Magic Merge vs Spice Sort
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Magic Merge
Engage in a relaxing merge puzzle experience where you combine items to unlock new creations and decorate a charming garden. Enjoy daily challenges, special bonuses, and a peaceful atmosphere, all playable offline.
- Merge items to unlock new levels
- Decorate a cozy garden
- Combo multipliers and chain reactions
- Unlock permanent gameplay bonuses
- Daily challenges and rewards
- Global leaderboards and friend sharing
- Offline play
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Merge emojis into magic, then relax and decorate a cozy garden — a calming offline puzzle to unwind, anywhere. MERGE THE MAGIC Drag two identical items onto each other to unlock the next level — from a simple gift box all the way to a cosmic crown gift. Nine emoji lines, twelve levels each: that's 108 things to discover. COMBO & CASCADES Merge fast for combo multipliers. Hit a chain reaction — when a neighbor of the same kind triggers automatically — and feel the cosmic CHAIN ×3! ENCHANTED GARDEN Artifacts unlock buildings in a living isometric scene: rotate and zoom it with gestures, collect with a tap on the coin. Upgrade buildings up to five stars, expand the garden to 5x5, trade spare artifacts at the altar. Every building grants a permanent bonus. ORDERS AND ALBUM Lily, Root and Saffi order items right on the board — merge to fill an order and get paid on the spot. Lucky moments drop collectible cards: 36 of them in six sets, and a finished album opens the next volume. AN EVENT EVERY DAY Lily's Kitchen, Root's Grotto, Saffi's Hide and Seek, Night Fireflies and the daily Lily's Sprint. Every week brings its own themed event with rewards, and sometimes the sky drops a Starfall. DAILY CONTENT Three daily challenges (easy, normal, hard), a free spin every 24 hours, login streaks up to 7 days. Always something to come back for. PLAY WITH FRIENDS Sign in with Apple to climb the global leaderboard, add friends, and share your high score in one tap. ATMOSPHERE Magical soundtrack with four ambient tracks, satisfying haptics on every merge, surprise visitors (fireflies, shooting stars, petal rain) that drift across your screen. PRIVACY-AWARE Optional Apple Sign In with full email privacy support. Local-first save — works offline, syncs only when you're signed in. Leaderboard upload is opt-in. The game shows only non-personalized ads. Available in English, Russian, and Spanish. iPhone and iPad supported. Built with SwiftUI for iOS 17+.
Spice Sort
A calming, offline puzzle game where you sort colorful spices into glass jars. Enjoy hand-crafted levels with no timers or pressure, and a focus on relaxation and accessibility.
- 500 hand-tuned, solvable levels
- Daily Spice challenges
- Unlimited undo and instant restart
- Relaxing pour animations and sounds
- Offline play
- Colorblind assist mode
- VoiceOver and Reduce Motion support
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Spice Sort is a calm, hand-crafted sorting puzzle. Pour ground spices between glass jars until every jar holds a single color. That's the whole game — no timers, no lives, no energy meters, no pressure. It's the sort-puzzle you've played before, with a warmer soul: a dim pantry, real glass jars, and eight richly colored spices — turmeric, paprika, basil, sumac, black pepper, cinnamon, blue butterfly pea, and pink Himalayan salt. WHY YOU'LL KEEP IT ON YOUR PHONE • 500 hand-tuned levels, each one guaranteed solvable • A new Daily Spice every day — the same puzzle for everyone, with a streak to keep • Unlimited undo and instant restart. Stuck is never a dead end. • Genuinely relaxing pour animations and soft, tactile sounds BUILT TO RESPECT YOU • No ads. Not one. • No accounts, no sign-up, nothing to buy. • Works completely offline — play on a plane, on the subway, anywhere. • Google usage analytics and crash sharing are on by default. Turn either off in Settings. No advertising use. MADE FOR EVERYONE • Colorblind assist mode adds a distinct pattern to every spice • Full VoiceOver support and Reduce Motion friendly • One-handed, portrait, pick-up-and-play Sort a jar. Breathe. Sort another.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Spice Sort at none against Magic Merge's 10. Spice Sort also leads on ads (none vs shown). Magic Merge's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs fortnightly). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. Magic Merge sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Spice Sort asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Magic Merge against 5.0 for Spice Sort. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 5 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Magic Merge ships an update weekly, Spice Sort fortnightly. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.
| Parameter | Magic Merge | Spice Sort |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (4 ratings) | 5.0 (5 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 5 — better |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Fortnightly |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 104 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | NTSAUTOSIGA LLC | Prachi Jain |
Customer experience
Magic Merge
Spice Sort
In-app purchases
Magic Merge
- Pouch of Coins$0.99
- Vial of Light$1.99
- Handful of Boosters$1.99
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- Chest of Coins$2.99
- Chest of Boosters$4.99
- Spring of Light$4.99
- Garden Pass$6.99
- Treasure Hoard$7.99
- Arsenal of Boosters$7.99
- Remove Ads$9.99
Spice Sort
No in-app purchases









