# City Island 3: Building Sim — user reviews > 415 indexed App Store user reviews of City Island 3 by Sparkling Society Games B.V., rated 4.50/5 from 3,118 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/city-island-3-building-sim/id952174948/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/city-island-3-building-sim/id952174948.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 2,306 · 4★ 463 · 3★ 175 · 2★ 67 · 1★ 107 ## What do users think of City Island 3? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 👍 Fun and addictive gameplay - 🚀 Easy to use and intuitive - 🎨 Great graphics and visuals - ⏱️ Relaxing way to pass time **Cons** - 💰 Expensive in-app purchases - 🔍 Lack of clear instructions - 🔧 Bugs and technical issues - 🔁 Repetitive gameplay and content **Commonly reported bugs** - Crashes and freezes - Issues with video ads not working - Disappearing buildings and lost progress - Difficulty unlocking new islands **Most requested features** - More building and customization options - Ability to rotate and zoom the camera - Faster progression and less grind - Better rewards and incentives ## Newest reviews (13 of 415) ### 3/5 — New Updates *2026-04-12, version 3.9.0* The new update to the game deleted my previous build. Not only that, but this new update is draining battery at an astronomical rate. ### 2/5 — Top much ads ! *2026-04-04, version 3.9.0* Il could be fun but there is too much stupid ads and when you are about to get some gold bar it freez you with a White page !! Desapointing !! ### 3/5 — Game big bug *2026-01-15, version 3.8.0* Love to place all the town items. Easy to make more money. Long suffering videos to watch but…….then screen goes white red X does not return back to screen. States game overload and you can fix it. Well no you cannot. Not happy with the white screen. Only goes away for a long time. I just have to stop playing at that point. The game at that time stops. Not fun. ### 4/5 — The game *2026-01-03, version 3.8.0* I am now no longer able to purchase more gold or cash!??? ### 4/5 — I love it *2025-12-06, version 3.8.0* The best game I have it is so good my mum downloaded it Its amazing but you need more way to get money ### 4/5 — Um jogo bom pra distrair 😁 *2025-10-28* 4 estrelas ### 3/5 — New to me *2025-10-05, version 3.7.1* I’m used to playing sims building it so I still have a lot to figure out. So far so good! ### 4/5 — Misma ventana *2025-08-07, version 3.7.1* Me hubiese gustado que en la misma pantalla estuviesen todas las islas, que no tuviera que salir a un mapa para visitar otra isla ### 3/5 — Update *2025-06-13, version 3.7.1* I love this game but changes need to be made 1. Lower cost of to move forward to other islands… it cost to much to add islands & lower cost of land for future developments. 2. Make it possible to exchange money for gold. 3. Add new buildings & play grounds for the kids. 4. Add more choices for decorating the islands. ### 2/5 — Stealing coins *2025-04-22, version 3.7.1* I fell asleep around 12:30 AM and I woke up at two and checked and seen that. I had 3000 points missing. I had over 1 million coins. I think I’ll give y’all a one star for that. ### 3/5 — Pas assez souvent de lingots d’or !!!! *2025-04-10* Pas assez de lingots d’or pour avoir des constructions rares et pour accélérer assez souvent que je voudrais !!! C’est vraiment dommage ! ### 5/5 — Great Game To Pass Time! 😏 *2024-12-20, version 3.7.1* i love this game so much! it helps pass by time wherever i’m at. i recommend this game to anybody who likes to build things & take care of stuff theirselves! you get to be your own mayor of YOUR city! collect your profits to get more stuff to unlock! only part people might not like is paying for gold cause pays out for a lot of stuff that collects a lot more stars to level up. but other than that, it’s great! ### 5/5 — Super jeu ! *2024-11-25* Super jeu très sympa ! Les design sont chouettes, réalistes et donnent envie de s’étendre. Les coffres pourraient être plus nombreux ! ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — I have had enough *2026-04-15, version 3.9.0* This game does ads ten times per minute so I have had enough ### 1/5 — No more *2026-04-10, version 3.9.0* Have not been able to level for a week now. Can make gold unless we watch commercials. It may be to delete and move on. ### 1/5 — Gold *2025-12-24, version 3.8.0* You need gold and that’s a buy buy buy! When I go on the game I get an immediate ad and then the ad won’t stop . White screen flashing flashing and no way to even get out of it! Bright white flashing screen . Ugh 😣 now it’s just a black screen and no access.. glad I spent nothing ..boring after a while and the most ridiculous thing is when you get to the next level you are allegedly opening up new NEW buildings but fact is YOU ARE NOT GETTING ANYTHING NEW , ITS THE SAME BUILDINGS YOU ALREADY HAVE ! ### 1/5 — Gold *2025-10-11, version 3.7.1* You need gold and that’s a buy buy buy! When I go on the game I get an immediate ad and then the ad won’t stop . White screen flashing flashing and no way to even get out of it! Bright white flashing screen . Ugh 😣 now it’s just a black screen and no access.. glad I spent nothing .. ### 1/5 — Too many ads *2025-06-28, version 3.7.1* Game is great and I would pay to get rid of ads. Please help! ### 1/5 — Does not run offline *2025-06-08, version 3.7.1* “No internet required to play” is incorrect ### 1/5 — Way too many ads *2024-12-13, version 3.7.1* Very slow progress. Money grabber ### 1/5 — No In App support *2024-09-11, version 3.7.1* I was enjoying the app for some time now but there’s an issue with the game app pop up suggestions can’t close them when they take up all of the screen I have to close the app and then restart it again to finish what I was doing, and there is no in app help menu or in app email support nor a in app feedback or in app game play suggestions ### 1/5 — Very annoyed *2024-08-29, version 3.7.1* I’m someone who likes city games, but this one is really annoying me. I can’t get some buildings, and it is honestly infuriating. I don’t mean any hate to the people who made this game it’s just the game’s fault. I think this really has annoyed me. I would give it a two but I felt really annoyed. Just letting you know I don’t mean any hate from the creators but the game. ### 1/5 — Takes too long *2024-05-20, version 3.6.0* You have to wait for everything to finish it’s like every other stupid game ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Game *2026-02-07* Best game ### 5/5 — City Island 3 *2025-11-03, version 3.8.0* Me gusta el juego pero casi lo desinstalo por tantos anuncios que no me dejan jugar y adelantar. Me tienen cansada tantos anuncios, es una perversidad hacia el que juega. ### 5/5 — Exelente juego *2025-08-19, version 3.7.1* 😝 ### 5/5 — Alex *2025-07-29, version 3.7.1* I love this game very much ### 5/5 — Sim *2025-07-11, version 3.7.1* Love it ### 5/5 — Legal *2025-06-20* Este jogo tem muita ilha ### 5/5 — Fun *2025-06-09, version 3.7.1* It’s a fun game ### 5/5 — 5 Stars *2025-06-05, version 3.7.1* This Game Is Great! ### 5/5 — 5 stars butt... *2025-05-29, version 3.7.1* This game is so fun but it takes you so long to get everything under control ### 5/5 — I love this game it helps the building I like it really much *2025-05-02, version 3.7.1* So yeah --- *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 2026-08-26.*