# Ultimate General™: Gettysburg — user reviews > 310 indexed App Store user reviews of Ultimate General™ by Game Labs LLC, rated 4.60/5 from 3,313 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/ultimate-general-gettysburg/id913585516/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/ultimate-general-gettysburg/id913585516.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 2,574 · 4★ 501 · 3★ 117 · 2★ 39 · 1★ 82 ## What do users think of Ultimate General™? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 👍 Top tier game - 👍 Best civil war general game - 👍 Great for iOS - 👍 Brilliant game - 👍 Excellent strategy game - 👍 Fantastic tactical game - 👍 Awesome RTS - 👍 Engrossing strategy - 👍 Very fun game - 👍 Extremely fun - 👍 Amazing and beautiful - 👍 Fantasic - 👍 Great game - 👍 Wow! - 👍 Easily the best game of its kind **Cons** - 🐛 No sound - 🐛 Sound doesn't work - 🐛 Unplayable on iPhone - 🐛 Fonts too small on iPhone - 🐛 Troops retreat too easily - 🐛 Cannons don't work right - 🐛 Flawed morale system - 🐛 Lacks replay value - 🐛 Difficulty is unbalanced **Commonly reported bugs** - Units retreat on their own - Cannons don't fire properly - Crashes and compatibility issues - Menu/UI not fitting on screens **Most requested features** - Custom battles - Sandbox mode - More battles/scenarios - Multiplayer - Napoleonic/WW1/WW2 versions - Ability to control both sides - More zoom/camera control - Ability to divide units - Cavalry charge/dismount option ## Newest reviews (17 of 310) ### 4/5 — Pretty good *2026-07-09, version 1.14* It’s a good game but pretty hard to play beginner strategy players should not get it but experts should pretty fun but needs a sandbox mode for custom battles ### 2/5 — iPhone screen to damn small *2026-03-26, version 1.14* Just bought this. Why doesn’t this game take up the whole damn screen on the iPhone? Pretty small and hard to see and play ### 4/5 — Seventh florida *2026-03-06, version 1.14* Ok so I am a huge civil war history buff and love this game. The graphics are a 8 out of ten. The way you handle it 10 out of ten. The only thing that kinda annoys me is that the troops go over the house unlike the computer version of this game.( that has multiple different battles.) and also after a while it gets fairly boring and repetitive. So In conclusion, it’s a pretty good game. Also please make a new mode where you can name the brigades like in the computer version. And even possibly a brand new campaign that has the battle of chanslersville and the events leading up to Gettysburg. ### 4/5 — Battles Are Far Too Short *2026-01-29, version 1.14* The game is great. Almost. The problem I have is that the game always abruptly ends just when it’s getting good. I have my forces arranged perfectly for battle … the enemy closes in … they prepare to clash and … game over. The egg timer ending is really bizarre, as it ends regardless of what’s happening in game. Even if guy gave one brigade left, and the enemy has 20, as long as you hold the point at a particular time, even if you are preparing to lose it, you will win the game. And vice versa. Suffice to say, no battle in history has ever been determined like this, and the PC version of the game does not have this ultra-short egg timer battle system. I get that it’s mobile, but I play on a 12.9” iPad which is every bit as capable as the PC, so I wish the devs would let us actually play instead of having these stripped down battles that you can use to time a hard boiled egg with. They gimped a game that had awesome potential on the iPad, and they artificially crippled it for really no reason. The limits actually serve not one purpose. I cannot figure out why they are always so desperate to end the game … NOW! Hurry, time is almost up … hurry hurry hurry the eggs are almost ready! When the timer dings, that is it, when you hear the bell, all soldiers freeze where you are! You’ve taken your last shot! You know just like civil war battles really were! Is a great game and if you don’t mind frequent battle inturruptus, and if you enjoy frustration that can only be had with a beat-the-clock vibe coupled with ultra-slow brigade movement. FWIW, the game is static. They aren’t updating it anymore. Last update was 8 years ago so what you see is all you will ever get. The PC version is good though. This one is only good if you are waiting for your eggs to cook. At least they won’t be over-cooked! ### 5/5 — Decent Civil War game *2025-09-30, version 1.14* I’ve played a significant number of acw games some of which you needed to be a West Point Graduate to play. This is a decent game for a quick fix when you want to play. The layout though not cgi is adequate and the play and functions are acceptable. I don’t think the game would please the detail oriented player but for an average gamer who wants to dabble in the Civil War it will hold your interest. ### 5/5 — Hmm *2025-08-03, version 1.14* top tier ### 5/5 — Good game *2025-07-17, version 1.14* Best civil war general game I’ve ever played ### 5/5 — To hard *2025-07-10, version 1.14* It is too hard to play but the game is good ### 4/5 — Love this game!! Make more! *2025-05-21, version 1.14* More battles please!!!!!! ### 4/5 — Great for iOS but *2025-05-18, version 1.14* Very good game try it definitely if you don’t own a pc or something like that. However, this is the mobile version. There is a pc version of this game that is much better. In this version you play a linear campaign as either side. On pc your accomplishments in one battle influence the next either with different starting