June’s Journey: Hidden Objects Reviews

by Saintroche

2nd update: At the manufacturers request, I got in touch with them about the issue of too much down time - e.g. you can’t advance chapters because you don’t have enough of one thing; you cannot expand territory because you don’t have enough of another thing...; so basically you just have to wait, sometimes for several days until the stuff catches up. I do not enjoy playing a game for awhile and then waiting indefinitely for the game to allow me to continue. The manufacturer, instead of hearing my frustration, chose to tell me how to play. I am at chapter 17, I know how to play, I just want to be able to do so when I want to and not when the game catches up. It is still a fun game but I will probably start looking for something else.

Update to earlier post. They seem to have found the problem because the program rarely crashes any longer. When playing, you can generally do something in the game to continue advancing, unlike p. Peril, it’s sister game. The more I play this one the more I like it.

While the concept is good and the story is good, the game crashes quite often. I use JunesJourney not Facebook and it seems to crash several times a day probably averaging 2. I play on a brand new iPad with all updates. Very disappointed in the crashes and when it reboots, you lose whatever you were working on. After reboot it should take you to where you were but it doesn’t.

by Lepink

I love playing June’s Journey but it can be frustrating: flowers to “decorate the island” are required to advance and must be earned by purchasing items with coins earned by completing chapters and tasks. It takes too long to complete chapters and earn enough coins to buy items, and then too long for the items to “complete construction” and earn the flowers. No exaggeration, I have played consistently for a week at a time, replaying the same scenes over and over dozens of times (boring!) to earn enough coins to buy a decorating item that then requires waiting four or five days before it actually delivers the flowers needed to advance. Of course you can spend real money to avoid all the waiting but that’s not gonna happen. Actual game play when you get to do it is fun. Oh, and by the way, I know ads pay the piper, but I’ve completed Volume One of June’s Journey: over a year of gameplay, 100 chapters, 500 scenes, and my guesstimate is that I’ve wasted six hours of my life ninety seconds at a time waiting for ads for Lily’s Garden to be over. At this point the ONLY way I’d download Lily’s Garden is if they paid me $100, and then I’d refuse to play it. I’ve put June’s Journey down in the middle of gameplay because I can’t bear to watch another ad for Lily’s Garden right now. Again, actual gameplay is fun but boy you gotta sit thru a pile of PITA unless you want to spend money.

by Chelsie Rhea

I absolutely LOVE LOVE LOVE this game and can’t get enough of it as long as I am connected to our WiFi and don’t go too far into other parts of the house from the WiFi router. I cannot play on long car rides or even from the living room as the router is in my bedroom. I thought at first it was the game and that the game was just that large that it required WiFi to play regardless of your cell phone carrier and internet plan through them... but I soon learned that isn’t the case when my mother got a new Samsung Note 20 and her game works anywhere she goes even out in public as I tested it myself. Now, I don’t have a dinosaur of a phone either. In fact my phone is the iPhone XS Max which I just bought brand new on July 20th of this year, 2020. I have deleted/uninstalled the game and even spoken to apple about the issue when I had to call about being charged extra when paying through pay pal for diamonds and it is not the phone that is causing the problem. This IS my #1 game but if the issue consists I’m going to loose interest and move on to something else. I spend money at least once a week (sometimes more) on diamonds so that I can have more energy to keep playing bc I love it that much which is why I would hate to be forced to stop playing and find another game to play.

This issue needs to be fixed ASAP!

by Danielle4997

I really enjoy the hidden object scenes and have been playing for quite a while now. But...there are some major frustrations with this game as well. They are very stingy with compass icons (which you need to expand your world), diamonds and coins which you need to expand and build your scene. But...what I find most frustrating...especially when I have only a few times in my day that I can play is the absolute stinginess of the lightning bolts (power) that you need to play. You can’t even get thru a scene on what they give you. So the little time I get to play is cut totally short by the lack of power up to play.
After playing and building my world for sometime now...I think a few changes need to be made in order to keep people playing. 1- If you get a PERFECT score on a level, you should not be charged the 10-15 lightning bolts to play...it should credit you back as this is not an easy feat..and would be an appropriate reward and keep people playing.
2- It takes a ton of coins to purchase most of the items for your world as well as gems. Stop being so insanely stingy with them as it takes a really long time, due to the lack of turns you get at a time to amass any amount of coins or gems.
3- Give players the option of watching ads to gain power, coins and gems. This is standard with most games as the game host is paid for players to watch the ads. It’s a win win!!

