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Akinator

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User verdict / 100 High confidence Divided

Akinator remains a popular and impressive guessing game, frequently surprising users with its accuracy, but recent updates have introduced significant issues with excessive and unclosable ads, repetitive questions, and performance problems, leading to a decline in user satisfaction.

4.6★ lifetime (413,152) Free + in-app purchases since 2016 by Elokence.com updated 0.9 mo ago recent negative 13% 120 reviews across 3 regions
Ads Accuracy & Guessing User Experience & Engagement Performance & Updates Content & Sensitivity
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recent reviews across 3 regions, vs the 4.6★ lifetime average

Akinator is a digital genie game that attempts to guess characters, objects, or animals based on a series of questions. While many users are amazed by its accuracy and find it entertaining, recent reviews highlight a frustrating experience due to an overwhelming number of ads, repetitive questioning, and performance issues on newer devices.

What users like

  • Highly accurate at guessing a wide range of characters, even obscure onesR1R8R19R48
  • Engaging and fun gameplay, often described as mind-readingR5R11R15R16
  • Good for entertainment during long periods, like car ridesR70

What users complain about

  • Excessive and intrusive ads, often appearing after every round and sometimes unclosableR4R7R11R79
  • Repetitive questions and difficulty guessing less common or specific characters/objectsR20R23R41R43
  • Recent updates have caused performance issues, including lag and slowness, even on new devicesR83R91R250
  • Some users report inappropriate ads or content, even with child safety settingsR59R232R324
  • Issues with account login, password resets, and moderation for submitted contentR319

Latest update · v9.0.7

What the developer says changed (the verdict above weighs this against what reviewers report):

Option to turn off the animations. Redesigned genie with new emotions and fully animated. Minor bugs fixed.

Recurring themes

Ads negative
A vast majority of recent negative reviews mention the overwhelming number of ads, with many users stating an ad appears after every single game. Some ads are reported to be unclosable, forcing users to restart the app and lose progress. This issue directly contradicts the app's store category of 'no ads'.R4R7R11R79
Accuracy & Guessing mixed
Many users are consistently impressed by Akinator's ability to guess characters, even obscure ones, often on the first try. However, a significant number of recent reviews report the app struggling with specific or less popular characters, asking repetitive questions, or making illogical guesses.R1R2R8R9
Performance & Updates negative
Recent updates, including the one claiming 'minor bugs fixed' and 'redesigned genie with new emotions and fully animated,' have introduced new problems. Users report the app being very slow and laggy, even on high-end devices like the iPhone 15 Pro Max. The option to turn off animations, mentioned in the release notes, is requested by users who experience slowdowns.R83R91R250
User Experience & Engagement mixed
While many find the game fun and engaging for its core mechanic, some users find it boring or repetitive over time, suggesting a need for more features like mini-games. Issues like losing points due to 'irregular answers' or not getting rewards for stumping Akinator are also frustrating.R5R13R26R34
Content & Sensitivity negative
Several users reported encountering inappropriate content, such as sex toys and penises in the 'objects' category, or inappropriate ads. There are also concerns about the app asking sensitive questions or making guesses that are transphobic or racially insensitive. Some users also report the app guessing their real name, which they find creepy.R35R59R72R96

Who it's for

Akinator is for users who enjoy a unique guessing game and are impressed by AI capabilities, especially those who can tolerate frequent ads or play offline. It is not for users who are easily frustrated by ads, seek diverse gameplay beyond answering questions, or are sensitive to potentially inappropriate content.

Evidence note: The recent reviews skew heavily negative, particularly regarding ads and performance issues, which contrasts with the high lifetime rating. This indicates a recent decline in user experience. While the developer notes mention fixing minor bugs and adding an animation toggle, users still report significant performance issues and lag, suggesting these fixes were either insufficient or introduced new problems.

Frequently asked

Does Akinator have a lot of ads?
Yes, recent reviews indicate Akinator has an excessive number of ads, often appearing after every game round, and some users report ads that cannot be closed, forcing them to restart the app R4R7.
Is Akinator still accurate at guessing?
Akinator is still frequently praised for its accuracy in guessing a wide range of characters, even obscure ones R1R8R19R48, but recent reviews also note it sometimes struggles with less common characters, asks repetitive questions, or makes illogical guesses R20R23.
Are there performance issues with Akinator?
Yes, recent updates have led to reports of the app being very slow and laggy, even on newer devices like the iPhone 15 Pro Max R83R91R250.

What reviewers actually said

Built only from these 120 real reviews (foreign ones translated). Superscripts jump to the quote here. Apple has no per-review links, so [ref] opens that app's reviews on the App Store.

