# Shoot n Merge — user reviews

> 644 indexed App Store user reviews of Shoot n Merge by Metajoy, rated 4.40/5 from 8,916 ratings.

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/shoot-n-merge/id1347666572/reviews
- App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/shoot-n-merge/id1347666572.md
- Rating breakdown: 5★ 6,306 · 4★ 1,096 · 3★ 657 · 2★ 278 · 1★ 579

## What do users think of Shoot n Merge?

Overall sentiment: negative

**Pros**

- 🎮 Fun and addictive gameplay
- 💎 Great puzzle game concept

**Cons**

- 🤬 Excessive and intrusive ads
- 🛑 Ads that cannot be closed
- ⏱️ Ads interrupting gameplay
- 🔁 Ads causing game resets
- 💰 Difficult to earn in-game currency

**Commonly reported bugs**

- Game freezing or crashing
- Unresponsive controls
- Inconsistent gameplay after updates

**Most requested features**

- Option to disable ads for a fee
- Improved ad placement and frequency
- More generous in-game currency rewards

## Newest reviews (14 of 644)

### 2/5 — No music

*2025-10-13, version 5.2.29*

Please make a bug fix to address the fact that when you listen to music, it stops while you play in this app.

### 2/5 — Ads freeze the game

*2024-01-28, version 5.2.27*

Stupid ads feeeze the game

### 2/5 — Chán

*2022-12-02, version 5.2.26*

Lỗi hoài. Toàn bị đẩy ra.

### 3/5 — Реклама на рекламе

*2021-12-24*

Реклама на рекламе и рекламой погоняет. Удаляю

### 1/5 — Used to be good sooo many ads now

*2021-09-05, version 5.2.21*

Save your time and dont download you will spend more time seeing the ads then actually playing 

Don dare to pause the game or you will waste a minute or moe looking at ads very frustrating

### 1/5 — Changes to the game with levels is terrible

*2021-04-19, version 5.2.19*

I used to play this game for hours, trying to build up high score. 
However recently, there have been changes where I cannot continue playing after the tiles reach the bottom. The game goes back to the beginning. 
This is probably done to emphasise the levels and new way of playing. The new way is really awkward and clumsy. It’s not easy to see which number will come up. The goals are pathetic at best. 
Please go back to what it was before. 
Don’t introduce weird things just to justify developers working on the game! Thanks

### 1/5 — 강제종료

*2021-01-20, version 5.2.18*

강제종료되는 것만 몇번째인지 게임 재밌게 하고 기록 세우고 있는데 몇번씩이나 자기혼자 꺼져버려서 해오던게 날라가는게 너무 짜증납니다.
광고 진짜 징하게 많이 뜨는거 참고 참아도 이거는 못참겠네요 진짜

### 3/5 — 갑자기? ㅠㅠ

*2020-08-26*

게임 재미있게 잘 하고 있었는데, 갑자기 알람이 진짜 1초마다 쉴새없이 울렸어요. 지금도 계속 울리고 있는중 ㅠ 이거 갑자기 왜 그래요?
이 알람 때문에 다른거를 못하겠어요 ㅠ

### 3/5 — addicting

*2020-08-09, version 5.2.12*

this game is lots of fun but the ads are annoying and I wish they would give directions as to how you can wipe out an entire row, otherwise it’s impossible to win

### 1/5 — Die Mühe nicht wert

*2020-06-06*

Spiel ist fehlerhaft. Spart euch den Speicherplatz

### 1/5 — So many Trump ads

*2020-05-24, version 5.2.10*

I’ve had this game for years - deleting because I cannot stand the divisive political ads.

### 1/5 — ADS

*2020-03-24, version 5.2.9*

The amount of ads is ridiculous. Far too many. They give you ads in the middle of the game. One basically said “Congrats you got to 2048, wanna keep playing” and then forced an advertisement on me.

### 4/5 — Emerge N shooter

*2020-03-23, version 5.2.9*

There is no help for taking amazing to continue the game

### 4/5 — Good game but some times stuck

*2020-01-23*

Game is good but sometimes while game is stuck. All inputs are disable.

## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated)

### 1/5 — Broken

*2024-01-27, version 5.2.27*

Can’t get past the ads. Bad app.

