# Cookie Empire: Idle Clicker — user reviews > 265 indexed App Store user reviews of Cookie Empire by Alejandro Jimenez Rico, rated 4.50/5 from 640 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/cookie-empire-idle-clicker/id6471402254/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/cookie-empire-idle-clicker/id6471402254.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 503 · 4★ 64 · 3★ 26 · 2★ 14 · 1★ 33 ## What do users think of Cookie Empire? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 🚀 Fun Little Idle Game - 👍 THIS is how iOS games should be - 👍 Great game, no ads - 👍 Anxiety Relief - 👍 Quality game - 👍 Go-To Destressor Game - 👍 Best cookie clicker clone - 👍 Fav Idle Game - 👍 Quality UI - 👍 Passion project **Cons** - 🐛 Offline progress locked - 🐛 Putting the main idle mechanic behind an ad - 🔋 High battery drain - 🐛 Wasted Potential - 🐛 Losing progress - 🐛 Stuck - 🐛 Crashes after opening - 🐛 Upgrade issues **Commonly reported bugs** - Offline progress not working - Ascension issues - Alchemy lab not working - Upgrades not appearing - Crashes after updates - Resets progress - Rotating screen issues **Most requested features** - Add backbone please - More audio suggestions - Ability to see vegetables in the garden - Volleyball skin - Achievements - More menu buttons - Prestige system - More buildings and upgrades - Ability to see how many of a building can be bought - Cookie SFX ## Newest reviews (17 of 265) ### 4/5 — This dev is doing things right *2026-08-09, version 5.22* I had to bring it down a star. Remove ads purchase is misleading. All remove ads does is removes the ad requirement to collect offline earnings like every other idle game already does for free. Still have to go through ads for whatever else. A genuinely good idle clicker that is not built on ads first. You can tell they care about making the game better and not doing everything to optimize ad delivery. Multiple mini games that combine pieces of many other idle games in to one app. This things under rated and deserves much more attention and downloads. ### 3/5 — Decent *2026-08-07, version 5.22* It's a good game. Ads, sure, the game's free. But it's buggy. The ads usually don't work by saying unavailable when i have full wifi and full reception. I also have this bug on newest update that makes my game repeat the same thing in time over and over so i can't get any progress whatsoever. ### 3/5 — Was having fun then lost everything. *2026-07-18, version 5.21* Had been playing a few months and really enjoyed it. Even made a few in app purchases. Today I went in and my cps had dropped from the high ds to the as. Gave it a few hours hoping it would resolve but it never did. Then like an idiot I uninstalled it thinking reinstalling it might serve as a fix. Now it’s all gone. I guess that’s on me but feels strange a game that allows you to spend real world money wouldn’t attempt to make your progress recoverable. ### 3/5 — No Ads Broken?!? *2026-07-15, version 5.20* Great game and super enjoyable but purchasing the ad free option I expect to be able to skip ads - not have to watch them all still. What the heck?!? Please address this asap! ### 3/5 — Decent *2026-07-13, version 5.19* It's a good game. Ads, sure, the game's free. But it's buggy. The ads usually don't work by saying unavailable when i have full wifi and full reception. I also have this bug on newest update that makes my game repeat the same thing in time over and over so i can't get any progress whatsoever. ### 2/5 — Game never loads still after 1.15 *2026-06-22, version 5.17* I like how the devs reply to our comments here and try to fix things but my loading screen still don’t load I am in a 15 pro thug game needs to be fixed ### 4/5 — Great game! *2026-06-15, version 5.16* Loving this clicker! So much to do! Only issue is the farm screen. I can’t see the bottom option of the farm. It looks like something pops up but I can’t see it behind the menu. Playing on iPad ### 2/5 — Unplayable *2026-06-14, version 5.16* Game won’t load even after I wait for atleast a few minutes ### 4/5 — Tiny tiles *2026-04-16* Is tiny tiles level 67 solvable? Im stuck and theres no hints or anything :‘) **Developer response:** it is solvable! all of them are! they're difficult though, but I swear my mom has gotten to levels on the hundreds without any boost. she's probably the top 1 lmao ### 4/5 — Honestly? I love it! *2026-04-16, version 5.8* Absolutely adoring your spin on the OG cookie clicker! I don’t mind the ads at all as I understand you need to monetize it and I VERY MUCH appreciate that there’s no forced ads anywhere in the game. Your writing (especially in the mining journal entries) is absolutely PHENOMENAL, genuinely made me tear up with some of the more unfortunate expeditions. What you’ve made is an excellent mix of a cute, fun clicker game and a touch of horror; as well as a genuinely fun homage to the original. In conclusion, this is great work! I’d adore seeing a bit more disturbing, heart-wrenching, or serious topics in the future but it’s still amazing without it❤️ ### 4/5 — Update *2026-03-23, version 5.5* Since the update the game doesn’t count offline cookies or cookies gained from filling orders. Also the tile game is super slow. ### 2/5 — Updates Ruining Things *2026-03-18, version 5.4* Every update seems to drastically change things and nerf things without any explanation. Ruining what was previously very addicting and enjoyable to progress when all of my progress is reversed without warning. ### 2/5 — Dernière MAJ *2026-02-25* Depuis la dernière MAJ, on