Grand Mountain Adventure
Grand Mountain Adventure offers a high-quality skiing experience with excellent graphics and gameplay, but a significant portion of the content is locked behind a paywall, leading to frustration for many users.
Grand Mountain Adventure is praised for its realistic skiing feel, beautiful graphics, and lack of ads, making it a relaxing and engaging game R4R7R28. However, many players are frustrated by the extensive paywall that locks most maps and customization options after the initial free mountain R6R14R33R52. Technical issues with purchases not registering and lost paid content also detract from the value R2R17R34R63.
Free vs paid
The free version of Grand Mountain Adventure provides access to the first mountain, which many players enjoy initially R2R6. However, to unlock additional mountains, skins, and the full game experience, players must purchase the full version, which costs around $7.00 R52. Some users report that even after purchasing the full game, further expansions or skin packs require additional payments R17R63R115. The free experience is often described as limited, with progression quickly halted without payment R33R207.
Value complaints
- Most of the game, including additional maps and content, is locked behind a paywall after the first free mountain.R6R14R33R52
- Purchases sometimes do not register, leading to money wasted without unlocking the full game.R2R27R34R35
- Paid content, such as skins, has been revoked after updates, requiring users to pay again.R17R63R257
- Even after buying the full game, new mountains or expansions are added that require additional purchases.R115
- The price of the full game, around $7.00, is considered too high by some for a mobile game.R52R256
- Some challenges are designed to be nearly impossible to complete without paying, forcing purchases.R171R416
- The game's family sharing feature for purchases does not work, as the full game is an in-app upgrade.R431
Where it delivers
- The game offers excellent graphics, realism, and engaging gameplay.R3R8R21R28
- It provides a relaxing and enjoyable experience without intrusive advertisements.R4R7R9R12
- The full game offers significant content, including many mountains and customization options, which is considered worth the price by some.R11R13R22R38
- The game has high replayability due to challenges, global leaderboards, and the ability to explore.R11R39R43
It is worth paying if you enjoy the initial free mountain and are looking for a relaxing, ad-free skiing game with good graphics and realistic gameplay, and are willing to pay for more content R3R4R22R38. It is also worth it if you appreciate the game's quality and replayability, and want to explore multiple peaks and trails R11R13R39.
Skip paying if you are unwilling to spend money on mobile games, as most of the content is paywalled R14R207. You should also skip if you are concerned about technical issues with purchases not registering, lost paid content, or lack of developer support for these issues R2R17R34R63. Players who dislike frustrating challenges or specific camera angles may also find the paid version not worth it .
Evidence note: The reviews show a strong split between those who love the game's quality and those frustrated by its monetization. Recent reviews are skewed negative due to purchase issues and the paywall, but lifetime ratings remain high, reflecting the core game's appeal.
Frequently asked
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What reviewers actually said
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- [R6] Great game: Would give 5 star but you have to pay for other maps… and would be better if you had free cam and but only two options for the camera
- [R14] Another one of “those”: Another stupidly deceiving game thats free to download, but to actually play anything past the tutorial you need to pay. An incredibly dishonest and manipulative practice
- [R33] Worst Game: This game is the worst the only way you can actually play the game is by paying it’s so annoying especially because I played this games for a while thinking I would be able to unlock a new mountain, but the only way to actually unlock a mountain is by buying a pass, it is so stupid.
- [R52] Overall game: I would have rated this game a five out of five but I am so mad that you have to pay to get the full version, great graphics, physics, overall game but it is straight out ridiculous the the full game is 7 dollars, it still is a great game but cmon, just give it too us for free
- [R2] Ok: I was having so much fun with the first map so I wanted to buy the full version but when I did it didn’t analyze and I never got the full version. Made me mad to the point where I haven’t played this game in a while.
- [R27] What how: I love the game I have been playing for like 5 years but I came back to it and I wanted to purchase full game but it wouldn’t work I payed all the money for nothing but I am not mad just a little sad if you have anything that can help please help me
- [R34] Not working: My dad purchased the full game, but it didn’t go through and he just wasted his money and I didn’t get the full game
- [R35] Not working: My dad bought me the full game, but it didn’t do anything and he wasted his money
- [R17] Paid content lost: I love this game and I paid for the full version of it months ago, which came with most of the skins/costumes that they had. Since recent updates skins have been revoked from my account and now cost $5 to get back.. I just want the skins that I paid for. I’ve reported this twice and received no response.
- [R63] I got scammed: Scammed me out of my money, I paid for the full game, which at the time include the top row of skins. they changed it so you have to buy a separate skin pack which is already annoying, but it also unequipped the skins I paid for and if I want them back I have to pay another 4 dollars
- [R257] Great game but: Wonderful game and fun to play but I came back to the game where I had two of the character skins and I changed to one and now I have to pay £4 for the skin pack to change back I think this is terrible please change it back
- [R115] More money: I decided to buy the expansion. After I bought the expansion ($5.99) they added more mountains and I was so excited but they wanted more money. It’s great in theory but I wish it was a little cheaper or included any further expansion.
