Farm Heroes Saga alternatives
Farm Heroes Saga players often look for alternatives due to frustrating updates that remove features, introduce bugs, and make the game feel like a 'cash grab'. Alternatives like Candy Crush Saga offer similar match-3 gameplay without ads, while Township and Hay Day provide a different farming simulation experience.
Why users look for alternatives to Farm Heroes Saga
- Recent updates have removed popular features and changed gameplay mechanics, making the game less enjoyable and strategic. Players report the removal of landscape orientation, changes to power-ups, forced booster usage, and the inability to use +1 bonuses on many levels.R1R4R7R9
- The game is plagued with technical issues, including frequent freezing, crashing, and glitches that cause loss of progress or boosters. Some users also report problems with daily bonuses not working and the game interfering with background music apps.R3R6R13R14
- Players feel the game has become a 'cash grab' due to increased difficulty, fewer free bonuses, and a push to spend real money on gold bars and boosters. The number and length of ads have also become excessive, detracting from the experience.R21R27R31R34
- Visual changes and graphics updates have been poorly received, with some users describing new elements as 'weird', 'scary', 'busy', or looking like a 'Temu version'.R9R18R46
The alternatives
Candy Crush Saga offers a classic match-3 puzzle experience that many find relaxing and challenging, with new and unexpected levels R58. A significant draw for some players is the absence of ads R58. The game can be played offline, making it suitable for travel R61.
Better for: Candy Crush Saga is better for players who enjoy a traditional, ad-free match-3 puzzle game that can be played offline R58R61. It suits those looking for a relaxing yet challenging experience R58.
Head-to-head: Farm Heroes Saga vs Candy Crush SagaTownship provides a farming and city-building simulation experience, allowing players to manage their own town and farm R71R75. It is described as a free and entertaining game, with some users appreciating its educational aspects R73R75.
Better for: Township is better for players seeking a farming and city-building simulation rather than a match-3 puzzle R71. It appeals to those who enjoy managing resources and building a town, and it is free to play R75.
Head-to-head: Farm Heroes Saga vs TownshipCandy Crush Soda Saga offers a match-3 game that some players find fun and a good way to pass time R83R89. It can be a relaxing distraction, especially during quiet periods R83. The game also offers free power-ups by watching ads, which makes it more playable for some R90.
Better for: Candy Crush Soda Saga is better for players who enjoy match-3 puzzles with a slightly different twist than the original Candy Crush, and who are open to watching ads for free power-ups R83R90. It suits those looking for a colorful and engaging time-passer R83.
Head-to-head: Farm Heroes Saga vs Candy Crush Soda SagaTrivia Crack is a trivia game where players answer questions across various categories R97R100. Users appreciate the community's ability to contribute unique questions R100. It's described as a fun game for those who enjoy trivia challenges R97.
Better for: Trivia Crack is better for players who prefer knowledge-based games over match-3 puzzles R97. It's ideal for those who enjoy testing their trivia knowledge and engaging with community-contributed questions R97R100.
Head-to-head: Farm Heroes Saga vs Trivia CrackHay Day is highly regarded as a top farming simulation game R114. Players enjoy managing their farm and find the game entertaining R108R114.
Better for: Hay Day is better for players specifically seeking a comprehensive farming simulation game R114. It suits those who enjoy building and managing a farm, similar to Township, but with a focus purely on the farming aspect R108R114.
Head-to-head: Farm Heroes Saga vs Hay DayYou should stick with Farm Heroes Saga if you still find the core match-3 gameplay enjoyable and are not significantly bothered by recent updates, ads, or occasional technical issues .
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What reviewers actually said
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- [R1] Farm Heroes Saga What happened to landscape orientation?: I play this game on iPad in landscape mode, but now it stays in portrait only. Will not play again until landscape is back.
- [R4] Farm Heroes Saga Power up: I’ve been playing this game for 10 years and I don’t understand why you changed the dog power. It was my favorite power up but why change it now. Please change it back.
- [R7] Farm Heroes Saga Disappointed: Was there a recent update? One of the best parts of Farm Heroes was being able to save boosters for the levels where they actually mattered. Now the game forces you to use earned boosters at the beginning of a round instead of letting you choose when to activate them. This completely removes the strategy from the game. Multiple boosters are often triggered together, overlapping thei
- [R9] Farm Heroes Saga Updates: If it aint broke, dont fix it. The new flowers look weird, almost scary. I don’t like the special shiny crop sites either. They almost hurt my eyes. Just leave stuff alone! Update: I recently have noticed there are a lot of games I can’t use my multiplier in. This was not the case before. Just one more thing to make the game less enjoyable to play.
- [R3] Farm Heroes Saga I play every day: I’m sick and tired of it saying I missed a day and I didn’t. I play every day multiple times. Still it takes away my progress. Stupid people wrote this game.
- [R6] Farm Heroes Saga Freeze up screen: What’s with the latest update this game is freezing up and not loading, please help
- [R13] Farm Heroes Saga Why?: Whenever I play this game, it somehow glitches my profile picture which slows down the game and forces me to close and reopen it. Also, up until recently, it has been getting stuck in hero mode (AFTER I COMPLETE THE KEVEL) and it also forces me to reopen the app again, but it always makes me lose boosters.
- [R14] Farm Heroes Saga Freeze: I purchased gold to complete a level with 300 moves. Completed it & then the game froze. I had to leave & come back & now the level is incomplete even though I completed it.
- [R21] Farm Heroes Saga No options for levels: I finally gave up and deleted the game. There’s no point in playing, if it’s not fun. Some levels gave too few turns to be able to complete the game. Too bad, because I really enjoyed it. There should be levels of difficulty for each round, and points are adjusted accordingly. Thank you for the time I was able to enjoy playing.
