# Minecraft: Play with Friends! — Explore, build, craft together

> Open-world sandbox game for building, crafting, survival, and exploration. (iPhone/iPad app by Mojang.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/minecraft-play-with-friends/id479516143 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Mojang](https://appshunter.io/developer/479516146)
- Category: Games, Adventure, Simulation
- Price: $6.99 with in-app purchases
- Rating: 4.50/5 from 830,835 App Store ratings · 11,344 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 9+
- Requires: iOS 13.0 · 1.4 GB
- Languages: American English, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Canadian French, German (Germany), Greek, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian and 12 more
- Released: 2011-11-17
- Data updated: 2026-08-28
- Monetization: free with in-app purchases
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/minecraft-play-with-friends/id479516143/reviews.md

## What is Minecraft?

Dive into an open world of building, crafting and survival. Gather resources, survive the night, and build whatever you can imagine one block at a time. Explore and craft your way through a completely open world where you can play with friends, build a city, start a farm, mine deep into the ground, face mysterious enemies, or just experiment to the limits of your imagination! 
 
The possibilities are endless. Embark on an epic adventure and play with friends, building from the ground up. Build and expand in Creative mode, where you can craft from unlimited resources. Survive the night, face intense battles, craft tools, and fend off danger in Survival mode. With seamless cross-platform and multiplayer gameplay on Minecraft: Bedrock Edition, you can adventure solo or with friends, and discover an infinite, randomly generated world filled with blocks to mine, biomes to explore, and mobs to befriend (or battle)!  
 
In Minecraft, the world is yours to shape! 
 
CREATE YOUR WORLD 
• Build anything from the ground up 
• Craft from special resources and tools to create brand new structures and landscapes 
• Explore an endless open world full of different biomes and creatures 
• Minecraft Marketplace – Get creator-made add-ons, thrilling worlds, and stylish cosmetics on Minecraft Marketplace 
• Connect with millions of players on community servers, or subscribe to Realms Plus to cross-play with up to 10 friends on your own private server 
• Slash commands – Tweak how the game plays: you can change the weather, summon mobs, change the time of day, and more 
• Add-ons – Customize your experience even further with add-ons! If you're more tech-inclined, you can modify your game to create new resource packs 
 
MULTIPLAYER ONLINE GAMES 
• Join free massive multiplayer servers and play with thousands of others 
• Multiplayer servers allow you to play with up to 4 players online with a free Xbox Live account 
• Build, battle and explore other realms. With Realms and Realms Plus, you can play with up to 10 friends cross-platform, anytime, anywhere on Realms, your own private server that we host for you 
• With Realms Plus, get instant access to over 150 Marketplace items with new additions each month. Share with friends on your own private Realms server*  
• Connect and play with players across the world, wherever they are, and join in on MMO battles for survival in other worlds 
• Discover gigantic community-run worlds, compete in unique mini-games and socialize in lobbies full of fellow Minecrafters 
 
SUPPORT: https://www.minecraft.net/help 
LEARN MORE: https://www.minecraft.net/ 

Here are the links to our Privacy Policy and Terms and Conditions:
Privacy Policy: https://www.minecraft.net/privacy/gdpr
Terms and Conditions: https://account.mojang.com/terms
 
MINIMUM RECOMMENDED SPECIFICATION 
 
To check the requirements for your device visit: https://help.minecraft.net/hc/en-us/articles/4409172223501 
 
*Realms & Realms Plus: Try a free 30-day trial in-app. 

Minecraft may request the following optional permissions, which require your consent. You can continue to use Minecraft without granting these permissions; however, some features may be limited or unavailable.
For more information, please see below:
• Local Network: To find other devices on the same Wi‑Fi network for multiplayer gameplay.
• App Tracking: To deliver personalized ads and improve application experience

## Key features

- Open-world building and crafting
- Survival and Creative modes
- Multiplayer and cross-platform play
- Infinite procedurally generated worlds
- Marketplace for add-ons and cosmetics
- Community servers and private Realms

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: $6.99.

**Subscriptions**

| Subscription | Price | Period |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Realms Plus: You + 10 Friends | $7.99 | per month |
| Realms Plus:10 Friends w/trial | $7.99 | per month |
| Realms Monthly Subscription: You + 2 Friends | $3.99 | per month |

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Minecraft Store Item 2 | $1.99 | one-time |
| Minecraft Store Item 3 | $2.99 | one-time |
| Minecraft Store Item 4 | $3.99 | one-time |
| Minecraft Store Item 5 | $4.99 | one-time |
| Minecraft Store Item 6 | $5.99 | one-time |
| Minecraft Store Item 8 | $7.99 | one-time |
| Minecraft Store Item 10 | $9.99 | one-time |


## Chart rankings

- #1 in Top Paid · Games (US App Store)
- #1 in Top Paid · Adventure (US App Store)
- #1 in Top Paid · Simulation (US App Store)
- #1 in Top Paid (US App Store)
- #84 in Top Grossing · Games (US App Store)
- #9 in Top Grossing · Adventure (US App Store)
- #9 in Top Grossing · Simulation (US App Store)

