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Head-to-head

Hollywood Story® vs Pocket Styler

Hollywood Story® 4.7★ · Free + IAP 40
Winner Pocket Styler
Pocket Styler 4.5★ · Free + IAP 60

For a more stable and less monetized experience, Pocket Styler is the better choice, despite its own issues with in-game currency.

Full reviews: Hollywood Story® · Pocket Styler

Hollywood Story® suffers from severe technical glitches, excessive ads, and high in-game costs, making it frustrating for many players. Pocket Styler, while also criticized for expensive in-game items and occasional loading issues, offers a more stable experience with fewer complaints about intrusive ads.

Head to head

Features tieR5R9R11R14
Hollywood Story® Hollywood Story® offers a storyline with drama, clothes, and style, including dating and unlocking new areas like Hollywood and Manhattan R5R14. Players enjoy reading the stories, which can get 'really crazy' R9. However, some players wish for more new areas and content, as it can become repetitive . There are also requests for features like keeping purchased hairstyles and hair R11 and seeing other players' premier looks in the lookbook .
Pocket Styler Pocket Styler is praised for its styling creativity, offering exciting events and the ability to get honest feedback on submitted styles . Users enjoy putting together outfits and developing their taste . However, some users note a lack of diversity in player appearance options and express a desire to create and sell items directly within the app rather than through external links .
Ease of Use tieR9R16R18R22
Hollywood Story® Hollywood Story® has issues with buttons obstructing tasks on iPad R9 and accidental purchases due to unclear prompts . Many users report problems with account restoration, especially when trying to log in with Facebook R16R18R22.
Pocket Styler Pocket Styler users report frequent loading issues and crashes, making it difficult to play R61R63R67. Some users also experience problems with quests not counting progress and the voting system getting stuck .
Reliability edge: Hollywood Story®R1R2R15R17
Hollywood Story® Hollywood Story® is plagued by severe and widespread glitches, including white boxes around pop-ups R1, black screens and crashes when trying to access new areas like Hollywood or Manhattan R2R15R17, characters appearing without clothes R45, and the game getting stuck on loading screens or specific features like the Fashion Arena . Many users report issues with graphics not loading and purchased items disappearing .
Pocket Styler Pocket Styler also experiences reliability issues, with users reporting the game freezing up from the start R61, not loading R63R67, and crashing frequently . There are reports of purchased items disappearing R72 and losing gems, coins, and entire game progress R72. Some users also note glitches where outfits or the voting system won't load .
Price/Value tieR7R10R14R43
Hollywood Story® Hollywood Story® is criticized for being a 'money grab' with 'overpriced' items R10R43. Users feel they cannot progress without spending real money R10R14R43R46. Items like clothing and home decor are considered too expensive in diamonds . The game also removed a 50% off feature for items, making it harder to afford R7.
Pocket Styler Pocket Styler is widely considered 'very, very expensive' and a 'money grab' . Users state that prices for clothing go up exponentially and that it's nearly impossible to get ahead or compete without spending significant real money . The payouts for events do not match the spending required for items .
Support tieR1R34R45R88
Hollywood Story® Hollywood Story® users report poor and unresponsive support. Emails to developers go unanswered R1R34R45. The new owners, 'supercharged,' are criticized for not caring for customers and abandoning social media platforms R34.
Pocket Styler Pocket Styler also receives negative feedback regarding its support. Users report non-existent support R88 and unhelpful responses to glitch reports, with support staff requesting redundant information without resolution . One user canceled a VIP subscription after a month of unanswered emails about billing issues .
Pick Hollywood Story® if

you enjoy a story-driven game with drama and character progression, and are willing to tolerate frequent ads and potential glitches R5R9R14.

Pick Pocket Styler if

you prioritize creative styling and fashion events, and prefer a game with fewer intrusive ads, even if it means dealing with high in-game costs and occasional loading issues .

