# Designer City 4 — user reviews > 47 indexed App Store user reviews of Designer City 4 by Sphere Game Studios, rated 4.70/5 from 137 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/designer-city-4/id6742739595/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/designer-city-4/id6742739595.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 120 · 4★ 5 · 3★ 3 · 2★ 2 · 1★ 7 ## Newest reviews (11 of 47) ### 4/5 — Decent. *2026-08-23, version v1.04a* See I don’t mean any offense to developer: first few games were great. But 4 feels really really pay to win. I would love the grind, but sometimes I don’t like wasting resources. But practically everything else has been better. Sphere Games Studios are good developers making good games, but i wish 4 didn’t feel pay to win ### 4/5 — Nice but crashes all the time *2026-08-06, version v1.04a* Just like the other person has said in their own review, the same is happening to me, As my city has grown and gotten bigger, it has started crashing (closing randomly) every few minutes, i’m using an Ipad 9th generation. Update: please fix this glitch, my game has become unusable and I can't even use the contact support button as it doesn't work either ### 4/5 — Fun but keeps crashing *2026-07-27, version v1.04a* As my city has grown and gotten bigger, it has started crashing (closing randomly) every few minutes. Happens on my IPad a lot (every few mins), and my phone too but less often on my phone. This really needs to be fixed ### 4/5 — I don’t think my og review saved so I’m sending it again *2026-07-18* I love this designer city the best. I would recommend that cars actually yield to one another at yields so they cannot overlap which I see a lot. I would love to see rescue teams actually doing things, so like firetrucks at fires. I would also love to see car accidents implemented so rescue teams can actively do things and I feel it’d be a fun element to see within your own city to make it feel more real. Idk if it is possible to implement these ideas for the type of game this is, but yeah, overall I love this game so much! **Developer response:** We're delighted you're enjoying Designer City 4 and thank you for your suggestions. On older devices that don't meet the game's recommended specifications, some visual features, such as vehicle collision detection, may be reduced automatically to maintain performance. We don't currently plan to add visible emergency responses or traffic accidents, as we want to focus development on expanding the city-building and management gameplay. ### 4/5 — 個人的に *2026-07-04* 川や池が"サクッと"消せてしまうのがなんかなー。そういうのを避けて道を作ったりトンネル作ったりして試行錯誤するのが醍醐味じゃないの？山とかそもそも無いし。消すためにそれなりの労力とか費用を必要として欲しいな。自然の力に抗いたいんだよこっちは(？) **Developer response:** 河川や湖を削除できるようにしたのは、プレイヤーが思い通りの街づくりを楽しめる自由を重視したためです。もちろん、自然の地形をそのまま残し、川や湖を活かしながら街を作ることで、よりチャレンジングなプレイを楽しむこともできます。貴重なご意見ありがとうございます。今後のアップデートの参考にさせていただきます。 ### 3/5 — うーん *2026-06-25* 建物の値段バカ高い **Developer response:** 建物の価格はこれまでの作品より高くなっていますが、その分、収入も大幅に増えています。今作では住宅や公共施設からも収益が得られるため、都市全体の収益力はこれまで以上に高くなっています。 ゲーム内経済はこうした高い数値を前提にバランス調整されており、建物の価格が高い分、獲得できるXPも増えているため、以前の作品よりも速くレベルアップできます。 建物の価格だけでなく、ゲーム全体のバランスをご評価いただければ幸いです。仕組みについてさらに詳しく知りたい場合は、サポートチームが喜んでご説明いたします。 ### 5/5 — Достойное продолжение, НО! *2026-06-25* В общем игра понравилась, появилось много новых зданий, больше обязанностей, появился 🛜, игра хорошая, но! Не большой минус, я понимаю, что разрабам все равно, но очень много зданий стоят золотых монет, если же ты не купишь что-то типо биржи или зданий, дающих золото, копить придется долго, а деньги на золото променять не возможно ### 5/5 — めちゃくちゃいい！ *2026-06-24* めっちゃ楽しくて神なゲームです！ありがとう！デザイナーシティ初代のデータ(ゴールドやお金)を今作に移せるような機能を追加してほしいと思ってます。厳しいかと思いますが、検討してくれると嬉しいです！本当にありがとう！神ゲー ### 5/5 — 最高傑作！ *2026-06-20* 今作は過去作たちの良いところを寄せ集めた最高傑作だと思います！ Designer Cityシリーズの初代、2のリアルなビルたちと、3の自由な道路敷設システムが合わさった感じで、現代的、そしてリアルに街が創れるようになったと感じます！それに、初代、2と比べてビルの艶感も含めてリアルになっているし、なにより見た目がほんとに現実にありそうな見た目で感動した。 インフラも、今作からはインターネットという名のものが追加され、街に電波塔を置く必要が出てきました！多少そういうものがある方がリアルだったりするし、自分は良い塩梅かなと思います！ あと、今作のちょっとすごいところとして、街を走っている車を追跡することができるようになったこと。 自分が創った街をゆっくり眺められて素敵です。 語りきれていませんが、今作にはまだまだ魅力はあります！一度やってみて損はないと思います！ だんだんとクオリティーが上がっている...運営には感謝！ありがとうございます！！ ### 3/5 — Not enough buildings that aren't priced in gold *2026-06-16* I like the graphics as it is an improvement but the amount of buildings that you have to buy in gold rather than game money is a disappointment. It makes it very difficult to start out building your city as you have very few options. Hopefully in a future update they will introduce more buildings that you can buy with game money. **Developer response:** We think you may have overlooked the available content. More than half of the buildings in the game are purchased with game money, with the remainder costing gold. Those gold buildings are generally later-game content and are not intended for new players. Gold is also earned regularly through gameplay, allowing additional buildings to be unlocked over time. The player guide explains the many ways to earn free gold. ### 5/5 — 適当 *2026-06-15* パンポンと適当に色んなものを置いてもほとんど苦情が出ず楽しいです。 ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Disappointed *2026-07-30* Public transport is system is on gold coin ### 1/5 — Not exciting *2026-07-28* The app closes without warning and not enough rewards. It’s like a downgrade and I’m playing on iPad Air 11. Not an old device **Developer response:** Designer City 4 is our largest, most advanced and visually detailed city-building game. Unfortunately, some older devices are still permitted to install it despite not meeting the minimum specifications to run large cities reliably, causing the operating system to close the app automatically. The game contains more buildings, features and player customization than any of our previous titles, with more content added in every update. ### 1/5 — Greedy game owners *2026-07-04* Fell asleep around 2am this morning playing this game. Woke up at 9am, looked at my game and ALL MY CASH WAS GONE. I starting checking things out and they added a maintainance fee on everything by the hour. Greedy greedy greedy. They r trying to make u buy game money to play the game. Granted they r here to make money for themselves and their families. But they have made this game unplayable. I’m in my 70s and falling asleep is part of the old people curse. Worth the curse cause I get to live long. But they R just way too greedy. Taking a large “maintenance “ fee on every single building in a stupid video game is just plain greedy and I will not reward greedy people. **Developer response:** That's not correct. Your city continues to simulate whether you're actively playing or not, with both income and operating costs being processed. Residential, commercial, industrial, sports, community and transport buildings all generate income. Only service and infrastructure buildings have maintenance costs, and these are less than 4% of the building's purchase price per maintenance cycle. If your city ran out of money, it means your operating costs exceeded your income rather than there being a problem with the game. If you'd like us to investigate your city, please contact us via the in-game support option and we'll be happy to explain exactly what happened. If this clears things up, we'd appreciate you reconsidering your rating. ### 1/5 — Money Grab *2026-06-23, version v1.03* This game honestly has an issue with the amount of buildings that cost gold. Sure you can obtain the smallest amount of gold for free, but having the entire sports building section costing gold is seriously disappointing. The Developer also states that gold buildings are for late game attainability, but gold buildings is a majority of what you unlock in the early levels. This makes it so hard to make actual progress, and keeps you waiting longer which just made me not play anymore. ### 1/5 — Poorly Designed *2026-06-20* I was so excited for this new game as it was to offer more road options. Sadly this was a complete bust! The landscape colors are awful, the roads and paths change on their own, highways cannot be an overpass, the trees are ugly, absolutely zero pathways and sidewalks that match up, no fences or walls and no military. I could right a book about the issues with this game. The only thing I liked was the airports and playgrounds. Don’t waste your time or money on this app, it’s horrible. **Developer response:** Designer City 4 was never intended to be Designer City 2 with new graphics. It is a completely new game with a different visual style, different systems and a stronger focus on realistic city building. Several of the points you raise are simply incorrect. The game does include pathways, overpasses and extensive road options. The roads and paths are not 'changing by themselves' as you suggest. Designer City 4 prevents invalid transportation layouts and will automatically correct connections that would otherwise be impossible or non-functional. This is an intentional feature, not a bug. Other minor items you mention, such as fences and barriers, are already planned for the first update. Military buildings were never intended as Designer City 4 focuses on civilian city building rather than warfare. As for the landscape colours, trees and overall visual style, those are subjective preferences. Most players specifically enjoy the more realistic appearance compared to our previous titles. It is perfectly reasonable to prefer the low poly art style of Designer City 2, and that game remains available and fully supported. However, describing Designer City 4 as "poorly designed" because it it is a more realistic and capable game is neither accurate nor particularly helpful to other players considering the game. If you would like to discuss any of these points further, our support team is always available to help. ### 1/5 — Horrid ripoff *2026-06-18, version v1.03* If you want a city builder DO NOT PLAY THIS The game is too saturated and It gives me a headache The buildings are cheap knockoffs of DS2’s buildings If you really want a city builder, play DS1 or DS2 Sphere Game Studios… I expected better from you Edit: SGS do not guilt trip me into believing this is a good game. ### 1/5 — N *2026-06-01* Muito ruim nem tem como apagar os dados jogo para começar tudo do início **Developer response:** Este não é um motivo válido para uma avaliação de 1 estrela. O jogo inclui as opções Reinício Fácil e Reinício Completo nas Configurações, permitindo