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Trade Island App Complaints & User Negative Comments 2024
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✓ Could be betterCool graphics, time management is typical, but... storage space is horrible. There’s 3 storages and the goods is mixed with tools. And there’s a storage box that contains coin items to upgrade stores and that box should contain the building tools. Not with the food, I’ve wasted too much diamonds to upgrade storage and still no space. Also there’s so much going on in this game. Everyone in the game pretty much has a bubble floating above their head. There’s only 2 building guys so it takes. Long time to actually build. For gift boxes should be video ads to open after the free ones. Pretty much there’s a lot that needs to be considered in the development of this game. Eventually people will begin to give up and forget all about it. I’m not saying the idea is bad or anything, it’s a good idea but to me it feels overly cluttered and not enough space. Edit: It’s obvious no reviewers has gotten any good feed back on their complaints just the generic response, why even respond? If you’re not even going to listen to your players. Hopefully no one is actually spending any real money on this game. I clearly see it failing, maybe no now maybe not tomorrow but I do see it failing especially if you’re not considering your players requests. I’ve seen reviews from months ago pretty much the same as me, and the game was updated a week ago and nothing has changed..Version: 2.2
✓ PatienceBon jeu mais il faut de la patience pour amasser du bois qu’on ne trouve pas n’importe où, on doit débloquer des terres et le bois ne se renouvelle pas. Diamant aussi difficile a avoir. Ça passe le temps..Version: 2.11
✓ It’s a fun game, but...I have enjoyed playing this game immensely. My issue is that I have reached a point several times where I have to sell my upgrade materials in order to make room for stuff I’ve created. Then of course when you want to finish upgrading something you don’t have anything left of what you previously had plenty of to finish it. They have purposely created a scenario where you need to spend money in order to keep an enjoyable experience. I have a lot of patience and have played games for free for a long time but these guys are pushing my patience to the limit with selling my upgrade materials to make room, then having to wait through several days, one time two weeks of game play to reacquire the needed materials. Not everyone can afford to just buy gem deals to keep enjoying the game, but they have patience to play at their own pace. At some point if I have to sell a bunch of my upgrades again, I’m just going to delete the game and find something else that I can leisurely enjoy which is a shame since this is a really good game that I’ve told many people about..Version: 2.1
✓ Got boring as the same eventsI enjoyed this at the start then the events are exactly the same and being recycle again and again. I think I payed the asian temple theme 3 times already so I gave up on the game. If the developer cannot think of new content then it’s ultra boring.Version: 3.10
✓ Disgusted with the Panda Adventure/Treasure IslandI absolutely love this game. It is my favorite game out of the games that I have on my phone and I have several. However, I am completely disgusted with the Panda Adventure/Treasure Island. I will not be playing that part of the game again unless changes are made. I have almost decided to stop playing this game all together because of this. I really do like this added part of the game but I feel as if the devs have made it to difficult to complete. Changes that would be nice to see would be allowing us to finish where we left off when they bring it back each time or to get more bombs and energy when you spend your own money to get them vs the rip off that currently goes with this. The last two times it was brought back I did spend money to complete it but got to the last level and still did not complete it. Spending the money of course was my choice but as stated before it would be nice if the devs would make a few changes like allowing us to finish where we left off when it comes back. I am an individual that works so I do not have time to play all day which seems like that’s what it would take to finish. I do not mind spending my money if it turn the game play was more practical..Version: 2.13.5
✓ I made a mistake, and Now I am completely stuck...Can’t back up, no way at all to fix it, so game is over for me. What a waste of time. Some of the worst game design I have ever seen. The sole design principle seems to be ‘how can we frustrate people enough so they spend money to keep playing?’.Version: 3.1.4
✓ Banish criminalsUpdate: The support team answered, they said that they will send the details of this issue to another team to investigate. After they close the case. I’m just wondering if I will receive an answer in the future considering that the case is closed. I liked the game in the beginning but I had a problem with the banish criminals task. I upgraded the police station at level 2 and still nothing happened. I contacted support that asked me to take a screenshot and send it to them. I did that and after nobody answered. I keep writing everyday without getting an answer for more than a week now. Nobody is willing to help.Version: 3.10
✓ Seems like they aren’t listeningSo I started this game a couple days ago and surprisingly enough have spent $30 into it. I’ve read the comments and my complaints are the same, gifts aren’t gifts if you have to pay for them! The story line is good and the graphics are nice but it isn’t worth it if you consistently have to upgrade to be able to play the game. Seems like the same complaints are being made but nothing is being done to update the game. While I enjoy the game, I can’t allow any more money to go wasted cause frankly $30 got me no where in the game really. I’ll end up deleting it soon..Version: 2.1.1
✓ ExpensiveI love this game. Graphics, and all. But the game is so expensive. Ive set sail, and cleaning up the jungle. The lightning points going by so fast. Then your waiting an hour to revive those 50 you lost. I don't mind purchasing. But, it's not worth purchasing. Why can't you revive the energy lightning as you go and clean up!? Example is Diggys Adventure. As you dig, you'll find energy here and there. Sometimes you do need to eat to expand your bar of energy. But you stay in the game 100 times longer. I come out the gate with 100 lightning points. To knock a tree down costs, 64 lightning points, I'm done! I just started! To me that's a waste. But I get it. Make the consumer spend money. Even some missions seem very impossible to finish lol. Love the game. Just too expensive smh..Version: 2.16.1
