Comparison

Merge Magic! vs Zapverse

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

Zapverse

Engage in turn-based multiplayer games directly within your messaging app. Challenge friends to a variety of quick games, or solve daily puzzles. Play asynchronously without needing to be online simultaneously.

Highlights
  • Nine two-player games playable in chat
  • Turn-based asynchronous gameplay
  • Eight daily puzzles with streaks
  • No accounts or lobbies required
  • Playable directly within messages
  • Connect Four, Dots & Boxes, Word Duel, and more
Features
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Zapverse turns any conversation into a game. Ten two-player games live right inside Messages. Send a challenge, and it appears in the chat as a playable card. Your friend taps it, takes their turn, and it comes back to you. No accounts, no lobbies, no waiting around — just messages going back and forth like they always do. PLAY TOGETHER • Connect Four — drop discs and line up four. Pick a board from 4 to 10 wide. • Dots & Boxes — close a square to claim it and go again. Boards up to 10x10. • Word Duel — you each pick a secret word and guess each other's, letter by letter. • Number War — hide a number, take turns closing in with higher and lower. • Emoji Pictionary — send emoji clues and dare them to work out the phrase. • Higher or Lower — bet on the next number across ten rounds. • Would You Rather — pick A or B in secret and see whether you match. • Two Truths and a Lie — write up to five sets and see how many they catch. • Frog Hop — a turn-based race to swap your frogs across the board. EIGHT PUZZLES EVERY DAY A fresh set arrives daily, with a streak to keep going: • Connections — sort sixteen words into four hidden groups • Daily Riddle — a visual word puzzle • Riddle Me — a classic riddle • Emoji Challenge — work out the phrase from emoji • Emoji Story — name the film, song or story • Word Scramble — unscramble the word • Anagram — rearrange a scrambled phrase • Daily Cipher — crack the code, with a new key every day BUILT FOR MESSAGES Games are turn-based and asynchronous, so nobody has to be online at the same time. Play a move now, come back to it tomorrow. Everything is carried in the message itself. No accounts. No adverts. No in-app purchases. Nothing is collected about you.

Screenshots

Merge Magic!4 screens
Zapverse4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Zapverse at none against Merge Magic!'s 10. Zapverse also leads on ads (none vs shown) and rating (5.0 vs 4.8). Merge Magic!'s advantage is ratings volume (91K vs 1) and chart position (#62 vs unranked). On price, update cadence 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. Zapverse asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Zapverse 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 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Merge Magic! ships an update fortnightly, Zapverse every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
Merge Magic! versus Zapverse: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMerge Magic!Zapverse
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (91K ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews58.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings91K — better1
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
Best chart rank#62 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size346 MB6 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperGram GamesAtomdev Labs

Customer experience

Merge Magic!

All ratings90,864 ratings
Positive95.4%
Neutral2.8%
Negative1.8%
Written reviews1,258 reviews
Positive58.7%
Neutral13.8%
Negative27.5%

Zapverse

All ratings1 ratings
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

Zapverse

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
None

Zapverse

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Merge Magic! free?
Merge Magic! is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Zapverse free?
Zapverse is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Merge Magic! or Zapverse?
Zapverse is rated higher. Merge Magic! averages 4.8 out of 5 from 91K ratings, while Zapverse averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Merge Magic! or Zapverse have ads?
Merge Magic! shows ads; Zapverse does not.
Which is updated more often, Merge Magic! or Zapverse?
Merge Magic! ships an update fortnightly, and Zapverse every 3 weeks. Most recently, Merge Magic! was updated on October 19, 2026 and Zapverse on October 12, 2026.

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