The Sims FreePlay

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  • Summary: See all of our EA DAILY DEALS at eamobile.com/dailydeals. New Play, Every Day!
    LIVE FREE! From the creators of The Sims™ 3 series of best-selling iPhone games, comes an ALL-NEW Sims experience that you can play for FREE on iPhone and iPad!
    LET THE FREEPLAY BEGIN! CREATE UP TO 16    See all of our EA DAILY DEALS at eamobile.com/dailydeals. New Play, Every Day!
    LIVE FREE! From the creators of The Sims™ 3 series of best-selling iPhone games, comes an ALL-NEW Sims experience that you can play for FREE on iPhone and iPad!

    LET THE FREEPLAY BEGIN! CREATE UP TO 16 CUSTOMIZED SIMS FROM HEAD TO TOE, AND…

    • Design dream homes or get fully-furnished houses for your Sims
    • Care for pets, grow gardens, even bake a cake (don’t forget to share)
    • Give your Sims careers and earn Simoleons to improve their situations
    • Complete goals for Lifestyle Points, then spend them on hip items
    • Live with your Sims in real-time (when it’s day or night for you, it’s the same for your Sims!)

    …and most of all, play for FREE!
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Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 6
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 6
  3. Negative: 1 out of 6
  1. Gamezebo
    Dec 15, 2011
    100
    FreePlay takes everything that's great about The Sims 3 and twists it into a new freemium shape, without relying on the changes to the formula that took place in the series earlier freemium iteration. Kudos to EA. This is one of the best games of its kind.
  2. 148Apps
    Dec 21, 2011
    80
    The Sims Freeplay offers plenty of hours of fun. Some in one big dose, while other sessions are in shorter drop in sessions as is common with the freemium model. In each case, it makes The Sims Freeplay a worthwhile download at an excellent, non-existent, price.
  3. TouchArcade
    Dec 21, 2011
    80
    Here's the rub: simoleons and lifestyle points are expensive. The smallest simoleon packs you can buy are $4.99, and give you about enough cash to buy one shop in town. You can do it all yourself instead, but it's going to be a long grind to buy homes to unlock all 16 Sims, open all the shops and build all the workplaces.
  4. AppGamer
    Feb 1, 2012
    80
    The best Sims game on iOS, particularly if you're playing on iPad. It's just as addictive as the other good freemium titles out there (Tiny Towers, Smurfs Village) even if it does take a bit of grinding to get anywhere.
  5. Slide to Play
    Jan 4, 2012
    75
    The Sims gameplay holds up well, but the slow pace and repetition keeps this freemium game from being the best in its class.
  6. Everyeye.it
    Dec 31, 2011
    45
    The Sims Freeplay is not free and honestly is not even "play". Indeed you actually can't play it if you don't want to spend money for getting all the actions complete. We found this slow gameplay really frustrating and we hope that EA will listen to the users.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 11
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 11
  3. Negative: 7 out of 11
  1. AmberBarber
    Dec 6, 2013
    8
    I love this game! But the only thing I would change about it is that there's not enough hairstyles to try to make someone that you know, alsoI love this game! But the only thing I would change about it is that there's not enough hairstyles to try to make someone that you know, also the teens need to be able to turn into adults so they can have jobs and get married too. But overall I give it a 8 out of 10 … Expand
  2. SrPepe
    Jun 23, 2018
    8
    La verdad que este juego me pareció una belleza. Es super divertido y super personalizable. Obviamente no es como The Sims original, pero paraLa verdad que este juego me pareció una belleza. Es super divertido y super personalizable. Obviamente no es como The Sims original, pero para ser un juego FreeToPlay está de maravilla.… Expand
  4. MetaRo2548
    Oct 29, 2020
    8
    The game is brilliant! However the slow progression and the annoying pop ups lower the rating.
  5. 4Nick3
    Mar 15, 2018
    3
    Limited customization and the Sims look really ugly. You get bored easily because there is not a lot to do in this disappointing game.
  6. KelllyW
    Aug 1, 2017
    1
    The "real time" game play is so boring. If you send your Sim to work for 8 hours, it will literally take 8 hours. Want your Sim to watch TVThe "real time" game play is so boring. If you send your Sim to work for 8 hours, it will literally take 8 hours. Want your Sim to watch TV for an hour? Yes, it takes 1 hour.
    I quit playing after one day.    … Expand
  7. KillabeezRE
    Apr 30, 2014
    0
    This game is starting to border on the ridiculous. 1st...it freezes up and my tasks NOT completed and if I use LP...ie, baking a cake, theyThis game is starting to border on the ridiculous. 1st...it freezes up and my tasks NOT completed and if I use LP...ie, baking a cake, they are lost. Also,. the ridiculous fire pole goal.Neighbors have staris...no fire pole. Or, a 'functional fire pole'...no stairs. THEY ALL COST TOO MUCH!!!!!! AS DOES THE SECOND FLOOR. Also, how many times do you do a goal over and over???? Teens learning to drive...6 hours. I am on my 10th TRIP EACH FOR 2 TEENS!!!! Ridiculous. Tasks that take OVER and hour and cost OVER 25,000.00 Simoleans are ridiculous. Also, supposed to ride an inflatable pool toy at a neighbors house (and you are wrong...myself and several friends have to COMPLETE The joyride. It does NOT give it to you as soon as you get on!). I have done the 4 min ride.....twice. The 60 minute ride...twice. The joyride....AGAIN!!!! Still says it is a task....???? What started out as a fun gun game is NO LONGER as fun....sad to say. Toying with quitting...for the 2nd and FINAL time. Also, my tasks are NOT color coordinated for age groups as you mention. Also, what is the deal with the teen sign and the island places???? Sims Free play with it's exhorbitant pricing...too long time limits and constant freezing should be called "Maybe Play Definitely Not Free Sims'. Absurd!… Expand
  8. AmACheeseburger
    May 12, 2014
    0
    of course ea would do this! they're ea! it takes like forever to do anything! I do not wait a week to fulfill a sims needs! This game sucks so much!!!

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#12 Most Discussed iOS Game of 2011
33
#33 Most Shared iOS Game of 2011

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