## What do users think of Minecraft?

Overall sentiment: positive

**Pros**

- 🤩 Amazing game
- 👍 Endless creativity
- 🎮 Engaging gameplay
- 🌳 Peaceful survival mode
- 🔥 Exciting updates
- 🌐 Cross-platform play

**Cons**

- 🐛 Frequent crashes and glitches
- ⚠️ Complicated controls and UI
- 💰 Expensive in-app purchases
- 🔌 Performance issues on older devices
- 🤖 Unwanted account requirements

**Commonly reported bugs**

- Disappearing items and pets
- Skin and texture pack issues
- Frozen loading screens
- Multiplayer connectivity problems
- Redstone and command block glitches

**Most requested features**

- More animal varieties
- Furniture and home decor options
- Vertical slabs and stairs
- Customizable pet behaviors
- New dimensions and bosses

## Recent user reviews (10 of 11,344)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/minecraft-play-with-friends/id479516143/reviews.md

### 5/5 — My favourite game !!!!!

*2026-08-25, version 26.44*

Minecraft is the best game to have of your very creative. You can build your own things like houses tree houses and all of the above  this is a perfect game for me. I love it so much.

### 4/5 — Perfect, but..

*2026-08-24, version 26.44*

This game is perfect i love it but you guys NEED to add support for the backbone controller

### 1/5 — let new players be aware of this at least.. I hate this game now

*2026-08-24, version 26.44*

I recently just got the game and I used to love Minecraft a lot but when I was FORCED to get the new update my iPad had been glitching every single time, I cleared my cache and refreshed the app several times.. and I don’t have much storage taken up either. 

So I knew it wasn’t my iPads fault, I thought maybe deleting the app and reinstalling would fix that.. but when I reinstalled the app it kept except one thing, my world. I never knew this would happen, but just in the future you should make sure new players know that it can happen to them because this was just a sad experience. I had spent very long building on my world just for it to be gone with no way to get it back.

### 5/5 — THE BEST GAME EVER

*2026-08-24, version 26.44*

Everyone BUY THIS GAME RIGHT NOW ITS AMAZING YOU GOTTA TRY BRO

### 5/5 — you know.

*2026-08-24, version 26.44*

you know yourself, it's everywhere in internet.

### 4/5 — TP @E ~ ~ ~ [Type=Minecraft:Horse] NOw

*2026-08-24, version 26.44*

FIZ Comened NUWWW <:/(

### 5/5 — Absolutely amazing

*2026-08-24, version 26.44*

This is probably one of my favorite games on my phone I’ve been playing for 4 years now and it’s still crisp. Glad they added the copper golem. Also game idea Enderpedes basically  centipedes in end ships or on chorus fruit trees

### 1/5 — Do not make a Microsoft account!

*2026-08-24, version 26.44*

I made a Microsoft account, but once you do every thing gets deleted so don’t buy a Microsoft account and you have to delete the game to restart

### 5/5 — New mobs / bosses ideas

*2026-08-24, version 26.44*

I think there should be sharks penguins brown bears and a more variety of fish like tuna . And for the bosses there should be 1 for every few biome such as kraken yeti bee queen (🌸) and some more. Thank you for reading this!

### 5/5 — Willjems sent this!

*2026-08-24, version 26.44*

Three words absolute peak w.

## Frequently asked questions about Minecraft

### What is Minecraft: Dream it, Build it!?

This is an open-world sandbox game where players can build, craft, explore, and survive. You can gather resources, build structures, and face challenges in a procedurally generated world. The game offers both Creative and Survival modes, allowing for different playstyles.

### What are the main modes of play?

The game features a Survival mode where you must gather resources, craft tools, and fend off dangers to survive. There is also a Creative mode that provides unlimited resources, allowing players to build anything they can imagine without constraints.

### Can I play with friends?

Yes, the game supports seamless cross-platform and multiplayer gameplay. You can play solo, with friends on community servers, or subscribe to Realms Plus for your own private server to play with up to 10 friends.

### How can I customize my game experience?

You can customize your experience through the Minecraft Marketplace, which offers creator-made add-ons, worlds, and cosmetics. Additionally, 'Add-ons' allow for deeper game modification, and 'Slash commands' let you alter game mechanics like weather or time of day.

### Is this game free to play?

The game is free to play but offers in-app purchases. These can include add-ons, cosmetic items, and subscriptions like Realms Plus for private server access. A free 30-day trial is available for Realms & Realms Plus.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 26.44 — 2026-08-14

Various bug fixes!

### 26.40 — 2026-08-04

Various bug fixes!

### 26.33 — 2026-07-09

Various bug fixes!

### 26.32 — 2026-06-25

Various bug fixes!

### 26.31 — 2026-06-19

Various bug fixes!

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