Comparison

Up & Down! vs Candy Merge Bakery

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

Head to head
About

Up & Down!

Features
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How high can you fly? Hop from platform to platform or break through them! Achieve perfect combos on your way up, complete missions, unlock achievements, level-up to collect coins for building your city! Have fun!

About

Candy Merge Bakery

Engage in a relaxing physics-based puzzle where you drop and merge cute pieces to create larger items. Explore four distinct worlds filled with sweet treats, adorable animals, vibrant fruits, and ocean creatures. Enjoy daily rewards, quests, and boosters to help you achieve high scores.

Highlights
  • Drop and merge gameplay
  • Four unique themed worlds
  • Dozens of categories and shapes
  • Daily rewards and quests
  • Power-ups and boosters
  • Offline gameplay
Features
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Drop, match, and merge cute pieces into bigger creations in Candy Merge Bakery. Explore four colorful worlds in a relaxing physics-based puzzle that's easy to learn and full of satisfying chain reactions. EXPLORE 4 COLORFUL WORLDS Candy World Merge candies, donuts, gummies, cakes, and other sweet treats into bigger creations. Animals World Discover cute pets, forest friends, safari animals, and plenty of adorable creatures. Fruit World Combine smiling berries, citrus fruits, tropical favorites, melons, and more. Ocean World Dive into a colorful underwater world with dolphins, turtles, sharks, jellyfish, coral, treasure, and other sea creatures. EASY TO PLAY, FUN TO MASTER Choose where each piece will drop. When two identical pieces touch, they merge into a bigger one. Plan your next move, set off satisfying chain reactions, and keep the board from filling up. DISCOVER MORE AS YOU PLAY Explore dozens of themed categories across all four worlds. Unlock new categories and shapes, choose your favorite theme, and challenge yourself to reach a higher score. COME BACK FOR DAILY REWARDS Complete daily quests, collect gems, and use helpful boosters when space gets tight. Claim Daily Rewards and build your reward streak as you play. FEATURES • Relaxing drop-and-merge puzzle gameplay • Four unique worlds: Candy World, Animals World, Fruit World, and Ocean World • Dozens of categories and cute shapes to discover • Daily Rewards and daily quests • Useful power-ups and boosters • Gems and unlockable categories • Leaderboards and high-score challenges • Offline gameplay Whether you love cute animal puzzles, fruit merge games, candy-themed challenges, or relaxing drop puzzles, Candy Merge Bakery has new shapes to discover and personal records to beat. Drop, merge, and discover your favorite world!

Screenshots

Up & Down!4 screens
Candy Merge Bakery4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Candy Merge Bakery at every 2 weeks against Up & Down!'s every 5 months. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Up & Down! sells 4 one-off in-app purchases and Candy Merge Bakery sells 18 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Up & Down! ships an update every 5 months, Candy Merge Bakery every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
Up & Down! versus Candy Merge Bakery: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterUp & Down!Candy Merge Bakery
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (4 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—4 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.013.0
Further details — not scored
Size181 MB243 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSandor TasnadiNorbert Fritz

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Up & Down!

One-time4
  • 100 Coins$0.99
  • 250 Coins$1.99
  • No Ads$2.99
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  • 1000 Coins$8.99
18 purchases

Candy Merge Bakery

One-time18
  • 100 Gems$0.99
  • Small Gem Pack$1.99
  • 300 Gems$1.99
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  • No Ads$2.99
  • Sweet Bundle$3.99
  • 500 Gems$4.49
  • Boost Bundle$5.99
  • 1000 Gems$8.99
  • Wild Bundle$9.99
  • No Ads Bundle$12.99
  • Deluxe Bundle$12.99
  • 2500 Gems$16.99
  • Ultimate Bundle$24.99
  • 5000 Gems$34.99
  • Legendary Bundle$49.99
  • 10000 Gems$59.99
  • Ultra Gem Pack$79.99
  • Royal Bundle$99.99

Questions

Is Up & Down! free?
Up & Down! is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Candy Merge Bakery free?
Candy Merge Bakery is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Up & Down! or Candy Merge Bakery have ads?
Both Up & Down! and Candy Merge Bakery show ads.
Which is updated more often, Up & Down! or Candy Merge Bakery?
Up & Down! ships an update every 5 months, and Candy Merge Bakery every 2 weeks. Most recently, Up & Down! was updated on October 26, 2026 and Candy Merge Bakery on October 30, 2026.

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