Merge Defense! vs Idle Digging
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Merge Defense!
Engage in a strategic tower defense experience where you merge units to enhance their power and defend against advancing enemies. Collect resources to unlock upgrades and power-ups in this offline, turn-based challenge.
- Merge defenders to upgrade power
- Turn-based gameplay
- Place defenders to protect from enemies
- Collect keys and gems for power-ups
- Offline play
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Merge Defense is an easy to learn, hard to master Tower Defense game. Simple controls, turn based game play, and tactical depth makes this game best time killer game for a daring mind. How to play: • Enemy Blocks advances each turn; • Place new defenders on the board to protect from enemies; • Defenders shoot automatically each turn; • Merge two defenders of the same level to upgrade its power; • Collect Keys and Gems to use power ups and unlock new defender; • Survive as long as you can; Game Features: • Challenge brain game. • Beautifully easy and simple, no pressure and no time limit. • It's an offline game. • It is a completely free game. Have fun!
Idle Digging
Manage workers to dig and build houses, earning gold to upgrade tools for faster digging. Experience an addictive idle game focused on resource management and wealth accumulation.
- Manage workers
- Dig and build houses
- Earn gold
- Upgrade digging tools
- Addictive gameplay
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Welcome to Idle Digging. In this game, you will manage your workers to dig and build beautiful houses. Earn gold and upgrade your digging tools to dig faster. Enjoy the addictive digging game and become the rich!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Idle Digging at 4.6 against Merge Defense!'s 3.4. Idle Digging also leads on ratings volume (38K vs 27) and review sentiment (39% vs 23%). Merge Defense!'s advantage is ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 11.0). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Merge Defense! sells 5 one-off in-app purchases and Idle Digging sells 7 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Idle Digging holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Idle Digging has 38K ratings behind it against 27, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 23% of Merge Defense!'s written reviews are positive against 39% of Idle Digging's.
Merge Defense! ships an update fortnightly, Idle Digging every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Merge Defense! | Idle Digging |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.4 (27 ratings) | 4.6 (38K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 23.3% of reviews | 39.4% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 27 | 38K — better |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 11.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 144 MB | 286 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Tatem Games Ltd | Zplay (Beijing) Info. Tech. Co.,Ltd. |
Customer experience
Merge Defense!
Idle Digging
Bugs and requests
Merge Defense!
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Idle Digging
Reported bugs
3 issues- Ads not working as expected
- Progress loss after updates
- Crashes and freezes
Requested features
4 requests- More levels and content
- Offline earnings
- Customization options
- Improved ad system
In-app purchases
Merge Defense!
- Pack of Gems$0.99
- Remove All Ads$0.99
- Double Gems$1.99
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- Remove Ads$1.99
- Remove Ads$2.99
Idle Digging
- Diamond Pack 1$1.99
- Remove Pop-up Ads$1.99
- Special Bundle$2.99
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- Diamond Pack 2$4.99
- Diamond Pack 3$9.99
- Diamond Pack 4$19.99
- Diamond Pack 5$49.99
Questions
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