Last updated on December 11th, 2025 at 02:19 am
Idle Zoo Tycoon 3D – Strategy Game Review
Idle Zoo Tycoon 3D is a Strategy/Action game from MADBOX, first launched in 3rd July 2019.
It’s rated 4+ and currently has 31,407+ ratings on the App Store.
What Makes Idle Zoo Tycoon 3D Stand Out
Are you ready to manage the zoo of your dreams & get rich?
Start from scratch with one animal park, welcome new visitors, earn cash & upgrade it to the zoo of your dreams!
Manage your zoo wisely to keep your customers happy. Earn money, spend it smartly to bring new animals to your zoo. Increase your activity & unlock tons of new features.
Features :
- Easy to understand gameplay
- New animals to unlock
- Upgrade your animal enclosures
- Customer happiness management
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This Strategy game offers engaging gameplay and regular updates for mobile players.
Player Feedback
As a newer release, Idle Zoo Tycoon 3D is building its player community. Early feedback suggests .
Recent Updates & Development
Latest Update: 5th June 2025
Recent improvements include:
Bug fixes and performance optimization
Download & Availability
Idle Zoo Tycoon 3D is available through the official App Store for iOS devices.
Get Idle Zoo Tycoon 3D on App Store
Requirements: Requires iPhone 5s / iPad Air / iPad Air (Cellular) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina, Cellular) / iPhone 6 / iPhone 6 Plus / iPad Air 2 / iPad Air 2 (Cellular) / iPad Mini 3 or later.
Compatible with iPhone and iPad devices.
Player Experience Highlights
Community Insight:
Ok so what happened was we liked the we enjoyed playing it. All the animals are so cute . The only problem is the ads. Ads are annoying to us and others too. Theres so many ads and the worst part is after the ads are over theres no sound! We have to keep leaving and coming back after ads are over because we really like our sound. After a while we couldnt take it anymore so right before an ad came we quickly got off the game and back in again before the ads started and when we got back into the game there was no sound anyway. We kept going in and out of the game over and over again but still no sound even when we tried turning the music settings on still no sound. We did not like how it stayed like that FOREVER. Please fix this issue or bug. Overall we still think it deserves better than 1 star so we gave it a 5 star rating. Sorry if we were too harsh. We like the game we really do we just dont like when these things happen. Thank you for a wonderful game.
It been 5 YEARS AND STILL NO DINO PARK.
This the game we used to play in the Hospital and Im happy you didnt change anything great game.
Game is wonderful would love some more things added.
When we upgrade enclosures when a ad pops up when the ad is over it upgrades the enclosure by its self.
We love upgrading our animals and if you do too than this game is fur you (no pun intended) we think you should play this game every single day as it helps ziti your animal knowledge and strengthens your fingers. All in all, this is our favorite video game and Im leaving this review so that anyone reading will install.
Its fun just waiting for the dino park to come in.
We love this game we can now build our dream zoo however we want too now.
We havent been playing in a while, but we remember when you unlock a new area and reset all your progress. Could you please change it so when you unlock a new area or progress get keep.
Start you every time you open a new park.
We love the game and we have the best map but we have been waiting for the dino map for like 4 years and it is still not here like huh.
We got this app hoping to build our own original zoo and that its be more realistic to irl money. It started that way and it was awesome, but now that Ive unlocked all the biomes, Im literally making 10 octillion dollars a minute and it doesnt make any sense. We wish that we didnt have to restart every time we get a new biome and could just expand. It just felt like they ran out of ideas and needed to make the game take longer to finish. We got this two weeks ago and Im already beaten it.
We think this game has a lot of potential but right now its not very good. Their are so many ads. Every 2 minutes there is a Ad break And every time you get to a new part they erase all your progress.
You dont chance to do much in between the ads, they are approx every 60-90 seconds? We get they want to make money but this is ridiculous. Shame as it looks fun.
You spend most of the game watching ads.
Ive played this game for two years off and on and im still waiting to see this dinosaur update ive beat the game 4 times and its starting to get les and less engaging.
Is Dino park ever coming or is this game pretty much done.
The game itself is good and certainly passes the time, but holy moly the volume and frequency of ads is infuriating. We cant even get through collecting our money from vendors without being interrupted by ads. Theyre literally every 30 seconds and theyre not short. Ive been playing the game for a few days now and its making us consider deleting it.
Its a really good game but whenever we go to settings and click no vibrations (we dont like the weird sounds they make) it doesnt work. We even restarted the game, and nothing happened. Its really annoying so id appreciate it if it got fixed.
The game its self is fun but you have to watch an add once a minute it feels like and you will spend more time watching adds than playing the game. If you dont mind paying to remove adds its okay but even then you dont really do much in the game its kind of a waste.
Ads are annoying but good game when is Dino update.
