UNO!™
reviews and complaints

Bare with me, I have a lot of things to say.

I’ve had this app for a long time. I actually didn’t play it for a while but I just got back on and realized now that every single game (besides the universe) you need at least 100 coins to play. Before I wouldn’t have cared because the coins actually regenerated some after a time limit but now that element was 100% taken off as if it was never there. What am I supposed to do when I’m out of coins? Sorry, I’m not a sucker so you won’t be getting a cent out of me, but forcing me to pay to play your game is ridiculous. For all that, make the whole app cost money. Every five seconds something is popping up on my screen asking me if I want to pay for some sort of effect or deal. NO! ONE TIME ASKING ME IF I WANT TO PAY FOR SOMETHING IS ENOUGH. However, basically forcing me to pay if I want to play this game for more than three seconds (god forbid I’m in the >800 and I lose) is not going to make me want to pay, it’s going to make me want to do exactly what I’m doing now; giving you a bad review and deleting your game. ESPECIALLY since you went from an actual fun app that had loyal game players before all this money got so heavily involved.
Back to the coin topic, one card game should not be capable of taking every single coin out of your account so you can’t play anymore, that’s ridiculous and I can’t see how game developers could think that people would want to give them money after that. Welcome to the 21st century, we all know the behind the scenes scams now! It’s over. And if you’re taking hundreds of coins out of the losers accounts, what does your silly fine print on the right side before picking a game telling us how much the match costs have anything to do with? I’ve watched the number multiple times and every time nothing comes from the account coins before the game so how else are you trying to play us? This game just wants money, it’s no longer an UNO app anymore. I love the graphics and the idea behind the mobile UNO features but just like every other game app, they’ve come too obsessed with money and that’s all the game is ran from now. This app used to be fun. All we ask for as game players is a game that we can play for hours on end without coins or lives or any of that crap. It’s pointless. The thing is though, this app started like that, now one of its biggest fans is rating it a 1. You deserve it, developers. :)

Thanks

I do love uno however...I don’t understand why it takes FOREVER to build up coins only to lose 6000 of them in one hand if you have a crap partner. I never received 6000 coins from a single hand of winning. The most I ever received from a winning hand was just over 1000 but is usually around 200 to 300. Also why if I guess on a draw 4 that the other person is lying do I not get to pick the color? Seems like I should be able to pick. I see no purpose to having to guess when there seems to be no reward except they get more cards. Pointless when they are only playing it so their partner wins. Who would care that they just got more cards! Their team is winning anyway. There is no way for you to earn coins to continue playing when you lose them all in one hand. Most games let you watch an ad at a minimum to gain coins. Here you have to pay or wait hours. The game occasionally glitches during play and won’t let you pick so time runs out and it picks for you. Always seems like it’s a a bad time. The Uno universe section is odd. Why am I playing against all computer players who have stacked hands so I lose more than I can win. Several times the computer player goes completely out on the first card played. I barely had enough time to see my hand. Been stuck in Paris level 24 for 4 days...I play 0 to 1 card and the computer goes out. Makes you want to delete the game. Why play if I’m never aloud to win. Positive’s...I like that I can play with people from all over the world. I like that I can personalize my emoji (limited) I like that there are several different versions I can play. I like that you can win little things to help along the way. However do not like that there is no tutorial to show me how to use any of them. I like that you can become friends with partners you have played with and that you can see when they are on the game and can request them to play as your partner again. Update: Still having same issues...contacted them and they basically tell me how to play the game...pretty sure I understand how to play! Have been playing uno for over 30 years. Additionally I don’t even go into the Paris level because I never after 2 weeks of playing in it passed the level I was in above. Contacted them on that and they said you have to play your cards strategically to win...no kidding! But if I cannot play a single card because the computer players go out before my turn how can I win? I sent them my reply the sent me the exact same email with no explanation. Deleting the game due to their unwillingness to fix their bugs.

This game used to be fun sure… now it’s garbage, I don’t recommend it, turn around right now and go look for a different Uno it’s a rigged and money hungry game it puts you in positions to make you lose and force you to buy coins here’s an example: “I have 5000 coins I go into a Go Wild, 2v2, x20 match, it has a pay fee of 2000 coins… so when I get in I only have 3000 coins left, it delivers everyone their hand of cards, I get nothing but number cards and so does my teammate, we get dominated because the enemy team has nothing but wild +4 cards and skips that we can’t defend ourselves against and end up losing” And along with losing the 3000 coins because they steal coins based on the whoever on your team has the most amount of cards and penalizes you for it, so for example example, while you have 1 or 2 cards by the end of the game but your teammate lets say throws/purposely loses the game and collects 20+ cards, since you lose coins based on the highest hand you get penalized and end up losing all your coins… another thing is how you can tell the game is rigged is how they hand out the coins when you win, you only get about 200-300 coins in a x4 game even though it has a fee of 500… so even when you win you end up actually losing coins rather than gaining them unless you get lucky and get a higher coin win. What tops all this off though is since this game drains your coins so fast you can only play for about 5-30 minutes a day before you end up needing to buy more coins or wait the next day for them to give you their 300 daily pity coins that you’ll end up obviously losing within one round. With all this it makes it impossible for you to do events while f2p and you end up missing out… So by now I’m sure you all get the point, this game is not fun, it’s rigged, it’s just another one of those money stealing apps, I don’t recommend, but lets be honest with each we know your still gonna wanna download and try it out, if so, go ahead! But you will experience what I have just told you sooner or later every time you try and play, it will make you miserable and you will end up rage quitting and deleting this game and wished you would have listened to the reviews. I wish everyone who actually makes it to the end of this review a wonderful rest of your week, I am surprised you would even waste however many minutes of your life reading this too long of a review… why are you still here? Don’t you have better things to do then read Uno reviews? Go touch some grass! look at the sky! Pet your cat! Pay attention to your children! Alright your not gonna listen… I’m out ✌️CYA!

