# Merge Cooking® — user reviews > 4,548 indexed App Store user reviews of Merge Cooking® by Happibits, rated 4.70/5 from 48,225 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/merge-cooking/id1643509748/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/merge-cooking/id1643509748.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 40,870 · 4★ 4,940 · 3★ 1,012 · 2★ 388 · 1★ 1,015 ## What do users think of Merge Cooking®? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 🚀 Satisfying gameplay - 👍 Generous with freebies and energy - 👍 Relaxing and not overly time-pressured - 👍 Cute graphics and animations - 👍 No forced ads **Cons** - 🐛 Ads not always providing rewards - 🔒 Lack of control over tutorial/guidance - 🔒 Limited board space as game progresses - 🔒 Slow generator recharge times - 🔒 Unachievable quest items **Commonly reported bugs** - Ads not providing rewards - Inability to complete orders due to missing items - Generators resetting after using speed-up - Game freezing or crashing **Most requested features** - Option to turn off tutorial/guidance - Ability to sell or delete old recipe books - Larger main game board - Separate energy counts for different boards - Timers for generator recharge times ## Newest reviews (16 of 4,548) ### 3/5 — Why the change? *2026-08-26, version 1.55.1* I love this game. I’ve played it for quite a while. Also a huge sponge bob fan so I was excited about the colab. But since the colab started I haven’t been able to watch ads for extra things like I used to. Like where there was a “watch ad” option for more moves, gems, or chest, now I have to pay with gems or money. I used to be able to watch an ad and get 2 chests where now I only have the option for one. I hate complaining about something as silly as a game but this is one of my pass times activities and I don’t like when things change to make it less enjoyable. ### 4/5 — Merge cooking *2026-08-26, version 1.55.1* Great game ### 4/5 — Merge cooking *2026-08-26, version 1.55.1* Really fun n addictive game but we need for energy please ### 2/5 — Shame on you *2026-08-26* I started playing the game and I could get coins and energy by watching ads. then i made a purchase that made me lose all free (ads) watching rewards. Now i have made another purchase which has made me lose even more rewards by watching ads. So this is how the game treats regular players and potential buying customers, by seeing they have made a purchase and taking away rewards to make them pay more and more for GETTING EXACTLY WHAT THEY WOULD GET IF THEY HAD NEVER MADE A PURCHASE. ### 5/5 — Addictive fun for foodies *2026-08-25, version 1.55.1* I love this game. There’s always a new challenge and new recipes. Very addictive. ### 5/5 — Awesome game *2026-08-25, version 1.55.1* I love this game so much ### 5/5 — Great *2026-08-25, version 1.55.1* This is a great merge game! ### 5/5 — Literally addicted. *2026-08-25, version 1.55.1* i have spent way too much money playing this game ### 5/5 — good *2026-08-25, version 1.55.1* 🩷👌🏻 ### 4/5 — 1 *2026-08-25, version 1.55.1* cd太长 ### 3/5 — Recent updates have made this game unfair *2026-08-25, version 1.55.1* I've played Merge Cooking for a long time and genuinely enjoyed it. I also have no problem spending money on a game l enjoy, and 1 have made purchases in this game more than once. But the recent updates have changed the game for the worse. Events that I used to be able to complete now feel practically impossible to finish unless you continuously spend money and even when I DO spend money, I still often can't finish them. That is not a reasonable difficulty increase; it makes participating in the events feel pointless. The card collections are even more frustrating. I used to be able to complete them. I have now gone almost 2-3 months without completing a single card collection despite actively playing and occasionally paying for packs, energy, and other items. I understand that a free game needs to make money, and I don't expect everything to be handed to players. But free players and paying players should at least have a realistic chance of completing an event through consistent gameplay. Spending money should give someone an advantage or help them progress faster it shouldn't feel like a requirement just to have a chance at finishing. Please