# Idle Lumber Empire - Wood Game — user reviews > 2,568 indexed App Store user reviews of Idle Lumber Empire by AppQuantum Publishing Ltd, rated 4.60/5 from 106,909 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/idle-lumber-empire-wood-game/id1552153525/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/idle-lumber-empire-wood-game/id1552153525.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 86,089 · 4★ 9,875 · 3★ 4,431 · 2★ 1,788 · 1★ 4,726 ## What do users think of Idle Lumber Empire? Overall sentiment: negative **Pros** - 🚀 Addictive gameplay - 👍 Fun and engaging - 💡 Interesting concept **Cons** - 🐛 Frequent crashes and bugs - 🔋 Drains battery quickly - 💰 Excessive ads and microtransactions - ⏱️ Slow progression without paying - 🤯 Misleading ads and false advertising **Commonly reported bugs** - Orders getting stuck and not completing - Sync issues causing loss of progress - Inability to contact support - App crashing when switching screens **Most requested features** - Ability to retain progress across factories - Improved manager card drop rates - More automation and idle features - Better balance between free and paid progression ## Newest reviews (18 of 2,568) ### 3/5 — Annoying pop up adds *2026-08-23, version 1.12.7* The game is fun however the constant pushing is annoying not to mention the pay to win packs. If you’re going to offer them that’s whatever but please add an option to minimize them. It’s very frustrating and difficult to play when you have pack going from top to bottom on both side of the screen. I constantly accidentally click on them when trying to play. Please do something about this issue. ### 2/5 — ADS ARE TOO LONG *2026-08-19, version 1.12.6* The ads are between 1 minute and 90 seconds EVERY TIME!!! I’m happy to watch an ad to get a boost, but when the boost is “2x production for 120 seconds after watching a 60 second ad”…surely you can see the problem? You wait a minute of 0 production so your production then can double for two minutes? THATS THE SAME OUTPUT. You guys need work on your math, badly. Plus. Why when I upgraded sawmills suddenly all of the managers suck? Why can I get my resaw machine to level 73 on a lower tier sawmill but only get it to level 50 on a more advanced one? Strange game design. Looks fun, and easy to use, but the mechanics need some work. ### 4/5 — Good game *2026-08-17, version 1.12.6* Love the game. But you guys need to work on the app when you open it. Sometimes it takes me 2-3 times to open, sit there and wait and it doesn’t open the. I have to force close and try again. ### 4/5 — Pay to Win *2026-08-14, version 1.12.6* It’s a super addictive game for certain people. I have paid for ad free and twice for the premium game that last a few weeks. (After I completed to get certain managers). In events I am FtP. It’s only fair for all that way. I have become totally disheartened by it. I have won the Green Island event a couple times and the red dot main game event too. The last Green Island event… the midweek one. I worked really hard to complete the top bar goals. I was totally in the lead too. I was for a day. No-one was in the game other than me. Then within 6hrs a player was ahead was a long way, from non existent!! I ended up 3rd as I gave up. What’s the point to play, if paying players can top the game at whim? I’m not competing as it is totally unfair to play. The prices are way too high. For x2 per event it’s £9.99. For 3 days in an event that can be won without spending. It’s not expensive to keep updated as nothing changes. It’s the same 3 events rotated. I’m totally disheartened. Not an honest game. ### 2/5 — Where’s my money *2026-08-11, version 1.12.6* The orders aren’t paying money. ### 3/5 — Fake advertising *2026-07-27, version 1.12.6* The promotional screenshots are just a gimmick. The game plays like the least two pictures which is a warehouse floor and the actions are automated. No fun puzzle to solve. ### 3/5 — Not the same *2026-07-25, version 1.12.6* The game is nothing like advertised I wish it was it might be more interesting ### 1/5 — The game doesn’t match the adds *2026-07-25, version 1.12.6* This game and many other games have completely different ads compared to what the actual game is would be awesome if yall wouldn’t show what the game really is and not false advertising ### 1/5 — Boring *2026-07-25, version 1.12.6* Its just too much time to build or upgrade one thing ### 1/5 — Fake Ad *2026-07-23, version 1.12.6* Fake Ad ### 1/5 — No *2026-07-22, version 1.12.6* This game just keeps on crashing for no apparent reason ### 2/5 — Addictive but *2026-07-20, version 1.12.6* I’m addicted to this game but its repetitive and it’s nothing like the ads shown it’s just a shame that so many developers have really good looking and exciting ads but then they put no effort into the game just so people download it and the developers get money for their horrible game ### 1/5 — Error *2026-07-16, version 1.12.6* The house builders don’t build nor does it let me. I’ve tried contacting the developer but even that won’t work. Not great. ### 1/5 — No excuse *2026-07-16, version 1.12.6* As a free to play game, I understand the devs would have purchase options, but it’s out of control with this game. It’s so bad, the game can’t even be