Comparison

Cozy Core vs Merg

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

Head to head
About

Cozy Core

Engage in a relaxed block-building sandbox where you break and collect blocks to create custom scenes. Earn coins by selling blocks to unlock new items, animals, and worlds, all while enjoying calming music.

Highlights
  • Block building and breaking
  • Scene creation
  • In-game currency system
  • Unlockable content
  • Relaxing soundtrack
Features
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Cozy Core is a super casual block building and breaking sandbox. Break and gain blocks from the arcane All-Core and use those blocks and items to build your very own scenes! Sell blocks gained from the All-Core in order to earn coins and unlock more blocks, animals, plants, worlds, and more! Do all of this and more while listening to super cozy and relaxing music!

About

Merg

Grow by consuming smaller entities and strategically splitting to evade or pursue. Engage in various game modes, customize your appearance, and compete in ranked seasons. Play with friends online or locally.

Highlights
  • Eat smaller entities to grow
  • Split and merge mechanics
  • Multiple game modes (Classic, Teams, Survival, Soccer)
  • Competitive seasons with ranked play
  • Online and LAN multiplayer
  • Extensive customization options
  • Progressive XP and leaderboard system
Features
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CORE GAMEPLAY - Eat smaller entities to grow bigger. - Split into multiple pieces to chase prey or dodge danger, then merge back together. - Shoot holes at bigger attackers to pop them into many pieces and chip at them. MANY GAME MODES - Classic: open arena, eat or be eaten. - Teams: coordinate with allies and devour the other teams. - Survival: last blob standing wins. - Team Survival: last team standing wins. - Knockout: smallest players are eliminated every set interval, last player standing wins. - Adventure: team up with friends and progress through a variety of different stages with 4 difficulty levels. - Soccer: capture the ball and score in the opponent's net. - Competitive: ranked 1v1 against opponents of similar skill. COMPETITIVE SEASONS - Climb the ranks through skill-based matchmaking. - Every season, the top 100 players earn huge rewards! - Browse your full competitive history and past-season leaderboards any time. ONLINE & SOCIAL - Play over LAN for low latency local matches with your custom room setup. - One-tap PLAY ONLINE drops you into a public room of your chosen mode in seconds. - Create private rooms with your own rules: map size, max players, bots, mode modifiers, custom commands and more - Spectate any room silently, or queue up to join when a slot opens. - Live in-game chat, global chat rooms, and a full friends list with online status. HUGE CUSTOMIZATION - 60+ skins, plus the ability to upload your own custom skins. - Name colors, gradient name colors (up to three colors), and custom name fonts. - Profile tags, profile backgrounds, and rank badges visible to everyone you play with. PROGRESSION - Earn XP and Voidstones in every mode. - Climb XP and per-mode leaderboards filtered by daily, weekly, monthly, or all-time. - Watch ads for bonus Voidstones! MODE MODIFIERS These modifiers can be toggled for any mode when creating a custom game. - Quick Merge: pieces merge back together immediately after splitting. - Relax: human players can't kill each other, perfect for chill rooms. - Circle Map: round arena instead of square. - No holes: gets rid of all hole hazards in the game, perfect for testing new tricks, strategies or growing larger than the map! - Stack any combination of modifiers at your own free will. POLISH & QUALITY OF LIFE - Adaptive jitter buffer and per-tick interpolation keep gameplay smooth even on a slow connection or server overload. - Actively being translated by the community, more languages will be available soon. - Robust account recovery so you never lose your progress. - Free to play, with optional purchases.

Screenshots

Cozy Core4 screens
Merg1 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Merg at none against Cozy Core's 1. Cozy Core's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (4 vs 1). On price, rating, update cadence 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. Cozy Core sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Merg asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Cozy Core against 5.0 for Merg. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Cozy Core ships an update every 6 days, Merg weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Cozy Core versus Merg: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCozy CoreMerg
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (4 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings4 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 6 days — betterWeekly
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size457 MB130 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperHappy Games LLCDennis Rzehaczek

Customer experience

Cozy Core

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Merg

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Cozy Core

One-time1
  • SUPPORT HAPPY GAMES LLC$0.99
None

Merg

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Cozy Core free?
Cozy Core is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Merg free?
Merg is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Cozy Core or Merg?
Cozy Core and Merg are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 4 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Cozy Core or Merg have ads?
Merg shows ads; Cozy Core does not.
Which is updated more often, Cozy Core or Merg?
Cozy Core ships an update every 6 days, and Merg weekly. Most recently, Cozy Core was updated on October 24, 2026 and Merg on October 28, 2026.

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