# Clone Idle — user reviews > 29 indexed App Store user reviews of Clone Idle by FIRAT ARSLAN, rated 4.08/5 from 360 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/clone-idle/id1670628438/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/clone-idle/id1670628438.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 243 · 4★ 27 · 3★ 22 · 2★ 10 · 1★ 58 ## What do users think of Clone Idle? Overall sentiment: negative **Pros** - 🎮 Fun core gameplay mechanics - ⏱️ Good time-killer when playable - 🧠 Engaging and entrancing gameplay loop **Cons** - 📺 Excessive forced ads throughout gameplay - 💰 Predatory monetization model - 🚫 No option to remove ads with payment - ⚠️ Misleading app store ratings - 🔧 Broken top bumper mechanics - 📊 Severe difficulty scaling issues - 🌐 Requires internet despite being single-player - ⏳ Infinite loading/startup issues - 💾 Data loss after ads and app closure - 🐢 Performance degradation from ad spam **Commonly reported bugs** - Top two circular bumpers cannot be removed, merged, or upgraded - Game freezes on infinite loading screen at startup - Upgrades/numbers disappear after watching ads - Earned items vanish after closing app - Prices don't reset between levels, making progression impossible - Ads interrupt gameplay and cause loss of active moves - Blade collision detection issues **Most requested features** - Option to pay for ad removal - Reset pricing between levels - Ability to remove/merge top bumper items - Offline play without internet requirement - Reduced ad frequency ## Newest reviews (10 of 29) ### 1/5 — Infinite loading Home Screen *2023-04-11, version 1.5* Never got to try it ### 1/5 — It’s a game that is only ads *2023-04-09* If you like ads, this is the game for you. I’m sorry, I shouldn’t even say game. It’s more like just watching tv with how many ads pop up and how frequently they play. There’s no point in trying to move your bumper numbers because once you do an ad plays, and once it’s done you lose that number. The game requires no internet to play, but you can’t play it if you’re not connected to internet 😂. One of the fastest uninstalls I’ve ever had, my phone was starting to lag in and out of game because of how many ads kept trying to play. If I didn’t mention it before, there are a bunch of ads in this “video” game. ### 1/5 — wont start *2023-04-01, version 1.4* i deleted it and re downloaded it but it is stuck on the spinning background with the balls in the middle, cant do anythin ### 1/5 — So many ads you can barely play the game *2023-03-28* Multiple times ads came onto the screen while I was moving the number bumper things and when the ad was finished, the number bumper thing was gone. With it being so difficult to progress later in the game, it caused me to write this nasty smelly farty review to express my no no naughty feelings in this present moment. ### 1/5 — This game is very annoying *2023-03-26* It doesn’t show any in app purchases to make you think there are no ads. As you play more and more, ads start playing very frequently. Haven’t had the game for more than an hour, before deleting it. ### 1/5 — ‼️ITS ALL ADS‼️ *2023-03-25* The game has a cool idea but makes it impossible to progress without watching ad after ad, even if you earn something itll throw 2-3 ads in the way. I think this is the most ad filled game ive ever played. The only times you can play the game is when you open it everything else is an advertisement ### 1/5 — Terrible, just terrible. *2023-03-24* I got this game a few days ago and it’s pretty fun, but the ads make it impossible to play. About 5 minutes ago I open this game and 10 seconds after I opened it I was given a 30 second ad and I was unable to skip it, and once I got back I noticed something, one of my numbers disappeared. I know for a fact it was there because before I got the ad because I was just about to put it in one of the boxes on the bottom, but the ad stopped me. So overall, horrible experience, also, when I got this game there were no ads, maybe one every five minutes, but three days later, I can’t even open the game without getting and ad. Please fix your game because this has great potential and I find the gameplay pretty fun. ### 1/5 — ads *2023-03-22, version 1.3* can you at least give the option to pay for no ads. this is near unbearable ### 1/5 — Too many ads *2023-03-22* I’ve been playing most of the day and I can’t go 5 minutes with out at least two ads popping up on its own !!! Would be 100% better if there weren’t as many ads 🙄 ### 1/5 — Needs income equalization as others said *2023-03-10* By the second level I couldn’t play because the prices don’t reset, they just continue climbing from the previous level. The income pay does reset instead, making it almost impossible to afford second level prices. