Merge Studio alternatives
Merge Studio players often seek alternatives due to excessive ads, frequent crashes, and a lack of new content after completing the game. Alternatives offer different merge mechanics, fashion challenges, or more stable gameplay experiences.
Why users look for alternatives to Merge Studio
- Users frequently encounter an excessive number of pop-up ads that interrupt gameplay, sometimes appearing every 10 to 30 seconds or even in the middle of merging items.R3R4R6R7
- Many players report that the game frequently crashes, glitches, or freezes, making it difficult to play or even open the app.R12R16R21R26
- A significant number of users complete all available content and then find there are no new characters or levels to play, leaving them with unused in-game currency and no further progression.R1R2R20R22
- Some users are dissatisfied with the mini-games, wishing for more variety beyond the magic hat, piñata, and crafting games.R5
- Players sometimes run out of energy and find that watching ads for more energy doesn't work or that energy recharge takes too long.R18R33
- The game's response time for moving items can be poor, and recent updates have changed the UI layout, which some users dislike.R16R36R39
The alternatives
Project Makeover combines puzzles with character makeovers, offering a calming experience as you help people R55. Players engage in both puzzle-solving and makeover tasks R59.
Better for: This game is better for players who enjoy a mix of puzzle gameplay and fashion makeovers, finding the process calming and engaging R55. It suits those who like helping characters and solving puzzles, but be aware of frequent pop-ups and difficult higher levels R51R53R55.
Head-to-head: Merge Studio vs Project MakeoverEverMerge is a merge game that many users find relaxing and entertaining, with some players enjoying it for years R66R69. It allows players to earn everything in-game without spending real money, making it accessible .
Better for: EverMerge is better for players who want a merge game they can play for a long time and earn rewards without in-app purchases . It suits those who enjoy a relaxing, easy-to-play merge experience, though some users report increased ads and occasional crashes R67R68R69.
Head-to-head: Merge Studio vs EverMergeCovet Fashion is a fashion game where players can style models for challenges, with some users loving the game for years and appreciating the lack of ads R80. It offers a creative outlet for fashion enthusiasts and has responsive customer service .
Better for: Covet Fashion is better for players who prioritize fashion styling and design over merge mechanics, and who appreciate a game without ads . It suits those who enjoy participating in challenges and don't mind that results can take a day R80R86. However, be aware that some users report a decline in real designer brands, increased reliance on in-game currency for challenges, and occasional glitches R81R84R86.
Head-to-head: Merge Studio vs Covet FashionMakeover Studio offers an entertaining concept focused on makeovers, including skincare treatments and clothing/hair choices R93R98. Players find the blending aspects enjoyable and some describe it as an ASMR-like experience R98.
Better for: This game is better for players who enjoy detailed makeover processes, including skincare and styling, and find the concept entertaining R93R98. It suits those who are willing to tolerate frequent ads and glitches, or who use airplane mode to avoid ads R93R95R97R98.
Head-to-head: Merge Studio vs Makeover StudioDoll Designer allows players to dress their own dolls and engage in sets where they pick up items, which some find challenging and fun . Some users report no ads, enhancing the experience R111.
Better for: Doll Designer is better for players who enjoy dressing up dolls and completing item-picking challenges . It suits those who are looking for a game with potentially no ads R111, but be aware that some users report excessive ads, glitches, and a lack of diversity in doll appearance and repeating levels R107R108R109.
Head-to-head: Merge Studio vs Doll DesignerYou should stick with Merge Studio if you find the core merge gameplay and makeover aspects fun and relaxing , and if you are not bothered by the frequent ads or have already paid to remove them R7. It is also suitable if you are still progressing through the available content and have not yet completed all characters .
Evidence note: No alternative had too-thin evidence.
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What reviewers actually said
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- [R3] Merge Studio Ads: Hate the ads
- [R4] Merge Studio Too many ads: You barely play the game when as ad pops up. Very annoying!!!!
- [R6] Merge Studio Too many ads: The game itself us fun, but every 2 mins there is an ad , takes away the fun
- [R7] Merge Studio Could be good: The amount of ads is infuriating I would play more but I can’t stand it. I know I could pay to remove but that’s ridiculous too
- [R12] Merge Studio Crashing: I have been playing this game for months but the last 2 weeks it has crashed soon after I open it. What the heck?
