Last updated on December 17th, 2025 at 09:06 am
Reversi – Strategy Game Review
Reversi is a Strategy/Board game from Michael Patricios, first launched in 1st February 2019.
It’s rated 4+ and currently has 8+ ratings on the App Store.
What Makes Reversi Stand Out
The classic game of Reversi, also known as Othello, is a much-loved strategy board game. It is often described as taking only a minute to learn but a lifetime to master. Each game only takes a few minutes, making it ideal for playing on the go. It can be played by all ages. This continues to be one of the most sought-after versions of the game for the natural AI when playing against the CPU and the refreshing, crisp style.
FEATURES:
- One or two player mode
- Six levels of difficulty from beginner to guru
- Each level has its own style of play
- Strong computer opponent at higher levels
- Fast computer play
- Option for suggestions to help improve your game play
- Four gorgeously styled boards
- Unlimited undo and redo
- Scoreboard
- Auto-save game in progress
- Can listen to your own music whilst playing
"There are several free Reversi games in the app store, but none have the breadth of options or depth of AI of this paid version. AppCraver looks forward to seeing what developer Kiss The Machine comes up with next" – www.appcraver.com
"For those who are serious about playing Reversi and want a serious AI challenge get this one" – mrbass.org best iPhone and iPod Touch games
This Strategy game offers engaging gameplay and regular updates for mobile players.
Player Feedback
As a newer release, Reversi is building its player community. Early feedback suggests .
Recent Updates & Development
Latest Update: 9th July 2022
Recent improvements include:
Fixed a few small bugs
Download & Availability
Reversi is available through the official App Store for iOS devices.
Requirements: Requires iPhone 5s / iPad Air / iPad Air (Cellular) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina, Cellular) / iPhone 6 / iPhone 6 Plus / iPad Air 2 / iPad Air 2 (Cellular) / iPad Mini 3 or later.
Compatible with iPhone and iPad devices.
Player Experience Highlights
Community Insight:
We've had this app for a long time and we have always loved it. App is stable and interface is well thought out. It lets you play reversi without making you "feel like" you're doing it on a device.
Says what it does and does what it says.
Great features and settings. Great game AI.
We don't understand what people are complaining about. The AI works great. Beginner is challenging but it forces you to learn the strategy of the game. The increasing difficulty can be beat but you must think very deep to win. Just like in chess. Interface is simple. Animation works. Undo works. Overall a solid game that will keep you busy for hours if you let it.
The interaction is natural and the graphics good. We beat it three times out of three at Beginner level and likewise at Intermediate, but at Advanced level it's diabolical. It lets you think you're winning then destroys your position in four moves. We're not touching Expert, Master, or Guru levels yet. This game should provide an appropriate level of challenge to nearly all players.
We always felt winning was possible after playing several games. Our mistakes were easy to correct. It is clear that a two-fold strategy is key to winning at any of the levels. The game instructions are not well-suited with the right amount of information for first-time users. Overall Impressions: The game interests us.
We hope you dont pass over this game because it doesnt have enough stars. We love that it is ad-free. We love the simple settings and interface. We love that you can choose to have available moves highlighted if you want. We love the challenging AI … Im around 50% on level 2 (out of 5). We love that it doesnt connect to the internet. This game is well made and worth the small amount of money they are asking for.
We are undefeated on Intermediate 258-0. Move up to expert and we win about 1 out of 6 (43-256). We have other Reversi games that have graduated levels which encourage continued play. Deleting this one, its unfortunate because it is an otherwise very good looking and stable game.
After sifting through half a dozen versions of this game, we really appreciate that Kiss the Machine doesnt bombard the end user with adds for other games or begs the end user for reviews. This build of reversi is just what we were looking for in a single player app. Its clean and the AI is fairly challenging on Advanced. It doesnt pull any punches and with three additional skill levels to master (6 total), Im sure we will have many hours of enjoyment. It features single-player, against AI, and two-player, using the same device. The only down side of this app is that it doesnt seem to have any on-line game-play, but that doesnt bother us, so we still give it 5 stars anyway.
Don't let all of the whiners dissuade you from getting this game. It is a solidly executed app which plays very well. The Beginner level is, of course, very easy to defeat. But, the Guru level will challenge you every single time. We are able to win consistently at the Expert level, which makes for good gameplay. Get this addictive game.
Quit whining and learn how to play. The beginner level is a push over.
Despite what some of the reviews here say, it is not too difficult on beginner. It does become quite challenging at higher difficulty levels tho, which is good :).
We've downloaded most of the reversi games on the appstore. We keep going back to this one for two reasons: the AI and the graphics. The games are challenging and fun, and the piece flipping animation is really effectively done, especially on the classic board. We play it just to watch it :) Well, not quite. Easily the most played game on our iPhone.
This is the only game we've been playing more than once or twice. It's simple but freaking difficult to win. Our only suggestion would be to make a button to request the hints, versus having them show up automatically after 4 seconds. Most of the time we like to figure out what we would do, then see if what the computer suggests. 4 seconds usually isn't long enough for that.
For 2 bucks you get someone who will continue to make good games. This game is much better than the others. Enjoy.
