Growing Up User Reviews

Customer Experience

Positive experience71.0% of reviews
Neutral13.7% of reviews
Negative experience15.3% of reviews

~ Based on 131 written reviews from the US App Store.

What users say

Is Growing Up Safe?

Growing Up: Life of the '90s appears safe based on user ratings. AppsHunter Safety Score for Growing Up is 96/100.

This assessment is based on 1,452 user ratings, with an App Store average of 4.8/5.

Safety Analysis

95.2% of ratings point to a safe experience
2.5% of ratings suggest some concerns
2.3% of ratings point to a risky experience

~ Based on 1,452 App Store ratings for Growing Up.

Is Growing Up Legit?

Growing Up: Life of the '90s appears to be a legitimate app. AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Growing Up is 85/100.

Based on 85 of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.

Top reviews

best game i’ve ever played

I quite literally play this game every year. I just put it in my calendar so I can play it again next year I do that so I can forget some stuff and then relearn it all again

Good for maybe 3 play throughs.

The mechanics are difficult, there’s no clear path for careers. My biggest issue is actually with the characters. They feel stale, with most of them having only one or two traits. They’re also all exactly the same every life, so if you have Bobbie in one life, you can have the exact same one next life… looking the exact same. I would at least like actually random character looks side characters!
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Like the game need more to do

I have had this game for a while now awaiting updates to things to do new storylines new careers. Please update the app and add more things to do. It’s a great app. Please do the same with Chinese parents. Both are great games

♡✨🌺~I love it and have some suggestions~🌺✨♡(please read)

I absolutely love this game one day I was watching YouTube and saw this girl playing it! I instantly fell in love and asked my parents to get it! It took a lot of persuasion but they Aventully agreed. I play this game nearly every day but I do have some ideas on things you could add! 1) I think it could be really cool if you could have siblings (or chosse to have them) That are older or younger 2) I think ensted of choosing from preset parents , you could like chose if you want 1 or 2 parents l, and you could choose the skin, what hair type, hair color and clothes ! 3) When you can chose your gender its boy or girl but I think maybe later on in life you could choose to have they/them as your pronouns! 4) More hairs and clothes!!! 5)More cutsenes!! 6)More Friends I hope this help and please take my ideas into consideration! Have a great day!!!
PS pleaseeeeee do my ideas Id enjoy the game wayyyyy more
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LOVE IT but maybe make some more characters we can interact with (friends or family members?)

This game is so amazing ✨ though can you add some more characters to be friend, a sibling or twin? Also maybe some pets in the game too? But I love it!!✨ (by the way, maybe some cats, dogs, frogs, or other animals that you can own?) peace out!!✌️

Amazing game, but

I’m in love with the number of possibilities in this game but I wish there were more options for parent interaction, all of it’s the same

Exam mini game is unfair

The game is very fun if you like life simulators, the only problem is that I can get higher than a D in the exam minigame, and I’ve played through all the stories. It doesn’t matter what my readiness is, it’s always a D or an F

Growing up

Love this it’s so fun to see what it was like growing up the 90s when I’m growing up in the 2000s

Thoughtful

Beautiful concept

It’s okay

I don’t know how to get into a relationship with a character in the game and also I want a sequel and to add a dlc and new characters

Incroyable mais

Il y a ici une base solide, agréable et prenante, et la direction artistique est magnifique du début à la fin. Mais l’écriture laisse vraiment à désirer. Elle devient vite répétitive et les motivations des personnages sont assez superficielles. C’est un vrai problème pour un jeu de simulation de vie centré sur la narration. J’ai aussi remarqué des soucis récurrents de localisation : les personnages passent sans cesse d’un argot britannique à un argot américain, de manière incohérente.

Rien de tout cela n’est forcément rédhibitoire en soi. Le moment où j’ai définitivement lâché le jeu, en revanche, c’est lorsque mon personnage est tombé à zéro sur sa jauge de santé mentale et a reçu une « mauvaise fin », accompagnée d’un texte expliquant qu’il allait désormais faire face à « une vie entière de peur et d’antidépresseurs ». C’est extrêmement irresponsable de véhiculer une vision aussi négative et anxiogène des antidépresseurs, surtout dans un jeu destiné à un public adolescent. La mort d’un autre personnage m’a paru tout aussi maladroite : le jeu laisse entendre que c’est vous qui l’avez poussé à se suicider simplement parce que vous avez perdu contact avec lui.

Ces deux passages devraient être supprimés de toute urgence. De manière plus générale, le jeu gagnerait énormément à une réécriture complète du scénario afin de rendre les dialogues plus naturels et moins superficiels.

