Merge Gardens

What reviewers actually said

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1. [R7] 5/5 · US Most fun game ever!: This game is so fun and relaxing.my mom is also loves this game and she’s on level 1000!!! So I kind of think that she loves this game more then me and I’m on level 800! But i love this game.
2. [R12] 5/5 · US More updates: I love this game! I wish you can do more updates.
3. [R14] 5/5 · US Good to see it again!: I played this game as a kid it was my comfort game I used to wake up early to play it to see the game evolve to beginning to what is now is honestly amazing!
4. [R17] 5/5 · US Best iPad game ever: I have been playing Merge Gardens for years. I love this game.
5. [R31] 5/5 · US Great calm down game: Love this game, I’ve been playing over a year while listening to audiobooks to fall asleep. But the new update restricts movement w pencil. Creators are always receptive and looking out so expecting it’ll be fixed soon.
6. [R75] 4/5 · US Wish they would make games similar to this one: I really like the concepts in this game and the leveling up system by doing certain tasks in the garden, merging wildlife, and doing puzzles to expand the garden and discover secrets. Would like if they came out with more story elements and with other games that have a garden like with dragons and/or fairies.
7. [R21] 5/5 · US Love this game!: Thank you guys for fixing the pen issue! Been playing for years and happy to be back to enjoying the game.
8. [R22] 4/5 · US Thank you for fixing the Apple pen issue!: Thank you so much for fixing the apple pen issue. Makes the game much better. However, can you please take the magnet away that has sort of taken half the fun out of the game. It was a feature that used to be free when we merged items was to have other items highlighted for us. Now we have to pay for a magnet to pull the items together?! Not a good thin
9. [R25] 5/5 · US Quick Fix! Thanks: Update: Thank you for fixing the Apple Pencil issue quickly. Old: Since the update yesterday I can’t use my Apple Pencil with Merge Gardens properly anymore. I can tap on and “click” items, but I can’t move anything. It looks like there are other people with similar issues. I have a hard time playing without the pencil because of the tiny hit boxes of the garden items.
10. [R2] 3/5 · US Need update: Games suddenly not working, keep restarting
11. [R3] 4/5 · US Broken ads: Fun game, but extremely frustrating to have streak rewards and incentivize streaks and ads to continue the level when half of the ads break the game and force you to exit the game, destroying your streak
12. [R8] 2/5 · US The ads malfunction: The ads (usually for that awful Kalshi betting site) malfunction so much over the last few weeks that the game isn’t as much fun anymore. Seems to be on the decline 😬.
13. [R11] 4/5 · US New issue and an ask: The game reboots after merging too many eggs at once; I got 4 swan nests after tapping two maxed stars. If I tap on all the nests to unload eggs and then merged all the swan eggs and leveled up swans, the game crashed and rebooted from the title page as soon as I tapped on the x to exit the new Discovery Book. Fortunately I didn’t loose anything but had to, in the end, tap ou
14. [R4] 4/5 · US Long time player: Why can’t I use my apple pen to move objects 😭I rarely play anymore just because of this!
15. [R23] 1/5 · US Apple Pencil: Pencil not working with the game as a merge tool currently
16. [R26] 5/5 · US Long time player, but this latest update…: I’ve been playing for a while and always use my Apple Pencil to manipulate items in the garden. On this latest update however my pencil stopped working, I could no longer move items around. I saw another user noted this as well, so I’m hoping it’s just a bug that will be fixed on the next update? IT gurus, pls help!
17. [R5] 2/5 · US the more you play, the more it’s not free to play friendly: at later levels you need to open basket or hangers WHICH need gems to open OR you can pay gems to skip it… then other levels you need mystery eggs which (who would’ve guessed) needs gems… between using gems on levels and quest to level up, there’s just not enough as a free to play player to use without paying which is why the game require
18. [R6] 2/5 · US Can’t Recommend: I have been playing this game for more than 4 years. Tons of time and some real money invested. It was fun and rewarding until about 2 years ago. Now, with every “update,” they take more rewards away, they make the puzzles even harder (even the ones you’ve done before but have to do again because they run out), and they keep adding new “currencies” that you have to collect before
19. [R9] 1/5 · US It used to be fun but…: I used to enjoy playing the game, typical merge game but with a purpose. I was progressing through the game until I got to a section that I couldn’t open unless I paid for it, $20.00. Nope. Then the updates came along, now to figure out where the mergable items are, you have to pay for that option. Nope. I’ve played this game for about three years. I’m deleting it. I d
20. [R10] 4/5 · US Great game, but…: Hands down one of the best games I’ve played. But once you get to a certain level, unlocking parts of the garden are time consuming. My biggest gripe is the wildlife count requirement. It is insanely impossible to keep up as you progress. You will have to spend money to do it or be stuck. The only things that boost you up are magnificent eggs, and they are rare to come by. I curr
21. [R15] 3/5 · US Goodbye: This game use to be fun. It stopped being fun for me with the update this past April, when the free magnifying glass was replaced with a pay for use magnet. I along with others complained. I have waited to see if the magnifying glass would be returned and regrettably it has not. Such a shame. Deleting game.
