# Wingspan: The Board Game — user reviews > 944 indexed App Store user reviews of Wingspan by Monster Couch, rated 4.80/5 from 12,857 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/wingspan-the-board-game/id1459520638/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/wingspan-the-board-game/id1459520638.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 11,911 · 4★ 453 · 3★ 168 · 2★ 101 · 1★ 224 ## What do users think of Wingspan? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 🎨 Beautiful gameplay - 🎶 Lovely music and sound effects - 🕰️ Relaxing and calming experience - 📚 Educational bird facts - 🕹️ Faithful digital adaptation of the board game **Cons** - 🐛 Frequent crashes and bugs - 🔍 Small text and icons difficult to read - 🕰️ AI opponents take too long to make moves - 🔋 High battery consumption - 🤯 Frustrating online multiplayer experience **Commonly reported bugs** - End-of-game buttons not working - Unfinished games not clearing from main menu - Inconsistent response when tapping on cards/habitats - Incorrect behavior of certain bird abilities - Crashes when playing specific card combinations **Most requested features** - Ability to reorder cards in hand - Option to save/friend usernames for online play - Faster AI turns - In-game chat function - Ability to view opponent's hand size - Option to disable end-of-round animations - Leaderboard for online competitions - More detailed achievement descriptions ## Newest reviews (16 of 944) ### 2/5 — Crashes so much, unplayable *2026-08-20, version 1.8.1251* This game crashes so frequently that it is unplayable. ### 3/5 — Back to crashing *2026-08-19, version 1.8.1251* Great great game, but after every update, there is a period of time when the game is unplayable bc it crashes after 5 minutes. This is one of those periods, really hope they fix it ### 4/5 — Please work on memory optimization *2026-08-19, version 1.8.1251* Just want to say straight away that I absolute adore this game and WANT to give it five stars. The vibe is incredible and I find it very relaxing after a full day of toddler wrangling. The only issue I have is how often it crashes, especially on my 7th gen iPad. I have looked at the jetsam logs and iOS is killing the process because it has exceeded its memory limit (~1.45GB). that is an insane amount of memory to use for a mobile game. Again, absolutely adore this game but devs: PLEASE spend a sprint or two making improvements to memory usage (e.g. clear game state, objects, resources, etc that are not being used) ### 3/5 — Great Game but frequently crashes *2026-08-19, version 1.8.1251* I love the game but i get frequent crashes playing online. This is extra frustrating because players are punished for exceeding 3 mins on a turn. If I crash I often auto forfeit the game because I can’t reboot in time. ### 4/5 — Great game but a few glitches when laying eggs *2026-08-17, version 1.8.1249* This game is amazing. I would love to give it five stars. The music and the bird sounds are extremely relaxing. I love the information about the birds being read to you, as the writing on the cards in the physical board game is extremely tiny. This is a great game to relieve stress. ### 3/5 — Great game but… *2026-08-11, version 1.8.1249* This is a great game but the app is glitchy. It will shut down randomly in game play, and sometimes takes a while to load. ### 2/5 — Crashes *2026-08-09, version 1.8.1249* The iOS app on the iPad is crashing every other turn at this point. It makes this amazing game practically impossible to play. It seems like it’s been getting worse and worse instead of better. Used to be maybe once a game, then 2 or 3 times per games, etc until the last time we played we tracked it and it crashed every other turn. ### 4/5 — Great game but crashes all the time *2026-08-07, version 1.8.1249* Great game but crashes all the time ### 4/5 — Great Game! *2026-08-06, version 1.8.1249* I play this game endlessly! Two little fixes in my opinion would make it even better. 1. A small icon somewhere (bottom left corner?) that would expand your hand of cards up into a scrollable display or grid. (Being able to arrange the order even?) When you get up to 10 or more cards it’s really hard find the one you want. 2. A bit faster processing when playing the bots would be fab! The waiting between turns is part of its charm, but it kinda reminds me of the little clickity clackity sounds you get when you’re on hold that signal the recorded voice is somehow typing on a keyboard. 