Comparison

Merge Magic! vs DrawWhat?

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

Head to head
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
Currently charting
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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.

About

DrawWhat?

This app offers a vast collection of creative drawing prompts to inspire artists and overcome creative blocks. It provides unique ideas, seasonal themes, and mix-and-match elements to spark imagination for your next artwork. Note that drawing functionality is not included; it solely provides inspiration.

Highlights
  • Hundreds of unique drawing prompts
  • Seasonal and holiday-themed prompts
  • Mix-and-match subjects and activities
  • Save favorite prompts
  • Over 1 million unique prompt combinations (premium)
Features
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Creative drawing prompts curated for the budding artist. Art is a skill that anybody can acquire with practice, perseverance, and a passion for creating something beautiful from the depths of their mind. This app provides hundreds of unique prompts that will help to inspire your next drawing and propel your talent forward. Save your favorite curated prompts to revisit later, and find fun seasonal prompts that bring out the best of every holiday. Make quirky combinations of distinctive subjects and find limitless possibilities with mix-and-match wearables and activities. Grab your favorite drawing device and art medium, complete a quick warm-up, and start drawing something new! Please note you cannot draw within this application. It merely provides you with ideas to stomp out artist's block so you can keep the creative juices flowing. Find DrawWhat on social media @DrawWhat_App Contact DrawWhat? at info@fishpeopleapps.com DrawWhat? has no ads. There is an option to upgrade, and if purchased, you will unlock: 700+ Seasonal Prompts 1050+ Curated Prompts Unlimited Combination Clicks Unlimited Mix-And-Match Clicks That's over 1 million unique prompts! (That's a lot of prompts!)

Screenshots

Merge Magic!4 screens
DrawWhat?4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: DrawWhat? at 100% against Merge Magic!'s 59%. DrawWhat? also leads on ads (none vs shown) and rating (5.0 vs 4.8). Merge Magic!'s advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 6 months) and ratings volume (91K vs 3). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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. Merge Magic! sells 9 one-off in-app purchases and DrawWhat? sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

DrawWhat? holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Merge Magic! has 91K ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 59% of Merge Magic!'s written reviews are positive against 100% of DrawWhat?'s.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Merge Magic! ships an update fortnightly, DrawWhat? every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on September 26, 2026 and June 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
Merge Magic! versus DrawWhat?: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMerge Magic!DrawWhat?
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (91K ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews58.7% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings91K — better3
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 6 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
Best chart rank#63 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size345 MB68 MB
Age rating9+12+
DeveloperGram GamesFish People Applications LLC

Customer experience

Merge Magic!

All ratings90,872 ratings
Positive95.4%
Neutral2.8%
Negative1.8%
Written reviews1,251 reviews
Positive58.7%
Neutral13.9%
Negative27.4%

DrawWhat?

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

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

DrawWhat?

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

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
1 purchases

DrawWhat?

One-time1
  • Unlock All Prompts$2.99

Questions

Is Merge Magic! free?
Merge Magic! is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is DrawWhat? free?
DrawWhat? is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Merge Magic! or DrawWhat??
DrawWhat? is rated higher. Merge Magic! averages 4.8 out of 5 from 91K ratings, while DrawWhat? averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do Merge Magic! or DrawWhat? have ads?
Merge Magic! shows ads; DrawWhat? does not.
Which is updated more often, Merge Magic! or DrawWhat??
Merge Magic! ships an update fortnightly, and DrawWhat? every 6 months. Most recently, Merge Magic! was updated on September 26, 2026 and DrawWhat? on June 2, 2026.

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