# Star Battle: Grid Logic Puzzle — user reviews > 22 indexed App Store user reviews of Star Battle by chengshan zhou, rated 4.60/5 from 61 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/star-battle-grid-logic-puzzle/id6751416837/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/star-battle-grid-logic-puzzle/id6751416837.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 45 · 4★ 10 · 3★ 4 · 2★ 2 · 1★ 0 ## Newest reviews (3 of 22) ### 4/5 — Love this game! *2026-01-23* I found this game while searching for something similar to LinkedIn’s Queens and I really love it! The levels are a good mix. I also really like the journey games that populate every few days. I purchased the ad free version. My only complaint is that it seems that the undo button adds some undos to your tally every day, but I can’t earn hints or puzzle checks the same way. I have to watch an ad if I want a hint, which feels frustrating since I purchased the ad free version. **Developer response:** Update: Based on player feedback, we’ve recently added a new benefit for Ad-Free players. After completing the Daily Challenge, Ad-Free players can now receive a free Hint reward each day. Thank you again for helping us improve the game! Thank you for your feedback, and sorry for the confusion. After purchasing Remove Ads, all forced ads should be removed. The ad you saw when tapping Hint is an optional rewarded ad, which is still available by design. That said, we understand this can be unclear, and we’re improving the wording and behavior in an upcoming update to make this distinction clearer. Thanks again for supporting the game — we really appreciate it! ### 4/5 — Needs one small improvement to be perfect *2026-01-22* The autofill feature needs to include the row and column as well. Aside from that it’s a great app, very simple and lots of puzzles to solve **Developer response:** Thank you for the helpful suggestions! We really appreciate your feedback. The improvements you mentioned are already on our roadmap, and we’re planning to include them in an upcoming update. Thanks for helping us make the game better! update： We’ve recently added the Auto-X feature and made improvements to the overall experience in the latest update.（You can enable it in Settings → Auto-x ） Feel free to give it another try — we’d love to hear what you think! ### 4/5 — Autofill *2026-01-20* The “X”’s should fill in automatically or at least give an option for it. **Developer response:** Thanks for the suggestion! update： We’ve recently added the Auto-X feature and made improvements to the overall experience in the latest update.（You can enable it in Settings → Auto-x ） Feel free to give it another try — we’d love to hear what you think! ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Adverts *2026-06-27, version 1.7.1* So many adverts for hints and rewinds - not worth it. If you pay, you still get ads. Avoid ### 2/5 — Shein ad *2026-08-17, version 1.7.3* This app is great I use it a lot although starting this week I just keep getting sent to shein without clicking on anything over and over again ### 2/5 — Purchased no-ads, still have ads *2026-03-02, version 1.6.0* The game is fun, however I purchased the option to relive add, and there are still ads in the game. ### 2/5 — Ad removal doesn’t remove all ads *2026-02-25* I really like the game, but am annoyed that paying to remove ads doesn’t remove it for things like undo, check, and hint during a level. Undo being behind an ad wall is particularly frustrating. I just cannot give a higher rating for features that should not still be behind ads when paying for an ad-free experience. **Developer response:** Update: Based on player feedback, we’ve recently added a new benefit for Ad-Free players. After completing the Daily Challenge, Ad-Free players can now receive a free Hint reward each day. Thank you again for helping us improve the game! Thanks so much for your feedback! You’re absolutely right—Undo should be free for players. We’re happy to let you know that in the next update, Undo will be available for everyone without watching ads. For features like Check or Hint, currently watching an ad is required to use them even if you’ve removed forced ads—this is part of how these tools are designed. We understand this can be confusing, and we’ll add clear explanations in the game in next update so it’s easier to understand. We really appreciate your support and hope you enjoy the game even more with these improvements! ### 3/5 — Major ad glitch makes it unplayable *2026-07-28* I want to love this game, but every time I watch an ad I get stuck in a loop that does not allow me to go back and get my reward! I would HAPPILY pay to remove ads for hints. I don’t even really mind the ads, but I need to be able to “x” out of it and back to the game. **Developer response:** We’re very sorry about this. Ads are provided by third-party advertising platforms, so we cannot