# TouchTone™ — user reviews > 96 indexed App Store user reviews of TouchTone™ by aeiowu, rated 3.40/5 from 87 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/touchtone/id962133182/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/touchtone/id962133182.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 38 · 4★ 11 · 3★ 9 · 2★ 10 · 1★ 19 ## What do users think of TouchTone™? Overall sentiment: negative **Pros** - 💡 Interesting story and narrative - 🧠 Challenging and satisfying puzzles - ✨ Stylish visuals and design - 🎶 Great soundtrack - 🚀 Smooth difficulty curve - 🤔 Thought-provoking themes - 💯 Well-balanced gameplay **Cons** - 😴 Repetitive puzzles - 💰 Overpriced for content - 👎 Storyline can be tedious - 🚫 No in-game help - 😠 Racist and misogynistic content - 😵 Puzzles can be frustratingly difficult - 😐 Story not always connected to gameplay **Commonly reported bugs** - Levels not loading / black screen - Game crashes frequently - Lost progress / reset to tutorial - App unresponsive - Aspect ratio issues - Tutorial puzzle not loading - Game not working on iOS 12 - Resetting progress when switching apps **Most requested features** - Add more puzzle variety - Include in-game hints or help - Translate the game into other languages - Allow background audio playback - Revisit bonus levels - Add more story elements or twists - Improve story integration with puzzles ## Newest reviews (15 of 96) ### 4/5 — Issue with black screen resolved *2019-04-09* Thanks for fixing it! It worked after updating app and also updating IOS. ### 2/5 — DO NOT GET *2019-04-04, version 1.2* Got this game a while ago. It was actually pretty fun. Only problem now the game no longer works (no puzzles load) and has basically been abandoned by the devs. Save your money. ### 2/5 — Crashes all the time *2019-02-09, version 1.2* On my iPad and iPhone. ### 1/5 — BROKEN APP *2018-12-06, version 1.2* I purchased this app because it seemed like it would be fun. The "tutorial" is broken and shows me a black screen, tried reinstalling to no success. Give me a refund.. waste of money ### 1/5 — Don’t buy game crashes on tutorial. *2018-11-16, version 1.2* Would like to play this, unfortunately the screen goes blank when you start the first tutorial mission. I have emailed the developers about the problem but have received no response. ### 1/5 — Black screen *2018-10-27, version 1.2* Black screen on levels using iOS 12 ### 3/5 — Doesn’t work with iOS 12 Update *2018-10-07* Just purchased about two weeks ago. I was able to enjoy it for a week before the new iOS was released. Now game won’t run. Starts up but screen goes black when selecting a puzzle. All my other apps were updated and work fine. This is the only one. Hope they fix or else I just wasted my money. Three stars only because I was enjoying up until that point. **Developer response:** Hi Sleyer73, I know it's been awhile since you played but we've managed to drum up the resources to fix the game. It should be working on iOS12 now if you want to give it another shot. ### 1/5 — Game is broken on my device *2018-07-09, version 1.2* iPhone 8 Plus, when I click on the first tutorial level I get a black screen. I can touch an invisible button on the bottom of the screen to bring me back to the menu. Several attempts to contact the developer directly have gone unanswered. Help, please? ### 3/5 — iOS 11 issues *2017-11-08* Love the game, but it’s not working on iOS 11. ### 1/5 — Racist and boring *2017-01-02* This game was clearly built by some pretty racist people, not long into the game, it states something along the lines of "well he's Iranian and Muslim, so he must be bad...". A game that fuels hatred is unacceptable in my opinion. Besides that, it's also extremely boring. ### 3/5 — Great story, repetitive gameplay. *2016-06-17* TouchTone is a lot of fun for the first 30 or so levels, until you realize, oh, that's all there is. There are three "worlds" (for lack of a better word), and all the mechanics you ever see in the game are introduced in the first world. Similarly, there's no clear difficulty curve beyond that first world. Puzzles get harder and harder and then the game plateaus and you're at the same level of difficulty for an interminable amount of time. The story is interesting and subversive and there's a fun little twist at the end, but then the game just sort of ends (and doesn't make a whole lot of sense when it does). If TouchTone was a third the length, it'd be twice as good. ### 3/5 — Tedious, overpriced *2016-03-10* I'm struggling to remain interested. There is no variance to this game. Every time I clear a lock and a new section appears, I cringe, wishing it were over. Games shouldn't produce that reaction. I'll cry if there's more than "The Valley" to explore. I feel compelled to finish since I paid $3. Wish I had paid $1 so I can delete. Story is NOT that interesting. Barely blips the radar. ### 1/5 — Should be rated NC17 *2016-01-17* This game is rated 12+. But it should be rated a bit higher. In the first few minutes of playing I read messages about a friend sucking a d-ck and then another "story" line that said "yeah - I F@!ked her - and they didn't add the alternate spellings. I'm not offended by this - but the story is awful, it's a bit racist, and it shouldn't be rated 12+ - I wouldn't want my 12 year old playing his game. The games are simple - but the story is truly awful - going to ask apple for a refund and going to complain about this game's content. ### 4/5 — Fun game - hoping for a fix to access bonus levels *2015-09-23* Gameplay was challenging at times. Fairly interesting plot. There should be a way to access the tutorial levels again especially after completing the game! Have contacted the developer about this - they said this is deliberate but might change in future. ### 4/5 — Give it time *2015-08-09* I have played better and more creative puzzle games. I have played games with a better story. But many people, I believe, simply aren't giving the game enough time to unfold. New gameplay elements are added as you work your way through the game, (though I don't think there's anything new added after the first chapter) and the difficulty increases steadily (although the difficulty level does seem to jump around a bit in the first half of the game). Regarding the story, it's much more complex and nuanced than it seems at first. If you pay close attention to the narrative, you'll begin to realize that something fishy is going on fairly early on, and (once again, if you pay attention) there's a revelation waiting for you that explains a lot near the end of the game. The story is semi-satirical, not racist, generally quite realistic, and overall not what you think it is when you first start playing. It raises concerns of privacy in a mature and responsible way that would be difficult for anyone to take offense to. Finally, after finishing the game, a new section seemed to open up that I can't seem to get back to. Does anyone know anything about this? ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Ugh *2020-11-28* I like this kind of laser-maze game, though the storyline is much more linear than the game has potential for. The BIG thing though is that the storyline is misogynistic and racist beyond par. It disgusted me pretty quickly. Tone deaf, it should be called. ### 1/5 — Lost all my progress *2019-07-07* The game has taken me all the way back to the tutorial levels, and lost my progress to higher levels. Since there is no way to skip any levels this is incredibly frustrating, and the levels aren’t interesting enough to be willing to do them all again. There also seems to be no way to turn off the sound, which I don’t like. It’s a shame, because I was enjoying the puzzles. ### 1/5 — Boring, dated *2019-05-22* I was looking for a fun story/puzzle game after finishing Device 6, but this was lame. You only solve one type of puzzle cover and over. After solving a handful, it shows you some email or text correspondence and you have to make it as pertinent or not pertinent. Well, smoking “dank” is now legal in most places and certainly isn’t going to be a priority by a CIA/FBI organization, but the game seems thinks it is pertinent. Another email made reference to a bomb explosion, but it wasn’t pertinent. Not a fan. ### 1/5 — Levels don’t load *2019-04-09* Levels don’t load just showing black screen Aspect ratio doesn’t fill whole screen ### 1/5 — Looks like it’s broken. *2019-04-01, version 1.2* I’d read something about this and it looked nice. I dropped my few bucks to buy it and one of the tutorial puzzles won’t load completely. Effectively, without doing the tutorial, the game itself can’t be played. Sent an email to support with no reply (the game was last updated four years ago so I guess it’s to be expected). Don’t spend money on this. ### 1/5 — Doesn’t work! *2019-02-10* I couldn’t get past the tutorial. Screen turns black and is unresponsive. I wrote to the company and got no reply. Don’t buy this game, it should be fixed or taken down. ### 1/5 — Trop de bugs... *2019-02-09* Impossible d’accéder au niveau ### 1/5 — This game is inoperative in iOS 12 *2019-01-24, version 1.2* Looks like it hasn’t been updated in awhile... if it’s abandoned and outpaced, it shouldn’t be in the app store. I want my $3 back ### 1/5 — Étrange *2018-12-20* L’application a tourné quelques minutes sur un iPad Pro 12,9’’ de 2018. Depuis, l’écran devient noir et rien de semble se passer. Je pense qu’il y a un bug quelque part. ### 1/5 — Doesn’t work *2018-12-18, version 1.2* I’d like a refund ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Hi *2018-10-23* Every time I try and load the game I can’t play it ### 5/5 — Fun game, but broken on iOS 12. *2018-10-10, version 1.2* I enjoyed this puzzles game a lot. It can be repetitive but I found each puzzle to be challenging. Sadly, it no longer opens puzzles correctly in iOS 12. ### 5/5 — Fun puzzles and good story *2018-08-06* The puzzles got pretty tough, but never too frustrating. I got stuck on a couple for a while, but with a fresh look I was able to solve them. The story kept me motivated to advance as well. I found the ending to be very fitting. Thank you for making this game! ### 5/5 — This is a jewel *2015-10-13, version 1.2* This puzzle game starts easy but, following a smooth difficulty curve, definitely makes it to the challenging range. Thx for a very nice game :) ### 5/5 — Amazing Story - Redefines Mobile Gaming *2015-09-10* TouchTone might be one of the first games I've ever paid money for on the App Store and it was because of a review I read, I think it was in WIRED or something. This game is amazing. Yes, it's an elegantly well balanced light bending type of puzzle game but the story that you uncover as you solve more puzzles is realistic and very timely. This game redefines what mobile gaming can be. It reminds me a lot of Papers, Please on Steam and now on iOS. They're games with rather simple mechanics and very simple graphics but the stories they tell and the way they make the user feel uncomfortable because it's so realistic and timely cause games like this to transcend expectations. 5 stars, easily worth $3.99. ### 5/5 — Часто остаются не задействованные фигуры. *2015-08-09* Игра довольно простая, тут пишут, что английский нужен, на нем задачки... Я, если честно, писанину даже не читал - лень переводить было, в заданиях и так все понятно. Задачи не оптимизированы, начиная с 10-15 уровней у меня очень часто остаются 1-2 не задействованные фигуры. ### 5/5 — Beautiful, challenging, cerebral *2015-05-01* I mostly play small puzzle games on my phone to pass time but with TouchTone I made time for its puzzles. It is among the ranks of games like Hiversaires, The Room and Device 6 for quality and originality and personally, I think it outdoes everything in terms of content. ### 5/5 — Great narrative about the state of national security *2015-04-04, version 1.2* The people who have given this one star reviews evidently have never heard of satire. This is a scathing, funny, and accurate discussion about the paranoia of national security departments ### 5/5 — Awesome *2015-04-03* Straight forward. Puzzling. Minimal. With beautiful visuals and sound. ### 5/5 — Really great game! *2015-04-02, version 1.2* Great writing and really hard but fun puzzles --- *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 2026-08-17.*