Comparison

Merge Smile vs Bug Watermelon Game

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

Head to head
About

Merge Smile

Combine identical smiles to create larger ones and clear levels. Progress through increasingly challenging stages with unique smile arrangements. Discover a variety of smiles as you aim to create the biggest one possible.

Highlights
  • Merge identical smiles
  • Clear stages
  • Discover various smiles
  • Increasingly challenging levels
  • Unique smile arrangements
Features
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Merge cute Smiles to clear stages and discover various Smiles! When Smiles of the same shape meet, a larger smile is created. Your goal is to create the biggest smile you can. It may be easy at first, but progressing through the stages will become more challenging. That's because each stage has different types and sizes of smiles waiting for you. How far can you progress through increasingly difficult stages?

About

Bug Watermelon Game

Merge adorable fruits to create the biggest watermelon and fulfill customer orders in a charming fruit shop. Watch out for bugs that can cause you to fail, but use your fly swatter to keep them at bay. Compete in ranking mode and become the top fruit seller.

Highlights
  • Fruit merging gameplay
  • Fulfill customer orders
  • Bug catching mechanic
  • Fly swatter tool
  • Multiple difficulty stages
  • Ranking mode
  • Create and sell expensive fruits
Features
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This is a cute and fun fruit merging game in the style of a watermelon game. Help the boy "Joy" work as an intern at a fruit shop, fulfilling customer orders for adorable fruit creations. Random bugs will appear on the fruits during the game, and if their number exceeds a certain limit, you fail. A fly swatter is also provided to get rid of the bugs. There are various stages with different levels of difficulty, and you can enjoy the ranking mode after clearing all stages. Create and sell the most expensive fruits in your basket to become the top seller! - How to Play 1. Move the fruits with simple touches and let them collide. 2. Choose carefully the order in which to merge them to create more fruits. 3. Merge all the fruits to create the biggest watermelon! Localization: English, Korean, Japanese

Screenshots

Merge Smile4 screens
Bug Watermelon Game4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Merge Smile at none against Bug Watermelon Game's 1. Merge Smile also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs weekly) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 13.0). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. Bug Watermelon Game sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Merge Smile 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 Merge Smile against 5.0 for Bug Watermelon Game. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Merge Smile ships an update every 3 days, Bug Watermelon Game weekly. Both last shipped on November 4, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Merge Smile versus Bug Watermelon Game: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMerge SmileBug Watermelon Game
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings11
Update frequencyEvery 3 days — betterWeekly
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supported — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS11.0 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size164 MB140 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJooHyung KimU-F5 Games

Customer experience

Merge Smile

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews9 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bug Watermelon Game

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Merge Smile

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Bug Watermelon Game

One-time1
  • Remove ads$1.99

Questions

Is Merge Smile free?
Merge Smile is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Bug Watermelon Game free?
Bug Watermelon Game is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Merge Smile or Bug Watermelon Game?
Merge Smile and Bug Watermelon Game are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Merge Smile or Bug Watermelon Game have ads?
Both Merge Smile and Bug Watermelon Game show ads.
Which is updated more often, Merge Smile or Bug Watermelon Game?
Merge Smile ships an update every 3 days, and Bug Watermelon Game weekly. Most recently, Merge Smile was updated on November 4, 2026 and Bug Watermelon Game on November 4, 2026.

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