Home Design Makeover Reviews

by Must Tune In!

I loved the look of this game when I first saw it! The video ad I got in one of my games made it look like you could just design a home without having to do anything to get coins. I downloaded it right away seeing that it had good ratings. I went into HomeDesignMakeover after it downloaded hoping I would be able to design some rooms and houses without having to complete any games to get coins, like what occurred with some other design apps I downloaded and quickly deleted. Sadly, I was let down. I hate having to play games to get coins! If you create and game like this at least please make the game and challenge different! I’m tired of always having to slide my finger to make groups of 3 to complete the challenge to get coins!!!!!! Multiple design games have this and eventually it gets boring. There is one really great design game that includes no need to play any games! If you ever plan on making a Design game or any other type of game we’re you need to get coins to unlock things, please consider the fact that people are tired of games like this where you have to slide your finger to get groups of three. Either make it so you have to play no game at all, like maybe answer a riddle, or make no challenge or game at all. Thanks for reading this and I hope you realize my point!

by Nikhmarch

I use to love this game but I’m not playing it much any longer. As others have stated, once you have been playing for a while the levels become very difficult to complete with out spending money. It’s no fun to play a level for a week. You you have very little chance to earn rewards like this. Also as others have mentioned there are no daily rewards or opportunities to earn them outside of game play.
As for the challenges/DYI I really enjoyed them at first but the rewards that you earn per level are way out of wack with the cost of the items. You can play a level and literally not have a single ticket or glove drop. Not one! This has happened multiple times. Even then as you proceed through the challenges you are only earn a small fraction of what an item will cost. Yes, you can earn unlimited lives but who’s playing for ten hours straight? What is suppose to be fun has become a tedious chore with some not so subtle money grubbing attached.

by Mary Army 76

I’m in my 40s and have been playing video games since the 1980s, and I’m passionate about them. This soulless game has compelled me to write my very first review. I love video games, and I’m willing to put up with any amount of glitches and/or crashes as long as the game is solid. But this game is just totally heartless. It’s fun and addictive in the beginning, but the further along you get, the more intolerable the game becomes—both in the dialogue (gender-stereotyping ad nauseam) and in the gameplay itself, making each successive level be increasingly a game of chance rather than skill. I respect that free-to-download games have to survive financially somehow, and when a game increases in popularity yet chooses to behave as a here-today-gone-tomorrow desperate cash-in, that’s where I part ways. It’s a simple game with the potential to be awesome, and it opted to be greedy rather than awesome. Don’t waste your time or money; this game’s not worth either.

by Hajwjwjdjkwkwjejdnejwkjdbe

When I first got this game I was super excited! And it WAS fun at first. However, as you progress the difficulty of the puzzle games increase as well as the money you spend per career level (which is to be expected). However, these “match 3” puzzles get UNNECESSARILY difficult. I’m talking DAYS of not being able to solve one puzzle level. I mean, perhaps I’m not the brightest at puzzle games, however this is a problem many experience according to many other reviews. Instead of having fun and renovating rooms with a nice storyline, it’s waiting hours or even days to earn money through the puzzles. The puzzles are the only way! There’s no daily reward or anything of the sort. It’s either solve all of the puzzles or pay up using your money. There is also no actual way to accumulate gems either; that is something you have to buy as well. As the game progressed I found myself getting much more tired of it and frustrated. I’m glad there aren’t any ads of the sort, however in order to succeed in the game happily you have to spend money.

by Vtlioness

When I first started playing this game, I found it slow and boring; but since then (at least 5yrs ago), the design graphics are actually very beautiful. For quite awhile I enjoyed this as my go-to for downtime. However, as I got up to level 9000, it started to become very hard. Now, at level 14,000+, it’s downright nearly impossible. Every fourth level is a hard level. They can take two full days, or an entire hour of free play to beat (total waste during competitions). Even levels not labeled hard, can often take up to two days to win. Unless I buy gems and boosters. Then I miraculously beat the level.
I find that I can enter a competition, begin within the top 15, progress to the top 10, hit a Hard Level. By the time I beat it, I’m often reduced to level 30. This obviously demonstrates that I’m not playing against ppl at my same level.
Love the designs, love the graphics; but I have wanted to throw my iPad across the room more often than not. It’s become more of a frustration than a joy. Out of work. Can’t “pay to play” anymore. Don’t get addicted unless you have disposable income. Also, game crashes a lot, lose a life or time in free play.

