# Idle Mafia — user reviews > 546 indexed App Store user reviews of Idle Mafia by DianDian Interactive Holding, rated 4.80/5 from 109,807 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/idle-mafia/id1483009687/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/idle-mafia/id1483009687.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 97,243 · 4★ 8,223 · 3★ 1,929 · 2★ 623 · 1★ 1,789 ## What do users think of Idle Mafia? Overall sentiment: negative **Pros** - 🎮 Fun and engaging gameplay - 🕹 Lots of mini-games and side activities - 💎 Fair free-to-play model with optional purchases - 🕰 Enjoyable idle/tycoon mechanics - 🎨 Appealing visual style and art design **Cons** - 🤑 Progression becomes heavily pay-to-win at higher levels - ⏱ Upgrading capos takes an extremely long time without spending - 🐛 Frequent crashes and performance issues - 🚫 Misleading advertisements not representative of actual gameplay - 💳 Overpriced in-app purchases and subscription **Commonly reported bugs** - Ads not rewarding players properly - Capo upgrades not registering correctly - Frequent game freezes and crashes - Syncing issues across multiple devices **Most requested features** - Ability to recycle/fuse lower-level capos to upgrade higher ones - More balanced progression and upgrade system - Improved server stability and reduced crashes - Accurate advertising that reflects the actual game experience - More transparency and fairness in event/reward structures ## Newest reviews (14 of 546) ### 4/5 — Cash to play *2026-08-21, version 12.0.0* Ok but… ### 3/5 — Pictures in ad lie *2026-07-24, version 11.9.0* Only one of the preview ads is real, the game gets impossible to move forwards after a level unless you spend money, the mafia books…. I’ve not been able to complete a single book. The surveys are unable to click on in iPad mode. The majority of the side games are a waste of time and the big boss rare boss guys…. Only a single country can be used at a time and it takes months to raise their levels to anything worth while. ### 4/5 — Great game but…..Change your previews *2026-06-25, version 11.8.0* This game is great fun if you just want something to kill time with. I will say tho don’t download this game based on the adds or previews you see. The game is very different to the adds and I wish they would make realist adds and previews of the game ### 3/5 — Too much *2026-06-25, version 11.8.0* They keep adding new scrapbooks way too often and leveling up capos is a grind. Not to mention the games played weekly are repetitive and has become predictable. ### 4/5 — Great game with potential to be better *2026-06-13, version 11.7.0* I’ve been playing this game for a little while. Love the concept and the game play. However the push to have to pay to even advance is very annoying. The gem prices for items is too high and you don’t get your moneys worth in the packages whatsoever besides the one that skips ads for you. It would take years for a free to play player to advance at all as the rewards aren’t the best unless you spend gems and/or buy the packages that don’t give you much. Maybe I’m used to how Evony did their packages after playing that game for years but I see the packages offered on this game and it’s just bleh. The automated tokens only being able to use one per street is so dumb. You truly have to spend a ton of money to be able to get your capos a certain level to have automated once you reach a certain rank. So having the option of only one automated token is not all user friendly. There’s decent events on this game that could be longer and I honestly look forward to such as Hidden Lucre and fort Tilden, however LA ISLA could disappear and I’d be extremely happy. Use that time that event would take and make other shorter events a little longer that are much better than that stupid event. Rewards aren’t not worth participating. Certain events that have the capo cards come from safes can be annoying while fun as the capo cards for the higher buildings are super hard to come by in the safes you earn and you get the lower level ones that do not help once you get to a certain point. Give more of the free capo shards or free safes if you’re not going to change that. Event packages also are not worth it. Also maybe give more of a game guide on how to build the capos and gear, link capos, participate in gang wars, etc CORRECTLY so people dont waste so much resources, gems, etc. linking capos costs way too much but the concept is awesome. Get rid of dead accounts and gangs would be helpful. Also maybe a world chat for recruiting people would also be helpful. Also with arena and gang wars, do the matching better. Some of the opponents on both of these events are impossible with power differences and it completely makes it not possible to even have a chance at winning. Scrapbooks also impossible to complete without spending a horrific amount of gems. Thanks for this cool time filling game and I hope yall listen to players and make improvements over time and updates. I will continue to play and hope to see great things come along! ### 4/5 — Standard idle game, great aesthetic! *2026-05-29, version 11.7.0* It’s your average idle game. You log in; get rewards, claim your cash, upgrade, maybe do some side event, wish you had enough special currency; log out. The characters are well made. The skins are ridiculously hard to get but cool. Love the references. Overall: good game. ### 4/5 — Love but needs