by Eddyedna12366

I’ve been playing this game for a month now and I’ll say that June’s Journey is a great game and I have a lot of fun playing the game, but I do have some issues about it. First of all the time it takes to build some stuff such as the lighthouse. To finish building the lighthouse you need to wait days in order to continue building which is fine with me, but I end up having to wait two weeks just to finish a digital light house. That’s just exaggerating. Another thing I find annoying is how long it takes to get 5 stars. I don’t mind taking 30 seconds off my time in order to use less energy for more fun, but it gets annoying that each play only increase in about 7% as you progress into more stars. The levels get more difficult which make sense, it’s a game it’s supposed to be challenging, but to get less reward as it increases in difficulty, that doesn’t make sense. Most games when levels become more difficult you get better rewards, but in June Journey’s case, you get the same coin and object rewards and less star rewards. But overall everything else is great. Money isn't bad, you always have enough to build a beautiful place and waiting for decorations to build isn’t bad either, except for the big building like the light house, which takes weeks just to build one tiny section, it’s been a month and I’ve only built three parts of this multi part building.

by Carzabeth

I’ve enjoyed playing this game but the rewards you get aren’t worth the money you have to spend. I’ve noticed that the developers are very stingy with many parts of this game making you buy more and more stuff to proceed. To me not a very good business plan....I would continue to pay for boosts if you got a fair amount of items/energy to play. I’ve noticed that you get quite a big percentage to fill up stars in the beginning of a scene but when you get to the end 2 stars, even if you get perfect every time you only get about 10% which causes you to use up your energy and then have to buy or use up all your purple diamonds...would seem to me if you get perfect you should progress rapidly but that is not the case. And trying to get compasses to expand your area of play is impossible....those compasses are very few and far between... I don’t mind spending money to play a game but I want a bit of “bang for my bucks” and that is not the way it works in this game...think developers are a bit too greedy...which is sad because it really is fun but I won’t be spending any more money to play....I realize my review will not change anything because people before me have complained about the same thing so apparently the developers either aren’t listening or they don’t care or they have enough people playing the game that the people that leave don’t impact them much...sigh!!

by RikkiFuqua

I’ve recently come back to this game. I don’t mind the wait for power and you can watch and ad to reduce the power to play each scene from 15 to 10 for 30 min. I like that I can activate this boast as many times as I need. The only problem I have is the constant asking for me to spend real money to “enhance” my game. I have no desire to spend money on this game as I play casually so I’m not disappointed when I run out of power for my session. I just go to a different app while I wait for the power to restore. The storyline is engaging and I don’t mind that it can take several tries before I get to that 5th star box. For those of you saying that you have to spend gems to get more power, have some patience! This game is not meant to be a several hour session each time. I play maybe an hour at a time, two if my boxes keep giving me more power.

To the developers: Please stop opening the store for me to spent money every time I open JunesJourney , or go back to the overview or sometimes just random times when I haven’t touched something in a minute. If I want to give you money, then I will seek the store out myself. Forcing that on me will lower my chances of buying something rather just having the store to buy gems and such available for easy browsing.

by Hope42day

I have been playing this game for a while and I love playing. I’ve shared with friends and family how fun this game is. I like that there is a story with the hidden object scenes. Recently I started listening to the podcast as well and it’s a good addition to the game. There are options to buy diamonds, decorations, etc in the game however the developers have created it so that purchase isn’t a must which is nice. I do opt to watch the ads so that I don’t use as much energy per game play. The decorations are nice. At first I didn’t understand the benefits from having the decorations however after playing for a little while I slowly began to understand. It has become just as much fun to decorate the island as it is to play the scenes. The one thing that is bothersome a little is the time it takes to watch the ads and for the ads to load. It takes 30 seconds for some ads to just load and that doesn’t include the watch time for the ads. Sometimes the ads won’t load it will just sit and spin. I have also encountered a few times that the ads did not load and it went on for me to start playing the scene once I start the playing then the ad will pop up kicking me out of playing the scene. This causes a lose of energy which is frustrating. The only other concern I have is the occasional foul language in the story. I don’t like those types of words and feel that hey are not needed because it takes away from the quality of the game. Other than that a great game.