### 1/5 — excessive ads

*2023-12-16, version 5.2.27*

I pid the three buck, but then got a new phone, had to endure a couple minutes of ads just to try to get to the menu screen.  Then could not figure out how to restore purchases.  Ill find something else to play.

### 1/5 — Too many ads

*2023-10-03, version 5.2.27*

Why so many ads ? Even if we pause the game ?? Even if I minimize and come back from Home Screen ? This is ridiculous. Even if I made a big number block , there comes and ad. I will just wait for next update , if it’s the same you will lose a loyal user. There are many news apps with the same game plan. Have fun.

### 1/5 — Appalling!

*2022-09-26, version 5.2.25*

I’m uninstalling this after about 10 minutes. I have the old version on my phone and love it, but this version for iPad is ridiculous. When an ad kicks in, the game carries on in the background, so by the time the ad has finished, you’ve lost the game! I’ve never seen anything more ridiculous in a game app.

### 1/5 — TOO MANY ADS

*2022-09-05, version 5.2.25*

There are just too many ads.  For too long.  

Used to be fun.  

When I want to play I turn on airplane mode.  No ads then.

### 1/5 — Ads.

*2022-07-16, version 5.2.24*

This game needs a few more ads.  I swear I just play and play and NO ADS.  

Seriously.  This game has gone the way of many apple games.  Just becoming a means to sell ads. 

To the developers and those people that advertise: the more ads I see the less of a chance I will down load the game. 

Too bad.  Used to be fun.

### 1/5 — Ads are stuck and no way to go back or cancel

*2022-04-11, version 5.2.23*

This was one of my favourite pastime game but now it sucks. Too many ads and now the ads are getting stuck where there is no way to go back or cancel the add. Deleted permanently.

### 1/5 — В рекламе теперь пропаганда украинских военных нацистов

*2022-03-12*

Позор!!! В детской игре пускать украинскую военную пропаганду недопустимо. Удаляю.

### 1/5 — 16k не добиться.

*2022-01-30*

Я давно удалил эту игру, потому что в ней невозможно добить максимальный Блок 16к.

### 1/5 — Those ads….

*2021-10-19, version 5.2.21*

Used to be fun … then they turned it into an ad watching app. Seriously… i don t mind a 20-30 sec. Ad every now and then, but 2 ads every time you end a game, ads that go on and on and on, where you have to tap left and right to get out of them, with loud annoying music?.? No… your game is not interesting enough to put up with that… you re out of here!

## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated)

### 5/5 — Playing on your phone

*2026-01-07, version 5.2.30*

If you like number games you can  yourself for hours

### 5/5 — Ads cover the game

*2024-02-23*

Lately ads pop up and I can’t click them away at all. I find it so frustrating, I’m thinking of deleting one of my favourite games. I hope it can be fixed asap.

### 5/5 — 광고

*2023-04-26*

광고 ㅈ나게 많아서 와이파이 끄니까 아이폰12인데 일시정지하면 렉이 걸려서 겜 껏다 켜야됨 돈주고라도 광고 없에게라도 해주던가;;

### 5/5 — Thanks that’s fun

*2021-03-04, version 5.2.19*

Yay

### 5/5 — 更新後都閃退

*2021-01-29, version 5.2.18*

再也打不開了！我要跟這遊戲說再見了嗎👋

### 5/5 — Great game

*2020-08-27, version 5.2.12*

This is a great puzzle game. Well worth the 3 bucks to get rid of the ads. Game play is fantastic.   Please, please, please . . . On the puzzle levels. . Add an option to turn OFF the shooting guide. It’s so annoying that the gameplay is so different between levels and free play. Overall, a great game.

Addition: when you pause the game it asks continue or try again. I can’t tell you the number of times I’ve accidentally hit try again. It needs to ask a second time if you want to cancel your current game.

### 5/5 — Great relaxing game

*2019-08-20, version 2.6*

Great game for when you bored or stressed you can just chill out and play great game 10/10

### 5/5 — 凄くいい

*2019-08-16, version 2.6*

この脳みそが溶ける感じが凄く気持ちいい

### 5/5 — 面白いけど…

*2019-07-25, version 2.6*

16,384以上の表示できるようにしてほしいです

### 5/5 — ゲームは面白いです

*2019-07-18, version 2.6*

でも広告が多すぎるのと日本語だったらいいのにな〜

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