# Star Gems — user reviews > 153 indexed App Store user reviews of Star Gems by Balloon Island Limited, rated 4.23/5 from 78 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/star-gems/id528857133/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/star-gems/id528857133.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 51 · 4★ 10 · 3★ 3 · 2★ 4 · 1★ 7 ## What do users think of Star Gems? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 🚀 Fast and fun - 👍 Addictive and absorbing - 👍 Great for hand-eye coordination - 👍 Enjoyable and challenging - 👍 Simple but exciting **Cons** - 🐛 Glitches and bugs - 🐛 Freezing and crashing issues - 🐛 Unresponsive touch screen - 🔋 High battery consumption - 👎 Too many ads and interruptions **Commonly reported bugs** - Blocks from previous levels remain on board - Game freezes or stops completely after updates - Colors change automatically during gameplay - Cubes float on top and cannot be eliminated - Touch screen not responsive on first tap **Most requested features** - Allow continuing from last level - Add difficulty settings or level selection - Improve laser gun recharging mechanics - Fix issue with blocks from previous levels - Optimize performance and stability ## Newest reviews (15 of 153) ### 4/5 — Star *2021-08-01, version 4.0* Fast and fun enjoy it very much ### 3/5 — Score numbers to big and on the way *2019-07-01, version 2.8* I would put a 5star but, the sore number are to big and they appear on top of the things that i need to pop, so.... is impossible to see with those big numbers on the top of it ### 4/5 — Fun *2015-09-12, version 2.3* This game is just a simple fun game,enjoy playing ### 4/5 — Space gems *2015-06-27, version 2.3* It's awesome this is my first day playing it ### 4/5 — Good *2015-03-09, version 2.3* Good game! ### 3/5 — Highly addictive *2014-12-25, version 2.3* Reminds me of Big Money. ### 3/5 — Stargems *2014-09-20, version 2.3* Really enjoy the game - fun and fastmoving. I love this game - play it all the time! ### 4/5 — Enjoy this game *2014-08-21, version 2.3* This can be addictive. I play it all the time. ### 5/5 — Super fun games. *2014-07-24, version 2.3* Super fun! ### 4/5 — Woohoo *2014-07-20, version 2.3* Great game, addictive ### 5/5 — Star Gems *2014-07-13, version 2.3* Love it!!! ### 4/5 — :-) *2014-06-10, version 2.3* Fun game, very addictive! ### 4/5 — Good challenge *2014-05-11, version 2.3* Good to challenge yourself and to challenge your brain. ### 5/5 — Great game *2014-05-05, version 2.3* Very addictive ### 5/5 — Awesome *2014-04-17, version 2.3* Can get hard fast, but very addictive! ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — New Glitches *2023-08-03, version 4.2* Hi my name is Dan and I USED to have this game until the new update just happened there are a lot of new glitches in this game, after a few rounds the game GETS STUCK and it STOPS COMPLETELY! So there are NEW BUGS and GLITCHES to work on please do something about it AS SOON AS YOU CAN because I LOVE THIS GAME BUT!, I will not put the game back on my IPad until the bugs are taken Care of. Thank you Dan Bricker ,West Michigan ### 1/5 — Glitches STILL not fixed *2021-09-08, version 4.0* I love this game. I have played it way too much over too many years. I saw a review about how the blocks from the previous level stay on the board when passing to the next level. This review was 8 YEARS AGO!! It makes it very difficult to pass a level when there are blocks on top of blocks from the last level stuck on the board under the new stars, blocks or what ever the previous shape was. I would really hate to delete this game please correct this issue. Thanks ### 1/5 — Worst update ever… *2021-08-04, version 4.0* Too many glitches and bugs!!! I used to like this game so much but I’m really disappointed on the updated version…. The color will change automatically, and the cube will float on top and never be eliminated… I shouldn’t have updated it 🤷🏻‍♀️… ### 1/5 — Star Gems *2021-07-11, version 4.0* The latest updates have thoroughly ruined my enjoyment of the game. I am deleting what was one of my favorites. ### 1/5 — Cool *2014-03-09, version 2.2* Cool ### 2/5 — Cat mom *2023-01-26, version 4.1* The screen doesn’t clear sometimes. ### 2/5 — This game not allow to play continue *2013-06-17, version 1.6* Why this game not allow to play continue when I played loss? And I have to start from stage 1 over and over again? ### 2/5 — Pointless *2013-01-12, version 1.5* Horrible waste of time. Levels don't get harder, if and when they do, just use your "ray gun" and it wipes out the level so you don't have to. When you run out of that just exit the game for a day or so and it recharges. 2 stars because it works on the 5 ### 2/5 — If your lazer works, don't review or update! *2013-01-11* So I gave this five stars and then my lazer quit and the start screen had the standard f-book bs on it. Bogus. Before that I wrote- My go to game to zone out for a couple minutes. Sometimes I even do better mindlessly tapping the screen than actually trying. I haven't had any problems with the later gun either, running iOS5. ### 2/5 — Panda Jam. *2012-11-21* Time clock and number of "counts" for game is out of syntonization. When playing the game, time clock will not run when not playing, as opposed to Bubble Witch Saga, that replenishes lives. My granddaughter loves to play Panda Jam, but gets frustrated when it doesn't count right or time clock does not refill as ALL other (similar) games do. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Been playing for 10 years now. *2023-03-04, version 4.1* I’m 56, tried dozens of games over the years & only this one remains on my phone. I’m an artist. I think this is why I love this game. All the colors. Don’t appreciate the new bombardment of adds, though 😕 ### 5/5 — Fabulous game *2015-09-08, version 2.3* So addictive. Iove it. Can't stop playing. ### 5/5 — Awesome app *2015-07-03, version 2.3* Love it! ### 5/5 — AWESOME!!!! *2015-05-24, version 2.3* Addicting Game!!!! 😁😆 ### 5/5 — Wow! *2015-05-18, version 2.3* Soo addicting, everyday I play this game! ### 5/5 — Addictive *2015-04-28, version 2.3* Fun game and addictive ### 5/5 — Great!! *2015-03-28, version 2.3* I enjoy it so much. It is real fun!! ### 5/5 — Best game ever!! *2015-01-15, version 2.3* Absolutely love this game. I have it on other my iPhone and iPad and play it every spare 5 minutes. Top score is 9 million plus for me so that shows how much I play it!! Forget about candy crush, it's all about star gems for me!!! ### 5/5 — Jill *2014-11-24, version 2.3* Great game. Just completed best score ever. Love it. ### 5/5 — ADDICTED!! *2014-09-11, version 2.3* I can't stop playing. Awesome game --- *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 2026-07-03.*