# Stranded Without A Phone! — user reviews > 107 indexed App Store user reviews of Stranded Without A Phone! by Gilligames, rated 4.60/5 from 218 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/stranded-without-a-phone/id789784596/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/stranded-without-a-phone/id789784596.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 167 · 4★ 30 · 3★ 6 · 2★ 6 · 1★ 9 ## What do users think of Stranded Without A Phone!? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 🚀 Consistently enjoyable - 👍 Simple yet satisfying - 🚀 Addictive gameplay - 👍 Great concept and challenge - 👍 Peaceful and relaxing **Cons** - 🐛 Crashes and loading issues - 🔒 In-app purchases feel exploitative - 🐛 Compatibility problems with newer devices - 🐛 Progress loss and save issues - 🔋 Tedious resource gathering **Commonly reported bugs** - Frequent crashes and app failures - Saved game data loss - Screen alignment issues on tablets - Compatibility problems with newer iOS versions **Most requested features** - More islands and story content - Expanded crafting and building options - Multiplayer and co-op modes - Endless/survival mode - Improved graphics and visuals ## Newest reviews (14 of 107) ### 4/5 — Cool concept great game need new ones!!! *2022-02-02, version 3.320* Pretty cool game concept, liked totally having to figure things out first time or two. Liked that it kept gradually challenging each time played even on the easy/medium levels. Keep waiting for new editions with different objects to build make or use/eat; for this only 4 stars. Got a little tedious. Loved been able to play entire game without ads. Loved having an end goal. Where did your team go, man. Waiting for more games like this. ### 4/5 — Island survival *2021-05-23, version 3.280* Great game, but I’ll be honest, there wasn’t enough depth to make it worth investing real money. The dog mechanic is the best part. I would recommend playing up the ‘alien planet’ aspect of the game to help the game stand out. Update the assets so it looks more like an alien planet and not just another tropical earth island. ### 5/5 — Great fun *2019-09-19, version 3.180* Lots of fun things to discover. ### 3/5 — Game crash *2019-08-27, version 3.180* Game crashing after last update ### 5/5 — Best app on the store ! *2019-08-15* Have genuinely been playing this game for about 6 years now , on and off . And it’s simply the greatest game on the App Store . Enough said 😊 ### 5/5 — Excellent game! *2019-08-12, version 3.170* Very in depth and engaging. Surviving is satisfying and unforgiving in the early game. Utilize your dog! ### 3/5 — Death is illegal *2019-04-10, version 3.130* Death should not be impossible Visual aspect lacks harmony and taste A few things do not seem to be worth building if playing towards an end Overall great application ### 5/5 — Epic game *2018-09-02, version 3.130* This game is awesome. Please keep the updates coming. ### 3/5 — More options *2018-08-04, version 3.130* It’s good but would be nice if when trying to get the raw fish we actually get at least one and also if we had the option to have 2 free slots for new games as only having one isn’t really fair. Another thing would be to have somewhere for the dog to go to at night for sleep instead of laying where it is. Other than that it really is a good game ### 5/5 — Not what you think! *2018-05-31, version 3.111* I went into this thinking it was some sort of horse management game. Nay, I could not have been more wrong. ### 5/5 — I love this game so much *2018-05-27, version 3.111* I do say this update is a huge improvement to the game. I would like it more if you could add farming in it or just something extra to spice it up a bit. Other than that this game is great! ### 5/5 — Upgrades *2018-03-14, version 3.05* Awesome upgrades ### 4/5 — Good game *2018-03-09, version 3.04* This is actually a pretty good survival game, though it has a steep learning curve, and can be difficult to get started ### 5/5 — Love the upgrades! *2018-03-04, version 3.00* My favorite new features are actually seeing the items on the ground, the tiki hut and inventory are wonderful!!, the auto walk back to the hut, the birds flying around, but I think my favorite has to be the night scene... the crickets and the lightening bugs are so peaceful. Great additions!! ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Played for years *2026-05-14, version 3.327* Recent updates have basically trashed the game. Now it’s a pay for incremental upgrades like they’ve slowed down your movement and you can pay to walk faster. Now you have a dog that just chases away the boars you’re trying to hunt. The inventory takes up the screen and now I can’t seem to get it to close so I can’t see where I’m going. I would rather paid five bucks for the game to start with and just have it work. ### 1/5 — Stranded without a phone *2021-04-13, version 3.280* What ruins this game is the ridiculous amount of time a player has to spend on making food and drink ### 1/5 — Doesn’t work anymore *2020-05-15, version 3.210* Constantly crashes on startup since iOS update ### 1/5 — It was fun *2019-08-18, version 3.180* I was having fun till I got to level 30 and my game would open till the loading screen at the beginning and would crash I would not recommend getting this game as it is to slow pase. ### 1/5 — DO NOT MAKE PURCHASES *2018-05-20, version 3.11* Absolutely do NOT make in app purchases! I bought a time tiki which the game said was a charge of 0.99! Later, my charge history shows $2.17! This is absolute bull and I will not be supporting their app in the future. SCAM! ### 1/5 — I used to love this game, now it feels like a scam *2018-03-25, version 3.051* I was not happy but I paid for the task accelerator upgrade. I fished out $1.99 not realizing it was for one game and not a permanent upgrade. This was not stated anywhere. I feel ripped off. ### 1/5 — Frustrating *2018-01-02, version 2.03* Won’t load after day 10. ### 1/5 — Awful *2017-08-26* Rip-Off. Absolutely atrocious. Awful game. Bad graphics. Wouldn't recommend ### 1/5 — Boring *2017-07-08, version 2.02* Unless you tell them to search you will walk for hours and find nothing. You get 6 inventory spaces and nothing stacks. You spend more time in your menu than actually playing the game. It is just too difficult to do anything. Did I mention no tutorial? ### 1/5 — Won't open *2017-04-14, version 2.02* I used to play this game ages ago so I know it's good, but with the latest update the game won't even open. Just instantly crashes. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Keep Coming Back to it Every Year *2025-05-19, version 3.327* What a simple yet satisfying game. I’ve had it for for what at least 8 years and have consistently loved it. I’d pay quite a lot of money for the developer to keep working on it. More islands, story continues etc. I lOVE IT ### 5/5 — New updates *2024-08-03, version 3.325* Are you ever going to update this? ### 5/5 — Almost perfect *2024-03-06, version 3.325* This game was fun when I first played it a long time ago and is still fun now however I lost alot of progress when a mushroom grew on the spot where I was keeping all of my building materials for the hut. If you could fix this then I would give 5 stars. Overall, its very fun and adequately challenging. ### 5/5 — New updates! *2022-09-19, version 3.320* Updates! ### 5/5 — Love this game! *2021-05-04, version 3.280* This game is great! I love the “adventure” of each new game. I hate in-app purchase but a few dollars on a hut, bandages & fast-food is a must but well worth it! Thanks! ### 5/5 — Perfect game *2020-12-16, version 3.260* I don’t play many games but I love this one. I wish there were more things to create, to have everything respawn, more items to build, things to plant, maybe a way to keep the boars alive for future use, have more things to do on the island after the rescue. Once you reach the end of the goal, I just end up loitering around the island with nothing more to create or do & the island is just bare with no trees. For ongoing game play, it would be nice to add more things to this good game. Otherwise the game is fun to play and I recommend it to anyone! ### 5/5 — What Mobile survival should be *2020-12-11, version 3.260* Great game I don’t mind the steep learning curve as it’s like actually learning to survive. The purchases I feel do take out some of the charm but I understand why some want it to be easier. Overall keep it ditch most other survival ripoffs this is something unique to mobile ### 5/5 — Great fun *2020-09-21, version 3.250* I first played this years ago, but looks like enough has changed to warrant another playthrough. Its a fun game and I like how difficult it is when you first start out. Nice to see it’s still getting updates too. A bigger island and more things to craft would be cool. A smoker to preserve your fish? A map area which is blocked off until you can craft something to open it up? One thing I didn’t like was how you can walk one tile, and the HUD and minimap disappears, and then takes over a second before it pops back into view. Would be much better if it was instant, or maybe just hide the items not the map and inventory. ### 5/5 — Coathangers *2020-01-25, version 3.210* How do you get a coathanger?! ### 5/5 — Freedom *2019-09-25, version 3.200* This game gives me a chance to desires from all the digital demands causing stress. I know that’s deep but I appreciate you creating this 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 2026-08-31.*