One Button Travel Negative Reviews

One Button Travel App Complaints & User Negative Comments 2024

One Button Travel app received 53 complaints, negative comments and reviews by users. Have you ever had a bad experience using One Button Travel? Can you share your negative thoughts about one button travel?

One Button Travel for Negative User Reviews

✓ Waste of $5Boring, doesn't progress it's all text based and one dimensional. Feels like you're going around in circles..Tbird8485Version: 1.0

✓ One Button TravelSlow, happy to wait for responses but when I can't access them it's frustrating. Please fix so I can enjoy rest of the game. Have now deleted game as still nothing is accessible. Don't buy it without improvement..Nangie and EVersion: 1.5

✓ LameDon't bother..AndrewArtsVersion: 1.2

✓ I like the idea, but the storytelling needs work.This is basically a "choose your own adventure" story in which you IM with someone in peril and you're working to help this person out of their jam. Here's the problem: The writing is terrible. There's a major reveal that's done in a very corny style. And it's frustrating to be limited to these answers when often I would not choose either answer. I gather the company is international, so the English version is probably a translation -- it's a clumsy translation. This company would be well served if they spent a few extra dollars hiring legitimate fiction writers with real skills to create a story that is much more compelling. I was clicking out of idle curiosity, not legitimate interest. The visual appeal is good and the app works well otherwise..Mad_footVersion: 1.5

✓ Cool idea..and fun gameReally enjoyed playing the first time through the game, good suspense and twists in the story. However, played it again choosing different options and still ended up with the same epilogue...this must be an error because it didn't match final messages. Please fix, disappointing..Shake-a-tolaVersion: 1.5.2

✓ Lifeline, this isn't...I hate to say it, but One Button Travel makes me sad. It takes a brilliantly simple form (much like its predecessor Lifeline) and ruins it with long drawn out sequences that offer little to the primary plot line, and seem to exist purely to extend playtime. The above fact coupled with poor grammar, and glaringly obvious spelling mistakes, breaks the suspension of disbelief that this kind of narrative thought experience relies on so heavily. I'll continue to play it through to the end with a hope that One Button Travel somehow redeems itself, but it's more "going through the motions" to get an ending, rather than "playing" the game..RegravityVersion: 1.1

✓ Boring Lifeline copyTedious game in which nothing happens, and it keeps making you wait hours to give your 4 lines of text. Save your cash, its crap.GottersVersion: 1.0

✓ RubbishWhat a load of rubbish.GlenmccartyVersion: 1.0

✓ Warning: This is not a game!Do NOT press the button! Unless your idea of fun is rotting in prison in a dystopian future, do not press it! Concept was great: press button, reserve trip, visit future, and get sent back. Execution was mediocre: choice is an illusion. No matter what you do, the best you can hope for after you press the button is a slightly different dialog to reach the same ending. In fact, except for the choices at the very beginning that let you take one of two branches, all other efforts are futile in the face of pre-determination. In the end, you have but one choice: do nothing out of sure stubbornness or pretend it never happened at all. I am rotting now, writing this review, wishing I had listened to others. While the journey was fun, the pacing engaging, the story was too simple and railroaded. Maybe in a few hundred years more they will get this right and be able to send everyone back..MaztecVersion: 1.1

✓ The biggest app disappointment everAs many reviews have stated, this app is a good idea, extremely poorly executed. In theory, the idea of an interactive fic text message story seemed interesting, but the reality of the stilted, stop-and-go story was a complete disappointment. I forced myself to go all the way to the end because I paid for the app, and the ending was a disappointment too. Before you buy this app, realize it is a bland story that is totally average and non-innovative for its genre, the choices you make have little to no influence, and it is annoyingly spoon fed to you in tiny bites at inconvenient real life time intervals. I think the graphic design in the screenshots drew me in too - you've already seen it all because the app contains the intro button, the text message screen, the one "puzzle" screen (not really a puzzle), and the menu/credits. This app seems like it is designed for people who enjoy clever and unique experiences, you know, something more interesting than yet another button masher or bird flinger or match 3 game. Unfortunately, the actual experience falls completely flat. I recommend you save your money and take a chance on the next thing that catches your interest instead, because One Button Travel is a complete dud..A disappointingly likely storyVersion: 1.1

