Pico Islands

Name: Pico Islands
Rating: 4.3 (17 reviews)
Author: BitSpree GmbH

By: BitSpree GmbH

Strategy

Features & Capabilities

Pico Islands is a real-time strategy economy sim set in a medieval world. As ruler, grow your realm, collect resources, trade with neighbors, and conquer islands across the seas. The game is intuitive and self-explanatory, designed so you don’t need English proficiency to play.

Key activities include planning the placement of buildings and roads to maximize productivity, gathering lumber, stone, and other materials, building harbors, crafting tools and gear, and exploring new islands. You can pursue world conquest or simply enjoy a bustling town-building experience.

User Growth & Download Statistics

App Games Entertainment

By:

BitSpree GmbH

Rating:

4.30

(17) 0.30

Version:

24.01.102 Last updated: 2024-02-15

Version code:

863644785

Creation date:

2019-11-16

Compatible devices:

Size:

101.75MB

URLs:

Website ,Privacy policy

Full description:

Source:

Apple Apps Store

Data ingested on:

2026-06-09

Compare stats and ranking:

Ranking

# 311,769 ▼ 181,024

Other platforms

Pico Islands (v24.01.102)

346,727 3.65

(2,808)

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Developed by:

BitSpree GmbH

Apple Apps Store

https://apps.apple.com/br/app/pico-islands/id1476541055?l=en-GB

Website:

https://bitspree.de

User Reviews

Pico Islands is a charming, addictive colony-builder with cute visuals, but its value is undercut by a steep learning curve, high ad-removal price, and notable battery drain and bugs. Players see potential and praise the indie feel and engagement, but wish for clearer onboarding, better stability, and a more reasonable pricing/updates plan.

Pros

Engaging and addictive gameplay once the mechanics are learned.
Surprising quality for a mobile title with simple, charming graphics.
Positive indie/duo developer vibe with potential updates and ongoing support.
Has a unique, appealing colony-builder concept (sequel feel to Pico’s School).

Cons

Ad-removal price is steep and widely criticized (around $13).
Steep learning curve with minimal onboarding and unclear UI/tutorials.
Significant power consumption/overheating on devices during play.
Bugs and stability issues, plus inconsistent updates (UI gaps, progress/purchase issues).

Recent reviews

Lots of documents that, so far ate little help and $13 to remove ads? I don’t think so. $3.99 maybe. I really wanted to like this game and it’s strange. They have lots of documentation but none of it helps with figuring out why to do what when. Pushing buttons is different from the why/when to push them. I have tried 4-5 times now and am no further along. $13 for that pleasure, I don’t think so. And no updates in s year.

by Er*****, 2026-04-17

Only into the game a few hours. I did purchase the no ad version because I can see this being my new obsession as long as it continues to mature. Plus developers need income too! Some issues I am having… 1). the learning curve was pretty steep and I am still lost on some purposes the different icons represent. I.e. Forester lookups result in 404 page errors. 2) Needs a graphics setting to lower power use. Even plugged in cannot keep up with the drain. Playing on 2021 ipad with up to date ios sytem. 3). App loses my purchase records. I can recover them but it is annoying. 4) would like to see a map id of some kind and a way to play specific maps. Power drain is the most concerning to me, tbh. As I get deeper into the game I will update this review. Edit. Still playing. I tapped an option about 10 map limit and cannot undo it? Otherwise last update seemed to help with power drain. 2026 update: I keep coming back to play however no updates in a year. I have sent the game to multiple people who would like some updates as do I.