# Build Brigade: Drill & Collect — user reviews > 45 indexed App Store user reviews of Build Brigade by HOMA GAMES, rated 4.09/5 from 354 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/build-brigade-drill-and-collect/id6448726307/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/build-brigade-drill-and-collect/id6448726307.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 219 · 4★ 51 · 3★ 25 · 2★ 16 · 1★ 43 ## What do users think of Build Brigade? Overall sentiment: negative **Pros** - 😊 Satisfying and ASMR-like gameplay mechanics - 👍 Fun and engaging core concept - 🎮 Enjoyable time killer for casual gaming - ⭐ Reasonable ad frequency compared to other games **Cons** - 🐛 Severe progress loss/save issues - 📺 Excessive forced ads throughout gameplay - 💰 Misleading 'ad-free' purchase still shows ads - 🐛 Game freezing and lag problems - 🐛 Workers/hired staff malfunction and don't work properly - 🐛 Controls difficult to manage (drill arm movement) - 🐛 Game-breaking bugs preventing progression - 😤 Repetitive gameplay after mid-levels - 🔒 Data loss when closing and reopening app - ⚠️ Deceptive monetization practices **Commonly reported bugs** - Progress not saving after app restart - Game resets to Day 1 after updates - Cannot progress past Day 2 - Cannot sell items after tier 2 upgrade - Game freezes after watching ads - Hired workers take items to trash instead of trucks - Workers get stuck in place or walk without moving - Drill arm control unresponsive or stuck moving in one direction - Game overheats device - Severe lag when many rocks on ground - Money and progress lost when exiting mid-day - Restore purchases not working - Dinosaur bone collection not registering - Truck assignment randomized/not assigned to stone groups **Most requested features** - Remove or reduce forced interstitial ads - Implement reliable progress saving system - Unlock new machines/equipment at reasonable progression rates - Add varied scenery and wall locations - Increase loader bucket size - Provide clearer unlock timelines for equipment - Fix worker AI and functionality - Add new content beyond level 20-30 - Improve drill control responsiveness ## Newest reviews (15 of 45) ### 2/5 — Glitchy and Forgetful: Scam game *2023-12-23* Paid for no ads. Tons of ads. Started the game and it started glitching around day 2 but was still playable. Got to day 3 or 4 and the little front loader with the trailer wouldn’t move so I restarted the game and it started me back at day 1 with none of the money or diamonds I got from paying for no ads. This is a scam and I’m reporting it to Apple. ### 2/5 — Really good until….. *2023-12-08* Really was having fun with the game, bought the “AD Free” version which still has you watch ads to get bonuses which is not great. Then the game updated and I lost ALL progress. Even when I click restore purchases, nothing. Really frustrating. **Developer response:** Hello Thank you for reaching out, and we appreciate your support in removing forced ads interruptions and banner ads from our game. We understand that there might be some confusion, and we'd like to clarify that the ad removal purchase specifically targets the removal of interstitial and banner ads that may disrupt your gaming experience. The intention is to create a more seamless and enjoyable gameplay environment. However, the rewarded videos are designed to be voluntary and provide an additional in-game reward. These rewarded videos are not affected by the ad removal purchase as they are entirely optional, allowing players to choose whether or not they want to engage with them to earn rewards. If you are still experiencing issues with forced ads interruptions or banner ads despite your purchase, please try the following steps: Ensure that you have the latest version of the game installed. Restart the game after making the purchase. If the issue persists, please reach out to our support team with details about your purchase, and we'll do our best to assist you promptly. We apologize for any confusion and appreciate your understanding. If you have any further questions or concerns, please feel free to contact us directly. Thank you for being a valued player and supporting our game! Best regards ### 2/5 — Wish I knew when stuff was gonna unlock. *2023-11-14* Paid to have ad free and the fuel assistant. Now on lvl 20 with mostly everything maxed out. Why won’t the front end loaders unlock. This is bull crap. If knew was gonna be something like this would have saved my money. ### 2/5 — Don’t like the little breaks. *2023-10-09* I don’t like how it be giving small breaks when playing like don’t even get nothing out of it just a ad. ### 3/5 — Fun but… *2023-10-07* There’s still a lot of bugs still need fixing - you have fight the controls to get you drill where you want to go - game freezes especially when you have money stockpiled so you lose it all when restarting the game - workers you hire rarely do anything They just stand there or are walking in place without moving ### 1/5 — Dont hire staff and too many ads *2023-10-05* If you hire staff they take everything you convert and trash it immediately. Also ads flood the game. ### 3/5 — Upgrade *2023-10-02* When is the new version and upgrade coming? I’m up to close to 5million in money and it’s starting to get boring doing the same thing over and over ### 1/5 — Ads ads ads *2023-10-01* Too many ads and pop ups. Spend more time watching ads then I do playing the game. ### 3/5 — Like the game a lot *2023-09-30* 3 stars cuz after say 15 it’s getting boring…. How do I upgrade the drilling machine further and how do I unlock the play to unlock machines??? Skid steer is getting old need new content, but how??? Otherwise 5 star ### 2/5 — Employee *2023-09-29* It’s a fun game