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Customers worldwide use our flexible app to plan, manage and control their small and large projects. Here's what they say about Merlin Project.
Overall I liked the application, though I'd appreciate it if the price were a bit more accessible hehehe. Also, I'd love to be advised on how to print, because at work we have to make reports and send the program updated or before carrying out a job.
I handle the complete planning of our service jobs directly on-site at the customer. Thanks to the automatic publishing of the HTML pages, everyone involved is always up to date. The software impresses me in every way and reliably supports me in my daily work. A problem with p…
We've been using Merlin Project for about 6 months to plan our service projects with customers and to determine resource needs. The use is intuitive and the documentation is very good. This week, for the first time, I had a question I couldn't solve through the docs or the help.…
A real tool requires a thorough learning curve. The tutorials are of high quality, the support never falters, the ergonomics are well crafted. Do not skip the learning phase. If you manage projects, for the self-employed craftsman that I am, it's the dashboard of my daily life.…
It's not true that you can't use the APP if you don't pay. You get a full 14-day evaluation, and afterwards you can pay monthly when you need it. The APP is perfect for what it's needed for, a polished interface, an amazing integration with Mac, very well crafted, pretty and fun…
I only use Merlin for very basic Gantt charts. Extremely easy to use for my purposes.
I spent my whole weekend on it
I have downloaded the new Version 9 with integrated AI, and I must say I am flashed. The AI generated plans make total sense and this is a perfect vehicle to generate initial project plans. Dependencies detected, roles detected parallel vs. sequential execution perfectly detecte…
Everything in one place: scheduling, mindmapping, org chart, linked files, tasks. After 1 month of searching, I've finally found this complete application! Thanks
More than ten years I've discovered this app. I have to use it again since few months and that's still a very good impression of efficiency
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After almost 20 years of regular use, Merlin is still my number 1 project management tool. My favourite features: 1. Working capacity adjustments and working resource levelling. When I have to plan projects in MS Project, for example, I export them to Merlin for editing and plan…
We are a small not-for-profit organisation who just need a simple tool to plan a community shop. I'm a reasonably confident MS Project user and couldn't (until now) find anything comparable on the MAC. I donwloaded this app two hours ago and already have a fairly robust plan. …
Very good software, easy to use with good visual rendering. Scheduling inconsistencies are easily and visually highlighted. A small downside is the help, which is sometimes a bit thin, which forces you to look on the forums.
Whilst I only use it for relatively small projects, I think this App is terrific. The more features I discover the better I like it. Attaching files and including notes make it really valuable for maintaining history of a project.
When developing a new project, it has tools that make it easy to explain the development and how you want the team to move forward
great for viewing MS project files in understandabvle gant view
Great program. Easy to use. Great features. Very satisfied
App is really good and also the Syncing with iPad great . thx
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My client uses MSFT Projects and I use Merlin, The 2 work hand in hand. Great app!
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Very comprehensive software, useful for management, oversight and end-to-end project steering. Small downside: no possibility to work in sprints (Scrum). The project review for client presentations is rather well done but lacks charts and visual elements. I strongly recommend it…
I have tried many options for Apple and I'm very happy, it's very intuitive and easy to use
works perfectly!
… highly recommended.
The best for mac gantt - cheap compare to online solution
Hi, I've used MS Project for years and everything in between and they do not hold a candle to the ease of use and simple delight of using Merlin. Truly magical! Great job Merlin team!! - Happy project manager in Concord, Mass. USA
I would buy it again immediately
I've already worked with many PM tools, but this is unfortunately the worst. Data keeps being overwritten on its own. Deleted again right away.
runs super stable, there is nothing I miss
Creating a schedule for my projects is very easy to use! Every feature is straightforward and it took me about 30 minutes to learn how to use this program. I definitely recommend Merlin!
great
Magnificent product with broad functionality at a level that allows professionals who don't work in project management to keep track of status and other controls in an excellent and simple way
Merlin is indeed magical. The ProjectWizards have been supporting and improving Merlin for years. This is not a side project or one of many focuses; this is their main focus. The addition of integrated of Kanban boards is just one example of their commitment to adapting and im…
with everything you need… can only be recommended
it covers the functions for construction planning well
I've worked with a number of scheduling programs and this program is by far the most user friendly and easy to work with. I highly recommend to anyone looking to develop detailed construction schedules.
It's simple and efficient to produce a time line for finishing a project. Costs etc will have to be calculated in a separate spreadsheet.
simple, not overloaded but all functions available. export into MS Project posslibe. Can reccomend it
Super product — if all this could evolve toward a system like Jira or the Atlassian products but for Mac while keeping the links with Mindmanager…
I'm a construction manager for a $5 billion a year company. We are all Primavera P6 / Oracle users trapped in a PC world. Translating from the company scheduler’s perception of construction to the skilled tradesmen managers, in the field, has to be clean and clear. By far, the…
Very good scheduling software for Mac. Very ergonomic.
