Comparison

Farm Merge vs Candy Cutter

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

Head to head
About

Farm Merge

A casual farming simulation game where you plant crops, raise animals, and merge items to upgrade your farm. Fulfill orders, trade goods, and even battle other players for resources. Enjoy a relaxing escape into a bustling pastoral life.

Highlights
  • Planting and harvesting crops
  • Merging items for upgrades
  • Raising cute animals
  • Fulfilling NPC orders
  • Trading goods
  • Player vs. Player battles
  • Social features and chat
Features
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Welcome to Farm Merge, a casual game that combines planting, collecting, merging, and fighting. Here, you'll meet a group of friends with different personalities and unique experiences, and build a farm with them. Plant crops, fulfill orders, raise various cute animals, and enjoy the fun of pastoral life. As your farm grows, You'll also unlock buildings such as railway stations and ports, participate in crop trade, and bring further development to the farm. Turn yourself into a boss, making this place more and more bustling! Now, let's forget about the tired and hectic life for a while, and start a decompression and healing farm journey! Game Features: -The farm is rich in products, hundreds of illustrated book items, a wide variety, unlock as much as you want. -Merging 3 identical items can be upgraded to a higher level; Merging 5 identical items will be even more cost-effective. -Merging cute pets can get more hearts and unlock more land. -Buy seeds, plant, fertilize, irrigate, and experience happy planting. -Summon cute animals to gather supplies and build workshops, complete orders from NPC, train and cruise, and strive for more profits. -Match the lineup reasonably, send cute pets into other players' farms, launch attacks, and start battles to snatch resources. Have you been attacked? Launch a counterattack at any time, crush them with strength. -Add friends and chat anytime or visit his farm. Chat in real time with all players in the game, share your gameplay experience.

About

Candy Cutter

Build a thriving candy empire with simple finger taps. Unlock new recipes, adopt pets, and customize your shop with beautiful backgrounds while enjoying relaxing lo-fi music. Experience an addictive gameplay loop focused on growth and rewards.

Highlights
  • Build candy empire
  • Unlock 50+ candy recipes
  • Adopt 12+ pets
  • Customize with 10+ backgrounds
  • Relaxing lo-fi music
  • Addictive gameplay loop
Features
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REWARDING AND ADDICTIVE Feel the excitement of building your candy empire with just the agility of your fingers. A simple premise that feels amazing and keeps you grinding for the next milestone! MANY REWARDS TO UNLOCK As your shop grows you will have the opportunity to purchase new candy recipes, adopt friendly companions, and unlock beautiful backgrounds. - 50+ Candy Recipes - 12+ Pets - 10+ Backgrounds KICK BACK AND RELAX Listen to low-fi music while you tap your way to un-godly amounts of wealth.

Screenshots

Farm Merge4 screens
Candy Cutter4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Candy Cutter at none against Farm Merge's 14. Candy Cutter also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.5) and review sentiment (100% vs 74%). Farm Merge's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 9 months) and ratings volume (744 vs 2). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Farm Merge sells 14 one-off in-app purchases. Candy Cutter asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Candy Cutter holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Farm Merge has 744 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 74% of Farm Merge's written reviews are positive against 100% of Candy Cutter's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Farm Merge ships an update every 3 weeks, Candy Cutter every 9 months. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Farm Merge versus Candy Cutter: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFarm MergeCandy Cutter
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (744 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews74.4% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings744 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 9 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size440 MB84 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLT Fun Inc.Matthew Spencer

Customer experience

Farm Merge

All ratings740 ratings
Positive89.7%
Neutral5.4%
Negative4.9%
Written reviews215 reviews
Positive74.4%
Neutral8.4%
Negative17.2%

Candy Cutter

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Farm Merge

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Game freezes or crashes after recent update
  • Connectivity issues and server connection problems
  • Progression data loss or reset after reinstalling

Requested features

4 requests
  • More ways to earn in-game currency without spending
  • Expand storage and inventory capacity
  • Introduce more variety in gameplay and content
  • Improve stability and reduce technical issues

Candy Cutter

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

14 purchases

Farm Merge

One-time14
  • great_big_package_1$0.99
  • present_1$0.99
  • magic_land_1$0.99
Show 11 more
  • great_big_package_7$1.99
  • great_big_package_11$2.99
  • great_big_package_2$4.99
  • great_big_package_3$9.99
  • magic_land_2$9.99
  • monthly_card$9.99
  • great_big_package_4$19.99
  • magic_land_3$19.99
  • pass_check_1$19.99
  • great_big_package_5$49.99
  • great_big_package_6$99.99
None

Candy Cutter

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Farm Merge free?
Farm Merge is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Candy Cutter free?
Candy Cutter is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Farm Merge or Candy Cutter?
Candy Cutter is rated higher. Farm Merge averages 4.5 out of 5 from 744 ratings, while Candy Cutter averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Farm Merge or Candy Cutter have ads?
Neither Farm Merge nor Candy Cutter shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Farm Merge or Candy Cutter?
Farm Merge ships an update every 3 weeks, and Candy Cutter every 9 months. Most recently, Farm Merge was updated on October 30, 2026 and Candy Cutter on October 24, 2026.

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