Comparison

Merge Villa vs Spin A Spell

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

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About

Merge Villa

Restore a mansion destroyed by a tsunami by merging items to create tools for renovation and decoration. Design unique interiors and exteriors, unlock new rooms, and care for pets. Embark on an addictive adventure filled with puzzles and friendly characters.

Highlights
  • Merge items to create tools
  • Renovate and decorate mansion rooms
  • Design interior and exterior
  • Unlock new rooms
  • Adopt and care for pets
  • Solve puzzles and complete tasks
Features
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Alice needs your help! A tsunami destroyed everything, and now she must renovate her grandparents mansion and bring comfort back to the family home. With your help, the building can be restored better than it was before! Open the gates and let this unforgettable adventure begin! Merge items into the useful tools that will help you to renovate and decorate the many rooms of the mansion that were destroyed. Repair and design the house with luxurious exterior and interior furniture and make it like new. Use your designer’s vision to create a unique home with your own sense of style and creativity. Unlock new rooms and give them a total makeover. No one will even remember that there was a tsunami in the first place! Every part of the house has a new secret for you to reveal and you’ll have so much fun solving the Villa’s many puzzles. Complete tasks and earn rewards, that will help you with the restoration. Gain experience and level up to become the Merge Villa master! You don’t have to do it all alone. Become friends with new characters on your adventure that will help you with the renovation, and don’t forget about your four-legged friends! Take care of the animals and help your pets by giving them a nice place to live. Care for fluffy puppies and cute kittens, as you work to build them a loving home. Game Features: Take part in an unforgettable adventure with an addictive story - you won’t be disappointed! Unlock new rooms with unique gameplay, luxurious decorations, amazing animations. Use your sense of style restore and decorate the mansion Merge items to discover hundreds of unique tools to create and use your renovation Interact with tons of in-game characters, who will help you restore and decorate the mansion Adopt pets! Cute puppies and lovely kittens are waiting for you to give them a warm and loving home Relaxing gameplay. Just merge two items and then renovate the house. It couldn’t be any more simple Play for free today! Visit https://lionstudios.cc/contact-us/ if have any feedback, need help on beating a level or have any awesome ideas you would like to see in the game! From the Studio that brought you Mr. Bullet, Happy Glass, Ink Inc and Love Balls! Follow us to get news and updates on our other Award Winning titles; https://lionstudios.cc/ Facebook.com/LionStudios.cc Instagram.com/LionStudioscc Twitter.com/LionStudiosCC Youtube.com/c/LionStudiosCC

About

Spin A Spell

Spin a slot machine to earn coins, attack other players' mansions for loot, and upgrade characters and pets. Collect cards and trade with friends to decorate your own magic mansion and become the ultimate coin master.

Highlights
  • Spin slot machine for fortune
  • Attack and raid other players
  • Decorate and upgrade Magic Mansion
  • Develop characters and pets
  • Collect and trade cards
  • Play with friends
Features
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Welcome to Spin A Spell! This is a FREE game, Join your Facebook friends and players around the world - Spin and raid to decorate your Magic Mansion and become to Coin Tycoon! Do you know how to be the next Coin Tycoon? Spin the lucky slot machine! Spin the lucky slot machine to fall on your fortune, be it attack time, loot, shields or raids. Win your loot by landing on coins or gold sacks so you can decorate your Magic Mansion through the game and move up in levels. Win shields to guard your Mansion from other magicians trying to attack you. Spin faster, Become the Coin Tycoon with the strongest Magic Mansion and the most loot! Attack and Raid cash kings! Earning coins through the slot machine isn't the only way to get loot, you can steal it too! Attack or raid friends and enemies to collect their loot and build your Mansion. No need to break the piggy bank! Take revenge on those who have attacked your mansion and take whats rightfully yours! Bring your Coin Dozer and get rich again! You never know what treasures you can find in someone else's mansion! Character and Pet Development You can unlock and upgrade your character and pets to increase your earnings by Raid, Attack, and slot machine, and the higher your character and pet level is, the more loot you can get from per event! Explore the Magic Mansion and collect your favorite Pets. Each new pet has a special skill with free spins to earn coin rush. Collect all the Cards! It's not always about the loot, it's about the treasure too! Collect Cards to get rich treasures and speed up the Mansion upgrade! Also each Mansion upgrade brings better treasures, better enjoy the thrill of collecting! Play with friends! Trade your cards with our online community and in-game unions to speed up your collection! Join our fast growing interactive Facebook community to meet new friends, earn big rewards, and trade treasures! Get ready for an epic time on Spin A Spell: battle your way to be the next Coin Tycoon with your friends by your side. Spin A Spell is FREE on all devices with in-app purchases. Follow Spin A Spell for exclusive offers and bonuses! Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SpinaSpellMagic/ Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/181966850259127 Join the Community. Let's Play A super fun coin Game! Are you having problems? Please contact us by sending a direct message to our Facebook Fan Page above, or email us at selina@aladinfun.com Special Instructions: This product is only for users aged 18 and over and is intended for entertainment purposes only Playing social gambling games or winning in such games does not guarantee future success in real-money gambling and related games. This game only provides virtual game currency and does not offer any opportunities for cash gambling or winnings.

