# Smartphone Tycoon: Idle Empire — user reviews > 190 indexed App Store user reviews of Smartphone Tycoon by Romit Dodhia, rated 4.70/5 from 4,426 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/smartphone-tycoon-idle-empire/id1429667316/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/smartphone-tycoon-idle-empire/id1429667316.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 3,495 · 4★ 583 · 3★ 220 · 2★ 35 · 1★ 93 ## What do users think of Smartphone Tycoon? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 👍 Fun and addictive game - 🚀 Smooth gameplay - 💡 Ability to create custom phones - 👍 Good for passing time - 👍 No constant ads **Cons** - 🐛 Bugs and glitches (e.g., progress reset, phone customization issues) - ⏱️ Slow progression and earning money - 🔋 High battery consumption - 🔍 Limited phone customization options **Commonly reported bugs** - Progress reset - Phone customization issues (e.g., unable to see phone name, upgrade number, or cost) - Freezing and crashing **Most requested features** - More phone customization options (e.g., cameras, speakers, OS) - Ability to sell phones in different colors - Offline earnings - Ability to reset progress - Improved tutorial and better explanations ## Newest reviews (15 of 190) ### 4/5 — good game *2025-06-28, version 1.5.4* so good making phones leder board so so so good ### 3/5 — Pretty good *2022-11-21, version 1.4* I like it, but it would be better if it took so long to get more money and I would like if they gave a better tutorial ### 4/5 — This is good *2022-07-03, version 1.3* It’s very good, but how come I can’t make infinite phones unlike the other smartphone games pls fix this ty -Hecker ### 4/5 — Great but needs mor options to make the phone *2022-04-09* I love the game so far but I have to keep using the same layout over and over just with small tweaks so i suggest adding triple cameras like the ones in the new phones and add maybe even tablets and laptops and watches so your company can grow REALLY big. ### 2/5 — Won’t Save *2021-10-19, version 1.2* I turned on my phone and the i had to restart the game from scratch ### 2/5 — Boring *2021-09-03, version 1.1* Shut up nerd ### 4/5 — It’s ok but it needs updating *2021-07-14, version 1.1* It’s a good game but there’s only 2 cameras and only 3 speaker designs like this game needs to be updated but it is a good game also it always offers me adverts like “watch this ad for 2x the amount of cash amount” but it only gives me like 5k more when I’m on like 15k ### 4/5 — Good but-… *2021-06-26* This is a really fun game and I have been looking for a game that actually lets you build your own smartphone. This does that and it’s really cool. I think though it would be even cooler if at a certain level you upgraded other products like smart watches, smart flip phones etc. because then it would expand tre game for more things to do. I just started an hour ago so I haven’t done everything yet so maybe that is a thing but I’m guessing most likely no. Over all a fun and an addicting game! ### 4/5 — Change *2021-06-14, version 1.1* The game is fun and cool but i wish u could make all screen phones with a notch or with a punch hole ### 4/5 — Optimización *2020-11-17, version 1.1* El juego en si es súper bueno pero necesita mas cosas de personalización después de un tiempo ya no sabes ni que crear. Si hacen eso de seguro les doy 5 estrellas! ### 3/5 — Too many ads *2020-09-07, version 1.1* Pls stop the random ads ### 4/5 — For the “Karen’s and Chads” *2020-08-02* Yes, they did copy the original and I did have the original. But, if you ACTUALLY had the game, like I did, you would know that this game is just WAY BETTER than the other one. Now, that game is a LITTLE more interesting, but it lagged a lot for me, but since this one is newer, it’s more interesting and it lags less, and I think they took care of the add thing. I personally haven’t had to watch any ads yet and I’ve had this for like, 30 minutes almost and played for 3 1/2 minutes soooooooooooooo... Yeah ### 5/5 — It’s good *2020-06-25, version 1.1* Good game ### 5/5 — Goood *2020-05-10, version 1.1* Very good ### 5/5 — Best game *2020-04-10, version 1.1* This is the best game ever played in my life keep up ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Crashed *2022-07-28, version 1.3* I played this game for a while and a few minutes ago it froze, I exited and reopened the app and it was stuck at the grey screen ⚠️⚠️ do not play!! ⚠️⚠️ ### 1/5 — Worst game ever *2021-10-07, version 1.1* Everybody listen up! Every time I enter the app, I am back at level one! Waste of the $0.99 for no ads I spent on the app. When I thought I paid for no more advertising, I was “forced” to watch an advertisement for the ad boost ! Five second ads throughout the game, and thirty second ads for ad boosters , that , in my opinion, are not worth it! I say, just use your data to “FaceTime”* your family . *if you don’t have FaceTime, use something like it. ### 1/5 — Ultimate Idle Sin *2021-07-08, version 1.1* Don’t use the $ sign as currency in a game with microtransactions. ### 1/5 — Really *2020-06-18, version 1.1* I wanted to customize it as far as I wanted to, but I had access to everything at the beginning. It would be nice to have more features and the ability to make any screen design. ### 1/5 — Hate it *2020-05-10* I hate this game, it deleted all my progress because I was inactive for 6 hours ### 1/5 — READ THIS OR ELSE *2020-03-31, version 1.1* THIS GAME IS TOO COMPLICATED IT IS JUST TOO SLOW TO PROGRESS ASWELL AND IS JUST BAD ### 1/5 — Horrible *2020-01-13, version 1.0.9* This game has no cool features and has lots of ads ### 1/5 — Tedious *2019-11-02, version 1.0.8* Slow progression and boring over a long amount of time ### 1/5 — 在乎別人眼光來看待此次活動主要目的是想怎樣 *2019-10-31, version 1.0.8* 他自己也懂這麼多ㄓ⋯⋯在這裏等著他的妻子也存在句只會更努力一點就ㄨˊㄈㄚˇ⋯⋯但不知為何 ### 1/5 — Bad *2019-10-26, version 1.0.8* I just don’t like it ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — love it *2025-04-04, version 1.5.4* hi so when i try this app it was like heavan so then i got to leval2 so cool' ### 5/5 — hey *2024-09-01, version 1.5.4* I just want to say how fun this game is because i like tycoon games, and it isnt that hard either to become successful! ### 5/5 — Coryxkenshin *2023-07-01, version 1.4* Cory’s Eyes R.I.P On ### 5/5 — Great Technology!! *2023-06-04, version 1.4* Hopefully it’s good!!! ### 5/5 — It’s really fun! *2021-05-30, version 1.1* You get to create your own phones and it has a lot of options. It has some ads but not constantly ### 5/5 — So good game *2021-02-11, version 1.1* This game is the best game ever I have played it all makes perfect sense to make a game this perfect I have never played a game like this. ### 5/5 — Wow! Best game I’ve played! *2020-10-30, version 1.1* This game is the best, in my opinion, it’s very good, it has no ads and it’s fun to play when you’re bored! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Game! ### 5/5 — It is amazing 😍😍😍😍 *2020-08-16, version 1.1* In the game you can get employee and make smartphones out of all the tycoons I have played this is my favorite ### 5/5 — It is good *2020-07-06, version 1.1* Its good and fun and pretty addicting and the add was awesome and true when I see other adds there fake I’m mean the add looks fun but the actual game isn’t that fun and I like that about this game it’s very fun thank you 😁:) ### 5/5 — The best game in the world *2020-06-26, version 1.1* O my God I am stuck playing this game and it has been the best game ever --- *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.*