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Head-to-head

Love Island vs Love Villa

Love Island 4.7★ · Free + IAP 40
Winner Tie
Love Villa 4.6★ · Free + IAP 40

Love Island and Love Villa are essentially the same game under different names, both suffering from aggressive monetization and a decline in content quality, making neither a clear winner.

Full reviews: Love Island · Love Villa

Love Island and Love Villa are narrative-driven games that immerse players in a reality dating show. Both apps are criticized for their 'cash grab' monetization, forcing players to spend heavily on gems for essential choices and outfits, and for a perceived decline in story quality and the removal of beloved older seasons.

Head to head

Features and Content tieR1R19R28R34
Love Island Love Island offers an engaging story and flirty choices, but users report repetitive seasons and a lack of new, quality content R1R28. Some players are frustrated by being forced to play as a woman and the inability to date STEM characters R19. Older seasons were removed, disappointing long-time players R34.
Love Villa Love Villa is largely seen as a copy of Love Island, featuring the same characters and storylines, which disappoints users expecting new content R67R69R70R73. Many players express strong desire for the return of original seasons (1-3) and characters like Bobby, which have been removed R61R76R79. There are also complaints about limited character customization, like hairstyles in new seasons , and the inability to date female characters .
Monetization and Value tieR1R2R3R5
Love Island Love Island is heavily criticized as a 'cash grab' due to the high cost of gems for desirable choices, outfits, and even basic interactions R1R3R6R11. Players report earning very few gems (3 per ad, with cooldowns) R2R5R6R15, making it difficult to progress without spending money R15R16. Some users have spent significant amounts, like $45 on outfits, only to find them not transferring to new seasons . There are also issues with unexpected charges R7.
Love Villa Love Villa also faces strong criticism for being a 'cash grab,' with users needing to spend gems for crucial story content and outfits . The gem economy is poor, with only 1 gem per ad and a daily limit, making it hard for players, especially teenagers, to afford choices . Players who spent money on older seasons are upset that their purchases are gone with the content removal R61.
Ease of Use and Reliability tieR4R5R10R15
Love Island Users report issues with forced ads that prevent closing the game, leading to progress loss R4. Some experience long download times for storylines, with the game freezing if exited R10. There are also bugs where tasks don't award gems . Tickets, needed to play episodes, take too long to regenerate (1-2 hours) R5R15.
Love Villa Love Villa also has issues with tickets taking too long (2 hours) to regenerate for new episodes . Some users report the game not loading or freezing . There are also bug reports, such as characters becoming invisible or having their names changed .
Support edge: Love IslandR7R16R55R119
Love Island Love Island's support team is criticized for providing copy-pasted answers and not resolving ongoing problems, such as ads for gems disappearing R16. One user reported that support couldn't help with unauthorized charges R7. Feedback on ignored choices and concerns also suggests poor support R55.
Love Villa Reviews for Love Villa do not specifically mention interactions with customer support, but the widespread frustration over removed content and unaddressed monetization issues suggests a lack of responsiveness to user feedback R119.
Pick Love Island if

you are looking for a narrative game, are prepared for significant in-app purchases, and don't mind repetitive storylines .

Pick Love Villa if

you are interested in the same core gameplay as Love Island but are aware of the issues with content removal and aggressive monetization .

Evidence note: The evidence for both apps is strong regarding monetization issues and content concerns, with many reviews directly comparing the two apps as being the same. The free-to-play model for both apps leads to significant negativity from users who are unwilling or unable to pay for premium choices.

Frequently asked

Are Love Island and Love Villa the same game?
Yes, many users report that Love Island and Love Villa are essentially the same game, sharing identical storylines, characters, and dialogue, with Love Villa often seen as a rebranded version of Love Island's newer seasons after the original seasons were removed R67R69R70R73.
Why do users complain about gems and tickets in these games?
Users complain because both games require a significant amount of gems for desirable choices, outfits, and even basic interactions, but gems are hard to earn (only 3 per ad for Love Island, 1 per ad for Love Villa, with cooldowns) R1R5R6R11. Tickets, needed to play new episodes, also take a long time to regenerate (1-2 hours) R5R15.
What happened to the old seasons of Love Island?
The original seasons (1-3) of Love Island were removed and are no longer available in either app, which has caused significant frustration and disappointment among long-time players who spent money on them R34R61R76R79.

