Merge Balls Collection vs SAMOKO
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Merge Balls Collection
Drop and merge identical items like animals, fruits, or planets to create larger ones and achieve high scores. Explore various themes and enjoy a relaxing time-killing experience.
- Drop and merge balls
- Create larger balls
- Achieve high scores
- Multiple themes (animals, fruits, planets)
- Completely free to play
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Merge the cute animals, fruits and number balls to the largest How to Play: - Tap on the screen and throw a ball - The two same balls merge into a larger ball when they touch each other - Try to generate the largest ball to get high scores! You can choose different themes: - Animals: From small chicken, to monkey, and finally get an elephant! - Fruits: Can you get a watermelon? - Planets: Venus, Mars, Earth and the Sun! Make a solar system! - More themes are coming in the future updates The game is completely free time killer which can be played anytime, anywhere. Let's download it now!
SAMOKO
Merge adorable animals starting from eggs to grow them into larger creatures. Compete globally to climb the leaderboards in this puzzle game. It's perfect for quick play sessions and fans of cute graphics.
- Merge cute animals
- Grow animals from eggs
- Global player competition
- Leaderboard rankings
- Cute graphics
- Short play sessions
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Combine animals from eggs to elephants. ● Merge cute animals to make them bigger! ● Compete with players from around the world and check your ranking! Recommended for people who ● Lovers of cute graphics ● Likes puzzle games like 2048 ● Tired of constant banner ads ● Looking for a game to play for short bursts of time. Play Samoko today! Join the cute animals and find the elephant~!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Merge Balls Collection at none against SAMOKO's 1. Merge Balls Collection also leads on ratings volume (208 vs 2). SAMOKO's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.5) and update cadence (weekly vs every 4 months). On price, ads, 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
Both are free to download. SAMOKO sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Merge Balls Collection asks for nothing beyond the download.
SAMOKO holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Merge Balls Collection has 208 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 82% of Merge Balls Collection's written reviews are positive against 100% of SAMOKO's.
Merge Balls Collection ships an update every 4 months, SAMOKO weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Merge Balls Collection | SAMOKO |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (208 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 81.8% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 208 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 117 MB | 181 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 春晖 姚 | Ji Hye Back |
Customer experience
Merge Balls Collection
SAMOKO
In-app purchases
Merge Balls Collection
No in-app purchases
SAMOKO
- Ad Free$3.49
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