# City Island: Collections Sim — user reviews > 23 indexed App Store user reviews of City Island by Sparkling Society Games B.V., rated 4.68/5 from 203 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/city-island-collections-sim/id6443777088/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/city-island-collections-sim/id6443777088.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 156 · 4★ 26 · 3★ 5 · 2★ 3 · 1★ 4 ## Newest reviews (3 of 23) ### 4/5 — I cannot drag out the buildings! *2024-09-30, version 1.5.0* I cannot drag out the buildings to place! ### 4/5 — Good game *2023-07-21, version 1.3.0* I really enjoy all the city island games, my only issue is the cost to buy lands. I find instead of building like I would like, I will just go and collect my money for a few days in order to buy another chunk of land, which is very frustrating. I also find it discouraging to buy packs just to get the same buildings over and over. This game could be one of the best yet, but the chances of being able to play for a awhile is little to none!! ### 4/5 — City island collection *2023-07-19, version 1.3.0* Like this game ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Mediocrity Rules in this game *2023-09-15, version 1.3.0* Buy card packs. Everything in this game is mediocre at best. The houses are nothing to look at, the graphics are awful. Don’t waste ur time or money. ### 1/5 — This Developer will scam you! *2023-07-26* I made in-app purchases in a Sparkling Society game and after they made unauthorized draws from my account (without even giving the in-game purchase). When I reported it, they shrugged it off then stopped responding to me! Thieves! Do not give you money to these clowns. ### 1/5 — Rotating buildings causes uncontrollable scrolling *2023-01-12, version 1.0.1* I tried to rotate my building and had to constantly scroll back up with my finger to keep the building on the screen. Terrible UI. ### 2/5 — Duplicates *2023-11-30, version 1.3.4* I have far too many duplicates and I am unable to finish 1st Island. I rather finish one island at a time then go on. This game needs to be looked over and fixed. Island 2 comes too early. ### 2/5 — Land expansions *2023-01-27, version 1.1.2* It cost to much money to expand and you need to purchase shovels or you can not expand. ### 3/5 — Land *2026-02-15, version 1.6.0* I like the game but it old be more cost effective you have to buy everything with real cash ### 3/5 — Hard to expand lands *2024-03-12, version 1.4.0* I love the idea of this game and I enjoy playing it but you need to make expanding the lands easier it’s way too much money to expand and you can’t enjoy building your cities when they are so little and takes forever just to get enough for one expansion in one city come on guys you would have a great game if only you made it easier ### 3/5 — Same *2023-11-22* I have far too many duplicates and I am unable to finish 1st Island. I rather finish one island at a time then go on. ### 3/5 — Missing island *2023-11-03, version 1.3.0* I downloaded this game as I thought it was a jolly good buy, all five islands. Alas it was not to be as only four islands are available on the game. This is despite the fact that island number five appears on the screen, and buildings are available for it but you cannot place any on the island. I did write to the authors of the game but got no response. This is either a glitch or it was done deliberately to tempt more people to get the game. If island number five was available, I would have no hesitation in giving it five stars. ### 3/5 — Purchasing buildings *2023-02-10, version 1.1.2* I was very disappointed after spending $2,850,000 in packets to improve my city and I only got about 5 new buildings. I bought of each kind of packet. Don’t waste your money. I now have so many trees and parks that I wouldn’t be able to use them in a lifetime. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Terrible costumer service *2025-05-09, version 1.5.1* Love the game but every time I close out I lose coins and money 😭 ### 5/5 — Same but collecting cards from other xpacs *2024-01-04* P2P for sure but u can progress if u stick with buildings u earn and stay on top of free chest, videos etc. I like all their games and I’ve invested more time in Town City. But the collector’s cards from all City Island games is nice! If you want the best buildings then u have to pay ( outside of luck from free spins and chests. Forced ads aren’t excessive and usually run a little over 5 secs; it’s F2P so unless they charge you dishonestly, or if you notice your free chests or spins glitching, or not rewarding you with buildings to help progress then don’t pay. That’s my motto and I won’t give a negative review, or a review with less than five, unless ANY game has shady tactics. I’ll update if I notice anything but with all Sparkling Society games, u can go back and forth and have fun. I do contribute to free games at least once(even if I don’t continue playing)if the game is honest and respectful—regarding my customer value. ### 5/5 — Like this *2023-12-05, version 1.3.4* Thank you to the games people. Exceptionally good, I can hardly tear myself away at times. Looking forward to what lies ahead. 5 stars all the way. ### 5/5 — Love it but: *2023-11-20* Love this game but there has to be an easier way of getting land if it wasn’t so expensive.. ### 5/5 — Love the game but have a question. *2023-10-21, version 1.3.0* Can’t seem to get a response from your customer service. Have sent numerous emails. When I started playing this game it gave me task on the top left hand Side of the screen for rewards. The way to get extra builders. I few levels back that TASK BAR disappeared. Was that suppose to happen? I need more builders. LOL. Please advise was it suppose to disappear or is it a glitch ? ### 5/5 — Good *2023-09-04, version 1.3.0* Good game! ### 5/5 — Enjoying the game *2023-04-28, version 1.3.0* The game is a lot of fun! I do wish they would group the cards better. Can be a bit confusing as to what building is a community building and what is considered a building for jobs. Overall, thoroughly enjoying this game! ### 5/5 — More islands please *2023-04-14, version 1.3.0* Love this game and I’ve nearly filled all the islands. Please can we have more. ### 5/5 — Best yet *2023-03-23, version 1.3.0* Tons of fun and all the best parts of the previous versions ### 5/5 — great but needs more *2023-01-14, version 1.1.0* great game, its early, but hoping devs add more. 1- events, 2- weather, 3- way to remove buildings from map, 4- way to filter cards by type --- *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 2026-08-24.*