Comparison

MergeALot vs Starfall Keep

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

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About

MergeALot

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Dive into the endlessly satisfying world of MergeALot! Combine everyday objects into bigger and better objects in this addictive incremental idle game. The more you merge, the more you unlock! Journey through vibrant, themed sections, each brimming with unique and wondrous items waiting to be discovered. With 160 unique objects to find, the possibilities are endless! Features: * 160 Objects to Collect: Uncover a vast collection of beautifully designed items. * 17 Themed Sections: Explore diverse and captivating environments, each with its own style and set of objects. * Coin Frenzies: The coins are flying through your screen, collect them all! * Guided tutorial: Easily learn how to play with the guided tutorial, no need for guessing! * Complete Quests: Tackle different quest types and earn valuable rewards. * Power Up Your Merging: Invest in permanent and coin-based upgrades to boost your progress. * Earn While You're Away: Continue earning rewards even when the game is closed with offline progression! * Rewarding Ad Events: Opt-in for powerful bonuses without feeling pressured and never be forced to watch an ad! * Prestige & Ascend: Reset your progress to unlock even greater power and accelerate your merging journey! Download MergeALot today and embark on an epic merging adventure!

About

Starfall Keep

Engage in a cozy tower defense experience with over 100 handcrafted levels. Strategically place and upgrade four distinct towers, each with unique elemental effects, to defend your keep against waves of monsters and bosses. Collect powerful relics and permanent upgrades to strengthen your defenses for subsequent runs.

Highlights
  • Four elemental towers with priming mechanics
  • 100+ handcrafted levels across diverse biomes
  • Draft run-warping relics
  • Permanent armory upgrades between runs
  • Variety of enemy types and bosses
  • Gold banking and keep integrity mechanics
Features
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Starfall Keep is a cozy spin on the classic tower defense with tons to play. Build your towers, hold the keep, and battle through 100 handcrafted levels packed with monsters, bosses, relics, and upgrades. • FOUR TOWERS, REAL CHOICES — Bolt slows, Pyre burns, Venom poisons, Arc strikes hard. Land two elements on one foe to PRIME it for bonus damage. • THE LONG DESCENT — 70+ battlefields of rising difficulty across spring, desert, winter, and volcanic biomes. Gold and Keep Integrity carry between battles; lose the keep and the run is over. • DRAFT RELICS — choose a run-warping relic after every victory and build around it. • THE ARMORY — bank permanent upgrades between runs. Every descent makes the next one stronger. • AN ENDLESS HORDE — runners, flyers, armored brutes, self-healing beasts, motherships, and the Starfall Dragon waiting at the bottom. • MINT GOLD — raise the treasury tower and bank a dividend every wave. Slow them. Burn them. Hold the line — and drive the dark back down.

Screenshots

MergeALot4 screens
Starfall Keep4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: MergeALot at Free against Starfall Keep's $2.99. Starfall Keep's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 6) and ads (none vs shown). On device support and iOS requirement 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

MergeALot is free to download; Starfall Keep costs $2.99 up front. MergeALot sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Starfall Keep asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

MergeALot ships an update every 9 days, Starfall Keep daily. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 5 level
MergeALot versus Starfall Keep: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMergeALotStarfall Keep
PriceFree — better$2.99
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 9 daysDaily — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
Monetization—Paid
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.0 — better18.6
Further details — not scored
Size261 MB121 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperMegaMiley StudioMotivation Stack LLC

In-app purchases

6 purchases

MergeALot

One-time6
  • Tiny Gem Bundle$2.99
  • Small Gem Bundle$3.99
  • Regular Gem Bundle$7.99
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  • Big Gem Bundle$17.99
  • Huge Gem Bundle$44.99
  • Massive Gem Bundle$89.99
None

Starfall Keep

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is MergeALot free?
MergeALot is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Starfall Keep free?
Starfall Keep costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do MergeALot or Starfall Keep have ads?
MergeALot shows ads; Starfall Keep does not.
Which is updated more often, MergeALot or Starfall Keep?
MergeALot ships an update every 9 days, and Starfall Keep daily. Most recently, MergeALot was updated on October 30, 2026 and Starfall Keep on October 31, 2026.

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