positions or a different battle entirely. Still recommend this version it’s still pretty fun with just some annoying bugs here and there ### 5/5 — No sound. *2025-04-17, version 1.14* Everytime I play the game there’s no sound due to a glitch in the game. ### 4/5 — Sound doesn’t work *2025-04-04, version 1.14* Great game but the sound does not work ### 5/5 — Great game, give us custom battles please! *2025-03-29, version 1.14* It’s an excellent game, I simply wish you would add the ability to configure custom battles in which you could select your brigades, or just port civil war. ### 5/5 — Great game *2025-03-19* Fun and nice to play ### 5/5 — Best game ever it just needs better cannons *2025-02-13, version 1.14* Just title al you need ### 3/5 — It’s okay *2024-12-29, version 1.14* This game is what I was looking for but I feel like if you have a MacBook Pro or some kind of computer you would want to play Ultimate General Civil War. This was the first game I think they made the Civil War was the second game. So play the civil war virson, but this is a pretty good game if you are into the Civil War and have an I pad but I feel like they could do better on it but like I said, I think it’s the first game that they made so don’t blame them. ### 5/5 — Best iPhone game ever *2024-12-10, version 1.14* For the love of everything holy, please make another. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Horrible and glitchy *2026-04-10, version 1.14* AI is absolute trash in this game. The soldiers will be in range and not fire half the time. The cannons constantly do not reload when again they have a target and are in range. The ‘map’ feature shows you absolutely no indication about cover just vague ‘height’ that provides no clear indication for actual coverage. ### 1/5 — Not meant for phone *2026-02-13, version 1.14* It is impossible to read anything in this game on a phone. It’s also windowed somehow and not using all the screen space. This company is known for abandoning its games on steam and leaving them a mess. ### 1/5 — Not really for the small screen *2025-04-25, version 1.14* A good idea but it fails miserably due to the lack of control. It’s virtually impossible to get facing correct. Units ordered to charge decide their own target no matter which direction they are ordered to charge in. Any sort of meaningful control of troops is impossible. On a large screened computer there might be a good game but for my iPad it’s a waste of time. The one plus is that the game whilst not free is cheap. ### 1/5 — Unplayable on iPhone *2024-10-15, version 1.14* The fonts are too small and the interface tiny making it unplayable on my iPhone. This might be a good game on iPad but is not designed for your phone. ### 1/5 — Mission impossible *2024-07-15, version 1.14* The union campaign is practically impossible I have tried hundreds of times to beat it but can’t super unrealistic I may add the confederacy gets thousands of reinforcements and the union gets done all around that’s impossible then adding your troops don’t listen it makes it worse ### 1/5 — L *2024-02-28, version 1.14* We’re my refund ### 1/5 — Why is my screen so tiny? *2023-06-18, version 1.14* Does this just not work for the new iPhones? ### 1/5 — Great game but *2023-04-02, version 1.14* I play all kinds of games this one is amazing but, I can’t beat a single level of the two on easy. The game is amazing tho just of all game I’ve play this one not with it if trying to beat ### 1/5 — Horrible *2023-02-17, version 1.14* Waste of money don’t buy ### 1/5 — Zu schwer, ungenaue Steuerung *2022-12-25* Schade, wäre ein klasse Strategiespiel gewesen, leider sogar auf easy viel zu schwer, Steuerung viel zu ungenau, Truppen laufen dem Feind lieber nach, statt zu schiessen, Artillerie macht genau null bei Feinden in der Nähe. Ich würde es ja liebend gerne zurück geben. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Good game *2026-07-31, version 1.14* Need to develop games for Chancellorsville, Petersburg et al. ### 5/5 — Sehr gut. *2026-07-01* Blut Schweiss und Tränen ### 5/5 — The best *2026-06-19, version 1.14* Still the best game about civil war in the AppStore ### 5/5 — Great game *2026-05-31, version 1.14* The game is great tho commanding troops could be a little better. ### 5/5 — Fun game! *2026-05-23, version 1.14* Great fun! Great graphics! Accurate too! ### 5/5 — FreePlay option *2026-05-11, version 1.14* This is a fantastic game. I have had lots of fun playing it. Is there a chance for an update for a free play option? No timelines just try to kill or capture the enemy wherever they are. ### 5/5 — Simple just gets things done. *2026-03-11, version 1.14* Game is very simple, I don’t find myself fighting with the camera so much like in total war titles. Strategy is still there and the sound design is cool hearing the muskets being fired from top down view and the roars of your men. Overall a really solid mobile strategy game. ### 5/5 — Excellent *2025-12-11* Ce jeu me rappelle Gettysburg de Sid Meier. L’IA est plutôt bonne. Il ne manque que les batailles online pour qu’il soit parfait. Merci aux créateurs 👍 ### 5/5 — No longer works *2025-10-25, version 1.14* This game no longer works with the latest iOS version. Was an excellent tactical mobile before. Very sad. ### 5/5 — Please make more like this! *2025-10-11, version 1.14* I love these style stat. Games like the old Sid myers civil war on p c was great this game reminds me of that and I wished you’d do more please! --- *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.*