# Spotlight: Choose Your Romance — user reviews > 803 indexed App Store user reviews of Spotlight by Crazy Maple Studio, Inc., rated 4.50/5 from 12,221 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/spotlight-choose-your-romance/id1511550641/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/spotlight-choose-your-romance/id1511550641.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 8,872 · 4★ 1,676 · 3★ 768 · 2★ 309 · 1★ 596 ## What do users think of Spotlight? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 💕 Fun and engaging stories - 👍 Good character customization options - 🚀 Smooth animations and visuals - 🎨 Diverse range of stories and genres **Cons** - 💰 Expensive diamond choices - 🔍 Limited free options - ⏱️ Short chapter lengths - 🔁 Repetitive ads - 🐛 Glitches and bugs **Commonly reported bugs** - Ads not working properly - Diamond purchases not registering - Freezing and crashing issues - Inconsistent character appearance **Most requested features** - More ways to earn diamonds - Longer story chapters - Reduced diamond costs for choices - Additional customization options - More LGBTQ+ representation ## Newest reviews (17 of 803) ### 3/5 — Nice!! *2026-08-13, version 1.8.4* I do like the stories & all, but there could be an easier way to get diamonds and hearts and so on, but good! ### 3/5 — could be way more enjoyable *2026-07-23, version 1.8.4* Hi! so this game is super fun, definitely something i like to play in my free time. but there’s a couple things that stop this game from being 5 stars and being the best simulation game. In this game all the good paths cost gems, usually like 17 gems, and you only get 1 gem for completing a chapter and one gem for watching a ad that’s like 3 minutes long. i find it so hard to find this game enjoyable when i basically go broke choosing one good path. my only request is maybe giving us one or two more gems per chapter or ad, or maybe make the ads not 3 minutes long😭🙏 ### 2/5 — Ads and earning *2026-07-11, version 1.8.4* There are too many ads. I will be in the middle of reading something and it goes to an ad. Also, there’s now way to earn more diamonds. I mean a decent amount. Each choice is way too many and you only earn 1 per ad. ### 3/5 — Great game but.. *2026-07-08, version 1.8.4* I really like this game. The many choices to be made are far superior to any similar game I’ve found.. HOWEVER, it’s ridiculously expensive to make any premium choices. I’ve spent over $50 on 1 full story plus 3 or 4 chapters of another and I still wasn’t able to make all the premium choices. I don’t believe I’ll keep the 2 monthly subscriptions I purchased simply for that reason. I would HATE this game if I didn’t have the $ and had to only play the free version. ### 2/5 — ads *2026-05-31, version 1.8.4* was a good app but now you can’t even finish a chapter without having three ads minimum in between, its gone down so i’m deleting ### 4/5 — This is a very good game *2026-05-24, version 1.8.4* I honestly like it ### 4/5 — Português *2026-04-06* Podem adicionar idioma português ### 4/5 — Game is mid *2026-04-03, version 1.8.4* I like the app and the stories but I think that we shouldn’t have to pay for diamonds or hearts. Like the game is really good, but it would be better if everything was free and we wouldn’t have to be having ads every minute. ### 3/5 — Ad during the stories *2026-04-02, version 1.8.4* The amount of ads I watch during the middle of the stories kinda ruined the vibe ### 4/5 — All of them *2026-03-09, version 1.8.4* I love all of them but I like midnight kisses more ### 5/5 — My opinion: *2026-03-02, version 1.8.4* It’s a fun game and I really like it! ### 5/5 — . *2026-02-27, version 1.8.4* Love but keeps freezing and it’s annoying. ### 3/5 — SPOTLIGHT PLEASE READ *2026-02-18, version 1.8.4* I absolutely love this app and the stories are amazing so I would give it a 5 star… but can we please allow creators on the app to create or update their stories!!