rebalance the events and card collections. I really enjoy this game and WANT to continue playing and supporting it, but making events increasingly unattainable is taking the fun out of a game that used to be genuinely enjoyable. I think that gets your point across particularly well because you're not complaining about the existence of ### 2/5 — Money and time *2026-08-24, version 1.55.1* This game takes forever to load the items back on and then they always want you to spend money. It’s a pretty fun game but that’s all it’s about is money, money oh and MONEY! ### 3/5 — Too Many Popups *2026-08-24, version 1.55.1* If you like merging , you’ll have to be patient. When you open the game because you want to merge things you’ll have to click through multiple popups. Sometimes only 4 or 5 but today I waited several minutes while it continued preventing gameplay by interrupting to tell me about games, contests, rankings, ads, etc before I could even play the game. That’s not fun to me but i understand some people might be more patient than I am. The games, contests, etc are all exactly the same with different graphics. Oh it’s suitcases instead of puppies this time. I don’t even mind the side games, just the constant popups and interruptions to gameplay. I just want to play the game I downloaded. Lots of work went into this game and lots of people enjoy it, but I thought the insane number of interruptions was worth mentioning for anyone who just wants to start merging things when they open the game to play. ### 5/5 — Fun *2026-08-24, version 1.55.1* So far the game is fun and relaxing. A little confusing at times until you get the hang of it, but it’s pretty good about guiding you through it. ### 3/5 — Could be amazing *2026-08-24, version 1.55.1* This game could be amazing but you can hardly play because it takes so long to get energy. And there are no ways to get extra. This is probably the only game I ever wished for ads so I could get more energy instead of playing for 10 seconds then wait an hour to play 10 more seconds. ### 3/5 — Progression and Energy *2026-08-24, version 1.55.1* The game itself is really enjoyable, and I’ve had a good time playing it. My biggest issue is as you progress, the 100 energy limit starts to make the experience less rewarding. It takes so many merges to make high level products, and the increasing complexity of the recipes doesn’t always feel balanced with how quickly you can earn or use energy. I just think the energy system and rewards could use some balancing to make the later stages feel more satisfying and enjoyable. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Double charges *2026-08-26, version 1.55.1* Once I reached the levels 30/40+ I started getting those energy packs. Only the ones that cost 20 dollars. But I looked back at my statements and it’s been charging me 43.38… and I’ve bought a handful of these packages. And so it says I can’t get refund so it’s getting a one star. ### 1/5 — Too Much Guidance *2026-08-25, version 1.55.1* I played for several minutes, and there was always a hand that showed me the next step. It didn’t feel like a game, more like someone telling me what to do. Deleted right away. Many merge games and I can find another that isn’t so patronizing. ### 1/5 — Bait and switch *2026-08-24, version 1.55.1* This game is nothing like the promo. Just wanted to merge cakes like in the trial game. Instead it’s nonsensical merging items making orders for people and stressful. They also rip off gossip harbor like themes that are lame and cringy ### 1/5 — 圧倒的スタミナ不足 *2026-08-24* ポイ活の報酬目的で入れました。ゲーム性は楽しいですが、圧倒的にスタミナが足りず進まなくなります。ランクアップでも回復しないし、目当ての食物が出ないのですぐ足りなくなる。食材レベル8とかのものを求められると、スタミナが100あっても目的の料理の手前の食材すら作れないのはザラです。スタミナがある時でもジェネレーターが充電中になるので全然進まない。スタミナの回復は10ジェムでできるが1回回復すると使用数が増えます(データで差があるかは分かりませんが日でリセットされます)。そもそもジェムも全然貯まらない。 人によっては広告で回復できる人も居るそうですが、私は課金してもないのに最初から広告が見れません。調べたら人によって差があるらしいです。 課金誘導が凄いです。スタミナが切れたりジェネレーターが充電中に切り替わったりする度に課金の誘導。 ゆっくりやりたいのに、勝手にレースに参加させられる。 イベントも恐らく課金しなければ最後までいけません。 ランク14で、ポイ活の達成条件1つ目達成しましたが、注文はもう既に1日1セット(注文全部達成したら次の注文が出ますが、その注文毎に1セットとして)が限界です。 意地でも課金しないでできる所までやってアンストしようと思います。 追記:ランク21まで来ました。 注文が偏りすぎ(例えば今受けているものは7つ中4つが肉の注文、しかもうち3つはランク7〜10の作り辛いものです。)なのにジェネレーターが全然回復しません(ジェムで回復できるのはしっていますが、ジェムが貯まり辛いのでここには使いません)。 それと注文を全部クリアした時に貰える報酬のジェネレーターが、倉庫にあるやつや今使っているジェネレーターよりもレベルが低いものなので、倉庫に溜まっていく一方で全然ランクアップができません。 