Merlin is ideal for stad alone simple to mid compexlity on Mac.
Merlin Project can do what others can't. Since I searched a long time for a program, I want to address the essential point briefly and concisely. A project is created. Everything is very clear via the bar chart. A second separate project is created. Same as above, except these…
Excellent work tool for organising teams and processes.
Simply the best scheduling tool on Mac
I've been using Merlin on the Mac for a long time, the iPad version is super integrated and makes mobile use very easy. (It would almost be fun if it weren't work ;-)
Very good
One of the apps I've been searching for for a very long time! I cannot understand the partly negative reviews related solely to the price. Who works for free for a good product? In any case, John Ruskin's law of economics forbids offering a top product at a below-average price. …
The Gantt chart is so easy to read. My associates can easliy see what I intend.
Having used several other scheduling software, I can say that Merlin Project, with a few hours spent carefully working through tutorials, is an amazing application chock full of versatility. There are so many ways the software can be customized to one's unique situation, and unl…
Great product and reliable, reads and writes to my client's MS Project. Save As option could be better (more like other MAC and PC software). Good product tho, I am a fan.
Make job easy
Having a project is easy. The hard part — I find — is realising it. With this app I made my life easier by not going too deep into the details of individual tasks, and instead focusing on the most important tasks with a fixed start and end date and a time budget of 1 or 2 days. …
Works Great!
Very good
For the price of a latte per month, you can have a powerful tool for building and managing projects. The beauty of Merlin is you can keep it simple or deep dive into utilizations and cost. Need to get a project approved by management? You can quickly create colorful Gannt chart…
Needed something fast for a university project, this fit my requirement prefectly.
I have been working with MS Project for a number of years and in my search for something compatible with iOS and Mac 8 came across this jewel. Simple and straightforward without sacrificing the needed details of running a project of any sort. After the trial version I downloaded…
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Great and useful tool for my projects
Very good application, only for simple projects without much follow-up, intuitive and easy to use.
Does all MS project does, plus some nice extra features, such as selectable links between tasks. Downside is the somewhat puzzling location and structure of settings and formatting tools, this can be improved. All in all, the go-to tool for mac users needing MS project.
From costing the job to hanging the curtains, MERLIN PROJECT is by far the best tool, both for budget control and for hyper-precise control of construction or other planning! 20/20
…Merlin allows me to manage tasks semantically in a mind map, then filter only the ones I need to consider at a given moment and manage them in a kanban board…that’s the first and so far only time I’ve come across this integration. Until recently I’ve had to manually sync (read:…
I thought that by buying the application I'd be able to get it free on iPad, but no… Even Microsoft doesn't do that… The instructions in English… Interface not obvious to use…
Easy to use, great reporting options. I'm running a multi-faceted program with over 20 sub-projects and it's keeping everything on track and easy to report weekly. I've had need to contact the developers for assistance, they've come back to me very quickly and offered suggestions
Great application with good support. The few minor issues are solved continuously. I would definitely subscribe again.
…clear, fast and — once you're somewhat familiar with Gantt — easy to use. Otherwise the online help is very useful in many cases. Keep it up and many thanks, Moritz
I used this software to produce Gantt charts. Hit no bugs and I'm very satisfied with the result.
Merlin is a very good project tool that offers great analysis features that simplify communication in teams and management.
great alternative to Microsoft Project
We've been using Merlin Project for half a year for simple construction scheduling as a Gantt chart and benefit from the graphical options and the clear resource system. A particular standout is the great service which, although only by email, has so far always delivered a preci…
Complete crap! Already subscribed but keeps on asking me to subscribe again and again.
Great app
good tool
Finally with nice features on the iPad :)
One of the advantages of this platform is that it can be customised almost 100% in design. That's very good because if you've come from any other tool to organise your work, you can adapt it to match the design you used before.
Finally a PM software for iOS that deserves the name. In combination with the desktop app simply unbeatable.
I had a licence for Merlin Project 3, but there's no option to download version 3 of the app, so after formatting my computer I can't continue using the application without entering the subscription model
While I've been a long-time user of MS Project (and tended to use Parallels to get in running on the Mac) and a sometimes user of Omniplan, I was intrigued by some of the features of Merlin: mindmapping integrated into the schedule development process and a Kanban view of the ta…
Merlin was the PM tool I used through my Masters Degree Project Management courses because I wanted to go as “Mac” as possible. The port of that amazing product to iOS in a full-featured thrills me. Some of the areas requires a little more thinking (like how you have to hold on…
The synchronization allows me and my team smooth project planning. Thanks to the various display options (mind map, Kanban, reports, …) we always have a precise overview of the project — whether in the office or on the go.