que você comece novamente a qualquer momento. Desinstalar e reinstalar o jogo também teria o mesmo efeito. Como a funcionalidade que você está solicitando já existe, pedimos que considere atualizar sua avaliação. ### 2/5 — gold *2026-06-28* why everything needs to build with gold .. we dont even get much gold but almost everything needs gold to build **Developer response:** Your review is not entirely accurate. Most early level buildings are build with game money. Most likely you are comparing a mature, high-level city from one of our earlier games with a brand new city in Designer City 4, while forgetting the progression it took to reach that point. Every Designer City game requires players to gradually unlock buildings and grow their economy over time. Players can build a successful city and progress through the entire game without purchasing a single gold building. Gold is earned by levelling up, collecting daily rewards, completing achievements, visiting other cities, constructing gold-producing buildings and through several other gameplay systems. Later in the game, the Stock Exchange also allows players to exchange regular money for gold. There are no construction timers forcing players to wait, and gold buildings do not block progression. Most players never make a purchase and everything can be obtained simply by playing the game. We would appreciate an accurate review reflecting how the game actually works. ### 3/5 — Lacking *2026-07-20, version v1.04a* I have played all the designer city’s but this one is lacking a lot of the beach options, walkways, big cities also have beaches and the monorail system has got worse, doesn’t look realistic like previous as the stations don’t sit over the track. Versions should get better not worse. So much missing in this version. Road options are great tho, and some of the new industry options. Other than that unfortunately I’m not impressed. ### 3/5 — Too much gold *2026-06-27* Too many buildings gold only, a bit too cash grabby compared to earlier games **Developer response:** Your review is not entirely accurate. Most likely you are comparing a mature, high-level city from one of our earlier games with a brand new city in Designer City 4, while forgetting the progression it took to reach that point. Every Designer City game requires players to gradually unlock buildings and grow their economy over time. Players can build a successful city and progress through the entire game without purchasing a single gold building. Gold is earned by levelling up, collecting daily rewards, completing achievements, visiting other cities, constructing gold-producing buildings and through several other gameplay systems. Later in the game, the Stock Exchange also allows players to exchange regular money for gold. There are no construction timers forcing players to wait, and gold buildings do not block progression. Most players never make a purchase and everything can be obtained simply by playing the game. Describing the game as a "cash grab" is therefore difficult to justify, and we would appreciate the review reflecting how the game actually works. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — SOOOOOOO FUN!!!! *2026-08-12, version v1.04a* PLAY ### 5/5 — Nice but crashes all the time *2026-07-30* Just like the other person has said in their own review, the same is happening to me, As my city has grown and gotten bigger, it has started crashing (closing randomly) every few minutes, i’m using an Ipad 9th generation. ### 5/5 — Endlich mal kein Pay2Win *2026-07-18* Ganz tolle kleine Städtebausimulation. Unfassbar viele Gebäude und genug Tiefe, damit es nicht nach ein paar Tagen langweilig wird. Einziges Manko, es gibt leider keine Superbauten für Industrie. Das bedeutet die Fläche die benötigt wird um ausreichend Industrie auszubauen, ist sehr groß. Wäre ein Wunsch an die Entwickler, auch Spezialgebäude für Industrie in das Spiel zu integrieren. ### 5/5 — Parabéns a equipe de desenvolvedores do designer City 4 *2026-07-15* O jogo é muito bom , fantástico , parabéns . ### 5/5 — getting 30gold *2026-07-09, version v1.04a* I got 30gold advancement ### 5/5 — You guys rule but please less gold for the cooler obvious buildings *2026-07-08* Every version you come out with I play because you guys are great. I’ve spend 40 dollars on this game and I still don’t feel like I can sandbox it clearly that’s not what you intended but id appreciate if you lower some gold buildings cost ### 5/5 — 街 *2026-07-04* 自分だけの街を作れて面白い ### 5/5 — Routen *2026-07-04* Baue schon seit Jahren an Designer City und bin begeistert. Es wird immer schöner. Bei DC4 stören mich die Routenanzeige vom Helikopter oder Schiffen. Das macht es ab einer gewissen Größe unübersichtlich. Auch die Auswahl von Bodenbeschaffenheit ist leider zu wenig Auswahl. Also ,alles soweit super mit kleinen Handlungsempehlungen ### 5/5 — Best game ever *2026-07-03, version v1.04* PLAY NOW! ### 5/5 — Incroyable 🤩 *2026-07-02* Ce jeu, c’est le jeu le plus réaliste de gestion d’une ville que j’ai trouvé pour mobile c’est franchement le meilleur, vous ne trouverez pas mieux merci beaucoup d’avoir créé ce jeu --- *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 2026-08-27.*