by HorseNiña

I want to start out by saying that this is a good game that is most of the time interesting and fun, with great graphics and really real looking objects and people. I really want to love this game, and don’t get me wrong, it is a good game, but I don’t like how you don’t get a daily bonus, or any bonus...and that really wouldn’t bother me if I could actually pass the match levels, but sometimes, the hints aren’t very helpful, or you use up all of your lives/energy trying to beat a level. I also think that the in game price of five more moves to way too high for what you get, and for people who aren’t a fan of in app purchases, just seems like a waste…where as they would prob rather invest their time and money in another game that is more fun and easier. I think that there is too much “candy crush” and not enough decorating and enjoying the game. I will say that I do like the game and it has a lot of potential, but there are a lot of things that I would fix. 😉

by Hershey's Pooh

I love this game have been playing it for awhile now. I love the designing part and playing the levels. But I never win the level until a 3 day challenge comes up then all of a sudden I have 3 hour lives. Then with the new update and having to spend diamonds to get something special is too much. Nobody is going to buy diamonds to get a special design. If we could EARN diamonds it would be more fun. This game is honestly all about money, they want you to buy this and buy that. It really has got boring as I never pass a level until a 3 day challenge comes up. Also it would be more entertaining if we had little challenges just to earn or diamonds or coins. Or every week we could get a special prize or something. Another thing, it takes too long to get a life. You honestly play the game once a day because it take too long to just get 1 life. You can watch 3 30 minute shows and you still won’t have your 5 full lives and that very trifling and un entertaining. I love this game so much but it’s not fun anymore at all!

by Evilmaria667

When I 1st started playing this game years ago you could purchase extra moves and boosts and while a little pricey it wasn’t bad. The items to buy for the regular designs weren’t bad but the more levels you move up you end up “paying” $6k or more for room decor. Literally a few plants and some books. They have challenges on the weekends where you earn boosts and could win coins and extra boosts. They got rid of the boosts on the weekend challenges and now have team challenges where you get 7 moves to win a game. 7!!! It’s almost impossible and it’s all about greed. They are making it so you almost have to buy extra moves and boosts to win. I’ve easily dropped over $1k on this game in the years I’ve played. I’m done giving them any $. Start treating your customers better. People are not happy with the changes you’ve made. Used to be fun but you guys got super greedy. Not giving you another dime and I spent A LOT of $ on this game. It’s a shame.

by DesignedOut

This game was fun at first, but as you get to higher levels (I’m above 4600 at this point) it becomes increasingly more frustrating than it is fun. The weekend or holiday challenges somewhat add some fun, but it’s short lived. Some levels, not even notes as “hard” can take days or weeks to pass if you don’t buy extra lives, which then of course you somehow “magically” are able to pass a level. There are no daily bonuses like most games either. Also, as you get in to the higher levels the items cost so much that it takes seemingly forever to complete a design. There are also glitches that you can see if you pay close attention, combining pieces that don’t add up correctly, clearing pieces don’t subtract from the totals on the left correctly, and pieces that are supposed to clear based on your move don’t always clear correctly. Once a favorite of mine, I think I’ve wasted enough money and am tapped out on this now frustrating game.

by Katkatkat86

I really enjoy this game - it’s one of my most played games on my device. But the ads in this game are SO glitchy and freeze all the time. Conveniently, this happens more often when you watch an ad to get extra moves in the round you’re playing...
It’s also pretty aggravating once you get to the higher levels; instead of new, creative harder levels, you instead just do old ones over and over with less moves. The ‘hard levels’ also have no rhyme or reason - when you aren’t doing one of the timed events, they occur every 5 rounds or so, but when you’re doing a timed event they happen about every other round - I’ve even gotten 4 in a row before during a timed event.
There are also no way to earn things like the in-game currency (jewels). You're given 20, then the only option to have is to spend money. You don’t necessarily need the jewels, but when you get 4 hard levels in a row it would be nice to buy some extra moves, since the free option of viewing ads just freezes the game...
If the ad glitches were fixed (instead of getting worse) and there was a way to earn jewels, even slowly, I’d give it 5 stars.