- [R16] Merge Studio ABSOLUTELY HORRIBLE.: I NEVER rate apps but this one is necessary. This app has absolutely horrible response time when trying to move items together. Actually the entire app is like that. The app messed up the response time on my entire phone and as soon as I uninstalled it my phone was back to normal.
- [R21] Merge Studio Crashes a lot: I love the game but it crashes a lot or constantly glitches… everyday I open the app it closes at least 5 times before I can actually play
- [R26] Merge Studio crash: fun game but the app is constantly crashing
- [R1] Merge Studio Beat the Game: I loved this game, so I wish I could give it more stars. But, I have beaten the game!! There are no longer any characters to makeover, and it has been this way for a few months. I now have 300,000+ coins with nowhere to use them, because I have been hoping for more characters so I have kept playing. Please update this and add characters ASAP!!!!
- [R2] Merge Studio New clients: Waiting on new clients? It’s been saying update coming soon for several months now
- [R20] Merge Studio New characters?: Love the game and the updates that make it easier to get more energy. But where are the new characters? Been waiting for a new one for months. It just keeps saying “coming soon” otherwise I have no complaints!
- [R22] Merge Studio No more updates: There’s no more updates and no new levels. You can keep playing and collect coins but you can’t use the coins for anything. Just a droll merge game now
- [R5] Merge Studio Needs better mini games: Needs better mini games. I’m tired of the magic hat/rabbit, the piñata, and the crafting. I love the mini match game - give us more of those
- [R18] Merge Studio Ok but a few touches needed: This game is a lot of fun but I am always running out of energy and I try to watch the adds and it dose not work it always says not ready and it takes forever to recharge your energy
- [R33] Merge Studio New update won't let me watch ads: I am trying to get through the Valentine's event, but they removed the ability to let me watch an ad to refresh the spawner. This is aggravating. I also do not like how they repositioned UI. I have to be cautious so I do not waste gems or clip on the wrong button.
- [R36] Merge Studio Hate the new update: Why do games do this?? I’ve been playing this game for years, and I love it. I even have gotten used to the ads (which are excessive). But now they just updated the game and changed the entire layout of everything. Nobody asked for this!!!
- [R39] Merge Studio Decent: It’s not horrible, not my fav merge game though. One of my biggest things is that you really need to fix how cards are collected. You have to tap all the way at the top to open the card pack and then all the way at the bottom to collect for every pack. Most merge games I’ve downloaded have adjusted so you can either collect all the cards you’ve earned at the same time, or where you can kee
- [R51] Project Makeover In game spam: It’s incredibly annoying to open the game only to be forced through a barrage of pop-ups about events, boosts, things to buy, things to use, and mandatory gift claims before I can even start playing. Why can’t I just have the freedom to play the game? Why am I forced into a dozen different events, collection cards, and promotions every time I log in? There may be an “X” to close the
- [R53] Project Makeover Too many pop ups: I used to love playing this game but every time I open it now they are adding so many pop ups and upgrades to pay for that by the time you get to actually play it feels like such a chore to have to close all of the pop ups. It used to be so fun and it still is once you close all of the ridiculous extras they keep adding. But I might end up deleting the app.
- [R55] Project Makeover Project Makeover: It’s very calming as you help people, and you also get to solve puzzles and sometimes mini games.
- [R59] Project Makeover Fun but too many extras: I love this game. I’ve been playing it for years! I love the puzzle and then doing the makeover. I find that there’s more and more side quests, card packs, and other events that just create way too much chaos and things to click away from. I wish they wouldn’t automatically bring me into them and let me play!
