# Idle Frontier: Western Tapper — user reviews

> 382 indexed App Store user reviews of Idle Frontier by Kongregate, rated 4.60/5 from 16,679 ratings.

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/idle-frontier-western-tapper/id1457620851/reviews
- App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/idle-frontier-western-tapper/id1457620851.md
- Rating breakdown: 5★ 12,949 · 4★ 2,440 · 3★ 713 · 2★ 191 · 1★ 386

## What do users think of Idle Frontier?

Overall sentiment: negative

**Pros**

- 🚀 Fast-paced gameplay
- 👍 Enjoyable events
- 🎨 Cute graphics and animations

**Cons**

- 🐛 Frequent crashes and bugs
- 💰 Expensive microtransactions
- 🕰️ Slow progression without paying
- 🤖 Unfair advantage for bots in events
- 🚫 Lack of customer support

**Commonly reported bugs**

- Freezing and crashing on loading screens
- Inconsistent ad rewards and functionality
- Loss of progress and saved data
- Kongregate login issues

**Most requested features**

- More balanced event difficulty
- Ability to sell/trade unused manager cards
- Improved offline progression and automation
- Better tutorial and explanations for new players

## Newest reviews (14 of 382)

### 2/5 — Why do you do that

*2026-08-01, version 1.097*

On level 3 of the event you make all of the managers level 4 that’s why I can’t keep my businesses automated is cuz you idiots raise the level to a level ahead of time I know why you do it cuz your disgusting money hungry disgusting human beings the events keep getting worse and worse I don’t understand why on level 2 you have to freakin upgrade your managers to 3 or 4 just to automate your buildings and also as soon as we get in the freakin event yea we start at zero freakin trophies but there’s freakin cheaters or hackers that as soon as we get in the event and start grabbing trophies they already have 800 million trophies how the hell are we supposed to get to 800 million trophies in under 3 days. The game would be fun. If there wasn’t hackers. And you would let us automate businesses. It’s kind of sad that the events. Are more fun than the regular game. And also if you actually lowered the price of the freakin event stuff but kept the same amount of stuff you’d actually get more money lol but hey what do I know cuz you’d have more people buying the gifts

### 2/5 — Why do you do that

*2026-07-18, version 1.097*

On level 3 of the event you make all of the managers level 4 that’s why I can’t keep my businesses automated is cuz you idiots raise the level to a level ahead of time I know why you do it cuz your disgusting money hungry disgusting human beings the events keep getting worse and worse I don’t understand why on level 2 you have to freakin upgrade your managers to 3 or 4 just to automate your buildings and also as soon as we get in the freakin event yea we start at zero freakin trophies but there’s freakin cheaters or hackers that as soon as we get in the event and start grabbing trophies they already have 800 million trophies how the hell are we supposed to get to 800 million trophies in under 3 days. The game would be fun. If there wasn’t hackers. And you would let us automate businesses. It’s kind of sad that the events. Are more fun than the regular game.

### 3/5 — Meh

*2024-08-22, version 1.093*

I like it a lot but I’m not a fan of games that make you pay every month to get rid of ads. I would rather pay a one time fee to not have advertisments. Due to that, I play Magic Mart and Lumbercat more.

### 4/5 — Ideia

*2024-08-22*

Poderiam colocar nas próximas atualizações 
Alguns dos fabricantes dos eventos seria mais divertido alcançou a meta consegue uma loja do eventos para deixar fixo no jogo

### 4/5 — Đổi mới cách đổi điểm thưởng

*2024-07-06, version 1.093*

Hiện tại để đổi 10.000 điểm thưởng phải ấn 10.000 lần. Điều này gần như là bất khả thi và rất bất tiện. Hy vọng các bản update sau sẽ sửa lại phần đổi điểm thưởng này sau cho dễ thao tác với người dùng hơn!

### 1/5 — Event Menu

*2024-03-19, version 1.091*

The new menu for the Events is not very good. The old one was more helpful and easier to navigate.

### 3/5 — Update Downgrade

*2024-03-16, version 1.091*

I used to look forward to when the hunting event cycled up. It was the only time I could complete an event with aggressive playing. With the last update the hunting event was changed to operate like all the others. This means I will get no higher than level 3 because each subsequent level requires managers to level up higher and higher. Problem is not enough cards are provided so the only way to level up is to pay cash. Another disappointment from this developer.

### 3/5 — Pretty basic idler

*2024-03-02, version 1.090*

Cute graphics, interesting resource harvesting mechanism, but overall very thin.  The main game might intrigue idle enthusiasts, but the events are not idle.  During the events,  the upkeep on managers to automate shops becomes very steep, very early, and you will not progress far unless you are prepared to manually click everything for hours at a time, or have a huge pile of money to burn on in-app purchases.  If you’re looking for a new idler, the main game may have something for you, but do yourself a favor and avoid the events.

