Comparison

Merge Defense Adventure vs Stack Attack!!

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

Head to head
About

Merge Defense Adventure

Engage in a strategic tower defense experience with simple controls and turn-based gameplay. Merge defenders to upgrade their power and survive waves of advancing enemies. This game offers tactical depth for a challenging and engaging time.

Highlights
  • Turn-based gameplay
  • Merge defenders to upgrade
  • Strategic placement
  • Offline play
  • Power-ups and unlocks
Features
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Merge Defense Adventure is an easy to learn, hard to master Tower Defense game. Simple controls, turn based gameplay, and tactical depth makes this game best time killer game for a daring mind. How to play: • Enemy Blocks advance each turn • Place new defenders on the board to protect from enemies • Defenders shoot automatically each turn • Merge two defenders of the same level to upgrade its power • Collect Keys and Gems to use power ups and unlock new defender • Survive as long as you can Game Features: • Challenging brain puzzle. Think ahead! • Beautifully easy and simple, no pressure and no time limit. • Offline play • Completely free Have fun!

About

Stack Attack!!

Engage in intense battles against waves of enemies, strategically demolishing their formations with powerful weapons. Upgrade your capabilities by selecting the best skills to protect the cube world from a malevolent hex invasion.

Highlights
  • Defeat enemy waves
  • Demolish enemy stacks
  • Upgrade skills
  • Save the cube world
  • Space invader gameplay
Features
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Defeat waves of enemies! Use your weapons to demolish the enemies' stacks! Choose the best skills to upgrade your power! Save the cube world from the evil hexes!

Screenshots

Merge Defense Adventure4 screens
Stack Attack!!4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Merge Defense Adventure at 5.0 against Stack Attack!!'s 4.3. Stack Attack!!'s advantage is ratings volume (399 vs 1) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 2 months). On price, review sentiment, ads and in-app purchases 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 Defense Adventure sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and Stack Attack!! sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Merge Defense Adventure holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Stack Attack!! has 399 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 17% of Merge Defense Adventure's written reviews are positive against 23% of Stack Attack!!'s, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Merge Defense Adventure ships an update every 2 months, Stack Attack!! every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Merge Defense Adventure versus Stack Attack!!: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMerge Defense AdventureStack Attack!!
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better4.3 (399 ratings)
Positive reviews17.4% of reviews23.2% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1399 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better14.0
Further details — not scored
Size174 MB247 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperTatem Games Inc.Voodoo

Customer experience

Merge Defense Adventure

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews235 reviews
Positive17.4%
Neutral5.5%
Negative77.0%

Stack Attack!!

All ratings403 ratings
Positive82.6%
Neutral4.2%
Negative13.2%
Written reviews155 reviews
Positive23.2%
Neutral13.5%
Negative63.2%

User reviews

Merge Defense Adventure

From 1 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Ok game
  • 👍 Sjajno
  • 👍 Good job
  • 👍 Great game
  • 👍 Interesting app

Room to improve

  • 💥 Ads
  • 🐛 Freezes too often
  • 🐛 Crashes
  • 🔋 Laggy
  • 💥 Too many ads

Stack Attack!!

From 399 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Simple and fun gameplay
  • 🚀 No ads or microtransactions
  • 💡 Nice armor upgrade system

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Glitches and bugs, especially after updates
  • 🐛 Progress and upgrades getting reset or lost
  • 🐛 Levels becoming unplayable after a certain point

Bugs and requests

Merge Defense Adventure

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Login screen freezes
  • Incompatible with older devices
  • Level 37 glitch
  • Level 25 bug
  • Level 51 and 53 bugs

Requested features

2 requests
  • Dark mode option
  • Offline play

Stack Attack!!

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Enemies' health scaling with player's attack power
  • Levels freezing or getting stuck at checkpoints
  • Weapon and upgrade levels getting downgraded randomly

Requested features

3 requests
  • Mute sound effects option
  • Better communication from developers about updates
  • More content and stages to progress through

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Merge Defense Adventure

One-time3
  • Pack of Gems$0.99
  • Double Gems$1.99
  • Remove Ads$3.99
10 purchases

Stack Attack!!

One-time10
  • Starter Pack$2.99
  • No Ads$2.99
  • 2X Speed!$4.99
Show 7 more
  • Skip'its Medium Pack$5.99
  • Gold Pack Large$9.99
  • Premium Pass$14.99
  • Gem Pack XL$19.99
  • Skip'its Large Pack$19.99
  • Gold Pack XL$19.99
  • Diamond Hero$29.99

Questions

Is Merge Defense Adventure free?
Merge Defense Adventure is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Stack Attack!! free?
Stack Attack!! is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Merge Defense Adventure or Stack Attack!!?
Merge Defense Adventure is rated higher. Merge Defense Adventure averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Stack Attack!! averages 4.3 from 399 ratings.
Do Merge Defense Adventure or Stack Attack!! have ads?
Both Merge Defense Adventure and Stack Attack!! show ads.
Which is updated more often, Merge Defense Adventure or Stack Attack!!?
Merge Defense Adventure ships an update every 2 months, and Stack Attack!! every 2 weeks. Most recently, Merge Defense Adventure was updated on November 3, 2026 and Stack Attack!! on October 30, 2026.

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