BitLife - Life Simulator Negative Reviews

BitLife - Life Simulator App Complaints & User Negative Comments 2024

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BitLife - Life Simulator for Negative User Reviews

✓ Candywriter has unseated King as the most scummy mobile game developerDishonest. Greedy. Rude. Those are some of the first words that come to mind when thinking about Candywriter. Bitlife was once one of my favourite mobile games but after the release of 0 effort 100% money grabbing spin offs Doglife and Catlife which shock and horror no one wanted and everyone complained about. They decided that rather than getting backlash for “new” games they would rather receive backlash for the main game. So after a year of not releasing any updates as opposed to the monthly updates we used to get they decided to put future updates behind a paywall and on top of that put previously free to play updates behind the same paywall. The spin offs have accessibility features behind a paywall. Do not download this game. Don’t buy the DLCs. Find a better game made by an ethical company. 1/5 stars is generous..HypotonicGingerBottleVersion: 3.1

✓ AddsI have no data on my phone but the adds are still coming up (???!!!).Ada810Version: 1.15.1

✓ TerribleThis game can have up to 6 adverts on per life excluding three bit life special edition adverts that last about 2 minutes each but you have to pay for. Whenever you do lots of things in one year trying to win a badge you will die at about 25 and receive mediocre after spending time with everyone at least 15 times and to be honest trying to do that is so boring. Whenever you try to be friends with someone their green doesn’t even go up. Escaping jail is ridiculous and when your on the run shouldn’t someone catch you? Shouldn’t you have to leave work or pay for a baby sitter when you have a baby? When your robbing a house why would the drug dealer call the cops? That’s a bit risky isn’t it? You should have to buy a house or end up homeless or get a car to go to work. I love the idea of this but you don’t just randomly die after a massive heart attack when you’ve kept your character in perfect health at the doctors , gym and on a diet. Way way to many ads leaving me frustrated and therefore I have decided to delete the game. If I have a spare 5 minutes I want to spend it playing the game not watching adverts. Terrible service, not impressed..NicoleシVersion: 1.34.1

✓ Tapping my phoneHearing a static when I go on the app it starts then stops as if it’s beeping but it’s just static makes me feel as if my phones being tapped by you guys because BitLife is the only app that static’s fix this asap very concerning.GcgujjcseiutvdVersion: 1.39.1

✓ Greed and ads.Honestly, as a person whose internet connection is not that great, this game is next to unplayable. I understand you as a company has to make money, however it has become a pay-to-win kind of game. Every single step or decision either has to be paid for or it gives you an ad. There is an ad every two seconds, and in my situation, it takes ten seconds to load an add, 30 seconds to play it, and another ten second for the lag to stop. That's nearly a whole minute. This game is 30% playing time and 70% ads. This game was quite enjoyable, but now it appears the creators have become greedy, requiring money for everything and shoving adds in your face every two seconds. You need to pay for everything and not everyone can afford it, making the game unfair, not any fun, mostly adds, and the same life over and over because of not being able to pay for anything else. Greed has taken over this game, and I would recommend not to play if you don't want to pay lots of money to get anywhere..Sydney5348783756Version: 3.9

✓ Too much adsMaybe turn it down a notch’s with the ads.130N 101Version: 1.38

✓ 😔The fact that god mode is a one time purchase just pisses me of!.Sharky peellyVersion: 1.33

✓ Animation sucksBring back the old version the new animation sucks.NljgfddVersion: 1.35.1

✓ Paywall here paywall there.I now have to pay to do things in the game that I could do for free in the past. Takes away from the experience and makes me less tolerant of ads. That doesn’t mean I’m going to pay to take away the ads, that means I’m uninstalling the app because it’s not worth my time..FalloutM8Version: 1.35.1

