When it works, it works, but may as well buy an Apple Watch with the price of monthly Merge sub
Instructions also extremely vague; doesn’t mention if we should be disabling any Google Health integration on the Pixel Watch or not; I haven’t done that, but I’m guessing it’ll probably double up on results.
It’s clever though for sure, but sub pricing makes zero sense relative to what Apple Watch can be had for.
It’s clever though for sure, but sub pricing makes zero sense relative to what Apple Watch can be had for.
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Works ok. Too expensive
The app works ok. Not great, not bad but having a monthly subscription for a bridge with tiers is kinda crazy. Not paying $5 a month to just get notifications and media control. Should be a one time purchase.
Doesn’t work, just by a cheaper watch
Got it connected one time via Bluetooth but Merge app stated it needed an updated Android app (in spite just having downloaded it). Disconnected watch to attempt to update and never got passed “Pairing with iPhone” stage even when the iPhone reads it’s connected to watch. Good first attempt but feels it wasn’t properly tested
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Worst pricing
Who needs to pay 50+ USD per year for an app like this while an Apple Watch should be bought instead if you think of long-term investment.
You could charge one time or even some feasible amount if the subscription was to continue your development. You should change the subscription plan.
You could charge one time or even some feasible amount if the subscription was to continue your development. You should change the subscription plan.
Not free
Horrible to set up, then you have to pay
An absolute waste of time
The only way to use this properly is by paying for a subscription which is absolutely dumb! This is just an absolute gimmick and scam!
Keeps dropping sync
You have to be on it and check it a couple of times a day if you don’t want to lose data
Have to subscribe
Have to pay monthly to sync your phone
Paid subscription, not usable app
It makes you go through the whole pairing process before telling you to sign up for a monthly subscription. Since they hide it until then, I'm guessing they know it's a bad deal and hope to trick some people with the sunk cost fallacy. Don't waste your time with it
Trash
Wasteful
Unprecedented this is the way the world should be in an app metaphorically
This bridge is the gap between a Google pixel watch and an Apple iPhone Air 17 I can control what’s playing on my iPhone with a Google pixel watch just like I could with an Apple Watch. The difference is it’s $2.99 a month per subscription for the $2 that’s nothing it’s zero dollars for the functionality you can playback pause fast forward anything from YouTube YouTube music some music I’ve tested so far. I mean nothing else is like this managing multiple ecosystems is actually a disaster but this somehow fixes it and works and is completely affordable beyond affordable. How much does a low end Apple Watch cost? I think at least $500 for their cheap edition it’s under $100 for a Google pixel why would you want to spend five times as much? What benefits are there? It’s square shaped maybe that’s all I can think of.
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Bom
Poderia ter em português, mas já ajuda muito
Response from developer
Thanks for the feedback. We're glad Merge is already helping, and we'll keep your request for Portuguese language support in mind as we continue improving Merge.
Notification is not working.
Did not receive a phone call notification from iPhone.
Scam
I spent probably 2 hours setting it up just for nothing to work and then I put a subscription for 4 dollars a month and then canceled it 2 days later and it is still trying to charge my card terrible app do not get
Very expensive
Very expensive subscription fees should be on time
Todo bugado e é PAGO!
Um lixo desse não deveria ter mensalidade e sim licença permanente…
Não gastem o tempo de vocês baixando essa porcaria, com todo respeito.
Não gastem o tempo de vocês baixando essa porcaria, com todo respeito.
Response from developer
Thank you for the feedback. The app's development and maintenance require significant effort, which we can only support through a subscription model. If you encounter bugs, please reach out to us at contact@merge.watch so we can help resolve them.
Not a good idea
You have to pay for it monthly or yearly
Better to buy Apple Watch
Better to buy Apple Watch
Not worth £4.99
Been paying the £4.99 now for the last few months as I sold my S25 Ultra and got the iPhone 16 Pro Max and still wanted to keep my Galaxy Watch Ultra so had no choice but to download this app and pay the monthly fee.
Every so often the app would stop sending notifications to my phone. Even when it said it was still running in the background on my Galaxy Watch it wouldn’t send any notifications. I had to troubleshoot on the Merge app to resolve which isn’t ideal considering I’m paying £4.99 per month for the service.
It also drains your battery life. My watch battery would have usually been around 70% remaining at the end of the day, now it is lucky to see 30% remaining with this app running consistently in the background.
All things considered, I think a more fair price for the service you get from the App would be £1.99 per month. If this was the case I would have kept my subscription running but I just can’t justify paying £4.99 per month for it.
I’d rather sell my galaxy watch ultra and buy the Apple Watch Ultra 2 instead.
Hopefully the developers can either make the app work better with no troubleshooting required by users and also reduce the price. They can say the fee is important for the development etc but in reality, it’s just greed trying to capitalise on people like me who wanted to keep an android watch but use it on my Apple device. Which is a shame really but the greed has only gone and cost them another guaranteed consistent monthly subscriber.
Every so often the app would stop sending notifications to my phone. Even when it said it was still running in the background on my Galaxy Watch it wouldn’t send any notifications. I had to troubleshoot on the Merge app to resolve which isn’t ideal considering I’m paying £4.99 per month for the service.
It also drains your battery life. My watch battery would have usually been around 70% remaining at the end of the day, now it is lucky to see 30% remaining with this app running consistently in the background.
All things considered, I think a more fair price for the service you get from the App would be £1.99 per month. If this was the case I would have kept my subscription running but I just can’t justify paying £4.99 per month for it.
I’d rather sell my galaxy watch ultra and buy the Apple Watch Ultra 2 instead.
Hopefully the developers can either make the app work better with no troubleshooting required by users and also reduce the price. They can say the fee is important for the development etc but in reality, it’s just greed trying to capitalise on people like me who wanted to keep an android watch but use it on my Apple device. Which is a shame really but the greed has only gone and cost them another guaranteed consistent monthly subscriber.
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Useless unless you pay
I wasted my time linking my watch up to this app just to find out this app is literally useless unless you pay a monthly subscription. I paid $110 for my galaxy 7. I'm not going to spend another $60 a year to have this app kill my battery and make my watch useable with my phone. I contacted customer support and they were no help. They just want me to trust the app will suddenly work flawlessly after I pay them $60. Yeah okay, maybe if the app rating weren't horrible I might almost believe you.
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pessimo
muito ruim
Response from developer
Thank you for the feedback. We'd love to get Merge working for you. Please reach out to us at contact@merge.watch with a few more details so we can help.
