# Castaway Cove

> Tropical Island Adventure Game

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1201314107](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1201314107)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id1201314107`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Kongregate
- **Category:** Adventure
- **Rating:** 4.30 / 5 (476 ratings)
- **Version:** 1.25.0
- **Last updated:** 2018-03-12
- **First published:** 2017-08-29
- **Size:** 226 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-04
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/castaway-cove/id1201314107)
- **Website:** [http://www.kongregate.com](http://www.kongregate.com/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://www.kongregate.com/pages/privacy](https://www.kongregate.com/pages/privacy)

## Description

Welcome to the island of Castaway Cove!

Collect survivors to build an island paradise, as they collect supplies and resources by exploring the mysteries of the island.

Features:
*Tap your way into Sand Dollar riches, which can be used to upgrade and improve your village!
*Adventure through exciting special events such as Pearl Diving!
*Discover and collect rare survivors who work harder and have better attributes than the others!
*Use dozens of island resources to upgrade your buildings to even higher levels!
*More than 10 buildings to upgrade and generate Sand Dollars to improve your village.
*Collect enough wealth to set sail from the island to move on to bigger and better things!
*Play your way: supports both portrait and landscape modes!

Castaway Cove is optimized for Phones and Tablets.

PLEASE NOTE: Castaway Cove is free to play, but some extra game items can be purchased for real money. You can disable in-app purchases in your device's settings.

A network connection is required to play.

## Rankings

- #76,534 — Overall

## Review summary

Players praise Castaway Cove for its cute graphics, simple and casual gameplay, and time-killing appeal. However, feedback frequently cites crashes/ad playback failures, screen-cut UI on iPhone X, progress loss when backgrounding, slow repetitive progression, and event/update glitches. Improvements in stability, UI scaling, data persistence, pacing, and event reliability would significantly improve overall satisfaction.

### Pros

- Cute, adorable graphics and art style
- Simple, easy-to-learn gameplay
- Casual, time-killing gameplay suitable for short play sessions

### Cons

- Frequent crashes and loading issues, especially around ads and video playback
- UI/screen scaling problems on iPhone X and other devices leading to cut-off controls
- Progress and inventory can be lost when leaving or swiping out the app
- Slow progression and repetitive grinding that becomes boring
- Event glitches and update-related unplayable state (e.g., extreme tapping requirements or glitches)

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