It's Literally Just Mowing Reviews

by Paramountsucks

I’ve been playing this game for about 1.5 months now. I’d like to see more variety in lawns, the current options are pretty limited. Things like baseball diamonds, new park ideas, even simple cosmetic changes would help keep me excited for the next street.

My main issues are the ads and toolboxes. There’s a 30 second ad after each lawn (sometimes I get 2 lawns before another ad) which gets pretty frustrating as each lawn takes about a minute to complete. I get that you have to make money but that seems a bit greedy. As for the toolboxes, I’m just a bit disappointed with the “random” aspect. You spend hours opening a box only to get a part you already have, which I understand from a business standpoint. But out of the 8 epic cases I’ve unlocked 3 have been new items and 5 have been repeats of those items. They take a day each to unlock. I’m at the point now where I get a feeling of dread now when I get an epic case, because I know I’m gonna spend a day opening it and it’s probably gonna be a duplicate and I’m probably wasting my time but I still gotta do it. I may get a new item every couple days and the rest are duplicates.

TLDR; overall a decent little time waster game but the constant ads, limited variety, high costs to remove ads and buy toolboxes, and endless duplicate parts are why I uninstalled.

by The Irishmen

I don’t they care anymore...

****Update****

Holiday Update. Also, just finished getting all of the Holiday items and it’s still telling me to have spooky fun from the Halloween items. I’m not sure if the DEVS even see this. The gems that you collect (cats, birds, and butterflies) cannot be seen. They blend in with the snow. Make them yellow or blue or something like that, please.

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I want to give this 5 stars but, I cannot. I have been playing this game for 280 plus days. I know because I haven’t missed a day. I absolutely love cutting my personal lawn and this game is very zen, which I love. There’s a few issues though.

Number one, this is the most annoying issue, if you pause the game for any reason (phone call, text, email, or just pause) the game literally penalizes you. You get a rating on how fast you cut the lawn with an emoji. So apparently this clock keeps running while you’re on pause. That is ridiculous.

Second, you need new content. I am currently the President of the company and I’ve gotten everything in the game almost... I haven’t received the exotic chest in I can’t remember how long, I barely get the rare chest, and the common chest is like every time.

Third, you need to group the lawn mower skins. There needs to be a “set” system as well as a mix and match. Some of the skins don’t have other contributing skins to complete the look. Which is very annoying.

Please update ItsLiterallyJustMowing ...

by Foilfinch

I never write reviews, but I hope this one is seen by the developers. What would be a 5 star review is only 3 stars because of the toolbox system. The endless hours and/or hundreds of gems that it takes to unlock the boxes is statistically impossible without constantly paying money. So there’s always a backlog and the constant sad warning that you can’t collect any more toolboxes. You can’t sell them, you can’t throw them away, you can’t earn nearly enough gems to open them in a reasonable time.

I happily paid the 4.99 to get rid of ads which was steep and bundled with just enough gems to show you how bad the roadblock is when they’re gone.

This game is fun and relaxing enough to keep mowing and try to ignore the chests. The artwork in the fields, the pretty flowers, discovering birds and butterflies... I’d change this to 5 stars if the pay to play aspect wasn’t so glaringly intrusive and unbalanced.

by Dreamincolourxx

I enjoy this game and I think the premise is great. The style is cute, and it fulfills the promise of satisfaction. I think it would be fun to add a feature where you can collect items like flower seeds and fence blueprints to cultivate a property that you own, maybe even mow your own lawn once a day to get items. There are just a few things that irritate me: 1) The mute button on the ads does not work until the skip button appears, meaning I have to listen to the first 3-5 seconds of every ad. 2) The animation meant to highlight the last few blades of grass you may have missed is rough on the eyes, and largely unnecessary. I wish it was optional, or at least delayed another couple of seconds. 3) The birds move so quickly that I often miss them, and my mowing path goes awry as a result. It's distracting, instead of interesting. 4) This one doesn't bother me as much, but the limit on toolboxes discourages me from continuing to play, and then I forget to come back for days at a time. A toolbox that takes 24 hours to unlock doesn't seem like a great business model, especially since the epic parts don't offer much difference from any others. Faster, cheaper toolboxes would be much more motivating, and generate momentum for both gameplay and gem-spending.