Hi everyone-The frames and the game cards and all of the collectibles that you put on your person or never unlocked /Look at your credit card statement immediately or activity it’ll come up with a dollar first pending and then that’ll change within anywhere from 8 to 24 hours I was getting a 3999 charge the 2999 charge and I only charged a total of 19 $99 worth of charges might’ve been $17 but somehow the system kept clicking over and over so even though it clicks and it doesn’t work can you do it again and then your fuse your face ID or you have to put in your phone ID for the purchase it gathered all of those click no matter what I’ve had over 100,000 coins over 200 diamonds played their spin wheel and I could never get anything unlocked. I think this game has a lot of bullying in it and they double up and double down on you and they’re searching for players. I found an invited 100 players to test. And out of those players 90% of them had to be part of the game development robots maybe. I want to say it’s a great game but if you take everyone’s coins and you wipe them out and they never get to play a card and the game is over and the clock keeps resetting and the Internet keeps dropping it’s always reconnecting. I have an Apple phone and I have no other problem with other apps. My credit card was getting charged almost $100. And I had to contact them so that I could get refunded because those were not my charges.
I just want to let you know that this is a great game however the rules are different depending on what level you’re in. I started out with getting my daily free coins and spinning the wheel and going through this Social the friends and picking up your little goodies the incentives to play Uno.

Later being a newbie there were team players coming in and I wasn’t even getting to play I was being skipped and turned all around and I was in to buy 200 4 x 4 hundred even just the 100 I was in the beginning if you Uno cards. But they were taking everything away from me and wiping me out so I spent 399 to end like a box, then 299 to buy 1000 kinds, then 299 to buy some more coins, and then I looked at my collections to see what I had. One thing is that thing now.
Well I went to the website I tried to get help I tried to contact the developer and instead I need to do this in a review which I think is pretty short compared to be nice to have a contact button and then just put down the glitches the plugs in the problems so that people don’t get discouraged and don’t lose their money and the button you have to press you try to hold it doesn’t work it’s light it you try to hold it and I was getting like triple charges on my card and it was just amazing. So before you play this game be extra careful being really cautious and when you go to your credit card I have it online credit card I use just for any appSpace and then look at the charges they start pending at one dollar each and then within 14 to 18 hours they start to post fortunate my credit card company send me a text alert and allows me to verify yes I made that charger no I didn’t make that charge.

First of all this game is rigged obviously. There’s a coin system and a card system. But there’s sorta a way to beat the card system and coin system. Lol the devs might see this and delete but whatever.

You should not play this like a normal game of uno in real life unless you wanna lose, at first you will get “beginners luck” which will make it easy for you to win when you first start the game. Then you will go on a losing streak. Win then lose all your coins. Anyway to stop losing all your coins easily, when you win a big amount of coins (ex. let’s say 1000) don’t go to the 8X multiple, continue to go to the 2X. That way it’s impossible for you to lose a big amount and go broke. The most you would lose would be 500 coins, I think. Also if you start going on a losing streak stop playing and play later or tomorrow.

Now for the card system, I play like this. (Wild mode btw) Save wild cards, don’t use it. No matter how tempted you are. The game is trying to bait you into using those cards first. Trust me wait and be patient. Doesn’t matter if you have 2 cards left and one of them is a +4, don’t use it unless someone also has 2 cards left or you are sure that you won’t get hit with another +4. Use +4 if someone next to you has 3 or 2 cards left unless you are sure they don’t have a card to put down. Put down the number cards first, use skips and reverse cards to change colors, use +2 to also change colors or bait out a +4 but it’s very risky to use +2 especially when you don’t have a +4 on you or another +2. Also drawing a bunch of cards does not mean a lose, you can still win. I been playing this game for a long time and can guess when someone has a +4, a certain number, or color. If something conveniently happens while your opponent has a card left, it’s a bait. Sometimes it’s to test whether you are going to put that card down. Idk if you should or should not, most of the time it’s a bad idea sometimes it’s fine. You should not be greedy with the cards like putting all the wild cards, skips, reverse, unless there’s 30 seconds left you can start spamming or putting all those down. If you have a lot, put them down early. Like at 40 seconds left. If you have good cards, your opponent will likely also have good cards too or cards to counter you. Also start paying attentions to patterns, like common combinations. Once you start memorizing them you will be able to predict other players cards. When someone has a card left, half of the time it’s a wild card or +2. And I do this when there’s 2 cards left, I have a wild and a random number card. I just draw another card if I can’t put down that number card I had, there’s no need to hurry unless there’s 30 seconds left. Also let’s say you have more green cards than yellow but right now you can put down that yellow card or change it to green. Put down that yellow card, colors change all the time. It’s also better to get rid of a color in your card deck completely than having a verities of colors.