to be smaller *2026-05-21, version 11.6.0* Can’t have the app being 2.something gb if I wana continue playing ### 1/5 — “Keep check WiFi connection” *2026-04-22, version 11.5.0* I keep getting this message even though my wi fi is fine……This app is so glitchy might have to cancel my subscription… to this game….it’s a shame I am at level 122…. Can u fix it? Please? Otherwise I’ll go to your competition and find a better game ### 1/5 — Game is a scam *2026-04-21, version 11.5.0* Devs don’t fix anything and steal your money. ### 1/5 — Not the same game as advertised! *2026-04-12, version 11.5.0* This game is completely different form what you saw in the ad. Good luck figuring out how to play without paying for anything! Also you can tell most of the 5 star reviews are fake lol ### 1/5 — Screwed over *2026-04-11, version 11.5.0* Linked high 2 star legendary capo to mythical and it only showed one star on mythical. Wasted 500 shards to add another star and level remained the same. They want screenshots of something I don’t have. Beware they are the liars and thieves. What do I gain from lying??????? ### 1/5 — Nothing like adverts *2026-04-09, version 11.5.0* Once again fake clickbait rubbish ### 4/5 — Ok to kill time *2026-04-08, version 11.5.0* Good for killing time but only the last photo is the actual game ### 1/5 — Enganoso *2026-03-27* Jogo nada haver com os vídeos da divulgação ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Мошенники *2026-08-12, version 11.9.0* Мошенники , берут деньги , потом банят , фактов не предоставляют за что забанен, не советую связываться с этими мошенниками . Самая худшая поддержка из всех игр которые только играл , ужас ### 1/5 — SCAMMERS *2026-08-02, version 11.9.0* DO NOT MAKE ANY IN GAME PURCHASES. IT HAS HAPPENED TWICE TO ME WHERE I BUY SOMETHING FOR 2.99 AND IT CHARGED ME $18.98. SECOND TIME IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE 6.99, NOPE $46.97!!! I THEN REALIZED THIS ISNT AN ACCIDENT AND THEY ARE SCAMMERS. DO NOT DOWNLOAD ### 1/5 — Scam *2026-07-23, version 11.8.0* This game has so many in-game purchases that it will make your head spin. It’s pay to win 100% and events have like 3 different options to buy some type of boost to help but only in specific categories. As opposed to have a one time purchase to unlock all the special stuff the game could offer, you have to buy 10 different expensive memberships. Not only that, but I bought a $6.99 deal in the gold rush event, and I got a notification from Apple that I was charged $43.97. SCAMMERS and false promos. Selling your souls for money should be a shamed ### 1/5 — Nothing like the ads *2026-06-17, version 11.7.0* All you do is keep tapping buildings and characters to watch your money and capos grow. Zero skill involved. Another game which is nothing like the ad. Just like whiteout survival. ### 1/5 — The developers cheat you *2026-06-11, version 11.7.0* The developers of this game use fake players (bots) in their events to fool players into thinking they are competing against real players. This fools the real players. Into spending money and resources they should not have to spend. Please apple refund everyone’s money these dishonest developers have tricked us into spending ### 1/5 — Won’t let you use a VPN *2026-05-29, version 11.7.0* The app says it has a bad Internet Connection and boots me off, this seems to constantly happen when I have my VPN on but for some reason it doesn’t happen when the VPN is off. HMMM!!!! Why? Is my data that important to you? Just a data collection tool. ### 1/5 — Battery Hammered *2026-05-16, version 11.6.0* Since the last update this literally cooks my 2 month old iPhone 11 Pro. Pretty disappointing really. Even with it plugged in the battery runs out quicker than it charges. It’s definitely the game as the battery charges gloriously on all other occasions. Sort it out The videos that advertise this are in no way a reflection of the actual games ### 1/5 — Propaganda enganosa *2026-05-13* Não tem nada ave com o comercial! ### 1/5 — WHERE IS KOICHI SKIN!!!!!!!!!!! *2026-05-05, version 11.6.0* Where is the new Koichi skin they said would be in new update!!!!!!!!! Support refuses to answer question!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ### 1/5 — Fake pictures *2026-04-30, version 11.6.0* None of the pictures shown in the App Store exist in the game. It is a fraud. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Previews *2026-08-21, version 12.0.0* Why is the game different than the previews ### 5/5 — Muito bom *2026-08-06* Nota 10 ### 5/5 — Good *2026-07-19, version 11.8.0* No ads ### 5/5 — Great to pass time *2026-06-15* Love it . ### 5/5 — Im lovin it *2026-06-07, version 11.7.0* This game is actually pretty good i thought it was going to be boring but in fact it wasn’t boring it’s a great game i would definitely recommend it. ### 5/5 — Best idle game I ever played *2026-05-17, version 11.6.0* The best ### 5/5 — Cool *2026-03-27, version 11.4.0* Amazing ### 5/5 — Top *2026-03-25* Top ### 5/5 — Amazing *2026-03-25, version 11.4.0* Very addictive and well laid out ### 5/5 — Review on IDLE MAFIA *2026-03-16, version 11.4.0* 10/10 Game good graphics, Good story line ,Good game idea ,something I would want to play all day ,and when I’m not on the game I still get money , literal addiction to the game always find myself deleting and downloading it back --- *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 2026-09-09.*