✓ Fun GameplayI really like this game. The characters and story line make it addictive, and fun. I like how you have tasks to do to open new areas and I enjoy making my own tropical island. It does take a lot of time to earn money which is quickly spent on upgrades and building things so progression is slow and it can take a while to get the items you need to move forward..Version: 2.1
✓ Good game but...Good game and very enjoyable but I have an issue with the missions for some of the characters. I’m currently stuck on 2 missions for almost a fortnight where I have to get 3 people to visit the cinema and get 3 people to have a chat, but no one in the last 2 weeks has wanted either of those things. This is very frustrating as it has put the character progression stories on hold for he last fortnight.Version: 2.5.1
✓ Deleted TodayI gave this game a few days but sadly it won’t be any fun unless you plan to spend money. To develop your city you have to grow crops, sell food, and collect coins and diamonds from buildings. The good... lots of quests, you can turn on the option to confirm before buying/ trading, and great graphics. The problems... coins are soooo low even after upgrading buildings. Diamonds are sparse, and growing/cooking times are too long for even low level items. The quests are literally all going on at the same time. The problem with that is you may end up building something you don’t need until later, only to find the building you need has no place to be built. The storeroom is insane. You need to upgrade very early in the game BUT the amount of resources you need to do that aren’t offered. Soooo you’re buying those resources. If you don’t want to spend money, you’re stuck with crops you can’t use right away which means no money and no trading to increase your city. Another issue is trying to get a good aerial view of your entire city. It can’t be done at least up to level 10. So you can’t really see all you need to do. Even in landscape you’re right up on the city. This makes it a challenge for people with certain vision impairments. Overall this game got too boring too soon. No one wants to wait for crops, buildings, and food items at low levels in the game. This is ideal for the app developer but makes you grow weary as the app user..Version: 2.3.2
✓ Good game a total ripoff thoughLove the game but have discovered If you are unable to play 24/7 you miss out on taxes and crystals. They don’t accumulate if you aren’t playing, like other games. I’m really annoyed at this as I bought a big crystal that gives crystal cash every 3 hours, thinking it would accumulate when I was asleep etc, but it doesn’t. Same with taxes. This is really annoying and a complete rip-off. It then takes ages to get the cash to upgrade anything. They want you to spend real money to speed things up. Bye bye trade island..Version: 2.1.1
✓ Good but needs few thingsThe game is fun and the art is cool and the way game works does work well , but only 3 stars as some stuff is missing , needs Facebook so I can add my friends and view each other’s towns (show our own town off) maybe even trade with each other , you should be able to rotate building benches etc , hard to design a town when all buildings are facing one way , needs more option rather than multiple of same shop even if they make the same product a different design on outside atleast so my island isn’t a million coffee shops , also when clicking on buildings it’s not always very responsive , in my opinion change these and it’s 5 stars but without its very basic.Version: 1.0
✓ Like it but disappointedI play the game often however I can’t move houses or shops there basically no space you can’t even rotate them...also it takes FOREVER to get money and it takes FOREVER to unlock land so you can at least have space....to unlock staff gems for each thing are pricey. If you changed all that it might be playable I also lost 850 gems that never arrived.....Version: 2.13.4
✓ Fun cash grabIf you’re familiar with this dev you know they’ll try what they can in all of their games to make you spend money. First enticing you with just small purchases and then cornering you into spending more and more. Now while it’s “optional”, they’ll do things like give you very limited storage space where the materials required to expand the storage also happen to use up the very same storage space! Villagers gives you “gifts” that cost premium currencies to open, and when you do, almost half the time you’ll get regular currency in exchange. Expanding the island or slots inside buildings all cost premium currencies (gems) or a very high number of tools which almost always forces you to use gems in order to acquire what you’re missing. It’s basically a conveyor belt of painfully slow progress with premium shortcuts. Now this is nothing new on mobile, and there are plenty of other companies that do the same. Honestly, the dev has to make money too, but it’s the scummy way they do it that bothers me. Paying for shortcuts is fine, but don’t force the player to use these shortcuts by frustrating them with poor RNG or purposefully poor design choices. The atmosphere, graphics and concept is actually really good here. With the amount of talent clearly involved here, you guys can do so much better. There’s a way to both, make money AND make people happy with your product. Do it the right way and take these comments seriously. Sooner or later, you reap what you sow..Version: 2.5.1
✓ Decent and funIt a decent and fun game. I like games like these where you get to build. It has pretty interesting story lines and characters. What I don’t like is the materials to upgrade are stored in your bar. With them being there it takes up way too much space. I don’t like the small island u start off with. The builds are too big for the locations and you can’t rotate the buildings either for better organization. Trying to reorder your town is completely stupid. You hav to move each building 1 by 1. make sure that you have buildings in the right areas cause you can’t see through others to know if your placing right. Another thing that I don’t care for is how low the coins your receive from rent, and if your going to keep rent so low you should have it store up from the time that your logged so that way u come into the HOURS worth of rent then just that simple time u logged into it..Version: 2.1
✓ Great, fun, except for two problems.Don’t often write reviews, but I like this one. It’s fun, and want to play it, but gameplay is hampered by one major flaw, which I hope you’ll address. It loses one star because of this. As others have already mentioned, there’s a problem putting tools in the same warehouse as products, should it then get full, you get a sort of catch-22 situation whereby progress is severely hampered or stalled. If lacking certain tools to expand a building, you can’t acquire them or the products needed to acquire more unless you throw or sell other tools away; tools you’d like to keep for later, as they are hard to get. I can’t even expand the warehouse for the lack of certain tools. It be less of a problem if you could purchase or manufacture tools, but they are presented as awards. There should never be a situation where awards have to tossed to move forward. I’ve never have played a F2P game that has done this. There is also one annoyance: when dragging a character to a building, car etc. very often (way too often) a “surprise” box pops up and asks 5 gems for the privilege of opening it. It’s pestering to be asked this so frequently, especially with how little you get for those precious 5 gems. 60 coins? A single nail? C’mon! That’s greedy. Please get rid of this. There’s enough incentives in the game to spend gems already. A half-star loss here. Otherwise a fun, funny game. I’d give it 5 Stars, but for the above..Version: 2.2