And also the math in the coin system don’t make sense. Let’s say I have a 100 coins and I play a game, I lose 70 coins. Wouldn’t I have 30 coins left? Why all of them disappear them then?!?

The game is a lot of fun.
1. It provides a good challenge in a short three minute period that can ride a high or get drowned at once.
2. There’s a good chance you’ll get to know other players and them becoming regular partners - an unexpected perk.
3. There are enough challenges within the game to keep the experience interesting.

The Unspoken Penalties
1. Bankrupt Players and Games
The bankrupt (BK) frequency has gotten progressively worse, meaning opponents you win against cannot pay due coins because they’ve gone bankrupt. The winner will not get reimbursed by the House (UNO/Mattel) but instead, “have to accept” a fraction of the total. In its worst form, the winner may only get 25% of the due winnings, but then lose the very next game and pay the loss in full, leading to an overall greater net loss. Continued play such as this can make the player who isn’t BK, broke if on a losing streak - “losing by winning.”

It has been a consistent complaint.

Each mode requires a match fee. Mattel’s solution was to increase the match entry fee 25% (coin cost to play a specific game), but leave required coins to play, the same (coin balance). In short, it’s costing everyone more to play, but doesn’t fix the underlying BK problem. I understand BK will not disappear, but work on the required coin balance. At minimum, increase it 25% to coincide the increased match fee. This change has led to penalizing all players even further should there be a win.

2. Card Distribution Trap
The game’s card distribution may be cringeworthy unfair. There are 16 black cards in a deck. In an example from yesterday, my opponent was dealt five black cards in a row, all at once, as the game was winding down, with little chance for them to use. Black cards are the “expensive” cards when it comes time to pay. We were thankfully paid in full, but that was such a penalty. It shows that the cards truly aren’t random when the game’s algorithm wants losses to come and is the reason why seasoned players know playing nonstop is a recipe for disaster.

3. Pay to Play
The game previously gave everyone a chance to potentially earn the same rewards. It’s changed in the past two years where daily “starter play” gifts and rewards have been reduced or have disappeared, unless you pay for them. It’s become painfully obvious with each season’s rewards and offerings - ranked was shortened by a month to force players to play even more and/or spend in a panic to get there.

I understand that UNO is a business for Mattel, and it looks to make a profit, but some of the little surprises and perks have become a thing of the past. In short, the experience has become cheapened down to dollars and cents.

Conclusion
The game is fun and has been a part of my life for nearly two years. In that time, I’ve grown in the game and have reached milestones, but have seen how the above has taken away from the overall experience. If you are OK with the “unspoken penalties” that WILL tax you and are OK with it, the game will be a wonderful experience. Unfortunately, EVERYONE is affected by what’s been described, either by going BK themselves or the bitterness from it making UNO not worth the time. You’ve been warned.

Let me break it down, first the scratch cards. I think everybody has established that they are NOT random, you get the worst possible prize out of the three rewards you get. To be fair, this doesn’t really hinder the game for me at all, though the timed scratchers (like where you need to use it within 30 minutes) are pretty annoying. Reactions and Phrases. I understand that there will always be angry team mates and/or competitors, but the reactions in game are so petty and unnecessary. Apparently the game is fine with people throwing eggs, bombs, and even shoving a middle finger at other players. The phrases are pretty useless. I recalled there used to be a voice chat feature, though it did get removed somehow. Other than that, there isn’t anyway to strategize with your teammate, other then saying “hit uno,” or ,” Challenge it!” Other in game features. This game is a HUGE cash grab. You can’t collect that vault/safe thing without paying, you can’t get certain frames without paying. Many things in game need money in order for the prizes to be decent and while you don’t need to pay to play, I hate how the game shoves the advertisement up your face every time. +4 mechanic. So when somebody plays a +4 to the next person, it will give them a question such as, does the player have a red card in the deck? EVERY TIME except when the player has a ridiculous amount of cards, you get it wrong. It’s not really random, it’s like you have no choice. You will probably get the guessing game wrong either way. Are the cards really drawn randomly? One thing that has frustrated me are the actual card drawings. Sometimes I get no reverses, +2, skips, +4 or, draw all cards and the team against me has like 3 +4 cards and 4 yellow cards with a discard all/draw all card. It’s so ridiculous. I doubt people are “lucky” with getting so many +4s and discard cards, one time, I couldn’t even single out ONE card and the team against me had already won. This might seem like a salty post, but the odds are completely against me. Despite the higher the multiplier, I get crappy cards. AFK players. Some players somehow exit the game while in game and you can’t do anything about it. The game will just do a random play for them which is super annoying, especially when it’s a 2v2. That’s the issue. They can’t leave because the game doesn’t let them. I think they should do a quick feature of replacing a player who is no longer in the app. Enough with the negative, there are some positives to this game. If you somehow go bankrupt because you played a 20x game and lost, the game is pretty generous with restocking on your coins so it isn’t hard to jump back at it. I remembered going from 40k coins to 10k but was able to hit 50k in no time (but that was mainly because I was lucky enough to win with decent teammates). Events are actually kinda fun. The Easter event was pretty fun (I’m not that OG of a player, but I think the events are pretty nice) and the frames aren't really that difficult to obtain (+ they are quite pretty). While I would like more accessible player interactions, I think joining groups is a good feature. In my case, my group mates often do gift me coins when I need it. (I would recommend friending as many people as possible, more coins for me). I doubt my review will hinder the game at all, but I hope I give a heads up to new players out there. Have fun playing.

