# TR-49 — user reviews > 24 indexed App Store user reviews of TR by inkle, rated 4.50/5 from 37 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/tr-49/id6754027574/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/tr-49/id6754027574.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 29 · 4★ 3 · 3★ 1 · 2★ 1 · 1★ 3 ## Newest reviews (4 of 24) ### 4/5 — Enjoyable concept and puzzle *2026-02-07, version 1.1.0* Spent about an hour with it each evening for 1-2 weeks. Great concept and exploration. In the end the solution and resolution is disappointing. ### 4/5 — Irritating *2026-02-01, version 1.1.0* I want to like it but just the first few minutes are unbelievably annoying. 'liam' every few seconds "abbi", "abbi", I just want to scream at him to shut the feck up and leave me alone. If you can stick with it then it is a wonderful game, I just hope they cut down (or remove) the opening part. ### 4/5 — Missing Cloud Saves *2026-01-25, version 1.0.6* Interesting game so far, but could you please add the support for cloud saves? Would love to switch between iPhone and iPad to play this. ### 5/5 — Love this game! *2026-01-21, version 1.0.4* A great narrative puzzle game that really makes your head explode (in a good way) as the story unfurls. Played the majority of it in one, long sitting and can’t recommend it enough! From the atmosphere to the voice acting to the plot as you discover more and more lost archives, this game nails it. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Text too tiny *2026-04-23, version 1.1.0* This is largely a text reading game, but the text is so small I can't read it. Especially on the machine that is a central focus of the game where the text is yellow on yellow. Feel like i just wasted 7 bucks. ### 1/5 — Bestimmt gut, stürzt aber ab *2026-02-08* UPDATE: ok, now my iPad isn’t compatible anymore. would have been nice if you, inkle, had figuered that out BEFORE I gave you my money. so now only 1 star because of this. very annoying. sorry. Das Spiel ist sicherlich spitze, Inkle ist ja für Qualität bekannt. Leider stürzt es auf meinem iPad Pro (12,9 Zoll) mit iOS 16.7. beim Starten SOFORT ab. Ich sehe noch für den Bruchteil einer Sekunde eine Warn-Meldung, sie zu lesen bleibt jedoch keine Zeit. Schade, ### 1/5 — No sound *2026-01-27, version 1.0.6* I have the subtitles but can’t get sound to work at all. Restarted, uninstalled, reinstalled.. ### 1/5 — Magnifique mais pas en Français *2026-01-27* Très beau jeu et extrêmement bien conçu. Seulement voilà, a l’ère de l’ia et de tous les traducteurs disponibles pour permettre une langue adaptée a chacun, le jeu est seulement disponible en anglais. Hallucinant en 2026, que le confort des utilisateurs qui sont prêts a débourser 6,99€ ne soit que secondaire dans la tête de ces excellents développeurs… Vraiment dommage, il ne manque que le mode multilangue pour le faire décoller… Qui sait peut être qu’un jour une lumière viendra éclairer l’esprit de l’un d’entre eux ;/) ### 2/5 — Too small on iPhone *2026-03-14, version 1.1.0* You have to read tiny text on a flickering, jittery screen that's much smaller than your phone's screen; it's just too much eye strain for me. Not to mention that I have more important things to do with my mind than try to solve contrived puzzles. Deleted and going to request a refund through the App Store (you can do that, y'know). ### 2/5 — Drains iPad Pro battery *2026-01-23, version 1.0.6* Will update the review when the battery issue has been fixed. 50 per cent lost in 20 minutes is not good. ### 3/5 — Upside down *2026-01-24, version 1.0.6* I wanted to like this, but a sort-of-minor-but-actually-surprisingly-frustrating bug is that it will only display in one orientation. It won’t flip when the phone flips. Not horizontal/vertical - that’s understandable - the game is presumably designed to be played widescreen. But it won’t let me hold my phone the comfortable way round. Silly, trivial, minor, I should get over it? Sure. It’s still more fundamental and annoying than even I expected. ### 3/5 — Crashes immediately upon loading :( *2026-01-21* Hopefully an update comes soon! Very keen to play this game :) ### 4/5 — Abbi *2026-03-17, version 1.1.0* “Abbi! Abbi! Talk to me Abbi! Abbi Abbi! Abbi! Abbi talk to me Abbi! Abbi!” 5 seconds in and I already want to punch this guy. Calm down. I’ll talk to you after I look around. ### 4/5 — Upside down with controller *2026-02-07, version 1.1.0* Love the game but wish I could use with my backbone controller. But as said in another review, the game defaults to the wrong horizontal. Mad to me that it can’t switch. The backbone controls seem great but it’s upside down. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Diamond in the rough! *2026-08-13, version 1.1.0* A immediately curiosity-driven “found narrative story, with immersive sound design, beautiful graphic simplicity, with rich, contemporary thematic underpinnings. It’s a book-lovers’ joy of a game! ### 5/5 — Wonderful piece of art *2026-08-02, version 1.1.0* A game that a team truly cared about, hint woven in so naturally to support you along without being intrusive, highly recommend ### 5/5 — An intriguing challenge *2026-06-13, version 1.1.0* Really enjoyed this, struggled at first to understand it but read some reviews - stick with it and it falls into place very quickly what you should be doing. From then on I was hooked! Love the story too. One for the codebreakers. ### 5/5 — Intuitive and enjoyable *2026-06-10, version 1.1.0* Somewhat slow start until I understood the mechanics and the coding that began to take on more clarity as I found more clues..The multiple endings threw me since I thought I had found the solution that benefitted the scenario but then found it was a fail? wasnt a hard fix but it did confuse and frustrate me at first.. Only criticism I have is the AMOUNT of books, much of it seemed useless or at the most a distraction. The tension was there at times and the situation of the timeline/identity reveal was hinted at in several locations but still had an added twist..A very refreshing enjoyable experience in puzzle games for the iOS, intuitive on a challenging level but not impossible to work through. ### 5/5 — Fantastique ! *2026-04-22* Un jeu passionnant avec une ambiance prenante. Difficile de décrocher. ### 5/5 — A real brain game *2026-02-26, version 1.1.0* This game is not for the faint hearted. You have to read. Pay attention. Make deductions. Channel your inner Bletchley park analyst. You are only fighting for reality itself. ### 5/5 — Absolute masterpiece *2026-01-31, version 1.1.0* I don’t know how to do this game justice, at times it baffles me at how incredible it is and how much work it must have taken. I absolutely adore working things out myself and joining clues together and this game excels at this. It is intriguing, clever and thought provoking. I loved “her story “ but that game was a warm up compared to this. The atmosphere and narration are brilliant. I don’t want it to end, I think I’ve worked it out but may have missed something so il definitely be replaying when finished. ### 5/5 — What is happening? *2026-01-28, version 1.1.0* This is great. You are supposed to be confused. Persevere! ### 5/5 — A satisfying associative puzzler *2026-01-25, version 1.0.6* I really enjoyed piecing my way through the world of TR-49. If you like deductive games like Type Help or Return of the Obra Dinn, I think you'd enjoy this one as well. It feels right at home on iPad: swiping through files and operating the machine is super satisfying. The story works its way into your mind, and I find myself thinking about it long after I've finished. I made my way to an ending in an evening, like a novella I couldn't put down. ### 5/5 — Baffling then engrossing *2026-01-24, version 1.0.6* I almost gave up ten minutes in. Really, really glad I stuck it out. A great, slow burning story with two standout voice actors. --- *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 2026-08-28.*