by Nikibaked@420

I love this game. It has a good plot/storyline, great seek n find levels. You can earn a lot of the diamonds on your own just by playing and most all decorations and things you “build” are affordable without having to spend your money on them,,,Except the special-limited time decorations and crazy priced to me!! They are usually between $10-$20 for a decoration in a game, I’m sorry that’s just too much, then to buy them with the coins(game money) they were like $100,000 and it takes probably 50 games just to get $20,000. However I did see this set for Halloween is a lot more reasonable $36,000 and us normal folk,lol, can now get them too.. I Don’t Like that it’s been glitching and messing us bad for the past week. Ads won’t load,so you can’t get your new cases, energy discount, upgrade buildings, almost everything needs to play ads at some point, but often if you play it like and as much as I do, if you can’t load the ads your done you can’t get past those unless u wait hours or till JunesJourney works right and loads an ad, it will just exit out of JunesJourney at random times. There’s time it won’t even load up the game right before it exits JunesJourney . It just started doing this. I can play for an hour, or a day and it will be ok, next day I’m lucky if I can play any find & seek levels. Other than that, Love this game, that’s only reason I didn’t give it 5stars

by The Sticker

I do enjoy this game. And that’s no exaggeration. There are ads, but that’s managed better in this game than many others. You have control over when you choose to see these ads, so they don’t interrupt your momentum. Although, you’ll find it difficult to make progress without watching some ads, or paying money.
I have 2 sources of annoyance, however. The first is the amount of energy needed to finish an episode. With each successive ‘search’, the amount of energy required to finish an episode increases, such that when you’re getting close, it’s frustrating. It tells you that you’re 95% complete, you get a “perfect” score on what you think is your last search, and nope, you only gained another 3-4%. So you still have to spend another energy chunk just to get that last, measly 1-2%. The second is that the items you have to search for are not all present in the picture from the beginning. Plus, they add more periodically. AND, some of the things are truly obscure, such that even a person with a large vocabulary, won’t have any idea what some things are. Which makes it hard to find them. Of course, they provide a help button, but they seriously dock your points for using it. And heaven help you if you are far-sighted. Some things are so well hidden, that even with help, it’s a challenge. I have found myself saying, fairly often, “that’s a ______?!?!”

by Tuel1289

I’ve been playing this game for quite a while and I have had a ton of fun playing and introducing my family to the game. Unlike many of the other reviewers I don’t have an issue with the pay to progress nature of the game, I understand the developers want to sell a product. The only issues I’ve had that have come close to driving me away from the game are- 1 the load times for the advertisements, I regularly have to wait 30 seconds for a 30 seconds ad to play which is excessive. I’m not sure how much control Wooga has over this, but it’s very irritating to wait minutes just to get started especially now that there are several things that can trigger ads. The second irritation I have playing the game is how long it takes to navigate levels, I’m caught up with the story and have started replaying early levels, it takes me over a minute to scroll back, not the end of the world but it’s hard to get motivated to play when I’m spending a few minutes watching ads and mindlessly scrolling chapters. I think that a change in the scroll method would possibly help with the other players who get frustrated about not being able to continue since they don’t have enough coins/butterflies to progress they could just easily go back and play early levels.

Anyway that’s my two cents about your game from a happy customer who has gotten a lot of entertainment from your product.

by Big_Balla_17BOYYYY

OK! This is the best game I’ve EVER played. I could go in and on about it. First off, I love, love, LOVE the graphics. They’re super good. I’m also a sucker for solving mysteries, and watching murder mystery stuff, and all of that. I just got the game today and I’m already loving it 🥰! I’m on chapter 2, and I love the story. It’s soooo interesting! I also love the developers. You know how I just got it today? Well, the already gave me a reward for playing! EEEEE! I also like how the developers respond to a lot of reviews. They’re responses are from the heart. The game is super fun. They don’t even force you to watch adds! It’s your choice, which is good because most of us don’t like adds. The thing I like the most is that you can actually get through the game. Most other games force you to buy stuff, or watch adds to get through levels, AND THEN THEY CHEAT YOU OUT OF IT! THEY DON’T EVEN GIVE YOU THE “REWARD”! And it’s sooooo annoying when that happens. I love this game so much I’ve pretty much forgetting to go on my other apps and do my work! Anyway, for those of you who are checking the reviews before you get it, ( yes most things are free in JunesJourney . ) I suggest you get it! Especially those of you who like mysteries and finding objects in the picture! I give this game a 5 star! Hope you enjoy the game as much as I did! ❤️

