Comparison

Fruit Merge vs Planet Smashers

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Drop and merge fruits
  • Evolve fruits
  • Merge to get melons
  • Timed or no timer modes
  • Earn high scores
  • Unlimited lives
  • Online and offline play
Features
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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

About

Planet Smashers

Features
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Casual planet merging game learning the planets in sequenctial size order. Begin with a tiny Asteroid and work your way up to a mighty Black Hole by merging 2 Suns! Featuring a relaxing proceedural space ambient sound track - Chill out and smash some planets!

Screenshots

Fruit Merge4 screens
Planet Smashers3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Planet Smashers at none against Fruit Merge's 1. On price, update cadence, 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. Fruit Merge sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Planet Smashers asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Fruit Merge ships an update every 9 days, Planet Smashers weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Fruit Merge versus Planet Smashers: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFruit MergePlanet Smashers
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (3.3K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews34.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings3.3K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 9 daysWeekly — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better14.0
Further details — not scored
Size197 MB109 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPuzzle CatsReality Boffins

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

Planet Smashers

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Fruit Merge

One-time1
  • Balloon Game Ad Free$14.99
None

Planet Smashers

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Fruit Merge free?
Fruit Merge is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Planet Smashers free?
Planet Smashers is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Fruit Merge or Planet Smashers have ads?
Both Fruit Merge and Planet Smashers show ads.
Which is updated more often, Fruit Merge or Planet Smashers?
Fruit Merge ships an update every 9 days, and Planet Smashers weekly. Most recently, Fruit Merge was updated on November 7, 2026 and Planet Smashers on October 31, 2026.

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