Evidence note: Both apps are free with in-app purchases. Hollywood Story® has a significantly higher volume of complaints about excessive and forced ads compared to Pocket Styler. Pocket Styler reviews frequently mention high in-game costs but less about ads interrupting gameplay, with one user explicitly stating ads are not like 'every five SECONDS' .

Frequently asked

Are there many ads in Hollywood Story®?
Yes, Hollywood Story® has a significant problem with excessive and forced ads, with users reporting ads popping up every minute or every 2-3 actions, making the game almost unplayable R4R6R8R12.
Does Pocket Styler have a lot of glitches?
Pocket Styler users report frequent glitches, including the game freezing at startup, not loading, crashing often, and issues with purchased items disappearing or progress being lost R61R63R67R72.
Is it necessary to spend real money to progress in these games?
Both Hollywood Story® and Pocket Styler are heavily criticized for requiring players to spend real money to progress or compete effectively, with in-game items being very expensive and rewards not matching the spending R10R14R43R46.

What reviewers actually said

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  1. [R5] Hollywood Story® 5/5 · US Good game: This game is really fun. I enjoyed playing. I would say that the energy runs out very fast and the items in this game is high priced, but I love all the different clothing items you can buy and the new areas you unlock the more you play.
  2. [R9] Hollywood Story® 3/5 · US mid but cute: on ipad the buttons on the bottom right get in the way of the sliding tasks/friends tab, especially during roll dice events, other than that i play this game every day and i recommend reading the stories cause they get really crazy
  3. [R11] Hollywood Story® 5/5 · US Suggested Features: The game is really fun and cool but it would be cooler if we get to keep the hairstyles and hair that we buy instead of everytime
  4. [R14] Hollywood Story® 4/5 · US Love this game!: I’ve been playing this game off and on forever and I love it. The drama, the clothes, the style, all of it. The only thing I have a hard time with is the advancement accessibility, you have to have a lot of in game currency at all times, sometimes leading you to spending real money, you also have to wait around a lot. Otherwise it’s fun.
  5. [R16] Hollywood Story® 2/5 · US Issues with fb: Let me log into facebook dammit
  6. [R18] Hollywood Story® 3/5 · US Account: I’ve been playing this game on and off for 7+ years! Always the same account under the same email. I’ve tried everything and I can’t restore my account!! I don’t want to start over please fix this! Otherwise it’s 5 stars.
  7. [R22] Hollywood Story® 1/5 · US .: i’ve been playing this game for a while and now it’s not letting me log in with my facebook to get my old game back! i just hate losing all my progress and purchases
  8. [R1] Hollywood Story® 2/5 · US support doesn’t care: i passionately love this game so i’m honestly offended. i’ve put so much effort into this game , but every time i play these giant white boxes are around the pop-ups and i can’t see what im doing. ive probably lost over 50k followers trying to log in and see if its fixed. i’ve updated 5+ times since this issue started. i wrote another review and they said to reach out so i em
  9. [R2] Hollywood Story® 4/5 · US Glitch: When it opens up Holly wood and Beverly Hills my screen turns back and I can not do anything but it was fun while it lasts, it would be great if someone told me how to fix it
  10. [R15] Hollywood Story® 3/5 · US Glitch: I’ve loved this game but the past few months every time I try to play, it shows a black screen and closes the game. Please fix the glitch!!
  11. [R17] Hollywood Story® 4/5 · US I love it but: This game is so amazing but it hasn't been loading This is one of my favorite games but it won't load. It just stops at 100% and crashes. Does anyone else have this problem? If so, please let me know. This just started a couple weeks ago. I checked to see if it needed updating but everything’s been updated. I even tried powering off my iPad, but nothing. I just can’t access the game
  12. [R7] Hollywood Story® 1/5 · US 😡😡😡😡: I just can’t believe! I loved this game so much but why it’s getting worse? Before this, every item in all of the boutiques got 50% off after some hours But now we don’t have 50% off on any item! I will uninstall the app if it continues👎🏻👎🏻👎🏻👎🏻
