# Terraforming Mars — user reviews > 895 indexed App Store user reviews of Terraforming Mars by Twin Sails Interactive, rated 4.50/5 from 7,460 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/terraforming-mars/id1353471030/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/terraforming-mars/id1353471030.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 5,697 · 4★ 844 · 3★ 293 · 2★ 214 · 1★ 412 ## What do users think of Terraforming Mars? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 🚀 Faithful adaptation of board game - 👍 Great UI and animations - 🕹️ Smooth solo gameplay - 💰 Good value for money **Cons** - 🐛 Frequent crashes and bugs - 🕹️ Unreliable multiplayer experience - 🕰️ Long load times to resume games - 🤯 Confusing multiplayer features - 🤖 Weak AI opponents **Commonly reported bugs** - Science tags not counted properly - Power infrastructure card not functioning - Inability to place tiles in some cases - Saved games not loading properly **Most requested features** - Undo button for actions - Ability to see final game metrics - Notifications for turn updates - Ability to track win/loss records - More expansion content ## Newest reviews (13 of 895) ### 2/5 — Game synch & Timer ruins experience *2026-08-12, version 2.11.7.130601* Game synch is terrible Constantly freezing and crashing You get locked out of games and you’re karma/ranking plummets You all need to do something about the in game timer It’s like a running clock, it takes time away from me when it’s my opponents turn. Many games, my opponent and myself play at the same pace, yet somehow 15 minutes or more ticks off of my time that doesn’t come off my opponent’s time. Why does my timer run off while the opponent is still on their turn? Why does my timer burn off during production phases? Why does my timer run off during draw phase but my opponent’s does not? This awful timer and the constant game sync issues ruin this otherwise fun game ### 3/5 — Great game but lacking basic features *2026-07-23, version 2.11.7.130601* This app is a fantastic way to play TM over and over with ease. It could be a 5 star game, were it to add two features that are standard in mobile board game adaptations these days in 2026. Missing feature 1: no “undo” button. Almost all digital board game adaptations have one, but TM doesn’t. Play the wrong card or hit the wrong button? Too bad. This game can be crunchy, and the inability to redo an action can be frustrating at times. Missing feature 2: you can only access your DLC if you are connected to the internet. Preludes and Venus Next are great, but if you’re playing this on an iPad and you’re on the road or in an airplane with no wifi, you are stuck playing the base game only. That is no good; other digital board game adaptations let you enjoy DLC without an internet connection (e.g., I can use all my DLC “Root” factions or “Dune Imperium” DLC regardless of internet), so it’s very frustrating that your TM DLC purchases are only sometimes available. ### 4/5 — Online play desyncs *2026-07-09, version 2.11.7.130601* Overall pretty fun, but some of the ui elements could use some work for clarity. Also, online play locks you at 30 minutes of play rather than an incremental “chess clock”, so builds with multiple actions are punished as you use up more time ### 2/5 — Timer ruins experience *2026-07-05, version 2.11.7.130601* You all need to do something about the in game timer It’s like a running clock, it takes time away from me when it’s my opponents turn. Many games, my opponent and myself play at the same pace, yet somehow 15 minutes or more ticks off of my time that doesn’t come off my opponent’s time. Why does my timer run off while the opponent is still on their turn? Why does my timer burn off during production phases? Why does my timer run off during draw phase but my opponent’s does not? This awful timer and the constant game sync issues ruin this otherwise fun game ### 4/5 — Great game needs help from the developers *2026-06-14, version 2.11.7.130601* Has some glitches. You have to go out of the game sometimes and come back in to get it to work. Wish my wife and I could play a private game online without the timer. Other than that, awesome! ### 2/5 — Online play not working *2026-05-29* Online Button not clickable ### 4/5 — Any possibility to support Chinese? *2026-05-29, version 2.11.6.130589* The game UI is nice to play. ### 3/5 — Online not working *2026-05-29, version 2.11.6.130589* I bought this app and its expansions to play with friends. Online just stopped working. No update or explanation from developer. ### 4/5 — Really 4.5 stars *2026-05-09, version 2.11.6.130589* Would be really cool if there were AI players in addition to real people when playing online. Other than that great game ### 3/5 — Greenery *2026-04-21, version 2.11.6.130589* When you add your first Greenery tile without a city on the board, the game always automatically places it in the same place towards the south Pole of Mars. This is really frustrating as it means all subsequent placements of greenery tiles need to be connected to the automatically placed one which is in a really sub-optimal position. Can this please be fixed. Thanks, enjoying the game apart from that. ### 4/5 — Good app, some nitpicks *2026-04-11, version 2.11.6.130589* This app helps makes a long game more accessible. I like the graphic artwork on the cards. The main downside is an AI that is not smart. I quickly realized that even the Hard difficulty level wasn’t a challenge for someone who has played about 10 games with the physical version. My