--- source: marlvel.ai type: app_intelligence_section content_version: "v2" section_slug: "sentiment" section_label: "User Sentiment" section_anchor: "#user-sentiment" app_name: "Merge Cooking®" bundle_id: "com.merge.cooking.theme.restaurant.food" parent_report: "https://marlvel.ai/api/llm/apps/games/merge-cooking" canonical_url: "https://marlvel.ai/apps/merge-cooking#user-sentiment" license: CC-BY-NC-4.0 citation: "Marlvel.ai — Merge Cooking® User Sentiment (section of intelligence report)" --- ## 🟡 User Sentiment (High Confidence: 120 of 3.4K reviews analyzed) {#user-sentiment} - **Overall Rating:** 4.64/5 - **Platform Split:** iOS 4.7/5 (39.7K ratings) | Android 4.6/5 (119.9K ratings) - **Overall Sentiment:** Mixed ### Top Praises - **Relaxing and addictive core merge gameplay provides a satisfying long-term time-killing experience** - **Visually charming restaurant themes and cute design details keep the experience fresh for players** ### Top Complaints (Impact Areas) - **Aggressive pop-up advertisements and forced event tutorials disrupt the flow of gameplay for users** - **Background audio and music playback are interrupted by the game, preventing multitasking during play** - **Energy system constraints and removal of ad-based rewards force players toward unwanted micro-transactions** ### Top Requests (What Users Want) - **Cross-device progress synchronization and cloud save recovery are needed to prevent total data loss**