Comparison

Card Wheels vs Merge Hooks

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

Head to head
About

Card Wheels

Launch car cards from your console to smash targets and blast through levels. Watch your cards transform into powerful vehicles for endless destruction and action on the track.

Highlights
  • Launch car cards
  • Smash targets
  • Transform cards into cars
  • Unleash destruction
  • Endless action
Features
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Launch your car cards, smash every target, and blast your way to the next era! Fire cards from your console, watch them turn into powerful cars, and unleash nonstop destruction on the track. More cards. Bigger hits. Endless action.

About

Merge Hooks

Combine hooks to make them stronger and pull vehicles into a grinder. Test your strength and see how many cars you can pull. A fun and engaging casual game.

Highlights
  • Combine hooks
  • Increase hook strength
  • Pull cars
  • Grind cars
  • Test your strength
Features
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GET READY FOR FUN! Combine hooks, get stronger and pull cars into the grinder. Let's see how strong are you?

Screenshots

Card Wheels4 screens
Merge Hooks4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Card Wheels at none against Merge Hooks's shown. Merge Hooks's advantage is ratings volume (4.3K vs 490). On price, rating, review sentiment and update cadence 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. Card Wheels sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and Merge Hooks sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Card Wheels against 4.7 for Merge Hooks. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Merge Hooks has 4.3K ratings behind it against 490, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 13% of Card Wheels's written reviews are positive against 19% of Merge Hooks's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Card Wheels ships an update every 9 days, Merge Hooks weekly. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Card Wheels versus Merge Hooks: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCard WheelsMerge Hooks
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (490 ratings)4.7 (4.3K ratings) — better
Positive reviews12.5% of reviews18.6% of reviews — better
Number of ratings4904.3K — better
Update frequencyEvery 9 daysWeekly — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size327 MB287 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperSCOOPS YAZILIM LIMITED SIRKETIRollic Games

Customer experience

Card Wheels

All ratings464 ratings
Positive91.4%
Neutral3.9%
Negative4.7%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive12.5%
Neutral25.0%
Negative62.5%

Merge Hooks

All ratings4,292 ratings
Positive92.7%
Neutral3.8%
Negative3.5%
Written reviews70 reviews
Positive18.6%
Neutral11.4%
Negative70.0%

Bugs and requests

Card Wheels

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Merge Hooks

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Game freezing at level 12
  • Unable to launch hooks after updates
  • Inability to progress past certain levels

Requested features

3 requests
  • More levels and hook upgrades
  • Improved progression system
  • Customization options for hooks

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Card Wheels

One-time10
  • PrizePath1$0.99
  • 10 Energy$1.99
  • 1000Gem$2.99
Show 7 more
  • 40 Energy$4.99
  • Era Offer$5.99
  • NoAds$5.99
  • 3300 Gem$8.99
  • Energy Card$8.99
  • Fortune Pass$9.99
  • 125 Energy$14.99
1 purchases

Merge Hooks

One-time1
  • No Ads$3.99

Questions

Is Card Wheels free?
Card Wheels is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Merge Hooks free?
Merge Hooks is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Card Wheels or Merge Hooks?
Merge Hooks is rated higher. Card Wheels averages 4.7 out of 5 from 490 ratings, while Merge Hooks averages 4.7 from 4.3K ratings.
Do Card Wheels or Merge Hooks have ads?
Merge Hooks shows ads; Card Wheels does not.
Which is updated more often, Card Wheels or Merge Hooks?
Card Wheels ships an update every 9 days, and Merge Hooks weekly. Most recently, Card Wheels was updated on November 3, 2026 and Merge Hooks on November 3, 2026.

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