# Idle Planet Miner — user reviews > 1,195 indexed App Store user reviews of Idle Planet Miner by Tech Tree Games LLC, rated 4.70/5 from 9,807 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/idle-planet-miner/id1441880123/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/idle-planet-miner/id1441880123.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 7,687 · 4★ 1,546 · 3★ 253 · 2★ 97 · 1★ 224 ## What do users think of Idle Planet Miner? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 👍 Relaxing and calming gameplay - 🚀 Smooth progression and satisfying loop - 🔒 Optional ads with rewards - 💡 Interesting research and upgrade system - 👍 Polished and well-designed game **Cons** - 🐛 Inconsistent offline progress tracking - ⏱️ Slow progression and long wait times - 💰 Expensive in-app purchases - 🐛 Occasional crashes and bugs - 🔋 High battery consumption **Commonly reported bugs** - Smelting and crafting not working as expected when offline - Ads not always providing the correct rewards - Leaderboards and tournaments appearing to be manipulated - Restore purchases feature not working reliably **Most requested features** - More offline time or upgrades to increase it - Ability to rename planets - Additional end-game content and challenges - Visual customization options for ships and planets - Cloud save and cross-device sync ## Newest reviews (13 of 1,195) ### 2/5 — Meh *2026-08-28* It really only has two flaws: 1. It has so much focus on forcing ads down your throat that it constantly gets in the way of UI and gameplay. 2. It isn’t fun. Don’t get me wrong, I enjoy these idle games in general. It’s just this one specifically is not fun, and instead feels like work. ### 3/5 — Good game *2026-08-17, version v3.0.18* But I would not really call it an idle game. Your resource acquisition slows down dramatically if you are not online staring at it, and resource collection will only continue for about two hours when you are logged off. To me an idle game should continue for at least half a workday and have options to extend that. I don’t want to interrupt my day every two hours to reset my collections, and I don’t want to compete on the online tournaments against people who can afford to leave their phone running 24/7 ### 4/5 — Неплохо *2026-08-13* Ставлю 4 звезды за недоработки типа остановки добычи ресурсов в офлайне, когда обещано другое. Почему за столько лет существования игры не могут исправить такой очевидный косяк - глубочайшая загадка ### 4/5 — I think it’s fun *2026-08-11, version v3.0.18* So a few hours ago I sold my galaxy, it was about 12 mil value, and now I’m doing pretty good, I just think this is a really fun game, and the whole reason I play this, is because my dad showed me this game, so again, this is a fun game ### 2/5 — Too much adds *2026-08-06, version v3.0.18* I'd give it at least a 3 if there were less adds ### 5/5 — Great Idler *2026-08-05, version v3.0.18* I’m a big fan of idler/incremental games such as cookie clicker, NGU Idle, etc and I’m a big fan of this one and the fact that ads are optional and paying is also optional. ### 5/5 — Game *2026-08-04, version v3.0.18* Great game simple but good no nonsense straight to the point tutorial does not take long ### 5/5 — Fun game *2026-08-04, version v3.0.18* :) ### 4/5 — Good *2026-08-03, version v3.0.18* I would say amazing and give 5 stars but what’s holding me back is the overpriced stuff, because who’s really spending $30 on a mobile game but nonetheless it is truly a good game ### 5/5 — Game *2026-08-03, version v3.0.18* Fun game but it needs more upgrades and some events ### 3/5 — Really fun game but has glitches *2026-08-02, version v3.0.18* The idle time appears to not work for mining. I’ll come back after two hours and none of the ores have actually increased. Needs fixing and then I’d give it five stars ### 5/5 — Good game *2026-08-01* I feel liked it’s a good game if you liked time and view because it makes you smarter for investing good for kids adults maybe 8/10 ### 4/5 — Needs adjusments *2026-08-01, version v3.0.18* The only real income in the game is waiting for the video timer to end so you can get your increasing intervals of money. If the prices were higher for items you could actually make money through manufacturing. But right now that’s not possible with the games current structure. