Comparison

Cat Condo vs Merge Magic!

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

Head to head
About

Cat Condo

Build a multi-level cat condo and populate it with adorable feline friends. Combine kittens to upgrade them into majestic cats, unlock new breeds, and complete achievements for rewards. Watch your tower grow into a toy-filled sanctuary.

Highlights
  • Build a cat condo
  • Combine kittens to upgrade
  • Unlock new cat types
  • Complete achievements
  • Collect toys
  • Grow a cat tower
Features
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Build your own cat condo and populate them with cute furry feline friends! Start with a small kitty. Then combine, mix and match your kittens to upgrade them to majestic cats. Discover and unlock many types of cats. Complete achievements and gain rewards. Watch your condo grow to a big tower which is filled with toys all over. Become a master kitty collector. Let’s find all the kawaii neko!

About

Merge Magic!

Combine magical items and creatures to restore a cursed land. Hatch and evolve mythical beings, solve puzzle levels, and clear fog to bring life back to your garden. Discover hundreds of objects and unique hybrid creatures.

Highlights
  • Combine over 500 objects
  • Hatch and evolve mythical creatures
  • Solve 81 challenging puzzle levels
  • Lift curses and fight fog
  • Discover unique hybrid creatures
  • Participate in frequent events
Features
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Discover enchanted tales and quests in the mysterious world of Merge Magic! where you can combine everything into better and more powerful items for your journey. Merge eggs to hatch magical creatures, then evolve them to uncover more powerful ones! Encounter and solve challenging puzzle levels: match the items to win, then bring rewards back to your Garden to collect and grow. The only hope to lift the curse from the bewitched land rests in YOUR extraordinary power to MERGE ANYTHING -- eggs, trees, treasures, stars, magical flowers, and even mythical creatures. Reveal wonders as you merge your garden to perfection and nurture your amazing creatures! MERGE MAGIC! FEATURES: • Discover over 500 fantastic objects to match, merge and interact with through 81 challenges! • Unearth fairies, unicorns, minotaurs and never-before-seen hybrid creatures like Butterphants (butterfly & elephant), Peacats (peacock & cats) and many more. •An evil curse has been placed on the garden, fight off the fog and lift the curse to restore, and take back the creatures’ home! • On your puzzle journey, you may cross paths with evil witches. You will need to watch out and be careful! • Participate in frequent events, win more advanced creatures that you can take back to your garden. Merge Magic! is brought to you by Gram Games, the studio behind the top hit titles Merge Dragons!, 1010!, Merged!, Six!, Bounzy!, Merge Town!, Merge Farm!, Paint Tower!, and Merge Gems! Use of this application is governed by Zynga’s Terms of Service, found at https://www.take2games.com/legal. Merge Magic is FREE to download and includes optional in-game purchases (including random items). Information about drop rates for random item purchases can be found in-game. If you wish to disable in-game purchases, please turn off the in-app purchases in your phone or tablet’s Settings.

Screenshots

Cat Condo4 screens
Merge Magic!4 screens

Verdict

The call

Cat Condo and Merge Magic! both sit at 4.8 stars, but that hides the real split: 92% of Cat Condo's written reviews are positive against 59% of Merge Magic!'s. Cat Condo also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). Merge Magic!'s advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 45 months) and chart position (#57 vs unranked). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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. Cat Condo sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and Merge Magic! sells 9 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Cat Condo against 4.8 for Merge Magic!. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 91K and 91K respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 92% of Cat Condo's written reviews are positive against 59% of Merge Magic!'s.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Cat Condo ships an update every 45 months, Merge Magic! fortnightly. Both last shipped on September 30, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 7 level
Cat Condo versus Merge Magic!: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCat CondoMerge Magic!
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (91K ratings)4.8 (91K ratings)
Positive reviews91.5% of reviews — better58.7% of reviews
Number of ratings91K91K — better
Update frequencyEvery 45 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank—#57 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size464 MB345 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperZepni Ltd.Gram Games

Customer experience

Cat Condo

All ratings90,657 ratings
Positive96.7%
Neutral2.1%
Negative1.2%
Written reviews1,501 reviews
Positive91.5%
Neutral3.7%
Negative4.8%

Merge Magic!

All ratings90,872 ratings
Positive95.4%
Neutral2.8%
Negative1.8%
Written reviews1,253 reviews
Positive58.7%
Neutral13.9%
Negative27.4%

User reviews

Cat Condo

From 91K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 😊 Cute and fun game
  • 🚀 Addictive and engaging
  • 🔒 No ads or forced purchases
  • 👍 Simple and relaxing gameplay
  • 🐱 Adorable cat designs

Room to improve

  • 🐢 Slow progression and leveling
  • 💰 Expensive cat purchases
  • 🔁 Repetitive gameplay
  • 🔍 Lack of customization options
  • 🐛 Occasional bugs and glitches

Merge Magic!

From 91K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🌟 Relaxing and addictive gameplay
  • 🎨 Beautiful and creative creature designs
  • 🕹️ Satisfying merging mechanics
  • 🔍 Enjoyable event challenges

Room to improve

  • 💰 Expensive in-app purchases
  • ⏱️ Slow progression due to limited resources
  • 🐛 Technical issues like crashes and bugs
  • 🔒 Lack of cloud save functionality

Bugs and requests

Cat Condo

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Disappearing cats and glitched cat book
  • Inconsistent ad functionality
  • Level meter display issues
  • Incorrect offline earnings calculations

Requested features

5 requests
  • More cat breeds and levels
  • Ability to interact with and care for cats
  • Customization options for the condo
  • Faster progression and earning system
  • Improved offline rewards and earnings

Merge Magic!

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Creatures disappearing from garden
  • Inability to sell or delete items
  • Compasses not properly regenerating
  • Compatibility issues with device updates

Requested features

4 requests
  • More frequent level updates
  • Ability to delete or sell unwanted items
  • Shorter cooldown times for creatures and compasses
  • More ways to earn premium currency without spending money

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Cat Condo

One-time10
  • BETTER BOX$1.99
  • BETTER BOXES 2$1.99
  • FASTER SPEED$2.99
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  • BETTER BOXES 3$2.99
  • BETTER BOXES 4$2.99
  • FASTER SPEED 2$3.99
  • BETTER BOXES 5$3.99
  • BETTER BOXES 6$3.99
  • BETTER BOXES 7$4.99
  • BETTER BOXES 8$4.99
9 purchases

Merge Magic!

One-time9
  • 30 Day Magic Gem Payout$4.99
  • Premium Land$4.99
  • Pouch of Magic Gems$6.99
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  • Premium Land2 variants$8.99
  • Goblet of Magic Gems$12.99
  • Gold Pass$12.99
  • Bowl of Magic Gems$24.99
  • Chest of Magic Gems$59.99
  • Wagon of Magic Gems$99.99

Questions

Is Cat Condo free?
Cat Condo is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Merge Magic! free?
Merge Magic! is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Cat Condo or Merge Magic!?
Cat Condo and Merge Magic! are both rated 4.8 out of 5 on the App Store, from 91K and 91K ratings respectively.
Do Cat Condo or Merge Magic! have ads?
Both Cat Condo and Merge Magic! show ads.
Which is updated more often, Cat Condo or Merge Magic!?
Cat Condo ships an update every 45 months, and Merge Magic! fortnightly. Most recently, Cat Condo was updated on September 30, 2026 and Merge Magic! on September 30, 2026.

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