# Airline Tycoon: The Game — user reviews > 290 indexed App Store user reviews of Airline Tycoon by Hidden Lake Games LLC, rated 3.90/5 from 745 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/airline-tycoon-the-game/id6476063692/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/airline-tycoon-the-game/id6476063692.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 508 · 4★ 25 · 3★ 13 · 2★ 11 · 1★ 188 ## What do users think of Airline Tycoon? Overall sentiment: negative **Pros** - 🚀 Potential **Cons** - 💰 Pay to progress - 🔍 Lack of transparency on costs - 🔍 Unclear progression requirements - 🕰️ Forced wait times or ads - 🔁 Resets progress on restart - 💸 Expensive in-app purchases - 🚫 Unable to play without paying - 📺 Too many ads **Commonly reported bugs** - Game resets progress on restart - Inability to continue without paying **Most requested features** - Ability to progress without paying - Clear communication of progression requirements - Fair monetization model ## Newest reviews (20 of 290) ### 1/5 — Lo peor *2025-05-26, version 1.1.2* Os pensais que los juegos son para los anuncios sois unos oportunistas ### 1/5 — Greed *2025-05-20, version 1.1.2* You can tell this game just wants your money, the devs make this a pay to play game. The first 20 minutes you’re faced with a ton of costly choices and only one route for free to play users. Don’t waste your time. ### 1/5 — So Disappointed *2025-05-16, version 1.1.2* This seemed like my kind of game. I decided to pay the annual fee for no ads and whatever else you get. Right away I got stuck and had to pay to go on. I hadn’t even played for half an hour. Stupidly I bought bunch of coins figuring it would last me a long time. Nope. I spent about $60 all together and couldn’t continue. Started from the beginning with every scenario. Still stuck at the same spot. It’s not like you can even wait a certain amount of time to build credit and then continue. I feel duped. I emailed the company, but surprise, no reply. Don’t waste your money. I am so mad at myself. Apple, this is a scam. Look into it please. Why do they even have a 3.8 rating? Math doesn’t make sense. ### 1/5 — 45 minutes of waitings ?! *2025-05-12, version 1.1.2* In the start its good but at a moment you get a pop-up having 45 minutes and for passing it you need to pay ?! And after the 45 minutes you need to watch 5 pubs ?! Its like the game want you to pay to go further. ### 1/5 — Pésimo y publicidad engañosa *2025-05-10, version 1.1.2* Al final más que ver con la publicidad solo hace preguntas y luego te pone a ver publicidad. ### 1/5 — Arnaque *2025-05-10* Ce n’est pas un jeu, c’est un application pour que l’éditeur gagne de l’argent a chaque touche sur l’écran nullllllllll ### 1/5 — A money grabbing game *2025-05-07, version 1.1.2* This game is nothing more than a money grabbing game. In order to keep progressing, you have to spend your money to be able to move on. Your airline doesn’t even begin because the game has you spend all your money at the beginning. Then it has you attend a conference where you will be asked to purchase 3 planes at minimum or the investor dump you. By the time you attend the conference, you don’t have enough money to purchase any planes and the game wants your money to keep playing. You haven’t even received the planes the games had you purchased at the beginning of the game. You haven’t even officially opened the doors to your airline. You haven’t even started flying passengers yet. Complete waste of time unless you sink in your cash to continue the game. If the game wants to spend money in the first 10 minutes of the game, how much more does it want as the game proceeds. Big fail in my opinion. ### 1/5 — İstediğiniz kadar oynayamadığınız bir oyun *2025-05-02, version 1.1.2* Bir süreden sonra 1 saat beklemeniz gerekiyor oyunu oynamanız için ya da 5 tane reklam izletiyor. Boşa indirmeyin ### 1/5 — Scam *2025-05-02, version 1.1.2* Wont last 5 minutes without already asking for money and a lot of money, no progress at all without any payments ### 1/5 — Kein kostenfreies Speil *2025-04-07* Katastrophal ### 1/5 — SCAMMMMERRR !!!! *2025-04-06, version 1.1.2* SCAMER !!! ### 1/5 — Booboo *2025-04-06, version 1.1.2* Dang every time I press continue an ad pops up ### 1/5 — 하지마셈 *2025-03-29* 현질 수십 수백만원 해도 게임 