Merge Maestro vs Dicefolk
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Merge Maestro
Combine hundreds of unique emoji tokens in a puzzle-like, rogue-like experience. Discover creative combinations of tokens and powers to fuse unique strategies and overcome increasingly challenging levels. Enjoy a twist on puzzle, rogue-like, and arcade gameplay.
- Hundreds of unique emoji tokens
- Combo-driven gameplay
- Puzzle-like rogue-like mechanics
- Discover creative token combinations
- Fuse unique strategies
- Challenging levels
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Combine 100's of unique emoji based tokens in this combo-driven puzzle-like rogue-like! Find ever more creative combinations of Tokens and Powers to fuse unique strategies and beat this ever more challenging twist on rogue-likes, puzzlers and arcadey games!
Dicefolk
Assemble a team of mythical beasts and lead them to victory using a unique dice-based combat system. Recruit and evolve your creatures to create the ultimate Chimera Summoner.
- Recruit mythical beasts
- Create custom teams
- Unique dice mechanics
- Command creatures to victory
- Evolve your team
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As a Chimera Summoner, recruit and create your perfect team of mythical beasts and command them to victory using unique dice mechanics.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Merge Maestro at 4.8 against Dicefolk's 4.3. Merge Maestro also leads on review sentiment (91% vs 77%). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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 Maestro sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Dicefolk sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Merge Maestro holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 144 and 54 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 91% of Merge Maestro's written reviews are positive against 77% of Dicefolk's.
Merge Maestro ships an update every 9 days, Dicefolk fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Merge Maestro | Dicefolk |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (144 ratings) — better | 4.3 (54 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 91.4% of reviews — better | 77.1% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 144 — better | 54 |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days — better | Fortnightly |
| Ads | No | No |
| 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 | 12.0 | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 94 MB | 400 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 9+ |
| Developer | DAVID HS TING | Good Shepherd Entertainment |
Customer experience
Merge Maestro
Dicefolk
User reviews
Merge Maestro
From 144 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Engaging and fun gameplay
- 🚀 Great value for a free-to-play game
- 💡 Unique and creative mechanics
- 👍 Thoughtful game design
Room to improve
- 🐛 Crashes on startup for some users
- 🐛 Issues with medal tracking
Dicefolk
From 54 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Improves on the pick up and play aspect
- 👍 Lots of depth and the right amount of meta progression
- 👍 Reasonably priced
- 👍 Intuitive gameplay
- 👍 Strategic and fun
Room to improve
- 🐛 Crashes on launch after update
- 👎 Not the full game, must purchase separately
Bugs and requests
Merge Maestro
Reported bugs
2 issues- Crashes on startup
- Medal tracking issues
Requested features
2 requests- Endless mode
- UI/text scale options
Dicefolk
Reported bugs
1 issue- Crashes on launch after update
Requested features
1 request- Dark mode option
In-app purchases
Merge Maestro
- Full Access$2.99
Dicefolk
- Full Game Unlock$4.99
- Full Game$4.99