by Roxseaton

I loved this game when I started it, but it gets old. The decorating is wonderful but they don’t offer a daily special (like garden or Homescapes) and I don’t want to buy specials. The hard levels can last for days, but that’s not too bad—unless there is a challenge room. You have 3 days and that goes quickly. It wasn’t so bad at first but the game now has doubled the coupon price for the challenge rooms. Items went from 20-40 coupons to 110 or more. I can see the progression when I look at my room and challenge history. It begins with completed etc and starts to change over to expired around the time that they made it harder. I like challenges, but when I’m running out of time due to a difficult level for which I need specials to complete, in order to buy decorations(with inflated decoration prices) for said challenge rooms well, let’s just say that I now ignore all the challenges. I did one of the 3 Xmas and then stopped. I visit the game occasionally to keep my hand in for the regular rooms but I’m no longer a daily player.

by Gadzook933

But now that I’m in higher levels it’s almost impossible to complete one level with the limited number of tries. Also the DIY and limited time events are impossible. I used to be able to complete them almost every time now I haven’t completed any in over a year. It cost way too many gloves or tickets for each step. The limited event going on right now has already cost me over 2500 tickets and I still have at least 3 more 90+ pieces of furniture. I think the furnitures should cost half tickets that it currently cost and the diy event should be open to keep working on every week until we complete it. Ince you finish one diy project then you can unlock another one. I probably played this game 6 + hours this weekend trying to finish the event and now I’m just irritated and don’t want to play at all. So if you want something to play once in a while then this is fine, but once you pass 2000 levels forget about it and don’t even bother with any of the events

by Combat Teddy

I enjoyed this game when I first started playing it. I’m never going to understand the point of paying into a mobile game that isn’t going to add any value to my life. I decided a long time ago that I wasn’t going to be lured into paying micro transactions to progress through a game. Most games will allow you to play without paying. The only down side is that you have to be patient about how you progress. This game will not allow you to progress without make any kind of purchase. The game does a very good job of psychology making you think that you need to pay for the piggy bank by saying it’s full. You can unlock the piggy bank by spending money. I have spent nothing. Unfortunately, I can no longer play this game unless I spend money. Oh well, another game bites the dust. Sorry people. I can’t support a game that is greedy. For the record, I will spend money on some games that are challenging and have a good system for earning prizes.

by Apie13579

This game is OK. I don’t think it’s that great due to all of the mini games. It seems as I am spending more time on the games inside the game, and I’m not spending any time designing a home! The original Design Home is a lot better in my opinion. Although this is a lot more updated, HomeDesignMakeover needs to offer you more money in a variety of ways. The only way to get this money is to either buy it, or play a mini game, which gets boring over time. HomeDesignMakeover needs the offer to watch an add to get more money. Also, you spend your energy fairly quickly. I played the mini game twice and lost all of my energy. I then had to wait forever! This game is not something that I would recommend. I do recommend Design Home though. It is a lot better. I think this game deserves 3 stars. You can tell it has good effort put into it, but not enough. To the Home Design Team: please find a way for players to earn more money without an in app purchase or a mini game!

Thank You!

by LyshuhhT

The game overall is a lot of fun, but the match 3 puzzles are awful. You won’t be able to beat the level until it wants you to. It seems very set up. The functions of the different pieces hardly make sense. Sometimes they will “miraculously” make you win the whole board in 3 moves at the last minute, and the rest of the time you will lose with one piece you can’t match for 15 moves. I’m on level 100 and I haven’t beat a single level where I didn’t follow the “hints” to an exact tee. But then that’s only sometimes because other times the hints will make you lose. It’s really annoying, especially when you get unlimited lives and time is wasted because you have to play every level 3 times before it basically lets you win in 5 moves. I’ve played a ton of match 3 games so I know it’s not just me! They really just don’t give you enough moves and want you to spend money on gems that you will have to use every single round just to get that ONE extra winning move.

by Uuuuuuisisiieudhd

This game is amazing, I used to love it so much. The only problem for me is that it is super addictive. I just got this game six months ago and I’m on level 1035. I know. Not good. Also, when it offers the piggy bank (which happened to me at around level 50) it starts to eat up your gems. It says that once you get to 600 gems you can buy the piggy for a super great price, but once you hit that number and decide you don’t want to buy it, it doesn’t give you an option to go away. Almost 1000 levels later, I haven’t earned a single gem to get new lives, turns or power ups because the piggy bank is eating them all up, and it’s something you don’t want. If you could just fix this the game would be so much better. Thanks! Overall, it’s a really great game besides those two reasons I just stated.

