# Tail Gun Charlie — user reviews > 195 indexed App Store user reviews of Tail Gun Charlie by Panic Ensues Software, rated 4.70/5 from 1,197 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/tail-gun-charlie/id1173623952/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/tail-gun-charlie/id1173623952.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 857 · 4★ 294 · 3★ 32 · 2★ 4 · 1★ 10 ## What do users think of Tail Gun Charlie? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 👍 Fun to play - 🚀 Smooth gameplay - 💡 Realistic bullet physics - 👍 Great visuals and sounds - 🚀 Challenging but addictive - 👍 No ads unless you want extras - 👍 Good progression and difficulty - 👍 Satisfying shooting experience **Cons** - 🐛 Guns overheat too quickly - 🐛 Sudden difficulty spikes - 🐛 Scoring algorithm issues - 🐛 Bugs and crashes reported - 🐛 Controls can be finicky **Commonly reported bugs** - Weapons/power-ups freezing up - Loading screen getting stuck - High scores not updating properly **Most requested features** - More variety of planes and weapons - Ability to upgrade guns and power-ups - Additional game modes or levels - Vibration and voice acting features - More windows/viewpoints on the plane ## Newest reviews (17 of 195) ### 4/5 — Great Entertainment *2026-02-28* Found this by coincidence…. It’s challenging, but with practice you will be able to beat the levels. Some of the planes are a real pain, but I enjoy getting better with every try. ### 4/5 — Just starting *2026-01-06, version 1.6.0* Seems addictive and challenging ### 4/5 — Great game *2025-03-28, version 1.5.11* Great game ### 5/5 — Awesome *2025-03-27, version 1.5.11* Best game i’ve played in years. Excellent shooting game with great visuals and physics. And no ads! ### 5/5 — Great! *2024-12-14, version 1.5.11* Fun to play. ### 5/5 — Excellent *2024-10-28, version 1.5.11* Lots of fun here and lots of shooting. Just what I want. Works real smooth on my iPad. You can shoot the enemy pilots that bail out, very cool. I wish there were boats to shoot at too. ### 5/5 — I LOVE THIS GAME *2024-10-17, version 1.5.11* This game is always challenging and fun and I have encountered no ads in my time of having it, which is more than what I can say for other games so if you’re looking for a challenging yet fun game with no ads then this is the one. (You may think this is just a bot or something but trust me it’s not this game is just so fun.) :) ### 5/5 — Awesome *2024-09-12, version 1.5.11* This game takes me back to the early Beachhead games of the 90s, what a blast. 1 note, sound doesn’t work on any of my devices. ### 5/5 — Melvin *2024-06-03, version 1.5.10* Really good game. ### 5/5 — Turkey shoot *2024-04-01, version 1.5.10* Excellent game , for the fast eyes , quick thinking challenging you’re aiming abilities. ### 5/5 — Great *2024-02-09, version 1.5.10* To me very realistic including down to the machine gun cooldown I've played many games but this one keeps you on the edge not knowing what's next in suspense ### 5/5 — Good game *2024-01-23, version 1.5.10* Kills time and fun to play. Would be nice if you could add like a vibration feeling when firing the weapon and maybe hear the flight crew talking and giving status thanks. ### 5/5 — Amazing but 2 things *2023-12-30, version 1.5.10* It’s a really fun game but it would be better if you could get more guns after you beat all the waves I really like this game but I would love if you add windows on the side of the wall.I always die to planes on the side ### 5/5 — Lotta fun! *2023-12-07, version 1.5.10* Takes some getting used to, but fun, fun, fun! ### 5/5 — Love this game! *2023-10-28, version 1.5.10* This game has so many levels and power ups. I’ve had it for over a year. One of the things I like, beside smooth game play is you can decide if to want to watch commercials to get more shields or not. Clear graphics and never lags. Also you don’t have to be on line to play. It’s a fun and challenging game! ### 5/5 — Best game ever *2023-09-23, version 1.5.10* This game has everything I don’t know how you don’t like this game but this is a game that doesn’t lie and I would please like a update for deferent types of guns and not just the dual 50.cal brownie machine gun and like missile launcher or antiaurcraft gun ### 5/5 — Отлично *2023-09-14, version 1.5.10* Разрабочик позволяет тебе самому решить, смотреть тебе рекламу или нет, это очень уважительно с его стороны, к тому же лично меня это даже провоцирует смотреть рекламу, чтобы поддержать его. Игра простенькая, но интересная. Рекомендую. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Rigged scoring algorithm *2025-04-24, version 1.5.11* Reminds me of carnival “games”. Literally turn a plane to smoke with perfect hit, yet no points for you, wasn’t a “critical hit”. Session waves usually don’t contain enough possible points to win a game, you’ll need to watch another ad. 🍭 ### 1/5 — Weapons/Power ups freezing up *2024-07-19, version 1.5.10* I've been having my weapons/power-ups freezing up while trying to play the game! Emailed the problem but only received one response that didn't deal with the issue, no further response!! Fun game when it worked!!! ### 1/5 — Don’t listen to complaints *2024-03-18, version 1.5.10* I’ve been playing for 2 yrs .. That said I can not EVERREACH THE HIGH SCORE ! I have Maxed time, planes destroyed , anything you can do … went and looked only to find the high score to be DOUBLE what I scored simply not possible. When I write these people I get a form letter. There HORRIBLE I like the game and it’s fun but frustrating becuase I cannot see my personal best or even last score ### 1/5 — Emmyt Milnes *2023-03-15, version 1.5.9* This game is really fun to play until it gets virtually impossible to shoot down planes. ### 1/5 — Ads *2023-02-04, version 1.5.9* just loaded and went through tutorial and was going to practice but had to go through three ads and felt it was never going to stop, I’M OUT ### 1/5 — I don’t want an ad every time I click on practice *2023-01-31, version 1.5.9* STOP SHOWING THESE CRINGE ADS EVERY TIME I HIT PRACTICE ### 1/5 — Hi *2022-10-11, version 1.5.4* It was a fun game. But for some reason.. it is stuck right know and I was doing real well. Please fix this I’m very upset ### 1/5 — Horrible turning! *2021-02-13, version 1.4.13* It has bad graphics and it is hard to turn. I had to move my hand all around and I couldn’t shoot the planes. Also, the guns overheat in like five seconds! Worst game ever invented!!!!😡 ### 1/5 — DELETED AFTER 5 MINUTES! *2020-12-29, version 1.4.13* Got boring very quickly. Felt the onset of motion sickness. Stopped playing & deleted game. ### 1/5 — Crap *2020-06-07, version 1.4.11* Load of rubbish ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Throw Back Fun *2026-05-06, version 1.6.0* I love the advanced graphics on the old-school theme of the classic tailgunner experience! It reminds me of being in the arcade in 1981 but better graphics! ### 5/5 — Wonderful and entertaining *2026-01-08, version 1.6.0* The game is challenging. Ads are minimal. What I really like is that you’re not punished when you fail at any particular wave of enemy aircraft. You are simply provided with another opportunity without having to watch an ad or pay a price. Highly recommend ### 5/5 — Charlie *2025-12-16, version 1.6.0* Really fun to play ### 5/5 — They must have made this game for me👍👍 *2025-10-27, version 1.6.0* Some tweaks are needed. Will get better with every update 👍 ### 5/5 — Top gun *2025-08-07, version 1.6.0* Tricky and tough, but very satisfying and good to fill an empty 5 minute slot. Reminiscent of Rear Gunner. ### 5/5 — Great game 5 ⭐️ *2025-07-29, version 1.5.11* Awesome game NO ADVERTS unless you use up all your war bonds Great for old school veteran gunners like myself 😺😺😺😺😺 ### 5/5 — Just what I was looking for *2025-06-20, version 1.5.11* I like the semi realistic bullet physics. It’s not easy to master, which I really like. Though it does get suddenly harder. Like one level your doing fine, the next you're trashed to a pulp. I’d rather it wore me down over time. Also the guns sound more like drums, which really hurts the experience. Nothing like the guns in the classic movie Memphis Bell, which sound awesome. ### 5/5 — Awsome *2025-05-20, version 1.5.11* Amazingly fun game ### 5/5 — This game is the best game *2025-04-12, version 1.5.11* So good barely any ads and a perfect amount of violence perfect amount of planes ### 5/5 — Gg *2025-04-05* Good 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.*