# Stair Free — user reviews > 109 indexed App Store user reviews of Stair Free by Alec Thomson, rated 3.40/5 from 233 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/stair-free/id1029090030/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/stair-free/id1029090030.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 104 · 4★ 35 · 3★ 17 · 2★ 14 · 1★ 63 ## What do users think of Stair Free? Overall sentiment: negative **Pros** - 🎮 Fun and addictive gameplay mechanics - 💡 Creative and innovative concept - 🎨 Charming character animations - ⚡ Quick gameplay sessions - 🆓 Free to download and play **Cons** - 📺 Forced ad-watching to continue playing - ⏱️ Severely limited play attempts (5 games) - 📖 No tutorial or instructions provided - 🐛 Inconsistent game mechanics and physics - 💰 Aggressive monetization strategy - 🔄 Repetitive gameplay with no variety - 🎵 Missing music and sound design - ⚠️ App crashes and stability issues - 🎯 Confusing controls and unclear objectives - 🔁 Tips restart despite reaching milestones **Commonly reported bugs** - App crashes frequently during gameplay - Flight path prediction inaccurate - Character climbs wrong objects when sliding blocks - Tips notification resets despite reaching 25m milestone - Inconsistent game physics and mechanics - Controls unclear and unresponsive **Most requested features** - Comprehensive tutorial or 'how to play' guide - Remove or reduce mandatory ad-watching - Increase play attempts before ads required - Add background music and sound effects - Implement game customization options - Alternative monetization methods (cosmetics, premium version) - Time-based or countdown game modes - Offline gameplay capability ## Newest reviews (16 of 109) ### 4/5 — Quick review (and how to enjoy the game more) *2018-05-11* Settings -> Stair Free -> Disable cell data -> Don’t complain about ads Not a bad game overall. It has its bugs, but I found it to be enjoyable. Definitely worth a try. ### 1/5 — DO NOT BUY *2015-10-01* You only have 5 tries. No one buy this game. It is a ripoff. To get more than 5 tries you have to pay. DO NOT GET! But it has potential. ### 1/5 — required to watch ads to play *2015-10-01* It's ridiculous that you have to watch ads in order to play the game. ### 1/5 — You have to watch ads to play *2015-10-01, version 1.0* It would be a good game otherwise but this just ruins it for me ### 1/5 — Malísimo *2015-10-01, version 1.0* Solo te deja jugar 5 veces, si queres jugar de nuevo tenes que ver una publicidad. ### 1/5 — Do Not Get *2015-10-01* This game REQUIRES you to watch ads to play the game, I understand giving players the option to watch ads or even have a little banner that constantly has an ad, but this game does not let you play after the first 5 loses unless you pay or watch ads. Also I assume that half of the 5 star ratings are paid written buy members of the game creation or players given an unfair incentive to write it, like the game for free or even being paid. ### 1/5 — 5 plays.... Really? *2015-10-01* Only get five plays before having to watch a video to get five more ### 1/5 — Annoying *2015-09-30, version 1.0* The ad system ruins the whole game they should find a better way to implement ads. ### 1/5 — lixo *2015-09-30, version 1.0* tem q pagar pra jogar ### 1/5 — WTF is this game *2015-09-30, version 1.0* It's too terrible to even explain; they make you watch ads to play (therefore not making it a offline game), and very hard to understand. WORST GAME DO NOT GET ### 1/5 — Complete cash grab *2015-09-30, version 1.0* In order to play you have to watch ads!?! Complete and utter trash ### 3/5 — Good game but.. *2015-09-30* I like the game and the concept. However, there are times when I slide a block for the character to climb on and she will climb something completely different. It's just a bit annoying. Also there are no instructions on how to play the game. So at a certain point when I come across this stupid circle-y thing, I die every time because I don't know how to get around it. Instructions would help. The "tips" are really annoying. Says they'll go away after you reach 25m, but they restart every time you open the app for the first time, despite your high score of 25m+. ### 2/5 — Dont get this game *2015-09-30* ITS SOO BAD ### 1/5 — Why I don't play free games on the app store *2015-09-30* It's no surprise that ads make a somewhat decent game a very bad one, and to me this is the worst example of this. You have five attempts before you have to watch an ad to get five more, which is especially bad when you don't pay attention and die in the first three seconds and loss a try. Also, the games own rules aren't consistent, the so called "flight path" doesn't work. When you jump, the path shows where you land, at least it is supposed to. Where the path fails is when you can get like another 10 ft. higher than what it says. So, don't be like me and play this desperate attempt for developers to get money. ### 1/5 — Ad city *2015-09-30, version 1.0* Too many ads. Boooo ### 3/5 — Too many ads *2015-09-30* 5 attempts then ads for 30-60 seconds is bull-ish Loose the ads Make a time mode Make countdown Make anything you want but loose the ads its over the top ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — HUGE DISLIKE *2016-06-19* the game has no tutorial, limited plays and if you want to play more, you must watch adds(they're like 1.5m each!) ### 1/5 — 5 plays *2016-02-25* Good gameplay, but limited plays ruins the whole thing ### 1/5 — Horrible *2015-11-22* I can't believe that someone actually thought that implementing a system where watching ads to keep playing their game was a good idea. Horrible mistake. ### 1/5 — Extra turns by watching ads? *2015-10-27, version 1.0* Poor game execution ### 1/5 — Waste of time *2015-10-03, version 1.0* A game takes less than 30 seconds. After 5 games you watch ads and an invitation to buy. You spend the majority of your time looking at your highjacked device. Hard sell of the worst kind. ### 1/5 — Worst game ever *2015-10-03, version 1.0* Who made this dumb game where you have to watch ads to play ### 1/5 — Piece of crap game *2015-10-02, version 1.0* You're required to watch an ad video to earn every 5 games. So not worth it, DONT DOWNLOAD! ### 1/5 — Terrible *2015-10-02, version 1.0* What a waste of time ### 1/5 — 0 stars dont download *2015-10-02, version 1.0* Dont download this game its boring plus you need to watch ads to play you dan only play 5 times then you need to watch an ad DONT DOWNLOAD ### 1/5 — Nope *2015-10-02, version 1.0* The basic game mechanic is not fun. Who the hell makes these dumb featured lists? ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Отличная задумка и реализация! *2017-12-19, version 1.0* Круто ### 5/5 — Отлично *2015-10-22, version 1.0* Отличная идея! И реализация хорошая. И схема монетизации справедливая - за 5 попыток игры нужно посмотреть одну видеорекламу. ### 5/5 — Love this game *2015-10-01* The game is very addicting, watching ad should be problem as it is for free and the team deserves it for their master piece. Great work! ### 5/5 — DESCARGALO YA!!! *2015-09-30, version 1.0* Me encanta este juego es muy entretenido ya he llegado a 106m!! ### 5/5 — So what if there's adds?? *2015-09-29* Ya there's ads but the game is free. If I made a free game I'd want to prosper off of my work a little. Is that so wrong?? It's not a bad thing. It's only bad when it's excessive and annoying and unplayable ### 5/5 — 👌🏼fun *2015-09-28, version 1.0* This game is amazing. It's a fun game to play in your spare time. Recommend it. ### 5/5 — Probably the future of ads *2015-09-27* Dig the game, but also—love it or not—this is quite possibly a stroke of brilliance in the way of advertising. ### 5/5 — Great game *2015-09-26, version 1.0* Good quality game ### 5/5 — Lol *2015-09-26, version 1.0* Bueno ### 5/5 — Good *2015-09-26, version 1.0* VERY GOOD --- *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 2026-08-19.*