by Aamamommie

Yes this game is fun; however, there are frequent errors that occur during purchases, and rewards. Of course, after the addiction process is complete, you’ll find that it costs to win each game. Also, the inflation that occurs in the real world is exacerbated in the game. So to make one addition during a project, one must win approximately 6 games. But, when you’re hooked, you’re hooked. BTW: when contacting support, the first time, after about a year, I was told to update. That’s it, no compensation, or reimbursement. When I contacted support today after 2 in app purchases, I was simply told to screenshot my receipt, and submit it, which is did. I can say that another game that I am equally hooked on, upon contacting their customer support after only a few months, I was overly compensated, as well as politely communicated with, and even contacted via email to make sure that my problem was handled to my satisfaction, then even compensated again. Just an FYI.

by Asa Sparks

I love this game and it could have a five star rating from me but unfortunately I can’t give it a 5 star rating. I see only one problem with this game. Once a special challenge ends…there isn’t any way you can pay for more time and it isn’t any way to go back to finish the event for an increase amount of money. You’re stuck with a huge expired on your challenge without any other way to change it. All the other games give you a second chance to finish the challenge with a increase amount of time if two or three days for 2-5 dollars. That’s why those games are more fun and receives higher ratings. Everyone of my friends that play this game complains about the same thing…yet nothing is being done to change it or make it better. You’re going to start losing loyal gamers if it doesn’t change. That’s the only problem. Please read, respond, and consider GAME DEVELOPERS.

by Islandsue

I enjoy this game. I’d give it 5 stars but there is absolutely no way to get diamonds unless you buy them. There should be a way to achieve diamonds, maybe daily play or completing a puzzle on the first try. Who wants to give up precious diamonds to buy coins/money??
You can receive coins/money just by winning a level. I have enough currency in the game to finish the next 10 puzzles. The fun part is getting 5 extra moves when you’re close to getting a huge amount of tickets or hands or stars (whatever the DIY gives you now). And the DIY often does not give you anything the whole puzzle. Some character comes out to offer you coins/money for diamonds....REALLY?
PLEASE COME UP WITH A WAY TO GET DIAMONDS WITHOUT SPENDING REAL MONEY!
Thank you

by _meerkatt_

Been playing this game for about 3 years now. I’m on level 7504. 😁 The puzzles are still just as fun and challenging as they’ve always been - some are hard, for sure, but not impossible as a lot of people on here are saying. I like that about it! Unlike other puzzle games I’ve played in the past, I can keep working on a level until I beat it (though it may take a while sometimes!) without having to buy anything. Also I love the mini design challenges in between main challenges. They keep me from getting bored. I’ve written a review on here before but thought it was worth it to do it again since I’m still playing after all this time. Definitely a must have game for me! ❤️

by Gwyneth S.

These levels are literally impossible to win. I’ve not once played a level only one time. It takes me at LEAST 3 tries and usually it takes me a full day of going on HomeDesignMakeover several times (as it takes away an energy point every time you fail a level and don’t pay to continue on after you’re out of moves) and playing the same level over and over again. It’s like gambling, only sometimes you hit big, which of course means literally just completing a level. This is a joke.

by Margheritchris

UPDATED: I thought maybe the elements were so high because I was doing an outside space. So I finally finished and now on a bathroom. A vanity is 17,000. I think when people get to this level they have probably spent actual money to get here. These are your loyal, paying customers. But the rooms take so long to complete that you get sick of looking at them. I am deleting this game and it’s a shame because I really loved it. You are losing your core customers!