by Vegilover

I felt it was time, after playing this game every day for two years, to come write a review and brag on how absolutely amazing it is. I have always loved hidden object games and was on JunesJourney Store searching for one when I found June’s Journey. I wish there were more like it. I fell in love with the genius of it. The beautiful scenes, the time period. At first I was all about conquering the scenes as I love hidden object games, then I started really enjoying decorating the island and getting interested in the characters. The developers are so generous in this game. They recently gave me a huge bonus just for playing their game for two years and I’m just now leaving a review. It’s not like other games where it’s impossible or difficult to advance without paying money. The people behind this game are amazingly generous in the way they construct the game to reward you. Also the ads are completely optional. If you are looking for a game that keeps on giving, is bright/beautiful, creative and puts you in a great mood then this is the one. Also will not consume a ton of your time. The way it’s designed is you feel satisfied with the playing time, but it’s not going to have too much of your attention. It’s a great mind break. Thanks for bringing us the joy of this game. It feels like a step back in time❤️

by Promiseddove

June's journey used to be a good game but, Wooga got greedy and changed everything. Now they except 20 energy instead of the 8, 10, or so for playing in competitions. They've made the competitions go much longer. Too long to play, exhausting and the longer the play the more energy needed causing/forcing us to buy more energy. Making coffee tasks bombard us over and over and over again in the Help Wanted task part. This is even after they promised to limit them yet, never did only made them come up even more. They've completely ruined the game. It's no longer fun. Oh, and don't let me forget to add that they now keep giving some really cheap stupid gifts in the DN’s part andexpect us to use a lot of energy and playtime to just get a stupid gift that's worthless to us. Has no flower power and does nothing to enhance our islands or game in any way. Useless. The game used to give great prizes that both enhanced our islands and our flower power, and they were easily achievable. Now it's impossible to finish the tasks to get to the prize and if you played 24/7 and spent and bought every energy you could to get to it then, you end up with a useless worthless gift that was never worth it. There you have it. Welcome to the new sucky junes journey. I give it 10 thumbs down!

by Chloebernice

June’s Journey is, by far, my favorite game! It boasts absolutely gorgeous artwork which is more realistic than most. The clarity and color is superb. It’s a feast for the eyes! The game is diverse in nature, with a good mystery story line to follow while playing hidden object scenes. However, it doesn’t stop there! There are puzzles to earn and play, news ads to solve, mail in the mailbox, special detectives wanted monthly games to solve and collect prizes. Meanwhile, all throughout the game, there is a gorgeous island to design and decorate as you go, with absolutely stunning items to purchase for the design of an entire city. Anything you can imagine you can buy with the coins you earn during play. There is no end to the entertainment! All this sounds good, right? Now imagine if the game were live—that’s right—live! Connect to Facebook and the game gets even more exciting! You may speak directly to the artists, game creators, and make suggestions, join in contests, etc. You may connect with friends to exchange exciting prizes. There are also established groups to follow for those who take special interest in design! The bottom line: I don’t know anyone who has played this game who isn’t having trouble putting it down. I highly recommend you give it a try. This game is outstanding.

by Hgufygjg

Love this game so much that I can’t put it down until I run out of energy. I came to write this review because I just saw the commercial of the game and I thought 💭 that I should write a review to tell someone how great and amazing this game is. There is no word to best describe this game for the best. One thing I really enjoy is how you can make the island 🌴 and put really cool things on it. Another thing I really like about this game is all the different hidden objects to find and all the clues might not seem really necessary but they will help you continue to find what you have to find next. One more thing I really like is if you get stuck on finding something you can go to the right corner and ask for a hint. I really like that because it will take a few seconds then you can get another hint if you are really stuck. That was just a couple of things I really enjoy about June’s Journey. If I told you every thing I love ❤️ about the game you would be here all day. That’s how much I really like the game. Thank you 😊 for taking time out of your day to read this review, hopefully you want to download the game and write a review telling how much this game means to you!! Just want to say again thank you 🙏 for reading this review.