✓ Unique but flawedIt's not meant to be fast paced fun. It is meant to simulate text interaction and there are some pauses for hours at a time. There are a lot of typos which is annoying. Started off interesting and got a lil dull. I don't know how it ends bc my phone died last night and when I charged it and opened the app, it reset. I'm not sure if I'm gonna bother..Lala121289Version: 1.2

✓ BoringWaiting all the time for the app to reply. Just tapping replays to messages. This is really not worth the money. I want my money back.Stewartp972Version: 1.0

✓ Poorly done, laggy.If One Button Travel were a free app, I wouldn't even write this review. Unfortunately it isn't. After buying "Rules" from this developer, and loving it I decide to give their other app a try. One Button Travel starts off as an interesting text based game, like others on the platform. Sadly, just minutes into playing it experiences serious lag. Whenever you are receiving messages, the device freezes completely. You have to wait until all messages are received to start viewing. This lag is impossible to overlook, even for the Apple Watch. For a $3 game, if you are purchasing this for the watch, save your money. There are plenty of other text based games that provide you with a much less laggy experience..Ljlom2000Version: 2.0.6

✓ MehThis game starts out like a great idea but after a while you realize your choices don't matter. It doesn't affect the gameplay no matter what you choose. Also the pacing is very slow. I would rather have a constant "text" with the computer than simulated like its a person. I just want to finish the game so I feel like I didn't waste my money..Timmy1310Version: 1.1

✓ MehThe story is semi-interesting. You barely get to interact with it, and it doesn't feel like your answers affect the story that much. Also, I'm locking my phone every 10 seconds just to have a notification come up a few seconds later. There are a lot of cases where they could have just "sent" the next message without saying "no new messages" so I left the app. It looks nice, but didn't keep me engaged for long. If you like the format, go get lifeline. It's a better game all around..DrakeEvansVersion: 1.1

✓ DisappointingBought this on the strength of TheCodingMonkeys name and positive reviews elsewhere - but so far, I'm disappointed. I had expected an interactive fiction / puzzle adventure, but so far I have seen no puzzles and interaction is limited to choosing one of two dialogue options every few hours when my NPC compatriot deigns to talk to me. Perhaps it picks up after a few days, but so far I'm just not seeing the game here..TACDVersion: 1.0

✓ Okay not greatCool idea for a game, keeps the user interested. But hate waiting the real time hours for next decision. Also the prompted answers you give are a bit annoying. Would be nice to submit own replies..Mgau93Version: 1.0

✓ Captivating... and then it's over.The plot is great, and I loved my time playing this game, but it seemed very fast paced and rushed. I expected the story to be longer, and for it not to end so abruptly. I don't think that it allowed for me to choose my own path very much, but of course, I haven't played other storylines. I loved the game, but I would suggest expanding it further and making the ending more exciting..$trini228$Version: 1.1

✓ Much like the story, I'm wondering why I pushed the button.Interesting concept with real time messaging, but as a game it just doesn't bear out as well as it could. Not only do the choices have no impact on what happens, but the choices you're asked to make are often inane. And while the timing seems like it would be interesting, it just drags on, makes me hang around my phone, and leaves me plenty of time to write App Store reviews. If they want to pull this game off without doing a massive rewrite, the pacing should increase as the game goes on and you get more invested. If you forget it's a game and assume they're going for an interactive novel, the writing is terrible. The writing should be rewarding enough on its own--but writing is hard, so I guess they didn't want to figure that out. It feels much like an Internet fanfic come to life. I'm mostly just sticking around because the narrative isn't terrible and I'm suffering from "sunk cost syndrome." I've liked other games similar to this but this one just doesn't get much right..Miss b!Version: 1.0