Firstly, I played this game back in June . I found it amazing! It was great until you decided to add features that I feel in my opinion ruin the gaming experience of UNO for me. There are a number of factors which contributed to me quitting this game, and they are: 1. Randomized daily rewards. First off, whatever happened to the guaranteed 400 coins + 2 gems reward daily? I always look forward to getting those every day while playing the game and especially when I run low on coins! Ever since they add these random rewards, it ticks me off since it runs the possibility of getting jipped off. Because one of the randomized rewards is silver scratch cards, it runs the risk of only getting 10-100 coins, which is even worse than before. Sure there are amazing rewards out there, but to me, I personally don’t favor the randomized rewards. Even though this didn’t tick me off too much, it was a factor that contributed to me quitting the game. 2. Severely nerfed weekly rewards. One of the things that I honestly looked forward to the most is the weekly rewards of about 300 coins + other rewards a week from being 1st. However, because of the ranked modes update, the rewards got changed to rewards that would be useful for ranked modes. Honestly, I feel playing ranked mode isn’t much more than an alternative way to play when you do not have coins. The fact that no coins are rewarded for weekly placements further ruin my experience in the game for several reasons. One of the biggest problems is it takes away the spirit in me trying to compete against my friends to win trophies and get coins, and secondly it takes away the opportunity to get free coins. Personally, this ticks me off quite a bit and ruins the spirit for me in continuing the game, but there are other factors that are worse than this. 3. Consistent popping up of advertisements. Indeed, this is ONE of the worst updates that you guys added to the game. Seriously. There was one main reason why I loved this game in the past. One of them is because there were no pop up ads that show up unless you want to earn rewards. Honestly, watching ads for rewards is a fair deal in my opinion. However, relentlessly send pop up ads game after game is seriously messed up. Why do I find this a huge problem? Because this does NOT affect anybody with VIP status. As a former veteran of Mattel’s UNO, I played for several months without buying VIP status. It was infuriating enough to not have exclusive content, but paying money just so pop up ads don’t show up? This is where I draw the line. In my opinion, this is where the gaming experience for me starts to drop down the slippery slope. I dislike this concept for many reasons. One, that pop up ads take up about 30 seconds and you have to wait 12 seconds of your time just to skip it. Secondly, it cuts away the time when in case you had a great UNO match with your partner, and you cannot join instantly because of a popup ad, potentially losing up on an opportunity to play again with your partner. Thirdly, it further reveals the immense amount of greed you guys are willing to go to in order to get people to play the game. Like I am not a big fan of spending money, but on rare occasions I am willing to do so if it means knowing that the game and the developers mean well. Just from the direction you guys are going towards developing UNO, it tells me to not spend any money on this game. It also tells me to not recommend anybody this game due to the immense greed and the consistent pop up ads, as well as ruining the nature of the UNO game. 4. Last but not least, the Diamond Bonanza event. Yes, even after the previous 3 main points: the randomized daily rewards, the severely nerfed weekly rewards, and the consistent popping up of ads, this is NOT as bad as the Diamond Bonanza event in my opinion. Even though the other 3 entries contributed to me quitting the game and are awful, the Diamond Bonanza event has got to take the cake for the worst idea. Let’s start with the concept of the Diamond Bonanza event. It basically works like this. Spend real money on diamonds, and progress through the event. Reaching thresholds (yes, buying a certain amount of diamonds with real money), will give you insane in-game rewards, prompting you to spend more money on the game to reach these thresholds. Hear me out, but this is seriously the worst idea that I have ever seen coming to the UNO game. Why? There are several reasons. One, because it prompts you to spend money, which is seriously beginning to be the norm for this game. Secondly, it excludes any non-VIP players, or those who want to earn coins/diamonds through means other than spending real money. And thirdly, it further demonstrates the extent of your greed. Yes, it is normal to want to get people to spend money into this game, but to the extent of excluding anyone who is not spending any money, or anyone who is not spending money anytime soon. And I say this is a big issue because this game lacks the balance of winning coins to losing them. That is what gets the game exciting, and wanting to continue with the game. Yes, I was fine with the game version before, and I didn’t mind the lose/win ratio of coins, but what was not OK is reducing the rewards just for the sake of doing so and getting those to spend more money on the game. Also, the big issue with excluding non-VIP players is that those of us who don’t spend money and want to earn money, would not have access to these exclusive rewards, because the only way to progress in the Diamond Bonanza event is to spend money in the game pretty much. That is a big sign of extraneous greed. As someone who wanted those big rewards, I felt as a gamer excluded in a way since these rewards are insanely useful, especially those of us who want to earn more coins. This is why I feel the Diamond Bonanza event is the absolute worst. Do NOT play this game! This game is worth 0 stars! I seriously do NOT recommend this game to anyone!

