# Taiko no Tatsujin Pop Tap Beat — user reviews

> 1,227 indexed App Store user reviews of Taiko no Tatsujin Pop Tap Beat by Bandai Namco Entertainment Inc., rated 4.90/5 from 19,878 ratings.

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/taiko-no-tatsujin-pop-tap-beat/id1463360242/reviews
- App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/taiko-no-tatsujin-pop-tap-beat/id1463360242.md
- Rating breakdown: 5★ 18,003 · 4★ 1,241 · 3★ 342 · 2★ 118 · 1★ 174

## What do users think of Taiko no Tatsujin Pop Tap Beat?

Overall sentiment: positive

**Pros**

- 🎮 Engaging gameplay
- 🎨 Appealing visuals
- 🎶 Great music selection
- 🕹️ Smooth controls
- 🎯 Accurate hit detection
- 🎨 Cute character customization
- 🏆 Rewarding scoring system

**Cons**

- 🎵 Limited song library
- 🕰️ Slow online matchmaking
- 🔍 Difficulty tracking stats/leaderboards
- 🖼️ Blurry notes on high refresh rate displays
- 🤕 Challenging blue note timing

**Commonly reported bugs**

- Occasional missed inputs/note detection issues
- Random score changes without explanation
- Sound effects not working for some users
- Game freezing/crashing on certain devices

**Most requested features**

- Add more songs, especially from popular anime and video game franchises
- Implement local multiplayer support
- Allow adjusting drum pad size for better accessibility
- Add a story mode or other single-player content
- Improve online matchmaking and leaderboard functionality

## Newest reviews (17 of 1,227)

### 2/5 — Maybe it's a region thing? Not the same songs as shown in the preview video

*2026-08-18, version 1.32.0*

I'm not sure if it's a regional thing, but I've been looking for some songs that were shown in the preview video like Hyakka Ryouran and Saitama 2000, but they're not there. Maybe they were a limited time thing, maybe they're only available in Asia? I don't know, but it seems like false advertising to me.

### 3/5 — It's good

*2026-08-10, version 1.32.0*

The game is pretty good but the levels are hard

### 3/5 — Taiko no Tatsujin

*2026-08-08, version 1.32.0*

This game has so much potential but it lacks some super basic but incredibly importsnt features which almost every rhythm game has, like adjusting the note speed (overall) and increasing the note offset to a higher value than what the maximum is, for wireless devices. There aren't a lot of songs but there are some really fun ones, and i wish the difficulty didn't jump so much between 7 and 8. This is a decent game for practice but it could easily be better

### 4/5 — Where is the don doko don?!

*2026-07-20, version 1.31.0*

Hey team taiko. This is my first taiko game I should say. But…one thing is missing … ya know how DON-Chan used to say “don doko don “ in other games? Like where did it go? So maybe we need to return that quote for don. Anyways amazing taiko game!

### 5/5 — Plz add these songs :3

*2026-07-16, version 1.31.0*

1. Machine love(that Teto song)2. Static(by FLAVOR FOLEY)3.  Looping the rooms (Rusino made song) 4.propose(9Lana wrote song I think) dats it :3 plz add these songs if u able 2

### 4/5 — Wonderful

*2026-07-14, version 1.31.0*

I like the game. You have to be focused, and have reflex in the drum roll, but the songs don’t come often.

### 5/5 — Jogo muito bom

*2026-07-12, version 1.31.0*

Um dos melhores jogos do arcade, o único problema é as musicas disponíveis, enquanto no site tem varias musicas o app no arcade tem poucas e as que tem não são as melhores :/

### 5/5 — Ka

*2026-07-10, version 1.31.0*

So the blue note is hard to play. Please just put the blue note on the other side of the red note 🟦🟥🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

### 5/5 — Very good

*2026-07-06, version 1.31.0*

I love the character

### 5/5 — needs face customization

*2026-07-05, version 1.31.0*

Really really good, however the Don and Ka faces need to align with your color. Also ka could be your opposite colour

### 5/5 — 너무좋은데 키보드도지원해주세요

*2026-07-03, version 1.31.0*

너무너무 좋아요 근데 보컬로이드 노래도 추가해주시고(모니터링, 체리팝) 아이패드나 폰으로 할때 키보드도 지원해주세요 ㅠㅠ

### 5/5 — Verry good and fun

*2026-07-01, version 1.31.0*

so cute and addecting

### 4/5 — Awesome rhythm game

*2026-06-27, version 1.31.0*

I like how it has license songs and Japanese songs because this is a fun game

### 5/5 — เกมแนะนำ

*2026-06-27, version 1.31.0*

ภาพสวย เพลงเพราะ ฝึกสมาธิดีมาก

### 5/5 — I know some japanese

*2026-06-26, version 1.31.0*

This game got me into japanese culchre and songs

### 5/5 — Great Game, Minor Inconvenience

*2026-06-20, version 1.31.0*

I’ve been playing the arcade version and console versions for about 10 years now. This game’s song selection is INCREDIBLE for a mobile game and It’s so much fun. My only minor inconvenience is that sometimes I need to reboot my game because of audio that glitches out. You immediately notice it, however it doesn’t affect gameplay at all. Amazing game!