✓ Great game until you look deeper….Before I started this review, I wanted to leave this game 4 stars, but as I kept writing, I realised it was harder and harder to justify such a score. Bitlife is a great game - one that I spend hours playing. However, as I have done so, I have continued to find bugs, problems and major issues. Firstly, I have had this app for around 8 months now, and I have only aged above 30 once. Whilst I understand that not every character will reach 100, why can they never age above 26 - dying of a deadly stroke or heart attack? It does not seem plausible! Similarly, I have been looking on websites that specialise in Bitlife and teach you handy tips and tricks to set your characters on certain paths. Recently, I was researching how to become a CEO, and I levelled up my smarts (to 100%) and extracurricular activities - yet EVERY character is rejected, no matter of their race, gender, age, smarts, you name it. Can anybody explain to me why this? These issues need fixing and for a game to consistently have the same outcome, there must surely be an issue! At this current moment in time, I would encourage friends and fellow gamers to avoid and steer clear of this rigged game. Even worse, do not spend the £4.99 on Bitizen, you will regret it. PLEASE SORT!.Opinion 1234Version: 1.48

✓ It’s great but I have a questionSo,BitLife is great. But why can’t you have twins or triplets etc? It’s supposed to be a life simulator and it happens almost every day. And also why do we have to share BitLife in order to join social media? I like the idea and all , but on normal messaging it doesn’t work for me. So different types of social media that you can share BitLife on need to be used because most people can’t be bothered to use normal messaging or they don’t have the money to send the darn message😑 Also- couldn’t you have a bigamist option?( if u don’t know what it means it basically where you are married to more than one person) maybe when they propose you could do an engagement party option too??? And I would also like if you can actually customise your character in it because most people might agree when I say this , but they really don’t feel comfortable with either the skin colour that they are receiving on their person or the hairstyle blah blah blah. And there also should be an option where you could DM a celebrity from either real life or a made up celeb if you have joined social media and see if they can respond? More jobs should be available as well and possibly more ribbons..Boogeyface2009Version: 1.31.1

✓ PAY TO PLAY, WAY TOO MANY ADS.DON'T WASTE YOUR TIME, TERRIBLE GAME. Everything requires subscribtion. SO MANY ADS EVERY TEN SECONDS. This game could have potential if the developers weren't so focused on making money. It is clear here they choose income in every way over consumer satisfaction. VERY DISSAPOINTING, I AM DELETING THE GAME. WAY TOO MANY ADS. THEY MADE ME WATCH 45 SECOND ADS!!!.Josh_8714Version: 3.1.6

✓ Please have a soul and stop being money hungryI love your game I loved it but you have 1 problem your becoming money hungry I left the game for abit and returned to notice the special jobs section along with the mafia thing and others are now locked behind a pay wall and first most annoying thing was making almost everything require ads please game devs if you people have souls listen to me stop ruining the game by locking almost everything behind a paywall or making us watch ads or making us share it on message please listen to me you’ll be doing a massive favor for everyone who plays.RecklessbwoyVersion: 3.1.8

✓ Candywriter; How to kill a game with lies and greed.I bought Bitizen and God Mode October of 2020. Being a bitizen, it was advertised at the time that all future special jobs would be free to bitizens. However, the developers thought it would be a good idea to create a new update called: “job packs” This update completely contradicted their previous statement, as well as adding an invisible cutoff date. If you didn’t buy bitizen before March 31st, 2020, you now have to pay for a new pack called “boss mode”, which unlocks all job packs. There was no reason to add this besides greed, bitizenship was already a thing. Greed was the motive here, pure greed. What was once a good game has been ruined consistently with bad updates. They knew what they were doing, and now they only care about the money. Candywriter, it has been a nice three years with your game, but this is not how you treat paying customers. You can keep my money, but on gods name, I hope your selfish and greedy decisions come back to bite you. TL;DR They’re robbers. They’re scammers. I’d strongly advise you do not buy anything this game offers, lest it ends up getting replaced with some cash grab in the future..RainyyzVersion: 3.1.1

✓ Not so sure about this appI think it’s recording what u say cuz everytime I go on the app i hear static noises on the mic and it creeps me out!.Hi i'm lillyVersion: 1.38.3

✓ STOPThis game became a money grabber.Labatt52Version: 3.1.9

✓ Ads ruining the gameI used to love this game. It’s super addictive and really fun. I highly recommend it for any fans of The Sims franchise or other virtual life and roleplaying games. However, recently gameplay has become absolutely overrun with ads to the point where it really takes away from the fun and enjoyment of playing. The ads are so frequent it’s ridiculous, especially when there’s already an advertisement banner at the bottom of the screen. There’s no reward for being bombarded with so many ads either, especially when most of them have a time limit so you have to watch them for so long before clicking away, which is also made nearly impossible to do, due to how small the cross is in the corner of the screen. I would award BitLife the full five stars if it wasn’t for this issue, as the gameplay otherwise is impeccable. It’s so simple yet clever, and the knowing humour and wit sprinkled in is also great. I won’t even complain about how some options are hidden behind a paywall because you can still have a really good game without those. All that needs to be sorted is the almost constant ads popping up and then I will redownload the game. Just at the moment, playing is unbearable because every five seconds an ad pops up and the rest of the time, you’re left wondering when the next will be..GamingcharlieVersion: 3.2.10