😁❤️ ### 3/5 — Disappointed *2026-02-13, version 1.8.4* It looks like a great game but there’s is no way to create a male “mc”. Not everyone playing this is a female. ### 5/5 — Spotlight *2026-02-13, version 1.8.4* It’s a great game and also a have had it for years and now I’m hoping you create more games like this ### 3/5 — Watching adds *2026-02-09, version 1.8.4* Great game, but in the tutorial it said that you could watch adds for premium choices but I can’t, the add button NEVER shows up. ### 3/5 — Ponerlo en español porfa *2026-02-04, version 1.8.4* B ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Decent options require payment *2026-06-07, version 1.8.4* I don't like that decent options within the stories require purchase. The non purchase options are horrible (ie. Clothing) and the characters say mean things when the paid clothing options are not chosen. ### 1/5 — Too many ads *2026-05-23, version 1.8.4* The fact that ads crop up in the middle of the story as well as the beginning just makes it not very enjoyable wasting more time watching ads than playing the game and they use the same character models as a game I’ve also played ### 1/5 — Spotlight Feedback *2026-02-19, version 1.8.4* CLICK-BAIT THE CURVY BODY SHAPE ISN’T THE SAME IN THE AD PICTURES WISH THEY WERE BODY OPTIONS ### 1/5 — Wow great game *2025-08-31, version 1.8.4* Too many commercials everything cost diamonds don't even know if I'd enjoy the story because of that ### 1/5 — Annoying *2025-08-11, version 1.8.4* There's just too much ads!! I think there's more ads than the stories itself. And it costs too much diamonds to pick choices. I'm deleting. It's not even worth recommending. ### 1/5 — I LOST ALL MY ITEMS AND ALL MY PROGRESS *2025-07-24, version 1.8.4* Why doesn’t this app have restore purchases??! I started playing this game in 2023 and I had a lot of progress stored and saved up. I took a break and now I want to come back to see everything I left behind….(my hearts, my clothes, my books, and my avatar) THEY’RE ALL GONE!!! I made multiple reports on customer service and got no reply or help ever. All of my progress has just VANISHED. Like I was starting new or something. How did I go from 1000+ diamonds and 500+ hearts…to NOTHING. They started me back from the beginning with no choice and I didn’t even get a chance to restart back to where I was at! This is Insane. Out of all the bug fixes yall do for this game you can’t even fix this MAJOR problem?? ### 1/5 — Choses cost too much! *2025-07-20, version 1.8.4* Whenever you want to make a good chose you have to uses diamonds which either you have to pay real $$ for or you have to watch ads. I refuse to ever spend real $$ on games and you get 1 diamond for each ad. The choses cost between 10-20 diamonds so I spend most of my time watching ads instead of playing the game. It’s so frustrating! ### 1/5 — Problems *2025-07-14, version 1.8.4* The problem with the game is that it doesn’t have unlimited diamonds and lives ### 1/5 — 👎🏻 *2025-06-14, version 1.8.4* Gems are too hard to get and paid version is expensive can’t even enjoy it need to watch at least 4 ads to go another chapter that’s too much 🤦‍♂️ ### 1/5 — Need a redo/restart button *2025-05-01, version 1.8.4* How do I restart? I made a mistake and can’t replay the story. I’ve tried deleting and redownloading, clearing cache, logging in & logging out. Nothing seems to work, please give the option to wipe everything and start over. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Fantastic *2026-08-09, version 1.8.4* I have only read 1 book so far but fantastic ### 5/5 — WOW *2026-08-07, version 1.8.4* Cuuuuute ### 5/5 — LGBTQ *2026-07-11, version 1.8.4* Love it thank you ### 5/5 — 10/10 *2026-06-13, version 1.8.4* It’s so good the drama and romance in the one I’m watching is so good i love it ### 5/5 — LBGTQ *2026-05-30, version 1.8.4* Love it thank you ### 5/5 — Spotlight chooses your romance *2026-05-18, version 1.8.4* I love this game ### 5/5 — Maybe an update idea *2026-04-21, version 1.8.4* Future update ### 5/5 — Love❤️ *2026-04-17, version 1.8.4* I love it so much I been on this game for like 2 years now I really enjoy the stories so beautiful ### 5/5 — Meow *2026-04-04, version 1.8.4* Meow meow meow meow meow ### 5/5 — yess *2026-03-29, version 1.8.4* hey this game is pretty good! I downloaded it thinking, oh wow this looks disturbing, after my first story, i was like oh yeahhh But then there’s diamonds, and if u wanna pick a good choice in ur story, U never have enough diamonds unless u buy them with ur own money, but also the hearts. U have to wait an hour or like 6 mins less than an hour just to play the next chapter for the story. Other than that, no complaints! Recommend for 13-14 and older --- *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 2026-08-29.*