We really like this game but the ads can get pretty annoying, and we hate the fact that each time you buy a new park everything resets. And another thing is we remember playing this game years ago and was so excited to re download it to see if you guys finally added the Dino Park but no. We really like dinosaurs and was so disappointed that the park is still in progress, please just add it and there wont be any problems.
We get an add every 10 seconds playing this game and its very aggravating. Nobody wants to play a game just to watch ads the whole time. Please fix this.
& when u watch an ad for a benefit, sometimes it dont go thru & want u to watch again.
We love this game but we wish it had more animals in each zoo but other then that fantastic game.
Good game but when we go for open gates we watch the ad but the screen goes black and we dont get the reward sometimes it happens with VIP bus other than that its a good game.
Overall, the games not bad. Its fun and entertaining, but every time you buy a new park it restarts. This isnt to annoying, but recently a new update made it so you have to watch adds every couple minutes, which is very annoying.
Every time you buy a new world/country to showcase the animals of that region, your progress deletes. So im deleting the game.
The idea behind IZ is a fun one, but there are so. Many. ADS!!! Pretty much one every minute?! It really detracts from game play (we know, its a free game, so what do we expect?), but it made this game not worth playing for us. That, plus every time you have the opportunity to build/add a new world, you had to start over with your zoo from the beginning! All things considered, definitely worth the time.
We are deleting this game. It is a fun game but practically unplayable due to ads every 90 seconds. Frustrating.
Its ridiculous how many ads pop up. Its a shame because the game is fun but its impossible to enjoy.
After about 15 seconds of play youre forced to watch adds, delete.
Once you unlock all of the animals (which took us less than a month) it gets very boring. It only continues to gain money for 2 hours after you close the app unless you pay real money for a manager that only lasts about 6 hours. You have to leave the app open for the boosts to stay active even though it says you get the boost for 2 hours. If youre looking to waste your time for a few weeks then its an okay game.
We have been a player of this game for over 4 years and we just lost all of our progress. We were so far into the game and all of that just gone.
There is one thing that you should add in is more worlds and animals but our overall rating is 10/10 stars this is the best game ever would recommend.
Hey we love the game so far just finished everything we can so far! Now just waiting for the dinosaurs update anyone know when that is gonna happen.
We love this game Ive completed it a couple of times its just Im still waiting for Dino park to come its been a year since we began playing and its still there. We would like to play the Dino park.
Have you ever wanted a game were its not stressful and its just something fun to do well then your looking in the right place this is a Perfect game to play just to do something with your hands if you are listening to something and you dont want to just sit there then get this game it looks beautiful the graphics are amazing its cute and you can get new zoos we would definitely recommend this game we would like to say much more but its just so much better then you think it is and that includes our review.
Its so so fun if you love animals get this it is amazing there isnt enough words to explore how awesome this game is.
THIS GAME IS GOOD. SUPERB. Amazing! The thing is that the Dino Park update is taking soooo long. Its been, we dont know, 1 year.
Its a very relaxing and fun game to use it respects animals all over the world.
We like the game but the Dino world has said coming soon for a loooong time. Fix it.
We love the game design, the graphics, however there is way to many adscoming from someone who doesnt mind watching them. Also, the 2x multiplyer does not work for us. We watch the ad, and the timer will only run maybe 10 minutes and is supposed to be 2 hrsit resets itself after we watch a few ads for other rewards.
We have played this game for less than a week and have already maxed out almost everything. At this point, there is not that much to do and its really boring. If you could add more interactive parts that would be great and make us not delete the game after only about 6 days. Also, there are a few little bugs in the graphics.
Would really enjoy the game itself if the Dino Park finally came. Been playing this game for years and the Dino Park always says soon.
Too many ads not enough play time.
Super fun game but seriously lacking updates. You can max out the game in just 3-4 days needs more content.
This game is fine. But we are not sure why every time we expand our zoo we have to start all over again. We wish we could just expand the zoo and keep the other parts where theyre at.
Lots of glitches and overall its a bit boring. We wish there was more interaction with the animals. We honestly dont understand why this game has 4.7 stars. One reviewer said they gave it 3 stars but they showed the review as a 5 star review. We think they are doing something to make the star ratings higher than what the user puts it at.
This game is loads of fun and a great way for us to unwind at night and just tend to our little zoo. Recently, we bought out the Indonesia Zoo, which is the second zoo you can purchase after your main one. When we did this, we lost all our money, and all our progress on the American Zoo we started with. It basically started us from the very beginning eventhough we had already gone theough and earned/opened all our exhibits and upgrades.
User feedback from Apple App Store
App Details
- Version: 1.11.0
- Size: 184.78 MB
- iOS: 13.0 or later
- Languages: EN
- Content Advisory:
- Developer: MADBOX
Last updated: 5th June 2025 | Genre: Strategy, Action | Developer: MADBOX