by JUNESBFF

I have loved playing this game for well over a year. I have had lots of issues and shenanigans. At level 638, I was booted off....and I started over at level 1. I have erased much of this review now that I got my original game back, with the help of the Wooga staff. I have been playing now(after getting back original account) for several months. So...if you enjoy beautiful graphics, well developed characters, a good story line...this is your game. If you enjoy making 15 attempts to actually get on this game, not being able to collect the rewards you earned without going through ridiculous clueless hints...this is your game. If you can't wait to have your progress stalled for days at a time, causing your teammates to suffer in challenges you are not able to be involved in....and if your life wouldn't be complete without those creative answers from the helpful staff to solve your problem by sneaking in more roadblocks, this is your game. If you don't spend actual money on a "free game" be prepared to suffer the consequences of your decisions..this is your game. Oh and at least once a month, be prepared for a gluttony of shenanigans...stock holder meetings. And lastly...please Wooga, no need for your "sorry you are having issues" memo...you made them . Not let's see if this gets posted and who can actually see it.

by Fae Scion

This game is much better than I expected it to be! I have been playing it for a little over a year now and I have very few complaints. The timers on certain features are reasonable and stop you from spending your whole day playing, but don’t prohibit fun. I’m not always a fan of the story itself, but the scenes are so beautiful and the island design portion is pleasing that it really doesn’t bother me. It’s usually pretty accurate to the timeline it’s set in and if you handle your money right, you can make your island very organized and aesthetically pleasing which also allows you to progress through scenes at a consistent pace. This game provides the sort of superficial pleasure that I think everyone could benefit from during these rough, fast paced times.

My only complaint at this juncture is the inconsistent frequency of “marvelous” cards (seasonal items) in the five-star boxes. When I first started playing, it seemed like I got a seasonal item about every three to four boxes, but over the last few months, I’m lucky if I get one special item in no less than 12 five-star boxes (I’ve counted this to double check if it was just in my head). This makes it nearly impossible to get the seasonal grand prizes if you don’t spend the majority of your life playing the game to earn enough coins.

Over all, I absolutely love this game, but this recent problem is quite frustrating.

by Noone2013

I have been playing this game for quite awhile and I love it. But the last week or so I have started to stall. I have all the upgradable housing, and it cost so much to open the next scene that I can’t keep up. I have had to spend all of my Gems to speed up buildings because it takes so long for the higher flowered items to build. So I either have to buy a bunch of cheaper decorations that I don’t want because I have more than I want now or spend many days replaying the same scenes. (I have spent real money in the game - not a tone, but a bit and even with that, I am stalled. Part of this is because of the stay at home orders, I have had more time to play - with that in mind, I hope the developers will be adding more upgradable buildings (these really help with not getting board waiting to build up coin to buy decorations and then waiting for them to build- which can take 4-5 days to do that- all while having to replay the same scenes over and over) especially since the garden items that are possible with 5-star boxes seem to be feast or famine - my husband has received 4 frog fountains and 3 light posts from boxes, while I have only been able to get 2 frogs and 1 light (and I play way more and am about double his level) I know it’s random chance, but it does get frustrating at times.

by Lynette C817

I’ve been playing this game for years and it keeps getting better and better. It’s not just a hidden object game. There are special events and “social” tasks you can do (but you don’t have to). You can also decorate (and redecorate) your island with buildings, plants, and other items from the shop. You earn that “money” by playing hidden object scenes. It’s easy to play this game without spending real money if you are patient. You can earn free extras by meeting goals, some are easy and some take more time and real money.
Occasionally I will buy extra gems, but I budget for it like any other entertainment expense. I figure this is one of my hobbies. It’s somehow relaxing and exciting at the same time.
The graphics are amazing. The developers are talented artists and are always creating new and beautiful HO scenes and island decorations to enjoy. There is also a backstory about June and her friends and family.
This is not just a casual game. June’s Journey definitely has a strong following of gamer fans you can connect with on social media. Many are very committed to the game and love it as much as I do.
I do wish the bigger island decorations could be oriented to face an alternate direction. But that’s my ONLY negative opinion.

by Jo D.