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Ships aren’t delivering mined resources from planet intermittently! *2026-08-21, version v3.0.19* Fix this bug!!!! ### 1/5 — Juice no longer repays the squeeze *2026-08-19, version v3.0.18* Commercials over two minutes long and three clicks to get out of forget it I am done ### 1/5 — Great game *2026-08-15, version v3.0.18* The ads make it unplayable. I get on for ~15 minutes a day. Anymore than that and you have to watch 18 minute videos. The colors are still messed up for projects. New version available, download it, new version available. How many are necessary? Now the ads don’t have an ending or you watch one and it prompts you to watch another. 5 star game, 1 star with the ads. ### 1/5 — Ad issue *2026-08-13, version v3.0.18* I get stuck in an endless loop for one of the adds where it automatically keeps opening my App Store and doesn’t allow me to close it out. ### 1/5 — It’s ok. But *2026-08-10* It’s ok Game but spending that much time to upgrade . Just to have the game cheat you out of the upgrades. Just so you spend that much more time to try to upgrade again for nothing. It gets old fast and so annoying. And since I’ve downloaded this game, it has been making my phone really hot even when not playing. Delete!! ### 1/5 — Unbelievable. *2026-08-10, version v3.0.18* The ads take about half a millennial to spawn the X. Like my dad is coming back with the milk before this ad closes. ### 1/5 — Trash game *2026-08-06, version v3.0.18* Your adverts crash other games, sort it out it’s annoying and just means you have a bed rep. 0 star review from me, shame I can only do 1 star min ### 1/5 — Stop playing this trash. *2026-07-28, version v3.0.18* Again, this is one of the most pay to win games out there. If you want any ships, gotta pay, if you want any worthwhile recruits, gotta pay, if you want tournament points, gotta pay. This is a terrible game with no FTP aspect. Relics? Gotta pay. Do not buy anything from this game. Stop enabling P2W ### 1/5 — Selling ore change? *2026-07-25, version v3.0.16* It’s been a while since I’ve played this game, but when I did, I loved it. So what happened to automatic partial selling of your ore? It seems it’s all or none now. Taking that option out of the game makes me not want to play at all. Please bring it back. Taking away that feature brought a 5-star rating all the way down to a 1. ### 1/5 — Cannot update *2026-07-25, version v3.0.16* Click update, button flashes, no update. Been this way for awhile now, brand new iPhone 17 pro. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — I luv this game *2026-08-26* I luv u dev but maek away teim more pls pls <3 to teh devs Uwu ### 5/5 — Addictive time waster *2026-08-20, version v3.0.19* Therapeutic time killer I don’t mind supporting this developer with purchases ### 5/5 — Good long term game *2026-08-15* Love it , try it ### 5/5 — Recommended *2026-08-15, version v3.0.18* Only started a few hours ago. Initial thoughts, good game! Slowly getting my head around how to play it. ### 5/5 — Amazing *2026-08-15, version v3.0.18* I honestly like this game. It’s simple, pretty fun. But I would love it if you could actually see the colony on the planet and even a simple image of a colony placed onto the planet would work ### 5/5 — Amazing *2026-08-14, version v3.0.18* I love the game I get no ads unless I want to watch one for a reward. When the game first came out it didn’t want to work but now after two months it works like what they promised. ### 5/5 — Best for long trips *2026-08-14, version v3.0.18* Absolutely amazing for travelling because the flights can be so long and this game just takes my boredom away ### 5/5 — Simple yet still entertaining *2026-08-13, version v3.0.18* Pretty simple game. So far only about 5 hours into it but can’t put it down. Wish it was a little more detailed on what each planet upgrade did and how it affects things. Over all very much like it! ### 5/5 — Игра бомба *2026-08-11* Не знаю почему другим людям не нравиться эта игра, она же интересная ### 5/5 — Simple but great *2026-08-08, version v3.0.18* Can’t get better that that --- *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 2026-09-04.*