# App for Dark Tower

> Board

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id806256398](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id806256398)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id806256398`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Floyd Resler
- **Category:** Board
- **Rating:** 4.70 / 5 (110 ratings)
- **Version:** 7.5
- **Last updated:** 2021-10-30
- **First published:** 2014-02-05
- **Size:** 109 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-05
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/app-for-dark-tower/id806256398)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://maccrafters.com/do/privacy.html](https://maccrafters.com/do/privacy.html)

## Description

App for Dark Tower brings the classic board game to your device with authentic sounds and graphics. Play the full game without the physical tower, or use it to replace your tower in your sessions.

The iPad version includes an on-screen score card. For issues, please provide feedback at http://maccrafters.com/darktower or use the in-app feedback feature.

## Rankings

- #129,782 — Overall

## Review summary

Users praise the app for its nostalgic, faithful Dark Tower experience on iOS, portability, and add-ons that boost replayability. However, the app faces stability issues, network popups, and UI glitches, and some players feel it diverges from the original in balance and rules. Add-ons are sometimes unclear. Overall, a strong nostalgic fit with several fixes needed to improve reliability and consistency.

### Pros

- Faithful, nostalgic recreation of the original Dark Tower with authentic sounds and tower mechanics.
- Portable on iOS; serves as a working substitute when the physical tower is broken and supports solo play.
- Add-ons and expansions are available, adding monsters, characters and extra content for replayability.
- Short, accessible single-player sessions that fit quick play or longer rounds when desired.

### Cons

- Stability issues: frequent crashes, especially after updates, and disruptive 'Network Not Connected' popups.
- Not fully faithful to the original game in some aspects, with balance changes and notable gameplay differences.
- UI/UX and display glitches, including orientation problems, not-fullscreen rendering, and controls issues across updates.
- Add-ons can be unclear or inadequately documented, and some features (like compatibility in certain modes) behave inconsistently.

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