🤣 ### 3/5 — Fix the Crashes, PLEASE! *2026-08-06, version 1.8.1249* I love this game and have been playing it for years, often at least once a day, BUT BUT BUT over the last six months, far less because it is impossible to complete a game without two or three CRASHES. I’m 100% updated and never begin a game without turning off my iPad first and then restarting it and making sure NO OTHER apps are open. Still , crashes. Crashes. CRASHES. JUST FIX IT, PLEASE! ### 2/5 — same problem! *2026-08-06, version 1.8.1249* just updated. Still crashes halfway through the game! ### 5/5 — Got this app to learn how to play the board game *2026-08-02, version 1.8.1242* My husband recently bought me Wingspan board game for my birthday. It was a bit tricky to understand the rules so I decided to get this app to play online to understand the rules better. This was a tremendous help and I think others would find it helpful as well. Plus it’s fun to be able to play online with others or a bot when playing the board game is not practical this game is fun because there are a lot of variables to think about and it changes with all the different bird cards and goals for each round. Also, the bird cards are informative and very pretty. I don’t play a lot of online board games, but compared to Catan, this is much more economical and gives you much more variety. It also seems like the creators care about what the players think and are willing to make changes. ### 5/5 — Sights, Sounds & Strategy *2026-07-31, version 1.8.1242* Wingspan is an amazingly good board game, and it is possibly even better as a mobile or console game. The animations, soundtrack and voiceover all add more beautiful layers to this excellent strategy game. 100% worth your time and money if you like a strategic game and a relaxing player experience. ### 5/5 — Fun time *2026-07-30, version 1.8.1242* Easy to to play, great sounds. Like that we can play together on our phones without needing to set up and clean up the board game. Much quicker. ### 5/5 — A must for any birder! *2026-07-30, version 1.8.1242* Love the board game, and now I can play it any time I please! Absolute must for any birder! ### 4/5 — App crashes *2026-07-27, version 1.8.1241* I love this app it is my favorite but I have an older iPad and it crashes almost every game ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Repeatedly crashes mid game and no support provided *2026-08-20, version 1.8.1251* The worst game app I’ve ever experienced. Crashes 2 out of 3 games and no support whatsoever despite repeated requests. ### 1/5 — No online game rulebook! *2026-08-11, version 1.8.1249* Astounding that a perfect board game has been rendered so unintelligible & stressful in online play. What even is that ‘reset’ chart for?? How much nectar applies & when?And the squashy text is illegible on an iphone ### 1/5 — No longer works *2026-07-29, version 1.8.1241* This is a great game.....however, it no longer works on my iPad Pro 2 on 26.6 iOS. In fact, it hasn't worked for months now. The loading screen appears and that's it.....it never changes. Shame, I miss playing this game ### 1/5 — Trop de bugs *2026-07-29, version 1.8.1241* J’adorais ce jeu mais depuis quelques mois il plante toujours, mon iOS et tout le reste est a jour mais impossible d’y jouer ### 1/5 — I love wingspan I really do, but this online is trash *2026-07-27, version 1.8.1241* There are two options for playing the game one for a long term match that can take days and one that just gives you 3 minutes to make each turn… I do believe that 3 minutes is a lot of time, the worst part is that the game is full of people that takes 2 minutes and 30 seconds per turn, and even sometimes they are trolls that wait 2 minutes 59 seconds. There should be a setting to make matches end faster… something like you have 3 minutes starting the game but time doesn’t reset, but each time you end your turn you recover 90 seconds… if someday they make this kind of match surely this app would be a 5 stars app. Also other problems of this game is that you can’t chat with others, and you can’t add friends so you can play with them. The game and the app are good but online multiplayer is a trash. ### 1/5 — Disaster!!! *2026-07-27, version 1.8.1241* The app doesn’t work at all - as soon as I start playing