# Canal Builder-Idle Game — user reviews > 22 indexed App Store user reviews of Canal Builder by Xiamen Yiniao Game Technology Co.,Ltd., rated 4.70/5 from 467 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/canal-builder-idle-game/id6740768151/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/canal-builder-idle-game/id6740768151.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 392 · 4★ 40 · 3★ 17 · 2★ 7 · 1★ 11 ## Newest reviews (2 of 22) ### 3/5 — Zzz idle zzz *2025-09-17, version 1.0.1* I get it’s an idle style game - but even adding lots of transports you only get ONE digger and it takes way to long to get upgrades and even after reaching a faster level it still takes too long. Oh and offline bonus is minimal ### 3/5 — Takes forever *2025-09-11, version 1.0.1* It takes forever to just get the first one done ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Too slow and needs offline progress *2026-08-09, version 1.0.1* I find it hard to believe people enjoy just watching this drain their phones battery whilst making as little in game progress as possible. It moves at a true snails pace. I’m not sure how this is supposed to be fun. At least some offline progress would give you something to actually do when you come back, ie buy some upgrades. ### 1/5 — It’s Not Just the Single Driller *2026-03-07, version 1.0.1* When you upgrade the profit it literally barely increases it. It’s like the slightest increase ever! And the costs to upgrade it further is insane! You can only progress in this game from watching ads. Also, I looked to see if you could increase the amount of drillers, but couldn’t find anything. If there is something, it’s nowhere near the beginning. The driller speed is also too slow. You can upgrade the speed for the transport trucks, but it’s unnecessary with how slow the driller is. Just buy more trucks and they’ll be there for the next pile of dirt. ### 1/5 — Wish upgraded *2025-11-17, version 1.0.1* I wish it would be able to have more levels and to be able to move to a next place u to to be able to have more diggers then just one when u have more trucks I give it a five stars be honestly I love the game ### 1/5 — Slow and boring *2025-10-18, version 1.0.1* This has to be the slowest and most boring game I ever played. ### 1/5 — Lacking - on so many levels *2025-10-16, version 1.0.1* Don’t bother downloading - the game is incomplete. There is simply nothing to do but wait. You could simply start the game… leave the phone running for 2 weeks and you’ll have achieved everything the game has to offer. This could evolve into a reasonable game - although it’s more of an interactive screensaver currently. Ironically for an app about water, the “flow” of the game is very off. For the first week, your one little digger is going to be digging away at the first level of mud… oddly dumping its load in one corner, even though the crane can access the entire length of the level … After a couple of days or playing, the digger will have finished that layer, but there’s 4 more layers for it to finish, further up the hill before the first drop of running water or profitable canal boat is seen Canals 2, 3, etc up to 6 are identically slow… and whilst you can buy many many trucks, as you’ve only got one digger, you’re not going to get 6 canals running for about 10 days … However… after 5 days you run out of things to do, or targets to aim for - by the time you get to level 10 and realise there’s nothing left to buy , nothing left to aim for - all you can do is leave the game running unattended for a few days to let the whole game run its course - Not so much a canal - more stagnant puddle of a game ### 1/5 — No musics no app *2025-10-02, version 1.0.1* My music is more important then your app if I can’t listen to my music I won’t play. So please fix it so it will play my music while I play the app. I do enjoy the little game. Worked for a little bit but now turns off my music every time I open the app. Disappointed… ### 2/5 — Slow *2026-07-31, version 1.0.1* It’s a very slow process between doing different levels ### 2/5 — … *2026-03-28, version 1.0.1* Bro honestly carving out the canal is slow give me more of those things dude ### 2/5 — Too slow *2025-12-29, version 1.0.1* It takes forever to progress Not worth playing ### 2/5 — Eh *2025-12-29, version 1.0.1* It’s a good concept but only getting one digger is a killer. Taking forever to dig. Also when I go to open the fossil museum it keeps getting stuck. So now I can’t even play the game lol. Doesn’t let me close the museum or anything. I checked to see if there was an update and there wasn’t. I tried restarting the app and that didn’t fix it either. So I guess I just can’t play anymore lol but still a good concept ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Coco *2025-10-27, version 1.0.1* Coco ### 5/5 — Wish upgraded *2025-10-15* I wish it would be able to have more levels and to be able to move to a next place u to to be able to have more signers the just one when u have more trucks I give it a five stars be honestly I love the game ### 5/5 — Best game *2025-09-20, version 1.0.1* Best game I ever played in my entire life ### 5/5 — Hard money *2025-09-19* To hard to earn money and upgrade cost is very high that makes game boring ### 4/5 — Update Needed *2025-10-09, version 1.0.1* Update needed. Well before the completion of the first dam and building of the museum, the need to collect money and gems becomes useless. The game needs to include new uses for the money and gems or this aspect of game play is completely irrelevant and unnecessary. ### 3/5 — Good game but *2026-06-01, version 1.0.1* Overall a good game but it takes to long to remove the dirt which has taken me weeks to do. The time needs to be shorter as people will not play the game. Also too many ads which is annoying when playing the game. It also needs a save option to save the progress so you don’t have to start over which will happen once we buy new devices. ### 3/5 — No Adds please stop *2025-12-22, version 1.0.1* The game would be a 100 if it didn’t have ads 🤦🏻‍♂️ ### 3/5 — Not really idle *2025-10-28, version 1.0.1* So this isn’t really an idle game. It maxes out on how much you can get offline and it’s low. I learned to just play a movie in the background at night so my phone didn’t lock and fall asleep and that helps, it does take time. You only get one excavator so that takes forever, please in updates give us more. Also if you go to settings and turn off all the sounds sometimes I load the game up and the sound is back on that’s really annoying. If I wanted sound I would play with sound on ### 3/5 — XP, Digger & Offline *2025-09-19, version 1.0.1* The game is nice but there is no XP that comes in, it takes forever to level up. Only one digger & it takes forever. Should be allowed to upgrade the crane & digger cause it took me near enough one month to get 1 canal layer done. Offline money is another minimum thing that is done ### 3/5 — Canal diggers *2025-09-19, version 1.0.1* The game is good and fun but there is only one canal digger and it takes time to dig through --- *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 2026-09-09.*