doit regarder une pub, à chaque fois pour récupérer ses pièces hors ligne. Je désinstalle. ### 2/5 — Progress slow *2026-02-01, version 5.1* I do not like this game so I put it 2 stars ### 3/5 — Hear me out *2026-01-01, version 4.73* I would just like to start with this being an amazing game that has brought a better version of cookie clicker. Why do I give it 3/5 then? Let’s start with lack of tutorials for the mini games. Most don’t explain well the only 2 explained in depth are the garden and tiny tiles. There are 3 more and 2 don’t need as much explaining. Some is a wheel of fortune essentially, enough said, the other is a stock market, needs some tutorial but also a little self explanatory, lastly and most concerning is the mine. You send characters in to mine, it takes X amount of time and you get either nothing, gold or ORES! guess what you use those ores to upgrade things well one option is to turn the ores into crystals (non of this is explained AT ALL) the other is to spend them on other upgrades. We’ll get this folks, I spent my ores on the upgrades rather than crystals which at that point has taken 2 days of pretty consistent game time and the upgrades that you get have a 24 hour activation…. Thank you for wasting my time! It’s stay 3 until tutorial is provided and 4/5 until the activation is removed. It peeved me that much. An upgrade that takes me 2 days to get to waisted after 24hours. ### 3/5 — Ouch *2026-01-01, version 4.73* Within 10 minutes my phone was getting hot. ### 4/5 — Fun game :) but please optimize *2025-12-21* Really fun and well-designed game! I love it! However, please optimize it. My iPhone 17 is getting really hot when playing which really shouldn’t be the case for such simple 2D games. Thx! ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Game never loads *2026-06-15, version 5.16* I used to play this game and it was very fun and today I wanted to come back to it but no matter what I do. It won’t load 😡 ### 1/5 — Ads for offline progress *2026-05-06, version 5.12* Uninstalled when I needed an ad to get anything from offline progress. Hard no for me. I’m fine with an ad to double it, but to play at all requiring ads is garbage. ### 1/5 — Recent update killed the game *2026-02-25, version 5.2* Your offline earnings are now behind an adwall, this game is absolute garbage. Do not download. ### 1/5 — Sad *2025-10-30, version 4.65* I Was Playing The Game and I Played Again Then my game crashed I tried again it did not work over and over I had to delete it fix the bug please ### 1/5 — New update *2025-10-06, version 4.60* I’ve had the whole garden unlocked. Woke up this morning and last row is locked. Get 1k in farm to unlock it. This is wrong. ### 1/5 — Disappointing *2025-08-12, version 4.48* The most recent patch deleted all my progress. This mess of a game will not value your time. Unless you want to be a bug tester, your time is better spent elsewhere. ### 1/5 — Overheating *2025-08-02, version 4.46* iPhone 16 Pro Max overheats after a couple mins of playing. On iOS 18.6. ### 1/5 — Ads broken *2025-07-21, version 4.43* Game is fine, but you have no idle rewards unless you watch an ad or spend a gem, and the only free way to get gems is through watching ads. But here’s the kicker, the ads don’t work. You’ll watch the whole thing and the “X” button won’t actually let you exit the ad, and when you reload the game, no reward is given ### 1/5 — Terrible do not download *2025-07-08, version 4.42* This game is alright but as people say this is not an idle game if I have to watch an ad to collect idle funds. Also the game progresses sooo slow like unbearable not even fun slow ### 1/5 — How is this an idle game *2025-06-22, version 4.39* Gameplay is great but I’m not rating an “idle game” any higher than 1 star if I have to use premium currency or watch an ad to collect idle rewards. That makes zero sense ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — iOS bug *2026-06-30, version 5.17* On iOS the ui bugs idk why:/ ### 5/5 — Mario 64 *2026-05-27, version 5.15* This Mario 64 game is so fun ### 5/5 — Daily Meditation *2026-05-11, version 5.13* I am centered, I am grounded. Cookies above, cookies below. Cookies are now all i know. ### 5/5 — daily dose of cookies *2026-05-03, version 5.12* playing this makes my my brain regulate ### 5/5 — Peak *2026-04-15, version 5.8* Cinema ### 5/5 — Tap the big cookie *2026-03-30, version 5.7* Dev is interactive in the discord, takes suggestions and critiques seriously - this community is fun and the game is the best kind of addictive :) brb i gotta upgrade my buildings ### 5/5 — I farted *2026-03-28, version 5.7* It is really fun ### 5/5 — App Slaps *2026-01-12, version 4.73* I’ve been playing since the beginning and play daily, it’s like a dopamine snack for my brain (: the consistent updates & discord make it extra interactive, there aren’t forced ads & the mini games are fun ### 5/5 — 👍👍 *2026-01-11, version 4.73* cookies ### 5/5 — Immediate five stars! ⭐️ *2026-01-08, version 4.73* Great work whoever you are. I have been utterly raging at developers lately and you’ve knocked this out of the park!!! THERE ARE NO ADS, you’re given an options to not show certain messages, progression is balanced, graphics/frame-rate are great, and the interface is neat and tidy!! This dev is NOT a greedy person, and I WILL HAPPILY SUPPORT YOU! I will also be telling a few close people about this game because of that. You’re awesome, keep it up! The world needs more people like you 🤍 --- *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 2026-09-08.*