# DesignVille: Merge & Design — user reviews > 1,046 indexed App Store user reviews of DesignVille by TAPCLAP, rated 4.60/5 from 6,103 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/designville-merge-and-design/id1580695082/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/designville-merge-and-design/id1580695082.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 4,960 · 4★ 621 · 3★ 202 · 2★ 127 · 1★ 193 ## What do users think of DesignVille? Overall sentiment: mixed **Pros** - 🚀 Fun and relaxing game - 👍 No need to spend money - 👍 Ability to design rooms - 👍 Enjoyable gameplay - 👍 Great graphics - 👍 Addictive and entertaining **Cons** - 🔋 Limited energy/need to wait or pay for refills - 🐛 Frequent crashes and glitches - 🔒 Inappropriate ads - 🔒 Greedy monetization tactics - 🐛 Confusing or frustrating mechanics - 🐛 Slow progress and long wait times **Commonly reported bugs** - Ads not closing or causing crashes - Generators not recharging properly - Merge board size changes causing UI issues - Game freezing or not loading properly - Losing progress or getting stuck on certain levels **Most requested features** - Increase energy capacity or recharge rate - Add ability to sync progress across devices - Improve storage management and item organization - Reduce frequency of required in-app purchases - Provide more free content and reduce paywall - Fix bugs and crashes to improve stability ## Newest reviews (15 of 1,046) ### 4/5 — 😀 *2026-08-16, version 1.227.0* Love this game ### 3/5 — Crashing issues *2026-08-03, version 1.226.0* i’ve loved this game and have been playing for 5 years! unfortunately, in the last two months or so the game crashes every two minutes and its not worth it to keep reloading it. now I am discouraged to play this and might delete it if the problem is not fixed soon. i love the graphics and the idea of the game its just a shame it doesn’t work properly anymore. ### 2/5 — Every update gets worse *2026-07-31* I have been playing this game every single day for years. It’s my favorite game, but every new update and feature DOWNGRADE the game playing experience. 100 energy refill used to cost 5 D, then 10 D now they’re 10 D then 20 D. The wallet and energy boxes ad watching hardly ever work, i need to watch 5-10 ads to get a prize that should only take 1 ad watching. New episodes take WEEKS and the trophy challenge is useless and redundant. The daily tasks have been changed to weekly tasks, this was extremely frustrating. This week, to my great disappointment the balloon popping and dice rolling games seem to be inactive / have been removed. I look forward to playing on Fridays specifically for this game, and now it’s gone :( I emailed, messaged on Facebook and left several reviews on the app store. I am just sad and disappointed, this is the only mobile game I play and each new update is worse than the last. PLEASE FIX THIS ISSUE. **Developer response:** Hello! Solar Panels and Ruby Trees were changed, we've added new levels (you can upgrade them up to level 9) and changed the drop system. In general you get the same amount of resources as you used to, but you can get a bit less or a bit more energy from time to time. The ad issue is being fixed at the moment, thank you. If you have any additional questions, please contact us at support@tapclap.com so we can help you. Thank you for your feedback! ### 3/5 — Love it but issues *2026-07-31, version 1.226.0* I have been playing this game for a long time and now when I play it. The game crashes NUMEROUS times at random times. I have also paid a lot on this game and that’s what is frustrating. I am not one to pay on a game. It really needs to be looked into on why it always crashes. ### 2/5 — Needs update *2026-07-27, version 1.226.0* The game shuts down almost every time I do anything! I always have to reload it and it sucks! ### 3/5 — AA *2026-07-25, version 1.226.0* I love this game so much but it keeps randomly closing. Please fix this bug. ### 2/5 — Too Much *2026-07-18, version 1.224.0* there are way too many types of generators some of which break down into other items so you have to keep all of the pieces that merge into/from the generators to be able to make new generators or upgrade the ones you do have. with so many items it just really clogs up the board and getting enough gems to unlock more storage space can take a while so it really is a very discouraging game at times ### 5/5 — Nice and ez game *2026-07-11, version 1.224.0* Easy matching game ### 5/5 — The best game ever *2026-07-08, version 1.223.0* Five stars ### 5/5 — Perfect *2026-07-07, version 1.223.0* Perfect❤️❤️❤️❤️ ### 5/5 — Most diff play *2026-07-02, version 1.222.0* It’s so fun I be on it 24/7 and don’t know how to get off ### 5/5 — It’s cool *2026-06-26, version 1.222.0* Too hard to progress without spending money. ### 2/5 — No I.T. Support *2026-06-24, version 1.221.0* It only allows you to watch five ads now for 100 extra energy in a 24 hour period. The ads glitch and freeze a lot of the time and then you never get your energy anyways. The game doesn’t give you your second wallet after you watch a video. I’ve tried to reach out on Messenger and I’ve even provided a picture of my user ID but now no one even responds. I’ve asked for help with several issues and have been ignored for months. I play every day and I used to be able to complete the mini games but now it’s not possible. Spending 10 gems for 100 extra energy when it used to be five gems is ridiculous. ### 3/5 — Problème avec les pubs *2026-06-21* On peut regarder des pubs pour avoir des récompenses ou de l’énergie plus mais en ce moment, impossible de fermer la pubs quand la vidéo est terminé (il y en a même 2 « adds ») et donc pas de récompenses…et ça pour quoi que ce soit! Les objets et pièces à décorés ont un beaux design mais les bonus tel que réveil/ciseau/miroir devrait être « à part » comme un bonus, on perds suffisamment de place en essayant d’améliorer les « générateurs » d’objets…les places supplémentaires dans l’inventaire sont extrêmement cher en gemmes! **Developer response:** Bonjour! Merci pour les commentaires! La gestion de l'espace libre sur le terrain est l'une des parties importantes du jeu. Vous pouvez obtenir de l'énergie