPhone, I’m asking for more data and I come over to the iPad and find less data. Mind blown! I was asking to be able to see the last screen that we won on. I get on the iPad and even more data is gone! On the iphone, at least, I see what level and how long I took in seconds. I really lovevtoyhg 2019-06-20 Ok, for those bad reviews - Come on! I have played this game 368 times and only lost 13 games and that was while learning the game. If they changed it, it would be way too easy & not worth playing. All I can say to the complainers is to stop being so lazy. Black dot means that one of your numbers is correct & in the correct spot, but they aren’t going to tell you which one. That’s part of the fun. Grey dot means that you have a correct number but in the wrong spot. I solve almost all of these within 5 to 7 tries. What I would ask for is to show or be able to toggle back so that we can see the winning number so we can take a screenshot if we want. If the dev is willing, I have several ideas that would be easy to add for history and such. I would not change the game play at all. I’ve tried at least 10 other similar games and I haven’t found one that even comes close to competing with this one. Thank you for this name. The only way that it could be any better is to give access to better history like seeing the final winning screen or to be able to see how many times you won it in 5 tries or 6 tries, etc. Thank you! ### 5/5 — Great app *2019-07-01* Like this app a lot but a suggestion that would make me like it more would be a dark theme. ### 5/5 — Great Game *2019-06-28* Just like the old Mastermind. One request is to be able to go back and see the game you just finished. It instantly goes to your score, and you cannot go back to review your accomplishment. ### 5/5 — good game *2019-05-19, version 2.1.3* worth it ### 5/5 — Good app *2019-02-26* Nice training for your brain 🧠 💪🏻 --- *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 2026-09-01.*