Comparison

Idle Home Makeover vs Construction Simulator 3D

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Idle Home Makeover

Unleash your inner designer and transform houses into dream homes. Choose from a vast catalog of exterior items to remodel and renovate, bringing your creative visions to life in stunning 3D. This simulation game offers a fun and engaging way to practice home styling.

Highlights
  • Home remodeling and design
  • 3D house construction
  • Exterior item catalog
  • Lawn, paint, roof, and wall customization
  • Variety of houses to decorate
  • Amazing graphics
  • Easy and fun gameplay
Features
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Design, build, and transform houses in Idle Home Makeover! Start with a simple property and turn it into a beautiful finished home. Build each house step by step, choose different architectural elements, and watch your design come together in a colorful 3D world. Make important design decisions as you work on roofs, walls, windows, entrances, outdoor areas, and other parts of the house. Select the options you like and create a different look for every property. Progress through new projects, improve different parts of each house, and enjoy the satisfying transformation from an unfinished building into a completed home. Idle Home Makeover combines relaxing house design with simple building and upgrade gameplay that is easy to pick up and play. Features: - Build and renovate 3D houses - Choose different roofs, walls, windows, and exterior details - Upgrade different parts of each property - Create unique house designs - Unlock new building projects - Enjoy simple and relaxing controls - Watch every house transform step by step - Colorful 3D environments and satisfying progression Create your next house, make your design choices, and bring your dream home to life in Idle Home Makeover.

About

Construction Simulator 3D

Experience the thrill of building your own construction company. Construct various structures with engaging gameplay mechanics. This simulation game offers a satisfying building experience.

Highlights
  • Build different buildings
  • Satisfying gameplay
  • Construction company simulation
  • 3D city building
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Are you interested in building your construction company? Build different buildings with satisfying gameplays. Download Construction Simulator 3D and play now!

Screenshots

Idle Home Makeover4 screens
Construction Simulator 3D4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Construction Simulator 3D at none against Idle Home Makeover's 10. Construction Simulator 3D also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). Idle Home Makeover's advantage is review sentiment (46% vs 15%) and ratings volume (48K vs 3.4K). On price, rating, update cadence and ads there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Idle Home Makeover sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Construction Simulator 3D asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Idle Home Makeover against 4.5 for Construction Simulator 3D. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Idle Home Makeover has 48K ratings behind it against 3.4K, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 46% of Idle Home Makeover's written reviews are positive against 15% of Construction Simulator 3D's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Idle Home Makeover ships an update every 3 weeks, Construction Simulator 3D every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Idle Home Makeover versus Construction Simulator 3D: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterIdle Home MakeoverConstruction Simulator 3D
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (48K ratings) — better4.5 (3.4K ratings)
Positive reviews46.3% of reviews — better15.4% of reviews
Number of ratings48K — better3.4K
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size400 MB205 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperKhurram SamadRollic Games

Customer experience

Idle Home Makeover

All ratings47,716 ratings
Positive90.1%
Neutral4.3%
Negative5.5%
Written reviews400 reviews
Positive46.3%
Neutral16.5%
Negative37.3%

Construction Simulator 3D

All ratings3,288 ratings
Positive86.6%
Neutral6.4%
Negative7.1%
Written reviews39 reviews
Positive15.4%
Neutral10.3%
Negative74.4%

User reviews

Idle Home Makeover

From 48K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 😊 Fun game
  • 👍 Satisfying to build houses
  • 💰 Able to make a lot of money

Room to improve

  • 💸 Expensive upgrades
  • 🔍 Lack of content/new houses
  • 🤖 Excessive ads
  • 🐛 Bugs and glitches

Construction Simulator 3D

From 3.4K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Fun game
  • 💡 Realistic construction simulation

Room to improve

  • 🚫 Too many ads
  • 🔇 No sound effects
  • 🐛 Crashes and lags

Bugs and requests

Idle Home Makeover

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Offline earnings reset to 0
  • Earnings stuck at 0 after watching ads
  • Upgrade costs keep increasing exponentially

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add more houses
  • Reduce prices of upgrades
  • Improve ad system
  • Fix bugs and glitches

Construction Simulator 3D

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Game crashes on launch
  • Inaccurate measurements

Requested features

3 requests
  • Add more buildings to construct
  • Provide an option to remove ads
  • Improve sound effects

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Idle Home Makeover

One-time10
  • 25 Gems$0.99
  • 150 Gems$4.99
  • Super Sale$4.99
Show 7 more
  • 340 Gems$9.99
  • Mega Offer$9.99
  • 800 Gems$19.99
  • Super Pack$19.99
  • 2500 Gems$49.99
  • All House$49.99
  • 7000 Gems + Booster$99.99
None

Construction Simulator 3D

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Idle Home Makeover free?
Idle Home Makeover is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Construction Simulator 3D free?
Construction Simulator 3D is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Idle Home Makeover or Construction Simulator 3D?
Idle Home Makeover is rated higher. Idle Home Makeover averages 4.6 out of 5 from 48K ratings, while Construction Simulator 3D averages 4.5 from 3.4K ratings.
Do Idle Home Makeover or Construction Simulator 3D have ads?
Both Idle Home Makeover and Construction Simulator 3D show ads.
Which is updated more often, Idle Home Makeover or Construction Simulator 3D?
Idle Home Makeover ships an update every 3 weeks, and Construction Simulator 3D every 2 weeks. Most recently, Idle Home Makeover was updated on October 25, 2026 and Construction Simulator 3D on October 24, 2026.

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