GamePigeon 12+

I think the games are super fun, they work for me a majority of the time. I also love the variety of games. Two things:

First, when I play games like chess or mancala or something, my opponent will have beaten me for example in mancala where they’ll have an insurmountable lead. But if we just stop playing then they don’t get credit for that win. A concede button would be great. If it’s already there, I don’t see it.

Second, I understand ads are a way to make money, but at the same time I wish there were a way I could see the game board while the opponent is playing in order to plan my next move. I can’t do that with ads taking up the whole screen (I guess I should just get the full version or something). Additionally I’ve played tournaments on group chats and I’d like to spectate certain games where two people are really good at 8 ball for example. It’s like any tv sport, you watch it because the players are really good. So a live, real-time, ad free spectating mode would be great (again maybe I just need to get the full version?).

I love this add on for iPhone it’s so much fun! I love playing games with my friends and family whenever I want with this app. It’s really great overall, the only downside there would be having to subscribe to get access to some things. There are a lot of cool avatar items and things for games that you can only get access to by subscribing to GamePigeon+. Also the ads. When I first started playing on GamePigeon, there were like no ads at all. I think it’s only been more recently that I’ve started to get ads every now and then, but you can get rid of them by subscribing to GamePigeon+. Of course, these are all just frivolous things that aren’t required to have to play any of the games. You can play game pigeon perfectly fine without GamePigeon+. You just can’t personalize it very much. I really wish they had more free options to personalize your gaming experience like clothes and facial expressions for your avatar, but you can still play the game perfectly fine without it. Overall, it’s an amazing app if you like connecting with your friends and family and playing games! ;D

I’ve had this app for a while, and on several iPhones. From my previous phone and this one, I am experiencing several performance issues from GP. Sometimes the games completely crash when I’m in the middle of playing, but usually when I have multiple games going and the other player sends their turn when I’m doing my turn on a different game. Usually when I reopen, it lets me restart the turn. However, I lose my turn during any game that involves time. Other times, it makes my entire messaging app freeze, and I have to close it, wait, and reopen it.

Also, some of the in-game graphics fail to appear. In Pong, sometimes the UI doesn’t load the ball but you can still “shoot” it. In basketball, the balls sometimes freeze at the bottom and you can only shoot them occasionally. It’s annoying. It happens probably 25% of the time. Crashing, honestly up to 50% if I have multiple games open. It’s borderline unusable. There’s many other bugs I’ve experienced but that’s all I can think of. I have screen recordings for the devs if interested.

It’s frustrating because I love this app, I don’t get tired of it. I paid for the full version as well.