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Head-to-head

Farm Town vs Family Island

Farm Town 4.5★ · Free + IAP 55
Winner Family Island
Family Island 4.8★ · Free + IAP 65

Family Island offers a more engaging and addictive gameplay experience, but both games suffer from aggressive monetization and technical issues.

Full reviews: Farm Town · Family Island

Family Island (App B) generally provides a more satisfying and addictive farming simulation, despite frequent complaints about its energy system and high in-app purchase costs. Farm Town (App A) struggles with numerous technical glitches, forced monetization, and a less polished user experience.

Head to head

Features & Gameplay edge: Family IslandR3R9R22R28
Farm Town Farm Town offers traditional farm game elements, but users are frustrated by restrictive space, confusing tutorials, and a lack of clarity on item crafting and selling R3R9. Recent updates have been criticized for making the game less enjoyable and removing features like selling excess items R22R28.
Family Island Family Island is praised for being fun, addictive, and offering daily tasks . However, recent updates have made resource gathering harder and removed the ability to collect resources from other islands, leading to a less enjoyable experience for long-time players R81R84R88R102.
Ease of Use & User Experience tieR2R4R6R7
Farm Town Users report frequent crashes, freezing, and black screens, forcing them to restart the app and lose progress R2R4R7R10. Recent updates have also introduced navigation issues, making it difficult to interact with the game elements . Some find the game confusing, especially regarding special offers and how to acquire certain items R6R21.
Family Island Family Island has issues with updates not installing, preventing users from playing . Some players also experience glitches like energy not refilling completely or lost progress in events . The game's interface can be slow, with annoying pop-up windows for collecting rewards .
Reliability & Performance tieR2R4R7R10
Farm Town Farm Town is plagued by severe reliability issues, including frequent crashes, freezing, and the game exiting unexpectedly R2R4R7R10. Users report that these issues lead to lost progress and make the game unplayable for some R2R4R10.
Family Island Family Island also has performance issues, with reports of glitches, lost energy, and problems with updates . Some users note the game can be clunky and stick when performing actions .
Price & Value tieR10R13R15R18
Farm Town Farm Town is heavily criticized for being a 'pay to advance' game, with users feeling forced to spend money to progress, get storage, or avoid dead plants R10R13R15R18. The weekly subscription of $8.00 is considered too expensive R18. Some users also report being incorrectly charged for in-app purchases R24.
Family Island Family Island is widely described as a 'money grab' and 'money pit,' where progression becomes impossible without spending significant amounts of money R63R67. Users complain that energy costs are too high and purchases last only a few minutes R62R63R67R72. Some report inaccurate charges for purchases R64.
Support tieR16R21R24R64
Farm Town Users report difficulty getting help from Farm Town support, with questions going unanswered and problems remaining unfixed despite previous reports R16R21R24.
Family Island Family Island users mention contacting AI support for billing issues without resolution R64. There's also a claim of recent negative reviews being deleted and recycled replies being used, suggesting poor support engagement .
Pick Farm Town if

you prefer a more traditional farming game and are willing to tolerate significant technical issues and aggressive monetization .

Pick Family Island if

you enjoy an addictive story-driven farming game with good graphics and can be patient with energy limitations or are prepared to make frequent in-app purchases .

Evidence note: Both apps have a strong negative skew in recent reviews, primarily due to aggressive monetization and technical issues. The free-to-play model for both leads to many complaints from non-paying users about limitations and the need to spend money to progress. Family Island has a much larger user base, leading to a higher volume of reviews, both positive and negative.

Frequently asked

Is Farm Town truly free to play?
Farm Town is technically free to download, but many users report that it's impossible to progress or enjoy the game without spending real money on storage, tools, or subscriptions, making it not truly free R13R18R25R33.
Why do players complain about energy in Family Island?
Players complain about energy in Family Island because the daily energy given is too low, tasks require extremely high amounts of energy (e.g., 198 for one item, 45,600+ for one task), and purchased energy packs are expensive and last only a few minutes, making progression difficult without constant spending R62R63R67R72.
Are there many glitches in Farm Town?
Yes, Farm Town has numerous glitches, including frequent crashes, freezing, the app closing unexpectedly, black screens, and issues with game elements not responding to taps R2R4R7R10.
Have recent updates improved Family Island?
Recent updates to Family Island have been widely criticized by long-time players for making resource gathering harder, removing the ability to collect resources from other islands, introducing frustrating beaver trees, and generally making the game less enjoyable and more difficult to progress without spending money R81R84R88R102.