✓ No thanks!Personally think the latest version is worse than ever. Cannot plant consecutively. Also, it’s not convenient to check warehouse..Version: 2.13
✓ It’s cool to begin withI mean I’m hooked on the game for now but sometimes I find there’s not enough challenges or you have to wait so long for things to finishing processing you’re left having to leave the game for a long time and come back to it later. It’ll be easy to lose interest after a while if it doesn’t change.Version: 2.2
✓ Ok...until a certain pointEnded up deleting it. Once I got to a certain point, I couldn't seem to move forward without spending money. I get having to do the same boring thing over and over..Version: 0.12.2
✓ Needs improvementI only get to play a few minutes every now and then as it takes so long to get items needed to make the products then usually times run out so it was pointless anyway it is fun but so are a lot of other games that aren’t as frustrating.Version: 2.5.1
✓ Fun, but feels like it’s all about the moneyThis is a cute addition to the Tribez family, which I have enjoyed in the past. However, gems are too hard to come by, you have to use them to open ‘prizes’ (which technically makes them purchases), and the space issue is frustrating. You need too much money, equipment, or gems to unlock more land and upgrade your warehouse in order to progress, most often having to use real money to facilitate this. As a fan of the original Tribez games, I feel this could have been done better. This feels like a ‘money grabbing’ exercise by the developers..Version: 2.1
✓ Great game but very buggyThis is a great game, very easy to use and I find I don’t have to spend any money in game to help speed things along. However, the major disappointment for me is that I have to keep restarting the app 6+ time per hour!! A lot of the time I find that the wishes do not register until I have restarted the app and I also find that sometimes when I want to move around the screen it is stuck in zoom mode and I am only able to zoom in and out therefore having to restart the app again to get it to work. Such a shame because this would be 5 stars if not for these problems..Version: 1.0
✓ NanOne thing that annoys me while playing the game, you are asked to help the characters, so you do and get a gift box as a reward, but you have to pay with 5 diamonds or 50 just to open up the gift box, now that is ridiculous, I’m considering deleting the game, as you don’t get anything good for reward.Version: 2.9.1
✓ Needs tweakingGood game, although, if you have a full warehouse, and finish a quest eg: truck depot the captain comes up and you can’t progress as the ware house is full and the game won’t let you upgrade or delete/sell items from the warehouse, I’ve tried contacting support but I’ve had no answer, and I can’t even reset the game as it doesn’t support resetting...... really frustrating. I’ve tried uninstalling and then re installing but the same tutorial comes up..... really need to fix this issue.Version: 2.1.1
✓ Ruined by money grabbingPlayed this game loads over the past few months and was quite happy to eventually spend some money on it. Now though, the new update means it’s literally impossible to play. I had nearly 10,000 items in storage and the limit was reduced to 200 or something, and give you enough materials to raise it to about 500 as compensation. I can even collect materials now because I have so much to get rid of. The time increase when waiting for items is absolutely ridiculous, from 5 seconds to 30 MINUTES?! Such a shame but I’ll be uninstalling now, highly doubt they’ll change it back. Save your time, there’s much better city building/management sims out there..Version: 2.12.2
✓ GlitchWhile I really like playing the game, I did not get a second worker at the end of the tutorial and now GI seems unwilling to help me. I am stuck because I cannot move forward without a second worker. Yes, I’ve completed everything I can. I’ve built everything I can and everything else needs the city hall to be level 3 or 4 and I can’t update from level 2 without a second worker. I’m now level 20 and still only have one worker. I even cleared the first island to search for dino and moved onto the second island. I have competed multiple parties. I can’t come up with anything I can do to help my situation. I would think you could grant me a temporary worker to move on. Support told me it would be fixed in some future update. There hasn’t been an update in over a month, so that doesn’t really help much..Version: 3.10
✓ Could be fun butI cannot upgrade the baker, Fabrizio’s house because it appears that Mary along with the lady’s book club storyline took up residence out of nowhere at his house. Can no longer move it or anything. Mary also has a task to paint her house which again, appears to be the house I assigned to Fabrizio but cannot complete any task on the house because it’s now a storyline fixed object. Just weird. Could be cute but as others have said, if I pay to upgrade a building or build a new one, and then have additional hard to acquire items to complete it, just becomes tedious. Was fun but I’m deleting. And because it was fun, I’m giving one star because it cannot be played with the first issue I mentioned. Also, redesigning layout is tedious and almost impossible. Should have a place to store buildings when player wants to redesign.Version: 2.8
✓ Good gameGood addition to the tribe game, needs improved a bit though you have to spend a fortune to upgrade warehouses etc or you will be stuck for a long time, it also needs to give you more income of coins so you can actually buy houses shops etc otherwise you are stuck on that part also which gets really boring as you cant really do much apart from collect the coins every now and again which isn't very much 6 coins per house, The gifts that you get from granting the villagers wishes shouldn't cost 5 gems every time either these should be free or at least some of them should be as before you no it you've no gems left due to opening all the boxes. All in could be a decent game if improved otherwise i cant see myself playing this for much longer unless they change it a bit as its costing me a fortune buying gems and other thing needed to upgrade things..Version: 1.1.2
