MarketWatch Stock Market Game

Insane game to play to get to know stocks. Also a good time killer and fun to play during a class.

Seeing the recent reviews after downloading this app a few days ago, I strongly agreed and felt that I had to submit a review in the hopes the app developers actually get off their butts and fix it. The app overall is great (in my limited experience); but, Jesus Christ, this app is so poorly optimized. I can only use the app for about 1 MINUTE max before it freezes. Within that singular minute, as each second passes, the app gets slower and laggier, and my phone starts heating up significantly. I frequently have to, with much effort, close the app, and turn off the phone to bring back stability. It’s not just limited to app usage. The app causes your phone as a whole to completely lag and freeze. Having this app open in background causes your other apps to lag with constant input delays when typing. Even have difficulty turning phone off, as well as turning it on. I want to use this app, and I desperately hope these issues are fixed, but by god I have never had an app perform this poorly not only on the app itself but affecting my phone overall. DO NOT DOWNLOAD UNTIL IT IS FIXED!

I’ve been playing this game for many years. I decided to download the app because going to the website everyday was tiresome. I downloaded the app, joined a game, and started trading. I have an iPhone 13 Mini and have never had any software issues or glitches until I downloaded this game. Problem (bug?): After making a trade or placing an order, my phone will freeze and I won’t be able to do anything on it until the game crashes. Can’t even use the buttons on my phone. This is a reoccurring issue for me, and I’m certain I’m not the only one. I’ll continue to play, but the bugs just get frustrating to deal with when I’m making a trade (buying, selling, etc). Anyway this can be addressed? EDIT: Guess the developers didn’t care so much about the feedback I gave above. Still have that very same issue. Still not resolved. Had enough and just deleted the app altogether. Problem solved! 👍

After reading other reviews , I had to make this one because I thought I was the only one. I am trying to learn how to invest and figured a simulator would be good. Overall, the app content itself seems good but it's a same it's so exhausting to use. As soon as I open the app my phone gets so slow. It lags just clicking on other tab in the app. It gets really annoying and makes me not want to even use it. It's a shame because I would love to use this app to learn but the slow time is so exhausting. It heats up my phone too. Hopefully they fix it so but seeing as I see reviews from April stating the same thing, seems whoever is in charge isn't taking the constructive criticism

Please optimize the app. This is the only app where every time I open it and create a game, my phone begins freezing. The keypad freezes periodically. Clicking on text boxes are followed by 4-5 second delays before the box finally lags its self up on the screen. Even trying to close the app takes a good 4-5 seconds for the laggy response app to catch up and finally close its self before finally allowing my phone to return to its normal operating abilities. Terrible experience.

Phone froze IMMEDIATELY upon installation (for the first time ever). Oddly enough, I had to disconnect access to the internet before I was able to uninstall the app. No idea what kind of skullduggery one would have to program into an iPhone app to illicit those symptoms; however, what it did not illicit was warm and fuzzy feelings.

Love this game. Don’t know why it’s not more popular

Using an iPhone pro 11 and this app makes my phone get super hot and starts to freeze up. The app is usable in about 60 second spurts before I have to close it.

For whatever reason this app is extremely poorly optimized. It lags my phone out and causes the music im listening to to become choppy.

I think my iPhone 12 is fairing better than the other reviewers, but it still lags the heck out after trading.

There must be a glitch or something in the app because it causes my phone to heat up, freeze, and crash after a couple minutes of use

Glitches. Can’t figure out how to play. Purchased stocks. Just says pending after 9 hours. Nothing updates, nothing changes. Constantly freezes.

A good game to practice your stock skills specially for beginners.

It seems like a good app overall of what I can tell, but super slow and laggy

The buy limit is 2$ on my game but I shorted a stock and it won’t let me cover it because it was below 2$ this needs to be fixed so please

Lost 3 million playing the game. Just got my house foreclosed on and my wife left with the kids. This game has ruined my life has has caused me to become addicted to short selling. DO NOT BUY!!!

Stopped loading after a week. Doesn’t work anymore and I can’t see my trades

Every time I invest the app completely crashes my phone

Just way too laggy man. Needs a revamp or something

Read the other reviews and fix this annoying bug

Crazy how laggy this app is. I’ve never used an app that performed so bad in my life.

App locks up. Then overheats your phone. Then locks up the phone. FIX IT

But it’s super slow and stutters