supplémentaire pour la publicité ou pour les rubis. ### 4/5 — Could be great *2026-06-21* I was introduced to this game through the M-Cube community and initially would have given it a full 5 star rating. Great visuals, ease and clarity of instructions led quickly to satisfying and addictive play. Design options are fun, though more is always good. The further you get, however, frustration with the energy demands lead to frustration and stilted play. Even with multiple ways to earn extra energy, the long chains, limited and expensive inventory space frustrates play and makes it feel like and obvious cash grab. Without purchasing it personally, energy to perform merges in longer and longer chains creates a severe bottleneck that causes progress to slow to a crawl. This could be eased in a variety of obvious ways from the increase of available energy in higher levels, to engines offering more production of level skips for tools rather than the level 1 starts for all of the growing chains. Without such a severe and frustrating energy bottleneck, this would be a great game and earn a full 5 star rating. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — not for me i guess *2026-08-23* second time trying to write a review bc while i was almost done writing the first one, it deleted on its own? really annoying but anyways, i never write reviews and i usually LOVE merging games, but i ended up despising this one. im literally getting paid to play it, and even that factor isnt enough motivation for me to want to click on the app. first issue i had when i started playing was that it is a landscape mode game, like it has to be played horizontally. usually merging games are played vertically and that is just my preference i guess. i do think that factor played a big role into why it was so non-engaging. that, and it did like a glitchy loading thing EVERY time i would click onto something, so it doesnt run that smooth but i tried to look past that too. another thing that annoyed me so badly and steered me away from this game was that there is NO energy boosters. i kept playing hoping that maybe at a certain level i would unlock the ability to use energy boosters, nope. i would have hundreds of energy stored up from rewards, which would have been nice to put to use if there was an energy booster. (energy booster is basically using 2x or 4x or 8x the amount of energy u have so u can save both time and space on ur board. some games even let u use 16x) sorry but i dont want to click on my phone hundreds of times and be constantly running out of space on my board. it just became a headache and chore so quickly, no matter how much i tried to force myself to like it because again, im literally getting paid to play it. oh and the events are minimal and boring, not a fan of the art style, for some reason it overstimulates me. the game is so obviously not made with love or atleast thinking about the player experience. ### 1/5 — FIX YOUR DAMN APP *2026-08-11, version 1.227.0* I used to love this game but now it has too many glitches. I’ll click on a task and all I get is the 4 people standing there waving and looking stupid! I can still play the game part but not the room decoration part! ### 1/5 — Scam *2026-08-02, version 1.226.0* These disgusting scammers will have you endlessly merge the same item 1,000 times before they even THINK about paying you even 2 cents for it, if you are a special needs kid with 2 brain cells, this game is for you! You can watch 50 ads a day too!! ### 1/5 — Crashes *2026-07-29, version 1.226.0* Game keeps crashing consistently for over a month now. Have email support and no response. Crashes every minute or so repeatedly. ### 1/5 — Stop partnering with freecash app *2026-07-23, version 1.225.0* Got this game through a service that pays you to play mobile games. It doesn’t pay out. You’re getting a bad review for it too. ### 1/5 — Oyunu düzeltin *2026-06-16, version 1.221.0* Oyun çok iyi fakat her aşamada görevleri yaparken çok fazla para isteği var ve buda her aşamanın geçikmesine hatta bazen 10 günden fazla sürmesine neden oluyor 4 yıldır bu oyunu oynuyorum artık sıkılmaya başladım böyle giderse oyunu silicem ### 1/5 — Help *2026-05-24* Love this game but can’t play because it knocks me out every few seconds. Can it be fixed? ### 1/5 — Game is constantly crushing *2026-05-23, version 1.219.0* Recently the game started to crush every time you opened it. ### 1/5 — just being greedy *2026-05-12, version 1.217.2* this app used to be a lot better, before they took away the watch ads for energy option and only limited it to 5 ads. and they raised the amount of gems u need to use for extra energy. also recently the app on my ipad has been crashing every 5 minutes, it becoming unenjoyable and it’s obviously just a money grab for yall ### 1/5 — Designville; Merge & Design *2026-05-04, version 1.216.0* ‘DESIGNVILLE; MERGE & DESIGN IS AN EXCELLENT CHOICE FOR ANYONE WHO’S LOOKING FOR, SOMETHING TO PASS THE TIME!’ ‘I GAVE 1 STAR FOR NOW, BUT WHENEVER I’VE PLAYED IT!!!!!!’ ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Good game of the merge games *2026-08-15, version 1.227.0* Designing is fun to choose and move items around. Pleasant sounds and items smooth graphics. No ads pop up ### 5/5 — Relaxing & Fun *2026-08-15, version 1.227.0* This is a relaxing and fun mobile game. I highly recommend this game if you want to chill & play for a few minutes or even an hour of fun gameplay. One of the best Merge & Design games out there! ### 5/5 — Dice game *2026-08-15, version 1.227.0* I'm leaving if you're not going to continue the dice game 🙁 ### 5/5 — very fun *2026-08-13, version 1.227.0* Would recommend, easy to play and fun ### 5/5 — Exciting *2026-07-29, version 1.226.0* Continuous play and fun ### 5/5 — Good game ! *2026-07-26, version 1.226.0* Really good game to play and get money from ### 5/5 — yuh *2026-07-24, version 1.225.0* nice real nice ### 5/5 — DesignVille *2026-07-23* Looks great. Grojband is going to be like it ### 5/5 — Amazing *2026-07-19, version 1.224.0* Amazingly amazing awesome incredible ### 5/5 — Awesome game *2026-07-15, version 1.224.0* Really cool relax game I give it two thumbs up --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-09-07.*