We analyzed 18 negative reviews from the top 5 Wildlife Board apps on the App Store. Here's what users hate most.
Ranked by frequency — how often each complaint appears in negative reviews.
72% of negative reviews mention this issue.
"The game crashes a lot. Not a big deal since I can reopen and it picks up where it left off."
"I encountered a bug several times where the app prompts me to 'Resolve your effects', but offers no options to resolve."
61% of negative reviews mention this issue.
"The UI is real bad on an iPhone. There really isn't enough real estate on the phone to have all the info in front of you."
"Too much wasted space on iPad and iPhone. The 3D board view adds nothing and is distracting."
28% of negative reviews mention this issue.
"Overall great implementation but tile placement is maddening on iPad. Rotating and placing often is not recognized and you have to click back and forth several times before you get lucky and hit the right pixel."
"Please fix the building placement UI. It's impossible to rotate and place the buildings. The update didnt help. Game is unplayable until then"
22% of negative reviews mention this issue.
"I LOVE the board game, but this version is completely unusable for me. Make so cards so they can be magnified in ANY way, click to zoom, pinch to zoom… Anything."
"After the recent update if you click on cards it doesn't show you the full card overlay on screen. Similar with the actions, doesn't show you the overlay which shows what each action does."
11% of negative reviews mention this issue.
"Awesome game but every time I open the app to an async game already loaded it spins for thirty secs and then errors out. Repro: open async game, close app, open app, wait."
17% of negative reviews mention this issue.
"Overall this adaption is good, but the app is still quite buggy and could use some more refinement. The version on Board Game Arena is far superior to this app should be what these developers should strive for."
"I love Ark Nova, and play a lot with friends on Board Game Arena. I don't mind the smaller screen size, that's expected for mobile app. However, the adaptation has a surprising number of bugs, a few game-breaking."
Design and usability issues driving negative reviews.
Multiple windows and screens stack on top of each other, hiding critical game information and forcing users to constantly close and reopen panels
"When you spend more time closing windows that obscure the play field, you know there's a problem."
Rotating and placing tiles requires pixel-perfect precision, forcing users to repeatedly tap back and forth before successfully placing buildings
"Overall great implementation but tile placement is maddening on iPad. Rotating and placing often is not recognized and you have to click back and forth several times before you get lucky and hit the right pixel."
Unnecessary 3D views and animation effects reduce usable space while adding no gameplay value
"Too much wasted space on iPad and iPhone. The 3D board view adds nothing and is distracting. All the blue glitter animations should be removed."
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