Merge Building vs Tidepool Tycoon
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Merge Building
A casual game where players merge identical items to create higher-level upgrades. Tap to spawn items and utilize power-ups to accelerate progress and unlock advanced structures.
- Merge similar items
- Upgrade to higher levels
- Spawn items from boxes
- Utilize power-ups
- Unlock advanced structures
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Merge building is a game where you merge similar items to upgrade them into the next level, you tap the spawn box to spawn more items to merge. As you progress you gain powerups to help you level up faster and spawn higher level items. Making reaching higher level house items more fun and easier.
Tidepool Tycoon
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Tap a tidepool, build a harbor, watch it come alive. Tidepool Tycoon is a cozy idle tycoon where you grow a tiny tidal cove into a bustling seaside harbor — fishing huts, kelp farms, a glowing tidepool aquarium, a lighthouse, and more, each earning Shells on their own, even while you're away. HOW IT WORKS • Place and upgrade buildings along the shore — each earns Shells every second • Tap buildings for bonus collections on top of your passive income • Come back later to a "Welcome Back" haul of everything you earned while gone • "Set Sail" to reset your cove for a permanent production boost — and unlock a brand new look for the whole harbor A LIVING WORLD, NOT JUST A SPREADSHEET • Shimmering, animated water and a slow day-to-night lighting cycle • Gulls wheel overhead, crabs scuttle the shoreline, dolphins leap offshore • Drag every building — and every decoration — anywhere you like. It's your cove, arranged your way • Set Sail through four hand-illustrated biomes: Dawn Cove, Sunset Harbor, Moonlit Bay, and Aurora Tide BUILT TO RESPECT YOUR TIME • Full offline progress — your harbor never stops earning • Daily streaks reward you for just checking in • Free to play, with fair optional extras: remove ads, boost your offline earnings, or join the Tidepool Club for an ongoing production boost — never required to enjoy the game Plant your first fishing hut and see what your cove becomes. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Merge Building at every 4 days against Tidepool Tycoon's every 2 weeks. Merge Building also leads on device support (4 vs 2) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 17.0). On price, 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. Merge Building sells 8 one-off in-app purchases and Tidepool Tycoon sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Merge Building ships an update every 4 days, Tidepool Tycoon every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Merge Building | Tidepool Tycoon |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days — better | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 95 MB | 18 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | MOSTAFA SALAH A ALABYAD | Tam Tran |
In-app purchases
Merge Building
- Emeralds 10K$0.99
- Buy 100 Rubies$0.99
- Buy Bundle 1$1.49
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- Buy 220 Rubies$1.99
- Buy Emerald 25k$1.99
- Buy Bundle 2$2.99
- Buy 60k Emeralds$3.49
- Buy 500 Rubies$3.99
Tidepool Tycoon
- Tidepool Club$9.991 Month
- Pearl Pack - Small$0.99
- Castaway Pack$2.99
- Pearl Pack - Medium$4.99
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- Harbormaster Deed$6.99
- Pearl Pack - Large$9.99
- Founder's Chest$19.99
- Pearl Pack - Huge$19.99
Questions
Is Merge Building free?
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Do Merge Building or Tidepool Tycoon have ads?
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