I love to play Uno. Absolutely. No surprises here. So allow me to dive into this game real quick.

You know, you have to mess up really bad for me to go out of my way to write a review. I only write reviews on products and such when it’s really bad. You almost have to really try hard to get a bad review from me.

So, with all of that being said, here’s an honest review.

To start off, you have to have coins to play the game. If you run out of coins, you either have to watch stupid ads, or buy them with real money. And that’s just coins to play. They have these “diamond” things that’s currency. I don’t ever buy or use them, and honestly don’t pay attention to what the “diamonds” are actually used for.

The coins however, you have to REALLY watch and keep an eye on. Idk why I have to “pay” coins to play a round that isn’t even ranked. God forbid, however, that you don’t have coins. So there’s an entry fee to play per game. The higher the tier, the higher the entry fee. Okay, so your basic, bottom tier game is like 30 coins. No big deal. Fail to win, and whatever you have in your hands is now counted against you. If you’re unlucky enough to the get stuck with action or wild cards, it’s not just the 30 coins you lose. Oh, no no no no. They take the 30 coins, and add up points per card in your hand when you lose, and total that in with the 30 coins. So if you do the math, if you come in second on the point system, you might get your coins back. But, if you lose in third or fourth place, it’s not just losing 30 coins. It’s losing way more than that.

Go Wild can be absolutely atrocious. In the last few months I’ve played this game, I’ve watched my bank get absolutely decimated. There are way too many draw 4 cards, action cards (skip, reverse) and not nowhere near enough discard all cards. And in Go Wild mode, it stacks. Draw 2 and draw 4 cards stack, and you may be on the receiving end of a 16 card dump, to which you’ll have no way to clear out, and then instead of being out the 40 coins or whatever, you’ll drop 700+ coins - on a bottom tier game of Go Wild. Don’t even bother with that money pit.

The RNG can be absolute garbage at times for drawing cards. I’ve legit played games where I’ll be dealt almost all red cards, and maybe one blue card, and everyone else has green, yellow, and blue. Yes, that’s kind of normal at times in real life card games, whatever. But what can add to frustration, is having all of those one color cards in that suit, and continually drawing the same color cards while you’re watching your opponents draw matching cards and their hands are dwindling away. You could call it bad luck, but I’m fairly certain that there’s an algorithm involved on the card drawing system. It’s not a real life deck of cards; it’s all computeratized RNG.

The bank is the real joke here. They take coins that you win, and put some of the coins in this stupid little bank, that holds up to 3,500 coins. Then you have to pay $3.99 to get the coins, that they took, put into a bank that you don’t need, and make you pay for them if you want them. That’s probably the absolute most offensive thing you could do to a player base. I’m a gold tier player, both on public and ranked matches; that little bank can fill up quickly.

This game is full of micro transactions. Micro transactions galore. They have a “deal” on everything. Don’t get wrapped up in them, trust me, it’s almost not worth it.

The ranked system makes no sense to me. The higher your rank, the higher the expectations are to go higher. First off, the heart system. You have to use “hearts” in order to even think about playing. Run out of “hearts?” No more ranked for you. On top of having to use “hearts” to play, you have to pay - no s&?t - an entry fee. Failing to end the game in second or first place means you lose not only coins, but a “heart” as well. Then, you have to build up stars in order to rank up by filling up point gauges. So when you lose enough, you lose hearts, coins, stars, and can get demoted. Oh, you can buy more hearts and coins, and you’d better have those stupid shields. You can literally climb to the absolute top tiers if you buy enough hearts, coins, and shields. Ranked matches are absolutely a joke.

The timer per round is three minutes. That may seem a bit mundane, but three minutes is serious. People will start a game and then go AFK or whatever, and not play, which burns down that three minute timer. Three minutes are not enough per round, and I cannot stress this enough. It’s almost a God send to have a full lobby of people who are playing each turn. Then, people will intentionally burn down the clock, let’s say they’re in first place before the timer is up, there’s like five seconds left, and they don’t want to lose first place because they may draw a draw 4 or wild card. They’ll burn the timer down to win, forcing you to lose. And there’s absolutely nothing at all you can do about it. You just got to sit there and watch the timer burn down before you either inevitably lose, or they time out and you have zero time to throw a card out there if you even have the chance.

There’s so much going on with this game, from season passes and micro transactions, to crap RNG, you’ll swear you’re playing a game from EA, I promise you. I can’t honestly believe that Hasbro could screw this up this bad. I mean, Uno is a card game. You sit down with a deck of cards or two, shuffle them up, and play with friends. That’s why we all play Uno - it’s a fun a game. But I’ve never had to use a point system or coins to play a game. It’s a little ridiculous and over the top, and some of the content is either just plain unattainable without pulling your wallet out

I mean, if you can look past the “rigged” (I guess) set up of this game and realize it’s nothing but a money trap, then it’s a very addictive game to play. However, stay in the bottom tier games, you’ll thank me later. 12,000 coins can go a few months’ way on the bottom tier games.