by CharleyJoe

It makes me want to get out my John Deere mower and cruise around the yard. I wish there was a perk included when removing ads that also reduced Tool Chest opening time, it’s pretty long. At the very least, we should be allowed to see what chest we will be getting so we can decide whether to keep the new chest or not. It takes away some of the zen when you keep getting the message that you don’t have an available slot. Gem acquisition is pretty slow, though existent! It would cost a fortune to open every chest at the end of each street, and I would like to save a slot just for Lightning Chests so I don’t miss them. 5* if we can get a preview of the chest we don’t have room for so we can decide which one to keep. For example, I’d be much more inclined to spend more money if I have all Rare and Legendary Tool Boxes staring at me rather than regular chests that take 3 hours open. Let us delete chests to make room for more desirable chests. I love this game and want to do more than play in short bursts! Please work on the Tool Chest system and make it more streamlined to match the total Zen of the rest of the game. Awesome game for chilling out!

by Cloud 76

I love this game, but I would like an endless mode! In endless mode, you don’t need to worry about there being and end to the game, or a game over, or a high score! You can just sit down, relax, and mow lawns! endless mode would be open world, there are no barriers, or anything! You should also be able to customize the size, color, height, the design, and the shape of the lawn! Endless mode, you mow one area, and the screen scrolls up and you immediately start mowing the next area! And whenever you want to exit, just tap exit! Different types of land will appear during endless mode, wether your mowing a golf course, a normal house lawn, a park, a football field, or just a rectangular piece of land, a farm, a memorial, or a church! This would be especially relaxing, because for people like me, we don’t like having to worry about daily chests, how many roads we have mowed, or how much stuff we have in game! Thank you!

by JessiBear17

I absolutely love this game. I’ve played it every day for the past 70 days (since I first downloaded it) and have not gotten sick of it. With all of the stress that the pandemic has brought, I look forward to playing this every evening or even when I need a quick break from work. The only thing I ask is if we could have the option to turn the little hint on and off at the end of each lawn. Sometimes there will be patches that I go back to at the end and I have every intention of mowing them, but it drives me mad when the game frantically shows me that I’ve forgotten a patch. Very rarely has this feature come in handy, and it has actually added some anxiety to the game which I believe defeats the purpose. To the game developers: PLEASE make this an option in the future. Otherwise, this game is awesome. 5 stars regardless of the annoying flashing when you still have blades of grass to mow. I understand that it’s for those moments when you’ve missed a piece, but again, I’m often reminded even when it’s just an area that I need to go back to.

Edit: I just updated ItsLiterallyJustMowing and now my green visor is gone. I thought I had earned that in a toolbox. Can we please keep the items that we unlock?

by Akayokie

Been playing for a couple months now, I have every bird & butterfly unlocked and I’m at Rank 14. Good to say I’ve put quite a bit of time into this game. I have very few complaints and a bunch of compliments.

First, the good, the gameplay, graphics, and design of the game are wonderfully simplistic and easy to look at. Pretty colors, cute character design and customization options give the game a very fun bonus. I have about 63% of the parts collected and I find it nice (but also a bit annoying at certain points, like when you REALLY want to complete a set..) how long it takes to collect everything.

A big thing, but I think it would be nice to implement a social feature to the game, such as guilds/groups where there are weekly/daily/etc challenges to see which group can mow the most blades of grass or lawns. Rewards could just be a few gems so that plays don’t feel absolutely pressured to participate in the competition.

I haven’t spent a penny on this game and while the ads to get a bit irritating at times I’m glad this isn’t an app that pushes in-game purchases on you. I appreciate the time and effort put into this game. Great to play.

by HazMatEric

I am really enjoying this game. With the new updates it is easier to accumulate jewels so you can open more boxes or even buy cool hats. The ball fields are awesome and fun to mow. And discovering new cats also makes it interesting. Only a few things
I would like to see with the new update. First is maybe replacing the animals that we’ve already discovered with new animals. I don’t know about anyone else but I am sick and tired of constantly getting the puffin and Australian Magpie showing up on my screen they are just the two most annoying sounding birds and I have literally gotten them 9 times in a row when I have mowed. I would like to see maybe dogs become discoverable or even insects. 2nd thing is when we are able to hit the balls into the basket or goals we should be rewarded with gems make the game a little more fun and rewarding. 3rd. Maybe add seasons like winter fall we can use the mower to chop up pile of leaves and to push snow around. 4th keep changing the parts maybe make it so the mower can light up or that you can customize the wheels with cool rims. Keep up the good
Work it is a fun game to play.