### 2/5 — No sound on iPhone 17 pro max

*2026-06-14, version 1.31.0*

Good game but not working for some reason... No sound at all. Not working as well on Apple TV

## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated)

### 1/5 — Songs in wrong genres

*2026-08-28, version 1.32.0*

Some songs are in the wrong genre,
Like with the mlp theme it shouldn’t be in anime,
Anime isn’t short for animation
It’s short for Japanese animation,
It’s short for animation only in Japan and in other places it’s short for Japanese animation

### 1/5 — Boring

*2026-08-19, version 1.32.0*

Boring GAME Ihave ever played

### 1/5 — It scammed me because I got it and it didn’t say I completed and inaccurate star ratings

*2026-08-08, version 1.32.0*

:(

### 1/5 — The beats and the music are completely off beat!

*2026-04-07, version 1.30.0*

Absolutely terrible, do not waste your money on this, the music is completely off beat compared to the notes. Tried to adjust it but it barely worked and was still too fast/slow depending on the song, and on the highest adjustment, the note simply disappears. Do better

### 1/5 — No sound on iphone 17

*2026-01-09, version 1.28.0*

Pls fix the sound

### 1/5 — 14pro iOS 26 黑屏 无法游戏

*2025-11-17, version 1.27.0*

进家具

### 1/5 — Lags on iOS 26

*2025-09-26, version 1.27.0*

I'm on an iPhone 16 plus and ever since iOS 26 it's been unbearably laggy at times to play. I've turned off adpative power, and low power mode, and it's still a lottery as to wether it'll be too laggy to play that day. I hope this can get fixed soon. Input seems fine though, so if you can handle a laggy map it should still be somewhat playable by ear.

Update: disabled cellular data for the app, and now I get no lag. It seems to be some kind of a Game Center issue.

### 1/5 — こんな最悪なゲーム初めて

*2025-07-17, version 1.25.0*

鬼のレベルをクリアしようと両手でプレイすると、早く打つ譜面で画面が変に反応して一時停止に。続けてプレイする、初めからやり直す、とか一々選択画面が出てくる。何度もそのせいでフルコンボを逃した。イライラするしこのゲームをしなければよかった。

### 1/5 — Music problem

*2025-05-13, version 1.24.0*

No music when play

### 1/5 — 曲が少ない､､､

*2025-04-07, version 1.23.0*

ぼくはこのアプリで初めて太鼓の達人をプレイしたんですけど、ゲーセンの太鼓の達人をしてみたら、曲数の違いに驚きました。

知ってる曲も少ないし、クイック対戦？みたいなやつは全然マッチングしないです。

最近は曲を追加してるけど、もっとたくさん追加して欲しいです。

判定は善良で、着せ替えもできるので、そこはとても良いと思います。

改善をお待ちしています。

## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated)

### 5/5 — Just a couple song recommendations

*2026-08-19, version 1.32.0*

Hi, people at Bandai Namco. Ever since last year, I’ve been really into playing Taiko no Tatsujin. In fact, when I found out that you guys were putting it onto Apple Arcade, I was over the moon to play it. I’ve enjoyed playing through all the songs, and unlocking all the costumes and drum sounds (my personal favourite being the conga). Now onto the point of this review. You see, I’m a big fan of musicals. And there’s a musical that I think has songs that would be perfect for this game. The musical is called Epic, and it’s about the Greek epic of The Odyssey, which is the journey of Odysseus and his 600 men returning to Ithaca after the Trojan war. And you two have the same thing in common, which is cool songs with drums. I hope you take my idea into consideration. Thank you, and have a good rest of your days! (Ps, you can listen to Epic on Spotify. To help make it less confusing, Epic is split into 2 Acts, with albums called Sagas. There is, however, a specific order of how you must listen to them. The order is as follows: Troy, Cyclops, Ocean, Circe, Underworld, Thunder, Wisdom, Vengeance, and Ithaca.  I hope you enjoy listening to it. Thank you and goodbye 😊

### 5/5 — Canciones VOCALOID

*2026-08-16, version 1.32.0*

Agreguen mucho más canciones en VOCALOID, estoy esperando Charles 😭😭😭

### 5/5 — Add MUTEKI TEKI HAPPINESS and THE INTENSE VOICE OF HATSUNE MIKU! 😊

*2026-08-13, version 1.32.0*

I LOVE THESE SONGS

### 5/5 — taiko NO.1 ！！！

*2026-08-06, version 1.32.0*

太鼓最好玩！

### 5/5 — Love this game but more song?

*2026-08-03, version 1.32.0*

I love this game. However, VOCALOID song is not that much. I hope more VOCALOID song will be added. I hope I can see song named Clone Clone (ft. Gummi and Kagamine Rin) on VOCALOID song section

### 5/5 — Love it!

*2026-08-03, version 1.32.0*

I love the songs so lovable

### 5/5 — Very good

*2026-07-31, version 1.32.0*

Brilliant game love it super good recommend

### 5/5 — Good

*2026-07-30, version 1.32.0*

Really good like the game was like it was really hard and like you gotta be really locked in and it was really fun. You should buy it.

### 5/5 — Great game, but…

*2026-07-23, version 1.32.0*

Love the game, for reals! There’s just one thing. As a vocaloid fan, I feel like there’s not enough vocaloid songs in the catalogue! Some vocaloid favs of mine(and some of the fandom),” Love me, Love me, Love me by Kikuo! Another that’s kinda popular is ,”World is Mine” by supercell. Otherwise this game is great! Thanks!!!

### 5/5 — I’m gay

*2026-07-21, version 1.31.0*

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