✓ Needs improvementIn order to expand my land I need two axes. However there is no way to get an axe. Also it’s easy to get into the situation where the warehouse is full but in order to expand the warehouse you need to make/collect more items. The problem is the warehouse is full so you can’t put the items you’ve collected in the warehouse in order to then expand it. It’s a catch 22. And at the same time any other items or ingredients in the warehouse don’t happen to be wanted or needed by any of the island people so you can’t get rid of what’s in there. The only option is to sell some things in the warehouse. That’s not a good option especially if you might need them again someday..Version: 2.2
✓ AnnoncesLes annonces ne jouent pas au complet et on est obligé de débarquer du jeu et de recommencer.Version: 3.10
✓ UpdatesThere hasn’t been an update in this game in over a year and a half. They say soon and it never comes. Tired of waiting, was a fun game at the beginning but very disappointing now.Version: 2299 (3.10.10)
✓ Trade islandThe game ok, but this are a bit expensive.Version: 2.2
✓ DisappointedFor a few weeks I’ve played this game everyday, I was very happy and this was my new favourite game. Then I found that there is just not enough storage for the items you need. It seems a little unbalanced. Gems are very expensive, so there’s very little chance I would be spending that kind of money on a game like this. Sadly I will probably be deleting it soon as I cannot progress, I can’t save enough coins to buy the buildings, I can’t store the items I need to build things. It started so well but now it seems pointless..Version: 1.1.2
✓ DisappointedWas loving this game until today. Suddenly my warehouse capacity was reduced from 200,000 to 200 which meant I was unable to do anything. Harvesting food from my plantations would fill this and more without doing anything else! I logged a ticket and just got a response saying ‘balance changes’ with some free tools. I used this to upgrade the warehouse but still only about 650 capacity which still isn’t enough for one harvest from all the plantations. Also, production times have increased so now it takes forever to produce anything. One t-shirt would take 55 mins I think so to fulfil a trade order or a truck shipment would take a few hours!!! The game is now unplayable unless I spend diamonds on literally everything to produce it early. Such a shame as I was really enjoying it :(.Version: 2.12.1
✓ No story/game progression anymore!When is chapter 2: Professors secret going to be available?! Only one island (which I have completed a long time ago!) is available and the rest just say coming soon! This has been this way for over a year! I have been unable to progress for over a year! Please sort this out otherwise your game will just be ‘dead’. You constantly update the game for fixes or events but not the actual main story! 🤬.Version: 2299 (3.10.10)
✓ AnnoyingI was really enjoying this game until it got to the point of full warehouse and every time you increased the space it was only by a small amount, I’ve got to the stage where I can’t do anything because it’s wanting me to buy gems to get to the next stage, I’ve lost interest now and will probably delete the game, it needs to be made easier to move forward without having to buy gems..Version: 2.3
✓ CostlyGreat game to start with and lots of fun but then you need gems to get anything done which you have to purchase. You can't even open most gifts for completing tasks without gems. Make it easier to get gems without purchasing and this would be a great game. But seriously. I'm getting nowhere with this..Version: 2.0
✓ Could be funThis game could be fun if it wasn’t so obviously trying to get your money. I can’t store stuff without upgrading and I really couldn’t get the missing item without purchasing a package. Then there are too many events. The last event overlapped so many other things that it felt like I had to constantly produce items and hand them out. But I couldn’t sell them because I needed them for something else and then I would run low on money and not be able to make upgrades. I ultimately bought one package but the events require a different kind of package. You constantly need wood and food and to move people around...mobile games are not supposed to be stressful. I have hung in there as long as I could because I love a game where you can build a whole town from nothing but this one is too demanding and stressful and greedy to be fun..Version: 2.3.2
✓ I’m madWell my problem is that I have spend money buying a lot of diamonds but I’ll go broke if I have to keep buying them!!!! The present boxes always cost 5 diamonds and it’s not fair!!! I have a lot of friends who have spent money and who are also really upset and are just about ready to delete the game including myself... we shouldn’t have to pay 5 diamonds every time!!!!! It’s really annoying!!!!!!! Someone needs to fix this ... I have wrote to support a bunch of times never heard anything back... I love the game as do my friends but it’s getting to the point where we will delete and never spend any more of our money!!!!! Please fix this problem!!! It’s not just me who thinks this... I would guarantee that a lot or most of the people who play say or think the same.....Version: 2.3.2
✓ No updatesNo updates in a long time ...Version: 2299 (3.10.10)
✓ Needs lots of improvementFun game overall. Nice graphical update coming from Tribez which is nice. However, there’s no rotating buildings which is a HUGE minus for me as well as building sidewalks not matching up which makes them look weird. I can already tell they designed this game in a way that almost makes you purchase in game currency since I can’t even break 500 gold (which some things are already costing 1300). I’ll most likely be deleting game and come back later to see if any updates have come out. As of right now, the other farming and city building games are much more generous with their currencies. Also, $8 for an extra worker is a little steep I think. And the fact that I have to pay gems to open a gift give to me by “friends” is absurd and was the straw that broke the camels back. Hoping to see some improvements, updates and for the devs to be a tad less greedy..Version: 2.0
✓ Fun but needs improvementLets start with the good; the graphics are great, the story lines are fun, and it's an easy go as you please game that doesn't pressure you. I really enjoy interacting with the guests and having"conversations" with them. I love that there isn't an abundance of ads, there are a few but it's very manageable. Now the "bad"; there is no order to the events, They are kind of all over the place. You don't always have the money, materials or space to complete the tasks you are asked to do. Currently I am stuck on a few missions; upgrade the houses, build a house for a new resident, build some businesses but I can't build the businesses because I lack the materials and money and I can't upgrade the houses/build a house because I don't have enough population (which I could increase if I could build the businesses) it's like I'm stuck in this catch 22. You get gifts by leveling up your relationships to the guests and they give you presents (which is nice) but I've come across one gift (that I get rather frequently) where I'm expected to pay 6 diamonds to "unwrap" the gift. I don't know about you but having to pay for a gift just isn't right. Improvements I'd make; There needs to be a centralized list of all tasks, an easier way to gain tools/make money because 4/5 coins per house just isn't very helpful..Version: 2.0