22. [R1] 1/5 · US You don’t give us: Any freakin space I keep buying coin storage and I can’t store any more coins this game is stupid that’s why I literally deleted this game before
23. [R20] 3/5 · US Room: I’m having trouble making enough room don’t have money to buy it!
24. [R109] 3/5 · US Pay to Garden: This is a fun little game, but as you get into the levels more and more things cost gems and each time you level up you aren’t given anywhere enough room to spread stuff out. This is so you will hopefully purchase extra land! And then I got the little hen house and it starts you off with only one slot for an egg. To store more you have to spend gems. I like merge games, but this one
25. [R186] 3/5 · US Goes to slow: Needs more land
26. [R72] 2/5 · US Fun But…: I’ll admit that I’m not the best at Match-3 puzzles so when I got to around level 22 I was unable to solve any of the puzzles without using side tools or extending the game with gems - both of those items are used up much faster then they are replaced without spending a lot of money. Deleted it.
27. [R79] 1/5 · US Puzzles are impossible!: Be WARNED!!! There is much to love about this game but to get anywhere, and I literally mean anywhere, a ton of puzzles must be completed. The puzzles are IMPOSSIBLE!! Not a single one is able to be completed in one try. NOT ONE!! Either gems are need to be spent (which are very hard to acquire unless paying loads of real money) for extra tries and/or boosters, OR after wa
28. [R132] 3/5 · US Mid game: at first I thought this merge game was kinda fun but slowly it became quite annoying. You are always barraged by “packs” and “deals” for you to buy. Hitting the x became a full time job. The puzzles became quite annoying as well. They won’t let you solve them for the first five or more tries. Most of the time it’s when you get down to one heart. They say it’s about skill but it’s obvious
29. [R69] 1/5 · US I think I need to delete: This game is so addicting. It’s mindless and lets me disassociate. But the ads. The ads. They’re so triggering. It was one thing when it was for other games I had no intention of playing. But now it’s “diet” ads and it’s giving Consumption chic and pro Ana behavior. I got one today that literally said “lose five pounds in one day! Just eat only jello!” Hi we don’t do
30. [R105] 1/5 · US Frustrating: I enjoyed this game in the beginning and didn’t mind so much having to buy a few things but now it seems to advance further a purchase is required. The major annoyance is there is an ad for another game just about every time you make a move. I’m sorry to say goodbye but I can not stand all these ads.
31. [R73] 3/5 · US too much visual clutter: the game is… okay. but there is so much going on on the screen that it’s kind of overwhelming, and the weird quick movements of the characters (like when she does magic at the end of solving a puzzle) actually made me feel similar to how I get with motion sickness. maybe I’m the weird one, but there is something that feels so jarring in the visible aspects of the game. oth
32. [R77] 3/5 · US Too busy!: I like that the game now allows you to turn off the “auto-harvest” function, but it would be nice to be able to hide birds when not using them to harvest! I have so many now that having them hovering around all the time makes it difficult to see the rest of my garden.
33. [R82] 3/5 · US Overwhelming: I love the events. I like the story. But everything is to cluttered. Everything moves to much in a game that wants to be peaceful. There should be a button to organize all the items and move it to a section either pre-chosen or the player can customize it. Also add more empty land i need it. Also the birds are just downright annoying they keep flying in front of what i am trying to m
34. [R175] 3/5 · US Get rid of those stupid globes: This game could be so much better if there weren’t all these constant globes slowly floating by or popping up every time you merge something. They are highly annoying and clutter up the board
35. [R83] 1/5 · US I don’t need a tutorial: Has tutorial for every level super annoying I just want to play the game.
36. [R104] 3/5 · US Good game, BUT: The tutorial is obnoxiously long and assumes you’re stupider than an unborn baby. It’s like every single other match 3 game. Even the combination of matches to get powerups are the same. We do NOT need a tutorial that teaches you to tap the screen, that is obnoxious. It’d be great to have a way to skip the tutorial part the same as you can the conversations, if the developers can d
37. [R18] 2/5 · US Can’t move on: For some reason I have been stuck not being able to level up. Where’s the trees??? The garden has no space because nothing will merge
38. [R19] 1/5 · US Cruel Tasks to level up!: This is a fun game in the beginning but once you reach the higher levels the tasks are cruel and mean to level up! For example: 10,000 wildlife points. You only get 3-5 points merging your birds and the most points which takes a lot of time and work to make a magnificent bird nest will at most yield 150 points! Also anytime you make ANY complaint to the people at the app,
39. [R47] 4/5 · US Pretty Good: If you don’t purchase, you can’t advance that’s the problem I have with the game. I do like the graphics.
40. [R49] 1/5 · US Crashing: Game keeps crashing since last update
41. [R51] 3/5 · US Crashing: Great game but it keeps crashing making me lose my bonuses