Je n’ai jamais eu l’impression que mes actions avaient un réel impact sur la personnalité de mon personnage. Un personnage avec beaucoup de points en intelligence ne réagit pas différemment d’un autre très axé sur l’imagination. Au final, on a le sentiment que rien n’a vraiment d’importance et que l’on essaie juste de satisfaire des parents incroyablement stupides avec leurs demandes absurdes. Ils vous demandent d’apprendre des compétences que vous avez déjà terminées, ou d’aller faire du shopping — ce qui, paradoxalement, fait baisser leurs attentes… alors que c’est précisément eux qui vous ont demandé d’y aller.

Je pense aussi que le jeu serait bien meilleur si l’on pouvait réellement choisir avec qui interagir. On se retrouve systématiquement associé à un personnage aléatoire avec lequel on est forcé de passer du temps. J’aurais vraiment apprécié pouvoir décider avec qui je voulais construire des relations, au lieu d’être enfermé dans un cercle très limité de personnages. J’aurais également aimé avoir la possibilité de développer une relation avec les parents. Dans l’état actuel, leur seul rôle est de dispenser des conseils creux et de vous confier des missions qui, bien souvent, n’apportent rien et vous mettent même en difficulté si vous les accomplissez.

Le jeu mérite une grande mise à jour.
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Great Game

It’s a great game, I play it a lot. I really like the different characters and that there are a lot of different things that can happen depending on what you choose.

I had a slight issue with the game being frozen at the menu after the newest iPad update, but deleting and reinstalling the game fixed it completely.
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Great game , just repeating loop is inconvenient!

Story lines are the best part of the game. The only thing i would say, dropped the rating is the fact we can’t do more. I would like to be able to do/choose more of what happens with my life especially when I strategize to perfect multiple things, (ex; when i complete fashion and bowling or all of the aquarium activities). The parents require alot but those are the best ones, because it gives you a quest to complete. I would also like for the clothes to matter and have more friends to make than just the basic two or three we see, going to college would be a great addition to the game as well.
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非常不错

太惊艳了,玩了个通宵🫰

Fun but uses a lot of battery

I had this game for a while and I really enjoy it. I like gameplay loop. My only problem is how this game is burning a hole in my couch (not literally). I know it’s not my phone cause it new and has a lot of space right now. I don’t know if there is a way to fix that but it the only reason why I wouldn’t give it five stars.
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Need more stuff to do

You start off the game as a baby and work your way up to becoming an adult. Wait a minute nope you are only able to play until you turn 18. Is it worth the price ? I mean I guess you can play it endlessly, but it just gets repetitive after the first 3 play throughs. If you are looking for a simulator…. Then I guess? Not a very FUN one. The parents dialogue is only to give you tasks never just dialogue in the game. You meet people, make friends, and you do get into conversations with them. I just wish that was the same way for the parents. Does that make sense ?
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Love this!

I haven’t been playing for long, but I’ve already finished so many lives, and I’m utterly addicted. This game relaxes me not to the point of sleep, but just simply feeling calm. Once I got the hang of it, I’ve begun to strategize how I was going to grow up and be successful, and still have yet to not work at a radio shack… but I’ll get there eventually once I find the right method.

Every character I’ve pursued romantically/ or befriended is so sweet in their own way. Romance or not, each character has something to look forward to.

This game overall has so much to offer, and every choice you make truly has a different outcome that are important later on. I would recommend this game to anyone looking to buy it, it’s for sure 10/10. I’ll definitely be disappointed when I finally meet all the characters and experience the cutscenes with them, so that’s all the reason more to savor every last moment.

Keep up the good work devs!
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Fun

This game is super fun and interesting because you can have so many endings and different friends or parners

I hope you'll read this

the game is cool, interesting, and atmospheric. but there are also some flaws that could be fixed. there are very few story variations. yes, it's clear that you can choose different actions and so on, but I would like to see more characters and more stories. it's not very clear how the exam affects the future and why it's the only thing that affects it. (perhaps I didn't read it carefully enough, sorry if that's the case), but it's disappointing that only the exam has an impact. for example, I send a character to study and work in a specific field. for example, a character studies cooking, works as a chef, waiter, and so on, but in the end, after the exam, the character becomes a financier because he "always counted money in the family"?????? this is strange and sad
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Amazing game BUTTT

This game is amazing and the stories are genuinely interesting and are fun to play!! BUT it needs more. It needs more stories and more storylines, like after you finish the main like 3 or four stories, it kinda gets repetitive. BUT if the creators put the effort in the game could literally be perfect.
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