way around this has been to play 4 Hard bots at once to provide more competition for things in the game and it increases the chance that one of the bots has a great game and beats me. I wish that I could click or press on special tiles to see what type of tile they are. I don’t have all of the corps memorized so it would be nice if I could tap or press on the corp name to bring up the same corp overview that appears at the start of the game. There hasn’t been any issues with game saves but I always leave the game at the start of a gen. No bugs or glitches that I’ve noticed. ### 3/5 — Always bugged *2026-04-11, version 2.11.6.130589* I play solo. Basically every "upgrade" breaks something. Steel didn't work for oceans. Ants hasn't worked for many months. Low QA. You will be frustrated. ### 2/5 — Слетели все дополнения *2026-03-25* Заплатила деньги за все дополнения, они теперь недоступны, ни купить повторно, ни доступ получить. Безобразие. В стиме такого нет, как у вас ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Bugs for years! *2026-08-28, version 2.11.7.130601* I still don’t get why Fryx keeps these developers? Three different studios working on this game and over the years it has had its ups and downs, but it has never been fully up! It has taken years to get expansions made, and the bugs just keep coming and coming and coming. honestly, this app is trash compared to other board game apps. Waterdeep is flawless, but this is a nightmare ### 1/5 — In game purchases locked in airplane mode *2026-07-25, version 2.11.7.130601* This is a long game, something you’d want to play on a plane ride to pass the time. I’ve spent more on this game than any app I have and it’s pretty rude and unprofessional to lock those purchases in airplane mode. I refuse to believe they need to constantly check whether I’ve made the purchases to keep them live on my app. ### 1/5 — This game used to be great, but now I can’t even start a private game *2026-07-07, version 2.11.7.130601* I can’t gather a private game, and the asynchronous pass and play timer expires much faster than 30 or 45 days, it expires sometimes within half a day, something is wrong and it would be great if someone could look into this. ### 1/5 — Broken after Colonies release *2026-06-10, version 2.11.7.130601* The game continues to break even though it’s been months since the latest expansion was released. This is unacceptable. ### 1/5 — No DLC offline *2026-06-08, version 2.11.6.130589* I don’t understand why if I purchased the game and the DLC(twice by the way on steam and iOS) it won’t let me play the DLC with out cell service or wi-fi even if I was just connected minuets ago. ### 1/5 — No connection *2026-06-07, version 2.11.6.130589* Lately connection has been no good, I paid for a game all for me not being able to play it ### 1/5 — Off line fails *2026-04-26, version 2.11.6.130589* Purchased multiple in game upgrades that are now no longer available unless I’m online. Stupid bug ### 1/5 — Keeps losing purchases *2026-04-09, version 2.11.6.130589* It seems like every other time I open the app. It’s forgotten all of my purchases. I’m gonna have to go in and restore them before playing. Previous versions have been great, but this is really getting irksome. ### 1/5 — Why why why *2026-03-29, version 2.11.5.130581* Love the game but every update breaks existing multiplayer games. So frustrating! ### 1/5 — Super Buggy *2026-03-24, version 2.11.5.130581* Broken again… won’t load games anymore… getting real tired of literally never being able to finish a game. I love the game, but the app is SO buggy. I currently can’t start a game with friends… it is like this after every update. Super frustrating. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — I love this game *2026-08-30, version 2.11.7.130601* Have been playing for a few years. I play by myself against ai. Would like another game / card update soon. ### 5/5 — There no back button when u make a mistake *2026-08-28, version 2.11.7.130601* Only gripe I have about this game is there no back button. Once u make a mistake u can’t take it back. ### 5/5 — Great game *2026-08-12, version 2.11.7.130601* Great game. AI players could be more competitive. ### 5/5 — Good *2026-07-21, version 2.11.7.130601* It is good. Worth the couple bucks ### 5/5 — Great game! *2026-07-14, version 2.11.7.130601* I truly love this game here and on Steam. Terraforming Mars works well as a mobile game. ### 5/5 — Awesome *2026-06-24, version 2.11.7.130601* Just like the board game spot on easy to play unlike other similar games ### 5/5 — Great alternative to the board game *2026-05-21, version 2.11.6.130589* I like playing both. This is good for learning strategy and solo play. ### 5/5 — Still playing 5 years later *2026-04-11, version 2.11.6.130589* Great digital version of the game. The AI is not that great, but the game is still entertaining me years later. ### 5/5 — Glitching game *2026-03-21* After updating to 2.11.5 there are a lot of bugs. Online game glitching. After exit and reenter, I see endless loading on 85 or 96% Also icons of plants/steel and others on the map bugs when I change scale. I bought this app on two devices so I very upset seeing such a bad application work. 1 star until you’ll fix bugs ### 5/5 — Request *2026-02-07, version 2.11.2.130556* Good app, love the game in general, but have one quality of life request. It would be nice if the state of a local game against AI was able to persist between app instances. Thanks! --- *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 2026-09-05.*