- [R66] EverMerge Played for YEARS: I’ve a senior citizen and been playing for years. Recently I had a problem on a Friday night. I sent a message on the support tab. By Saturday morning when I opened it to check the status, it was fixed. LOVE IT!,
- [R67] EverMerge Game play delayed by ads: I have played this game for quite some time. I have for the most part enjoyed the game as being relaxing and entertaining however, in the last few sessions I have noticed an increase is the number of ads that pop up when moving from one portion of the game to another. Or when collecting special items the market marketplace. This has prompted me to think about deleting the
- [R68] EverMerge Broken Game: I am sure that in an effort to make more money, it was decided to add advertisement to things that didn’t previously have them, like moving from one area to the next, playing the mini game to get ‘free’ energy and to claim the bonus ‘free’ chests. While adding these advertisements are annoying on their own, they are also broken. My game crashes whenever I attempt to click on the above
- [R69] EverMerge Nice fun merge game: Easy play
- [R80] Covet Fashion Love the game but…: I love this game. I’ve probably been playing that since 2016 or 2017. I feel like the game can definitely improve. I think getting results for the entries take way too long. It’s like a day later to get the results. Redecor game I have that has a similar voting feature cut down the result time. Voting lasts like 10 mins which is great and you can redesign the same room multiple
- [R81] Covet Fashion Declining: The game used to include high end fashion designs. Now the developers are only interested in making bank. Everything is Covet brand. The game glitches all the time without real customer support. They leave a canned response like, we know this challenge is not working and while we work on it, use up (or pay for) your banked or additional resources, we fix it when we fix it. Many challenge
- [R84] Covet Fashion Miss the Designer Brands: I started this game in 2020, and though it tends to push political and social narratives which is a detractor for me, I loved the access to real designer brands with the mix of the Covet creativity. It’s disappointing that the Designer brands have been replaced with “overpriced” AI generated fluff. I essentially only play it now when something really piques my interest.
- [R86] Covet Fashion Long time player: I've been playing for years now, and I love this game. But I only love it when I can participate in the challenges. They've made it hard to participate because a lot of them require for you to use your diamonds for the required purchases. I wish there was more of a balance between spending cash and diamonds in order to participate in the challenges. Not to mention, it's crazy the
- [R93] Makeover Studio Buggy and many ads, still fun: This app gives me an ad every 10 seconds and it glitches quite often, other than that the concept is really entertaining as fun. The in game makeover steps are a little unrealistic as well. Too many glitches that completely stop the game.
- [R95] Makeover Studio Glitching and Bugs :(: I really enjoy this game and it’s very calming but there is a lot of bugs with the treatments and lip products. This wouldn’t be that big of a deal but it will not let you continue to the next task when it glitches. Very sad.
- [R97] Makeover Studio Great but bugs: So this is a nice fun game but, there are some bugs like I will try to wipe the blood or do the machine thing (that pink stick that burns the thing off) and it will leave some specs and no matter how I try I will have to leave the app and come back and it won’t let me do it unless i do that and it is really annoying. DEVELOPERS PLEASE FIX.
- [R98] Makeover Studio 3 stars!!: this game is super fun! i like how you can blend and it’s not exactly like the ad but it’s still enjoyable and super fun and easy just some ads here and there but it’s not like it’s after EVERY SINGLE DINGLE SECOND and if so i out my phone on airplane mode and wifi off, it takes away the ads! ty for this game! 💗hi so update, so i played this game and it’s fun but i was playing and i was
- [R107] Doll Designer This game is bad.: My daughter plays this game and it glitches so much and it has to much adds sorry 1 star
- [R108] Doll Designer It’s okay: This game is ok but there isn’t much diversity because all of the dolls have pale skin and blond hair I mean there’s nothing wrong with that if you have blonde hair and pale skin but like everyone in the game has that. Also all of them are skinny like there’s also no body diversity just know that all of you guys are beautiful the way you are don’t let yourself or anybody else change you
- [R109] Doll Designer Not great: I can’t play the game and all I could do was look at the characters and there’s not a great selection of characters you can get it if you have a new ipad or phone but if you have an old one it probably won’t work.
- [R111] Doll Designer It is so fun I don’t have no ads: It is a 10 out of 10
- [R9] Merge Studio TOO MANY POP UP ADS!!!: The game is entertaining but there are pop up ads during play which is incredibly annoying and makes me not want to play. Leave the pop up ads for power ups or bubble pops, etc. They pop up randomly after like 30-50 energy used which is RIDICULOUS!
Synthesized from 120 recent App Store reviews · updated July 2026 · View on the App Store