Comparison

Merge Cubes vs Apex Rumble

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

Head to head
About

Merge Cubes

Drag and merge numbered cells to create higher numbers and aim for cell 15. This simple yet challenging puzzle game tests your strategic thinking. Experience addictive gameplay that's easy to learn but hard to master.

Highlights
  • Drag and merge cells
  • Combine to create higher numbers
  • Objective: reach cell 15
  • Simple puzzle gameplay
  • Addictive mechanics
Features
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Перетаскивайте клетки, чтобы соединить их и получить клетку с большим номером, и попробуйте дойти до клетки с номером 15. Звучит просто? Попробуйте сами!

About

Apex Rumble

Embark on an arcade adventure to rebuild a fallen city by smashing enemy towers, collecting resources, and strategically using boosters. Grow your character by consuming smaller towers while avoiding larger ones to progress through increasingly challenging levels.

Highlights
  • Rebuild Apex City
  • Smash enemy towers
  • Collect Voxel Brix and blueprints
  • Grow by consuming towers
  • Utilize six powerful boosters
  • Progress through 60 levels
  • Unlock GameCenter achievements and leaderboards
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Embark on an epic arcade adventure in the ruins of Apex City! The once thriving metropolis has fallen victim to the Voxel Vandals. Your mission is to rebuild the entire city. Recover the stolen blueprints, smash enemy towers, create Voxel Brix and build! You have six powerful boosters and a well-calibrated Blueprint Proximeter at your disposal. The people of Apex City count on you. Don't let them down. Blast your way through endless, colorful arcade levels filled with both danger and goodies. Feel the vertigo as you grow and feel the pulse as you dodge past the bigger towers. How high can you reach? - Build: Collect Voxel Brix, find blueprints and restore Apex City to its former glory. - Grow: Gobble up all the small colorful towers to grow but watch out for the big black towers. - Boosters: Use boosters like Fungus, Frost and Tornado to strategically beat challenges. - Combos: Build color combos to grow faster. - Progress: Smash your way through 60 levels of increasing intensity and unlock three stars on each course. - Rewards: Collect gifts and unlock invaluable loot to max out your journey. - Achievements: Conquer 12 GameCenter achievements and show what you're all about. - Compete: Climb the GameCenter leaderboard and challenge your friends. In a sea of colorful towers, you quickly realize that the key to success lies in growing fast. Smash the small colorful towers to grow and watch out for the big black towers. As you grow, black towers will turn into your next colorful snack. But beware, there are towers out there, larger than anything, and they're coming for you. Use boosters to gain an advantage. Each booster offers a unique strategic twist. Freeze your rivals with Frost, eat Fungus for temporary dominance, or summon a Tornado to suck up scores of nearby towers and skyrocket. Collect gifts filled with boosters and add them to your arsenal to use at just the right moment. Apex City awaits! Let's go!

Screenshots

Merge Cubes4 screens
Apex Rumble4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Merge Cubes at 5.0 against Apex Rumble's 3.0. Merge Cubes also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 12) and review sentiment (73% vs 63%). On price, ratings volume, ads and device support 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. Apex Rumble sells 12 one-off in-app purchases. Merge Cubes asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Merge Cubes holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 73% of Merge Cubes's written reviews are positive against 63% of Apex Rumble's.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Merge Cubes versus Apex Rumble: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMerge CubesApex Rumble
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better3.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews72.7% of reviews — better62.5% of reviews
Number of ratings2 — better1
Update frequency—Every 3 days
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supported — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS11.0 — better12.0
Further details — not scored
Size46 MB169 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperAndrei SoprachevPatrik Hedmalm

Customer experience

Merge Cubes

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews11 reviews
Positive72.7%
Neutral9.1%
Negative18.2%

Apex Rumble

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral100.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive62.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative37.5%

In-app purchases

None

Merge Cubes

No in-app purchases

12 purchases

Apex Rumble

One-time12
  • Revive 25$0.99
  • Fungus 25$0.99
  • 100 Coins$1.99
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  • Thunder 100$1.99
  • Immortal 100$1.99
  • Revive 100$1.99
  • Fungus 100$1.99
  • 500 Coins$2.99
  • Thunder 500$3.99
  • Immortal 500$3.99
  • Revive 500$3.99
  • Fungus 500$3.99

Questions

Is Merge Cubes free?
Merge Cubes is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Apex Rumble free?
Apex Rumble is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Merge Cubes or Apex Rumble?
Merge Cubes is rated higher. Merge Cubes averages 5.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Apex Rumble averages 3.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Merge Cubes or Apex Rumble have ads?
Both Merge Cubes and Apex Rumble show ads.

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