Merge Gardens vs Lily’s Garden

What reviewers actually said

Built only from these 120 real reviews (foreign ones translated). Superscripts jump to the quote here. Apple has no per-review links, so [ref] opens that app's reviews on the App Store.

1. [R4] Merge Gardens 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
2. [R11] Merge Gardens 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
3. [R67] Lily’s Garden 1/5 · US Money grab: I’ve been playing this game for three years. The graphics are amazing. They changed it up to keep it interesting. Now the bad news, this is ridiculously expensive to play Even the side games, especially merge, works against you, in that not only do you have to earn energy, you have to buy it, and then as you’re playing, they put up obstacles (bubbles were running out of energy again) e
4. [R103] Lily’s Garden 5/5 · US Addictive!: Beautiful graphics, lovely choices to decorate, fantastic story. Some of the mini games can be tough, but it wouldn’t make any sense to play if they all were easy to solve! Love it, BUT it’s such a pain to have to wait a whole week to continue to the next level ! I use the squirrel games between levels to kinda “practice” for the real thing, but sometimes it takes so long to get a n
5. [R2] Merge Gardens 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
6. [R10] Merge Gardens 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 😬.
7. [R63] Lily’s Garden 3/5 · US It’s fun but aggravating because it hangs and crashes.: It seems like some ads are just thrown on the platform with little to zero testing. When you’re playing and have to watch an ad, the ad will stop mid play, and that’s it. You have to cancel out of the game, then start over. Argh!
8. [R76] Lily’s Garden 2/5 · US Frequent crashes: The game stops repeatedly and I lose my progress. It is annoying
9. [R3] Merge Gardens 3/5 · US Need update: Games suddenly not working, keep restarting
10. [R49] Merge Gardens 1/5 · US Crashing: Game keeps crashing since last update
11. [R88] Lily’s Garden 1/5 · US Latest update: Game keeps crashing.
12. [R102] Lily’s Garden 1/5 · US Lily’s Garden: Went from one of the favorites to one of the worst games! So tired of the additional games they add for play. Game freezes up often, mostly because of the ads, especially, Monopoly, go! Hello, Kitty! It really has to go! You might as well sign out if this is the add you get, you are always locked up and having to sign in again. Very difficult to win games, unless they let you, skill
13. [R64] Lily’s Garden 1/5 · US This game is designed to steal your money! BEWARE!: It has a great story line so it sucks you. After every try they present you with cheap enough options so you can win. So you click 2.99 then 9.99. Then 14.99 by a he end of the month you have spent well over 100 dollars or more. There is no way to win unless you click and pay. I take responsibility for playing this game and letting them outrigh
14. [R99] Lily’s Garden 3/5 · GB Same old cash grab: Another game with an amusing story and nice graphics which is easy to progress at first but with all match games you know you will be hit with levels you cannot complete without spending your money. They depend on you not wanting to lose your progress and thinking it’s only a small amount but then it’s rigged to make you pay almost every level you try so it’s now deleted.
15. [R7] Merge Gardens 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
16. [R101] Lily’s Garden 5/5 · US I’ve been playing for years!: I enjoy this game so much. The customer service is excellent. If you have any questions or problems, just ask them. They are super responsive!
17. [R108] Lily’s Garden 1/5 · US Great game, HORRID COMPANY: Game is great until they start gaming you. CS is absolutely horrid and insulting. Small thing, they mix old me a package, and instead of addressing the issue, I received a pile of dung and no refund. That’s one way to turn a 3.99 profit and lose a gamer. Rotten service under a pretty game.
18. [R110] Lily’s Garden 1/5 · US Trying to report a problem…..: I have been trying to open my game for a week now, but there is a window that pops up stating there is a problem and that it’s been sent to the developers and that the game will close. I try the “report a problem” link below. But there is no option to report an actual problem. No way to contact the developer on their website. They want you to go on to their instagram
19. [R13] Merge Gardens 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