Comparison

Merchant vs Midnight Diner Rush

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

Midnight Diner Rush

Features
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Midnight Diner Rush is a fast, single-player kitchen arcade game made for playing anywhere—even completely offline. Chop fresh ingredients, cook dishes, plate orders, serve customers, and wash up before time runs out. Each shift introduces a new kitchen, recipe mix, layout, or hazard. FEATURES • Complete offline play—no Wi-Fi or mobile data needed • No account, login, or API credentials • 10 distinct kitchen shifts • Fish, shrimp, steak, mushrooms, salads, and more • Moving counters, crossing carts, slippery floors, train lurches, deck sway, and wind • Responsive touch controls with character animation • Local progress saving • Quick sessions designed for mobile Start with simple salads, master every station, and survive the stormy skyship finale.

Screenshots

Merchant4 screens
Midnight Diner Rush4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Midnight Diner Rush at none against Merchant's 10. Midnight Diner Rush also leads on ads (none vs shown). On price, device support and iOS requirement 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. Midnight Diner Rush asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Merchant versus Midnight Diner Rush: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMerchantMidnight Diner Rush
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (53 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings53 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size410 MB83 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperRetora Game StudiosAKINDYNOS KOUTSOURAS

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
None

Midnight Diner Rush

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Merchant free?
Merchant is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Midnight Diner Rush free?
Midnight Diner Rush is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Merchant or Midnight Diner Rush have ads?
Merchant shows ads; Midnight Diner Rush does not.

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