# Virtual Villagers 4 for iPad — user reviews > 82 indexed App Store user reviews of Virtual Villagers 4 for iPad by LDW Software, LLC, rated 4.30/5 from 182 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/virtual-villagers-4-for-ipad/id431433708/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/virtual-villagers-4-for-ipad/id431433708.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 120 · 4★ 30 · 3★ 9 · 2★ 12 · 1★ 11 ## What do users think of Virtual Villagers 4 for iPad? Overall sentiment: mixed **Pros** - 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Fun and engaging family-friendly gameplay - 🎮 Addictive simulation mechanics with long-term engagement - 🎨 Creative and charming game design - ⏰ Real-time gameplay keeps experience fresh - 🧩 Multiple puzzles and challenges to solve - 📱 Works well across multiple platforms (PC, tablets) - 🎯 Good replay value and customization options - 📖 Compelling story and narrative elements **Cons** - 🐛 Frequent crashes and game freezes - 💾 Game data loss and unexpected resets - 🔊 Audio/sound issues after iOS updates - ⏳ Slow villager movement and task completion - 💰 Unfair tech point progression and resource scarcity - 🎮 Gameplay becomes repetitive and boring - 👥 Limited character diversity (skin color representation) - 📊 Tech points and food counts tracking incorrectly - 🚫 Free version doesn't transfer to paid version - ⚠️ Game-breaking bugs prevent puzzle completion **Commonly reported bugs** - Game crashes frequently during gameplay - Game data disappears without warning - Sound/music stops working after iOS updates - Villagers pause but food still depletes when app closed - Tech points and food counts not tracking properly - Game freezes when collecting items - Villagers randomly stop working and stand still - Objects refuse to cook or interact properly - Mysterious footprints message causes tech point loss - Mausoleum museum scrollbar doesn't function - Cannot edit epitaphs with spaces - Free version progress doesn't load in paid version - Villagers only producing male babies - Narrative voice not working at beginning **Most requested features** - Virtual Villagers 6 release - More buildings and construction options - Additional tech point usage options - More puzzles and challenges - New scenery and island locations - Improved character diversity and skin tones - Data transfer from free to paid version - In-app purchase system - Zoom in/out functionality - Help or hint button for puzzles - Night/day cycle visual changes - More food sources and cooking options - Additional collectibles and achievements - Ability to edit epitaphs with spaces ## Newest reviews (14 of 82) ### 4/5 — Virtual Villagers, Tree of Life *2020-12-25, version 1.2.1* I’ve been playing this game off and on for many years. First on my PC, then on my tablets. It’s a good game for the entire family. The story line is good. The game is fun and intertaining. ### 3/5 — Tired of waiting for the updated game *2020-02-26, version 1.2.1* Love the Virtual Villagers game series. I have played rather all. However, I have been waiting for years for them to update and add to this current VV origins which they constantly continue to promise to do. I feel like I wasted my time on a game that I cannot complete all the way. ### 4/5 — Love the game but tech points need to be easier to get *2018-09-08, version 1.2.1* I love the game however it's not always easy to get tech points and u don't get them all tht fast I think they should make it easier to get them or lower the upgrade prices ### 4/5 — Small complaint *2017-12-02, version 1.2.1* The beginning narrative voice is not talking ### 3/5 — No update to work with IOS 11.... *2017-10-22, version 1.0.0* i am seriously irritated that I can’t play a game I paid for. ### 3/5 — Can not do the quest 😡😭 *2015-06-11, version 1.0.0* I don't know how to work this app! The only thing that I can do is the first quest! Please send an update.Make it easer. Thank you! -Super Crunchy ninja ### 5/5 — Male another VV! *2015-02-28, version 1.0.0* I have played all five virtual villagers game and its my favorite out of all games available in the app store. When are you going to make part 6? Please make another! ### 4/5 — Just an idea... *2014-07-17, version 1.0.0* I love this game but I realized that there is only 1 skin colour. Some people might find this offensive and I was thinking it would be a good idea to add different skin colours to the game. ### 4/5 — Change some stuff, please. *2014-06-04, version 1.0.0* Cute game, but would like to see the ability to build more buildings and do more things with tech points (at least with purchased game). ATM, I have 500K+ tech points just siting there - all puzzles done. It's kinda boring wasting T pts on changing clothes for 5K a shot. ### 4/5 — Improvements *2014-03-12, version 1.0.0* In-app purchases should be added to all the virtual villagers games. I'm having trouble on this game and VV5. I really like this game but it would be better with in app purchases. Please add them. ### 5/5 — For those people... *2014-02-18, version 1.0.0* For those who are stuck.. Here are the puzzles that most people get stuck on. The Grand Feast- The One with the fruits and stuff: You need twenty villagers and level three dendrology. Have one villager make a stew of three sweet smelling flowers (use children to gather them) and use fresh water to make it. Drag all of the villagers (nursing or not!) to the pot and they will bring bowls of the stew to the tree. The Frogs- The one with the picture of the frog: You need to have the whole river flowing and soap. Wait until it starts raining. Then quickly drag about 5 villagers to the pond near the cooking area and drag one villager onto the soap to make them drop a bar into the pond. Then drop all of the villagers into the pond and wait till they all are clean (You'll see white sparkles around them) then drag the clean villagers to the puddle area near the bridge and they will be "rescuing frogs". Once your villagers have saved at least seven frogs or so, you will complete the puzzle. The Butterflies- the picture of the butterflies: You need to have the whole river flowing and cutting tools. Wait until the stalks near the edge of the river is fully green and recovered. Drop a villager on the stalks and they will get a cutting tool to cut the slams. You will notice that the butterflies around that area will become a bit more jumpier. Once your villager has cut the stalks, they will be covered in green gunk. Don't panic! Slowly move your villager to the big banyan tree and drop them on the tree. They will start wiping the gunk off on the tree. Then the butterflies will be attracted to the tree! Hope I helped! :D ### 4/5 — I like it but its confusing *2014-02-16, version 1.0.0* How much leaning tech points do you need to make cloth? ### 5/5 — Small glitch *2013-12-20, version 1.0.0* Overall I love the game, but every time I try to edit the epitaph of one of my dead villagers—I get attached, all right, I like to put personalized epitaphs on their graves—but when I try to do that I can't make spaces. Bothers me so much. But I love the game otherwise. ### 5/5 — Love it *2013-11-21, version 1.0.0* I love this game!!! It is awesome. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — No music or sound anymore *2020-04-21, version 1.2.1* Needs update or patch because the app lost all sound after iOS update. ### 1/5 — So outdated - don’t bother. *2018-09-04, version 1.2.1* Seriously, don’t waste your money, this is terrible. ### 1/5 — V4 tree of life *2017-10-26, version 1.2.1* Very fun relaxing game on iPad but it is inexcusable that the full version cannot be bought from the App Store. I will quit the game because there is no place to go once you have nine characters put the full game on and I will come back. I will be letting every one I know not to start the limited version because they will just be disappointed. ### 1/5 — Disappointed... *2014-11-08, version 1.0.0* This use to be one of my favorite games but now all of a sudden it keeps deleting my game. It takes entirely too long to get the village to where ifs functioning without having to check it every second. So imagine my disgust when I turn on the game only to find my whole village gone. PLEASE FIX ASAP!!! ### 1/5 — Glitch *2013-02-17, version 1.0.0* It's a great game, but my game has a glitch and the game doesn't keep going when I close the game, all the villagers pause, but the food amount still goes down ### 1/5 — NOT SO FAST,U WILL BE MAD. *2011-09-15, version 1.0.0* Seriously,I played the free and well I thought if buy the game would become playable.IT DID NOT. I spent money to watch My Lil People Die.Food is scarce,the villagers are trifling, the fish are unable to be caught,The Trees with fruit are unable to be cooked,the pot needs hot water,yet the tutorials don't help.I would rate only after giving developer chance to rectify these issues.Although I am wondering if this was intentional.For Now I spent money so I won't delete.Yet I do not recommend buying this game. ### 1/5 — Not worth it *2011-08-19, version 1.0.0* This game glitches every other minute, the villagers will randomly stop working and stand still, objects will refuse to cook, random items refuse to appear! You will get more problems in this game than fun. ### 1/5 — Crashes! *2011-04-25, version 1.0.0* Can't open the app after almost solving the puzzle and a wok of play. ### 2/5 — Bugs in the older games means the delete themselves *2019-04-22* I play these over an over but lately cannot finish a game as it continually deletes itself. I feel that since they made the VVO2 they don’t care about these games which are way better easier to move the villagers better graphics etc. I played the new one but found it very frustrating despite spending real money on it. The villagers were hard to grab and move didn’t stay on their tasks were slow to make tech and so much more. I gave up and went back to the original games but now they won’t let you complete them without deleting themselves 😭😭😭 ### 2/5 — Tech or food *2013-10-02, version 1.0.0* First was best my daughter plays all those games but can't get far need to add buy tech or food like the first she loves that one the best ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — I love this game, I’ve had it for years *2020-07-23, version 1.2.1* But now the women are only producing baby boys. Soon there will be no women left. ### 5/5 — Love it! *2018-07-24, version 1.2.1* I enjoy all the Virtual Villager games! So much fun and challenging. I enjoying wasting time playing this games and love that there is no time limit. Just clean fun for everyone!!! ### 5/5 — VV4 *2018-01-27, version 1.2.1* Best game ever if you pause game in options you can keep a better village. I woke up with all my village dead so I figured out pausing it overnight and my Village is thriving. ### 5/5 — Ticked off *2018-01-11, version 1.2.1* Yes this is an awesome game but very ticked off I had all but 3 flutes and a rare peice to that door and the game froze and now I’m down that peice and all the flutes I collected today makes me very mad ### 5/5 — Love it *2016-04-08, version 1.0.0* Every tho it had a glitch and half of my ppl died it is still fun and i love my ppl ### 5/5 — Great fun *2016-04-07, version 1.0.0* Awesome game. Love it. Creative and charming! ### 5/5 — Virtual Villagers 4 - Tree Of Life *2015-08-07, version 1.0.0* This game is brilliant! But can somebody tell me how the paid version is different to the free version apart from the thumbnail? (tiny logo image thing if you didn't know) Although I did get really far on the free version and sad that my tribe from free version hasn't been loaded onto the paid version 😕 ### 5/5 — One of the best games I've ever played! *2015-06-23, version 1.0.0* Virtual Villagers is my hands down most favorite game of all time. It's so fun to check on your little villagers every day! If you could update it to put more puzzles in, that would be great. Please make a Virtual Villagers 6! I would buy it immediately! ### 5/5 — An old favourite *2015-05-08, version 1.0.0* My favorite game out of the series, I'm glad to have found it in the App Store again ! It's fun and casual and great when you have the other games to switch between so there's always something to do. The only problem the series has had was the abundance of white people. Understanding that it's an old game, there probably isn't going to be much change, but hopefully racial diversity will be added if new instalments are ever introduced to the series. ### 5/5 — Help Help ........... *2015-03-02, version 1.0.0* How can I move the rock.....and how can I catch Fish? --- *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 2026-06-11.*