but when I hired the employees they take the blocks straight to the trash not the trucks to get money ### 3/5 — Been playing this for a while *2023-09-20* I have been playing this game for a while in order to get the big loaders, however at level 30 and my equipment maxed out I still haven’t gotten to use anything more then a skid loader. Also you have to take a mandatory add break. The workers get stuck and do not work correctly. ### 3/5 — Ads and repetitious *2023-09-20* I totally understand having the ads but that extra ads with the 5 second countdown needs to go, you get enough through all the others. I’m at level 33 and every sense the low 20s I have not seen anything new including finding bones for the animals and the museum I found this game Very fun in the beginning but now it’s the same thing over and over with the same locations of the walls. Please make the scenery different and less ads and I’ll get back to playing Last thing…one last thing that needs to be fixed. I’ve noticed after clearing the walls then leaving for like a hour and come back all that work is gone and the money in the money pad so if you don’t finish that day you lose everything you built up Thank you Robert ### 3/5 — Fun butt *2023-09-16* I like the game but it doesn’t save my progress so every time I open it I have to start over ### 1/5 — Ads *2023-09-09* Paid for the ad removal it doesn’t seem to work how do I get this problem taken care of? ### 2/5 — Laggy and glitchy *2023-09-04* My hire help keep getting stuck in the same place even if I restart the game when they are filling orders they keep going to the same truck even if they don’t have the right product going to delete if this is not fix why even try buying no ads if the basic game play dose not even work correctly ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Game breaking bugs *2023-12-24* I downloaded the game for my son and there’s just too many game breaking bugs. I made sure the game was up to date and even uninstalled and reinstalled. The bug I was getting was where I cannot continue to Day 2. After the reinstall I still can’t progress to Day 2 and now it won’t let me sell the stone after I upgraded to tier 2. Devs should do something about it ### 1/5 — Restart every time *2023-12-22* When I first downloaded the game it was fun, however, as with any game I took like a 2 week break from it. When I decided to play the game 2 weeks later it started me over again as if I never played it. It updated and now it’s starting me from day 1 every time. What’s going on here? I was on day like 20 before taking the 2 week break and now I can’t even keep my progress. Please fix. ### 1/5 — Doesn’t save progress *2023-12-21* The game would be 5 stars if it actually saved your progress. At the time of this review even after the patch they just put out this morning I still have to start from scratch. ### 1/5 — Loss of data upon app restart *2023-12-19* If you even think of getting this app don’t cause I’ve lost all my progress every time I close and open the app again cause yesterday I got to day 14 and went to take a break for a few hours and come back and I am reset to day 1 every time so if you want to be like me and lose everything upon restarting the app be my guest and get the app but if you don’t want to lose data avoid this app altogether trust me DO NOT INSTALL THIS APP ### 1/5 — Messed up update broke the game *2023-12-10* The version 1.8 update that happened around 12-6 or 7 broke the game. It no longer saves progress so every time you close the game you now have to start all over every single time. ### 1/5 — Not good *2023-12-10* The game is not good! It’s fun but if you turn it off and go play it the next time. It starts you back at day 1 and you lose all your progress and money. Also game has ads and the game freezes after the ads end and goes back. I’m never have good it to end of day 2. ### 1/5 — Fraud *2023-12-08* Why did we all bounced back to day 1 after the update? I personally was at day 42 before the update and I wanted to keep going to see when I can unlock the new faster loaders. Do you know if we sued you, your gaming studio could go bankrupt? ### 1/5 — Annoying *2023-11-22* Has an issue with shoving adds at you even if you bough the add free package, also there is no assigned collection truck to a stone group, it’s a gamble on whether you can deposit a certain type of stone for profit. **Developer response:** Hello, Thank you for reaching out, and we appreciate your support in removing forced ads interruptions and banner ads from our game. We understand that there might be some confusion, and we'd like to clarify that the ad removal purchase specifically targets the removal of interstitial and banner ads that may disrupt your gaming experience. The intention is to create a more seamless and enjoyable gameplay environment. However, the rewarded videos are designed to be voluntary and provide an additional in-game reward. These rewarded videos are not affected by the ad removal purchase as they are entirely optional, allowing players to choose whether or not they want to engage with them to earn rewards. If you are still experiencing issues with forced ads interruptions or banner ads despite your purchase, please try the following steps: Ensure that you have the latest version of the game installed. Restart the game after making the purchase. If the issue persists, please reach out to our support team with details about your purchase, and we'll do our best to assist you promptly. We apologize for any confusion and appreciate your understanding. If you have any further questions or concerns, please feel free to contact us directly. Thank you for being a valued player and supporting our game! Best regards ### 1/5 — No ads should