Now it's finally as I wished 👍👍👍. Complete PM software on the iPad. Thanks to the team at ProjectWizards
That's terrific. Suddenly the iPad version looks like the Mac version. That's big-screen stuff! I've wanted that for a while! Thanks Merlin Project
Similar interface to the desktop, simply mobile, now kept up to date via various clouds, very practical and useful from a medium iPad size onwards
This app made it really easy to get into project management. It's easy to learn and intuitive to use. Since I now have to manage more complex projects, I'm switching to Merlin Project, which has more functions.
Creating project plans in other programs costs a lot of time and nerves. In Merlin Project it's really easy and that's why I create a project plan even for small projects. Why laboriously list dates in an email when I can create a professional timing in seconds?! Great! And the …
I'm not a fan of subscriptions, but after a long search I chose Merlin Project. I've finally found an app I can use to manage my projects easily and clearly. I love switching between WBS and Kanban board, and my boss is happy about the meaningful reports. Keep it up!
After a long search and many pointless purchases, we've finally found THE project management program for the Apple. On Mac and iPhone/iPad simply terrific. You can't create a project plan faster or more nicely. We also love the functions for sharing the plans with our customers.
Unfortunately I've already gotten married, my house is finished and for the world trip I'm missing a few holiday days :-) Still, I'm thrilled how cleanly I could have planned these projects with Merlin Express. Looking forward to using this fine piece of software soon.
Generally speaking, since I've been using this application for 6 years, I won't be changing applications because it meets 95% of my needs. The exported planning documents are easy to edit and easy to understand for everyone. Pros: As a long-term user of Merlin Project Managemen…
What I like the best about Merlin Project is that it allows me to build a plan almost as the request happens, and it's always a great process because building the plan always helps you visualize its length and complexity. Many other MS Project clones have the main features but n…
Overall, Merlin Project is a very user-friendly software. To me, it feels like I'm sketching out a project plan rather than calculating it. As a result, I can focus almost all of my attention on the planning itself. Pros: Merlin Project allows you to either type in your project…
I started using Merlin 3 some months ago and was eagerly waiting for the sync between projects on Mac and iPhone. Since two weeks the beta of Merlin Project 4 is available and they really nailed it. Now you have the power of one of the best PM apps on Mac and a nice little iPhon…
From a simple holiday list to a complex construction schedule, everything can be represented. You can evolve a master schedule in a single file into a trade-oriented construction schedule with dependencies and completion levels. Pros: Intuitive to use, excellent GUI, extensive …
Our company manages specific events with multiple stakeholders, different schedules and many tasks. Merlin lets us speak a common language, export intervention calendars and resources, and produce status reports of every kind. Pros: Once mastered, the software is a first-class …
It has taken me literally 2 weeks to find a viable alternative to MS Project for a Mac. After extensively researching the more visible search results (OmniPlan, Wrike, AtTask, LibreProject, OpenProject, Harvest, etc.), I finally found Merlin — exactly the same logic as MS Projec…
For our business, as a consulting firm, we depend on Merlin Project and we are happy with our choice in PM software, considering that we have a wealth of options out there. Pros: This is the only software I have found that allows the user to go from a mind map to a Gantt chart.…
There is a number of software that I bought and never regret buying… Merlin is definitely one of those. Pros: 1. Very intuitive. 2. Simplicity. 3. Works as project managers do. Cons: 1. Availability of direct purchase — I bought my software out of pocket, I don't like subscrip…
I searched a long time for a decent project management app on macOS, and eventually I found Merlin Project. This is not only a PM app, it is also a mind mapping app, a reporting app and much more! All views are configurable in any detail. It offers the widest range of PM functio…
I've been using Merlin for several years now, both for our construction project planning and for our internal office planning. I searched a long time for an intuitive tool — and found it in Merlin. Pros: Really the only true project management tool on the Mac. Very nice user in…
It was perfect since I no longer struggle with the management of ongoing projects as it makes it easy and much more efficient. It also ensures task management works as expected. Pros: makes project management, project controlling as well as task management efficient. Cons: mul…
Merlin is a very great project tool! Been using it since I was hired in this company and it has never given us trouble. Pros: It's fast, easy to navigate and integration seems easy as well, which really helps our organization a lot. Cons: I think the data extracted is a bit me…
It's the go-to project management software for the Mac. Developed by real Mac users. It just feels right. Pros: A real Mac app — not just a cross-platform solution — from the UI to every aspect of the solution (sync, etc.). Cons: Unfortunately it's only available on a subscrip…
Pros: The best part about this software is being able to create charts and graphs to print and show to clients. Cons: I loved Merlin Project and would use it again any time!
Very useful and affordable — all good! Pros: The handling, the price and the layout. Cons: I don't know exactly — and I don't want to search for something!
Due to its particularly comprehensive nature, Merlin Project is an almost indispensable tool for every project manager.
