# Merge Defense 3D! — user reviews > 206 indexed App Store user reviews of Merge Defense 3D! by Tatem Games Inc., rated 3.70/5 from 1,095 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/merge-defense-3d/id1490412270/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/merge-defense-3d/id1490412270.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 652 · 4★ 59 · 3★ 57 · 2★ 70 · 1★ 260 ## What do users think of Merge Defense 3D!? Overall sentiment: negative **Pros** - ⭐ Good game concept - 🎮 Enjoyable gameplay - 💎 Addictive **Cons** - 💸 Excessive ads - 🔁 Ads interrupt gameplay - 🔒 Paid ad-free version doesn't work - 🐛 Glitches and crashes - 🔋 Drains battery quickly **Commonly reported bugs** - Paid ad-free version doesn't remove ads - Game freezes during ads - Progress lost when game crashes **Most requested features** - Add 'End Turn' button - Improve difficulty scaling past level 1000 - Increase max level for defense towers ## Newest reviews (15 of 206) ### 3/5 — Remove Ads Feature not working *2024-03-29, version 2.2* Hi, I enjoy the game but paid for the “remove ads”. Unfortunately I am still having to view ads and so, I would like a refund. The app has double charged me. ### 2/5 — Can’t play - ad per move *2023-09-04, version 2.2* At nearly an ad per move, game is near impossible to play. In the last 20 minutes, I have literally made a maximum of 3 moves before an ad. Note: Maximum. And notice, all the ads that play are advertising games that are ad free, literally drawing you away from merge defense and trying to force you to quit!!! Developer: i can’t even transfer my progress between devices. Why would I trust that the ad free would transfer? ### 2/5 — Too many ads *2023-04-23, version 1.36.516* Too many ads. If they were at the bottom or top that would be better, like many other apps. Even if you click “No thanks” to watch an ad to try a level again it doesn’t matter, you’ll still have to watch that ad. It’ll make you watch the ad, you don’t actually have a choice. ### 3/5 — Paid for no adds *2023-02-27, version 1.36.516* I love playing this game as it is very enjoyable and easy to play. The only draw back are the adds in the game. I paid for the no adds and still get adds all the time. I’m a little annoyed that I paid for no adds and it still shows them which defeats the purpose. This is my only gripe about the game or it would be a 5/5. ### 2/5 — Too many ads *2023-02-27, version 1.36.516* Game is entertaining, but the ad quantity is ridiculous. As you get further along in the game the ads are for sketchy apps to “clean” the data on your phone. ### 1/5 — Boring *2023-02-22, version 1.36.516* I found the game to be very boring and I ended up giving up before completing the Swagbucks offer, not only is the game boring, but the ads are way too frequent to even get into the game, which is hard enough to do anyway. A real shame. ### 4/5 — Great *2023-02-13, version 1.36.516* Once you get the hang of it, I really like it. ### 1/5 — Too many ads *2022-12-27, version 1.36.516* You get more ads than playtime. ### 2/5 — I like the concept but *2022-12-20, version 1.36.516* The sheer number of ads makes my phone turn into a furnace, I can run much more demanding games easily at a safe feeling temperature ### 1/5 — Holy Ads *2022-12-11, version 1.36.516* This game is so much fun but geez louise - recently the ad revenue must’ve really gotten into the developer’s head.. there’s an ad every 5 turns which is abt two ads a minute. In this state the game is unplayable. ### 1/5 — Just let me play the actual game! *2022-12-05, version 1.36.516* So the actual game is an interesting ever evolving puzzle/strategy game that is quite fun! However u can barely play it as every 3-5 turns even if u say no to the add to “boost” your reward they still make u watch an add… when u start to get to higher levels the adds start showing up faster and faster… to the point where the adds will literally end your game… at which point I have to close the entire program and can start over (even though u didn’t lose) or u can come here and write a 1 star review when this has happened to u on 3 occasions cause it is absolutely ridiculous that I have to lose progress because the maker of the game can’t stop adds from showing up every 2 freaking seconds and bogging the game down to the point of a critical failure….. I highly recommend staying away from this game due to the slap in the face treatment u get when (not if) the game freezes due to the dev’s greed for add space!!! ### 1/5 — This is legitimately the worse game ever *2022-11-21, version 1.36.516* Currently at level 60, and every level is the same, the variations are so minuscule and are more annoying