Ping Pong - Watch Retro Game Reviews

by Livideous

First and foremost. The player doesn’t move fast enough when scrolling the crown, and there is no way to adjust the setting. Or any settings at all for that matter aside from color customization. On top of that, every single time you lose, the developer designed a pop up for another app they made. The problem is that this happens AFTER you choose to restart the level. Meaning it stops you from controlling your character, and you lose. By the time you can close the ad you’ve already lost again. This causes an infinite loop in practically all of the ping-pong game modes. Oh, and did I mention you have to play the ad on your PHONE, NOT your WATCH, because it won’t bring you to the install option until you’ve failed a level. In your phone. That you have to use to scan the photo-code to play the ad in the first place. Instead of, I don’t know, just making the ad playable on your watch to begin with since it’s advertised as a watch app even on the ad itself. PingPong is not great, I wouldn’t recommend anyone with any self worth(or short fuses ig since that restart bug is infinite most of the time) to download this game, let alone spend ANY money on its expansions. If they couldn’t be bothered to include QoL settings like sensitivity to PONG of all games, I have zero confidence they were willing to make any kind of convenience for any if their other games.

by Ambdis

The game used to be only ping pong and look like the pictures, but now when you play it loads ping pong, but not like the pictures suggests. It has a blue background and white circles that you would use to hit the ball with. It turns out you would have to buy the customizer pack to make it look like the pictures ( The pack is I believe $1.99 usd ). Then it also comes with more games that you have to pay for. So this game is advertising a game that the pictures and name do not sagest.

by MegaDoggo

I really like this game where you can play games on your watch or your phone when you are bored. But when I completed the level of one game it told me you had to pay to get to the next level. You have to pay 1.99 for it, which is very cheap but I am not spending my money on this game platform. There are other game platforms for free which are actually more fun than this game. So I do not recommend getting PingPong because you have to pay for a bad game.

by Ultimate_ Champion

The game is truly terrible. There are two major things that make it that way. First, the ping pong game itself is really bad, with it always scoring without the ball going into the goal (which it does it this way probably more than it scores actually going in the goal). The second reason, a more recent happening, after every game finishes once someone gets to 10 (if it even finishes after that, sometimes it just keeps going), there is always an ad that no matter what just kills and forces my to restart my Apple Watch. Disappointing.

by Toasty.qwp

The game used to be only ping pong and look like the pictures, but now when you play it loads ping pong, but not like the pictures suggests. It has a blue background and white circles that you would use to hit the ball with. It turns out you would have to buy the customizer pack to make it look like the pictures ( The pack is I believe $1.99 usd ). Then it also comes with more games that you have to pay for. So this game is advertising a game that the pictures and name do not sagest.

by JACK/cato

I download PingPong to play when I was on a road trip or something so I wasn’t board..but PingPong is so complicated I do not know how to do the verses thing with my Apple Watch. It’s just difficult to use so I’m just saying if you download PingPong it’s a bit complicated to use so I’m just saying so yeah that’s about all I have to say you must be good at Technology and stuff to figure it out but please tell me how to the wurst stay with your Apple Watch ⌚️ idk if it has to be a new series your something but I have the 6 Apple Watch idk if that’s to old or something but please tell me.

by Her Her Has

Game is good but you have to do all the purchases and you like like the endless mode you have to do all the purchases to get all endless modes I’m not sure why do you do this But like games are good but like everything cost money to buy endless there’s also glitches like likes like I don’t know I like oh wait I remember so it’s like a thing where my friend is playing but it says waiting for Apple Watch

by Monochromatixx

Before downloading, just know that basically every game that’s shown in the ads, (other than pong) is paid for. Which I know that the dev needs to make money somehow, but that’s something I thought was worth mentioning, because I got suckered into thinking that those games were free too.