✓ 40 second adds every 30 secondsIt’s super annoying the amount of adds.Guud app reviewerVersion: 1.37.1

✓ Refund please :’(Thought the game was great, then I paid $7 for an “all access one time purchase” only to realize that I still don’t have access to everything in the game. Very disappointed to be jibbed out of my $7. Apple doesn’t judge my reason to be worthy of a refund. Please give me a refund..BlueyunoVersion: 1.35.1

✓ Overpriced rip-offInitially I have purchased “God”, “Bitizen” and “Boss” micro transactions within the game which were advertised as including future expansions. Meaning I have spent roughly £20 on this game. However, the past 3-4 updates that have come out have NOT been included in either of them and it is a complete con. The game is fun, but gets boring fast and the only way to make it somewhat interesting again is to drop £5-£10 for one expansion pack. Complete and utter rip off. I purchased their “Landlord” pack and I’m not even exaggerating on this, when after dropping I believe £5, all the new features were exhausted within 2 minute of playing. This game has just become a cash grab at this point. Do not waste your money on this because before you know it, you’ll have to spend another £5 to waste 2-5 minutes of your life. The “Boss” mode pack I purchased for i believe £10 advertised many different careers to pursue etc, but the majority of them have not even been released yet and the random £5-£10 updates will obviously be prioritised as there is more money in them, meaning it will be ages before the rest of them have been released and I have had it for roughly a year and from the top of my head only have 5-6 ish things to do with it which all are boring after 5 minutes of play time..HovreyVersion: 3.10

✓ Actually DisgustingThis game is unbelievable. When Bitlife came out, Bitizen was wonderful and actually held some value for the paying enjoyers of the game. God mode came along and was not so frowned upon but this is where the hate began. What came after was absolutely disgusting. The game is Bitlife, a game where you are able to live another life through the lens of someone else, meaning you should be able to enjoy any job that is in the real world. Instead, these guys are charging inhumane amounts of money to unlock job packs that should be available for free. I now speak for those without Bitizen. The amount of ads in this game are ridiculous. They are enough for me to stop playing the game and not even finish a single life. The amount of ads isn’t even the worst part about the ads though. The ads include nudity, foul practices such as animal harm and unsafe relationships. Regardless of the age rating on this game, these ads should not be displayed as children will continue to play this. Finally, when you ask for support, they do not return your emails and fail to fix your problems. This is the first time I have ever had to write a reply for a game and I hope I never have to again..Delojan2Version: 3.12.1

✓ DONTGuys the company is a whole joke, the app, the employs, everything. Worse then EA by 192839202929% they don’t listen and their app sucks. Do them a favour and don’t buy anything on their god forbidden app.ThegurlatschiilVersion: 3.0.9

✓ Worst experience of my life.See title. The amount of ads I have to watch in this game is ridiculous. It has come to the point where you have to watch an ad almost every time you do something, and the only way to stop it is to pay. Half of the features are blocked behind a giant paywall. Not to mention, the recent addition of Job Packs (or whatever they’re called) which mean you need to PAY to go down certain career choices. Everything about this game is unbearable. Game was absolutely fine a few updates ago. Now, I’m trying to convince myself this unbelievable amount of ads is some sort of glitch, and they’re going to patch it in the next update. But I know they won’t. They don’t even update the game and when they do, they are constantly delayed. There isn’t any point even waiting for updates anymore, unless you’re willing to or already have paid for the new features. Other than that, game would be fine. All that CandyWriter needs to do is remove the ridiculous number of ads, introduce more features available to non-paying players (or at least make some of the current ones free) and actually make updates accessible to players who don’t want to have to pay to star in a movie..AverageAngryAnnoyedReviewerVersion: 3.2.15