✓ DifferentThis isn't game. Not really. And it's not a choose your own adventure story either. This is something very different, that blurs the line between game, story and email: a story that takes place in real time. Run it in the background. Go about your day. Check it as you check in email box: in line, or waiting for a meeting. For the price of a cup of coffee it's not a bad trade. However ... The further you go in the story the less probable it becomes. And the ending leaves a great deal to be desired. It is a shame. A story told in real time is a spiffy idea, so is a choose your own adventure game. The merger, however, in this case, did not work well..SeulaceVersion: 1.1

✓ I'm not so sure paying money for this...I liked the story, but wish there were more... Can you please add more. I don't want to delete it after one use....Chanel20999Version: 2.0.7

✓ Don't know why this is under the games categoryIt's not a game. And it's actually kinda creepy, some virtual person from the future texting me?! Just weird..ZigleyVersion: 1.1

✓ Speed of the story is terrible3-4 messages. Wait 5 minutes. Again only 3-4 messages. Wait for some more minutes. I don't want to use the speed mode. It's not fun anymore. Tune the pace of the story. Learn from other apps like "life line" I want to be able to play the game for at least 5 min when I open it. Not just read 10 word and force to wiat again.GamersEvilVersion: 1.1

✓ Interesting conceptThis is a great concept, and it’s strengths are the artwork. Unfortunately, the pacing got boring after a while, and the ending, when it finally came, was disappointing. Some tighter writing and more punch at the end might have saved it. Those negatives aside, this is a great concept and I do not regret spending time with the app. I would like to see what the next generation of this concept would be..CasinoOwlVersion: 1.1

✓ Neat idea, but can't get into itThis app has a neat premise and nice atmosphere, but the story is designed like an SMS-based Choose-Your-Own-Adventure, and has built-in breaks every couple minutes. It's essentially impossible to use without multitasking; you can't just cozy up to it like a traditional book. I would recommend this to someone interested in hyper fiction in an academic way, but I don't think it works as entertainment..Ry7n_Version: 1.5.2

✓ Can't you think for yourself?Like having an irritating friend who can't make their own decisions text you every 10 minutes. Cool concept, though!.HunkychapeauVersion: 1.0

✓ Old Devices?I'm pretty sure the iPod 5 I'm using to type this is not an old device....Unn0wnVersion: 1.5

✓ So boringThis is such a boring game. It looked so interesting, and it's so annoying. You are litterally going on a "journey" to final your confirmation email and cancel your "trip." It was such a waste of money, and all you do is talk with a computer. I'm sorry it was a really bad explanation, but it's so boring. Don't buy. Thanks for wasting my money and my time, Apple..Anna DamigellaVersion: 1.0

✓ MediocreKind of boring. You spend a lot of time waiting for the next message. Could be minutes, could be hours. It took me about two weeks to finish because a lot of the time when the message came, I was already bored. The personal investment is broken. I would not have played it had I known this..OhmycatnessVersion: 2.0.6

✓ Beautifully designed but very limitedThe potential of this game is huge but it really feels like such a wasted opportunity. Filling the storyline with puzzles to solve would have been far more engaging. On the positive side of things, the visuals and UI are lovely..Paddy-KVersion: 1.0

✓ Swing and a MissSooo boring. It feels like your talking to a five year old. Characters aren't engaging. Storyline is... missing! I genuinely don't care if matey escapes the room or where the heck Mia went. It also seems to have lost some comedy or charm from the German translation to English. The gaps between 'interaction' are sporadic as well. And it's barely interaction when it does happen. After a while you definitely get the feeling you're on rails and your 'decisions' don't effect the arc of the story at all. Not come across a puzzle yet, just some annoying kid. I'll keep at it for now, but unless it kicks off sharpish, I won't be completing it. Update: The game didn't improve. I have deleted it. The latest update allows u to skip the pauses between action. This was probably introduced to help the feedback relating to sporadic gameplay, however it just makes it a boring slog of reading and pointless interactions. Sorry developers, but the game is flawed at a level that can't be fixed with updates. It's not a good enough story to read like a book, and there's no puzzles to keep you entertained..Mystic.BobVersion: 1.2

