# The Bard's Tale

> Roleplaying

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id480375355](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id480375355)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id480375355`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** inXile Entertainment
- **Category:** Roleplaying
- **Rating:** 4.50 / 5 (658 ratings)
- **Version:** 1.9.3
- **Last updated:** 2022-10-14
- **First published:** 2011-12-01
- **Size:** 1.69 GB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-23
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/the-bards-tale/id480375355)
- **Website:** [https://www.facebook.com/TheBardsTale/?ref=br\_rs](https://www.facebook.com/TheBardsTale/?ref=br_rs)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://www.inxile-entertainment.com/privacy-policy](https://www.inxile-entertainment.com/privacy-policy)

## Description

Experience The Bard's Tale as a massive, humorous 3D RPG on iOS with a sprawling world, 50 enemy types, 16 summonable characters, and the classic trilogy. Enjoy iCloud saves, leaderboards, autosave, and 60Hz rendering on capable devices.

Play as the Bard, summon up to 16 magical companions to aid your quest, battle through 20-30 hours of adventure, and experience top-tier voice acting, boss battles, and cross-device save syncing. The universal app also includes GamePad support and optional time-savers for a faster journey.

## Rankings

- #66,242 — Overall

## Review summary

The Bard’s Tale mobile port shines for nostalgic fans with witty writing, great voice acting, atmosphere, and controller support, offering a fun, accessible RPG with lots of content. However, multiple reviews flag stability and compatibility problems (crashes, iPadOS 16/patch issues) and a challenging combat pace, plus occasional UI/translation glitches. Overall, it’s a charming, funny RPG that’s worth a shot for fans, but recent builds struggle with stability and device compatibility.

### Pros

- Hilarious writing and memorable voice acting (the Bard's lines, with Cary Elwes cited) and strong overall humor.
- Strong nostalgic appeal with a faithful Bard's Tale atmosphere, plus solid music and ambience.
- Controller support on mobile improves accessibility and playability.
- Engaging, streamlined RPG with plenty of content and side quests that fans can enjoy without heavy micromanagement.

### Cons

- Frequent stability issues: crashes and freezes reported across devices and after updates.
- OS/device compatibility problems, especially with iPadOS 16 and patches (some devices like iPad mini affected).
- Frustrating or punishing difficulty/pacing in combat (hard even on easy, slow spell-casting, reliance on buffs).
- Occasional UI/translation/localization bugs (missing conversation options early on; translation quality issues) that affect playability.

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