What reviewers actually said

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  1. [R3] Farm Town 3/5 · US Hate tutorials!: I came back to the game after many years and now I have to deal with tutorials WICH I hate so much
  2. [R9] Farm Town 3/5 · US Ok-Ish Game: The game is very interesting at the beginning but soon your space on your farm gets full BECAUSE OF THE ANNOYING BUILDINGS!!! Please have more open area at the start Don’t Focus On Just Your New Games focus on all your games because that is what makes people happy when you fix more glitches then you might get more players.
  3. [R22] Farm Town 1/5 · US Last update: Last update is horrible all the changes in the game mode are so unnecessary
  4. [R28] Farm Town 1/5 · US Updates last night messed up this game: I had been playing this game for a year or so and really enjoyed it. However recent changes last night altered the game significantly, when pear trees are harvested they cannot be removed, I upgraded my silo which should have increased its capacity, however it removed +/- 20,000! Not worth wasting time on anymore
  5. [R2] Farm Town 4/5 · US Crashes: Cool game put everything I try to buy and ova the puff pen it freezes and I have to force close the app and do my last few actions over again. Annoying. I’ve uninstalled and reinstalled. Same problem. Lmk when it’s fixed I’ll play again.
  6. [R4] Farm Town 2/5 · US Fun game.: This was a fun game. Now if you want to refuse the choices for the characters you gave to watch a video every time. That ruined it. Now the screen goes black. I have to delete and starting again. 3 times in 1 month. Stop the videos to change items.
  7. [R6] Farm Town 3/5 · US I’m so confused: On the special offer board you get gems for free, then watch a video to get the other free things, then get free coins but the next option just has “8” next to it, I’m confused because when I click on it, it does nothing. Is this the subscription only button or?????
  8. [R7] Farm Town 1/5 · US Need help: My game have problem.when i want to add new animals the game is stop and get out.please help and ok this problem
  9. [R10] Farm Town 1/5 · US Expensive: Game kept crashing and cost me 9 diamonds to cut 1 tree not realizing it was just crashing. After I refresh the app, the tree finally disappeared. You must pay to advance and tree have to be cut twice … not worth it.
  10. [R13] Farm Town 1/5 · US Don’t get this game: Don’t get this game unless you want to spend money. It’s not technically free. I loved this game at first. Can’t get enough storage unless I pay actual money. And all the diamonds I get to pay for extra storage goes into a piggy bank that you have to pay money for.
  11. [R15] Farm Town 3/5 · US Fun but there’s a problem: It’s super fun! Until your silo is full, yet you still don’t have the needed supplies to make needed items. You’re basically stuck with no way to collect anything else and no way to make anything. The real farm town was never this restrictive and pushing you to spend money to advance
  12. [R18] Farm Town 3/5 · US Good, but be ready to spend....: It’s a VERY good game. One of my favorites out there but if you really want to keep your farm up & make it look good without a bunch of dead plants & trees, be ready to fork out some money. Don’t get me wrong....I know everybody has to make money but, I just think $8.00 a week to be able to do what you need to do? Come on! If it were $8.00 month, then it would defi
  13. [R16] Farm Town 1/5 · US Game: Your game is broken. It is asked me to put chicken food into the factory and make it two out of three of them.. and I have done that six different times and yet the task is not done because yet it keeps telling me to say do the same thing and it does that with other factories. Your game is broken. I have asked you guys to fix this before you guys said you’re gonna fix it you about it and yet
  14. [R21] Farm Town 3/5 · US Confused: I need someone from app support to acknowledge that I have asked a question about their game please. I have already sent a review stating that I can’t figure out how to do something and I need help figuring it out please !!!! I want to get the pig and peacock and it says that I need to build a yard first but I don’t know how to go about that . Help please !!!
  15. [R24] Farm Town 3/5 · US Cost more than says: I love the game. But my daughter was playing it yesterday clicked on. 7$ game package and y’all took out 10$ extra. This happened twice yesterday. We try to contact y’all about it and we get no response!
