Comparison

Arcane Golf vs Merge Maestro

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

Head to head
About

Arcane Golf

Experience a fantasy-themed miniature golf puzzle game with magical elements. Navigate 250 challenging levels across four unique courses, overcoming traps and monsters with physics-based gameplay and intuitive controls.

Highlights
  • Physics-based mini-golf gameplay
  • Intuitive one-finger controls
  • Four unique dungeon courses
  • 250 unique puzzle levels
  • Creative obstacles and magical objects
Features
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Arcane Golf is a miniature golf puzzle game set in a fantasy world full of dungeons, dangers, gems, and geometry. Play across 250 levels set in 4 unique courses inspired by classic adventure games. From enchanted gems that can instantly teleport the ball, to slimes that swallow it whole, you'll constantly need to change things up if you want to beat every level! Key Features: - Physics-based mini-golf gameplay - Simple, but intuitive controls. All you need is a finger! - Four unique dungeons each with their own challenges to introduce - 250 unique levels to test your aim, reflexes, and puzzle solving skills - Dozens of creative obstacles: From traps, to monsters and magical objects with unique powers #MadeWithFusion

About

Merge Maestro

Combine hundreds of unique emoji tokens in a puzzle-like, rogue-like experience. Discover creative combinations of tokens and powers to fuse unique strategies and overcome increasingly challenging levels. Enjoy a twist on puzzle, rogue-like, and arcade gameplay.

Highlights
  • Hundreds of unique emoji tokens
  • Combo-driven gameplay
  • Puzzle-like rogue-like mechanics
  • Discover creative token combinations
  • Fuse unique strategies
  • Challenging levels
Features
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Combine 100's of unique emoji based tokens in this combo-driven puzzle-like rogue-like! Find ever more creative combinations of Tokens and Powers to fuse unique strategies and beat this ever more challenging twist on rogue-likes, puzzlers and arcadey games!

Screenshots

Arcane Golf4 screens
Merge Maestro4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Merge Maestro at Free against Arcane Golf's $1.99. Merge Maestro also leads on ratings volume (144 vs 32). Arcane Golf's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and update cadence (every 4 days vs every 9 days). On rating, review sentiment, ads 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

Merge Maestro is free to download; Arcane Golf costs $1.99 up front. Merge Maestro sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Arcane Golf asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Arcane Golf against 4.8 for Merge Maestro. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 32 and 144 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 94% of Arcane Golf's written reviews are positive against 91% of Merge Maestro's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Arcane Golf ships an update every 4 days, Merge Maestro every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Arcane Golf versus Merge Maestro: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterArcane GolfMerge Maestro
Price$1.99Free — better
Rating4.9 (32 ratings) — better4.8 (144 ratings)
Positive reviews94.1% of reviews — better91.4% of reviews
Number of ratings32144 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterEvery 9 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS9.0 — better12.0
Further details — not scored
Size33 MB94 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperCLICKTEAM LLC USADAVID HS TING

Customer experience

Arcane Golf

All ratings32 ratings
Positive96.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative3.1%
Written reviews17 reviews
Positive94.1%
Neutral0.0%
Negative5.9%

Merge Maestro

All ratings138 ratings
Positive95.7%
Neutral1.4%
Negative2.9%
Written reviews70 reviews
Positive91.4%
Neutral1.4%
Negative7.1%

Bugs and requests

Arcane Golf

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Merge Maestro

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Crashes on startup
  • Medal tracking issues

Requested features

2 requests
  • Endless mode
  • UI/text scale options

In-app purchases

None

Arcane Golf

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Merge Maestro

One-time1
  • Full Access$2.99

Questions

Is Arcane Golf free?
Arcane Golf costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Merge Maestro free?
Merge Maestro is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Arcane Golf or Merge Maestro?
Arcane Golf is rated higher. Arcane Golf averages 4.9 out of 5 from 32 ratings, while Merge Maestro averages 4.8 from 144 ratings.
Do Arcane Golf or Merge Maestro have ads?
Neither Arcane Golf nor Merge Maestro shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Arcane Golf or Merge Maestro?
Arcane Golf ships an update every 4 days, and Merge Maestro every 9 days. Most recently, Arcane Golf was updated on October 29, 2026 and Merge Maestro on October 24, 2026.

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