Close Line vs Merge Shapes!
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Close Line
A charming casual game where players stretch lines to guess lengths and complete shapes. Unlock new themes and challenge your high score for endless replayability. Share your achievements with fun GIFs.
- Intuitive line-stretching gameplay
- Complete all shapes
- 60 unlockable themes
- High replay value
- Shareable GIFs
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Stretch a line, guess the length, and close the shape! "Close Line” is a cute, little casual game. Enjoy every little challenge, complete all the shapes and get some pretty themes! Features ◆ Simple and intuitive gameplay! ◆ 60 fascinating themes! ◆ High replay value: challenge your best score! ◆ Amazing GIFs to share!
Merge Shapes!
Tap and merge similar shapes to evolve them. Collect all required shapes to complete each level. A simple yet engaging puzzle game focused on collection and progression.
- Tap to select shapes
- Merge similar shapes
- Evolve shapes
- Collect required shapes
- Complete levels
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- Tap to select shape. - Once selected to a similar shape to connect and merge them. - After a shape is fully evolved it gets collected. - Keep an eye on the goal and collect all required things to complete the level.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Merge Shapes! at 5.0 against Close Line's 4.3. Merge Shapes! also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and update cadence (daily vs every 10 days). Close Line's advantage is ratings volume (235 vs 1). On price, ads and device support 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. Close Line sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Merge Shapes! asks for nothing beyond the download.
Merge Shapes! holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Close Line has 235 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Close Line ships an update every 10 days, Merge Shapes! daily. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Close Line | Merge Shapes! |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (235 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 75.5% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 235 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days | Daily — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 174 MB | 104 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Macaca Games Inc. | Rocketship Studios LLP |
Customer experience
Close Line
Merge Shapes!
Bugs and requests
Close Line
Reported bugs
5 issues- Continue button does nothing
- Screen goes white during ads
- App won't load
- Screen not letting me hold down to create a line
- Sometimes when I start a new round, nothing on the screen works when I tap
Requested features
7 requests- More challenging shapes (hearts, circles, octagons, stars)
- Difficulty levels (easy, hard, extremely challenging)
- More customization options beyond backgrounds (e.g., color lines)
- Stationary background option
- More different shapes
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- Better and brighter, more colorful backgrounds
- Encourage players to do their best
Merge Shapes!
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Close Line
- Remove ads$1.99
Merge Shapes!
No in-app purchases