✓ Money pitI understand that the purpose of these games are to be fun for us and make money for you. I love games like these. Played Hay day for years til I got board with nothing really new and fun. Here's what I don't like 1) islanders give YOU gifts that YOU have to open with diamonds 2) building materials are few and far between and fill up the warehouse so you have to sell those items to make room for goods for the islanders to get the items they give for the flower 3) you can't make one thing without another and you can't have that cuz your warehouse is full of half of the materials you need to upgrade 4) I spent 5 diamonds on a gift only to get 60 coins... really? I make money by selling things but now I can't finish the upgrade to my townhall because I don't have the materials and I don't have the materials because I have to sell them to make room for the goods that I sell to earn money.... you see the cycle that keeps happening that stunts the production of the game for players? I don't expect evrythung to be free but I would rather my gift from the islanders to cost a few coins that I can get back quicker than the diamonds. If I can't move forward in the game soon I'll stop playing and find another Ok so I may have been a lil hasty in my initial review. Although I haven't really advanced significantly I have learned how to play the game better to get what I need to upgrade and advance.Version: 2.8
✓ Another Good GI GameUpdate: As I’ve gone up in levels (I’m at 21), the game starts to seem pretty unbalanced. Many tasks ask for the same product, so you have one factory working all the time and nothing for other factories to do. Also, the “tools” that you need to upgrade warehouses and open lands are totally out of whack. You’ll get a ton of one kind that you don’t need, and then very few of another kind that you need in a bunch of different places. It’s a shame, because overall I really like the game. GI graphics and game play are really nice, and this game is quite entertaining. You can play it totally free, but it will move a lot slower. I’m not opposed to paying money now and again, and I like games where I don’t have to, but I can when I want to hurry things up. So far I’m still fairly low; most GI games really start to bog down when you get to higher levels; hopefully this won’t follow that pattern. The only thing that sticks in my craw about this game are the surprise boxes you have to pay for. I will not ever spend gems to open those boxes, in any game. It’s not worth the gems, and it’s a very tired concept for all games. When real money is involved, straightforward trades are better every time..Version: 2.2
✓ Frustrating & tediousThis game could of been good if it wasn’t for the unachievable targets which are constant & confusing ! Too many tasks to undertake not sure which ones to focus on as certain tools and money are hard to come by, shops & upgrades are expensive as you don’t earn much from homes or selling items & then you can’t seem to expand quick enough but yet have a target for population which means you can move any further on without having to spend gems ! Not sure what the city hall is all about I haven’t had a chance to really look into it as I’m too busy upgrading baking & building other things to keep me going ! Now I have a police station with criminals walking about but can’t upgrade the police station unless I have 75 gems which I spent on throughout to get me tools ! Driving me crazy so I’ve deleted the app ! Games should be fun and have moderate skill - this looks good on the screen but is actually too difficult to keep up with - good luck to anyone that actually progresses in this game!.Version: 2.6.1
✓ Absolutely Amazing Game, BUT!Great game but it becomes perfectly clear that they want your money and fast...It becomes tedious as without in app purchases it takes days to complete simple tasks like upgrading a building. I love these games and I don’t mind spending cash occasionally, but even the ‘special event’ offers are poor to say the least, makes me less inclined to part with my money. Trading is also difficult as your customers ask for items even when the building that produces those items is not even built! Silly!.Version: 1.1.2
✓ Events are slantedI have been enjoying playing this game. It has good graphics and takes some logic to figure out how to accomplish some of the required tasks. BUT..... when they have a tribez festival or the recent Halloween event, as you get further towards completion, the developers have made it impossible to accumulate the items needed to progress and finish the event. they keep adding extra items so you have an multiples of items not needed. I contacted the developers and asked them to stop but was told the chance of obtaining the items varies and just to continue playing to collect the needed items.... Have paid for gems and even paid for chests I hopes of getting the “rare” items but still get the unneeded common items, i.e. have accumulated 48 common items, wasting many gems. There’s no control of the item you receive and no way to purchase it. Is taking up to 2-1/2 days to accumulate the rare item needed to It’s an act of pure greed and becoming very frustrating. Developers are taking a good game and ruining it by making it impossible to finish the tasks. Have spent quite a bit of money on in-app purchases but not any more. You may want to think twice before wasting time on this game..Version: 2.5.1
✓ Tis okayBit tedious waiting for things to complete. If you want to spend real money then you can finish stuff instantly. Definitely a game where, if you spend $$$ it’s more enjoyable. Special packs and surprise gifts are all too costly..Version: 2.7.3
✓ Mixed feelingsI actually like this game however it is let down my the capacity of item mechanic. There is limited storage options for crafted items and I am now in the position where I can’t upgrade my warehouse, there are items from the depot I can’t claim because I have no storage, and of the items I do have, I can’t sell any in the auction because they require multiple items, which I cannot craft because I have no storage. I know you can sell things from the warehouse but I have many rare items that are used to actually upgrade buildings, that if I sell online a lot of progress. A very annoying game mechanic that is actually persuading me to not even log on any more. The game itself and the idea are excellent with the events, it is just let down by the storage that pushes you to pay cash..Version: 2.3.2