Morocco is great for free, but for a couple of bucks you can play this and be able to watch the gameplay happen . In Morocco moves happen instantaneously and thus we never know what happened. In Reversi, you can take back moves and it displays what the last move was. This helps a lot if you want to work on improving your game. If your a fan of the game, spend a couple dollars.
The other free alternatives might have slight better graphics. But this game is true to the original game. Having a 2 player action is just invaluable so much fun to play with friends anywhere. We love it.
We're pretty good at othello game and other two free ones are east to beat which make them not worth keeping. This paid one is very competitive. At master level, we won one time out of 5 matches so far. If you only want an othello game for anoccasional entertainmant, get the free ones. This paid one has better graphic movement, sound, and usuful options that make 2 bucks worth paying. No bugs for us so far.
We downloaded this during the app store launch -before we saw the free ones. We had all three until yesterday. We kept this one and removed the other two. The app has been updated twice and it has more features like undo and redo. We do wish we could launch a new game from the main game screen. Please fix.
Plays a good game of Reversi, with 5 difficulty levels. We were able to beat the Easy and Intermediate levels easily, and we're about 50-50 with Advanced. Haven't won against Expert or Master. The game is very polished and professional. Despite the other review that claimed it has bugs, we have not had any problems with it and it does include instructions. One slight problem is that the "info" button might be too small as sometimes we've had to press it several times before it registered a touch.
This is a solid, attractively designed app for a fair and appropriate price. You can tell the dev put some time and care into building it.
Good value at $1.99. Nice little reversi game with decent graphics and a good interface. Plays a strong game of reversi.
Great game! Favorite game app and never gets boring. Must have.
Great graphics and gameplay. Statistics and undo. The only complaint we have is that the animations are TOO SLOW. If it is going animate a piece at a time then it really needs to be twice as fast. Otherwise, keep the current speed and turn over all the pieces at the same time like the other versions of this game.
As the title suggests, "Reversi" has the most challenging AI of the 3 Reversi/Othello games we've tried so far. Morocco was only able to tie us once on hard (about which we'll not avoid whining about the fact that we were playing half-a**ed due to the lack of challenge) and Othello was a total breeze. Reversi, on the other hand, whoops us completely every time on master difficulty. As other reviewers have mentioned, other features include saving the game on exit, an available moves display, hints (haven't tried, but the AI is obviously good), a scoreboard to keep track of your record, and some very basic instructions. The undo button is also nice in case you accidentally hit the wrong square. The graphics are basic with animation for flipping pieces and sound effects for moves and flips. In all honesty though, we're not sure a simple game like Reversi really needs much in the way of presentation. We personally would prefer not having to wait for the pieces flip sometimes. One thing that all of these games lack is the ability to play against another person over the network. We, for one, really hope that this feature is eventually added. So if you're looking for more of a challenge than the free apps offer, pony up the whopping $2 (and save a penny for a Tootsie Roll) and we don't think you'll be disappointed. And for those who complain about all of these games being impossible, just learn the rules and practice a little, maybe even look up some strategies (there are a few basic ones that we're sure will get you past the easy difficulties) and youll enjoy this great game.
But locks up if u try the undo. We would give a 5 star review if not 4 the lock-ups.
…could you add a way to turn off the chip-turning animations? It would make gameplay go much faster. Thanks and keep up the good work.
This is a good game, but the time between finishing a game and starting a new game is unacceptable long (tapping the "info" icon after a win/loss). Can this please be fixed in an update.
We love Reversi, and we definitely think this titles animations are far superior to the free Morocco, however, there are quite a few bugs. There is no way to restart a game without force quitting it (hold your Home button for a few seconds until it goes black and back to the home menu). We think once the bug fixes are made, this'll be a great game.
We have Reversi on our iPod classic and love it. We can actually win This game could be so fun if the beginner and advanced levels were just that. Beginner is more like advanced. We've only won once with this game and that's on beginner level. We're hoping there will be an update to make the game a little easier. It's nearly impossible to win unless you are the computer.
Othello is an awesome game we really enjoy playing it but this game is way to difficult even on the easiest setting we cannot beat this game even once we think you should change that.
We used to love playing Othello when we were growing up and was so looking forward to playing this app. Unfortunately, it's too difficult to win even on the easy setting. After playing it just a few times, we've given up on it. It's no fun if you don't feel like you even have the slightest hope of beating the computer and on the easy setting, you should have at least a 50/50 chance.
For no discernable reason. This happened the 2nd time we played it. There is something wrong with that, it basically guarantees a loss (we beat it 46-18).
We are disappointed that we can't play against an opponent. No fun to play against yourself. Wasted our $$$. Want refund.
It took 2 attempts for the game to download. There are no instructions, the "we" or information button in the lower right corner does not work, and there is no way to re-start the game. We have to keep hitting the "back" arrow many times to go to the begining. This gamel needs an update.
User feedback from Apple App Store
App Details
- Version: 3.7
- Size: 28.60 MB
- iOS: 9.0 or later
- Languages: EN
- Content Advisory:
- Developer: Michael Patricios
Last updated: 9th July 2022 | Genre: Strategy, Board | Developer: Michael Patricios