Echo Planet vs MergeCiv
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Echo Planet
Transform a planet into a star by forging moons that channel power to its core. Upgrade your celestial bodies, stack multipliers, and witness your energy output grow exponentially, even when you're not actively playing. This idle game offers a satisfying progression from small sparks to galaxy-scale power.
- Forge moons to power a planetary core
- Upgrade moons and stack multipliers
- Idle progression, play offline
- Watch signal surge from sparks to galaxy-scale
- Transform planet into a star
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Forge moons that beam power into a sleeping planetary core, awakening it and ultimately igniting it into a star. Upgrade your moons, stack multipliers, and watch your signal surge from tiny sparks to galaxy-scale output, even while you’re offline.
MergeCiv
Merge tiles to generate resources, build a civilization, and master magic. Unlock upgrades, cast spells, and ascend to create a stronger empire with each new run. Enjoy offline earnings and cloud sync across devices.
- Merge-based resource generation
- Civilization building with upgrades
- Magic spells and crystal rituals
- Ascension loop for permanent bonuses
- Citadel endgame with elite upgrades
- Offline earnings and speed boost
- Cloud sync across devices
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Merge tiles. Build an empire. Master magic. Start with wheat fields and forests. Merge matching tiles to climb through tiers, generating Gold, Wood, Knowledge, and Mana along the way. Hire villagers, build workshops, unlock upgrades, and grow a thriving civilization — all on a single grid. Cast spells. Charge crystals. Ascend. Unlock Mana to cast spells that reshape your grid. Charge crystals, then ascend to earn permanent rituals that make every new run stronger. Push further into the Citadel endgame to unlock elite upgrades and collect rare artifacts that persist forever. Raise a dragon in the Wilds. Enter The Aerie to explore a living 3D valley. Hunt, swim, fly, awaken fire at Cinderwake, and help kobold villages grow. Your original dragon and hoard remain in Classic. Your empire never sleeps. Come back to offline earnings and a speed boost that rewards time away. Sign in with Google or Apple for real-time cloud sync across all your devices. Features: • Merge-based resource generation on a dynamic grid • 50+ upgrades across 5 tiers • Spells, mana, and crystal rituals • Ascension loop — rebuild stronger each time • Citadel endgame with elite research upgrades • Artifact collection with cross-run bonuses • Offline earnings with speed boost • Cloud sync with Google & Apple Sign-In • Cross-device handoff with session locking
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Verdict
Echo Planet and MergeCiv both sit at 4.9 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of Echo Planet's written reviews are positive against 33% of MergeCiv's. Echo Planet also leads on ratings volume (23 vs 1) and update cadence (every 3 days vs weekly). MergeCiv's advantage is monetization model (ad-supported vs free with in-app purchases). On price, rating, 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. Echo Planet sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and MergeCiv sells 17 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Echo Planet against 5.0 for MergeCiv. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Echo Planet has 23 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 100% of Echo Planet's written reviews are positive against 33% of MergeCiv's.
Echo Planet ships an update every 3 days, MergeCiv weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 26, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Echo Planet | MergeCiv |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (23 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 33.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 23 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days — better | Weekly |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 96 MB | 107 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Mustafa Mohammed | Paul Bursu |
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In-app purchases
Echo Planet
- Gold Supporter Pack$2.99
- Diamond Supporter Pack$5.99
MergeCiv
- 1 Bonus Boost$1.00
- Handful of Feathers$2.00
- Herald's Bundle$5.00
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- Feather Satchel$5.00
- 5 Bonus Boosts$5.00
- Quartermaster's Bundle$7.00
- Signal Fire Bundle$10.00
- Feather Chest$10.00
- Falconer's Bundle$10.00
- Citadel Bundle$15.00
- Founder's Pack$15.00
- Aviary Bundle$20.00
- 24 Bonus Boosts$24.00
- Feather Wagon$25.00
- War Chest Bundle$35.00
- Forgemaster's Bundle$35.00
- Royal Feather Hoard$100.00
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