Merlin Project is one of the very few products that I recommend. Merlin Project makes project plan creation a breeze.
We chose Merlin Project because it helps us stay integrated, be accountable, and stay organized!
Merlin Project is my choice, because success and a well work-life-balance is important to me.
Merlin is in my eyes the official successor of Microsoft Project on the Apple Macintosh.
I use Merlin almost daily, over a period of about 3 years. I value the program highly.
I like the app and it works well. The only niggle is that every time I double-click an MS Project XML file it tells me it can’t open open it because I need to activate a subscription. When I click on “Activate” it says “Oh yes. You’re a subscriber”. And I have to leave it open a…
But… it's missing good tutorials…
A very performant application and an excellent alternative for steering and planning a project on Mac and iPad. Strengths: - Good scheduling engine, links and Gantt display - Great customisation capability: creating custom fields - Multiple options for filtering and grouping ta…
I really like Merlin as project planning tool. There are some things I would like to see in the solution as: - structured export of project plans to MS Excel - support for regular tasks in a project plan Regards SUsanne
does what it's supposed to, intuitive. Only the display I'm not really comfortable with at the moment. That's a bit tricky.
It gives me a peace and cofidence.
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I've been using Merlin PE off and on for several years now and find I always turn to it when I have a project which requires a certain level of planning, management and reporting. Currently using it for an Innovate UK funded business we set up a few months ago. It's easy to ge…
I find that it can be a bit of a fiddle to setup an output view of a schedule when compared to other similar products. Seems to lack the ability to easily collabrate with others.
Overall, I like this app very much. It is significantly less expensive to RENT than Merlin Project, and noticeably less powerful. Most of the professional Project Management features of Merlin Project won't be missed - but a few will be. For example, there's no view or report th…
Easy and self-explanatory to use. I love the design. Minimalist and modern
Brilliant app. Well worth the subscription. Just so powerful. Brings the power of trello, MS project, plus many other tools together. Love it. Rated 4 star rather the 5 only because would really appreciate a more powerful iPhone experience. A few hopes & wishes for iPhone app …
Working still with the trial version, but will be subscribing. Great tool for plotting out complex projects, durations, dependencies. Very frictionless touch interface. Perfect integration of Kanban sorting and the report creation rapidly creates meaningful snapshots of proje…
I've been using this app for a couple of years already and while lately the developers have improved the UI and made some meaningful changes, I still run into extremely frustrating situation. Either resource assignments don't calculate correctly or you get conflict warnings with…
I took a bit more time to search for the progress and other options and they are included in the Express version. But I am not pleased with the way in which the application just stops working and I am being forced to step into this monthly fee program. I know that this SaaS …
First, allow me to qualify myself - I am a Project Management Professional with 30 years experience in project management and have been teaching project management, including MS Project, for the past 18 years. My first impression is that it is fairly decent tool and pretty easy …
I used the old Merlin for years and loved how you didn't have to be a pro user to produce goodlooking presentation-ready Gantt charts. Now that the Merlin Project Express is doing too much. I want formatting for types of entries to be easier, pre-formatted styles that can be ed…
Good Project Management App, with decent functions and nice icloud integration. However, what is really annoying me is the desperate move to get as much as possible from end users. 100 € per year is way to high. This is the price of a full office suite. I would rate it a 5 star,…
There are so many features in this app and it’s a lot easier to use than some of the others I have tried. I really like the reports and ability to create custom reports which could save a lot of time I currently waste spinning the same information for different groups. ** What…
Better than MSP
First, this monthly pricing isn't justified at this level — if I cancel the subscription I can't do anything with the documentation any more, which is a real nightmare for a project manager. Then there are some bugs when exporting, none of my colleagues can collaborate on the pl…
Unfortunately it's not possible to send files directly via email (software crashes here, instead of opening Outlook); calling also doesn't work when you click on the phone number in the resources. I'd like the Phone app to open in this place
Great program that could support us as project engineers on the go. Unfortunately on a subscription model, so the employer won't fund it.
I've been using Merlin for a long time. Does exactly what it should. But in my view there's no reason for a subscription model. The two stars come back when there's a buy option again.
…the subscription model bothers me. I'm willing to pay for the app once and again when there's a new version (price-dependent of course), e.g. from 1.x to 2.x. But I won't subscribe. Apart from that, an intuitively usable program that makes planning and managing projects on the…
…I can import and edit files from MS Project, but then can't go back to MS Project. That's a real shame. Also, the setting for the sync function with Dropbox etc. is somewhat fiddly. After playing with the sync function, my painstakingly created project went "missing" and could …
Looking for an easy way to manage my projects clearly and simply, after a long search and many tests I came across Merlin Project Express. After several weeks of intensive use and testing, I have to say: exactly what I was looking for! Projects can be tracked in a structured and…
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