than anything, you WILL spend more time watching more ads than playing, ESPECIALLY because a few levels are legitimately unbeatable without power ups, which you have to spend currency or watch ads to get. Every level takes like 10 minutes, and it’s just monotonous. ON TOP OF ALL THAT, the game runs so bad, my phone overheats in like 10 minutes, and I have an IPhone 11. It’s boring, bad, monotonous, and you spend more time watching ads them playing, and it’s so long So Boringly and depressingly long ### 1/5 — Wanna get Ripped Off Play this Game *2022-11-03, version 1.36.516* I paid the cost for ADS FREE but every stinking time I complete a small part there the ads come - waste of time and $$$. Also once I have almost completed level 63 the game freezes and I need to restart the level over again. ### 1/5 — Scam *2022-10-12, version 1.36.516* Dont just dont ### 1/5 — Don’t download for ur own safety!!! *2022-10-10, version 1.36.516* THIS GAME I KINDA LIKED IT BUT AFTER 3 MINUTES IT PUT ME ON A PAGE AND SAID I WAS HACKED AND I GOT HACKED! ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Ads ads ads *2025-09-06, version 2.3.622* I cannot play this game long enough to even get a feel for it, I make a couple moves then get an ad repeatedly. It seems like the daily levels are impossible but honestly the ads make it unbearable to find out if I even like the game enough to purchase it. ### 1/5 — Ad trap *2025-05-18, version 2.3.622* Not fun, should have 1/10th the ads. ### 1/5 — Scam *2023-11-07, version 2.2* I paid to get rid of the ads, and on apple it says I paid but on the app it said “no internet connection” and the ads never went away. ### 1/5 — Purchased no ads and went through but game keeps saying it can’t connect it *2023-11-06, version 2.2* Ads are very annoying so why not spend $3 to get rid of them. Too bad the game scams you and says it can’t connect the purchase. Keeps saying there is no connection but my WiFi works and the ads are still playing through WiFi so how is it not connecting my purchase. ### 1/5 — Ads every 30 seconds *2023-10-03, version 2.2* Seriously, ads every 30 seconds. And if you pay for no ads don’t change phones because any time you try to redeem your purchase the app conveniently doesn’t have internet connection… But the internment works fine to run ads every 30 seconds. ### 1/5 — BIG SCAM *2023-09-30, version 2.2* I enjoyed the game but hated the ads so I purchased no ads for $5.99 or something like that, not only did I get $20 taken out but the game still has ads, DO NOT INSTALL ### 1/5 — Too many ads *2023-05-13, version 1.36.516* The amount of ads are extremely unrealistic literally every minute a new one comes and starts heating up my phone and making the game lag until the blocks are just frozen in place ### 1/5 — To many ads *2023-04-20, version 1.36.516* Oh my god !!! You can’t even get thru 1 minute of playing until an ad pops up . You get back to the game and have to remember what you were doing , to bad cause the game was kind of fun but now it is deleted ### 1/5 — Add simulator *2023-02-27, version 1.36.516* The game says it all ### 1/5 — Advert laden mess *2023-02-24, version 1.36.516* Almost unplayable due to the insane amount of adverts, the merge defence games are the worst I have come across so far ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Good game but don’t buy ad block on it *2023-10-30, version 2.2* So the game in itself is a good time waster but the ad block does’nt work so dont waste money on it like i did ### 5/5 — Didn’t download *2023-06-19, version 1.36.516* I haven’t downloaded it yet ### 5/5 — Easy *2023-06-09, version 1.36.516* Game was really easy to beat ### 5/5 — I love it *2023-06-06, version 1.36.516* This is my favorite game i love it ### 5/5 — 1 *2023-05-31, version 1.36.516* Good ### 5/5 — In love with this game!!!! ♥️ *2022-08-11, version 1.36* Best game in a couple years!! Beside suduko. 😍😍 ### 5/5 — Addicting *2022-03-04, version 1.34* This game is pretty good, it’s really hard when you play normally. I usually just play for the monthly challenges. ### 5/5 — Monthly view doesn't work in 2022 *2022-01-19, version 1.32* Good game. I've paid for no ads :) Currently, there is no days in the monthly view. Review edited: Issue fixed by update 1.32. Thank you! ### 5/5 — I love it *2022-01-14, version 1.32* Btw can you give me the robux like 10000 ### 5/5 — I like it *2021-12-01* I saw an add-on and I started playing commercials for this game and didn't realize that it had been a few minutes since the skip button to resume my previous game but I kept playing, great fun! ! Would recommend --- *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 2026-08-27.*