I have played UNO for some time now , and put my own money in quite a lot, however I am

Master level every game I go in x4,x8 ,x20 x40 I’ve been matched with bronze players who are inactive and don’t play just go into game and that it , does not click UNO or don’t know how to play, I’ve invested money, my hard worded money in when I not playing this game , but your match making is so wrong , I have lost together around 70k coins , it’s unfair, please sort it out

I have bought the Uno-DOS card game last thursday and i just opened the card and I counted and recounted many times and it lacked a yellow 8 card. The rest of the cards such as the numbers, wild card, and the # is complete except for the number 8. I think I have experienced a factory defect. I know its a small concern but this affects the game. I hope you would make a resolution for this. Thank you.

So i went into a 100.000 coins game and after the first round , the game crashed , right after they updated it. When i went in , all my 1.600.000 coins were gone. I told them the issue and they said , next time after the update , dont play for 10 minutes. That wasnt typed anywhere while updating or anything. I requested my money back because that amount of coins you would get for 700$. I alredy did put that much money into the game and i feel like they are doing this on purpose and not solving the issues.

When I download this game I thought it would be a good Uno mobile game to play, but of course I was disappointed.

First off you lose coins faster than you can win them. Seriously why do you gain less coins then you better when you win? The fact that you need coins to even play and that your opponent’s hand is rigged to have all forms of cards that stop you from playing at all means that you will likely lose the game resulting in you only being able to play a few quick rounds.

Second is 2v2. Almost every time I feel like I’m playing with bots because my teammates never have an idea of what to do. Not only that but it feels like one team will always have the perfect hand while the other is left with numbers meaning that you are fighting a losing battle. Most of the time your teammate tries to stall for time which ends in you losing and if you end up losing you and your teammate’s points are added together so you lose even more coins. Also if your teammate has no coins to lose then you will quite literally pay the price as the game takes your coins away.

Third is the multiplayer with friends the only thing that makes Uno enjoyable for me is the multiplayer with friends. Sadly this game takes that locked away with a room key which you have buy for 5 diamonds which you have to buy. The only free way to get room keys is to complete missions which you will need to do a lot in order to play multiple times with your friends.

In short if you want to throw your money away download this game. If you want a real Uno experience just download Uno by Ubisoft or get the real card game instead of wasting your time on this crap.

This game is very fun, but can’t you get the original version with cards? I honestly think using cards is better than this. There are a few extra special cards, but nothing that big. Also, it is very pay to win. Want extra items for the season reward thingy? Well, everyone does this but pay for a pass. Want to quickly get ahead in the game? Pay for coins. Want to slowly get ahead in the game? You better be an experienced uno player, patient, and experienced with gambling because this game is really just going to an electronic casino with a different currency. Then, if you epically lose in a game of uno with high amount of coins on the line, like me you could have 90% of your coins lost. And how do you get back and get all of those coins back? Either be a very experienced uno play who is patient and has experience in gambling or have gems. I never payed for gems, and I have been playing this for a few hours total, and I got 8 gems somehow. But, unless you play uno for a very very very long time, if you even get coins by playing uno for that long, you will need to pay for them. And, at least for me, a lot. I feel like they are just bragging to me and saying “Hey, you can get all of your coins back! Yay for you! Oh wait, you need to buy more! HAHA!” Also, a lot of things are also for ads. The only upsides are that if you are waiting somewhere, it’s easy to get out your phone and play it. Also, you don’t need to shuffle! And, you can play with friends far away. But, if you want to play with family or don’t want to pay extra than the base price AND you don’t want ads, getting the regular version of uno on cards is probably better.

This game is relatively new from my understanding, and I can see some potential in it. Currently, it’s a little too fast paced for me with the whole 3 min match timer and such, and the turn timer which gets seemingly faster over the course of time. A big issue I have with this game, is the Account Center. I can only click on “help”, and when I do, all it talks about is how I should make an official account by going into Account Center and then “settings”, but I don’t even see the word “settings” anywhere. I feel like this is a big problem that should be fixed in the next update, or sometime soon after. I do enjoy Uno thoroughly as a card game, and would like to see a well developed, easy to understand, mobile version. The whole thing with having to have coins to play hinders my thoughts about keeping this game, as I have deleted a game when it was too new and awkward to play, and after it was updated and fixed, I re-downloaded it and played it again. I’m glad there finally is a half decent Uno game that is free for iOS, and I would love to see it after a year of work.

Thank you, and good luck with development.

With pleasure,
C. L. C.

Edit:
I have been scrolling through the reviews for the past ten minutes, and all of the dev replies are the same. There are a few different ones, but it is just the same message over and over, sometimes not even addressing the issue itself, rather, it is telling the user to keep playing and/or just get a higher score. I now have a better understanding of the devs and how they feel about their players. I am going to delete this app for good, or until the app is completely changed so that it is playable for people older than 10.

Thanks a bunch devs, you’re great.