But pong has its own issues too.
The “A.I” for ping pong is slow, like REALLY slow, barely counts as an opponent, it just slowly moves up and down over and over again.
And your striker, (yes I said STRIKER, as the game is designed like Air Hockey for some reason) is ALSO very slow, not unbearable, but the least they could’ve done is add some sensitivity settings, which also aren’t there either, the customization options are also paid for.

So if you don’t care for all that stuff, PingPong’s for you. If you DO care, then know that PingPong is basically a cash grab.

by Octononymous

I really like this game. Love it even. I had it on my watch before I got it on my phone and tried to connect the two but, as always, you had to pay $2 which I’m just not willing to spend to do so. I mean if I can do it free on the watch, why disappoint on the phone? Overall I give it a 4/5 star rating because the game and trials are really fun. Would I recommend it? Yes, but only on the watch.

by A Pruitt Fan

It’s a really good game overall, but if you could just get rid of the pop-up ads, or maybe make them less common, then it would be much better. I do like that it has free demos of the other game, modes, or whatever, so you can play the first level. also, I’ve only played on Watch, so I don’t know what it is like on iPhone.

by DerpDargon454

I adore PingPong! It has multiple different games and is pretty fun. I do have a couple problems though. The "watch" mode for pong doesnt work anymore, the AI for the right side does nothing. It also tells you to do something in settings that doesnt exist, so you cant make it return to PingPong when you turn your apple watch on. Breakout, invader, and the new jump modes are all cool,
I do thing that its a bit annoying you have to pay for each one, but theres no ads so the dev has to be paid somehow. Although, there used to be a glitch with breakout where you could still access the levels without paying, despite the popup that appeared when you won, and when it got patched I got stuck on the music note level, but idk doesnt matter that much, I just have to buy the breakout mode to fix it. The jump mode is interesting, but the "demo" you get before you pay is too short. Also, I would LOVE an infinite mode like how PingPong used to be when it was new, 10 pts isnt enough sometimes.

Thats all, thanks for making this awesome app!!!!

by Its_Jibble

I recently got this game on my Apple Watch and got the verses game mode so I can play against my friend and give them my phone, but when I open it up on my phone and watch, it just says waiting for the other device even though it is open on both devices. If anyone can help that would be greatly appreciated. But other than that I think it’s a great app, I’ve already beat hard mode and a few levels of invader, and I love getting the cos tonisier for free once I beat hard mode. Over all great app, I just want to figure out how to play verses.

by Magdalena Moon

I’ve been playing it on either levels or easy mode, I’m not sure which, but I have no clue how to change the difficulty. Everything I try doesn’t work, and the force touch just keeps telling me to press harder. Can someone please explain how to change the difficulty? I’m so frustrated that at this point I don’t want to deal with PingPong .

by Doglover194

This game is amazing! It cures boredom in just a matter of moments! I do have one complaint though.. After maybe one or two rounds of playing, it pops up this thing that kind of looks like an ad? It’s weird. And when I touch the screen, it pops up a loading symbol. I have to reset my watch to be able to do anything else

by GenerallGist

This is a fun game, I am not going to lie! But there are some bugs. And I am not going to call them little, because usually when the ball is hit into the corner, it ends up giving the other side a point. This is just a suggestion, but maybe there could be little power ups that show up whenever somebody is at nine and is about to lose. I am not absolutely begging for this, I just think that this would be a cool setting, and it would give the game an, “Oh, now I’m done exploring, maybe I should try experimenting with all the cool power ups” and giving players a way to keep the game interesting and exciting for everyone, even the losing person! I had three stars for this game, but I would have to give it four because this game might not fit everybody’s expectations but it is still pretty dang fun! Try it out yourself! You be the critic!

by Seedity

Love the games honestly, very cool. The only question/complain I have is that you keep changing PingPong icon.

I'm trying to have a theme and I keep having to change where your app go because it doesn't color match anymore.

I'm being picky but having an option in PingPong to select from a couple icons and not have to reorganize every few weeks would be great thanks!

by NeonBeary

This game is really fun if you are looking for a classic old game! There is one problem though. It is hard to get to the menu. I press the screen and it says “press harder”. Honestly, I don’t want to break my Apple Watch by pressing too hard on the screen just to get to a menu. My fingers might be the problem, I just do not know.