  1. [R1] 5/5 · GB Love this game!!!!: This game is amazing I love it he almost always gets it right but he does ask some hard questions but this game is great
  2. [R8] 5/5 · GB The person that guesses everything correctly: The Akinator is the best thing that ever guesses what you ask him.
  3. [R19] 5/5 · GB AKINATOR REVIEW: This app is amazing.At 9 it’s fun for someone to guess a character.for example:Lisa Simpson.the akinator can guess it with questions🙊 and it’s really hard for him to guess wrong. This is why I rated it 5 stars!
  4. [R48] 5/5 · GB This is so clever: OMG I love it even when comes to the most unpopular of characters it is scary how clever and fast it is I totally recommend this game!
  5. [R5] 5/5 · GB Absolute Gameplay: very cool and nice game for everyone
  6. [R11] 5/5 · GB Damm: It is so fun try it for yourself and you’ll be on it for hours. There’s only one thing that’s kind of bad about it like the ads. It can be annoying sometimes but the app is still full of all.
  7. [R15] 5/5 · GB How do you do it😱: When I first got the app, I didn’t expect anything but oh my goodness, it can read my mind like what? How do you do it?
  8. [R16] 5/5 · GB Really well: It worked exactly how it should
  9. [R70] 3/5 · GB Good get it!: It is really good for long car rides but the only thing is you might get a little bored and sometimes you won’t so I do recommend this game!but if your not sure do what you need to do!!
  10. [R4] 1/5 · GB SCAM Unable to click off ads: Every time i watch an ad to see a rare character there is no cross to click off it once i have finished the ad. So i have to re fresh the app and i dont get my results/score. What a scam
  11. [R7] 4/5 · GB pretty good: it’s really good, but there is a lot of ads and normally asks questions that have already been asked otherwise it’s really smart
  12. [R79] 3/5 · GB Fun game however could be better without ads: A fun game but there is too many ads that pop up and it’s annoying.
  13. [R20] 1/5 · GB terrible foul disgusting disgraceful disrespectful: i tried to make him guess spaghetti bolognese and he didn’t guess it, he instead out of PURE stupidity guessed a frog chair? i said no, continue and he had the audacity to guess HIS girlfriend like no it’s a bowl of spaghetti bolognese good riddance i would not recommend this silly little fake advertisement game. i just wanted him to guess a bowl
  14. [R23] 1/5 · GB Horrible game: I did Taylor Swift and that stupid thing kept saying madison beer and Ariana grande. One of the questions was is your character Taylor Swift and I put yes all it did was say is your character madison beer
  15. [R41] 2/5 · GB This game is best but: It’s soo hard to find on my iPad and I search Akinator 10000 times and dose not work 😭. Also sometimes it asks silly questions like dose your character wear clothes and also asks the same question over and over again 😫😫
  16. [R43] 1/5 · GB TERRIBLE: It only guess major big characters. It can’t guess small characters that are challenging.
  17. [R83] 3/5 · GB Recent update broke the app: Used this app for years and occasionally show it to friends. A recent update made the questions very repetitive and the new animations(?) have made the experience very laggy on my iPhone 15 Pro Max. Hope the issues are known and fixed soon!
  18. [R91] 3/5 · GB Love the game, very slow: Very slow since the update which is super annoying.
  19. [R250] 3/5 · CA Turn off animations: Please add a way to turn off the new animations. They slow the game down a lot.
  20. [R59] 1/5 · GB Uhh: My eyes may not recover after what I saw there was in the objects bit sex toys and penises so gross
  21. [R232] 1/5 · CA This games horrible..: So like, was doing “objects” as well, I did a cactus, non of the questions were related to one, and then shocking full part is, at the end of the guessing IT SAID IT WAS THE VOID. If it’s a smart robot thing, why not knowing what an object is? It’s not the void, this is a 1 star tbh, yeah. Digusting, it’s even asking about weird things, there could be kids playing this, plus
  22. [R324] 1/5 · AU Inappropriate Ads: Almost every game, whether you have child safety on or off, has in appropriate ads. Love the game, it’s a classic, sad I can’t play comfortably.
  23. [R319] 2/5 · AU can’t sign in, and what do the mods do?: i can’t sign in at the moment? i’ve even tried to reset my password but when i enter my email, it just says “error: OK” also, when you submit a photo or a name change to moderation, they never do anything about it. i’ll play with a certain character in mind (just to see) and nothing’s updated! i wonder why❓
  24. [R2] 4/5 · GB Akinator review: This game is the smartest game ever everything I try does not work
  25. [R9] 5/5 · GB Best game ever: He can guess anything even if it’s juju
  26. [R13] 5/5 · GB Akinator: Great game fun
  27. [R26] 5/5 · GB Absolutely love it: I find it easy to beat, but I enjoy the challenge
  28. [R34] 4/5 · GB I love playing this: Akinator is very entertaining and fun. You don't have to pay or subscribe. I would give it a 5-star rating, but I think there are too many ads, and they should add different levels because just him asking questions and you answering is all you have to do. I like it, but there are too many ads. I think they could improve it, but I still love playing the game. · translated
  29. [R35] 1/5 · GB Transphobic app: Jumpscared me with my dead name for absolutely no reason at all
  30. [R72] 1/5 · GB Scary: This is so scary it hears what I’m saying it might be fun yeah but I hear Somone laughing and saying what I’m thinking of.
  31. [R96] 3/5 · GB It creep me out: Basically I was playing it yea until I done my nistster/ sister it guessed my sis name

Synthesized from 120 recent App Store reviews · updated July 2026 · View on the App Store