Diamond Diggers vs Merge Sharks
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Diamond Diggers
Merge and mine pickaxes to destroy various ore blocks and achieve the highest score. Upgrade your pickaxe to reach its maximum potential in this block-breaking game.
- Merge pickaxes
- Mine ores
- Destroy blocks
- Upgrade pickaxe
- Score highest
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Merge Dig and Mine pickaxes in this Diamond Digger game and destroy blocks ranging from stone, iron, gold, diamond ores etc and break blocks! Get the highest score mining the most blocks and upgrade your pickaxe to the highest level possible.
Merge Sharks
Combine your fish and projectile units to create unique creatures. Expand your aquatic army and conquer the vast ocean.
- Merge fish and projectile units
- Create unique creatures
- Grow your army
- Conquer the open ocean
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Merge your fish and projectile units into creatures no one has seen before. Grow your army and take over the open ocean!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Merge Sharks at 4.7 against Diamond Diggers's 3.0. Merge Sharks also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 6 months) and ratings volume (5K vs 21). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Diamond Diggers sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Merge Sharks sells 7 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Merge Sharks holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Merge Sharks has 5K ratings behind it against 21, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 33% of Diamond Diggers's written reviews are positive against 44% of Merge Sharks's.
Diamond Diggers ships an update every 6 months, Merge Sharks every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and November 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Diamond Diggers | Merge Sharks |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (21 ratings) | 4.7 (5K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 33.3% of reviews | 44.2% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 21 | 5K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 2 weeks — 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 | 15.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 532 MB | 266 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Mohnish Choudhary | Thomas Cooper |
Customer experience
Diamond Diggers
Merge Sharks
Bugs and requests
Diamond Diggers
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Merge Sharks
Reported bugs
2 issues- Progress and characters randomly disappearing
- Inability to move or control game elements
Requested features
2 requests- More levels and content
- Improved stability and bug fixes
In-app purchases
Diamond Diggers
- Remove Ads$2.99
Merge Sharks
- 100 Gems$0.99
- 50 Gems$0.99
- Remove Ads$2.99
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- 200 Gems$2.99
- 700 Gems$9.99
- 1500 Gems$19.99
- 10000 Gems$99.99
Questions
Is Diamond Diggers free?
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