- [R27] Farm Heroes Saga Ads are tooooooo long.: I have been playing for long long time, but I’m giving up if the ads are 30 seconds or more too long I get the idea after 15 seconds. But game itself is great
- [R31] Farm Heroes Saga Nothing but ads: Don’t download unless you want to sit through long ads that you mark offensive or not interested in to get through one game. Absolutely horrible.
- [R34] Farm Heroes Saga Gets impossible: I used to really love this game, but obviously they’ve changed a lot of the rules. You don’t get extra bonuses daily and you don’t get extra bonuses each time you win. I have been 4330 for about two weeks and since I am pretty good at this matching game, I refuse to buy any gold bars or whatever it is you need to move on because it is impossible to. this game without additional mo
- [R18] Farm Heroes Saga Graphics change a lot: Looks like temu version some times. Not sure why they change. Looks bad
- [R46] Farm Heroes Saga You’ve destroyed this game.: The original version of this game was great. The upgrades have taken all the enjoyment out. The colored and “busy” backgrounds you recently added makes it VERY DIFFICULT to even begin to figure out what you are supposed to do let alone play it. Have you never heard of the old saying “if it ain’t broke don’t fix if it!”
- [R52] Candy Crush Saga Candy Crush Saga: It’s a lot of fun
- [R55] Candy Crush Saga Bárbaro: Muy bueno
- [R58] Candy Crush Saga Amazing Gameplay: This Game Is A Really Good And Relaxing Game To Play In Your Free Time. I Love That Every Level Is Unexpected And New! I Also Love That There Is NO ADS!!!! Amazing!! This Game Really Brings Joy To My Free Time And I Would Love To Play It All The Time! Such A Great Game!
- [R61] Candy Crush Saga Amazing!!: I love candy crush, I can play this game for hours and not get bored, this game doesn’t need WiFi and it’s perfect when you are on a road trip or a plane. I recommend this game a lot. Download now!!
- [R66] Township 💗: Very good I get coins for it in imvu ITS AMAZING
- [R69] Township I love this game: I it’s
- [R72] Township Love: Love the game
- [R73] Township Good and teaches: Hello, i review a lot of games this one stands out like a lot😅it’s so fun i love it its add free but can you pleaseeee make it to where money is a little more easier to get i know if you win the race (which my group always does ay my group is named bear pride JOIN! It may be full though at the moment it is ok so back to the game this game is so good i love it so much i play every
- [R80] Candy Crush Soda Saga Me encanta: Muy bueno
- [R83] Candy Crush Soda Saga Such a fun way to pass time.: Not only do you actually really win money, it might be a few dollars at first, but you actually do win. And it’s a pretty fun game ,especially when you work overnight and you get quiet and you have to stay awake. it was kind of childish shift first to me because it was too many colors, but I grew to love it and it’s only been a few weeks. Also to be realistic, becaus
- [R89] Candy Crush Soda Saga Candy crush soda saga: Best game ever!❤️❤️💕💯
- [R90] Candy Crush Soda Saga DO NOT PURCHASE POWER UPS!!: For most of us the free power ups from watching ads makes the game playable but if you make a purchase the algorithm cuts off the ads to force you to buy more. I would review the game 5 stars if they didn’t do that.
- [R94] Trivia Crack Fun but needs less adds: Trivia Crack is amazing but what can make it better taking away adds
- [R97] Trivia Crack Great game, scoring could be better: I love me some trivia. However, with this game I think it would be better if the scoring system rewarded a player for the number of correct answers. Sometimes I can answer as many as 10 correct and get one wrong, only to receive 30 points. I know the winner gets 500, but it doesn’t seem fair. I love the game regardless but consider my suggestion.
- [R100] Trivia Crack Okay, but…: edit: malfunction on my other post This game is really great! The questions are good and I think it’s cool the community can contribute unique questions too. I did come across a flaw in this, though. I posted a question that was denied because the info was incorrect, even though I fact checked, which is just a minor bug. On the topic of minors, the chat option needs to be fixed
- [R103] Trivia Crack Great, but.: Can we use ads that are less sneaky? Thanks
- [R108] Hay Day Diamonds💎🥀: Like the game it’s so fun but why does almost everything have to do with diamonds?
- [R114] Hay Day The best farming game: Hay Day is the best farming game I have ever played.
- [R10] Farm Heroes Saga Landscape view: Bummed you took off landscape view. Gonna give it a week then delete app if it’s not back. 🥲
- [R71] Township I don’t really like the 𝓰𝓪𝓶𝓮: The games not like the ad at all like at all it’s still a farming game but like it’s not the same
- [R75] Township Very educational. Luke use some math elements.: Very educational and could use some more mathematics very fun. Hard to do everything and easy to get behind on things makes you very thankful that it’s not real life we could hire employees too help with matters I think this would be easier.
- [R93] Trivia Crack Ads Ads Ads: Downloaded again for the first time in years. It was an ad constantly- banners all over the screen, ads that take over the whole screen, ads for every possible bonus you could get. Tried the free trial of the Silver plan which claimed it was ad free- it was not. Banner ads are still all over, hard not to accidentally click. Plus constantly offering watching ads for bonuses. Canceled t
- [R95] Trivia Crack Muchos anuncios: Todo súper pero tiene demasiados anuncios y son demasiado largos
- [R96] Trivia Crack Unbearable ads: Ads are terrible. And it wants you to pay a huge subscription to get rid of them. Super hard to skip, they make you open up an App Store page every time. Extremely annoying.
- [R101] Trivia Crack Sooo many ads: Love this game but the ads are ridiculous! I get that how they make people may to get rid of ads but there’s not even a one time purchase to remove ads you have to pay $8 monthly!!!
Synthesized from 120 recent App Store reviews · updated July 2026 · View on the App Store