Screenshots

Merge Villa4 screens
Spin A Spell4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: Merge Villa at 23K against Spin A Spell's 1.3K. Merge Villa also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 5 weeks) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 13.0). 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. Merge Villa sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and Spin A Spell sells 12 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Spin A Spell holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Merge Villa has 23K ratings behind it against 1.3K, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 33% and 33% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Merge Villa ships an update fortnightly, Spin A Spell every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Merge Villa versus Spin A Spell: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMerge VillaSpin A Spell
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (23K ratings)4.7 (1.3K ratings) — better
Positive reviews32.5% of reviews32.6% of reviews — better
Number of ratings23K — better1.3K
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 5 weeks
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS11.0 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size388 MB334 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperLion Studios PlusHK DENGSHEN TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED

Customer experience

Merge Villa

All ratings23,405 ratings
Positive88.6%
Neutral5.7%
Negative5.7%
Written reviews560 reviews
Positive32.5%
Neutral16.6%
Negative50.9%

Spin A Spell

All ratings1,285 ratings
Positive92.8%
Neutral1.5%
Negative5.7%
Written reviews190 reviews
Positive32.6%
Neutral10.5%
Negative56.8%

User reviews

Merge Villa

From 23K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Fun game
  • 🚀 Addictive gameplay
  • 💡 Customizable villa and pet

Room to improve

  • 🔍 Lack of progress updates
  • 💰 Excessive ads and in-app purchases
  • 🐛 Frequent crashes and bugs
  • 🤔 Confusing mechanics and unclear instructions

Spin A Spell

From 1.3K App Store ratings

What we love

  • ⭐ Awesome game
  • 🎨 Good
  • 💕 Love this game
  • 🎉 Fun and unique
  • 🤩 Best game yet!

Room to improve

  • 😤 Frustrated with latest update
  • 🤬 Terrible customer service
  • 🐛 Game constantly freezes
  • 💸 Expensive, too many ads/popups
  • 🤯 Glitches, bugs, and crashes

Bugs and requests

Merge Villa

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Inability to complete certain tasks
  • Disappearing progress and lost data
  • Unresponsive or freezing app

Requested features

4 requests
  • More levels and content updates
  • Ability to sell or merge unwanted items
  • Better energy management system
  • Improved customer support and communication

Spin A Spell

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Game resets progress after updates
  • Unable to log in through Facebook
  • Rewards/spins not being awarded properly
  • Frequent freezing and crashing issues
  • Connectivity problems and 'no internet' errors

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add ability to remove friends
  • Allow listening to music while playing
  • Improve tournament system and rewards
  • More customization options for boards
  • Fix login/progress issues after updates

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Merge Villa

One-time10
  • Instant Offer$1.99
  • Extra Small Crystals Bar Pack$1.99
  • Flash Offer$1.99
Show 7 more
  • Small Crystals Bar Package$4.99
  • Flash Offer PLUS$4.99
  • Instant Offer LARGE$6.99
  • Medium Crystals Bar Package$9.99
  • Flash Offer GOLD$9.99
  • Large Crystals Bar Package$19.99
  • Flash Offer EXTRA$19.99
12 purchases

Spin A Spell

One-time12
  • Daily Pack$0.99
  • shopspins1$1.99
  • Daily Pack$1.99
Show 9 more
  • Daily Pack$2.99
  • Daily Pack$3.99
  • Daily Pack$4.99
  • Daily Pack$5.99
  • Daily Pack$7.99
  • Daily Pack$9.99
  • Daily Pack$14.99
  • Daily Pack$19.99
  • Daily Pack$29.99

Questions

Is Merge Villa free?
Merge Villa is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Spin A Spell free?
Spin A Spell is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Merge Villa or Spin A Spell?
Spin A Spell is rated higher. Merge Villa averages 4.6 out of 5 from 23K ratings, while Spin A Spell averages 4.7 from 1.3K ratings.
Do Merge Villa or Spin A Spell have ads?
Both Merge Villa and Spin A Spell show ads.
Which is updated more often, Merge Villa or Spin A Spell?
Merge Villa ships an update fortnightly, and Spin A Spell every 5 weeks. Most recently, Merge Villa was updated on October 28, 2026 and Spin A Spell on October 22, 2026.

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