# Idle Hole — user reviews > 436 indexed App Store user reviews of Idle Hole by Hydronio (OPC) Private Limited, rated 4.40/5 from 7,928 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/idle-hole/id1409148163/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/idle-hole/id1409148163.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 5,822 · 4★ 714 · 3★ 485 · 2★ 213 · 1★ 694 ## What do users think of Idle Hole? Overall sentiment: neutral **Pros** - 🚀 Addictive and satisfying gameplay - 👍 Good time-killer game - 🕹️ Relaxing and enjoyable experience **Cons** - 🕹️ Repetitive scenery and gameplay - 🔋 Drains battery quickly - 🐛 Frequent crashes and glitches - 💰 Aggressive monetization with ads - 🤯 Confusing mechanics and bugs with level-up/claim options **Commonly reported bugs** - Inability to claim offline earnings properly - Landscape mode issues and settings not working - Inconsistent behavior with level-up and claim options **Most requested features** - New biomes and environments - More prestige levels and progression - Improved offline earnings and rewards - Better optimization for performance and battery life ## Newest reviews (18 of 436) ### 2/5 — Infuriating trash *2026-08-02, version 1.8.5* This game is a poor imitation of similar hole games, hard to control. No sound effects. Movement is too jerky. ### 4/5 — Is ok *2026-03-31, version 1.8.5* For a brainless game lol it's kinda fun. 2ould be alot more fun if it didn't use the same scenery lol ### 2/5 — Boring *2026-01-14, version 1.8.5* Get up to the last prestige and that’s it no more how easy it was to get there three days no money spent. Remind you I work 8 hour shifts so three days was pretty easy make it longer harder to up grade make going to each prestige more challenging and offer a reset button. ### 1/5 — Ads hole *2025-12-19, version 1.8.5* Do you like adds, do you like having to watch one after every time your hole “levels” up. This is the game for you. Do you like to get a 3 day trial and then pay 7.99 a week to get no ads, 3 exclusive skins, x5 multiplier, 150 gems, instant gold, and infinite nos. Then this is also your game. ### 2/5 — Why can’t any of these devs get this right?! *2025-12-11, version 1.8.5* Vertically scrolling hole game?! No. You can’t stop. You can’t go where you want to go. It’s rife with ads and it’s ultimately subscription based. Not good. This isn’t hard: 1. Make time limits but make them reasonable and not stressful 2. Deliver on your ads and make stacks of items which are the most fun 3. Don’t make it “cash based” where you have to earn money to buy things. Just let the player move wherever they want and have the hole steadily increase in size 4. Make the items real world sometimes and the traditional items sometimes, with huge stacked of stuff once in a while. I played over 700 levels of “Goods Hunt” and they never made good on their advertised promise. The only one I have played that was closer to their ads is “Hole Buster” and no, this is not an ad for that game. Download it if you want to. Dont if you don’t. The instrument has yet to be invented to measure my indifference as to whether you try that game. But it is the best I’ve seen. Cheers ### 3/5 — 眺めるだけの片手間プレイ *2025-11-23, version 1.8.5* 転生系ですが、転生リセットされても数分で転生直前の状態にまで戻れるほど莫大な底上げボーナスが付きます。 一定レベルに達したら転生して、Lv150の転生で最後になると思います。それ以降はボーナスの表示がありません。無限に強化できるわけではないようです。 3日目でLv140になりました。 まだ最終プレステージには到達していませんが… プレイした感想ですが「穴の重力」は未強化の方が良かったです。 穴の重力を強化すると小物は一気に吸い込まれて爽快感が出るものの、高い建物は倒れてしまって落とせなくなるし、落ちているジェムも風で飛ばされたり倒れた建物に邪魔されて穴に入らないという事が多々起こります。 ジェムは積極的に拾ってコインやNOSの底上げをしていかないとレベルはなかなか上がらなくなってきます。 他レビューに書かれていたカメラのシャッター音ですが、建物を吸い込む時の効果音でそれっぽい音がする時がありました。 一体何を吸ったら穴の枠が虹色になりブースト状態になるのか結局わからないままです。 最後のプレステージまで頑張りたいと思います ### 3/5 — Legal, massss *2025-11-10, version 1.8.5* O jogo é bom, divertido, tem muito potencial, mas como fica sempre a mesma coisa, chega um hora, isso é bem rápido, que cansa, pois a jogabilidade é a mesma sempre, isso em apenas 3 ambientes que se repetem. Tem 4 dias que baixei, já me cansei. Teria que ter uma nova jogabilidade quando chegasse a um determinado estágio. Fica a dica. Atualiza o jogo, por favor! ### 1/5 — Yeah right *2025-10-10, version 1.8.5* Artificially inflated star rating ### 1/5 — Videos don’t pay out. *2025-10-04, version 1.8.5* There’s been multiple times that I have offline earnings and I hit watch add to double, I watch the add and never get the money. Pretty shady. Wouldn’t recommend ### 1/5 — Doesn’t work? *2025-09-29, version 1.8.5* Terrible game, don’t download, don’t grow in size as you gobble objects, can’t collect extra coins ### 1/5 — Wow. Horrible. *2025-09-05, version 1.8.5* Ok so I didn’t even get past the into screen before I deleted this app. $7.99 per week to be able to play this game. What the heck? Why the heck does this company need my location information to play a game. We have come a long way from ads in a game to $7.99 a week. That’s $415.48 a year and about $34.62 a month. World of Warcraft is cheaper than this. Something tells me a game on an iPhone shouldn’t be more expensive than a mmo. Call me crazy. ### 1/5 — Bad game *2025-08-20, version 1.8.5* the physics in this game is terrible ### 3/5 — slow *2025-08-15, version 1.8.5* the game is kind of slow loading in and the back buttons dont even work so if you click a skin you cant get out of the skins page. ### 1/5 — This game is garbage. *2025-08-05, version 1.8.5* No control. Nothing like the ads. I’ve deleted it twice. ### 2/5 — Cheating me out of double *2025-07-31, version 1.8.5* Everytime I have a high amount ( in the P range) and I watch the video to double it, I never get any of my points after watching the video. I lost 12P doubled and 14P doubled. I don’t lose it when I don’t watch the video. ### 1/5 — Scam *2025-05-18, version 1.8.5* Not the game in the add ### 1/5 — Bugged…..? *2025-05-10, version 1.8.5* Twice clicked on “claim” and still got ads. I’m sure that’s no coincidence. Cute idea but the ads ruin it. ### 1/5 — Weak hole.io imitator *2025-04-25, version 1.8.5* You’re on tracks, not the hole.io experience I was hoping for. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Asking for location data *2026-07-18, version 1.8.5* Farming personal data. Read the privacy policy. Don’t play it. don’t let Your kids play it. ### 1/5 — False advertising *2026-06-28, version 1.8.5* Terrible, the “no adverts purchase” doesn’t work and you still require to watch videos to get everything! Even watching the videos well past the “reward given” part it still does not grant the x2 effect! Offline earning doesn’t work period!!! ### 1/5 — Buggy *2026-06-18, version 1.8.5* Watching ads to double your idle rewards is broken, you watch the ad and end up getting nothing. All their ads are scams, you never get the reward. ### 1/5 — Faron *2026-06-13, version 1.8.5* Just got it doesn’t even work ### 1/5 — Said 3 days free then $7 a week but charged $12 instantly *2026-05-20, version 1.8.5* Said 3 days free then $7 a week but charged $12 instantly ### 1/5 — Too many issues *2026-05-19, version 1.8.5* - Forced ads at intervals? ✓ - Bugs in gameplay? ✓ - Choose to watch an ad and don’t receive the reward? ✓ - boost(nos) mechanic makes you earn less than if you didn’t use it? ✓ This is one of the worst, most money hungry, and buggiest games I’ve played in a phone ever. ### 1/5 — Too many issues *2026-05-11, version 1.8.5* - Forced ads at intervals? ✓ - Bugs in gameplay? ✓ - Choose to watch an ad and don’t receive the reward? ✓ ### 1/5 — Disappointing game with matching service *2026-05-07, version 1.8.5* I tried this game because I really liked the original non-idle version. I spent the $2.99 to be ad fee before figuring out that this game is really boring. The ads are at least as bad, if not worse now. I’m certainly not ad-free. I’ve emailed support twice with zero response. Still waiting for a refund. Don’t waste your time. ### 1/5 — DO NOT use IAP *2026-04-09, version 1.8.5* In-app purchase was never received AND you will still be bombarded with ads even if you click the non-ad options in the game. ### 1/5 — Dumb *2026-02-17, version 1.8.5* No challenge just a time waste ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Idle Hole *2026-03-11, version 1.8.5* Not even worth play after 3 day trial they want you to pay UP FRONT 7.99 what’s wrong with these games I know they all want MONEY make them free like some do but inside the game they run AD’s no game is worth money 5 stars gets you nothing but misery ### 5/5 — No annoying bombs *2025-12-07, version 1.8.5* Finally a endless hole game that’s relaxing. I wish there were add ons for the building models or expansions. Or maybe if it was on Steam. But 10/10 enjoyable. I bought the no ads cause it’s only once but it still plays ads for 2x. That is a bit misleading but then again they do have to be paid for making a thing. Thank you ### 5/5 — Amazing! *2025-01-20, version 1.8.5* So, this game is actually too good, If I had the option to, I’d give it ten stars, for the ads, you can just turn off your wi-fi before playing and that’s one of the reasons I like the game ### 5/5 — Idle Hole *2023-08-08, version 1.8.0* Прикольноя игра ну бесет то што реклама очень часто вылезает а так всё хорошо 👌🏼 ### 5/5 — I love this game so much *2023-02-10, version 1.7.5* 😍😍 ### 5/5 — Just stating map size should grow as well *2023-01-23, version 1.7.5* … ### 5/5 — Very addicting *2023-01-18, version 1.7.5* Love this app. And I hate phone games honestly Quick question. Do I lose all my money when I upgrade prestige? I can’t remember and don’t know if I should save my money for next round or spend it all of it’s all gonna disappear anyway? Someone please help. I can’t stop playing ### 5/5 — Fun game! *2022-02-02, version 1.7.3* Absolutely love this game! It’s so satisfying to see my hole stretch when big things go inside of it. I will say, I was skeptical at first, but after seeing all of those things go in my hole at once I fell in love with the feeling. 10/10 family friendly game! ### 5/5 — Damn holes *2022-01-25, version 1.7.3* I can sit for hours and watch things get sucked up by holes. Reminds me of how many friends I’ve lost due to holes.. ### 5/5 — Performance *2021-03-14, version 1.7.3* Hallo, das Spiel zuckelt total, und das auf einen iPhone 11 Pro. --- *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 2026-08-30.*