Merge Grabber vs Smash Runner!
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Merge Grabber
Engage in classic 2048-style gameplay to collect characters and boost your firepower. Strategically merge numbers to build a powerful force capable of defeating the zombie army.
- Classic 2048 gameplay
- Character collection
- Increase firepower
- Crush zombie army
- Strategic merging
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Collect characters to increase your firepower, crush the zombie army!
Smash Runner!
Embark on a colorful adventure where you collect layers to grow larger. Become big enough to smash through blocks and experience the satisfying feeling of destroying cubes.
- Collect layers
- Grow bigger
- Smash blocks
- Colorful adventure
- Cube smashing
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Take a step into this colorful adventure. Collect as many layers as you can. You need to get bigger in order to pass over the blocks. You will like this feeling of smashing cubes.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Smash Runner! at weekly against Merge Grabber's every 3 weeks. On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. Merge Grabber sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Smash Runner! sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Merge Grabber against 4.6 for Smash Runner!. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 15K and 14K respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 19% of Merge Grabber's written reviews are positive against 22% of Smash Runner!'s.
Merge Grabber ships an update every 3 weeks, Smash Runner! weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 20, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Merge Grabber | Smash Runner! |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (15K ratings) | 4.6 (14K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 19.5% of reviews | 21.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 15K — better | 14K |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Weekly — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 249 MB | 258 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Voodoo | Rollic Games |
Customer experience
Merge Grabber
Smash Runner!
User reviews
Merge Grabber
From 15K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Fun game
- 💡 Helps pass time
- 🤑 Cheap no-ads option
Room to improve
- 🔥 Overheats device
- 🐛 Freezes/glitches at high scores
- 💸 Too many ads
- 🤯 Frustrating bugs
- 🤖 Repetitive levels
Smash Runner!
From 14K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Fun and satisfying gameplay
- 👍 Unique and engaging concept
- 💡 Potential for more levels
Room to improve
- 🔋 Drains battery quickly
- 🐛 Frequent crashes and bugs
- 📺 Excessive and intrusive ads
- 🤔 Misleading advertising
Bugs and requests
Merge Grabber
Reported bugs
3 issues- Map freezes at high scores
- Negative cash balance glitch
- Crashes on older devices
Requested features
4 requests- Add difficulty levels
- Improve map navigation
- Faster upgrade process
- Fix high score issues
Smash Runner!
Reported bugs
3 issues- Game freezes and crashes at higher levels
- Levels not loading or resetting progress
- Unresponsive controls and gameplay issues
Requested features
3 requests- Add an ad-free option
- Improve level progression and difficulty scaling
- Fix stability issues and crashes
In-app purchases
Merge Grabber
- No Ads$2.99
Smash Runner!
- Remove Ads$2.99
Questions
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