# Idle Distiller Tycoon — user reviews > 117 indexed App Store user reviews of Idle Distiller Tycoon by KANO/APPS, rated 4.70/5 from 2,860 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/idle-distiller-tycoon/id1546275910/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/idle-distiller-tycoon/id1546275910.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 2,316 · 4★ 297 · 3★ 121 · 2★ 42 · 1★ 84 ## What do users think of Idle Distiller Tycoon? Overall sentiment: neutral **Pros** - 👍 Fun and addictive gameplay - 🚀 Frequent updates and new content - 💡 Interesting distillery simulation concept **Cons** - 🔍 Excessive tutorial and hand-holding - 💰 Monetization through ads and in-app purchases - 🐛 Bugs and glitches, especially in events - ⏱️ Slow progression without spending money **Commonly reported bugs** - Game freezes and crashes - Inconsistent ad rewards - Progression loss after updates **Most requested features** - Option to disable tutorial and ads - Improved event balancing and rewards - Better progression system for free-to-play players ## Newest reviews (18 of 117) ### 3/5 — ruckelt nach video und stürzt oft ab *2026-01-09, version 3.32.0* Seit ein paar Monaten hängt sich das Spiel immer wieder auf außerdem ruckelt nach dem video schaun das Spiel unbrauchbar. Smartphone Iphone 15 pro max ### 2/5 — Greedy devs…don’t ever download from them. *2025-10-01, version 3.28.6* It’s a bad sign when I have to upgrade a character 5 times in a single episode just so I can automate that one location. Devs are getting greedier each day and greatly increased the requirements to get thru each season. In no world should it take a whole week to get thru a single season. Uninstalling asap and putting this dev on my scammer list. Doesn’t even deserve a single star. The idea of the game was stolen from other sources cause this dev or group lack any cognitive ability to create anything original. ### 2/5 — FIX THE GAME!!! *2025-09-27* The offline earning ad bonus never works when I have collected a huge amount overnight. I feel this is intentional as a way to keep users playing longer and you making more profit. The app seems to get sketchy after you get so close to completing each season. This is nothing more than a modified copy of bud farm idle. Are you honestly that unskilled that you can’t have an original idea of your own? Then the crazy on the fly adjustments while playing are utterly ridiculous and scammy. Also the prices for items are insane for what u get. Greedy losers. **Developer response:** Thanks for your feedback - you should be able to skip any story points that show up between stages or at certain points in a main game Season. With our special events (multiplayer weekly competitive events) you can compete with other players and they have only an intro story segment (which can also be skipped). Having a toggle for long-time players could be an interesting suggestion. We're always looking to improve our game and we appreciate your feedback. E-mail us at support@kanoapps.com if you want to elaborate and let us know what else you want to see added to the game in the future (to make it more fun / enjoyable for you) ### 3/5 — Can I just play the game please?? *2025-09-15, version 3.27.7* I wish these devs would include a feature where we can just turn off the story boards. I’m not here to read a novel, I’m here to play the game. Besides this is just a reskin of many other idle tycoons, meaning the dev is a lazy f”@& ### 3/5 — Okay *2025-08-13, version 3.25.3* I’ve noticed that when I open the app and watch the add to double up what I’ve earned, it’s not doubling the amount. Other than that it does that a while to finish a level the higher the season ### 3/5 — Приложение отличное, но *2025-06-23, version 3.21.1* Не появляется иконка события сегодня целый день. Хотя участвовал в событии ### 3/5 — Idle distiller *2025-05-26, version 3.19.0* Beautiful game ### 4/5 — Makes you repeat tasks *2025-05-25* Fun game. My only criticism is that you can only work on 3 out of the 10 quests at a time, each season. So a lot of times I’ll have “spend bottle caps” and you have to either upgrade buildings or characters with the caps. But if you don’t have either of those quests up as well you won’t get credit for those too. I spent bottle caps and several times got a building/character quest immediately after, underneath it, but it started at 0 completed. So basically had to upgrade more of the same items and repeat the tasks which takes longer. I guess it’s designed that way to try to get us to buy caps or game money. Sometimes you can strategize depending on what 3 quests you have currently, but you never know what will come up next. Rated 4 stars for that. **Developer response:** Hello Kaboomsicles, thanks for the kind words and 4-star rating / review of our game! We're glad you are having fun with the game so far! With each of our main game stages and special events, there are three unique Goal Tracks (there are more than 10 Goals in some of the events, many more than 10) - Every event is different, strategy wise, and will have you going for different Goals. The idea of expanding opn the Goals could be really interesting though! Thanks for the feedback and suggestion! - You definitely can strategize on which Goal Track to go for each time - but also at the same time you