it, it just crashes mid-game and I have to start all over again. It’s really getting on my nerves ### 1/5 — Love the game *2026-07-26, version 1.8.1241* Love the game but am constantly getting kicked out and then can’t get bag in so I lose the game and karma points. I have cleared out my phone but it doesn’t seem to matter and I can’t find any help online with the problem. Maybe developers could give me some advice? ### 1/5 — Bugs *2026-07-26, version 1.8.1241* I LOVE wingspan but I can’t get past one or 2 turns on my iPad without it crashing and forcing me to reload it and start over. Essentially it’s unplayable on my iPad. I have plenty of storage and I’ve tried all kinds of resets and upgrades on my iPad. I’m so disappointed I can’t play it and wasted my money. ### 1/5 — Hard to see or read *2026-07-25, version 1.8.1241* What so excited to get this game even with accessibility settings unfortunately I can’t read the font on my phone and most things are not recognized by the screen reader. Hey dev team help a girl out please! ### 1/5 — “Settings” freezes game and rules for online gaming? *2026-07-20, version 1.8.1224* Accidentally hitting “Settings” freezes app and have to uninstall (ios 14pro). Also no online game /scoring rules! What is the neon pink icon?? ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Questions *2026-08-19, version 1.8.1251* ȚHis game is AMAZING!! The app plays JUST like the board game and that’s rare. MY only “complaint” is that I the last six months or so the game is crashing. At first it was once in awhile but lately it’s crashing multiple times in a game. IT didn’t start that way it was so solid. Please look into this developers. Otherwise I LOVE this game ### 5/5 — Challenging and Relaxing *2026-08-18, version 1.8.1251* Once you’ve gotten the hang of it, this is a very fun, strategic game that can be played on or offline. No pop-up ads or other annoyances. I really appreciate the overall design and thoughtful interface. This is my favorite iOS game by far. ### 5/5 — A Learning Curve Well Worth the Effort *2026-08-18, version 1.8.1251* This game can and usually does seem quite daunting for new players. I promise you the payoff is worth it though. There is endless playback and no two games will ever be the same. My family loves this game and trying to come up with new combinations to score points. Even though winning is the goal the satisfaction of a new engine that you’ve never seen or built is so rewarding. You cache that new possibility in your tool box to expand the versatility of your play. We also have seen a trend in large multiplayer games that more player interaction and giving seems to lead to winning. While I wouldn’t recommend it in a one on one it definitely has shown that it pays to be a giver. ### 5/5 — Can’t stop Playing *2026-08-18, version 1.8.1251* Me and my partner love this game. We can’t stop playing. Love all the new birds! ### 5/5 — Really good app *2026-08-13, version 1.8.1249* Love this game as a board game and they somehow made it easy to play in an app! Definitely would recommend ### 5/5 — Amazing *2026-08-12, version 1.8.1249* Probably one of my favorite board games/games ever and they donate to bird conversation and efforts and you get to learn about birds too ! ### 5/5 — Excelente juego!!! *2026-08-10, version 1.8.1249* Maravilloso!! ### 5/5 — As beautiful as the board game! *2026-08-07, version 1.8.1249* The gameplay is smooth and the design is as gorgeous as the board game. The overview mode helps a lot to simplify the view if things get overwhelming switching between habitats. ### 5/5 — Wingspan is Amazing! *2026-08-05, version 1.8.1249* Wingspan is amazing and relaxing game that can be enjoyed solo or with friends! I always love seeing the beautiful birds, trying new strategies and listening to the peaceful soundtracks. ### 5/5 — Incredible adaptation *2026-08-05, version 1.8.1249* As a lover of the board game, I can say the app adaptation is phenomenal. It has its own perks such as the beautiful art, the ability to hear the bird sounds and gain knowledge on the birds as you play them. It feels alive and I adore the calming music. Additionally, being able to play with my bestfriend across the world makes it even more valuable to me. I always recommend the app to people who love the board game. Thanks so much. --- *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 2026-08-29.*