  16. [R64] Family Island 1/5 · US Inaccurately charged for in app purchase: Game was great, I’ve had it well over a year. You play by clearing things with “energy” and when you run out you have to wait until it builds back up. I decided I didn’t want to wait and was going to make a purchase of energy for $8.99 only to be charged $37.99. I have messaged the ai support thing and there’s nothing I can do to get the money back. Very u
  17. [R25] Farm Town 1/5 · US Ability to water plants: I spent so much money on this game already, all the plants I bought keep dying after producing the harvest maybe twice and to water them is completely impossible, the feature is not available unless you purchase a membership and even though after you do you maybe able to water 1-2 plants to bring them to life. That is just crazy, and a rip off of my money. I have to keep b
  18. [R33] Farm Town 3/5 · US Love the game but......: Glitchy. Can’t become VIP as nothing happens when I click on it. You really have to spend real money in order to grow your farm. Plots have too many trees and shrubs that need to be removed but you rarely get the needed tools to do so. Graphics are awesome and it is fun to play. But it is hard to justify spending real money just to plow the field and store the items. Sor
  19. [R62] Family Island 4/5 · US Game is fun but,: Game is fun but, low daily energy given for daily use so you get stuck waiting to play the game. I want to play but can’t. The prices to purchase energy that’s not something I would do personally because, in the scheme of things I might come closer to paying for rubies or other parts of game but the energy should definitely be more available in a day. The keys are hard to come b
  20. [R63] Family Island 3/5 · US Wish I could love this game!: At first it is fun. Lots of rewards of energy but as you move up through the game. It costs so much energy that you cannot proceed unless you pay. I wanted to love this game but and at first I would get lost in the game fir far too long but since I could still level up it was worth it. But now after mere minutes I can’t play any further I am out of energy. I made a c
  21. [R67] Family Island 1/5 · US Have to pay to play: It’s fun until you reach the higher levels and the max free energy is 120 but it costs 198 to get ONE of the many many items you need to progress to the next quest. Literally impossible to continue playing the game unless you buy energy and about $10 worth of energy lasts about 5 minutes! Fun, right? 🙄
  22. [R72] Family Island 3/5 · US Fun but frustrating: I enjoyed this game at first but it has become extremely frustrating! It is enjoyable when you can complete tasks, even with a little patience and work. You complete tasks, uncover secret pink bags, and find hidden gems. However, when you have to use 45,600+ energy units just for 1 task? That is absolutely ridiculous considering the energy limit is only 260. They try so hard
  23. [R81] Family Island 3/5 · US Long time player: I have been playing this game for about 4 years I took a break and came back to it and realized that getting resources is harder now you can’t go on adventure islands and get resources you have to spend energy which is more time consuming and takes the fun out of the game because it’s takes longer to develop the island especially since the adventure islands seem harder towards th
  24. [R84] Family Island 3/5 · US I don’t like: The resources no longer appear the way they did in the old version. I don't like the Castro Grove. The new islands, which only last 23 days, seem like garbage to me. I liked the old version better. It doesn't relax me anymore; it just stresses me out.
  25. [R88] Family Island 1/5 · US New Updates: I came back to this game after not playing for a while and the new updates are terrible. You used to be able to collect resources from other islands and use them on the main island - that was WAY better. The new beavers are terrible. It is nearly impossible to get resources & build things now. That makes it so difficult to upgrade things and move forward through the game. This makes m
  26. [R102] Family Island 3/5 · GB Ruined: I used to play this game, loved it. It’s been a while since I played it but I’ve returned to a huge update and although the concept is ok, you’ve literally made it impossible to play without spending money(which is probably the point) but when you have no energy, no resources, you literally have nothing to do. Resources have become impossible to get, you used to be able to take from other

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