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DragonVale
 This app is designed for both iPhone and iPad
  • Free
  • Category: Games
  • Subgenre: Simulation
  • First released: September 14, 2011
  • Versions: 8 archived
  • Installable: 5 of 8
  • Seller: Backflip Studios

Requirements: Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad. Requires iOS 4.0 or later.

Customer Ratings

As of December 5, 2021
     
86,911 Ratings

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1.3.0
Requires iOS 4.1+
Non-Retina
December 2, 2011
13.5 MB Install Download 1 more copy
DragonVale 1.3.0.ipa · 22.0 MB Encrypted Install Download
1.4.0
Requires iOS 4.1+
Non-Retina
January 4, 2012
13.8 MB Install Download
1.8.1
Requires iOS 4.1+
31.0 MB Encrypted Install Download
1.12.1
Requires iOS 4.1+
Retina (iPhone only)
November 26, 2012
24.4 MB Install Download 1 more copy
DragonVale 1.12.1.ipa · 31.7 MB Encrypted Install Download
1.15.1
Requires iOS 4.3+
Retina (iPhone only)
May 15, 2013
37.0 MB Install Download 3 more copies
DragonVale-v1.15.1-(Clutch-1.3).ipa · 37.0 MB Install Download
com.backflipstudios.dragongame-iOS4.3-(Clutch-2.0.4).ipa · 36.9 MB Install Download
DragonVale 1.15.1.ipa · 51.6 MB Encrypted Install Download
1.16.2
Requires iOS 4.3+
58.5 MB Encrypted Install Download
1.17.1
Requires iOS 4.3+
59.6 MB Encrypted Install Download
1.17.3
Requires iOS 4.3+
Retina (iPhone only)
September 19, 2013
41.7 MB Install Download

Bundle Size Over Time

Bundle size over time13.5 MB — December 2, 2011. 13.8 MB — January 4, 2012. 24.4 MB — November 26, 2012. 37.0 MB — May 15, 2013. 41.7 MB — September 19, 201310.4 MB20.9 MB31.3 MB41.7 MB13.5 MB — December 2, 201113.8 MB — January 4, 201224.4 MB — November 26, 201237.0 MB — May 15, 201341.7 MB — September 19, 2013Dec 2011Sep 2013

Chart History

Top Free View chart ›
Peaked at #24 (September 23, 2011) · 29 archived captures · Sep 2011 – Aug 2012
Top Grossing View chart ›
Peaked at #2 (January 13, 2012) · 18 archived captures · Oct 2011 – Nov 2013
Top Grossing · iPad View chart ›
Peaked at #1 (May 19, 2012) · 3 archived captures · Nov 2011 – May 2013
Top Free · Games View chart ›
Peaked at #36 (September 27, 2011) · 6 archived captures · Sep 2011 – Aug 2012
Top Grossing · Games View chart ›
Peaked at #1 (May 13, 2012) · 4 archived captures · May 2012 – Nov 2016
Top Grossing · Games · iPad View chart ›
Peaked at #1 (February 7, 2012) · 1 archived capture · Feb 2012

Ratings Over Time

sampled from 13 archived captures
DateVersionRatingRatingsPrice
September 24, 2011 5,068 Free
January 1, 2012 58,757 Free
May 8, 2013 380,846 Free

From archived App Store listing data, captured by the Wayback Machine.

Archived Reviews

8 of 15
Amazing!!
     
by Overly enthusiastic 123 · June 9, 2026

Great game for dragon lovers, good to play every 12 or so hours and small details! I saw a park visitor carrying the pride flag, which I think is very supportive.

Game idea
     
by Laceygirl26! · June 10, 2026

I love this game and have been playing it since it came out and have less than 40 dragons left to collect. Something that I would love for the game to consider is making it so you can swap the places of your islands. When I organize my islands it’s a pain to try and slowly move each individual object to the new island. I was thinking of a swapping type thing where you click on two islands and make it so they just swap places. Not with the special islands, just the normal islands.

charged me WAY too much
     
by SUMANUMAHBIGETYAWHAT · July 7, 2026

I've been playing dragonvale since I was a little kid, and I just recently downloaded it again because my family members still play it, and I was bored. I made a purchase of $4.99, and obviously tax comes with it too—but I was charged $8.45. Huh..? I'm a teenager so I have like NO money, but thank god that was actually in my account. I have nowhere to get actual support because the emails aren't being monitored, and the website is trash because you can't get a hold of an actual person. Just refund me the whole thing atp. The game is JUST a waiting game. You have to be the most patient person on the planet or pay to win.

Pretty good except for one thing.
     
by Hatsune Miku’s Left Twintail · June 6, 2026

Like the title suggests, this game is pretty good except for the fact that it progresses quite slowly once you have higher levels, and mostly depends on you spending actual money on items since it is a mobile game and is required to have transactions to make money.<br/><br/>Also the advertisements can be weirdly suggestive, even if you are set to a younger age, BUT it probably is not the developers fault, but the people who allow the advertisements to be run, since i’ve seen this is multiple other games.

Amazing game!
     
by Moomulock · July 4, 2026

I’ve had this game for about a year and I’ve played it everyday since, and I love it. The only one true complaint I have is that the islands spaces aren’t symmetrical so you don’t have the same amount of space on each side but other than that it’s a perfect game.

Played since 2012
     
by Devinsmaher · June 19, 2026

Genuinely horrible. So many issues top to bottom. DragonCity in my opinion is way better. The races are the best part and they suck. You can have the elements correct and hit all perfects and still lose. Why play a game ur destined to lose. No point. Dragon city lets you battle. Use ur dragons and much more. DragonVale I wish upgraded but it’s the same as it was in 2012

Takes too long
     
by Gatomon/Tailmon · June 30, 2026

I can see why I didn’t play this game for too long when I first installed it. I redownloaded this game on a bored whim, saw I had no progression beyond having only one dragon, and decided to give it another try. And honestly, this game is ridiculous towards new players. It shouldn’t take twelve hours to breed what are basically the beginner dragons, and another twelve to hatch them. Especially if the results are just common rarity dragons. Everything takes so much time, between breeding, hatching, and upgrading and buying buildings, so much more than other dragon collecting games I’ve played, which at least ramp up in their time requirements more gradually. I get that having things take a while promotes spending to speed things up, but this is so demotivating for new players and makes progress feel so slow that it doesn’t feel worth it to keep playing, in addition to being boring. Open the game, finish breeding, collect materials, and then close the game for another really long while until your egg can hatch. At least, that’s how it feels to me, YMMV. I’m sure for players at higher levels there’s probably more to do, but for new players, I can’t imagine many would be willing to stick around to get there or even spend money to speed the process up.

Need an Option to Visit Non-Friends' Islands
     
by Corona G · June 19, 2026

I just started playing today, and while I’m enjoying the game, I’d like an option to visit non-friends' islands. I don’t have Facebook and I have no friends in Game Center. Other dragon games I’ve played in the past aren’t limited like this. I think this would be a good thing to implement into the game. I don’t want to be stuck with just the NPC's island. That’s boring.

Period reviews recovered from Apple's customer-review feeds via the Wayback Machine.

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