App review
Minecraft: Play with Friends!
Players gather resources, craft, build, explore, create redstone systems and play shared worlds/servers. Official product and editorial coverage.
- Route
- Make
- Ages
- 9+
- Best for
- Building systems and shared worlds
At a glance
- Developer
- Mojang (Google Play listing; Microsoft Corporation legal publisher)
- Platforms
- iOS, Android, Windows, macOS, consoles
- Cost
- Paid with in-app purchases
- US App Store
$6.99 on Google Play; optional Marketplace purchases and Realms/Realms Plus subscriptions, including a 30-day in-app Realms trial
The short version
Exceptional creative/building depth, but online interaction, marketplace content and Microsoft account requirements need prominent family controls.
Creative agency: High. Learning value: High. Age fit: depends on mode/server.
What we found
Strengths
- Creative agency: High.
- Learning value: High.
- Staying power: High.
Watch-outs
- Exceptional creative/building depth, but online interaction, marketplace content and Microsoft account requirements need prominent family controls.
- Parent view: Medium-Low.
- Mode, server, Marketplace, account, and family-control behavior vary; current iOS price, Play rating, and ad behavior need refresh.
Before you download
- Age guidance
- 8–14. Adult involvement: High (online multiplayer, purchases and account)
- Privacy
- Medium-Low Mode, server, Marketplace, account, and family-control behavior vary; current iOS price, Play rating, and ad behavior need refresh.