Comparison

Tap Forward vs Merge Pet

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

Head to head
About

Tap Forward

Experience a simulated life journey from birth to old age. Make choices, upgrade your character, and encounter various life events. See how your decisions shape your future and try to reach the end of your life's path.

Highlights
  • Idle game mechanics
  • Upgrades and power-ups
  • Life events simulation
  • Character progression
  • Discover new faces
  • Experience aging
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Have you even wondered what will happen to you in 30, 50 or 100 years from now? Have you ever wondered what it would be like to time travel? Now you can!! Tap tap tap your way into the future, TAP Forward! Game features: - Amazingly fun idle game mechanics - Upgrades & power ups to boost your progress - Get sick but try not to die! - Life events will tell you what's going on around your life - As you grow, you will discover new faces Grow and get old! Experience new things, and heck even get sick!! Try to reach your last breath AND don't let him die!! Enjoy.

About

Merge Pet

Discover the evolution of animals in this casual puzzle and simulation game. Merge pets of the same kind to create higher-level creatures, earn coins, and expand your pet city. Explore various animal stories and build your unique pet world.

Highlights
  • Pet evolution discovery
  • Merge mechanics for higher-level pets
  • Coin earning and idle gameplay
  • Build and grow a pet city
  • Multiple animal types to unlock
  • Casual puzzle and simulation genre
Features
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Discover the evolution of animal, Best New Free Game in 2019, All of them are now here in Merge Pet: Best Click & Idle Tycoon Game, this game is genre of Puzzle, Casual and Simulation game. This game suits both boy and girl and it’s free to play. Start your story in Merge Pet world to build your own pet city. More world and level you go through, you can see many stories of pet's evolution. Idle, Farm, Develop and Grow your pets. Chicken, Buffalo, Dragon, Snake, Dinosaur and many pet ’s Stories are waiting for you to find out. The gameplay is very simple. You have a lot of land in a big plain, your job is to build and grow proper pets in plain. Each pet can be merge with other pets of the same variety to form a new higher-level pet. Every pet built on the land will earn coin. So the bigger plain, the higher-level pet, the more coin you can earn. Use your spoils to discover new stories and draw your picture of YOUR PET WORLD. More pets you build and grow, more coin you get. Download now and discover where Merge Pet 2019 will take you! Use of this application is governed by D2M Studio's Terms of Service, found at https://d2mstudio.com/terms-and-conditions.

Screenshots

Tap Forward4 screens
Merge Pet4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Merge Pet at 4.4 against Tap Forward's 3.7. Merge Pet also leads on review sentiment (80% vs 39%) and update cadence (every 8 days vs every 3 weeks). Tap Forward's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (7.0 vs 10.0). On price, ratings volume, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

Both are free to download. Tap Forward sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and Merge Pet sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Merge Pet holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 3.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 42 and 36 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 39% of Tap Forward's written reviews are positive against 80% of Merge Pet's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Tap Forward ships an update every 3 weeks, Merge Pet every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Tap Forward versus Merge Pet: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTap ForwardMerge Pet
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.7 (42 ratings)4.4 (36 ratings) — better
Positive reviews39.1% of reviews80.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings42 — better36
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 8 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS7.0 — better10.0
Further details — not scored
Size537 MB101 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFIVE BITS, INC.D2M STUDIO COMPANY LIMITED

Customer experience

Tap Forward

All ratings41 ratings
Positive65.9%
Neutral4.9%
Negative29.3%
Written reviews23 reviews
Positive39.1%
Neutral8.7%
Negative52.2%

Merge Pet

All ratings36 ratings
Positive88.9%
Neutral2.8%
Negative8.3%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive80.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative20.0%

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Tap Forward

One-time10
  • AutoClicker Small$0.99
  • Small Time Travel$0.99
  • Premium Spin$0.99
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  • Tap Small$0.99
  • Remove Ads$1.99
  • Tap Medium$1.99
  • AutoClicker Large$2.99
  • Large Time Travel$2.99
  • Idle Large$2.99
  • Tap Large$2.99
10 purchases

Merge Pet

One-time10
  • 500 Diamonds$0.99
  • Quick Merge$0.99
  • Better Pet$0.99
Show 7 more
  • 1000 Diamonds$1.99
  • Remove Ads$1.99
  • Time Devide 2$2.99
  • Permanent 2X$2.99
  • 3500 Diamonds$4.99
  • Buy All At Once$8.99
  • 7500 Diamonds$9.99

Questions

Is Tap Forward free?
Tap Forward is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Merge Pet free?
Merge Pet is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Tap Forward or Merge Pet?
Merge Pet is rated higher. Tap Forward averages 3.7 out of 5 from 42 ratings, while Merge Pet averages 4.4 from 36 ratings.
Do Tap Forward or Merge Pet have ads?
Merge Pet shows ads; Tap Forward does not.
Which is updated more often, Tap Forward or Merge Pet?
Tap Forward ships an update every 3 weeks, and Merge Pet every 8 days. Most recently, Tap Forward was updated on November 2, 2026 and Merge Pet on November 5, 2026.

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