always want to be upgrading your Businesses and Characters to get the maximum profits and boost the speed of certain Businesses. If you'd like to expand on this suggestion or feature feedback, please e-mail us at support@kanoapps.com. Thanks for sharing more about your experience. ### 3/5 — Decent game *2025-05-17, version 3.18.1* Good way to pass time/blow off steam, However when it comes to the upgrades it’s not always accurate, if it says it will increase the income up to x10 it will be accurate but if it’s anything over that it only doubles or triples the income, speed as well. ### 3/5 — level 70, money has stopped goimg up *2025-03-31, version 3.15.4* hi team, can you look into lvl 70, the money earned has literally stopped going up, only way to proceed is with caps, restarted several times still the same. can you help, developers ? ### 2/5 — Not anymore *2025-03-30, version 3.14.0* It was fun at first. Didn’t care for the dialogue/story, frankly. It was an ok time waster. I originally liked playing the events, but that ultimately is why I uninstalled the game. I’m convinced the algorithm for what cards you get (in events) is fixed. When I needed “x” amount of cards to upgrade, I’d constantly get cards I already had. Oh, but I can purchase a gold crate (or whatever they were called) for 100 ice diamonds. Cool. Welp, pulled more cards in already had. Oh, out of ice diamonds? Why not purchase some for (a stupid amount of money imo) to get more? Or watch another ad (always the royal match ones for 30-50 seconds) for peanuts. Wow, cool. Btw, getting more ice diamonds ‘for free’ you have to complete tasks in the events to get them, so depending on the algorithm, good luck. I get most games are like this (meant to make money by ads and in game purchases) but it got old quick. Also, forget being in the top 50 for events unless you purchase the crates and happen to get lucky with cards. Also I had to turn the music off because no matter what event or anything you’re in, it was the SAME MUSIC 🤮. I also did a ‘free ice diamonds’ thing by downloading a game. I was supposed to get 150 free diamonds, but never got any even tho I completed the task and said so within the game. I played maybe 4-5 months. I’m good. ### 3/5 — An sich gut *2025-01-16, version 3.9.1* An sich ist das Spiel ganz gut. Mit den Events kann man sich gute Belohnungen sichern und da kommen wir schon auf den Punkt: Beim aktuellen Event konnte man sich aus Europa nicht anmelden, der Rest lief ganz normal weiter. Eine erste Aktualisierung damit es geht, war nicht erfolgreich. Im Laufe des Tages kam jetzt nochmal eine Aktualisierung, seitdem der Login geht mit einer Entschuldigungsnachricht ingame. Und nun? In Europa hat man einen Tag des ganzen Events verloren, während der Rest der Welt munter in der Rangliste steigen konnte. Spieler in Europa können den Rückstand niemals aufholen und erhalten am Ende nur die mickrigen Belohnungen, einzig die halbherzige Entschuldigung! Sorry aber das geht nicht! Eine angemessene Entschädigung für die entgangenen Beöohnungen wäre da das mindeste! Darum nur 3 Sterne! ### 4/5 — Probleme mit Event *2025-01-15, version 3.9.0* Es ist ein tolles Spiel. Jedoch hab ich das zweite mal eine Fehlermeldung beim Laden des Events. Beim ersten Mal hab ich es in dem Support gemeldet und der meinte beim nächsten Event geht’s wieder. Na toll? Will das Event doch spielen . Bei dem jetzigen auch so ! Bitte fixen! ### 2/5 — Don’t pay for anything *2024-11-17, version 3.4.2* I paid to have the ads removed & they’re still popping up. Save your money, this game is a ripoff. ### 2/5 — Plus moyen de jouer sans payer *2024-09-29* Depuis quelques semaines à chaque événement je reste littéralement bloqué pendant 2 jours sur un événement de 3 jours à essayer d’avoir des cartes pour automatiser en boutique sans succès. Dans le seul intérêt d’acheter des pack ? Le jeu va finir en désinstallation pour ma part. **Developer response:** Merci d'avoir joué et de partager vos commentaires. Nous sommes désolés si vous avez eu quelques difficultés à obtenir les bonnes cartes pendant l'événement. Veuillez contacter notre équipe d'assistance afin que nous puissions discuter de vos commentaires plus en détail - idle.distiller.feedback@kanoapps.com ### 4/5 — Great game *2024-07-29, version 3.0.1* Super fun game but the ads are annoying. Whenever I watch one, it freezes at the end and I cannot collect the reward. I have to close the app and then maybe it’ll work. Frustrating when I’m trying to first place in the events. Otherwise, fantastic game! ### 3/5 — errors at lvl 61 *2024-06-10, version 2.99.1* as per previous review, have reached out to support who refuse to believe there is an issue, even tnough it’s obvious. first distillery 2AH to automate, 2nd, 20AH, 3rd, 2AH … first 2 should be AF or AG at worse, and as the 4th distillery, only produces 1AF, you need to hit the money 20,000 times to get 2AH to automate. great game to that point, tried to help the community, game now deleted and moved onto the next, so we all lose at the end of the day, game for me, ads for you. All the best ### 3/5 — You… just collect cash *2024-06-03, version 2.98.2* Well I went all the way to season 3 and all I did was…. Collecting cash. Nothing else to do. The idea has potential but you will need more to make it better. The animations