✓ A typical city management gameTrade Island is a cute city management type game. It is typical insomuch that it is another game designed to make continuous income for the developer. Rather than paying for the app itself, you could theoretically pay hundreds of dollars to play this game over its lifetime by purchasing coins and gems. No game is worth that. One interesting thing is that it has no social media tie-in, so no friends are needed to help your quests or give you rewards. You’re on your own. There are a few quibbles I have with it, such as calling a gift box a “gift” although you have to pay for it to unlock it every time. Another quibble is that the game doesn’t tell you how many coins it’s going to cost when unlocking new sections of the game like upgrading city hall. It just tells you that you have to have a certain population in order to upgrade. If we knew ahead of time how much it’s going to cost to upgrade, then we can plan and earn the coins we need ahead of time when we do become eligible for the upgrade. Update: After the last update that included more tribez people and cooking challenges, it seems to me that the focus of the game has taken a turn for the worse. To me the focus was finding the Professor and expanding the island. Now, all your time is now spent making and cooking stuff and giving it to the characters while making virtually no coins needed to expand the island. I can’t say that I can support this game any longer.... deleted....Version: 2.1
✓ Good to start with but it's sort of fizzled out at L45I've been on L45 for what seems forever. I've apparently maxed out my warehouse but I don't have anything to use tools on anyway as I've bought all the buildings. It looks as if I can no longer upgrade the town hall either. The adventure story goes up to P16 but does not have a resolution. It's like someone got fed up thinking about it. I had bought all of my cars by about level 30 but the airport continues to give me car related rewards so I now have hundreds of them (in the special warehouse so not taking up any room) but what is the point of them? It was fun and free to get this far but I don't really see the point in playing anymore unless the new area is opened up very soon. It's all a bit underwhelming..Version: 2.8
✓ SUPER ANNOYED.I love this game but i’m not happy with the fact that i now am FORCED to watch an ad to make a ‘customers order’ so go away, where as before i could just delete it and it would go away until i came back to play again. super annoying and am seriously considering deleting because of this. please tell me it’s a bug of some kind!!!! it makes it hard to know if there is a real order!.Version: 2.11.2
✓ Great!Another game with those cute little guys. Fantastic! I really want to like this game... and I do... sort of. Why do I need to pay to open a gift? A gift is generally given for free. Limited space and limited resources create big issues! Everyone wants the most expensive item.. which takes the longest to make. How to I upgrade the warehouse when all I receive are hammers? That said, there’s always something to do and the storyline looks like it could be interesting..Version: 2.0
✓ No updatesI was loving this game but the developers must have gave up on it. No updates, new missions or areas in over a year! Guess there is nothing do do but delete it and find another game..Version: 2299 (3.10.10)
✓ Running out of money quickly 😡I have just started my game and I am already running out of money so quickly. The things that the islanders request are easy to afford but then they ask to frequently. Some of the items that they want I don't have yet and I have to build a store. If I do have the store and I run out of materials it cost diamonds. This is starting to happen to me a lot already in my first 20mins of playing. And it's not just 1 diamond it cost it cost, 6, 12 etc. I was really looking forward to this game since one of my favorite YouTubers promoted it (Fredo and Jass) this was a downfall to me and I was expecting more! Although on the bright side the storylines add a great twist to the story. But in those storylines I have to add more buildings and more of those buildings take up some room so I don't know where to put them. 3/5 is the best I can give you I'd like to see some more improvements on the game..Version: 2.0
✓ Is there any point in not deleting this gameThe game is great for maybe a year’s play. After that it’s a frustrating blend of repeated events, warehouse full of stuff you can’t place as there’s no space left, locked land that would surely be a treat for long term players and would probably generate new income as players would have something to actually do. I have spent money on this game which is unusual for me but it’s all been a waste of time since my game is now in limbo for these reasons. The developers also make Paradise Island which has the same frustrations but at least has virtually impossible mini games for diversion!.Version: 3.10.6
✓ Great game but the improvements are not improving anythingI enjoy this game when I have some downtime but it is becoming more time consuming and unenjoyable after each update. No house taxes? Really? How do you expect players to get money since most of the market trades are worth even less now. Also the territory licenses for the oceanarium area is absurd. 35 for a small piece of land when you get one every couple of days since the market trades for it are hard to keep up with. Plus the land is overpriced causing you to run out of space before you even get to do anything or purchase more since you’re not getting coins fast enough. I’ve spent real money on diamonds but I’m not going to waste those on overpriced items..Version: 2.13.4
✓ Game is at a haltI love playing this game and I find it really fun. but i completed “great temple” months ago and it’s not letting me move on to “ancient sands”. please fix this.Version: 3.10
✓ Game meh....Game premise is great, but unlike the previous tribez games it’s very slow and difficult to earn money and crystals, too many steps in completing and upgrading buildings. 7,000 to upgrade the town hall and really only have 4 trade windows to earn money ( besides the very low taxes on the housing) and then after that you need tools to complete it? Sorry but too much seeing that it takes forever to get the tools. After 5 or 6 boxes and not getting the tools you need, you start loosing interest. I know you need to have in app purchases to keep the game going but this game leans too much towards that. It’s been a fun couple of weeks but I think I’ll wait and check out a new tribez game when/if it comes out..Version: 2.2
