Comparison

Merge Restaurant vs Brain Rush

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

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About

Merge Restaurant

Help a chef renovate and decorate restaurants by merging items. Design spaces, serve VIP guests, and uncover a dramatic story as you build a global restaurant chain. Enjoy relaxing gameplay with regular story updates.

Highlights
  • Unique restaurant renovation gameplay
  • Exciting item merging mechanics
  • Restaurant design and decoration
  • Serve VIP guests for rewards
  • Engaging characters and story
  • Relaxing and easy to play
  • Regularly updated story episodes
Features
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In Merge Restaurant, Mina needs your help to reopen her mentor's former restaurant. With a history of love and betrayal, what will the restaurant reveal about its past? Pull off the covers, wipe off the dust and replace the restaurant with all new furniture, decorations and menu just by combining items. Design and watch as it goes from an old unattended mess to a Michelin worthy restaurant. Begin your journey by reopening the first restaurant and move on to open more restaurants around the world to become star chef of a successful restaurant chain! Features: ● Unique gameplay: Help Mina restore the restaurant to its former glory and continue to open more restaurants around the world! ● Exciting Merge: Combine interesting items from tools, kitchen equipment, decorations and food. Merge to get what you need! ● Decorate: Decide how you want to design your restaurant, build with style! ● Serve: Prepare ingredients and serve your VIP guests with exotic meals for awesome rewards and recognition. ● Fantastic characters and story: Follow the journey of Mina as she overcome challenges from rivals to open more restaurants. ● Relaxing: Anyone can pick up this game and play anytime, it's that easy. ● Dramatic: New episodes are regularly added to the game to progress the story with new restaurant areas and items to unlock. Enjoying Merge Restaurant? Learn more about the game! Join our Facebook Community: https://www.facebook.com/groups/mergerestaurant Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mergerestaurant/ Having problems or suggestions? Contact our support team at support@mergerestaurant.com

About

Brain Rush

Features
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Brain Rush - Daily Math Challenge Brain Rush is a fast-paced mental math game designed to sharpen your calculation skills through daily challenges. Test your arithmetic abilities with progressively difficult problems that push your mental limits. Core Gameplay The game presents you with mathematical equations that you must solve quickly and accurately. Each correct answer increases your score and adds precious time to the clock. Wrong answers don't penalize you with time loss, but they don't advance your progress either. Daily Challenge Mode Every day brings a fresh challenge with automatically increasing difficulty. Start with simple addition and subtraction problems, then advance through multiplication and division as you prove your skills. The difficulty progression is carefully designed to keep you engaged without overwhelming frustration. Scoring System Your score reflects the true challenge of each problem. Low-difficulty questions offer minimal points, while high-difficulty problems reward you with substantial scores. This system encourages you to tackle harder problems rather than grinding through easy ones. Time Pressure You have 60 seconds to solve as many problems as possible. As time runs low, the interface changes color and heartbeat sounds intensify, creating genuine tension that mirrors real-world pressure situations. Difficulty Progression The game intelligently scales difficulty based on your performance. Early levels focus on basic arithmetic with small numbers, while advanced levels challenge you with large multi-digit calculations and complex operations. Leaderboards Compete with players worldwide through Game Center integration. Your daily scores are tracked and ranked, giving you motivation to improve and beat your personal best. Multiple Game Modes Beyond daily challenges, explore standard mode with customizable difficulty settings and Math Match mode featuring puzzle-style gameplay with elimination mechanics. Brain Rush transforms mental math practice into an engaging, competitive experience that builds real mathematical confidence through structured, progressive challenges.

Screenshots

Merge Restaurant4 screens
Brain Rush4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Merge Restaurant at Free against Brain Rush's $0.99. Brain Rush's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 10) and ads (none vs shown). On 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

Merge Restaurant is free to download; Brain Rush costs $0.99 up front. Merge Restaurant sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Brain Rush asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Merge Restaurant ships an update every 11 days, Brain Rush every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 9, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Merge Restaurant versus Brain Rush: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMerge RestaurantBrain Rush
PriceFree — better$0.99
Rating4.7 (19K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews45.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings19K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 11 daysEvery 4 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size317 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPotato Play Pte. Ltd.Shenyang Yuzu Technology Co., Ltd

Bugs and requests

Merge Restaurant

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Ads freezing or not working properly
  • Game crashing or not loading properly
  • Incorrect or missing in-game information

Requested features

4 requests
  • More storage space and generator upgrades
  • Ability to sell or dismantle unused generators
  • Option to disable annoying merge suggestions
  • Faster leveling and XP gain

Brain Rush

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Merge Restaurant

One-time10
  • One Time Offer: Energy Offer$0.99
  • Starter Bundle$0.99
  • Bundle $0.99$0.99
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  • Fistful of gems$1.99
  • Starter Pack II$1.99
  • Energy Gift Box 1$1.99
  • One Time Offer: Resource Offer$2.99
  • Bundle $2.99$2.99
  • Stack of gems$4.99
  • Pile of gems$9.99
None

Brain Rush

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Merge Restaurant free?
Merge Restaurant is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Brain Rush free?
Brain Rush costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Merge Restaurant or Brain Rush have ads?
Merge Restaurant shows ads; Brain Rush does not.
Which is updated more often, Merge Restaurant or Brain Rush?
Merge Restaurant ships an update every 11 days, and Brain Rush every 4 days. Most recently, Merge Restaurant was updated on November 9, 2026 and Brain Rush on October 30, 2026.

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