Comparison

Merchant vs Spellers

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

Head to head
About

Merchant

Embark on a fantasy adventure where you manage a guild, send heroes on quests, and craft valuable items. Trade with customers, gather resources, and collaborate with friends in this unique RPG experience.

Highlights
  • Guild management
  • Hero quests
  • Item crafting
  • Customer sales
  • Resource gathering
  • Online multiplayer
Features
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Blending together traditional RPG systems, management mechanics, and a fantasy overworld, Merchant Guilds aims to reimagine the traditional mobile RPG. Play with your friends in a Guild as you send heroes on quests, craft equipment from your winnings, sell items to customers, and send workers out to gather more materials. Including online multiplayer functionality and developed by a team that is focused on this game for the foreseeable future

About

Spellers

Engage in a chaotic roguelike deckbuilding defense game with real-time strategy elements. Make critical decisions about unit deployment and skill unlocks to achieve victory. Experience massive battles with hundreds of 3D units clashing on the battlefield.

Highlights
  • Roguelike deckbuilding strategy
  • Real-time unit deployment
  • Massive 3D unit battles
  • Skill and unit progression
  • Strategic decision-making
  • Tower defense gameplay
Features
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A Chaotic Roguelike Deckbuilding Tower Defense with Real-Time Strategy ◆ Play the most intense and chaotic defense game in mobile gaming history! Make precise decisions. Summon at the perfect moment. Which units will you grow, and which skills will you unlock? Will you choose an elite squad or swarm tactics? Victory or defeat—all depends on your strategy. ◆ From the creators of "Lost Pages," the award-winning deck-building hit Developed by Jiffycrew, winners of Google Indie Game Festival Korea 2022, Spellers mixes the best of deck-building strategy and tower defense gameplay. It’s still in early access, with more relics and units to come, but this is the game that real gamers have been waiting for. ◆ A Cutting-Edge Tower Defense Game Powered by Advanced Tech Spellers harnesses the power of modern game engine technology to deliver massive real-time battles. Hundreds of 3D units move, pathfind, and deploy in real time, with layered abilities and complex interactions. Experience dynamic formations and intense combat as 500 units clash on the battlefield—fluid, strategic, and spectacular. Experience the undeniable fun for yourself. --- By downloading, you agree to our Terms of Service. ◆ Discord: https://discord.gg/wUE3PX69bX ◆ Contact: lostpages@jiffycrew.com ◆ Privacy Policy: https://jiffycrew.com/privacy_en ◆ Terms of Service: https://jiffycrew.com/eula_en

Screenshots

Merchant4 screens
Spellers4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Spellers at every 4 days against Merchant's every 2 weeks. Merchant's advantage is ratings volume (53 vs 5) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, rating, review sentiment 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. Merchant sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and Spellers sells 45 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Merchant holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Merchant has 53 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 50% of Merchant's written reviews are positive against 54% of Spellers's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Merchant ships an update every 2 weeks, Spellers every 4 days. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Merchant versus Spellers: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMerchantSpellers
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (53 ratings) — better4.2 (5 ratings)
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews54.2% of reviews — better
Number of ratings53 — better5
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 4 days — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size410 MB388 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperRetora Game StudiosJiffycrew

Customer experience

Merchant

All ratings52 ratings
Positive82.7%
Neutral1.9%
Negative15.4%
Written reviews16 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral18.8%
Negative31.3%

Spellers

All ratings5 ratings
Positive80.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative20.0%
Written reviews24 reviews
Positive54.2%
Neutral8.3%
Negative37.5%

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Merchant

One-time10
  • Extra Daily Challenge$0.99
  • Extra Daily Challenge Upg #2$0.99
  • Hero Slots Unlock$1.99
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  • Additional Inventory Slots$1.99
  • Second Inventory Upgrade$1.99
  • Extra Crafting Slot$3.99
  • Extra Hero Loadouts$9.99
  • Ad Free Mode$9.99
  • Unlock All Upgrades$29.99
  • Unlock All Upgrades$34.99
45 purchases

Spellers

One-time45
  • Today Epic Rune$0.99
  • Today Fire Unit$0.99
  • Today Ice Unit$0.99
Show 42 more
  • Today Earth Unit$0.99
  • Energy +50$0.99
  • Key x 100 (1+1)$0.99
  • Game Speed$1.99
  • No Ads$1.99
  • Limited Key Pack I$1.99
  • Rune Slot Pack I$1.99
  • No Ads$2.99
  • No Ads Pack$2.99
  • Skill Slot$2.99
  • Fire Continent Pass (Normal)$2.99
  • Ice Continent Pass (Normal)$2.99
  • Air Continent Pass (Infinite)$2.99
  • Ice Continent Pass (Infinite)$2.99
  • Fire Continent Pass (Infinite)$2.99
  • Spellers Package 2$2.99
  • Skill Slot$3.99
  • Battle Reward Booster 2.5X$3.99
  • Air Continent Pass$3.99
  • Ice Continent Pass$3.99
  • Energy Saver$3.99
  • Energy Production +1$3.99
  • Energy Tank$3.99
  • Key x 500 (1+1)$3.99
  • Skill Slot$4.99
  • Earth Continent Pass (Normal)$4.99
  • Earth Continent Pass Infinite$4.99
  • Air Continent Pass (Normal)$4.99
  • Skill Slot$5.99
  • Game Speed Pack (2.5X)$5.99
  • Battle Reward Booster 3.0X$5.99
  • Spellers Package 1-2$5.99
  • Spellers Package 3-2$5.99
  • Spellers Package 2-2$5.99
  • Today Legendary Rune$6.99
  • Game Speed Pack (3.0X)$9.99
  • Key x 1200 (1+1)$9.99
  • Excavate Package IV$12.99
  • Key x 2500 (1+1)$17.99
  • Key x 6600 (1+1)$39.99
  • Excavate Package V$69.99
  • Key x 15000 (1+1)$89.99

Questions

Is Merchant free?
Merchant is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Spellers free?
Spellers is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Merchant or Spellers?
Merchant is rated higher. Merchant averages 4.4 out of 5 from 53 ratings, while Spellers averages 4.2 from 5 ratings.
Do Merchant or Spellers have ads?
Both Merchant and Spellers show ads.
Which is updated more often, Merchant or Spellers?
Merchant ships an update every 2 weeks, and Spellers every 4 days. Most recently, Merchant was updated on October 24, 2026 and Spellers on October 24, 2026.

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