✓ Wanted to like thisI have liked games similar to this and had high hopes, but this one fell flat. Choices seemed meaningless, and frequently you will wait for an update and when you finally get it, it really could have waited as it wasn't crucial and you still had no meaningless choice to make. And the typos. My god, the typos..PbeasiVersion: 1.1

✓ Doesn't even feel like a conversationWelcome to One Button Travel, where the conversation's not believable and your "choices" don't matter. What seemed Ike a promising interactive fiction has turned out feel inane and off putting. The game starts off strong and interesting; you press a button and very quickly learn of consequences beyond your control. What I didn't expect was to find that everything was beyond my control. From what I can tell, you can choose whatever dialogue options you want. It won't effect the story, which is truly disappointing. The other disappointing bit is that the writing makes it really difficult to feel like I'm actually speaking with a person, unless this is some dystopian future where nobody uses contractions anymore. The protagonist frequently says things like "I'm crawling under the bed now. It's quite dusty under here." and "I will flush it down the toilet!" Basically: imagine all the ways that a person wouldn't speak; that's how the protagonist DOES speak. This game has potential, but the weird style and lack of choice really holds it back..David CelisVersion: 1.1

✓ Cant even play.....It keeps Crashing and the game hasnt even begin yet.ErranceVersion: 1.0

✓ Conceptually interesting, wish there was more interaction.This game is essentially a semi-interactive story, but presented in the context of a text message conversation. The choices you make in conversation seem inconsequential, although it's possible that they just don't highlight the affects of your choice enough. The stilted, stop and go feeling of the game is jarring at first. Just when I feel like I'm getting into the story, the "person" on the other side gets busy with something and the conversation ends. Later, you'll receive a text message-like notification that brings you back into the game, and you have to let your imagination fill in the gaps. In that way, it does feel like a special conversation slipped into your daily life. However there's little interaction besides canned messages, and so far, no puzzles or anything where I've had to truly engage. I'm enjoying the narrative and interested in how it progresses, but I would love more ability to explore and view the world of the game..KTallguyVersion: 1.1

✓ Too slowI have to agree with the other reviews. This game is too slow to play. Unlike other text adventures you are made to wait, sometimes for over 30 minutes, for a message, which makes the game frustrating rather than immersive. The text rate is much too slow as well which just makes this game a waste of time and money..CheryldjcVersion: 1.0

✓ Oh my goodness, it's boring.Interactive fiction is great and all, but to really hold you, you've got to feel that your choices matter, affect the world around you, have consequences-- that you've got agency. (Really, that's true of all games, right?) One Button Travel starts off promisingly enough, with an urgent message from a stranger in a future amusement park/gulag. Once you start interacting, however, it's clear that your future buddy is very much the protagonist in a story that you're witnessing from the sidelines while offering vague encouragements and low-stakes advice. Once you send your missive off into the void, the protagonist goes and does something, and you wait in something like realtime for the result. The creators were aiming for the rhythms of real life, but the result is a stop-start rhythm that kills any sense of momentum in the opening beats and is rapidly squandering my patience as well. I'm sure I'll play on for a bit, but I suspect that, even though the game will develop, it won't deviate too much from this routine. If it does, I'll update this review..TheBoojumVersion: 1.0

✓ Bad bad and bad again.Wow this really disappointing for 3 pounds. Boring convos. Not much of choices for convos. Nice interface but lacks interaction wise..XDeniiiVersion: 1.0

✓ Meh.I thought this could be a cool game but it ended being more like an clingy, annoying and indecisive friend who wouldn't shut up about themselves. No thanks, keep my $1.99 or whatever I paid for it and try again..$anderellaVersion: 2.0.6

✓ Dull Lifeline copyOh so slow. Have to wait ages till the next message. Infuriating and then all you get is a simple 2 choice option..ZzzgsbcvbfsfghesfgVersion: 1.0

✓ Boring, annoying, skip itThis game is not interactive fiction. I thought it was going to be an app similar to the choose your own adventure stories I read during childhood. Boy was I wrong. Extreme waste of money, skip this one unless you like being bored and annoyed at the same time. (Possibly the worst combination of feelings)..AnastasiaRaeVersion: 1.0

