# Town City - Building Simulator — user reviews > 155 indexed App Store user reviews of Town City by Sparkling Society Games B.V., rated 4.70/5 from 1,461 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/town-city-building-simulator/id1337018789/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/town-city-building-simulator/id1337018789.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 1,152 · 4★ 198 · 3★ 63 · 2★ 19 · 1★ 29 ## What do users think of Town City? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 👍 Fun and addictive gameplay - 🌟 Cute and unique visual style - 💰 Easy to earn in-game currency - 🕰️ Relaxing and therapeutic experience **Cons** - 💰 Expensive in-app purchases - ⏱️ Slow progression without spending money - 🔍 Difficulty in finding/accessing certain features - 🐛 Occasional bugs and glitches **Commonly reported bugs** - Inconsistent or non-functioning ad rewards - Progression issues after reaching certain levels - Disappearing or jumping treasure chests **Most requested features** - Ability to move/rearrange buildings and items - More variety in building types and customization options - Faster income generation and reduced build times - Improved tutorial and guidance for new players ## Newest reviews (16 of 155) ### 3/5 — :) *2026-04-19, version 2.9.2* I enjoyed this game but found it difficult to progress because the collection of money vs the amount buildings and expansions cost did not align. I do enjoy CozyTown, another similar game from this developer. ### 2/5 — Fun but... *2025-04-03, version 2.7.3* Everything takes so much time that I get bored playing. Things like how it take sto long ### 4/5 — I absolutely love it but… *2025-03-23, version 2.7.3* I absolutely love it, but I don't like how you can just collect houses instead of just like building inside the house. I want to like build inside the house instead just like collect buildings and go to New World but I want to like like build it inside like a TV in the house or building or or like for like restaurants cause I wasn't really playing for a long time but I think there's restaurant I don't know cause I wasn't really good for it for a long time, but if they were a restaurant if I knew there was one I would like add like a bar like a TV like a TVs on the wall and stuff but for that like the houses like I want to like I like a TV a living room a bedroom a bathroom like I wanna add like those kind of stuff instead of just like collecting the houses and buildings and stuff like for the buildings like my building will be a hotel so the hotels like out like 610 different floors and like one floor could be dining room and then the other floor can be like where you get your breakfast and then I would add a airport like if there was an airport if I knew what if there was, I would add like a play on plane like on the side and like like I want like people to be like there like I want to like add people and then they can actually like walk around and go to houses and I can like go in the houses or buildings or anything of those I can go in those and see what they're doing and stuff ### 3/5 — I enjoy these games but *2025-02-14, version 2.7.3* I don’t play for to long because you have to pay ridiculous money for coins. Come on guys ### 4/5 — Love the app could use more features like people actually interacting more , walking in and out home *2025-01-21, version 2.7.3* Homes & playing on the playgrounds other then that the app is fun ### 2/5 — Why so long? *2024-06-12, version 2.7.2* Graphics are nice and it could probably be a fun game. But 5 minutes to build the very first thing? I hate to think what the build times are later in the game. No thanks, I’ll pass on this one. ### 4/5 — 👍 *2024-04-30, version 2.7.2* It’s pretty fun to play and good to pass time ### 4/5 — Cost *2024-04-24* Price property lots are extremely expensive. Some of the other items on the program are also a little costly would be hard for children to be able to afford to play the game. I would like to see some price reduction impossible just primarily price retention on the lot thank you. Annie S. ### 4/5 — Good, but couple things. *2024-03-22, version 2.7.2* I just started in the last week or so and I have to say that I really enjoy the game. I love that it’s continuous with the money making at the jobs. I love building the islands and designing them. I’m not one to give critiques on games, but because I do like this game so much, I want to give my thoughts in hopes to see these added… The couple things I’d love to see added is: -INVENTORY: somewhere we could store our items when we’re redesigning or if we start a new island, we could move things from one to another. -EDIT MODE: we wouldn’t have to click each item and go to move it and then click the check to move on to the next item, and so on. It would just be edit mode.. click edit, hold down on an item and drag or click where we want it to go. -ROAD EDITS: instead of clicking each individual square we want the road to go, we can move our fingers along the path we want the road/walking trail/water/bulldozing to go. -CATEGORIZING IN “SHOPPING” It’s frustrating when starting out and not realizing that “this house is for Oasis” after clicking it. By categorizing out the items to buy based on the islands (or the little pictures each item has) to show they’re for certain areas. Houses Tab (and same with Business Tab): “all grass together”, all beach together ”, “all sand together”, etc. ### 4/5 — Chesla Renee’ *2024-01-25, version 2.7.2* Love to build ❤️ mad I loss my old world and don’t have storage on the new one but enjoy the creativity and organization of the creators 😎💝🧐 ### 5/5 — Best *2024-01-14* I have tried all the sparkling society building sim games and this one is by far my favorite. I love the option to speed up time and double your money for a faster play. Also the coins are decently priced when you purchase during a sale. Level ups are easily obtainable. I play for hours on a daily basis. Eventually it does get to a level when you can only progress with coins but it’s pretty deep in the game and I just start a new game. ### 5/5 — Fun *2023-10-27, version 2.6.3* I loooooooove this game. My mom and I are obsessed ### 5/5 — Town city *2023-09-18, version Next release* is the best ### 2/5 — Need to create new *2023-07-22, version 2.5.1* Oh guys the game is fun and relaxing but There’s no zing in it after a few levels and islands!!! It becomes boring when-the buildings become too expensive and when you acquire new islands and can’t build a balanced environment because you don’t have houses and community buildings for this type island! Like do you want people to play and enjoy the game or are you okay with a boring level that no one can move forward on in fun? Why are the items so expensive? I get that you want people to spend money but at what cost? Loosing customers/ players because they’ve topped out with the buildings they can purchase for a island and if there’s buildings available they are way too expensive? One becomes board quickly. I’m sure you can easily create these items and let us know also taking way too long to be able to open another island. Make the Game make sense and be affordable fun! I’ve stuck around thinking you guys were working on something fun and exciting. ### 4/5 — Addictive and exciting! *2023-06-10, version 2.5.1* Been playing this game for over a year and am so addicted to it ! I love how easy it is to build islands and to compare with other gamers , I enjoy looking at the other islands ppl build ! It’s a great game for all ages , haven’t had any glitches wit the app either !! Highly recommend! ### 5/5 — Therapeutic….. *2023-04-25, version 2.5.1* Absolutely loving this game(as well as the others). My ONLY quirk: I would love to see daytime and nighttime play, as well as weather! ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Another grift game *2025-12-07, version 2.8.0* Sparkling Society are nothing but grifters. They churn out these unplayable games as if they are automated and expect people to fork over hundreds of real dollars to play them. Meanwhile, they are losing profit because people are uninstalling as progress stops. There is no point to buying anything since it still won't get you anywhere. Stop giving these grifters high ratings. ### 1/5 — Screen *2025-08-19, version 2.7.3* Why!!!!!! Do I have to use a magnifier to look at screen, to see how much items cost to purchase my vision is not 20/20 ### 1/5 — Taking Money From Bank *2024-05-06, version 2.7.2* I would rate this game a 5 star if the app company did not take $19.69 out of my account. They had 4,000,000 dollars on 200% sale for $4.99, I purchased the sale and they charged me $19.69 instead $4.99. I now am currently disputing the transaction so be wary if you’re buying coins or dollars from this app. Also, we should be able to exceed in the video game without being forced to buy coins and dollars. Not everything is about making money, it’s about entertaining your customers so they would want to pay. ### 1/5 — Pop up ads *2024-01-12, version 2.6.3* Why did I have to download this again I didn’t know that they did this too never was a problem before ### 1/5 — Not great *2022-12-27, version 2.4.2* The game gets boring as it takes too long to accumulate the money needed to open new islands and to purchase land. Also I never missed a day of log in in 115 days yet it reset my game completely. I think it’s time to find something different ### 1/5 — ? *2022-10-09, version 2.4.2* Why isn’t help button readily available? When going to FAQ, you’re faced with links to sites that offer no information about the game. Ex: where can I find the meaning of icons. What do the numbers represent when green arrow is activated? Simple questions for a new user. ### 1/5 — Porn Adds, Really? *2022-07-19, version 2.3.3* Why in the world would you have pornographic sexually explicit adds in a game rated for children? What are you thinking? When you click on “watch a video to receive reward” you see porn! Ruins the entire experience. ### 1/5 — Fun game just wish *2022-06-13, version 2.3.3* Fun game just wish could get money in game faster and coins to buy properly faster and not have to have so much money in game to get new buildings and houses etc. ### 1/5 — Super spiel aber *2021-03-27* Super spiel aber man kann es nicht abspeichern schade ### 1/5 — Keeps glitching *2020-11-11* This game is really frustrating, I closed the game because it was late, woke up and out of no where, the building’s construction times and time until profits had gone from it saying 30 minutes before I went to bed to 12 hours? Why? Reinstalled the app restarted the game like three times, same thing happed over and over again. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Like the game *2026-07-20, version 2.10.0* Would like to be able to earn gold coins easier ### 5/5 — Love it *2026-04-13, version 2.9.2* Its so fun to play but suggestion : could you add log in so we can save our progress ### 5/5 — Fun game app glad I decided to play again 🥳😎🙂 *2026-03-05, version 2.8.0* This is really fun love it I played a game like this before this one is really great all around ### 5/5 — I love it *2025-11-26, version 2.8.0* Its a lot of fun and it’s ad free out of 10 100 so good ### 5/5 — Cute Game *2025-08-01, version 2.7.3* This is a cute game. The way it looks is different from other island building games. I really like the way it looks. The only thing missing is storage. It would be nice to be able to place buildings in a storage unit in order to move them from one island to the next or just save them for later use. That would make more flexibility for design changes or updates as more building and islands become available through the level up grades. ### 5/5 — Lo recomiendo *2024-12-30, version 2.7.3* Me encanta ! Adictivo ### 5/5 — Town city *2024-10-28, version 2.7.3* Love this game. Probably your best game so far. I’ve tried almost all of them. But this is my favorite. ### 5/5 — 5 stars *2024-09-30, version 2.7.3* The best game ever… ### 5/5 — Spaßfaktor groß! *2024-03-18* Tolles Spiel mit Suchtfaktor ### 5/5 — Township *2024-01-28, version 2.7.2* It’s a really fun game --- *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 2026-09-03.*