Comparison

Merge Building vs Tidepool Tycoon

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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.

About

Tidepool Tycoon

Features
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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/

Screenshots

Merge Building2 screens
Tidepool Tycoon4 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

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.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Merge Building versus Tidepool Tycoon: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMerge BuildingTidepool Tycoon
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS11.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size95 MB18 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperMOSTAFA SALAH A ALABYADTam Tran

In-app purchases

8 purchases

Merge Building

One-time8
  • 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
8 purchases

Tidepool Tycoon

Subscriptions1
  • Tidepool Club$9.991 Month
One-time7
  • 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?
Merge Building is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Tidepool Tycoon free?
Tidepool Tycoon is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Merge Building or Tidepool Tycoon have ads?
Both Merge Building and Tidepool Tycoon show ads.
Which is updated more often, Merge Building or Tidepool Tycoon?
Merge Building ships an update every 4 days, and Tidepool Tycoon every 2 weeks. Most recently, Merge Building was updated on October 24, 2026 and Tidepool Tycoon on October 25, 2026.

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