by Rusty's Rocking Jamboree

This is a well built game. Certainly five stars. I like that it’s non-violent. But there are some problems.
First, the game is consistently THE SAME! There is no progress. There’s a backstory, in a series of letters and messages from The IGM (International Guild of Mowers). You collect butterflies and birds. But completing a collection doesn’t change the game, except cosmetically in the most minor way. You collect Prize Boxes, that contain different mower parts. You can customize your mower in an amazing number of ways. But again, it doesn’t change the game except cosmetically. I wish different mowers behaved differently. Maybe had different speeds, turn radius, mower widths. It wouldn’t be THAT hard to modify the game so that different mowers behaved slightly differently. The game keeps track of your BEST SPEED mowing a lawn. But you can’t see you speed from lawn to lawn. There’s no way to tell if your getting better or not. The game keeps track of how many days in a row you’ve played, but that’s another statistic that doesn’t affect gameplay at all.

I enjoyed the game. I found the ending anti-climactic and unsatisfying.

It took me several months to play through the game. Now that it’s over, I see no incentive in continuing to play or resetting the game and starting again.

by AtomicTaco36

This is an honest and entertaining arcade like title. Relaxing and certainly not “pay-to-win.” If you can get past the redundancy of mowing lawns and only play it a little each day it can be a very effective way to distract yourself from the horrors of this pandemic world. I play it on break at work and it’s brought me through some pretty rough times as I work in a nursing home. I like the exploration system with the butterflies, birds, and cats and the ability to earn some cosmetic upgrades for a customizable ride. These things add a little flavor to the slightly repetitive nature of the game. Might I suggest that in the future you add an upgrade system? I know the purpose of this game is to be simple and certainly not complex however an upgrade system where you can increase efficiency of mowing as you progress would be exciting!

by Madlibs Girl

I love this game but I have a few suggestions one is that you should have the dogs show up more often because it’s kind of weird to have a dog house at the house and then there not being any dogs whatsoever in the yard and also I think that for the dogs that you’re making maybe you could put a golden doodle as one of them because they’re really cute and you need more types of dogs. Also I think that you should make like a make your own character thing because those are the really cool to make one that looks like you because some other character options I don’t really like. Also sometimes the characters interest don’t really match mine and sometimes the gender is wrong but like the interest is right so I think a make your own character thing would be really cool

by Parkarious

I'll say up front. I love this game. I pre-ordered it, and I have a 77 day streak. The only thing is, the recently added birds stress me out, big time. They're so fast! Nine times out of ten I can't react quickly enough to tap them when they show up. It's not a big deal, but it is kind of frustrating, especially since I'm trying to unlock everything.

Overall, great game. The ads aren't unbearable, and the price you pay to get rid of them is reasonable if you do want to go that route. The mower customization choices are a lot of fun, and I love the sense of accomplishment it gives me to see things unlock.

If I could make it any better, I'd just want the birds to chill a little, and for there maybe to be an option for a gender neutral mowing character.

by An0nn

It’s a fun game and very relaxing. Great to pass the time with and it’s oddly satisfying. There are ads but they aren’t too overbearing like some free games and there’s an option to remove them for a small fee if you wish. The graphics are very good and the grass almost looks like real grass on an iPhone 11 Pro Max.

It does get very repetitive after a few days because it’s always the same set of yards / playgrounds / fields over and over. I would suggest adding more layouts, bigger yards, and maybe change the amount of yards you mow on a street to get chests. Like every now and then you have to mow 10 yards on a street to get a chest but the chest be of higher quality.

Another idea I thought of would be that your mower slowly wears down when you bump into stuff and needs to be repaired, so some cheats could contain parts to repair it with.

by Baseballguitarplyr47

This game is literally therapeutic...As one who has loved mowing lawns since before I was born, this game is a dream come true. Perfect lines, always sunny, the sound of the mower, and some wildlife to enjoy along the way? Priceless. Literally. Because it’s free.

After playing for a few months I have a few suggestions!

1. More wildlife! Squirrels, turtles, chipmunks, beavers, bunnies, etc. That’d be cool to see!

2. You have no idea how badly I want to turn down the other roads in the game. I personally think it’d be SUPER cool if there was a map to a neighborhood or city, and I could choose where I was going. Only going one direction on the street makes it feel like NASCAR...

3. Finding treasures! It’d be SUPER cool if while mowing lawns I’d stumble across things in the yard that are worth additional gems. Could be a garden tools, kids toys, old shoes, treasure chests, etc. That would add a little flare to the fun!

4. Challenges! While mowing the perfectly ornamented lawns completely carefree is amazing, a challenge every once in a while would be cool too. Could be something like time trials, not running into walls, etc. Just a thought...

