Charming Alice vs MERGE LAB
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Charming Alice
Embark on a magical journey through Wonderland with Alice and the Cheshire Cat. Solve challenging match-3 puzzles by swapping iconic pieces to progress through wondrous lands and meet amusing characters. Experience a remarkable story brought to life with amazing graphics.
- Match-3 puzzle gameplay
- Wonderland adventure
- Meet iconic characters
- Amazing graphics
- Family-friendly levels
- Challenging puzzles
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Help Alice and the Cheshire Cat on their adventure through Wonderland. Follow the white rabbit through amazing lands visiting wondrous places and meeting amusing characters! Match and swap well known pieces from all over Wonderland to master this fun and challenging puzzle. See this remarkable story come to life like never before! - Amazing graphic! - Free and filled with adventure! - Easy and really hard level! - For the whole family! - Play this game and get ready to be transported to a new world!
MERGE LAB
Embark on a mission to rebuild a laboratory by crafting and merging items. Complete quests from the basement to the event floor, and help neighbors to progress. Enjoy a fun and engaging experience as you invent and upgrade.
- Craft and merge items
- Level up by merging
- Complete missions
- Help neighbors
- Rebuild the laboratory
- Free items from store
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Help Dr. Albert, his assistant Maca, and the rookie Roni to open the Merge Lab and make crazy awesome inventions. It’ll help rebuild the Merge Lab faster. Make the items for your mission and merge those items to level up. Get free items from the store and merge items faster. Rebuild the Merge Lab by helping neighbors, and completing missions from the basement lab all the way to the event lab floor. Don’t forget to have fun! Watching us https://www.youtube.com/c/MACAandRONI/
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Verdict
Charming Alice and MERGE LAB both sit at 4.8 stars, but that hides the real split: 85% of Charming Alice's written reviews are positive against 72% of MERGE LAB's. Charming Alice also leads on iOS requirement (7.1 vs 12.0). On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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
Both are free to download. Charming Alice sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and MERGE LAB sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Charming Alice against 4.8 for MERGE LAB. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 26 and 11 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 85% of Charming Alice's written reviews are positive against 72% of MERGE LAB's.
Charming Alice ships an update fortnightly, MERGE LAB every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Charming Alice | MERGE LAB |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (26 ratings) | 4.8 (11 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 84.6% of reviews — better | 72.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 26 — better | 11 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 7.1 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 33 MB | 202 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Yuri Barbashov | 3F Factory Inc. |
Customer experience
Charming Alice
MERGE LAB
In-app purchases
Charming Alice
- Handful of coins$0.99
- Starter Pack$0.99
- Lots of coins$2.99
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- Stack of coins$4.99
- Wallet of coins$9.99
- Special Bundle 1$9.99
- Piggy bank of coins$19.99
- Chest of coins$39.99
- Mass of coins$49.99
- Pile of coins$79.99
MERGE LAB
- Jewel Product 1$1.99
- Gold Product 1$1.99
- start pack$4.99
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- Marie Package$4.99
- Friendship pass$6.99
- Jewel Product 2$7.99
- Gold Product 2$7.99
- Production item pack$19.99
- Rich pack$19.99
- Jewel Product 3$23.99
Questions
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