Game lets people cheat even when you report them and game should not be timed. The game also has “challenge” I have never heard of that in a REAL game of Uno. I mean who came up with the idea of “challenge”. What happened to the classic Uno that we all know and love I would give this game zero stars if I could and delete it from my phone but it’s the only way to play Uno on the road (Not when driving). I have been reading reviews and Uno commented on one saying there was a Universal Mode ( a mode where you didn’t have to pay to play)that was nowhere to be seen when I looked. They keep robbing me of my coins like they take 200 when I lose but when I win I get under 100 I when I win mean how is that even fair I am very driven to delete this game and also if you read the back of the REAL Uno there is no time limit unlike in the game where there a 3 minute time limit. I am literally sick of this game and I own the REAL game I can just play it at home or in the car with the person sitting next to me making it hard because the roads are bumpy and the cards keep falling so thank you for making my favorite game trash. Also I have no clue how they are the #1 family game, and when you draw a whole bunch of cards you can’t even see them also when I had a +4 color change card and the other person used one on me and the game didn’t even let me use the card so then my teammate who was sitting next to me asked/yelled why I didn’t use the card and I told them the game would not let me and then we lost because of the game these are some reasons of many why people shouldn’t get this app. I had a draw 4 card and someone got draw 8 then it went to me and J even had a draw 4 and it wouldn’t let me use it this game is complete and utter trash. Sakura from Naruto is better than this game.

I used to loveeeee this app, it was so convenient for uno lovers and super addictive!

But I’ve noticed a lot of things the app needs to work on or features they lack that are extremely nerve wracking!

For starters, why can’t friends on Uno play 2 vs 2 against Eachother In wild mode for coins? That would make it even more fun and competitive almost like gambling with friends.

Also, sometimes in 2vs2 mode I get paired with IDIOTS who do not know how to play, and cause me to lose high amounts of coins, then when I try to play again it keeps pairing me with the same idiots! This leads to me not wanting to play anymore for a long period of time because of lack of coins from being paired with idiots. It’s unfair to have to keep playing with people you don’t want to play with. I suggest adding a block option to disable the game from pairing you with that player ever again.

Also, I actually like the voice chat option, but sometimes it goes through too late or thinks you canceled the voice chat. It can be very frustrating. I suggest adding a instant message at the Bottom of the screen. So say I type “Draw 4 him!” It shows immediately.

Aside from these issues it’s a pretty cool app but they desperately need to add features similar to what I suggested because I’ve gone months without playing due to these issues. Sooner or later I will just delete the app altogether, stop recommending friends and have my friends stop playing as well. And just stick to old fashioned card game

UPDATE: STILL IRRITATED MORE THAN EVER WITH THIS BS GAME. THIS IS A SCAM. THEY SET YOU UP FOR FAILURE. EVERYTHING I LISTED BEFORE IS BECOMING OUT OF HAND. DESPERATELY NEED THE BLOCK BUTTON. SOME PEOPLE LIKE TO PURPOSELY MAKE YOU LOSE. THEREFORE IM LOSING ON ACTUAL MONEY WHEN I BUY COINS. UNACCEPTABLE.

The developers should feel horrible for allowing bots & creating limited interaction in the 2pvp mode. Players of a toxic nature, or simply not in your skill range can become matched & will intentionally sabotage the game. Either they have very few coins to loose or Mattel just wants you to keep buying more. This would be somewhat tolerable if there were ways to communicate w/ the other player vs the VERY banal options given. Even a bail button, would be decent when you get stuck w/ a bot or an obnoxious player. Believe me, Not every game is meant to go your way; as that would not be exciting or realistic. Uno is enjoyable until you run into the Mattel Developer disaster creation….Best of luck if you fall into their trap.
Updated-Since the developers responded…
As I initially stated this game is riddled w/ issues—Be VERY cautious as the responses from the company are suspicious even. The grammar used is not what one would expect coming from a professional, reputable company.
Additionally DO NOT buy coins or fall for their marketing scheme. For example you can play at a higher level ; have the sufficient coins & loose (which is fair as it’s a game), then play the same level and win yet they allow players WITHOUT sufficient coins to play so you collect a mere amount.
If Uno/Mattel wants to allow this “BK” player to short another player while they capitalize on someone who in good faith plays with in their means…..They should grant the winner the full amount.
They are also shady with their “trophy” system, for example if you play a L20 or up you get a min of 13, if you loose they deduct 12.
However if you play a match below L20 you only gain 8 for a win, and they DEDUCT 12 for a loss.
In short, UNO Mobile is designed to rip you off as there is no parity, not to mention the foreign bots that are used—BEWARE.

