Comparison

Wordup vs Merge Plus

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Wordup

A word game where players form the longest possible word from available letters. Successfully creating words advances the player to the next challenge, aiming for a high score. Players can save their scores and compete with others.

Highlights
  • Form longest words
  • Advance to next word
  • Achieve high score
  • Save scores
  • Compete with others
Features
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A fun new word game. Try to make the biggest word you can form the letters on the screen. That is all there is to it. Once you get a word that meets the minimum size, you are onto the next word. Get as many as you can for a high score. Save your score, and compete with others!

About

Merge Plus

A number-merging puzzle game where players combine cards to create larger numbers. Achieve triple-clears to merge cards and earn new hand cards. The game ends when you run out of hand cards.

Highlights
  • Drag and merge cards
  • Combine numbers to get bigger sums
  • Triple-clear adjacent same numbers
  • Merge cards to increase number value
  • Earn new hand cards
  • Manage up to 5 hand cards
Features
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It's a simple and interesting number game. The goal of the game is to get bigger numbers. How to play: You have 5 hand cards in the beginning, Drag the first card in the Hand Card Area to any card in the Chessboard Area. when the hand card meets the card on the chessboard, numbers on the chessboard card will change to the sum of numbers on both cards. Three or more adjacent cards of the same number will trigger a triple-clear, and then merged to a new card with its number plus one. Upon each triple-clear, you will get a new hand card. You can hold up to 5 hand cards. When the quantity of your hand cards drop to 0, the game is over. Subscription options We have the following subscription periods in our game: 1. Weekly Merge Plus VIP Membership offers weekly subscription for $4.99 after 3-day free trial which provides 50 Gems and Removes ADS. 2. Monthly Merge Plus VIP Membership offers monthly subscription for $9.99 which provides 50 Gems and Removes ADS. End of trial and subscription renewal This price is established for United States customers. Pricing in other countries may vary and actual charges may be converted to your local currency depending on the country of residence. Payment will be charged to your iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, and identify the cost of the renewal. Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase. Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication, where applicable. Canceling trial or subscription You can turn off the auto-renew for the subscription whenever you want to through iTunes. Check https://support.apple.com/HT202039 . When your current trial/subscription period expires, you will be unsubscribed. The current active subscription period can not be canceled. When your subscription expires, you will no longer be able to use elements included in Subscription option. If you have any questions or comments, feel free to contact us at wakeapp@126.com S Privacy Policy: https://wakeappgames.com/privacy Terms of Service: https://wakeappgames.com/privacy

Screenshots

Wordup1 screens
Merge Plus4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Merge Plus at Free against Wordup's $0.99. Merge Plus also leads on rating (4.6 vs 1.0) and review sentiment (35% vs 0%). Wordup's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 7) and ads (none vs shown). On 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Merge Plus is free to download; Wordup costs $0.99 up front. Merge Plus sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days. Wordup asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Merge Plus holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Merge Plus has 10K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Wordup's written reviews are positive against 35% of Merge Plus's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Wordup ships an update every 41 months, Merge Plus monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
Wordup versus Merge Plus: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWordupMerge Plus
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating1.0 (1 ratings)4.6 (10K ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews34.5% of reviews — better
Number of ratings110K — better
Update frequencyEvery 41 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.615.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB129 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJOhn LyonsKIDBEAR

Customer experience

Wordup

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Merge Plus

All ratings10,266 ratings
Positive89.7%
Neutral6.5%
Negative3.7%
Written reviews139 reviews
Positive34.5%
Neutral23.0%
Negative42.4%

Bugs and requests

Wordup

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Merge Plus

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Login/purchase restoration not working
  • Ads not removed after paid upgrade
  • Game freezing on certain devices

Requested features

3 requests
  • Dark mode option
  • Ability to save progress across devices
  • More transparent in-app purchase options

In-app purchases

None

Wordup

No in-app purchases

7 purchases

Merge Plus

Subscriptions2
  • VIP Membership one Week$4.997 Days
  • VIP Membership one Month$9.991 Month
One-time5
  • gembox$2.99
  • remove ads$3.99
  • 80 gems$3.99
Show 2 more
  • 200 gems$5.99
  • 400 gems$9.99

Questions

Is Wordup free?
Wordup costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Merge Plus free?
Merge Plus is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Wordup or Merge Plus?
Merge Plus is rated higher. Wordup averages 1.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Merge Plus averages 4.6 from 10K ratings.
Do Wordup or Merge Plus have ads?
Merge Plus shows ads; Wordup does not.
Which is updated more often, Wordup or Merge Plus?
Wordup ships an update every 41 months, and Merge Plus monthly. Most recently, Wordup was updated on October 29, 2026 and Merge Plus on October 30, 2026.

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