This is a True Story User Reviews

Customer Experience

Positive experience73.6% of reviews
Neutral7.5% of reviews
Negative experience19.0% of reviews

~ Based on 174 written reviews from the US App Store.

What users say

Is This is a True Story Safe?

This is a True Story appears safe based on user ratings. AppsHunter Safety Score for This is a True Story is 94/100.

This assessment is based on 3,216 user ratings, with an App Store average of 4.7/5.

Safety Analysis

92.4% of ratings point to a safe experience
3.1% of ratings suggest some concerns
4.5% of ratings point to a risky experience

~ Based on 3,216 App Store ratings for This is a True Story.

Is This is a True Story Legit?

This is a True Story appears to be a legitimate app. AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for This is a True Story is 90/100.

Based on 90 of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.

Top reviews

What is this?

I thought one round trip was just the tutorial, and that there would be at least 10 times more story content afterward. I never expected that after making the coffee, the credits would immediately start rolling. Is that really the entire game?

This is the shortest game I’ve ever played in my life. It’s not even close to being a finished product — it feels like an incomplete demo at best. If it wasn’t finished, you shouldn’t have released it in the first place.

What a disappointing experience.
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Response from developer

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Upsetting

A heartfelt but very upsetting game, showcasing the difficulties many people face getting access to something so basic as water. It’s not a comfortable game to play and that’s the point. I wish I could help those that need support, especially children. It breaks my heart to think of all the kids who don’t have access to all the things we take for granted, who struggle just to survive. The graphics are also mostly beautiful aside from some glitching pink patches and some of the missing landscape.
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I (WE) NEED MORE!

in all my years, i cant recall reviewing a gaming app, I enjoyed this game soo much, especially after recently traveling to south Africa recently! I (WE) MORE CHAPTERS! the creators, voice actress are geniuses

Nice message but boring (and buggy) gameplay

It’s great that the game is creating awareness for water insecurity but this game is boring. You’re walking and reading text. That’s pretty much it. A couple of no fail, no stakes minigames (make coffee) rounds out the experience. There’s also visual bugs that kill immersion. You can see the boxes where the trees have been put in because they’re purple. Kills the immersion to be walking on bright purple ground in the desert in Africa.
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Coffee time

A good game/story

A year with no updates?!?!

Moving the character is not very intuitive. I’m also seeing lots of bugs that ruin the beautiful backgrounds. For example, who would walk through a grassy field to come upon a pink, blotchy body of water? It seems the developers stopping caring about this game, so we should stop downloading it and trying to play it.
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Color

Change color issue

Fun

Awesome

Seemed lovely but buggy

I really wanted to enjoy the game, but it had so many bugs, the ground kept having those bright purple rectangles all over in every other frame. :(

Short but Sweet

This was a beautiful story while being interactive and educational.

More Stories

This game is absolutely stunning, I would love to see more stories added.

Bel gioco ma…

Bel gioco ma va ottimizzato, per iPad appaiono delle zone fucsia sullo schermo, come se mancasse qualche pezzo

Leider nicht fertig!

Es gibt einige Bugs, der Bildschirm ist rosa beim spielen, dass stört leider total und das schön gemalte Ölgemälde ist verschandelt…

Bande violette par terre

Je suis sur IPad 9 eme génération et il y a un problème d’affichage, donc incompatible. Assurez vous de rendre le jeu compatible avec tous les IPad avant de le sortir…

Please make a second one!!

This game is so interesting and calming please make a part 2!

Nearly 4 star but they fix it

This is soo good like relaxing! The song too the main menu song is good also bring me nostalgia!👍👍👍👍

Ce n’est pas un jeu vidéo.

Comment un jeu sans gameplay ni véritable histoire peut être bogué ? Par ailleurs, à mon sens, il y a bien d’autres manières de faire passer un message et de sensibiliser à un combat que de créer un jeu au gameplay quasi inexistant et à l’histoire si basique (aller chercher de l’eau… et c’est tout. Faire un café en revenant…), si joli soient les décors (quand ils apparaissent et ne sont pas bogués, n’apparaissant que des aplats violets).
Dommage.
La cause vaut mieux que ça.
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a mother life

I love this game because after I play the the game I know a mother life

True Story

I like it

Mesmerizing, heartbreaking, powerful

Holds interest and balances beauty and hardship. More story than puzzle. Highly recommend.