mean no ads *2023-11-06* To pay for no ads and still have to watch ads is why this gets 1*. Very deceptive in saying no ads. You added another form of ads to have ppl to buy the no ads feature and still have us believe all the ads were gone. I demand a refund or take all the ads option out. **Developer response:** Hello Thank you for reaching out, and we appreciate your support in removing forced ads interruptions and banner ads from our game. We understand that there might be some confusion, and we'd like to clarify that the ad removal purchase specifically targets the removal of interstitial and banner ads that may disrupt your gaming experience. The intention is to create a more seamless and enjoyable gameplay environment. However, the rewarded videos are designed to be voluntary and provide an additional in-game reward. These rewarded videos are not affected by the ad removal purchase as they are entirely optional, allowing players to choose whether or not they want to engage with them to earn rewards. If you are still experiencing issues with forced ads interruptions or banner ads despite your purchase, please try the following steps: Ensure that you have the latest version of the game installed. Restart the game after making the purchase. If the issue persists, please reach out to our support team with details about your purchase, and we'll do our best to assist you promptly. We apologize for any confusion and appreciate your understanding. If you have any further questions or concerns, please feel free to contact us directly. Thank you for being a valued player and supporting our game! Best regards ### 1/5 — Fun game but flaws *2023-10-29* Game is fun to play. But flaws are: it makes you skip walls your mining tool moves before a wall is finished sometimes. And your stuck recovering dinosaur parts. You collect the next one but never get credit for it. And I haven’t been able to get the bigger dump trucks. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Game is fun but….. *2023-12-21* The game is not saving my progress it keeps starting me on Day one even after I completed multiple Days or levels. ### 5/5 — 1 game!❤️❤️❤️ *2023-10-03* it’s ASMR and satisfying when you drill and the game should be #1 (as my title says) So buye! ### 5/5 — Great job workers *2023-09-23* Just wanted to say what a great game you made. I really like playing it. Papa Lewis ### 5/5 — Not bad *2023-06-07* I kinda like it. keep up the great work **Developer response:** Thank for your review, we appreciate your support! Stay tuned for more thrilling updates to come! ### 4/5 — Great Game! *2023-10-01* So far I am enjoying the game. I don't mind the ads, at least they are not as frequent as a lot of other games I played. The only little issue I have is when I am drilling a wall and I swipe the arm to the right, it is hard to get it to go back to the left. It keeps pulling to the right. I eventually get it to go left again. Just kind of annoying. ### 4/5 — Help! *2023-08-31* My game is not saving ! I want to play **Developer response:** Wow, that's so bad, that your progress didn't save. We fixed this bug in the latest version. You can update and the game we'll be saving properly. Our team sorry for this, it's awful and it's totally our fault! And thank you for your review, we appreciate your support! ### 4/5 — Pretty fun butttttt…… *2023-08-28* So the mechanics of this game seem very fun from first hour or so of gameplay. The main problem as everyone else has pointed out is the ads. Now don’t get me wrong, I love selective ads, but absolutely hate forced ads. I will gladly watch an add for a buff or speed-up but will instantly delete games that use forced interstitial ads. In general I watch about 100 buff ads a day or so in games. There are many gamers who feel exactly the same and you are loosing tons of ad revenue because of the forced ads, which gives your game a 2.6 rating. If you removed those forced ads you would gain a much better score and also a ton of ad revenue for the bonus item ads already in your game. I guarantee you would see a significant improvement immediately in financial and reputational gains. ### 4/5 — not bad *2023-06-22* a bit hard to make progress + the video upgrades don’t last nearly as long enough as they should per ad, but i like the overall game concept **Developer response:** Hi, thank you for your feedback. We're glad that you liked the concept. In the future we will develop it more and add more deep mechanics and features to the game. Stay tuned! ### 4/5 — Does not save progress (fixed) *2023-06-17* No issues left with the game other than it getting a bit laggy when there are too many rocks on the ground, great game. **Developer response:** You're right. We are sorry, that your progress didn't save. We fixed this and many other bugs in the latest version. You can update and the game we'll be saving properly. It was a big mistake and it's totally our fault! We hear your opinion and try to fix and make the game better every day, so you can give it another chance. Stay tuned! ### 3/5 — Ok time killer *2023-11-20* This game is it OK time killer. So far you can only upgrade your machine until you have to start paying diamonds. If you don’t have enough diamonds, you have to buy some or collect them throughout the game so far I’m on day 21 the other machines that they say Play-to unlock I’m curious how long it actually takes. I’ve actually invested some of my own money in this game and I thought I would be able to get the other machines by now. If the creators can let us know or add someway of getting the other machines that would be great Definitely upgrades in the game would be nice to make it more fun. --- *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 2026-06-10.*