# Pocket Academy 3

> School management simulation game with facility building and student development. (iPhone/iPad app by Kairosoft Co.,Ltd.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/pocket-academy-3/id1623111026 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Kairosoft Co.,Ltd](https://appshunter.io/developer/381477233)
- Category: Games, Entertainment, Casual, Simulation
- Price: $3.99 (on sale, was $5.99)
- Rating: 4.90/5 from 502 App Store ratings · 276 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 11.0 · 87 MB
- Languages: American English, Japanese, Korean, Chinese (Simplified, China), Chinese (Traditional, Taiwan)
- Released: 2022-08-16
- Data updated: 2026-09-02
- Monetization: paid
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/pocket-academy-3/id1623111026/reviews.md

## What is Pocket Academy 3?

Your favorite dream school simulator is back and better than ever! Introducing: The super fun school festival!

Build facilities and create a great school environment. Set up classrooms, a cafeteria...and a counseling room! (A little nerve-wracking for students to get called in there!)

Place compatible facilities together to create popular spots which will make your school really stand out. As the school's popularity and rep go up, enrollment applications will flood in.

Once you get the hang of things, hold a school festival, complete with fun activities for all!

Get serious about school clubs, too! Once your students get good enough to breeze through practice matches, enter them into the nationals and help them reach that sweet victory. They may even get scouted for their talent!

Help your students prepare for placement tests so they can realize their dreams.

Much sweat and many a tear will be shed as you build your ideal school!

12 years since Pocket Academy, we've perfected the recipe for an exciting school management simulator, packing in lots of new features!
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Supports drag to scroll and pinch to zoom.

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## Key features

- Build and customize school facilities
- Create popular facility combinations
- Host school festivals
- Manage school clubs and competitions
- Guide students for placement tests
- Drag and pinch zoom controls

## Chart rankings

- #157 in Top Paid · Casual (US App Store)

## What do users think of Pocket Academy 3?

Overall sentiment: positive

**Pros**

- 👍 Fun
- 👍 Best game
- 👍 Easy and Addictive
- 👍 Great game
- 👍 luv it
- 👍 Love the art style!
- 👍 Fun but short!
- 👍 Great game
- 👍 erm guys…
- 👍 I have wasted so much time on this game…
- 👍 Started off odd but very fun!
- 👍 Amazing!
- 👍 Fun World Builder
- 👍 Finally
- 👍 Awesome Game
- 👍 Dark souls or kairosoft games
- 👍 Absolutely loooveee
- 👍 Good
- 👍 All time favorite
- 👍 Years.
- 👍 Great
- 👍 Great game
- 👍 Addictive
- 👍 Kairosoft Fan
- 👍 Good game
- 👍 Great game
- 👍 School simulation
- 👍 Great
- 👍 Played a lot of Kairosoft games and this is easily top 3
- 👍 Really great
- 👍 PA3 is so AMAZING!
- 👍 epic
- 👍 Very fun!
- 👍 Never misses!
- 👍 love it!
- 👍 Love it
- 👍 Prestigious Academy
- 👍 Nice
- 👍 Love Kairosoft
- 👍 Best game yet
- 👍 Amazing
- 👍 最爱

**Cons**

- 🐛 Can finish in 3 days — lacks micromanagement
- 🐛 Fun
- 🐛 Needs Fixing

**Commonly reported bugs**

- Login screen freezes
- Incompatible with older devices
- Stuttering performance issues

**Most requested features**

- More combos and events than previous!
- Needs pause menu when day ends to make rearranging easier
- More uniform types
- More types of clubs

## Recent user reviews (10 of 276)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/pocket-academy-3/id1623111026/reviews.md

### 5/5 — Gg

*2026-08-22, version 1.24*

Good game

### 4/5 — Another fun game!

*2026-07-15, version 1.24*

True to Kairosoft tradition, though it would be nice for a little more information in game about what the items do.

### 5/5 — 期待续作

*2026-07-08, version 1.24*

在续作中，我希望有多个城市地图，更有甚者，毕业生的职业深刻影响着城市发展。为城市发展提供人才支持才是续作的一大看点。

### 5/5 — never not fun!

*2026-06-05, version 1.24*

this has been a fave game i keep coming back to year after year!

### 5/5 — 爱了

*2026-06-03, version 1.24*

超好玩

### 5/5 — Best Game Ever!!!!

*2026-05-10, version 1.24*

Love This Game

### 5/5 — Better than the original

*2026-05-04, version 1.24*

Would recommend.

### 4/5 — 팝업이 좀 많이 피로함

*2026-04-01*

첨인 괜찮은데 같은 내용이 계속 무한반복으로 팝업되는게 피로감 유발
특히 고양이 이벤트랑 전국대회 응원 이거 두개는 빨리 넘기기도 안되고 좀 많이 귀찮음

### 5/5 — Great Game!

*2026-03-30, version 1.24*

It’s another great game from Kairosoft. Love the no in app purchases. 
If you liked Pocket Academy, you’ll love this follow-up. (There is no PA2. Basically the Japanese version PA2 became the English PA. Jap PA became Eng PA Zero)
It feels like Pocket Academy levelled up and this is the result.

### 5/5 — Masterpiece

*2026-03-19, version 1.24*

Best game ever til this day

## Frequently asked questions about Pocket Academy 3

### What is Pocket Academy 3?

Pocket Academy 3 is a school management simulation game where players build and manage their own dream school. You can construct various facilities, create popular spots by combining them, and guide students through their academic and extracurricular lives.

### What are the key features of Pocket Academy 3?

Key features include building and customizing school facilities like classrooms and cafeterias, creating popular spots, hosting school festivals, managing school clubs, and helping students prepare for placement tests and competitions. The game also supports intuitive controls like drag to scroll and pinch to zoom.

### How much does Pocket Academy 3 cost?

Based on the information provided, this is a paid game. The developer, Kairosoft, also offers both free-to-play and paid games in their portfolio.

### What kind of activities can I do in Pocket Academy 3?

You can engage in a variety of activities such as designing your school layout, placing compatible facilities to boost popularity, organizing fun events during school festivals, training students for club competitions, and helping them achieve academic success for future placement.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 1.24 — 2023-11-20

Fixed minor issues.

### 1.23 — 2023-11-09

Fixed minor issues.

### 1.19 — 2022-08-18

Now available in English, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese and Korean!

### 1.18 — 2022-08-17

Now available in English, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese and Korean!

### 1.17 — 2022-06-03

No release notes.

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