✓ Takes too long!Love this game and love the idea of it, but unless you spend a fortune of real £££ then you’ll be waiting forever to get anywhere with it. Storage upgrades are way too little, there’s not enough room for what you need. Can’t unlock new areas until I have certain items and completed certain goals, I’m literally running out of space for shops etc! Everything is so crammed together. Progression needs to be easier and quicker..Version: 1.2.1
✓ Could be a great gameThis is a good game I have been playing it in and off for just over a year...the only problem I have with this game is the time given to complete tasks. For example sea urchins take on average 15 minutes to process but a task would require 7 as well as, 4 more to make up anther order with a timescale of 2hrs...Also I have NEVER been able to complete special events tasks again this is due to time scale. Not enough time too many orders that take HOURS to complete. I get the game can’t be too easy but come on it’s a bit of a turn off when I see 2 days left and hours of orders worth 5 measly points out of 400 makes NO SENSE....! Apart from that it’s a good game..Version: 2.11
✓ Can’t get enough!This game is relaxing. The graphics are so detailed. I have a busy life so I sit back and chill while playing this game. Great game! Although I hit a speed bump…. I lost money and a level. I accidentally hit X on a change of level to 26 and it took me back starting all over on 25 and took all my money except $500. I was really getting into this game until this. There’s no help.. you click on support and it kicks you out. Go into a different direction to get support and it pops up sorry there’s a problem. I’ve spent some money on this game and now it’s not worth it. No support help and you loose your money..Version: 3.10.6
✓ The only real challenge is second-guessing the random-number generatorMy initial thoughts on downloading this game were “if I wanted to play SimCity, I’d have carried on playing SimCity”, because at least in that game you can rotate the camera. It is frustrating as hell to play so-called city builders where you can only view the city from one angle! Still, the limitations on where you can place buildings make for a rare challenge - given the limited choices, can you make your city look good? - and the daily challenges make it less of a grind-a-thon than it could have been. And the story is currently tantalising, even if so far the revelations have been underwhelming. But did we really need a few dozen characters yelling “hey” all the time as the best use of voice acting? And while the female characters are less boobalicious than previous games from the publisher, is it that much of an improvement that women tend to carry around makeup mirrors but men carry around mobile phones?.Version: 1.1.2
✓ Too much workFor minimal gain. Lots of pop ups that look like gifts but are actually costly. It’s almost like they try to trick you into clicking it, because it comes suddenly and you think you’ve won a prize. No thanks..Version: 2.12.2
✓ Was great until update!Was playing this game daily and loving it.....however; since recent update it seems to now be the waiting game....it’s gone from seconds to minutes and HOURS to produce resources and make needed items....the warehouses suddenly have a really low capacity, so nothing can be collected unless you sell other required items...I’d spend hours enjoying this game to now feeling it was totally wasted time and will be deleting the app completely....such bad ethos to change things so drastically in one update...not happy ☹️.Version: 2.12.1
✓ Good GameI really enjoy the game. I like how the market is running now, as well as the crops. The need to update so frequently is a tad annoying. I don’t bother with the panda island or the tropical plant challenges, I just focus on the main game itself. Producing enough glass takes ages though..Version: 2.15
✓ Takes Way too much $$To advance in this game or to win any of the challenges you need to be able to put a lot of cash into the game. I have just spent $15 and still can’t get the flower to bloom because it requires SO many points. It’s impossible to advance and expand your island without putting some serious cash into this game. I had out at least $10-$15 more on previous days. I will be deleting the game and honestly wish I could get my $15 money back. (Yeah... I know... my mistake for thinking it might actually help me advance in the game!) I’m a very dissatisfied player and I’ll be avoiding your games in the future as they are nothing but a money pit. Don’t bother telling me I don’t have to spend any money on it. While that’s technically true...I believe it would take you months/years to get anywhere in this one without spending money. Not going to waste any more time or cash with this one. There are Plenty of other games out there! I wish I had listened to the reviews before downloading and playing..Version: 2.8
✓ Good game....but gems are too few and far between 😐.Version: 0.12.2
✓ BugsMy warehouse is full and I get to the tutorial on how to use the truck depot. There is a pop up to upgrade my warehouse. Clicked it a thousand times, didn’t work. Deleted the app, reinstalled it and still in that same truck depot tutorial stage. I contacted the developer, emailed, fb-msged and they told me I have to clear my warehouse but I can’t even ignore the tutorial that I’m stuck in. No one can help and there is nothing else I can do but to uninstall the game..Version: 2.0
✓ Like it... but...The base game is fun and I like the changes that have been made. However, I hope this happens to other players... Sometimes when I watch an ad for a gift box the ad will finish but when I try to exit the ad I am taken to the store. When I go back to the game, it has to restart and I lose the gift box. Anyone else have this problem? What happened to the video trade offers? Or the gift box videos? No had either for a over a week..Version: 2.0
✓ Loved it for a bitGot very addicted and then it kept crashing and after a day of this I had to delete it..Version: 3.6.0
✓ Too expensiveBasically this game becomes boring really quickly. It takes hours for most things to complete, and the warehouse space is minimal unless you spend a lot of money to purchase gems to upgrade it, or use gems to shorten the time it takes for something to happen. Gems can be earned, but only a very small number per day, so if you need to use them, you have to buy them. Over time, you can only play this game if you are willing to spend hundreds of dollars for gems. In order to build things, you require tools. Tools come from shipments or you can purchase them via gems, which cost a lot of money. And the warehouse gets loaded up with tools so you can’t store products, which are needed to basically play the game. So you quickly get into gridlock. Which is where I am now, can’t put anything else in my warehouse and can’t upgrade warehouse without buying a lot of gems. So nothing left to do but delete the app. Pity, it is kind of fun, but not so much I would spend hundreds of dollars for gems. Sorry, I don’t like leaving bad reviews, but people should know how expensive this game is. However, if you don’t mind spending the money, it is a cute game and fun to play..Version: 2.2
