Merge ABC vs Block'n'Roll
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side โ with what reviewers say about each.
Merge ABC
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Merge ABC is an easy to play board game. Merge letter tiles to reach the highest letter in the alphabet. Swipe tiles up, down, left, or right. Matching letters merge into the next letter in the alphabet. Keep merging to reach higher letters and improve your score. The game ends when the board is full and no merges are possible. Watch the progress strip to see your current highest letter, all-time highest reached letter and the final level position. Get included in the Game Center leaderboards. Win achievements for high score and big letters reached. 100% FREE TO PLAY Enjoy unlimited play for free. We support a free pricing model through minimal ads. A single non-intrusive ad banner included during gameplay. You can undo an infinite number of moves (supported by full-screen ads). Use 3 power-ups per game, just like life-lines. These are also supported by a full-screen ad each. UNLIMITED Upgrade to the Unlimited package with a one-time purchase. You pay once and get these huge benefits: โข Remove All Ads: No more banners or full-screen ads. โข Instant Undo: Unlimited undos with instant effect for fast gameplay โข Boosted Start: Start a new game from your all-time highest letter reached Inspired by the hugely popular 2048 game mechanism created by Gabriele Cirulli.
Block'n'Roll
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A drafting sheet, and blocks with grooves cut into them. Lay a route from the feeder to the catcher, then let the ball go and find out whether it works. Laying a route is not the same as finishing one: a climb costs speed and a drop returns some of it, but what you get back from coming down never pays for going up again. Height is spent, not borrowed. Corners cost speed too. Nothing is settled until the ball has rolled. WHAT IS IN IT Practice โ ten courses on small boards, where the rules are learned. Nothing is ranked. Open League โ twenty hand-built courses, free, ranked by the total number of pieces used across the whole set. Fewest wins. Finishing them opens the Pro League. Pro League โ twenty courses for people who have already finished twenty. Getting the ball home is assumed here; what is asked is how few pieces it took. Each course knows its own true minimum, so you can always see how far off you are. Drills โ pick a theme and a course is built on the spot. One is free each day; Pro removes the limit. Skill Trials โ Pro courses where the ball must pass through a fixed checkpoint before reaching the goal. A new course is made each time. Workshop โ place the start and the goal yourself and build whatever you like. Once it has actually rolled home, it can be given away with a share code. What arrives is the problem; the answer does not travel with it. After the other person has solved it themselves, they can look at how you did it. NO ACCOUNT, NO PERMISSIONS No sign-up, no camera, no location, and no advertising. To improve the app, we collect anonymous aggregate counts of fixed actions and the app version only โ never personal information, device identifiers, course content, or share codes. Generated courses rebuild from seven-character codes; your progress and hand-built courses stay on your device. No course content is uploaded to or stored on our servers. Block'n'Roll Pro is a one-time purchase โ not a subscription โ that opens Skill Trials and the Workshop, and removes the limit on drills. The Pro League becomes available after all 20 Open League courses are cleared.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Block'n'Roll at none against Merge ABC's shown. On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.
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Both are free to download. Merge ABC sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Block'n'Roll sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
| Parameter | Merge ABC | Block'n'Roll |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days | โ |
| Ads | Yes | No โ better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 18.3 | 18.0 โ better |
| Further details โ not scored | ||
| Size | 10 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | PLURIFORM S.R.L. | Takayuki Hamuro |
In-app purchases
Merge ABC
- Unlimited$4.99
Block'n'Roll
- Block'n'Roll Pro$12.99