### 2/5 — Fun, but

*2024-02-20, version 1.089*

It’s a fun game, I’m a sucker for idle games and this one checks all the boxes buuuuttttt I literally cannot see how much gold I have because the UI doesn’t account for the iPhone 14 Pro front facing camera so I’m unable to read it. Sure it’s not the biggest deal, just click till I can’t purchase anymore. But I thoroughly enjoy watching the numbers go up. Kinda the whole point of idle games right?

### 1/5 — Well it was going ok, then….

*2024-01-26, version 1.088*

I played this game, moved onto several town (at least five), got to the “Dino” event and the game locked up. I knew from the game settings that it was saving, so I deleted it and reinstalled. Except, the game is NOT saving or, if it is, you have no access to wherever that saved game was. So, I’m not starting from scratch because this will definitely happen again.

### 3/5 — Update to fit iPhone 15

*2024-01-25, version 1.088*

Hi I realize everyone does not have the same phone but if y’all could put in update in the code to format for phones that would be awesome. I have an iPhone 15 pro and the way the game is formatted I can not see how much money I have and I can only read half my pie balance because of my front camera

### 3/5 — Can’t see how much $

*2024-01-01, version 1.086*

Can’t see how much money you have with iPhone 15 camera covering where money would be visible

### 4/5 — Idle Frontier

*2023-12-27, version 1.086*

It is fun but it keeps telling me I am on the bronze medal with 0 players and 0 percent!

### 3/5 — Events are money grabs.

*2023-11-23, version 1.086*

The base game is manageable without spending money but the events you can't get far without spending money. So if you don't plan to throw money at it don't go into the events with the idea of making it far.

## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated)

### 1/5 — Why do you do that

*2026-09-05, version 1.097*

On level 3 of the event you make all of the managers level 4 that’s why I can’t keep my businesses automated is cuz you idiots raise the level to a level ahead of time I know why you do it cuz your disgusting money hungry disgusting human beings the events keep getting worse and worse I don’t understand why on level 2 you have to freakin upgrade your managers to 3 or 4 just to automate your buildings and also as soon as we get in the freakin event yea we start at zero freakin trophies but there’s freakin cheaters or hackers that as soon as we get in the event and start grabbing trophies they already have 800 million trophies how the hell are we supposed to get to 800 million trophies in under 3 days. The game would be fun. If there wasn’t hackers. And you would let us automate businesses. It’s kind of sad that the events. Are more fun than the regular game. And also if you actually lowered the price of the freakin event stuff but kept the same amount of stuff you’d actually get more money lol but hey what do I know cuz you’d have more people buying the gifts another way to make greedy money i literally bought the premium pass and you gave me 5 days of the premium pass but now i have to rebuy the premium pass that’s not fair that $29.99 thing for the event makes no difference you don’t get 2 chests like it said it was supposed to give you don’t get anything all you got was a banner and a 2nd chest when you bought it you people are disgusting I really don’t see why people want to download this game they should just not waste their time on this garbage game I mean I’m staying playing cuz I have too much money in this game. you say in your deal that we get extra rewards in the milestone, but if that were true, we would at least get a few businesses automated. But I don’t have any automated

### 1/5 — Why do you do that

*2026-08-21, version 1.097*

On level 3 of the event you make all of the managers level 4 that’s why I can’t keep my businesses automated is cuz you idiots raise the level to a level ahead of time I know why you do it cuz your disgusting money hungry disgusting human beings the events keep getting worse and worse I don’t understand why on level 2 you have to freakin upgrade your managers to 3 or 4 just to automate your buildings and also as soon as we get in the freakin event yea we start at zero freakin trophies but there’s freakin cheaters or hackers that as soon as we get in the event and start grabbing trophies they already have 800 million trophies how the hell are we supposed to get to 800 million trophies in under 3 days. The game would be fun. If there wasn’t hackers. And you would let us automate businesses. It’s kind of sad that the events. Are more fun than the regular game. And also if you actually lowered the price of the freakin event stuff but kept the same amount of stuff you’d actually get more money lol but hey what do I know cuz you’d have more people buying the gifts another way to make greedy money i literally bought the premium pass and you gave me 5 days of the premium pass but now i have to rebuy the premium pass that’s not fair that $29.99 thing for the event makes no difference you don’t get 2 chests like it said it was supposed to give you don’t get anything all you got was a banner and a 2nd chest when you bought it you people are disgusting I really don’t see why people want to download this game they should just not waste their time on this garbage game I mean I’m staying playing cuz I have too much money in this game