Love this game, but with the latest upgrade on my iPad, my Star count disappeared! I see only Flower, Coin, Diamond, and Energy counts across the top of my screen. Please fix this!!

I’ve learned to work around the missing star count on the island page, but now you are making me jump through extra hoops to get into a satchel to see my star boxes and character counts!! Get rid of the satchel or allow us to choose what goes into it! It serves no purpose for me other than to hinder my play. There is plenty of real estate on the screen without it. And on top of that, now the game keeps crashing especially on viewing the ads causing me to have to view an ad 2 or 3 times to move past a case. Today it crashed when trying to start an energy booster and when going from competition back to the cafe...really frustrating!! Now this morning, as it has done several times in the past, I clicked on the camera to watch an ad to go into energy saver mode. No ad appeared and it took me to my scenes showing 10 bars needed per scene. I waited about 10 seconds for the ad to start (already frustrating). It did not so I used 10 energy bars to begin the scene. After finding about 6 objects, the ad popped up, played partially then hung (screen went black). I waited for 15 seconds. Nothing happened, so I had to swipe to shutdown the game. When I reopened, I had lost my energy and had gotten no credit for the scene. Arghh!!

by Pescao

Honest game good for your brain. This game plays honestly with you. Watching adds or purchasing extra “object” give you real perks to advance in the game. Many games basically lead you to having no other way out but purchase more lives if you want to keep playing. Here you can actually work your way though the game, and you want to because T
the visuals are lovely and the seasonal objects are really creative. Its interesting it doesn’t just forces you to buy or give up: you buy things that you want to see in a beautiful mind garden. The game actually lets you learn and teaches you, supporting visual memory and providing challenges to the gamer. It would add to the effect of the “mind garden” if you could buy some of the clues or objects in the scenes. Finally It’s cure that you can “make friends” by giving plants and they help you stay in the game. It’s the only game I have not deleted after it got too hard or too boring. At least they are subtle in their sales strategy. Each scene is beautifully designed, pretty, each ad or sale doesn’t leave you feeling cheated. I am writing because this game got me into gaming and I can’t find another concept that is so well thought out. Please, keep developing games with various levels of engagement like this. Also kudos to customer service. They are very responsive

by Mophandler

Thanks for keeping the growing grass, I think it is real pretty, where do we find the new weekly gifts 🎁 I checked the mail box . Nothing 😔hi I used my detective 🕵️‍♀️. Skills and found it😀😀😀😀😀😀I just love this game it just keeps getting better❤️❤️❤️❤️👌I just love all the new people, I think tha was a great addition, this is the best game Ever 😍Hey who shrunk my tiki torches, they were big now they are small, what happened 😳 up date, I hope you plan on more Christmas items, There is no new Christmas tree, what if I was new to the game, I also like more of the bigger size decorations, I now your team can do better😀🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄, love the people 😘Thank you, and Merry Christmas 🎁. How do we find the holiday store?🤢😊 playing the timed game and bought the finder and doesn’t work on the cast, can’t find the cast wasting time and energy very disappointed 😞 I cannot finish the game lost so much energy , I cannot advance something is wrong , HELP, glitch in the second scene, the CAST used the clue finder an it won’t work, it worked on other items , I was in third place 🥉 now can’t advance,,,,,,,'🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢help time is running out, we were in second now back to third place what is going on? You did hear us and thank you Wooga, for giving us back what we lost over the weekend 😃🙏

by Moon Moonie

Hi hello I hope you all take this into consideration I really do, and I’ve put a lot of thought into what could be improved and added.
My first idea please expand the island I think everyone wants that with the amount of stuff we spend using coins and such and we need more space for it ,I also think it would be cool to add more buildings to remodel and fix I also think it shouldn’t take hours and hours to fix those buildings and remodel maybe consider decreasing the hours for it.I also think it would be cool if the game had a time changes like day and night time.I also think it would be cool if we had an option to go into town cuz why not the bridge is right there on the right we would have the option to explore and even sell things, which brings me to my next idea I think it’s unfair to sell stuff for coins but lose flowers and make us go back a level completely unfair,I think that should be removed,so instead we sell stuff and get coins for it and maybe even compasses and star boxes and energy as well.
I really do love your game a lot and I really hope you take my ideas into consideration.
Thank You for reading this and hope you all are staying safe and healthy.