1) this app is a scam. 2) it is straight up gambling, isn’t that illegal for children to go into casinos? Why on earth is every single “in-app purchases” the top games in the Apple Store, and they all follow the same formulas of manipulating your children into becoming gamblers. You can’t click anywhere in game without being begged for money by their forceful advertisements, and have to click twice on ads to get back to a screen where you can play the game. 3) You can feel the match fixing, and A.I as they try to distract you with so many different ways to play, that you might not notice the pattern of convenient losses, with all arrows pointing at “free game time” long as you play a commercial. Tim Cook should suspend this game, and all of the in-app purchases games in the App Store, if they’re not of the “design for little ponies and cowboys” genre, should be all disallowed in the App Store. Those apps are creating little gamblers. All the other reviews about the game being rigged are super true. You start off winning 95% of the games, and then all the sudden you can feel the switch, the games giving you convenient feeling losses, and like I said earlier, the game modes attempt to distract you with their different ways to play, so that when you think a game mechanic was broken, it’s really just your “imagination.” The way these games with in-app purchases work, is they start your children off with a bunch of dopamine hits via their gambling systems, then after they get so much rewards in their brain, the paywalls start to come in and they turn your kids frustration into spending your money so they can hop over the paywall and play again, only to see it repeats just a little bit faster than before, and that’s how addiction works! Horray, Tim Cook needs to suspend the App Store and remove these gambling games.

I see they updated it so you have the opportunity to regain the coins you’ve just lost , but not mentioning it’s not every loss that you’re able to watch an ad & regain lost coins . . It definitely just comes out of no where I realized how easy it is to lose repeatedly & I just think if they made a few changes regarding +4s being stacked along side +2s , that would also make a huge difference in players losses, as well as mine . . I used to love this game & enjoyed every moment of it but as time grew on, it went from relaxing & enjoyable to annoying & dreadful. . I think this game would’ve been wonderful if the actual uno rules were applied or maybe if points from the cards weren’t a factor & relied on how many cards vs the numbers on the cards that creates points I think if some of the opinions of others were considered , then it would be cool but it just seems like more ways to get people to watch ads & why ? If we’re no longer enjoying the game . . I will be uninstalling & I hope eventually the game progresses to be better than it is now because there’s always room for growth & you get there by considering others . . I have left previous reviews as well in hopes the creators would change/update the game in a unique way & to add on to my experience with the current update, at first it was okay , until I notice it wasn’t consistent Others may enjoy this game & to each his own , this game was fun while it lasted . . Do hope to download again in the future if progression happens in beneficial ways for all players & not just ones who spend money
( April 28th 2023) edit response I don’t believe you guys understood my review but do hope eventually you guys come to understand as you’re response was very redundant & shows no concern to make changes , oh well. . Either you guys want to get better or not ‍♀️

After playing for awhile, I can now say... I HATE the timer. I’m tired of people letting the game time out, just to run down the 3 minute timer, so that they can win. There needs to be a play option (something besides the private rooms) without the overall 3 minute game timer.

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I read about the new Coin Bank in the update notes on iOS and I was so excited. I should have known better to expect it to be a free coin bank. Just another nail in the Uno coffin.

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Previous Review *

The coin system isn’t fun. It’s just a money grab. I get it, you need revenue to support your game, however, if I run out of coins i can’t continue to play and I’m going to forget about your app. When I eventually do remember it, I’m also going to remember I never have enough coins to play and open up a different gaming app. At least with Gameloft, they had this same issue in the beginning but they eventually instituted a coin recharger that refilled over a set period of time.

Facebook... it’s losing its steam. Many people no longer have a Facebook account and have moved on. It should not be a requirement to link your non-existent Facebook account to change things in the game.

The timer, initiate a faster game timer to keep the game moving along. I know it’s a strategy, but I’m tired of people running out the clock.

Multiple connection issues as well... I have gigabit service with Verizon and never lose connection with the other games I play. However, I lose connection with this game at least once every game.

The forced tutorial in the beginning when you first download the app is lame. There should be a way to exit out of it.

I usually do spend money on games, a dollar here and a dollar there... but that’s when I can get hours of enjoyment out of them. With your game, I could lose all of my coins after one game if I lose.

I downloaded this app the other day so I can play with my online friends, and it’s not a terrible app.
I noticed that a lot of people hate the timer, but I don’t mind it. It should be longer than 3 minutes, but it shouldn’t be removed, or else you would have games for over an hour, and that’s seems like your asking for crashes and bugs.
I think the game should be less spendy. You shouldn’t have to pay money or use keys to play. You should spend that stuff on things that’ll help you in-game, not to be able to play. My friends and I have to do 3 matches or less a game because we need to ration our room keys and coins. You should be able to bet in games if you want, and gain or lose coins from that.
I’m not a big fan of the bots. They’re too much like bots, they know every strategy possible, and for all I know, they could be changing the cards in their deck based on what I have.
You shouldn’t need to have 4 players a game. I understand why you wouldn’t want 2, because it’s not as much fun, but 3 or more is enough players. You should also be able to have more than 4 players, but I know that would be a ways off in the game’s development.
I think you should be able to change your name and make your own avatar. Is it that hard to let us use a photo from our photo album as our profile picture? Even if it is, it can’t be that much harder to let us edit the color and style of our character. I see some people I play against with custom names, but my IPhone SE won’t let me change mine for some reason. When I press the little pencil icon next to the gender icon, it makes me go to the gender icon instead of the pencil icon.
I’ve run out of things I want to mention, but please get your act together UNO team. I know you have the money and recourses to fix a lot of these issues. I’d give it a 2.5 rating if I could, but I’ll just go with 2, because 3 is too much to give this app.