Merge & Shoot! vs Doom Kitchen
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Merge & Shoot!
Combine and upgrade powerful auto-shooting turrets to create an unstoppable force. Unleash a barrage of bullets to overcome challenging waves of enemies in this action-packed game.
- Merge and assemble turrets
- Auto-shooting mechanics
- Bullet-hell combat
- Upgrade turrets
- Epic mayhem
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Get ready for an explosion of fun! Merge and assemble epic auto-shooting turrets to unleash a storm of bullet-hell fury!
Doom Kitchen
Defend your city from a zombie apocalypse by cooking special food that turns them to ash. Strategically arrange your kitchen and choose the right meals for different zombie types to survive.
- Defense roguelike gameplay
- Zombie-themed survival
- Kitchen arrangement strategy
- Food-based combat
- Enemy-specific food choices
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Doom Kitchen is a defense Roguelike. The zombie virus has swept the world, and your city is in crisis! As a special chef, you suddenly find that zombies have lost their ability to act after eating special food and turn to ashes. A sense of purpose arises, and you decide to pick up the spatula and save... Zombies are coming again, or survive first!! Features: - Arrange your kitchen properly within the limited space. - Choose the right food and facilities for different enemies. - Test your organizational skills and combat strategy.
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Verdict
Merge & Shoot! and Doom Kitchen both sit at 4.7 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of Doom Kitchen's written reviews are positive against 56% of Merge & Shoot!'s. Doom Kitchen also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 11) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). Merge & Shoot!'s advantage is ratings volume (318 vs 5). On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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 & Shoot! sells 11 one-off in-app purchases. Doom Kitchen asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Merge & Shoot! against 4.6 for Doom Kitchen. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Merge & Shoot! has 318 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 56% of Merge & Shoot!'s written reviews are positive against 100% of Doom Kitchen's.
Merge & Shoot! ships an update fortnightly, Doom Kitchen every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Merge & Shoot! | Doom Kitchen |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (318 ratings) — better | 4.6 (5 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 56.3% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 318 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 269 MB | 87 MB |
| Age rating | +4 | 9+ |
| Developer | Macaca Games Inc. | 利园 宋 |
Customer experience
Merge & Shoot!
Doom Kitchen
Bugs and requests
Merge & Shoot!
Reported bugs
5 issues- Endless tower freezes
- Bug: duplicate turret after merge
- Bug: merge doesn't consume item from bag
- Bug: arena won't let player progress
- Bug: incorrect opponent level in arena
Requested features
19 requests- Remove daily arena cap
- Add ability to buy merge stones
- Add waves game mode
- Add co-op mode
- Add real-time PvP with infinite tiles
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- Add player names in ranked
- Add player icons
- Add ranked rewards
- Remove limit on ranked matches
- Add more rarities (legendary, mythical)
- Rework gem mines
- Add special effects for weapons
- Fix spelling and grammar
- Add ability to replay story levels
- Add quests beyond daily
- Show merge increase stats
- Option to buy no ads
- Change background color/designs
- Change block designs
Doom Kitchen
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Merge & Shoot!
- Gem (Tiny)$0.99
- Beginner Bundle$1.99
- Hand of Midas 1 Day$2.99
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- Battle Pass$4.99
- Bundle (Medium)$4.99
- Gem (Small)$4.99
- Gem (Medium)$9.99
- Hand of Midas 7 Days$9.99
- Gem (Big)$19.99
- Gem Growth Fund$29.99
- Hand of Midas 30 Days$29.99
Doom Kitchen
No in-app purchases
Questions
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