SPL vs Merge Maestro
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SPL
A minimalist puzzle game designed to challenge your intellect. Experience a deceptively simple yet deeply engaging gameplay experience that will test your problem-solving skills.
- Minimalist design
- Challenging puzzles
- Intellectual gameplay
- Engaging experience
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We know. It doesn't look like much. But we promise that it's a very good puzzle game. Like, really good.
Merge Maestro
Combine hundreds of unique emoji tokens in a puzzle-like, rogue-like experience. Discover creative combinations of tokens and powers to fuse unique strategies and overcome increasingly challenging levels. Enjoy a twist on puzzle, rogue-like, and arcade gameplay.
- Hundreds of unique emoji tokens
- Combo-driven gameplay
- Puzzle-like rogue-like mechanics
- Discover creative token combinations
- Fuse unique strategies
- Challenging levels
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Combine 100's of unique emoji based tokens in this combo-driven puzzle-like rogue-like! Find ever more creative combinations of Tokens and Powers to fuse unique strategies and beat this ever more challenging twist on rogue-likes, puzzlers and arcadey games!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Merge Maestro at Free against SPL's $2.99. Merge Maestro also leads on rating (4.8 vs 4.0) and update cadence (every 9 days vs every 11 months). SPL's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1). On ratings volume, ads, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Merge Maestro is free to download; SPL costs $2.99 up front. Merge Maestro sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. SPL asks for nothing beyond the download.
Merge Maestro holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 125 and 144 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 75% of SPL's written reviews are positive against 91% of Merge Maestro's.
SPL ships an update every 11 months, Merge Maestro every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on November 11, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SPL | Merge Maestro |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.0 (125 ratings) | 4.8 (144 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 74.9% of reviews | 91.4% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 125 | 144 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 11 months | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 89 MB | 94 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Simogo AB | DAVID HS TING |
Customer experience
SPL
Merge Maestro
User reviews
SPL
From 125 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Simple and addictive gameplay
- 👍 Elegant and minimalist design
- 🧠 Surprisingly deep and challenging
- 💡 Hidden features and surprises
Room to improve
- 🐛 Crashes and compatibility issues
- 🔋 Drains battery even when not playing
- 🔇 No option to mute sound effects
- 🤔 Confusing instructions and lack of guidance
Merge Maestro
From 144 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Engaging and fun gameplay
- 🚀 Great value for a free-to-play game
- 💡 Unique and creative mechanics
- 👍 Thoughtful game design
Room to improve
- 🐛 Crashes on startup for some users
- 🐛 Issues with medal tracking
Bugs and requests
SPL
Reported bugs
2 issues- Crashes on iPhone X and newer devices
- Game disappears when no more moves are available
Requested features
4 requests- Restart/reset option
- Leaderboards and achievements
- Ability to save progress
- Option to adjust color scheme
Merge Maestro
Reported bugs
2 issues- Crashes on startup
- Medal tracking issues
Requested features
2 requests- Endless mode
- UI/text scale options
In-app purchases
SPL
No in-app purchases
Merge Maestro
- Full Access$2.99