- [R256] Wu: This game is good but gets boring after you have collected all of the ski passes and if you want to continue further on you have to pay 10.99
- [R171] Un achievable time: Won’t be able to get gold in anything unless you buy the game
- [R416] Pretty but restrictive to force payment.: I’ve completed 44/45 in the first level but one remains. The Hirschalm Show Off requires a 32:50 for gold to gain all passes. I got EXACTLY 32:50 and yet it didn’t give me a gold. This means I cannot advance to the next level without paying for the game outright. Clearly this one level is designed to prevent players from moving to the next level without p
- [R431] Says family sharing: The game is great and I just wish if I purchased it that I could then share that via family sharing as indicated however even though it says family sharing it’s an in app upgrade so I cannot share this with my son, why do so many developers to do this, it’s not clever and I walk away the minute I realise this is the case. Edit: in response could you provide a another download
- [R3] Great game: This is a great game. Nice graphics and good bundle prices.
- [R8] Mostly awesome: The game was spectacular, great exploring, realism, and real life accuracy. The trick and turn mechanic is outstanding. The only reason it’s a 4 star review is that I can zoom in more on my character
- [R21] It’s so beautiful: Omg I personally love the game so much! And instead of being a simple skiing game you can actually see how much work was put into it! Plus, I also think it’s funny because when you jump/crash into an npc, I love how they just go like “…” i love the graphics I love how much work was put into it and I just love everything about it. I just wish we could link our Game Center account
- [R28] Superb: I love this game. Smooth gameplay, good graphics, no ads… it’s everything you want in a game. I can tell the devs are skiers. Super fun!
- [R4] Just fantastic: What an excellent game. No bs commercials. Just chilling at the resort.
- [R7] Look this game: This game really relaxes my mind. Helps me regulate when i may be feeling heavy emotions. So yeah.
- [R9] Fun and chill: Good game for just vibing.
- [R12] Very fun but challenging: It shouldn’t have to take me 50 tries to clear 16 gates on the easiest mountain. It did. Other than that really it’s fun and I enjoy playing it. Get it, it’s fun and relaxing.
- [R11] A insanely good game: No other mobile skiing game will ever beat the quality and engagement of this game. Multiple peaks and trails, sick tricks, cool customization options and overall the gameplay loop and replay ability is absurdly good. Grand Mountain 1 and 2 are awesome games. Now there is a little bit of moolah involved but it’s not much and 100% worth it. Devs, don’t ever change this game at
- [R13] Absolutely PEAK: This game is my favourite pass time EVER. I thought the full game was cool, and well it was but the 2021 expansion pack is just PEAK. So thank you for making this game.
- [R22] Such a rad game: Honestly went into this game blind and did the “try before you buy” demo… 100% worth the five bucks I think it costed, I wouldn’t remember because I’ve gotten my moneys worth ten times over.
- [R38] Best game ever: Got this game loved it then purchased the full game. it was worth it Lots more mountains and the twin tip skis are awesome. Then I got the skin pack with different characters and my favorite Is the penguin. Overall this game has good quality and lots to explore.
- [R39] Shredder: I’ve been playing Grand Mountain adventure one for years and it’s never gotten old. Sure, even after purchasing the all the mountains + expansion I double diamonded the challenges rather sooner than I’d liked, but even after those were done, I could still go for top 100 top 20 or even top 10 on global leaderboards. Thank you all for making it ad free. The music and graphics are spot on a
- [R43] The best game mobile skiing game: This game has been so much fun even after you beat it personally you don’t have to buy for the other mountains the best thing that you can do if you already beat it is playing to beat your high scores and then if you get really board try playing alto or just buy the other mountains but in all this game comes out on top.
- [R207] Paywall: Most of this game is locked behind a paywall. Like about 95% of it. That is too much for a mobile game. I beat the entire free section and uninstalled. Unfortunate because this is a great game. :/
- [R69] Purchase dose not unlock game: Paid $6.99 to unlock game but nothing changed. Rip off. Too bad it’s a good game.
- [R120] Multiplayer doesn’t work: Did everything the game says still doesn’t work.
- [R219] Great but what multiplayer doesn’t work: I love this game a lot, but for some reason, me and my brother can’t play together on local multiplayer. We connected to the same internet, and it has really good internet, but nobody shows up in it. Can you tell me why it isn’t working? Thanks!
- [R374] Great but multiplayer does not work: Bought this to play with daughter but there seems to be two issues. First I cannot see how you restore purchases. Secondly the Multiplayer does not work. We are sat next to each other on same Wi-Fi as advised and it won’t work.
Synthesized from 120 recent App Store reviews · updated July 2026 · View on the App Store