# Idle Power — user reviews > 109 indexed App Store user reviews of Idle Power by Dominick Bruno, rated 3.00/5 from 122 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/idle-power/id1173352250/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/idle-power/id1173352250.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 24 · 4★ 24 · 3★ 30 · 2★ 19 · 1★ 25 ## What do users think of Idle Power? Overall sentiment: negative **Pros** - 🎵 Dynamic soundtrack based on machine design - 💡 Innovative circuit-building mechanics - 🎮 Addictive and engaging gameplay concept - 🚫 No pay-to-win mechanics - 🧠 Thought-provoking strategy elements - ⚙️ Unique wiring system for components **Cons** - 🐛 Severe memory leak causing progressive slowdown - 💥 Frequent crashes after 5-25 minutes of play - 🔋 Excessive battery drain and device overheating - 📱 Poor optimization for mobile devices - ❌ Not a true idle game - requires app to be open - 📺 Intrusive ads that pause gameplay - 💾 Unreliable auto-save system losing progress - 🎯 Button input recognition issues (Yes/No confusion) - 📉 Unresponsive developer with no updates in years - 🔤 UI elements too small for mobile screens - 🚫 Ads don't close properly, forcing app restart - 🎮 Stuck on title screen after first exit **Commonly reported bugs** - Game slows down progressively during play sessions - App crashes without saving recent progress - Memory leak causing device performance degradation - Yes/No button inputs reversed or unresponsive - Game stuck on title screen after closing - Ad overlays won't close with X button - Game doesn't run in background - Tutorial cannot be completed (Research Lab connection issue) - Cells reset to 50% energy after crash - Auto-save becomes slower as game progresses - Frame rate drops to unplayable levels - Ads flip screen orientation unexpectedly - Tap to initialize on restart doesn't respond - Upgrades become unpurchasable despite having funds **Most requested features** - Manual save functionality - Background idle progression when app is closed - Fast forward and rewind buttons - Prestige/reset system with new currency - Ability to sell or delete unwanted components - Ad removal purchase option - Vertical/portrait mode option - Larger UI buttons and font sizes - Zoom functionality for smaller screens - More components and research options - Board redesign and customization - Microchip editing capabilities - Game speed adjustment options - Larger board sizes ## Newest reviews (20 of 109) ### 3/5 — Just play the web game :) *2025-09-27, version 1.04* Yes, this was a web browser game before the mobile app, and I encountered NONE of the problems talked about here (or at least, they aren’t so extreme). I’m talking better optimization, less lag, and NO ADS (that one I know for sure). If this game is giving you problems, go on Kongregate or some other game site that carries Idle Power, and see the difference for yourself. :) ### 3/5 — Not bad *2024-05-29, version 1.04* The one thing I would like to see is a fast forward button and a rewind button and a scamatic button also fix the glitch that the longer you play the slower it gets🙁🤬😡😡😡 ### 3/5 — Great game on PC but broken on IOS *2023-11-14, version 1.04* Dev seems to have abandoned this game and has had no web presences for the last two years. Game slows to a stop in a few minutes on IOS and Mets be restarted. Get it on PC. ### 3/5 — True potential *2023-03-13, version 1.04* This would be a five star hit game with just a couple of additions: - A new currency (maybe silicon?) earned for resetting your progress (a prestige system) - An “Upgrades” section where you can spend prestige points either on cost reduction or increase game speed or larger boards, etc. - the ability to redesign and update boards ### 2/5 — Battery killer *2022-10-06, version 1.04* Wow my iPhone 12 is cooking after playing this for 15 mins and it kills the battery.. Beware!!! It’s a shame as the game has potential. ### 3/5 — Slowdown + timeback *2022-06-04, version 1.04* When I play this game for few minutes, a glitch begins to slow down this game. And when I relaunch this app, I will be sent back few minutes. That’s because of bugs. Can you fix it? ### 4/5 — This game is good and all but... *2021-03-02, version 1.04* This is one of my most played games but my “sessions” only last 5mins and then it gets super laggy and unplayable so I reset the app and it sets me back a bit but I have gone through this and made it pretty far I hope this can be fixed as it would make this game much more enjoyable it’s a great game but i wish I could play it for more than 5mins ### 2/5 — Good idea but very buggy *2021-01-01, version 1.04* The mechanic is great but it doesn’t work, don’t save progress, crash etc ### 3/5 — Buggy but interesting *2020-11-17, version 1.04* Cool premise but full of bugs ### 3/5 — Great game *2020-11-05, version 1.04* It’s a good game, a bit more thought provoking then your regular idle game, just wished it wouldn’t crash every 10 minutes ### 3/5 — 矛盾している *2020-04-24, version 1.04* 放置ゲーなのに放置していると段々と重くなり、更に放置しているとアプリケーションが落ちます 改善して下さい ### 3/5 — Great Game. Some issues... *2020-04-23, version 1.04* This game is great I learned how each item works although. I have been having some issues for example, I would click on to one of the microchips to read my (gold per second) and the button comes up (Yes or No) to sell the microchip which of course.... I do not want to sell it yet every time o say “No” it sells anyway, there is also an issue where I have had to restart this app, like every 5 minutes I do not understand why but over time the game will start to slow down really bad. The game is still really fun, and easy to learn ### 4/5 — ATTENTION!!!!!!! *2020-04-19, version 1.04* Great game but it crashes super fast!! Any chance one minor update could come out to fix this? I know its an old game but it would be amazing!!! ### 2/5 — Great game but... *2020-01-25, version 1.04* The game crashes a lot, and the game doesn’t even run in the background, so you have to keep the app open. There’s no point, this should be taken off of the idle game category, and should just be a regular poor quality tycoon game. ### 4/5 — Love the app, but