directly control their content or close buttons. We’ve noticed that some ads hide the “X” until you tap the screen once after the video ends. If you still cannot close the ad or receive your reward, please contact us through Settings → Contact Us, preferably with a screen recording. We’ll also report this issue to the advertising platform. We appreciate your suggestion about a paid option for ad-free hints and will seriously consider it. ### 3/5 — Fun but annoying *2026-07-04* Discovered this game playing on my computer and then got this app for my phone. It’s well designed with plenty of levels and the hints are insightful sometimes. It’s the amount of ads that’s incredibly annoying. On my computer all the hints are free so I can hint my way through a hard puzzle to learn how to solve them better. For this app it’s a 30 second ad with four different buttons to close to get only one hint, which is fine if it’s a complex row deduction but for only one square elimination or to be told don’t forget to count your rows here! Is pissing me off. And then there’s also ads in between puzzles. You should be able to watch one ad for 10 hints or be able to watch a 2 minute ad for a free hints pass for 24 hours. On a difficult puzzle I end up spending more time on the ads than the puzzles themselves. Even if you pay for the ad free version you still only get one free hint a day. If it gave you unlimited free hints like I can get on my computer I would consider paying for it. If this is improved I will update my review. **Developer response:** Hi, thank you so much for your detailed feedback. We’re really happy to hear that you enjoy the design, levels, and the logic behind the hints. About hints that sometimes only remove one square: our hint system calculates the next logical step based on the current board state. Sometimes that small elimination is actually the key step required before more advanced deductions become possible. If we skipped it and jumped ahead, the next hint might become much harder to understand. Regarding ads: we agree that a completely ad-free experience is always better. Our current model is to make all levels free and available to everyone, so ads help support continued development. Some puzzle games use a different approach with a limited number of free levels followed by paid level packs or subscriptions. We chose this model because we want every player to be able to access all puzzles. We’re also adding more ways to get free hints. Currently, players can already receive free hint rewards during weekend events, and our next update will introduce a daily check-in feature with more free rewards. Thank you again for taking the time to share your thoughts. Feedback like this really helps us improve the game, and we’ll keep working to make the hint experience better. ❤️ ### 3/5 — Some improvements for 5 star *2026-06-26, version 1.7.1* Good game, scratches the same itch as the NYT version, something that’s missing is adding other notes to squares, I always jot down boxes to denote ‘there is a star in this area’ or some way of noting that a star must be in related squares. ### 3/5 — Well-done app but can’t sit through ads *2026-03-30* This is a good game and fun to play. I purchased the remove ads version however I still have to watch an ad to get a hint. I understand this is how the app is built, but I don’t have the patience or the time to do that, I’d rather pay to get a hint. **Developer response:** Update: Based on player feedback, we’ve recently added a new benefit for Ad-Free players. After completing the Daily Challenge, Ad-Free players can now receive a free Hint reward each day. The shop system is also added in settings. Thank you again for helping us improve the game! Thanks for your support and feedback. Remove Ads currently removes forced ads, while hint ads remain optional rewarded ads, as explained in the game. We understand this may still be inconvenient for some players. In the next version, we plan to add more ways to obtain hint items. Thanks again for helping us improve the game. ### 3/5 — Long, creepy ads *2026-01-23, version 1.4.0* Had to delete this. Game good but for hints you have to watch extremely long ads, one of which encouraged sexual chat with a child (developer states they have since removed it) ### 4/5 — Entertaining but some “easy” puzzles are super hard *2026-02-28* I like playing this and the interface is pretty nice. It’s certainly worth the purchase as the ads are pretty disruptive. I like easy puzzles that I can knock out quickly but I have found many in the easy category that take a LONG time. I don’t think that I am doing anything incorrectly? **Developer response:** Have you had a look at the solving strategies in the settings? 