# Grill Masters - Idle Barbecue — user reviews > 70 indexed App Store user reviews of Grill Masters by Qianyuan mutual entertainment culture media Co., Ltd., rated 4.88/5 from 14,175 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/grill-masters-idle-barbecue/id1491864728/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/grill-masters-idle-barbecue/id1491864728.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 12,973 · 4★ 825 · 3★ 259 · 2★ 44 · 1★ 74 ## What do users think of Grill Masters? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 🌸 Cute and relaxing game - 👍 Simple and easy to play - 🎶 Calming background music - 🕹️ Fun and addictive gameplay **Cons** - 🐛 Crashes and bugs after updates - 💰 Excessive ads and in-app purchases - 🌐 Poorly translated text - 🔍 Lack of progress/data saving **Commonly reported bugs** - Game crashes when exiting and trying to reopen - Inability to progress after updates - Glitches with ad playback **Most requested features** - Ability to save progress and play across devices - More customization options for characters and restaurant - Codex or index of unlocked dishes and characters - Improved dialogue system ## Newest reviews (16 of 70) ### 4/5 — Cute and fun game but no data save *2024-10-01* This is a really fun game that doesn’t require you to do much. It’s so cute and relaxing to play but I wish I can save my progress and play on a different device. This would make it more convenient if you were to switch phones and you don’t have to start over since you saved your data. ### 4/5 — Love it for the most part! *2023-03-06* I think the game is great, I play a lot of sims and idle games and it’s a good one without a bunch of pop-up ads. However, I wish it didn’t ask me if I wanted to watch an ad every time I click on the promotion sign. I have to click it out of the screen and it gets annoying but I can ignore it. Other than that it’s awesome ### 4/5 — Great idle game! *2023-02-09, version 1.8.16* I enjoyed the game but I wish there was a codex or index of all the dishes and characters I unlocked ### 3/5 — Fun but.. *2021-12-28, version 1.8.16* It really is an entertaining game but I downloaded this app from an ad that showed we could pick random ingredients to create our own dishes which isn't even a possibility in the game. I’m definitely disappointed about being mislead about the reason I got the app in the first place :/ Also, there’s a character that is referenced to as big stomach and I really think it’s distasteful. There are many different ways you can create a character that takes rush orders without making it a hurtful stereotype. ### 4/5 — So far so good *2021-08-22, version 1.8.15* Has great graphics ### 5/5 — For grill master or something *2021-05-29, version 1.8.15* This game is so awesome and it’s so amazing ### 2/5 — Fun BUT *2021-04-26* This game is fun but in order it to be fun you need to watch a hundreds of adds. SAD! Money greedy! ### 5/5 — Game *2021-04-24, version 1.8.15* Your game is so good the music is relaxing thank you for making this game it’s so fun it makes me happy thank you for this awesome game 😁 ### 5/5 — I didn’t expect it to be this good! *2021-03-20, version 1.8.13* Idle games like this are a dime a dozen, but the atmosphere on this one just keeps me coming back. I’m not terribly familiar with modern Chinese culture, but regardless, I find the characters believable and entertaining. It’s always fun to see what your customers have to say, and to read the text exchanges you get when you unlock a new location. ### 5/5 — Good job *2021-03-13, version 1.8.13* Great game so far I find it calming. ### 5/5 — PLAY THIS GAME! *2021-03-02* Very fun game! ### 4/5 — Great but needs fixing *2021-02-23, version 1.8.13* I personally think this game is great and all but the dialogue system is a little bit funky. ### 2/5 — Ads for EVERYTHING *2021-02-01, version 1.8.11* Want to have a VIP eat at your restaurant? Ad. Hey you leveled up, ad to double your money. Speed up your workers? Ad. Collecting Ingredients? Ad. This game has so many ads that you could beat this game in a few days, this game had potential but it suffers from the game revolving around an Ad system. Would not recommend. ### 3/5 — Really want to give 5 stars *2021-01-30* I have played this game on and off for some time, made some fantastic progress. App decided to crash and refused to start up, tried switching phone off and on again to no avail. So thought it would be easy to uninstall and reinstall the app. Lost all my progress!! No way of getting it back!! Be warned!! Plus no way of contacting any support at all (well not that I can see)... good thing I didn’t buy anything within the app (which was tempted to do) otherwise would have lost all my previous purchases, game play and no way to get it back. Devs, please input a method of linking your account progress to something, Facebook or whatever other platform you wish to use please! ### 3/5 — Bugs cash *2021-01-27, version 1.8.8* This is cute addicting game but whenever I leave this app it crash on me so many time, please fix this, this game is so fun and cute 😔😭 ### 2/5 — Fun and Entertaining *2021-01-27, version 1.8.8* I have had this game for a while, I have even gotten the weekly VIP status. I find it fun, relaxing and entertaining. There are other mini games in the game, like exploration which lets you win goodies for the game. But a day after the update the game has gotten glitchy, the app would not open anymore, I have restarted my phone that did not work. The only way it works is when I delete the game, and re-install it again. It reboots my game from the beginning. I dont think I should be paying for game that doesnt work. Developers please fix this issue, I still have 4 days into my subcription. **Developer response:** Really sorry for this problem. We will fix it as soon as possible. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Can I get some gameplay with those ads??? *2021-03-07, version 1.8.13* Ads up the wazoo!!! I played for 5 minutes and just couldn’t stand it, had to delete it. There was an ad after the first 5 taps of gameplay. There were constant messages telling you to accelerate gameplay by watching an ad. There were ad prompts all over the screen for restaurant improvements. Can you folks be any greedier??? ### 1/5 — The game has bugs. *2021-01-26, version 1.8.8* The game is cute and I’ve played for an hour since downloading. And the problem is when I exit the game, I can’t play again. It just crashes. I’ve tried restart my phone but still won’t work. So I remove the game and download again. But as soon as I leave the game, I can’t start the game again. I don’t know what to do. Mine is iPhone 12 Pro and the system is ios14.3. ### 1/5 — App issues *2021-01-26, version 1.8.8* App is not opening plz fix. I really love playing this game. But yeah the app will not open now, it’s probably because of the last update? But hope it gets fixed soon :) ### 1/5 — Spelling errors galore! *2020-11-08, version 1.8.6* I deleted this within 5 seconds because the creators can’t spell. I’m not playing a game with spelling errors. Seriously how does this have over 1 Star for that alone? My 3 year old cousin spells better than this and this was made by I assume adults. Proof read your games before releasing them. Ridiculous. ### 1/5 — Will not work *2020-08-30* I downloaded this game and never even got a chance to play it because it just stayed on a blank grey screen. I’ve tried deleting it and then redownloading it but it’s still the same. Extremely disappointed. ### 1/5 — Please change the character “Big Stomach” *2020-08-30, version 1.8.6* I’m sorry but personally this character shouldn’t be in game. It’s the only big character you have in game and it just pushes very negative stereotypes of fat people. Pushing stereotypes like these are really bad and hurt people with you not knowing. If your going to have big characters in your game to not make them look like hungry monsters that’s only desire is to eat as much as you can. Can’t you change his character to like a competitive eater or change it to a big party of people coming in to eat? Please think about changing this character and the effects it can have on others. 💜 ### 1/5 — Greedy devs *2020-07-19, version 1.8.6* How you expecting people to spend money, let alone 8 bucks a week for VIP, in an idle game that you beat in like 10 minutes of playing it? ### 1/5 — Lol *2020-06-22* Ok, so the game is pretty boring. It’s the same thing over and over, would probably get it two or three stars if it was a gameplay review. But then you have the outrageous in app purchases. The weekly VIP is £8, weekly!! I mean, wow. What on earth do you think you’re playing at. For me, that is just greed and it shouldn’t be allowed. How can you justify that kind of price for a mobile game?! Shame! ### 2/5 — Ad Pestering *2023-01-17, version 1.8.16* Instead of auto-playing ads, it constantly pops up dialog pestering you to watch them. Every 5-10 seconds. From all characters and places. Highly annoying. ### 2/5 — Ads *2021-12-17, version 1.8.16* TOO MANY ADS when I just want to let in customers it says watch a ad or when I want to speed up the cooking it says watch a ad or there is a big guy that wants ads and when you get something you can 2x with ads ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Great Game 😋 *2022-12-07, version 1.8.16* I like this game everything is great about it :) ### 5/5 — Super fun and easy *2022-10-12, version 1.8.16* Great game to play when you have downtime easy ### 5/5 — Nice Game. *2022-10-05* Just downloaded the game and it makes me relax. ### 5/5 — Grill *2022-08-19, version 1.8.16* This game is so good and you don’t get ads ### 5/5 — Best out of best! *2022-02-13, version 1.8.16* A lot more different from other cooking games. Has nice background at the beginning. I wish there were more games like this! ### 5/5 — pretty enjoyable *2022-02-02, version 1.8.16* even though it’s simple the games pretty nice and better than i expected ### 5/5 — Fun Game! *2022-01-08, version 1.8.16* I found this game from an ad thinking it would be poor quality, but to my surprise it’s really addicting and fun! If you’re looking for sometime to play as pastime, this game is a great choice! ### 5/5 — Wow *2022-01-07, version 1.8.16* Definitely was expecting something else and the result is amazing ### 5/5 — Pretty good *2021-12-24, version 1.8.16* It’s hard to find something wrong with the game. It’s very chill and pretty simple, yet enjoyable. It is not as confusing to figure out as compared to other idle games. The game also moves you along at a pretty good pace and doesn't keep you in one level or location forever. ### 5/5 — Pretty fun honestly *2021-08-28, version 1.8.15* Like how I’m not forced to watch add one game I haven’t deleted after playing it for 5 minutes very peaceful and helps me get tired to sleep --- *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.*