it crashes too much. *2019-11-26, version 1.04* Concept is sound with an amazing dynamic soundtrack based on how you build your machine. However, seems unoptimized, and must have a memory leak or something as the game crashes frequently after playing only a few minutes. ### 2/5 — Would be highly addictive if it didn’t crash so much *2019-09-12, version 1.04* I hope the developer reads this because it’s one of many reviews that point out the problem: the game is simple but great! However... it crashes every 2-5 minutes. When it crashes it forgets the last 10 seconds as well, not such a big deal but it definitely adds to the crash’s annoyance. I deleted the app before getting too far into the game, though I’d be more than happy to download it again if there’s an update to prevent all the crashes. Dev: if you fix the problem feel free to respond to this review, I might even donate to you if you fix the crashing problem! ### 2/5 — Game crashes every 10 minutes *2019-07-29, version 1.04* Game really interesting, but I cant play It crashes and I start again without save ### 3/5 — Great but unstable *2019-05-24, version 1.04* The current version of the game is good but it just crashes every 20 or so minutes on my ipad air 2 ### 2/5 — Amazing game awful code *2019-05-02, version 1.04* If you play for around 5 minutes the game starts to get progressively slower and then crashes around 5 minutes later while at the same time not saving meaning it wastes a lot of you time because of bugs. Also the “no” option seems to be inside the “yes” option so when I accidentally pressed delete save I pressed no but it thought yes sooo. I would give it a 5 star review if it wasn’t for the bugs. ### 4/5 — Good game but... *2019-04-24, version 1.04* After a few minutes of playing the game, it starts lagging, then crashes short after. Is this part of the game or just a bug? ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Game is laggy *2023-08-17, version 1.04* For something 6 years old, i'm surprised this thing even runs, but, after a while, the game starts to slow down, way too much to be playable. ### 1/5 — Can’t even enjoy the game *2022-07-17, version 1.04* The tutorial is so annoying I like to fugure the game out by my self 0/10 ### 1/5 — excelente jogo mas abandonado *2020-12-28, version 1.04* ja faz tempo que o jogo trava muito conforme os ticks vao passando, necessaria atualizacao! ### 1/5 — Crashing *2019-10-27, version 1.04* Constant crashes ### 1/5 — Repair *2019-10-23, version 1.04* Repair this game please ### 1/5 — Would be an amazing game if it was updated. *2019-02-22, version 1.04* I really love the concept of this game. After I saw this game wasn’t working I looked other places and found factorio on steam. Until this game gets an update I’ll be on steam. ### 1/5 — Instant uninstall *2018-12-25, version 1.04* This app doesn’t respect the ringer switch and plays music regardless. Ridiculous, instant uninstall. ### 1/5 — Investing concept *2018-11-24, version 1.04* I like the game and all but I would love it if first it was actually an idle game and ran in the background and second wouldn't crash every ten mins while playing. ### 1/5 — This not *2018-09-16, version 1.04* Yes it is not cool ### 1/5 — Unstable *2018-08-31, version 1.04* Really like the game but so unstable make it impossible to play. App shutdown every 5mins. Pleeeeaaase fix. 🙏 ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Please *2021-05-27, version 1.04* After awhile the game slowed down fix this ### 5/5 — Great game *2021-04-20, version 1.04* Very good game ### 5/5 — Spectacular game, but has some bugs and glitches. *2019-03-18, version 1.04* This game has an amazing concept and a wide variety of stuff but I’d love it if the developers would fix some of the issues to it. Other than that, this game is under appreciated and not enough people play it. That’s all I have to say and I’m giving it 5 stars because it is an awesome game that’s just a little glitchy ### 5/5 — スルメ *2018-11-25, version 1.04* 奥深い ### 5/5 — Great Game!! *2017-11-19, version 1.04* For everyone that likes this game, please let me know. Me and my friends are no pros at programming, but we plan on remaking the game. Some of the things we plan to fix is: Idle AVG Gold per Second The game slows down and stops saving Ads Menu Add components Fix the no button doing what the yes button does Make the ratios of things to % of screen not pxls of screen And more... We plan on making a second version of the remake too. Here’s one of our ideas we’re going to add to “Volt II”, you can edit microchips. I hope you guys will enjoy it! P.S., it’s gonna be good... P.S.S., we going to get permission. But if we cannot contact Games Butler, were going to give it another name. ### 5/5 — Good Game *2017-09-30, version 1.04* I love this game❤️❤️❤️Continue to upgrade this game.Pls ### 5/5 — Love it but... *2017-03-25, version 1.04* The ads break the game and i have to force close it, fix it or make an ad purchase thing that gets rid of them. ### 5/5 — I love this game just a few problems *2017-02-25* So one of the few things that really gets annoying is the ads every time I watch one it flips my screen side ways and I am so close to the end and I just can't beat it because every time I get close my game crashes please fix but over all I love this game Oh and btw I find an exploit If you like do a loop and then wait till it says or shows how much your average is and then create a micro chip can you please fix that it beets the purpose because I have made 6 qi with that exploit can you please fix it. Thank you ### 4/5 — Good but needs some work *2022-11-08, version 1.04* This app is very fun but after a while, it begins to lag and slow down. This would be an everyday play if not for this one bug ### 4/5 — Slight issue *2021-08-24, version 1.04* Game’s pretty neat, but it leaks memory. This causes it to gradually lag more and more as it runs because more and more memory becomes permanently allocated, affecting the device’s performance. Makes the game nearly impossible to actually complete. A manual save feature would also be nice. --- *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 2026-06-10.*