✓ False AdvertisingUnfortunately after the game said a one time payment would allow to go get access to all future updates, they are now lying. Scamming people into buying an update that is long overdue..GregjoryVersion: 3.0.9

✓ A once beloved favouriteI used to love this game, having played it for many, many hours and investing in Bitzenship very early on in its release. However, following a recent update (maybe 6 months ago), the severe lack of communication has forced me to boycott the game. During this update, players were warned that they would lose each of the games they had saved up until that point - that was no bother to me. However, in the process, I also lost my bitzenship. Having sent two emails to the creators via the link they have attached to the game, I have received no response. Loving this game as much as I do, I would have been happy to purchase my bitzenship again, except I am not entitled to the same perks now (ie buying game packs). Having received no response via my emails, I feel the need to leave this review so that other players may be aware that although a great game, the devs seem to have lost touch with their players - particularly those who have been with them since the beginning. I haven’t been able to bring myself to delete the app, hoping that this issue will be rectified. But I imagine I will sooner rather than later..Caitie LiplipVersion: 3.2.3

✓ Too many advertisements scaring me away from gameThis is such a great app and i’ve been playing bitlife for years now (I still do.) But nowdays I don’t really play bitlife anymore, the main reason for that is because there are WAY TO MANY ads. I understand hey are there to promote and profit but I am not joking, I literally have an ad every 5 or so actions I take. It drives me nuts. In the end I always rage quit thte game and probably don’t play again for a solid month. I really love all the new feautres bitlife has and it makes me want to play even more, but with a 30-60 second ad every minute of gameplay, I just lose interest in the game and get put off. It would be great if bitlife could have less advertisments or add skip buttons to the ads at least, because with there are already so many games and apps out there with advertisements and frustratingly, bitlife has the most ads Ive ever seen. By far the most. Please have a read of this and really consider my words because I pretty much don’t play the game anymore, I might not if it continues like this. It would really be great to have less ads because then I can spend more time playing bitlife and may invest in it. Thank you!.Ange200.Version: 1.37.1

✓ Ads ads adsWay to much adds.FickvuvVersion: 1.37.1

✓ When are we getting a new update?I’m tired of the damn bug fixes. I want more stuff to do when I play, I’m tired. Hurry up and let the cat out the damn bag..Lorrennnz000Version: 1.50

✓ Update deleted all game historyI’ve had Bit-Life downloaded for years and have played it frequently ever since I got it. In the most recent update all of my characters where suddenly and unexpectedly deleted as well as my ability to do the special careers. I’ve had characters and family lines that I’ve played for years which to have them completely gone with probably no chance of getting them back leaves me with no motivation to continue playing. Hopefully it was just a glitch and others weren’t affected but quite sad :/.Jade deVereVersion: 3.11

✓ Rip off.They said bitizen would include all future content and updates when i bought it. they lied. now they’re going to charge $2 for DLC. boo! give us refunds..The witch of the woodsVersion: 3.0.9

✓ Way to many adds! :(Bite life was my fav game I use to play it with out wifi for no adds! But the new update added way to many adds there’s adds for everything u wanna do now! There not even 3 Seconds they are 30 seconds I hate bite life now I’m going to Delete it ! If there’s gonna be no more adds I’ll redownload 🥺🦶🏽.PreyavakinVersion: 1.26

✓ Things to be addedI’ve only recently downloaded the game. My boyfriend introduced it to me a few days ago. Since then I’ve been slightly addicted. There are a few things I would love to be added to make it seem more realistic. I would love it if we were able to know about our siblings. It would also be really cool if we actually knew what our children get up to once they go to University. Like if we’re grandparents or what job they get or if they get married. Stuff like that. It would also be fun if once we died we were given our stats for our life. How many times we were married, how many grandkids, vacations, hook ups, anything significant that happened in our lives. We should also be able to get a part time job and have our first relationships well before 18. Don’t get me wrong, just because I’m sending in a review saying what I would like to be added to the game, it most certainly does not mean I dislike the game by any means..#1AimVersion: 1.0

✓ “update”New updates are taking away features & making you pay for them.Perf!!!!!Version: 3.1.6