I have some suggestion for this game.
Maybe when you end the game you can have the menu there. Or maybe before you load into the game the menu will be right there.
Another suggestion is to make a pause button that you can get to the menu.

Thanks for reading and have a great rest of your day! 😄

by Chickipo

When I first got this game, about a year and a half ago, it was called “pong” with the plain logo and regular pong as it was in the 20th century. Now, the logo is a blue joystick and it’s called “ping pong” even though the free game is ice hockey and you have to pay a dollar to get actual pong.

Edit: they fixed it in the new update. Still would be nice to have it as the default theme.

by Someone Wants History

I really like this game. Love it even. I had it on my watch before I got it on my phone and tried to connect the two but, as always, you had to pay $2 which I’m just not willing to spend to do so. I mean if I can do it free on the watch, why disappoint on the phone? Overall I give it a 4/5 star rating because the game and trials are really fun. Would I recommend it? Yes, but only on the watch.

by Gvx799

This is an awesome game u love it on my Apple Watch and I think it’s quite a good game. I do have a problem. I want to have more and not pay premium. I mean sure still have premium but ONE level for each thing? Please developers that’s not ok. At least make us able to do three levels. Just three!

by Rrr!Rrr!🔑

The game is very addicting and fun, great for the watch and the AI is so extremely smart that every new level is an adjustment. Practice is key, mastering the movements of the opponent and knowing when your screwed is important. Getting 3 points ahead of your opponent is an often sign of victory, however they can catch up. When the bouncing begins to intensify, the ball will slant and miss you instantaneously.

PERFECT GAME PORT.

by Minegeek531

So I really enjoy PingPong but there is one thing I would like added. I would like to see a pause feature added so I don’t have to close out of it to “pause” it. It will literally pick right back up immediately when you go back in. Also when you unpause please make a little countdown timer. Thanks!

by CoolASLTeacher

I love playing pong on my watch! But I did notice that if you click restart when you win or lose and hold it so the menu comes up it then press it again it will glitch it so you or the bot has a lot more points then possible. But to be honest I like doing that every once in a while just for fun so you should keep it in the game!

by Firestorm40701

I played this game but eventually it got boring. One day it randomly gave me the customized for free!! So I think there’s an algorithm to do this to keep people hooked. And honestly the customizer is pretty cool. I am playing more often now. One thing though - please add a pause feature it would really help

by JimmyDukeStr

This Apple Watch game puts a Classic right on your wrist for anywhere on the go play! And with the update adding color customization, it can look how you want. For all the people wondering, you can unlock the customizer without paying for it by winning against the hard difficulty! I wish there was an option to adjust how many points it takes to win, though!

by TheTruthfulReviewer123

I love this game. it's great for when you have nothing to do. i LOVE the new update (if you beat heard mode then you get the customizer for free) one thing is that it would help alot to have a pause/resume button. also I love the feature where if you beat hard then you get the customizer for free (great) but how about you get breakout for free if you win 10-0 on hard. thanks and I hope that this review helps.

by Chase The Robloxian

I just got my apple watch a few days ago and I have a few games and this is by far my favorite. Even though there is not much content, I just keep playing.

by Randomnickname18257

One of my favorite Apple Watch apps, so far playing pong has managed to keep me awake in psychology class. I have a little suggestion though: when playing in the iPhone app, haptics similar to the watch (when hitting bricks) would be great.

by Sushrut J

very entertaining to use when you have free time, with one small issue. why doesn’t the customized unlock on iPhone when you beat hard mode? Is it only for the watch? I suggest that you also add a sensitivity slider (mainly for iPhone)

by Reat.

I played this game in school during our free time before school shut down. I would have played it on my phone at home as well but the update for it released only 3 days before my review I’m writing here. Now I also play it on my phone occasionally as well during my lunch break!