Fruit Merge vs SAMOKO
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Fruit Merge
Drop and merge cute fruits to create evolved versions, aiming to merge until you obtain melons. This popular puzzle game offers timed or untimed play and allows you to compete for high scores.
- Drop and merge fruits
- Evolve fruits
- Merge to get melons
- Timed or no timer modes
- Earn high scores
- Unlimited lives
- Online and offline play
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Cute Fruit Merge Game is now available! Optimized for iPhone and iPad! Drop cute fruit, merge similar fruit to create evolved fruit! Merge until you get melons and win! Melon game is popular in Japan and all around the world! Features of Fruit Merge Game: - 11 unique fruits to play - Play with timer or no timer - Earn official high scores - Cute fruits and watermelons - Unlimited lives - Play online or offline
SAMOKO
Merge adorable animals starting from eggs to grow them into larger creatures. Compete globally to climb the leaderboards in this puzzle game. It's perfect for quick play sessions and fans of cute graphics.
- Merge cute animals
- Grow animals from eggs
- Global player competition
- Leaderboard rankings
- Cute graphics
- Short play sessions
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Combine animals from eggs to elephants. ● Merge cute animals to make them bigger! ● Compete with players from around the world and check your ranking! Recommended for people who ● Lovers of cute graphics ● Likes puzzle games like 2048 ● Tired of constant banner ads ● Looking for a game to play for short bursts of time. Play Samoko today! Join the cute animals and find the elephant~!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: SAMOKO at 100% against Fruit Merge's 34%. SAMOKO also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7). Fruit Merge's advantage is ratings volume (3.3K vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, update cadence, ads 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. Fruit Merge sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and SAMOKO sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
SAMOKO holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Fruit Merge has 3.3K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 34% of Fruit Merge's written reviews are positive against 100% of SAMOKO's.
Fruit Merge ships an update every 9 days, SAMOKO weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Fruit Merge | SAMOKO |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (3.3K ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 34.3% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3.3K — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days | 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 | 13.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 197 MB | 181 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Puzzle Cats | Ji Hye Back |
Customer experience
Fruit Merge
SAMOKO
Bugs and requests
Fruit Merge
Reported bugs
2 issues- Fruits get stuck in corners
- Game sometimes ends for no reason
Requested features
4 requests- Bring back the old fruit theme
- Add more fruit options
- Allow continuing after getting a watermelon
- Add an option to disable the 'New Fruit' dialog
SAMOKO
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Fruit Merge
- Balloon Game Ad Free$14.99
SAMOKO
- Ad Free$3.49