✓ ALWAYS LOSING INTERNET CONNECTIONThis game is easy likable except for the CONSTANT lose of the internet connection. Get on the site to make all the items needed to trade, you go back in to get your items, none are done because of the lost of internet connection items that took an hour or more to make that you placed to be made, are not there do to the lose of internet service on this game. Meaning you did place these items but not really, items that take an hour or longer aren’t where you placed them to be created. Material such as wood, glass etc. all that you retrieved from you manufactures haven’t been taken when you did take’em to make what you need to make. So you have to start back over praying that internet connection won’t be lost again, but eventually it will, it!s difficult to met goals, accomplish task because of this. When you be should be having fun, enjoying the heck out this game that won’t happen. Annoyance & frustration take place more than anything else instead, I should have place this review & rating years ago because this is how long it’s been going on, I know they’ve made ample funds to correct this, but maybe it’s apart of a money making scheme, who knows🤷♀️, it can be done..Version: 2299 (3.10.10)
✓ Cant downloadDoes this app cost now?.Version: 2.15
✓ Awesome gameI enjoy playing this game. Few things could be better for the playing customer. Certain story mode gives you nothing as a reward upon completion. The skull cave, that should be an attraction where people go on tour, and it should generate funds similar to the Ferris Wheel. Also the population increase doesn’t add up. When you upgrade a building to increase population by 500, it only increases it by only 100. Totally unfair and unacceptable! There are several ways the playing customer can generate income in this game, but you guys are pushing people to force buy gems in order to compete and complete tasks. Upon those improvements, this is an easy five star game!.Version: 2.9.1
✓ Totally frustratingHi I have been playing this game for a couple of days, l get so far then it says maintenance update or something like that. I was at the end of building two task buildings, and now it’s set me back to the previous level and I have to start all over again, it has done this twice in two days so I’m deleting this game, very very annoying when it takes time to build things and you have wasted 30 mins only to be set back to a previous level !!!!!!.Version: 2.2
✓ Frustrating at timesI wish there was a way to put buildings, decorations, etc into a storage.... (which would not cost anything), to make room to move items and change the look of your city. We could then bring the items back out of storage when needed. With many quests we end up with many items especially useless decorations which take up room. When new buildings are available there is no room to put them out, and no way to get rid of items unless we sell for only a few coins. An option to temporarily store items would be great. This is a great game otherwise..Version: 2.13.3
✓ Nothing Special...If you are looking for a game that’s different from all those town building games or island/tropical builders then you have come to wrong place. Quite boring and is nothing special and has nothing that’s sets it apart from the rest. Waste of time..Version: 2.8
✓ Do not make In-App purchases, you may loos your MoneyI was playing this game for a little while and after I decided to get other game from same developer “Big Business”. After few months of use and doing In-app purchases, the game stop working altogether. After weeks of going back and forth with the support folks,I was given the option to delete the App, and get my money back if I could provide the App Store purchases which I did. Now they say that the T&C of in app purchases are non-refundable. But of course it doesn’t say anything about what are my rights for app that doesn’t work at all. So, just be aware of the are in-app purchases are not refundable even if the App stops working or supported..Version: 3.10.5
✓ Gems!!One of my favourite games, BUT, I bought 250 gems and didn’t get them. I did this TWICE, took money from my card both tones but didn’t receive what I bought. Very disappointed 😡😡.Version: 2.13.5
✓ Very frustratingOnly 3 stars because although the game is fun and addictive, when doing things like upgrading buildings etc you have to save up to build something you have then got to save up items to then unlock that building. Also quite often when trying to finish an upgrade you have to collect items which you can only get 2 or 3 levels higher. The only way to get on in the game you have to spend a lot of real money on it..Version: 2.11.2
✓ GemsThe game is awesome! I love it but in the last day or two when I purchased some gems. I had about 20 gems left when to go and speed something up with 3 gems the game quit itself and opened back up to show all my gems gone..Version: 2.1
✓ I love it, but ...I love games like these! I don’t even mind spending real money on them because folks should get paid for their great work. However, I have found myself “stuck” too much of the time because I rarely get hammers or axes. I manage to acquire lots of other tools but cannot buy land without the axes or build social buildings/artifact objects without hammers. (Not that buildings matter if I don’t have land.) I feel like I’m getting no where and that has sucked the joy out of this game for me. It feels like the tools given in crates should be more balanced. I’m going to stop playing for now and try it again after the next update to see if I can advance at all..Version: 2.5.1
✓ Stop popping upNeed to stop with surprise and mega-surprise pop ups which then is asking for 5 diamonds and 50 diamonds for mega-surprise. It just get really annoying when these pop up when you are picking up a character and dropping off to whichever destination it wants to go. It isn’t really a surprise when you’re asking for 5 and 50 diamonds to open the box, ehh?.Version: 3.2
✓ DisappointedWas really getting into this game, now some bug i presume is preventing me from using food ive collected. Can’t make any items. It says i have nothing when trying to make something. When i look at how much food i have it’s full. Really disappointing it also has a lot of little issues where I constantly need to close app and start again..Version: 2.5.1
✓ Commercial gameNo way to continue the game, unless you purchase the diamond which costs you money.Version: 2.10.5
✓ Game is best offline!This game is the best out of all the games but I wonder WHY DOES IT NEED INTERNET!!!! If the creators are seeing this review please notify me why does this game need internet connection to play! If you can please try to make it offline please!!!!.Version: 3.10.6
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