That makes sense! That must be what it is with my characters rather than an actual lag. It would be nice if we could turn those off, but knowing it's an annoyance by design rather than an error makes me feel better about it. Thanks for the help!
Sorry for the late response. When I first posted, I hadn't upgraded yet. The update to the game made the lag infinitely worse - it became a real lag, not just the character animations mentioned above. But upgrading to iOS 10 somehow seemed to have helped. I still have the same phone with the same storage problems (I've been running out of space for at least a year now
) but the game works a lot better. Or maybe it's my imagination. Glad to hear yours is smooth again though!
Are you still having battery problems or did that seem to get fixed with the upgrade as well? I still can't play for any length of time without losing at least 40%.