I am on level 5079, so clearly I loved this game. At the beginning you could play a few games and then pick out a design element for the room you were working on. Now my average cost for a design element is about $15,000, and the average amount per game I win is $800. Therefore I have to win about 18 games to purchase one design element. Unfortunately that means that by the time I complete the room, I’m sick of looking at it. I will complete the room I am on, but if the next room has this high price on the design elements again, I will delete the game.

by Peppywood

This game started out fantastic but the farther you get in levels, the more impossible it is to win without using real cash to purchase fake coins/dollars for a fake design. Level 1035....the game doubled the price to purchase items to furnish your design. Without double the earnings from a win. So, you have to plat 3 times more games to be able to purchase an item.
Waste of real money. Too bad, I love the game.
Adios! 😔

by Abbbrr

I used to love this game. I would play every single day. I really loved how the designs are my style and the different options still go together. However, they added a piggy bank feature where you have to pay real money for money you’ve earned in the game. Sometimes you get stuck on really difficult levels. Some levels I’ve used like 5 special add-ons (which are expensive) and I still won’t be able to get past them. In the meantime, a challenge might end. Also, whenever you gain unlimited lives they start right away. In one of the weekly challenges you can get consecutively more unlimited lives. It adds up to like 10 hours of consecutive unlimited lives that you have to use immediately. If you don’t use the lives right away they’ll expire which is frustrating because you get no reward. The pieces of furniture cost soooooo much in the later levels.

by Vjgds

I’m all for home design and HomeDesignMakeover is a good game to play when I’m bored. The only thing I don’t like is the way you earn the money to do renovations. It’s so hard to pass a level. Even when you do win you only hundreds of dollars when the renovations cost one thousand dollars or more. And in the ads they created above they don’t mention that you have to play games to earn money, I just thought they could give you a heads up on that.

by Glamisdude

I used to really love playing this game but it’s become very annoying. The fact that I can’t earn more than 975 coins per level at the MOST is extremely irritating because all the items in the rooms will be extremely expensive especially when you get to the higher levels where one item cost 10,000+. I wish they offered more coins for levels or do something like Homescapes where they offer more coins if you have leftover power ups or moves but no they choose to be unreasonable. Used to play this game a lot but it just got frustrating to play after being in the same room for a week.

by I Have A Voice

I play this game way too much and that’s not a bad thing. I’m a college student who’s just trying to waste time. However that means I refuse to pay legit money for anything on HomeDesignMakeover. I will watch hours of ads for bonuses but no matter what you implement (the new $2.99 feature for diamonds that I’ve earned) I will not pay legit money. So please try again, thanks.

by Rayne_anne

Woke up this morning to play, and now there’s an insane amount of ads out of nowhere that there is no way to get out of! Lovely game but a shock to see what was my favorite game ruined, I don’t know how much longer I can play. Hopefully soon they come up with a way to pay for no ads. They make the game unenjoyable

by 🦶🏼🙏🏽💋🦷👅

Yo get new pieces of furniture you have to play a free fall match 3 game. They make them to hard so that you can’t complete it in the number of moves they give you. You can pay 90 gems to get 5 more move but you start with enough for 2 extra move sets. But then you have to buy gems. Whenever you run out of moves and the level is not complete they also take away 1 lightning bolt and you have six. If you run out then you can’t play the mini game to get furniture to build the house for the client. You either have to pay for more lightning bolts or wait for the timer to give you one more. I like the game, but the mini games are annoying. It would be awesome if they could create a variety of mini games. Thanks!

by Cranberry010408

I’ll love this game because of the from her easy way to re design the different peoples homes. My only complaint is the way to earn coins. I feel like there could be different games and ways to earn coins. Besides this it’s great! There are ads but they are minimal and kinda enjoyable. Hope this was helpful to someone. 🙃

by JuRu9

The amount of coins it takes to design a room compared to what you win on each level doesn’t equal out. It shouldn’t take 20+ levels to finish just one room. Really makes me not want to play but I love the game! Really wish they would make it a little more reasonable.

by Angelfire2018

PRO: home design with sometimes very challenging levels and have to play several times before winning the level.

CONS: they recently added ads. I don’t mind so much watching the ads for the option of the additional 2 moves but it IS annoying now when moving from level to level to watch an ad in between. Not only that but are 30 second ads and that is annoying.

This is why I reduced down a star. Other than that I really love this game. If they could just tweak it just a little more with the ads it would be perfect again.

by 🥺😍😜

This game is great!I really enjoyed it!It is very realistic and modern and not finicky at all.
I tried property brothers home design and it was slow and annoying this game was great!

by Ojg36

I like this game because it’s fun and it’s not hard 😠and you can design really nice things around the houses and you can help people who need a totally new furniture 🪑 and age appropriate, so I think you should install this game and maybe it will help you design and get ideas for your home too😊!