✓ Exceptionally DullImagine reading four lines of a book every couple of hours. That's pretty much what this 'game' is like. You get a very occasional chance to choose different actions, so it's like a poor 'Choose Your Own Adventure'. Overall this is barely interactive with no gameplay at all and quite a dull story..Chestwig34Version: 1.0

✓ Boring and very slow-pacedI had heard great things about this app (I wouldn't really call it a "game") yet it turned out to be incredibly BORING and SLOW. It basically consists of a series of text conversations with an unknown mystery man (yet he rambles about unnecessary details and you as the player get two or three choices to respond (most of which seem forced). So you end up simply clicking through a pre-written conversation about a less-than-thrilling topic. Worst of all, the game forces long breaks -- sometimes after just a few words are "exchanged" between you and the mystery man -- so that he can "sleep" or "hide" or whatever else he's supposed to be doing...I guess they were trying to give it a feeling like talking with a real person - except you'd never believe that the premise was real or that there was a live human being writing to you....so these forced pauses end up just being incredibly annoying. I've deleted the app - not worth the money or the time..NikkoesqVersion: 1.1

✓ Should've read the reviews!Spent £2 on this game and all I'm doing is having a conversation with a computer. Wtaf?! 😒🤑 I should've read the reviews before I bought it! It's very similar to "A Dark Room", yet there's more action in that one!.(IceCreamQueen)Version: 1.0

✓ BoringTerribly boring. I thing this is the worst game I have played..Slug slimeVersion: 1.0

✓ Lost interestCute idea, this seems to be a fiction story written as if you're receiving it in text message format. Unfortunately I didn't feel a connection with the character, despite the "interactive" stop points (it didn't seem my choices actually changed the course of the story?). After a couple of days of playing in my off time, I lost interest. Wish there were consequences to choices, because the story wasn't compelling enough on its own to keep me engaged..ChrispebbleVersion: 2.0.7

✓ TerriblePlay for 5 minutes, then get a message saying "I'll get back to you in a few hours." And literally it takes a few hours. You're supposed to believe that someone is texting you while, for example, they are barging into a room full of angry strangers. Your choices don't matter at all to the story. It starts to feel like an annoying friend is texting you at awkward moments throughout the day. Skip this game..QfklVersion: 1.0

✓ Honestly... Very boring.I LOVE interactive fiction. As soon as I saw the words "interactive fiction" associated with this app I downloaded it, no hesitation. And THEN I realized the creators of Rules! were behind it and I was stoked. What a disappointment. This isn't interactive fiction so much as a rambling, uneventful story told in faux text messages. A character "texts" you and occasionally asks what he/she should do. The character doesn't always listen, and seldom asks advice about anything important anyway. There is nothing at stake in this story. You can't seemingly kill the character you're talking to. Your choices don't affect the story's outcomes. The story itself is interesting only in principle, and quickly deteriorates into silly minutiae. I played to the end for no particular reason: I guess I was determined? The game didn't get better. Pass on this one..TacheNoireVersion: 1.1

✓ Terribly boring!You recive a msg after hours and hours from a computer... The story is not engaging at all, no pace, i should have read the reviews bfore buy.... Don't buy!.AxyF1982Version: 1.0

✓ Boring. Poopy poopy poop. Not Good at all.Really properly boring. So boring. Deleting the app was the best part. More fool me for paying for this tosh. If there was an award for the most boring thing ever... well you get the idea..Ohdannyboy1974Version: 1.1

✓ A bold attemptThis game was... Interesting... It had a solid premise and a creative idea, however, it was barely "interactive" with the choices having little to no effect on the story it is also aggravatingly short and ended on a very sour note. I hope they at least attempt to improve it in the future, I would really like to see this at it's full potential..BlueViper222Version: 1.0

✓ Opposite of FUNNot going to put any effort into my review much like the game developers did not put effort into their "game." Who wants to make one move and then be forced to wait hours? Not me.EF_FergusonVersion: 2.0.7

✓ Like receiving a text stream from a millennial.Just awful..Linus in LondonVersion: 1.0

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