👀 Some puzzles may feel harder because of a key trick that’s easy to miss. Once you get familiar with these strategies, they should feel much easier. Thanks a lot for your feedback — we’ll keep working on improving the overall experience! ## Most praised reviews (9 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — fun and challenge *2026-08-30, version 1.7.4* Simple, clean, and surprisingly addictive. The puzzles are fun and make you think without being too stressful. I especially like the daily puzzle and the different difficulty levels. Great game to pick up for a few minutes. ### 5/5 — F *2026-08-16* Game is great but it keeps jumping into the ads as if I clicked it- getting really annoying **Developer response:** Thanks for your feedback! We’ll continue working to improve the ad experience. If you run into any other issues, please feel free to contact us via Settings → Contact Us. ### 5/5 — Thank You *2026-07-15* I love the game I haven’t ran into any problems so far. Thank you for the challenge **Developer response:** Thank you so much! We’re glad you’re enjoying the challenge. If you ever run into any issues or have suggestions, feel free to contact us anytime through Settings → Contact Us. ### 5/5 — Best queens app *2026-05-20* This is hands down the best app for queens/star battle etc games. The note taking, x autofilling, undo, and hints features are the best I’ve seen in any similar apps. The biggest downside is that there aren’t enough puzzles!! I’ve finished all 1000 puzzles and do the daily puzzle every day—I really wish there were more! Please bring back the event packs or add more 14x14 games! **Developer response:** Thank you so much! 😊 We’re really happy to hear you enjoy auto X-fill, undo, and hint systems. More content, especially 14x14 puzzles and event packs are coming，and we’re definitely considering adding more in next version. Thanks again for the support and for playing every day! ### 5/5 — nice queen puzzle *2026-03-07* interesting and fun，good game，especial 10*10 puzzles ### 5/5 — Best Queens Game Available *2026-02-09, version 1.5.0* I downloaded about 15 different versions of Queens and some of them were way too easy. Some of them the design was horrible but this one has thousands of options and only gives you adverts if you require a hint or to go backwards. In other words, don’t use hints or go backwards and you have a perfect game. Nice interface challenging puzzles and I really like the version which has two stars per section. I’ve not seen any other game try that one. ### 5/5 — My favourite game *2026-02-09, version 1.5.0* I love this game so much ☺️ it’s my favourite thing to do when I’m feeling anxious or stressed lately. I’ve had the most fun playing this. The app is made really great. I don’t have any negative feedback except for the super long ads I have to sit through when I need hints at times. But overall I love it and I would recommend it to anyone to play ### 5/5 — Interesting *2025-12-24* Deep logic challenges with a great hint system. Perfect balance between difficulty and guidance. **Developer response:** thank you，your support help us to make more games！！！ ### 4/5 — Easy to use, but would like hints option *2026-01-29* Had to update my review because it was user error, and I didn’t realize I had options beyond the daily puzzle. I would really like the ability to pick 1 star games, as I find these easier to play and more relaxing. I appreciate the dark mode option, as well as the auto x’s. Only issue was that for some reason I found it very hard to find all these features when first playing, and assumed it didn’t have them. Maybe a tutorial? I wish there were hints available. And maybe this is user error but I didn’t see any. I see an option that seems to check if anything is wrong, and an option that appears to just place a star for you. But I would rather it give me a hint that tells me a strategy of how I should know what to mark off next. Also, please label icons. I didn’t realize what the buttons did until I clicked them. I didn’t want it to place a star, just give me a hint and an explanation. **Developer response:** Thank you for updating your review and for the detailed feedback! You’re absolutely right that the onboarding and the lack of labels on some buttons aren’t very user-friendly. We apologize for the confusion this caused, and we’ll be improving tutorials, icons, and explanations in future updates. Just to clarify a couple of points: The button that looks like it “places a star” is actually the Hint feature. It analyzes the current board and reveals a tile that can be logically confirmed. In some cases, that confirmed tile happens to be a star, which can make it feel like the game is placing a star for you. We agree that the current icon and explanation are not clear enough, and we’ll work on making this more intuitive. We’re also exploring ways to make hints feel more like strategy guidance rather than automatic actions. Thanks again for your thoughtful suggestions — they’re very helpful and appreciated! --- *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 2026-09-23.*