5. I’m running a landscaping empire here. Being able to mow entire neighborhoods, towns, and even cities would be freaking awesome for my landscaping empire.

All in all, super awesome game. Dreaaaaaammmmy!

by Jrwhite88

Very relaxing game because of it’s simplicity. The way the grass moves in the breeze is mesmerizing. You find different cats, birds or butterflies while mowing and it’s fun to see the different ones. After you’ve mowed 3 yards you get a chest to open and have to wait a certain amount of hours for it to open or you can use gems to open them faster. I was worried it would be one of those games where you wouldn’t be able to earn enough gems without paying real money but after each yard they offer to let you watch an ad for 50 gems a pop and they add up quick! I’ve opened plenty of chests while managing to save almost 4000 gems and I’ve only been playing a few days. So they’re fair in how much they give. You get different parts for your mower to style it the way you want! Just a fun way to kill some time with no stress or levels to worry about beating

by SiegfriedChicken

I went out of my way to give ItsLiterallyJustMowing a five star review. Wanna know why? Because I’m a nervous Gen Z wreck trying to survive in 2020 and I have mental wellness blocks. ItsLiterallyJustMowing solves that. The experience and interaction of mechanics between each action the user makes in this game is carefully made so as to not arouse any suspicion of chaos or off-putting vibes. The relaxing in-game audio pairs beautifully with the visual fauna + flora to be discovered. Thank heavens the developers modeled the pay system towards cosmetics only instead of progress and features that greedy ones do. Heck, I’d pay them more for the awesome variety of colors and cosmetics just for this sole game design element. The cherry on top of that is, the ads only come when you allow them to play—YES. THIS. There’s a reason why the minimum age recommended is that of toddlers. That’s because ItsLiterallyJustMowing is literally for everyone, including adults needing mental calm during these turbulent times.

by DriverGurl18

I’ve never actually written a game review before, but this one deserves it. It’s a super relaxing game, you absolutely can’t mess up. There’s no rush on time, no boss levels, absolutely nothing that brings stress. To the contrary, it has cute little critters to find and actually provides a little biography of each one which I love. It would be awesome if they did this with flowers (hint, hint). What convinced me to write this review is the latest summer boxes they have added. I love the designs to match the season (I just unlocked the hibiscus design for the mower, which was my Mom’s favorite flower 🥺) I finished the challenges months ago and I still can’t stop playing this game. Honestly, the only complaint I can think of is the art used to be interesting people or places and now it’s just a frisbee or a sandcastle. I get that it’s in keeping with the seasonal theme but…meh. Anyway, I highly recommend this game. It has ads after a couple of yards, but you can skip within seconds. It’s not an issue at all for me. 👍🏼💛

by Avicodo123

This game has so many great things about it for stuff I love that every season the creators make a new version to that holiday and I love how they added candy to the lines to collect mower parts that’s really creative but I would like to have a suggestion you should make flowers to collect and put them in our book because if you could that would be great because flowers are one of my favorite plants and if you could incorporate flowers or like a flower book or like a flower version that would be awesome but the downside is that in the common chess you should try and make things that generate based on what you’ve already got so you don’t get doubles that often and try to randomize the animals more because I’ve gotten six rares in the same yard which is kind of weird and sometimes a little annoying because I never get any other animals and I’ve been playing this game for about three months now and I have only found one bird which is the common pigeon and I haven’t found any other bird so maybe you could add some more birds and yeah

by Dalaaz

I mow every day!
On top of the unexplained awesome fun it is to mow virtual lawn, there are many fun benefits to this game:
- the ability to discover and get educated regarding different animals and birds.
- the ability to change appearance and mix&max colors of hood/wheels/cap etc.
- the silly storyline which is developing via letters...

However, this game has much more potential that is untapped yet:

- Since after each completed yard you get a different smiley face (with/without starts, with/without open mouth smile) - it appears that there is a ranking system which I’m assuming is based on number of turns?! Why not clarify that somewhere? Let us know in the beginning of each yard what are the goals, how many turns get which reward etc. the next step would be to give prizes based on how many starts you accumulate.

- the last fruit event was awesome! Collecting eggs and winning skins was awesome. Please have more events like this on regular basis. It adds a lot to the mowing experience.

- adding couple more avatars would be nice

- adding the ability to score goals, home runs etc at the ball fields is very cute feature. Why not give rewards for that? If I’m already going out of my way to score, may as well get some gems or something else in return.

That’s about it. Keep up the good work!