Comparison

Merge Monster Evolution vs Hero Cat War

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

Head to head
About

Merge Monster Evolution

Summon and merge monsters to create an epic army with unique skills. Build a powerful squad to defeat challenging boss monsters and claim victory in this role-playing game.

Highlights
  • Summon Epic Monsters
  • Merge Monsters to Evolve
  • Collect 50+ Monsters
  • Build Monster Squads
  • Defeat Boss Monsters
Features
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Claim victory by strengthening your monster army through merging - Summon Monsters! Use special Stones to summon Epic Monsters with rare, unique skills! - Merge Monsters! Merge monsters to form Epic Monsters! Monsters look cooler and gain power as they evolve! Collect about 50 kinds of powerful monsters. - Make your Monster Squad! Make your monster squad that gets stronger the more monsters you summon and merge! Defeat boss monsters with your powerful monster squad!

About

Hero Cat War

Engage in intense battles against monsters and bosses as a powerful cat. Collect gold to upgrade your cat's abilities, choose from various power-ups, and strengthen skills by collecting orbs. Reset levels to experiment with different builds in this action RPG.

Highlights
  • Defeat monsters and bosses
  • Collect gold for upgrades
  • Choose power-ups when leveling up
  • Orb system to strengthen skills
  • Action RPG gameplay
  • Rogue-like upgrade merchant
Features
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A cat is fighting stronge monsters and bosses. Your goal is to defeat them and pass all levels. The cat can get many upgrades by collecting gold coins. When leveling up, you can choose a power from three candidates. This will help grow into a powerful cat. It's important to build your cat, with each upgrade will giveing you Attack, Crit Chance, Ammo, Retreat Distance or Max HP. Upgrading will also giveing you an orb. Collecting 3 identical orbs can greatly improves a skill, such as upgrading weapon, upgrading damage, upgrading critical damage. This action RPG game features intense battles, a Rogue-like upgrade merchant, an excellent orb strengthening system, and upgradable weapons. Every 5 levels passed, the monsters will become stronger and the level becomes more challenging to pass. Addictionally, you can reset the levels to make a cat of different builds. #How to control L/R button to move. Or use the joystick to move. Jump button to jump. Fire button to fires bullets. It's relaxing and addictive to fighting in this world, you will find a lot of challengings in the game. Have a fun!

Screenshots

Merge Monster Evolution4 screens
Hero Cat War4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Hero Cat War at none against Merge Monster Evolution's 10. Merge Monster Evolution's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 7 months) and ratings volume (1.8K vs 3). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Merge Monster Evolution sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Hero Cat War asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Merge Monster Evolution holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Merge Monster Evolution has 1.8K ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 75% of Merge Monster Evolution's written reviews are positive against 50% of Hero Cat War's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Merge Monster Evolution ships an update fortnightly, Hero Cat War every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on September 20, 2026 and September 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Merge Monster Evolution versus Hero Cat War: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMerge Monster EvolutionHero Cat War
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (1.8K ratings) — better4.3 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews74.9% of reviews — better50.0% of reviews
Number of ratings1.8K — better3
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 7 months
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.012.0
Further details — not scored
Size326 MB38 MB
Age rating9+9+
DeveloperSuper Awesome Inc.境 饶

Customer experience

Merge Monster Evolution

All ratings1,792 ratings
Positive90.6%
Neutral4.1%
Negative5.2%
Written reviews263 reviews
Positive74.9%
Neutral5.7%
Negative19.4%

Hero Cat War

All ratings3 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral33.3%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral50.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Merge Monster Evolution

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Purchased VIP features not working
  • Deleted rare monsters cannot be recovered
  • Frequent loading issues and freezes
  • Inconsistent ad rewards

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add more levels and content
  • Improve the battle system
  • Introduce multiplayer or social features
  • Allow for more customization options

Hero Cat War

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Merge Monster Evolution

One-time10
  • Gems$0.99
  • Limited Package$4.99
  • Red Summon Stones$4.99
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  • Gem Pocket$9.99
  • VIP Package 1$9.99
  • Red Summon Stone Pocket$9.99
  • VIP Package 2$19.99
  • Growth Support Package$29.99
  • Gem Box$49.99
  • Red Summon Stone Box$49.99
None

Hero Cat War

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Merge Monster Evolution free?
Merge Monster Evolution is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Hero Cat War free?
Hero Cat War is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Merge Monster Evolution or Hero Cat War?
Merge Monster Evolution is rated higher. Merge Monster Evolution averages 4.6 out of 5 from 1.8K ratings, while Hero Cat War averages 4.3 from 3 ratings.
Do Merge Monster Evolution or Hero Cat War have ads?
Both Merge Monster Evolution and Hero Cat War show ads.
Which is updated more often, Merge Monster Evolution or Hero Cat War?
Merge Monster Evolution ships an update fortnightly, and Hero Cat War every 7 months. Most recently, Merge Monster Evolution was updated on September 20, 2026 and Hero Cat War on September 8, 2026.

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