are okay. Need a bit more… animation. Lol I didn’t encouter ads though! So 3 stars 😊 ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — iOS 11 *2026-06-23, version 3.40.4* Won’t load, stuck at 22% ### 1/5 — Slop *2026-05-16, version 3.38.1* Ai slop game with way too much clicking not enough idling ### 1/5 — Crashing *2026-01-23, version 3.32.0* This games will randomly freeze my whole phone and render it unusable until it decides to unfreeze or I’m able to restart my phone. Sometimes multiple times a day. ### 1/5 — Stuck… *2025-10-13, version 3.28.6* Season 3, there’s no way to get the additional bottle caps to get the next goal. There is no mechanism to earn bottle caps or diamonds about 3/4 of the way through it. I can make money but do nothing with it… not sure what I’m missing. ### 1/5 — Almost Pointless *2025-08-03, version 3.25.3* I never write reviews but this is absolutely the most pointless idle game ever made and I had to warn anyone considering downloading this before they waste their time. The story is terrible, the gameplay is just tapping to collect cash with no skill or thought needed, and the fun is nonexistent. ### 1/5 — Still no offline version *2025-02-27, version 3.12.1* Very disappointing 2/27/2025 and still no offline version. ### 1/5 — All the ads drove me away *2024-05-26, version 2.98.0* Being a paid player and still having to watch all the ads non-stop is way to much for me. Thanks for the fun, I just can’t take the ads any longer. Peace out! ### 1/5 — Very disappointed. *2024-03-15, version 2.95.8* I rarely review any apps but frankly I had to. There is no creativity to this “game”. These distilleries could be any business you want, it doesn’t make a difference. You just click the button to collect cash, click the button to spend. And wait and wait for more cash. Repeat. Don’t wanna wait days? Spend your real money on multiple currencies. It’s a microtransaction farm without any of the fun. I do believe the high ratings are manufactured because it doesn’t make sense. ### 1/5 — Thanks for taking care of me. *2024-01-15, version 2.95.0* There was a confusion with the game. But customer service was very diligent on figuring it out for me. Thank you very much. Love this game. It is a lot of fun to play. It’s the perfect idle game. The ads aren’t overwhelming. Very cute storyline. A lot of fun. ### 1/5 — Shameless money grab *2023-10-06, version 2.87.4* The game isn’t a true idle game, you go through “seasons” which are just levels, you reset but the game stays the same. The events are either rigged or there are hundreds of people who spend hundreds of dollars every three days. If you don’t spend money then you don’t stand a chance. Shameless. Don’t bother downloading. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Исправьте ошибку. *2026-03-06, version 3.34.5* Иконка события не появляется. ### 5/5 — Awesome *2025-12-10, version 3.31.5* Very addicting ### 5/5 — Great Game *2025-09-11, version 3.27.7* Great Game ### 5/5 — update from my last review *2025-02-21, version 3.11.0* hi. I just wanted to let you know that I updated my phone every went good. I updated the game. I love the new update. I just wanted to come back and let you all know that I’m back to playing. ### 5/5 — Great game, but I’m unable to pass a level due to a game glitch and support did not help *2025-01-26, version 3.9.1* I’ve been playing this game for over 3 years now and love it! It’s my favorite mobile game. However, I have been stuck on level 178 for a few months now due to a game glitch. I reached out to support and they were unable to help. I can still play the events which is great, but will be unable to move on in the main game which is unfortunate. ### 5/5 — Try it *2024-12-28, version 3.8.4* This is truly a go to idle game. Is even a good game to introduce you to playing idle games for the first time. ### 5/5 — update from my last review *2024-05-20* hi. I just wanted to let you know that I updated my phone every went good. I updated the game. I love the new update. I just wanted to come back and let you all know that I’m back to playing. **Developer response:** Hey Tabby! We're so sorry that you can't play without updating! If you can send us an email to support@kanoapps.com we can look into helping you update your phone and see if we can help make sure nothing goes wrong. Our game does require a minimum app version to function correctly, but we want to help you play so please reach out if you can! ### 5/5 — Nevermind. 3 to 5 star *2024-02-26, version 2.95.5* I was confused on the mechanics. I’ve had a lot of fun so far so. Sowwie 😅 ### 5/5 — Just as fun! *2023-12-06, version 2.91.0* I tried Kano’s Monster Country game and really am enjoying it. Joined the Discord and discovered Idle Distiller. I am having so much fun with it, really enjoying the Food Festival event - this is great! ### 5/5 — Best game ever *2023-06-14, version 2.83.1* I love this game and as I progress through it I play even more than I usually play a game! Last week my screen time went up 68% from the 32% it was at just playing the game! It gets more and more fun as you play it and I love that they keep adding the updates and I can’t wait for what will come next to this awesome game! Keep up the great work! --- *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 2026-09-01.*