played offline because they want to always try to sell you something. God forbid you give into purchase, they’re VERY expensive with the whole in-game screen filled with hopes you give in. I uninstalled, very annoying and money thirty devs. ### 1/5 — Fraudolento *2026-07-15* Abaixei o jogo olhando o vídeo achando q seria igual, mas não tem nada aver jogo falso e muito chato, se fosse igual no anuncio seria melhor **Developer response:** Thank you! Your feedback is very important to us! Maybe you will see such gameplay one day! Creation of new features is not a quick process, and it requires patience :) ### 1/5 — K *2026-07-14, version 1.12.6* Horrible. Nothing like in the video. ### 1/5 — Far from the videos they show *2026-07-12, version 1.12.6* This ads don’t even show the same game as they advertised. The ads shown are better than the one it promotes you to install buy or whatever nonsense ### 1/5 — Propaganda enganosa *2026-07-12* Nada haver com o anúncio 😒 **Developer response:** Thanks for the feedback! Our team will take it into account. We strive to improve the game to meet our players’ expectations. Keep an eye on our updates, where we introduce new features and content so the game is never the same and constantly changing! ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Nothing like preview or ads *2026-08-22, version 1.12.7* Nothing like the preview or ads ### 1/5 — Too hard to advance *2026-08-21, version 1.12.7* Too much time invested to advance in the game..unless you spend a bunch of money ### 1/5 — Deleted - Game Sucks - Ads are too long *2026-08-21, version 1.12.7* I’ve deleted this game and will never play it again. Even with it installed the ads while laying other games is OVER TWO MINUTES LONG!! Screw that and the game developers. ### 1/5 — Bottle necked *2026-08-21, version 1.12.7* All it wants is your money. I understand having in app purchases but the game gets played out after a day. Unless you pay ### 1/5 — Lies *2026-08-18, version 1.12.6* Game is not like it shows in video ### 1/5 — Misleading game advertising *2026-08-08, version 1.12.6* Mini games shown in social media and some screenshots do not represent the actual game-misleading ### 1/5 — 👎🏻 *2026-08-04, version 1.12.6* Не соответствует рекламе👎🏻 ### 1/5 — All the game does is beg *2026-08-03, version 1.12.6* This game is horrible. All you do is wait to get money and upgrade stuff. Every time you click something there is a pop up asking if you want to spend money. Outside of the, asking for money not sure the point of this game ### 1/5 — Awful game *2026-07-26, version 1.12.6* The ad is nothing like the game I might sue that’s not okay ### 1/5 — Fake *2026-07-25, version 1.12.6* Nothing like the photos ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Warehouse *2026-08-25, version 1.12.7* The new warehouse inventory screen is awful very unusable. Has a split screen and you can no longer see all items. Great game but this new feature is not good ### 5/5 — Needs an honesty upgrade *2026-08-23, version 1.12.7* The cards are not falling fair. Taking a point from when Matthew lands in the event, both Matthew and the storage manager (I forget the name) do not fall often compared to others. Particularly the middle line managers. (Words forget me for the correct names). In the events: Because it’s not a fair game for the league; please display a colour coded $€¥£ for the amount spent or diamonds used. We have no direct contact with the player, so it should be an issue. Can be a bracket of costs, say up to £20, up to £50 etc. then the amount of diamonds used as they can be earnt or bought. But it would allow everyone to know what they need to do to achieve the same result. I cannot understand how players are advancing so quickly. Why people would spend in a league that has little benefit for the results. Only player 1 and 2 have any benefit and if they are paying, then never will anyone else have to achieve those spots. How are the leagues chosen. Does everyone start at the same time? If a player begins a few hours before me, makes sense they are aa before I’m t. But if they are starting the same time. It’s a little redundant to play for anything other than personal achievement in game. Be more open and honest about the gameplay please. 🙏 ### 5/5 — Ads *2026-06-25, version 1.12.6* This game was a lot of fun to play. , but now you have to watch ads to do anything. It’s all about ads now ### 5/5 — Perfect and lovely game *2026-06-16, version 1.12.5* It is a lovely and a beautiful game to play and I love it ### 5/5 — Lumber *2026-05-18, version 1.12.4* Great pass time ### 5/5 — Не заходит в игру *2026-05-04, version 1.12.3* Игра мне нравиться, не надоедает. Играю часто. Но в последнее время не заходит в игру, бесконечная загрузка. Интернет при этом хороший ### 5/5 — O *2026-04-26, version 1.12.3* Ok ### 5/5 — Gelöscht wegen ROYAL kingdom Werbung *2026-04-18, version 1.12.3* Unerträglich die royal kingdom Werbung ### 5/5 — Dans les faits il a fait *2026-03-27, version 1.12.3* Je vais te dire une vérité c'est tout tu me fais peur et ça c'est un problème tu le fais tout pour ### 5/5 — I have played this a lot, and i like it! *2026-03-08, version 1.12.3* It’s fantastic!!! --- *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 2026-08-29.*