# Snake '97: retro phone classic — user reviews > 385 indexed App Store user reviews of Snake '97 by dsd 164, rated 4.73/5 from 3,892 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/snake-97-retro-phone-classic/id438052745/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/snake-97-retro-phone-classic/id438052745.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 3,251 · 4★ 287 · 3★ 97 · 2★ 46 · 1★ 98 ## What do users think of Snake '97? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 🎮 Nostalgic gameplay - 👍 Authentic retro experience - 🎨 Customizable phone skins - ⏱️ Adjustable game speed - 💰 Free to play **Cons** - 🐛 Occasional glitches and bugs - 🔍 Unclear controls and button mapping - 💤 Lack of pause functionality - 📺 Intrusive ads - 🔌 No offline mode **Commonly reported bugs** - Screen resizing issues - Unresponsive controls - Inconsistent scoring behavior - Accidental menu access during gameplay **Most requested features** - Add haptic feedback for button presses - Implement a pause button - Provide an ad-free paid version - Optimize for larger screen sizes - Add more phone skin options ## Newest reviews (19 of 385) ### 4/5 — Love this game *2026-08-09, version 7.4* But it starts too fast ### 4/5 — It’s fine *2026-08-07, version 7.4* It is good just the controls are a bit confusing but it’s a good game over all ### 4/5 — Fun but too many ads *2026-06-01, version 7.4* Really like this game, and scratches the itch to return to the snake games from my youth, but too many ads between games means I will probably abandon this at some point ### 3/5 — Please add keyboard/controller support! *2026-03-02, version 7.4* Great reproduction of the classic Snake game. However, using touchscreen controls is a bit unwieldy for Snake. It would be great if keyboard/controller support was added! ### 4/5 — Just like the old school games *2026-02-16, version 7.3* It has every version of snake and on all the different model phones, pretty cool. It does make you watch add’s every time you die, which kinda sux. ### 5/5 — Nostalgic *2026-02-13, version 7.3* This game brings me back to a time when things were a little more simple, boredom was inevitable, and games like this actually kept one’s attention. ### 5/5 — 🤩🤩🤩 *2026-02-05, version 7.3* I like it! ### 5/5 — Amazing game *2026-01-20, version 7.3* Brought back good memories ### 5/5 — Nostalgic and fun *2026-01-06, version 7.3* It’s a extremely good game and the controls are 1abc=up/left and 9xyz=down/right but it’s also sooooo fun and brings me back to the good old days ### 5/5 — Awesome *2026-01-04, version 7.3* The adds are really the only downside but the emulation is amazing ### 3/5 — 1997 throw back *2025-12-28, version 7.3* Great memory feel like the past was entering a new faze👍🏼. ### 5/5 — Best retro game!! *2025-12-24, version 7.3* Great game! Exactly like the old Nokia phone from back when we were kids!! ### 5/5 — OG Snake *2025-12-06, version 7.3* Identical to the original game I played when I was 8 years old with my Nokia lol, good game. ### 5/5 — love it *2025-11-01, version 7.3* im an 11 yr old boy and i loooove nostalgia, i have a wii, an nes, an snes, a N64, gameboy advance, color, regular gameboy, sega genesis, and sega gamegear. i also listen to 80s and 90s music bc my dad plays it in his jeep a lot. this game makes memories. im going to remember this game forever. THANKS NOKIAAA also sub to 354Creativ im the shorter less bald one in the pic ### 5/5 — Old school Snake - yes! *2025-10-30, version 7.3* Does exactly what it says on the tin. I’m so glad this exists. Love that you can play the old and ‘new’ versions. The skins with the photos of the phones are perfect, right down to the scuffs. Love this. ### 5/5 — Love it! *2025-10-29, version 7.3* Have loved this game since 1997. Was so glad to find it again ### 5/5 — best game ever seriously *2025-10-27, version 7.3* i’ve been playing this game for over 10 years and it is had down the best almost got the screen blacked out! ### 5/5 — Best Game *2025-10-27, version 7.3* Ever! ### 5/5 — My Fav *2025-10-25, version 7.3* I’ve been playing this game forever since the Nokia phones back in the day. I LOVE this game a staple of game. ❤️ ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Why? *2026-02-24, version 7.3* Updated and ruined a perfectly good app by adding long, invasive video ads after every game. The app was fine for 15 years. Why change it? How sad. ### 1/5 — Who gave the snake crack? *2025-09-19, version 7.3* Cleary dudes never ACTUALLY played snake when hes got it starting off on full speed… ### 1/5 — It doesn’t work *2025-09-07, version 7.3* When I click the phone and then the phone agian it brings me to the game but then I click and it brings me back to the phones??? ### 1/5 — worst game i’ve ever seen *2025-03-22, version 7.2* can’t even use the controls 💀 ### 1/5 — SOS *2024-08-16, version 7.2* What is this game do not get it you can’t delete it!!!! #sos #malwere ### 1/5 — Annoying ads *2024-08-02, version 7.2* I don’t remember having to watch an ad after every game or two on my Nokia. Please at least give us the option to buy an ad free version! ### 1/5 — Too fast *2024-01-15, version 7.2* Starts off way to fast. Old game started off slower and would gradually go fast as your snake grew. ### 1/5 — Snake *2023-05-27, version 7.2* Boss game a shame number 1 is not quite responsive enough as a snake player I use the number 1 and 9 to call ntol the snake impossible to reach high score ### 1/5 — Brh *2023-02-18, version 7.2* Controls r shocing ### 1/5 — 🌖 *2023-01-20, version 7.2* Only played this for 30 seconds and just had to uninstall. It’s complex just to do basic manoeuvres. My highest score was 14. I know I only played for a brief moment but I don’t think I would’ve ever beaten my high score. My childhood is ruined. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Best game *2026-08-15, version 7.4* Feels like the 2000’s ### 5/5 — Wow! Amazing! *2026-07-31, version 7.4* This brings back memories of when I was a child and used to play this game. It’s so fun I love it. It’s so simple and the best part is there’s no online trolls who say racist things to me. Not that I’m black or anything but sometimes people call me the N word. ### 5/5 — Pretty fun replaying this game *2026-06-17, version 7.4* Fun game if you played this 20+ years ago it’s the same nostalgic ### 5/5 — Simple, sweet, and nostalgic *2026-06-06, version 7.4* Out of nowhere, I got this sudden midnight craving to play the old-school Snake on a button phone. I found this app, and honestly, it’s so heartwarming that you guys actually recreated that exact vibe! Just wanted to leave a review to support you—this is incredibly cool. Thank you! ### 5/5 — Stunning *2026-06-06, version 7.4* S T U N N I N G !!! ### 5/5 — Nothing wrong with this app at all *2026-04-12, version 7.4* This will be the best app to the original Nokia snake game, Don’t understand what the negative Nancys expect! Perfect screen size ### 5/5 — The Only Game You Need *2026-04-05, version 7.4* I don’t have any games on my iPhone, not much of a mobile gamer, but I make an exception for this blast from the past. Great app. Thanks to the developer for this labour of love. ### 5/5 — Please add option to lock settings button while playing. *2026-03-23, version 7.4* Thank you for this outstanding retro game. It would be great if there was an option to lock settings options while playing as I consistently press on it while playing. ### 5/5 — Love it - great nostalgia *2026-03-06, version 7.4* Brings back great memories of playing this on my mom’s cell while we did errands. Good times! ### 5/5 — Ads *2026-02-16, version 7.3* I’d love an option for lifetime no ads. Please don’t make this subscription based. --- *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.*