MetaCat vs Candy Melons
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MetaCat
Merge adorable cats to discover new breeds, then customize their appearance with accessories. Participate in contests to showcase your feline friends and collect them all.
- Merge cats to discover new breeds
- Dress up and care for cats
- Participate in cat contests
- Collect rare cats and accessories
- Upgrade functions with coins and tickets
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Merge two cats and get a new cat! Take care of your cats, decorate them, and participate in cat contests! Game Introduction Merge Merge Cat is a game where you can merge cute kitties together, decorate them with accessories, feed them and show off by participating in cat contests. Game characteristics - Merge two cats and a brand new cat will appear! - Dress up and take care of your cats however you like! - Participate in cat contests and show off your cats to the world! - Fun to collect cute cats that can make you feel warm by just looking at them. Gotta collect them all! How to play - Merge cats of the same grade! - Earn coins and tickets to upgrade various functions. - Collect many accessories to dress up your rare cats! - Buy various items to take care of your rare cats! - Increase your intimacy with your rare cats, then show off their attraction at the cat contest!
Candy Melons
Merge candies to create larger ones and compete for the biggest candy. Engage in live online multiplayer or adventure mode for high scores and rewards. Purchase boosters or spin a daily wheel for assistance.
- Candy merging gameplay
- Live online multiplayer
- Adventure mode
- Daily rewards
- Purchaseable boosters
- Daily free spin
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Merge the same small candy together to create bigger and bigger ones until your screen explodes! Who can create the biggest candy first? Challenge your friends or strangers in live online multiplayer mode, or play the adventure mode to rack up scores and win. The 10 best daily scorers win rewards. If you're stuck, you can purchase boosters to help clear your Candy, or win them in your free daily wheel spin. We’ll publish frequent updates about new content, tips, giveaways, tournaments, discord live games and more on our social media. Website: https://www.boredcandycity.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/boredcandycity Medium: https://boredcandycity.medium.com/ Discord: https://discord.gg/boredcandycity
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Candy Melons at 75% against MetaCat's 17%. Candy Melons also leads on rating (4.6 vs 2.7). MetaCat's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, ratings volume, update cadence 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
Both are free to download. MetaCat sells 9 one-off in-app purchases and Candy Melons sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Candy Melons holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 2.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7 and 9 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 17% of MetaCat's written reviews are positive against 75% of Candy Melons's.
MetaCat ships an update every 2 days, Candy Melons every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | MetaCat | Candy Melons |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.7 (7 ratings) | 4.6 (9 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 16.7% of reviews | 75.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 7 | 9 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 days — better | Every 3 days |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 271 MB | 217 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Trong Pham | The Bored Candy City LTD |
Customer experience
MetaCat
Candy Melons
In-app purchases
MetaCat
- Pile of Gems$0.99
- Heap of Gems$4.99
- Weekly Card 1$4.99
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- Bag of Gems$9.99
- Month Card$9.99
- Chest of Gems$19.99
- Weekly Card 2$19.99
- Sack of Gems$49.99
- Gem Warhouse$74.99
Candy Melons
- Basic Pack$0.99
- Mega Pack$3.99
- Hyper Pack$6.99
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- Hyper Pack$29.99
- Ultra Pack$49.99









