DragonVale vs Merge Dragons!

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. [R2] DragonVale 5/5 · US Amazing game!: I’ve had this game for about a year and I’ve played it everyday since, and I love it. The only one true complaint I have is that the islands spaces aren’t symmetrical so you don’t have the same amount of space on each side but other than that it’s a perfect game.
2. [R5] DragonVale 5/5 · US Brings back memories: This game was one of my favorites growing up and I had just recently rediscovered it. I am so glad that I’m able to play it again
3. [R62] Merge Dragons! 5/5 · US Awesome game pros and cons mostly pros: This game is amazing! I have had it for years and i never get bored of it if you are looking for some way to pass the time i recommend it for you i LOVE it, the only con is that the dragons take their sweet time to wake up when they they are sleeping this game takes a while for them to wake up and for you to be able to do little missions.
4. [R68] Merge Dragons! 5/5 · US So much fun!!: This game is so fun, I love it. Here is a helpful hint for you newcomers. Rather than just merging 3 items, try merging 8. When you merge 8, you get 3 new items. You can set your camp to let you do even bigger merges. Just turn off auto-merge.
5. [R9] DragonVale 3/5 · US Great game but stopped loading: I loved playing this game but it stopped loading on my devices for some reason and I have tried everything to fix it but nothing worked
6. [R21] DragonVale 3/5 · US What happened?: Used to love this game, and reached level 180 or 185. Today I opened it after a long time, and the game is almost unplayable! Elements are scrambled, many dragons are constructed of text, and the images are often checkerboards. It’s nearly impossible to play the game. Coins and gems look normal, and a few characters can be seen wandering the paths, but other characters are only gra
7. [R69] Merge Dragons! 3/5 · US Lost progress so unstable: gamr istself is fun，but so ubstabke，lost progress everywhere！it means what u hv done is nothing，so why we play？just wasting time
8. [R73] Merge Dragons! 1/5 · US Merge DRAGONS: What is going on with my game? It keeps shutting itself off & resetting itself. It’s really getting frustrating.! I’ve been playing this game for about 10 years & I’ve never had problems like I have had since the new update!! I’m about ready to delete it, if it’s not fixed soon! This is so frustrating!! Now 2 hours before the event was over, I was able to get 4 keys to open the land
9. [R16] DragonVale 1/5 · US Latest Update: The latest update sucks! Keeps logging me out! Please fix this!
10. [R39] DragonVale 3/5 · US Broken after the update :(: I love dragon vale but it won’t let me access it on my phone or iPad
11. [R15] DragonVale 3/5 · US A little too gem greedy: This game is cute and all, but it goes a little too gem heavy with almost everything being needed to bought with PAID gems. Maybe the game gets a little more generous as time goes on and offers gems as rewards for things, but I’m level 13 and it’s not looking too generous at the moment. I’d be more inclined to buy gems if the game wasn’t so stingy with them.
12. [R20] DragonVale 4/5 · US To expensive: Love the game but everything is to expensive please put a sale I really want the rainbow dragon but around 50 to 60 and I don’t have enough gems so it is expensive to buy
13. [R115] Merge Dragons! 2/5 · GB Money pit: Merge Dragons is a money pit. I’m on a break and wanted to find a game I could play whilst at home on leave. Progression through the various events is absolutely impossible, such as the present Arcadia event which harshly limits progression without purchasing gems to obtain the chests that have the items needed for progression. It would seem this is how all the events work. Anot
14. [R87] Merge Dragons! 3/5 · US Cool game but wants your money: I like this game a lot and it’s very addictive, but they try to make you use gems as much as possible, and the main way to get gems is to buy them. So basically they try to make it as tempting as possible to spend money on the game. But if your weary of that fact, you can still enjoy the game without spending any money
15. [R1] DragonVale 1/5 · US charged me WAY too much: I've been playing dragonvale since I was a little kid, and I just recently downloaded it again because my family members still play it, and I was bored. I made a purchase of $4.99, and obviously tax comes with it too, but I was charged $8.45. Huh..? I'm a teenager so I have like NO money, but thank god that was actually in my account. I have nowhere to get actual support be
16. [R4] DragonVale 1/5 · US Piggy Bank: I purchased the PiggyBank and never received my reward. Support is impossible to get in touch with.
17. [R70] Merge Dragons! 1/5 · US Not receiving ad rewards: The game gives you options to watch an ad to receive a reward. The ads always play when you press watch, but you don’t always get your reward. I would try to report this in game support but I can’t even find a way to contact the game because the support button just gives you a bunch of articles.
18. [R106] Merge Dragons! 2/5 · US Frustrated: I enjoy the game but my only issue is I’ve watched about 5 videos for rewards, extra loot, wake up dragons etc. and I have NO WAY to receive the rewards. There is no way to exit back to the game without closing the app entirely then the reward is GONE! Sometimes the video is just a black screen. I’ve missed out on several rewards and it honestly makes the game less fun when I’m wasting
19. [R19] DragonVale 2/5 · US Nothing to Do: I really love the idea of breeding and collecting dragons, but as a beginner player there is really not a lot to do. I got a few dragons, but don’t have room to expand and I need an exorbitant amount of gems to do anything. I only check in once or twice a day and it feels like I’ll never get anywhere unless I spend money. There needs to be more incentive for a new player to play fre