✓ A scam.Bitizenship was advertised as a one-time payment that included all future content and features, but now they announce, a few days before the update, that you’ll have to pay two more dollars to play the long-awaited update’s features. I don’t care paying 2$, but it’s the constant lying, awaiting, and deception that tires me. I will no longer be supporting these scammers..InnexoVersion: 3.0.9

✓ UnfairI feel it is unfair that we have to pay money just to choose our hairstyle..Susan larain weatenVersion: 1.35.1

✓ Seriously?Now we have to pay for some features? That’s stupid and annoying..Paigeypie0722Version: 1.13.1

✓ Love this gameWould be good if the game allows some people who can’t afford to pay for the packs to use the adverts to be able to use the updates like the job packs and the landlord packs for free. Also would be nice if the bitzenship unlocks the entire game so you can do as you wish like god mode and do whatever your heart desires and play for how long you want when your character dies. Definitely room for improvement. Unfortunately I don’t know how it works when you pay for the packs whether you keep it indefinitely even when you delete and get the game back and even if your phones share the same Apple ID it’ll be on your other devices also! Definitely more information about how everything works before asking if you wanna buy them! I really wish you could buy them using an iTunes gift card or something! Update, Started playing again after a while and I got pregnant but when it comes to choosing the name it wouldn’t let me and it just froze I tried restarting it up again and still was stuck! I have no way of contacting support if this happens! How do you even sign up to get their attention? There needs to be a support box where you can send them a message.Lovelyheart14Version: 3.8.3

✓ An achievement is 10 abortions?Really? Having goals, achievements etc is great but seeing 10 abortions listed as an achievement was really offensive! (Minus 2 stars!) Also when you do adopt a child they’re forever known as your adopted son or daughter. I wish there was a better way to list that in game. That part is upsetting to some people too. While I know the game isn’t meant to be completely PC or uptight because it’s just a game but PLEASE remove the “10 abortion achievement” or anything like that. No one lives like that no matter their views (pro life or pro abortion). Beyond that, the game has been really fun and at the same time can be frustrating as there’s no stopping the things that will pop up. Eg in one game no matter what you do you’ll get thrown out of med school and no one ever listens to your reviews. Yet another game it got boring as all I could do was one job. But hey... that really is life... to a point. I still can’t work out how to add scenarios I created into my own game. Oh well. I’d like to see the spouses annual income get added to the net worth too. If they’re going to get half of everything when they leave (divorce), they should put something in to start with at least, not just when they die..SleepymomaVersion: 1.19.1

✓ Refund your bitizensNo longer delivering on a promise that all future content would be accessible to bitizens. either deliver what we paid for or refund all of us..EmmaputnamVersion: 3.0.9

✓ Slightly horrifyingStarted making weird static-y spyware type sounds from the speaker whenever I opened it. Relatively new problem, as I had been playing since around mid 2019. Can’t play anymore, not only bc of the ads, but also the creepy noises. Freaks me out too much..BaneberryyVersion: 1.37.1

✓ WTHWhy do I have to pay for god mode if I’m already a bitzen?!!?.LoganBlakePrepperVersion: 1.33

✓ Scam artistsI’ve been playing daily for two years, I’ve paid for both bitcitizenship and god mode, I’ve told plenty of people about this app - but when something randomly goes wrong, I can’t get any type of response. This is so depressing, seeing the app constantly post on their social media, but I’ve constantly commented and emailed and even messaged on Instagram - I’ve heard nothing back. This is absolutely so heart breaking. Don’t waste your money on this, they don’t bother helping when you need it! Complete scam artists..KashhhxoVersion: 1.45.1

✓ Disappointed 🤦🏿‍♂️🤦🏿‍♂️Bitlife used to be one of my favourite games but candywriter decided to stop updating the game and release cash grab garbage games instead and won’t listen to the community at all.QqjqahajsosjdbdnsjqoqlVersion: 1.51.2

✓ Not impressedNot impressed with making people who already bought bitizenship, pay for future updates. When I bought it, after this “cut off” it said that it was a one time purchase that included all future DLC packs. Probably done playing this game. They took away all our legacies in last update, and it’s impossible for blind people to play the game..WWTTTFFFFVersion: 3.0.9

✓ Too many addsI love to game but it feels like every 10 seconds you get a add for premium and it is very hard to play please stop putting so many adds in the game.Izaunicorn:);)Version: 1.37.1

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