순조롭게 못함 다른 거 하셈 ### 1/5 — Worst game ever *2025-02-23, version 1.1.2* Simply waste of Time ### 1/5 — Potential and huge let down *2025-02-15, version 1.1.2* The game itself seems fun, but you must purchase in game to get anything accomplished. Plus you get riddled with ads. ### 1/5 — Донатная помойка *2025-02-15, version 1.1.2* 👎 ### 1/5 — Move on! Not worth the download *2025-02-14, version 1.1.2* Not mathematically possible to make it past the design phase with paying. Ads start playing or you have to wait 45 minutes just to find out you have to pay to get some contract for planes. ### 1/5 — Cash GRAB *2025-02-06, version 1.1.2* If you like to spend money on games then this is the game for you. You have to spend money to continue the story. ### 1/5 — Do not fall for this trap *2025-02-03* This is a fraudulent app, the process is just too long, and you have to keep making purchases to move forward, moreover, my purchases aren’t reflecting on the app. I’m trying to contact support but it’s just not going through. This is a scam. I’ve been duped with this app. ### 1/5 — Save your time *2025-01-24, version 1.1.2* I would give this game a zero star if I could. I downloaded the game and not even 10 minutes into it I had to restart the game back to the beginning because I didn’t have enough funds. I went through everything again but at the cheapest cost as possible, yet it still wasn’t enough. Every time it takes you to a screen to buy more money. Why should one invest money into a game they can barely play. Save your time and run. Horrible game. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Total scam *2026-06-04, version 1.1.21* Played the game spent some money and then it started all over i want a refund on everything i spent ### 1/5 — SCAM to take your money *2026-02-28, version 1.1.21* The menu starts off promising, but keeps you in the main menu only because of insufficient funds. Only you buys money then you can continue. Upgrade to view what is happening on the game. Like other reviews I have just seen, subscription only. Just advertise it accordingly rather than putting in lengthy description. Why pay money for something that we can’t play understand if it worth it? ### 1/5 — Just adds *2025-12-18, version 1.1.21* Looks like a great game but there are soo many ADDS the it gets really frustrating and you can’t progress. Also everything takes way too long … unfortunately ### 1/5 — All they want is for you to spend money *2025-07-03, version 1.1.21* U wanna start your thing, pay money, you wanna keep playing the game? Pay money. 0 stars ### 1/5 — Worst game ever *2025-06-30* Ads and money oriented game don't even try to download. **Developer response:** Thanks for the feedback. We know the current setup isn't for everyone, and we’re listening closely to comments like yours as we look at how to improve the experience. ### 1/5 — Exploitative Monetization *2025-06-28, version 1.1.11* The app will allow you to progress through the intro and setting up your ‘airline’ with 2 ads throughout this section. Then it hits the paywall where you are stopped in your tracks to either pay 7.99 a week to “disable ads” or you have to watch 5 ads to continue playing. As soon as I hit this, I deleted the game. It’s a shame because it looks as if it could be a decent game but unfortunate all they want is money. ### 1/5 — DO NOT DOWNLOAD *2025-06-24, version 1.1.11* i never write reviews but this game is a scam. Got 3 ads in a minute and then i get to the last part of questions and have to wait 40 minutes to keep playing, it says ad to skip but that doesn’t work…just keeps giving ads. DO NOT WASTE YOUR TIME ### 1/5 — To much ads !!! *2025-06-22, version 1.1.11* Better dont play and download .. every 1 minuted ads pop up ### 1/5 — If you don’t want to pay to play don’t download this app *2025-06-14, version 1.1.11* Within minutes you have to buy cash to continue playing. Ive tried 2 options and there is no way around this. It’s a scam just to get people to spend money. The game looks like it should be good at the start but after 3 adds and a force to purchase I ended up deleting ### 1/5 — Money grab - skip this one *2025-06-12, version 1.1.11* No actual gameplay before you’re forced to spend money. Skip this one, folks! ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 4/5 — Jogo é bom – mas ainda não é 5 estrelas *2024-04-24* A proposta do game é bem interessante. Porém mesmo escolhendo um investidor de maior recurso financeiro, escolhendo tudo de mais barato que tem, ainda assim o jogo te obriga a gastar dinheiro. Sendo bem sincero, convertendo o valor do dólar – os pacotes não compensa pelo valor cobrado (falo na situação das pessoas que moram no Brasil e que gostam desse tipo de jogo, que realmente te prende no celular). Pelo jogo e proposta que tem é 5 estrelas fácil, mas esse fator de ser obrigado a gastar dinheiro real pra poder continuar é 4 estrelas. Testei hoje 24/04/24. Se vocês repensarem nesse ponto e tiverem dispostos a mudar a dinâmica do jogo (e eu acredito que vai atrair muito mais pessoas a jogarem), eu volto a baixar e construir um grande império no virtual. Uma verdadeira companhia aérea de milhões. Esse jogo tem tudo pra ser um dos melhores nesse estilo e um dos melhores pra iOS. Mas tem umas coisas, como destacas acima que precisam ser (acredito eu, como estudando de TI e querendo ser desenvolvedor) repensadas. ### 3/5 — Good but one thing *2024-07-20, version 1.1.2* The game was amazing and hard to find one this nice but ads are too much and if you want a good airline you need to pay money to get in game cash ### 3/5 — Love it but it wants money *2024-04-26, version 1.1.1* I love the game and storyline but now it wants me to pay so I have the money to have certain choices. There’s no way to watch ads to have more money but to buy. And the prices are all expensive and for the cheapest one I know it’s not worth it. Uninstalling this game ### 3/5 — Do not reset game after purchasing *2024-03-24, version 1.1* If you change your mind mid game you have the option to start over. It says all progress will be lost but I did not expect the the purchases I made for additional money in the game would also be lost. So I spent for nothing. Did not even get to use the purchases I made. I did not even get far into the game when I ran out of the money they provided for in the game. Another is when given the options to choose, they don't indicate how much you will need to be able to make a choice, so I was blindly making purchases to see if it will be sufficient enough to make a choice. ### 3/5 — Only in english ! *2024-02-06* A little disappointed as the story seems interesting. But no translation. The game is in English only. ### 3/5 — Buen juego pero no está en español *2024-02-05, version 1.0.1* Me parece un juego muy interesante, sin embargo el menú está en español pero el juego en sí está en inglés. ### 2/5 — Have to pay to get far *2024-12-06, version 1.1.2* It’s was a decent game to kill time but it’s all about the money to even progress and finish the story. Then the worst part was after spending $50 to go further I learned that it’s not even fully finished and way shorter than expected. It probably took me 20 minutes to complete everything so disappointed ### 2/5 — You can only get do far before you pay *2024-11-15, version 1.1.2* I wasnt able to do any sort of game play. I just answered questions about what I would like my cabin/plane/vibe to be. After that I ran out of money and it wouldn’t let me go further unless I paid - Deleting the game and trying another airport tycoon and not just answering questions and then being forced to pay more money for more questions. ### 2/5 — To much ads *2024-11-07, version 1.1.2* This is a nice game but there are to many ads ### 2/5 — Realistic story but no earnings *2024-08-05* The storyline is great. But you need to add some options to make money. Not everyone can buy IN APP PURCHASES. Also, after choosing the least costly options, you run out of money before even starting your airlines. So, basically, you don’t have any options other than buying game money through actual money. Please work on it or else this great idea will just turn into a disaster. **Developer response:** Thanks for the thoughtful feedback! We totally understand the need for more ways to earn in-game money without purchases. Picking the cheapest options isn't always the best strategy for long-term success. We're working on improving balance and progression to make it smoother for everyone. Stay tuned for future updates! --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-09-04.*