What reviewers actually said

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  1. [R1] Love Island 1/5 · US Cash grab game: This game is so money hungry and repetitive. It will have you spending diamonds on top of diamonds even if you JUST spent diamonds on a exclusive choice. It's the same format every. single. season. The same thing happens every single time in the same exact order. No matter what season you play. You barely get any diamonds. You don't even get a reward for playing a full season. Just
  2. [R19] Love Island 2/5 · US Seems cool stuck playing as a woman though: I’d play it through if I wasn’t forced to play as a woman. The art is pretty cool, the hairstyles are great but that’s my only hang up aside from the diamonds system.
  3. [R28] Love Island 1/5 · US the downfall of fusebox: i’ve been playing this game since 2018 when they had the old version and released season 1. i have spent an embarrassingly large amount of money on here, and i used to be able to justify it to myself because of the value and quality of the writing. however, since fusebox has switched over and started releasing season after season after season of the same sloppy writing, st
  4. [R34] Love Island 1/5 · US Awful: I am an OG player and I used to love this game. When you were erased seasons one through three and only stayed four through wherever the heck you are now. It’s so generic the graphics are horrible and it takes literally everything for Jess like you have to spend so much money and you’re not even taking into account the fact those of us who spent hundreds of dollars on the first three season
  5. [R2] Love Island 5/5 · US Development in diamonds: You should give 3 diamonds per day so it would be a little more fun to play
  6. [R3] Love Island 3/5 · US I like the game: I enjoy the game I just don’t like that you have to spend diamonds on any of the good choices. Like give more options cause not wasting my money on a game like this.
  7. [R5] Love Island 4/5 · US My current thoughts on the gems and ticket systems: Love Island: The Game is amazing! However, I wish we could earn more gems like 5 or 10 instead of just 3 because outfits and certain choices are expensive. For example, an outfit costs 20 gems. While that is reasonable, it is hard to afford when you do not have enough. There should be a daily log-in reward to earn extra gems. Additionally, waitin
  8. [R4] Love Island 2/5 · US fix your app: its fun but sometimes they wont let you close the forced ads. making you close out the game over and over again, resetting your process and having to do it again. fix it
  9. [R10] Love Island 1/5 · US cant download: ive been waiting for 5 hours for the storyline to download. it hasnt moved since 36% and the game will freeze of you exit the app. waste of my time
  10. [R15] Love Island 3/5 · US uh: i enjoy the game don't get me wrong it's addicting like very addicting but it's hard to play when you have to wait 2 hours for a ticket to unlock the next episode like bro come on n if you want the 2 free tickets it's 4hrs i've already spent over $5 on the gems bec it only gives you 3 if you watch an ad every 10min n its like all the items cost gems n then the quests are also had to complete b
  11. [R7] Love Island 1/5 · US Ridiculous do not get: Do not get this app, if you have kids in house or little siblings make sure they don’t download this. my sister downloaded this game one night. She had a sleepover at my house. she used the app and bought some things off of it. now the app won’t stop charging my card. I reached out to the developers and they said they can’t help.
  12. [R16] Love Island 2/5 · US Poor game support team and greediness: i recently started playing this 3 days ago, and within this time frame the option to see ads for gems disappeared 3x. contacted game support, they gave me the same copy pasted answer twice and haven’t fixed this ongoing problem. the game also asks for lots of gems just to do simple things like talk privately w your li or just for clothes. It’s a fun game that
  13. [R55] Love Island 1/5 · US Review: Terrible. They take your money and ignore your choices and once you report it to feedback, they’ll ignore your concern for days.
  14. [R119] Love Villa 5/5 · US Just TERRIBLE: Development is completely rushed. Art style is all over the place, storyline and script is terrible, choices and clothes are super expensive, and worst of all creators listen to absolutely NOTHING fans suggest or ask for. This game is no longer fun and has been deleted!
  15. [R67] Love Villa 2/5 · US This is basically just the regular love island game which all the nee seasons: I love the purpose of this app but its nothing like what its described as, its just a couple of the old seasons with the same exact choices as the regular app and with the same romancable islanders which defeats the purpose of this game version this app would be so much more successful if it actually did what it said.
  16. [R69] Love Villa 3/5 · US Same game.: So I downloaded the love island game which is made my the same people who made love villa. Downloaded it thinking it may be somewhat different…I was disappointed when everything was the exact same. The dialogue, characters, look, even the villa was the same. Just a way for them to get more money without creating a new game. However the game itself is great!! Just annoying that they sla
  17. [R70] Love Villa 1/5 · US No new content same exact game as the original: Im not sure why thy remade the same game again but its literally the same stories, characters etc from the original game. Yall could’ve at least added some new toried
  18. [R73] Love Villa 1/5 · US Confused: Is this just a copy of love island? Same characters and game… I downloaded it thinking it was something new
  19. [R6] Love Island 3/5 · US so fun…until you need gems: i really have enjoyed playing this game, but there are so many things you need gems for. it’s impossible to be fun without them. the only way to get them without spending money is watching an ad or two every fifteen minutes for literally 3 gems. i really wish you didn’t need hundreds of gems to be successful in this game but you really do. it’s honestly a money grab.
  20. [R11] Love Island 4/5 · US It’s okay: It’s a good game I love it it’s just the diamond problem. Questions you need diamonds for are usually (17,18,27) are more diamonds than we get each day so it forces you to pay for more diamonds just to get pretty clothes and sexy ect answers. I want them to bump up the diamond pay so every time you log in you get at least 20 diamonds every time you log in. Plus please make the spicy sc
  21. [R61] Love Villa 1/5 · US 👎👎: LITERALLY SPENT OVER $200 ON THIS GAME BC OF SEASONS 1-3 AND I CANT EVEN PLAY THEM
  22. [R76] Love Villa 1/5 · US Rude: It is Extremely Rude that They Don't Have All 3 of the Seasons that came Before. Even though they Advertise them on their Webpage. Where you'll think you'll actually Be Able To Play Them Once Again. Then you find out that they Aren't There. Those were and will Always Be Our Favorite. Those seasons were soooo much and Continue to Be Sooo Much Better Then Any Of The Seasons they Have and Will
  23. [R79] Love Villa 1/5 · US S1&S2: PLEASE BRING BACK SEASONS 1&2 🙌❤️‍🔥

Synthesized from 120 recent App Store reviews · updated July 2026 · View on the App Store