  13. [R10] Hollywood Story® 2/5 · US overpriced scam: everything in this game is completely overpriced. You cannot move on in the story without spending money. Many of the quest require you to spend diamond, but theres no real way to get diamonds, you can get one or two from playing mini games but other than that its kinda impossible. make the game actually playable.
  14. [R43] Hollywood Story® 1/5 · US Disappointing.: The only reason I bought this game was because the Kim Kardashian game got taken off the app store. Very similar games, but there are soooo. many. issues. If you don’t want to spend money on clothes for your avatar, don’t buy - you won’t progress in the game, it’ll take you FOREVER. if you don’t want frequent ads, don’t buy. If you don’t want to feel very left out of the fun withou
  15. [R34] Hollywood Story® 1/5 · US New Customer support sucks: The new owners “supercharged” don’t care for their customers and don’t reply to your emails. The game has glitches and their social media platforms admins abandoned the social media platforms. Don’t spend your money or time on this game.
  16. [R45] Hollywood Story® 3/5 · US Game is crashing: I played this game many times and I usually get to my peak and start all over again. But this time when I was starting over and I unlock Manhattan,Hollywood,and the fashion area my screen goes all black.In addition to that everytime a new character comes up their clothes are missing???? I sent out emails and I went to app support and nothings work.
  17. [R88] Pocket Styler 1/5 · US Double charged and no support: I paid for a VIP subscription for $14.99. This subscription is supposed to include the premium styler pass which sells separately for $8.99. I was charged separately for both. Support is nonexistent and I haven’t been able to get in touch with anyone about a refund. Additionally, the description for the VIP subscription says you can skip a requirement for each ev
  18. [R4] Hollywood Story® 2/5 · US Love it but…: I have been playing this game for YEARS and I LOVE it but recently I started playing again and they added forced adds that do nothing but waste time i am really sad bc I love this game and now it’s not as fun
  19. [R6] Hollywood Story® 3/5 · US Too many Ads!: I use to love this game and now I’ve redownloaded it to play again. There are waaaaaayyy too many ads now. I can barely click on anything and boom, a ad!
  20. [R8] Hollywood Story® 4/5 · US Game is fun but the ADs are insufferable: I’ve always loved this game since I was a kid and I’m enjoying it so much but the excessive amount of ADs every 3 minutes are ruining the game for me that it’s making me want to stop playing, I understand that ADs are essential and helpful for the developers, so can I suggest adding an in game purchase where I could pay for an AD free version? You could ev
  21. [R12] Hollywood Story® 3/5 · US fun but way too many ads: this game is so much fun but... there is just too many ads for it to stay enjoyable. i remember playing this a few years ago and i thought it was just so much fun. i took a break for about 2 years and came back to this game. but there are so many ads now. even if i want to do a quest or just move around the map, an ad pops up. it makes it less enjoyable when an ad pops up
  22. [R61] Pocket Styler 1/5 · US Can’t get pass the start: The game keeps freezing up from the start up
  23. [R63] Pocket Styler 3/5 · US It never loads: This is the second time I’ve been kicked out because the app won’t load. I couldn’t get in on my phone and now on my iPad 🤔
  24. [R67] Pocket Styler 2/5 · US Never works: Keep updating and yet your game still doesn’t work!
  25. [R72] Pocket Styler 3/5 · US Deleting again. Purchased item disappeared with the money.: Game is fun, kept it for a few weeks this time. It’s a great way to escape the world. Unfortunately it has many faults. I stopped playing for a few years and decided to try again. Same issues as before. My diamond count changes when I log back in. Usually less than I had. Or I would make a purchase and the game would glitch, either forcin
  26. [R46] Hollywood Story® 2/5 · US It's fun but..: I do love this game but if you can't pay you really can't play much. I absolutely HATE the fashion arena because it doesn't go off actual fashion just who can afford to get the most expensive item. People just pile all of the items on top of each other and somehow can win.

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