やっとランクアップできても生産できる食材が増える(ランク高いものも生産できるようになる)事も今のところはほぼないし、怠いです。 22ランクまで来たところで、他の方のレビューにあったカーゴ取引の猫なるものが現れました。高レベルのものを低レベルのものに強制的に交換させられるらしいのでスタミナはありますがタイムリミットになるまでゲームを放置しています。 朝起きてスタミナ消費しようとしたらまた猫が来ました。また1時間待ち。 本当にあの猫要りません。顔見るだけで腹立ちます。 やりたい時にやれないゲームって何？ 強制参加のレースだけで鬱陶しいのに。 **Developer response:** シェフ様、改めて詳細なご意見をありがとうございます。スタミナ不足、ジェネレーターの充電、広告視聴不可、課金誘導など、複数のご懸念について真摯に受け止めております。 スタミナについては、時間経過での回復に加え、デイリーボーナスやイベントでも獲得可能です。広告の表示については第三者プラットフォームの提供状況により、地域やアカウントごとに差が出る場合がございます。課金誘導やレース参加についてのご指摘も開発チームに共有し、今後の改善検討材料とさせていただきます。 ランク14までプレイしていただき誠にありがとうございます。さらにご不明な点がございましたら、ゲーム内の設定からメールにてお問い合わせください。 Dear Chef, thank you again for your detailed feedback. We sincerely acknowledge your concerns regarding stamina insufficiency, generator charging, inability to watch ads, and monetization pressure. Stamina can be recovered through time, daily bonuses, and events. Ads are provided by third-party platforms and availability may vary by region and account. We have shared your feedback about monetization prompts and forced race participation with our development team for future improvement. Thank you for playing to rank 14. If you have further questions, please contact us via in-game Settings > Email. ### 1/5 — Not accurate to the ad *2026-08-24, version 1.55.1* I thought this game was about filling the cakes together but it actually has nothing to do with it. Very disappointing ### 1/5 — SpongeBob Collab? *2026-08-24, version 1.55.1* I played for about an hour or so, don’t see anything relating to SpongeBob other than pearls section of the store. I figured there would be more SpongeBob elements of the game for there to be a collab. That’s legit the only reason I downloaded it. No SpongeBob = Uninstall. I’m not a fan of clickbait. ### 1/5 — White Glove *2026-08-24, version 1.55.1* The white glove makes the game unenjoyable because it tells you what move to make next and there is a no way to turn it off. ### 1/5 — Started out great but… *2026-08-24, version 1.55.1* As other users have said as you get further in the orders are harder and more in depth and you barely have enough energy to complete 1 order. The only way around it is to watch a butt ton of ads. AND, TO ADD TO THAT…There is an issue with the generator multiplier!!!!!! When set to x2 or x4, the generators take away x2 or x4 energy respectively, but they only output x1 items. Sending your energy ever faster…smh ### 1/5 — сделайте доступность игры с впн *2026-08-23, version 1.55.1* игра супер, но при работающем впн прогресс вечно не сохраняется и сбивается, это осень расстраивает и затрудняет ### 1/5 — The AD is a completly other game. *2026-08-22, version 1.55.1* I would be a actual fun game if the advertisement was actually how the game was. Its seriously not going to make people want to play this game when the game isnt the same as the AD. Like its not that hard. You are making people lean towards undownloading the game by doing that. Give me an AD that is the same as the actual game. Thanks. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Top *2026-08-26* Jogo gostoso que ti prende ### 5/5 — Is SpongeBob a permanent addition? *2026-08-26, version 1.55.1* Or is he just a temporary promo? ### 5/5 — Energy *2026-08-26* Hey Please add more energy Like its 100 right now Can you just max it upto 200 atleast ### 5/5 — Merge cooking *2026-08-26, version 1.55.1* Great game ### 5/5 — 10/10 *2026-08-26, version 1.55.1* I love merging games, and this app is by far my favorite. I appreciate goals that don't take days to acheive, and you don't need to make any purchased to play and enjoy the game. ### 5/5 — Pretty fun game to pass time *2026-08-26, version 1.55.1* This will be first and last time making an actual text review, anyways this game is not that bad and pretty fun, I’m actually making this review in the car and it’s helped pass time like a lot of time, anyways I’m short I would recommend this game to play on a car ride or if your bored and trying to pass time ### 5/5 — Weeee *2026-08-26, version 1.55.1* Fun ### 5/5 — Fun game! *2026-08-26, version 1.55.1* This game is really fun, so far I am enjoying it. ### 5/5 — Solid *2026-08-26, version 1.55.1* Great game ### 5/5 — Bb *2026-08-25, version 1.55.1* Bbvvv --- *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 2026-09-02.*