### 1/5 — Why do you do that

*2026-08-04, version 1.097*

On level 3 of the event you make all of the managers level 4 that’s why I can’t keep my businesses automated is cuz you idiots raise the level to a level ahead of time I know why you do it cuz your disgusting money hungry disgusting human beings the events keep getting worse and worse I don’t understand why on level 2 you have to freakin upgrade your managers to 3 or 4 just to automate your buildings and also as soon as we get in the freakin event yea we start at zero freakin trophies but there’s freakin cheaters or hackers that as soon as we get in the event and start grabbing trophies they already have 800 million trophies how the hell are we supposed to get to 800 million trophies in under 3 days. The game would be fun. If there wasn’t hackers. And you would let us automate businesses. It’s kind of sad that the events. Are more fun than the regular game. And also if you actually lowered the price of the freakin event stuff but kept the same amount of stuff you’d actually get more money lol but hey what do I know cuz you’d have more people buying the gifts another way to make greedy money i literally bought the premium pass and you gave me 5 days of the premium pass but now i have to rebuy the premium pass that’s not fair

### 1/5 — Why do you do that

*2026-07-03, version 1.097*

On level 3 of the event you make all of the managers level 4 that’s why I can’t keep my businesses automated is cuz you idiots raise the level to a level ahead of time I know why you do it cuz your disgusting money hungry disgusting human beings

### 1/5 — No Support, don’t spend money

*2024-11-07, version 1.093*

Is this app even being updated anymore? I wrote in for support on an issue and got an auto reply that they no longer respond to support requests. Then it took my money and didn’t give me the items.

### 1/5 — Not happy

*2024-08-20, version 1.093*

Playing the game for a while and enjoyed it. Then received a message to log into Krongregate so it will save my game play. Ok I thought, that’s good. Only when I logged in, I LOST all my game play and went back to the beginning! Not good. :(

### 1/5 — Managers bug.

*2024-06-16*

Horrible.

### 1/5 — Bugs in game

*2024-04-05, version 1.091*

Events are impossible to pass, and they haven’t been keeping score for the trades to upgrade your leader board

### 1/5 — Shady Transaction Practices

*2024-04-02, version 1.091*

They’re not upfront about the monthly no-ads being a recurring subscription. I tried multiple times (about 7) to fill out a support ticket and each time I chose from the drop down menu it was in regards to a purchase, the entire screen freezes. Every single time.

### 1/5 — Frustrated

*2024-03-21, version 1.091*

Played this game for a long time and now I can’t even get into the game no matter what I do even deleted it and downloaded again and still can’t get into it so frustrating

## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated)

### 5/5 — Idle Frontier:Western Tapper

*2026-01-31, version 1.095*

Very fun

### 5/5 — Great game

*2025-07-06, version 1.094*

Recommended !!

### 5/5 — Love this game!!

*2024-06-15, version 1.093*

This is one of my favorite games.  No ads, unless you choose them. FINAL FRONTIER PEEPS DONT CHANGE THAT!!  Love the events. I just love this game so much!

### 5/5 — Awesome and fun

*2024-01-18, version 1.088*

Love this game it’s really fun!

### 5/5 — Frontier business adventure

*2023-12-30, version 1.086*

A great game! Enjoy beautiful landscapes meet 
great managers and create your own business

### 5/5 — Adaptive screen for iphone 14

*2023-12-25*

Great game, but the fact that the top of screen on the iphone covers the amount of money that you have seems like an easy fix that would make the usability better, please fix this!

### 5/5 — My favorite game since 2019

*2023-07-20, version 1.084*

I’ve been playing this gave since November of 2019 and I have to say… I’m still hooked! After nearly 4 years of playing (which is a feat for me!) this is definitely my favorite game. I’ve watched the game develop over the years, watched events and characters being added, seen the change of company logos on the load screen, and watched as the developer grew and created more games. I’m so happy Kongregate still has this game running after all these years! This is definitely my comfort game and I cannot praise the developers enough for designing this! Thank you for designing my happy game. :)

### 5/5 — Fun game but PLEASE FIX RANKING ABBREVIATIONS

*2023-05-18, version 1.084*

1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, . . . . 20th, 21st, 22nd, 23rd. 
Ends in a 1 it’s “st”
Ends in a 2 it’s “nd”
Ends in a 3 it’s “rd” 
Others end in “th”
😁

### 5/5 — Fun

*2023-05-13, version 1.084*

Less ads

### 5/5 — Quite fun

*2023-04-24, version 1.084*

So far the game is pretty enjoyable. Similar aspects to other town games but has a nice feel to it.

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