BuildIt takes all the fun out of SimCity and turns it into a boring grindfest.

Not much to say here except, it is what it is. This is a Freemium builder, not a remake of Sim City. I agree that I'd rather play a real version of SimCity ported to the mobile platform (there was one, by the way, but it was very broken and EA stopped making updates to it despite keeping it in the App Store)

That said, this is the best Freemium builder in the mobile space, there are very few that actually make you plan your city layout, most of them are mindless tapping games or time management games