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Ad Shill designed to make money off you *2023-07-08* A lot of mobile games nowadays have an ad wall every 45 to scrounge as much money out of the user. This game is the pinnacle of that concept, requiring ads to be watched for nearly every aspect of the game. This game being advertised and others like it should be illegal. Also this game has fake ratings with a score of 4.1 as of writing despite having no rating from users higher than a 3. ### 1/5 — Really not that great *2023-06-16* So ads every minute or so, majority of them not skippable, and the game got way to long in terms of advancing, and the top two places where you can place the items can’t be merged or removed, and those two i found are the ones that will get hit majority of the time the way they are all spaced out. Definitely would not recommend playing. ### 1/5 — Naked cash grab *2023-06-16* Forced ads, banner ads, ads to unlock most things. Can’t play in airplane mode even though it’s wholly single player. ### 1/5 — it keeps loading *2023-06-05, version 1.6* i was waiting for five minutes straight waiting for the game to load and it never loaded ### 1/5 — AWFUL *2023-05-10, version 1.6* terrible, abomination of a game, smh. ### 1/5 — Far too many ads *2023-04-28* On almost every square inch of the screen is a prompt to watch an ad, while every minute and a half an ad auto plays. Trash practice, don’t waste your time with this ### 1/5 — Forced ads. *2023-04-20, version 1.6* Forced ads when trying to play. ### 1/5 — Broken game *2023-04-18* Besides the 4,000 ads pee minute the top two bumpers are broken and can’t be upgraded, replaced, or moved. Every time you try it forces another ad. Trashy game, bot reviews, botted responses to reviews, trashy devs. ### 1/5 — WTAF *2023-04-16* I can guarantee out of all the downloads that this game has, almost everyone has deleted it within an hour. There are SO MANY ads the game is basically unplayable. I’ve had my upgrades that I’ve earned disappear after watching a forced ad and I’ve had upgrades that I watched ads for disappear after closing the app. It’s so bad it’s laughable ### 1/5 — No *2023-04-16, version 1.6* Too many ads. I understand they are revenue for these free games but better free games have no ads ## Most praised reviews (9 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — huge fan but big glitch *2023-03-01, version 1.0* HUGE fan of this app, especially the lack of ads - i just played it for two hours just completely entranced. unfortunately whenever you move to new levels the prices don’t reset, which makes the game near unplayable by about level 3. would love a fix for this so i can keep enjoying it! thank you! ### 3/5 — Ads *2023-06-16* Any way to get rid of ads I don’t see a remove ad button ### 3/5 — Too many ads *2023-04-18* Games fun when you get to play…. No way to remove ads is killing it. ### 3/5 — Good game *2023-04-18* The game is fun but there is a bug on the first map. You can’t remove or add to the top two circular numbers. If there is a four you can’t take it off the spot or merge it with another four. It is very annoying ### 3/5 — Decent *2023-04-15* Fairly decent time killer. Although the offline reward is misleading. ### 3/5 — It’s enjoyable but annoying in some ways *2023-03-03* The game is exactly what was advertised, pretty entrancing but the scaling is poorly done. It becomes waaayyy more difficult to progress very quickly. Especially when you level up. If there were some balance changes, this would be a really fun game. I also appreciate the lack of ads. Solid game ### 2/5 — Could be better *2023-05-17* Game has great potential, the forced ads and choppy play as you level up really makes me not want to play ### 2/5 — Good game idea but too many ads *2023-04-20* Wayyyyyyy too many ads. Cut down the number of ads and you’ll have a decent time waster. Also I made it to the 50m mark to go to the next map- however… it is basically the same map but with two spinning blades and makes you start all the way over with no capital… I’m guesssing each Map upgrade doesn’t really change the game and forces you to start over each time… shame ### 2/5 — The blade vanished *2023-03-04, version 1.0* The blade hit the bottom right corner of the screen and left like my dad did --- *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.*