We analyzed 31 negative reviews from the top 5 Horse Builder apps on the App Store. Here's what users hate most.
Ranked by frequency — how often each complaint appears in negative reviews.
58% of negative reviews mention this issue.
"Building costs go from 1-3k to 100-300k by day 3-4! You have to grind soooo much to get money."
"Rate of cost vs rate of earning is way off. You will not be able to make enough to buy what you need to continue game play."
26% of negative reviews mention this issue.
"3 out of 4 horses are now retired. In order to buy new horse it's just flat out expensive. Once my last horse is retired I am going to delete the app."
"For what you are paying for the horses, they should not age out and retire. Especially since you aren't able to level th"
19% of negative reviews mention this issue.
"I'm only giving this game a three star because the graphics are very nice but it is extremely difficult to progress in the game"
"our farm is packed, and there is no way to buy land to keep building, expanding, so deleting the game. We tried clicking on open areas, looking in the store."
16% of negative reviews mention this issue.
"I keep getting an error message saying that my "user data cannot be retrieved. Error code -50""
"I just tried to open it and it says failed to receive data please reload game and I did that and it still won't work"
13% of negative reviews mention this issue.
"All the quests are the same: fulfill guest wishes, fulfill horse wishes, clean trash, water plants, etc."
"There isn't very much to do and it takes forever to get progress"
10% of negative reviews mention this issue.
"why is it even called horse farm if you barely even do stuff with the horses?! You can't interact with them."
"I wish it more horse related like you ride the horse not your guest"
Design and usability issues driving negative reviews.
Players spend currency on upgrades but don't receive expected benefits, creating confusion and frustration
"I'm paying so much in horse money to upgrade any buildings and it's not giving me the full upgrade points. Like something would be 70 upgrade points to that building but instead I'll only get 20 points."
Players feel forced to prioritize generic guest wishes over horse-related activities in a horse game
"everything my horses did got them hurt, and I have to blow all my money away on the dumb human guests who just show up like they own the place!"
Horse needs are split across multiple buildings creating inefficient and unrealistic gameplay
"I've never seen a farm or ranch that had the horse getting water from one building then moved to another to get food."
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