Comparison

Merge Blacksmith Idle vs Luminariah

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

Head to head
About

Merge Blacksmith Idle

Features
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Forge weapons, merge matching gear, and grow a blacksmith town. Merge Blacksmith Idle is an idle merge RPG built around simple crafting, weapon discovery, adventurer recruitment, quests, and town growth. Features - Craft weapons with gold and merge matching weapons into stronger gear - Discover new weapons and collect codex rewards - Sell requested weapons to customers for more gold - Recruit adventurers and equip crafted weapons - Send parties on monster quests and collect rewards - Upgrade the town to expand slots, quests, and adventurer limits - Use attendance and rewarded ad bonuses to support progression Check your progress in short sessions, then return later to keep expanding your weapon codex and blacksmith town.

About

Luminariah

Embark on a fantasy adventure in this semi-idle MMORPG where your character continues to battle and earn rewards even when you're offline. Choose from four distinct classes, join guilds for raids and sieges, and engage in a player-driven economy.

Highlights
  • Semi-idle server-side combat
  • Four distinct character classes
  • Guilds, raids, and castle sieges
  • Ten crafting professions
  • Player-driven economy with trading
  • Spirit pet progression
  • Cross-platform play
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Luminariah is a semi-idle fantasy MMORPG you can play in short bursts or long sessions. Your character keeps fighting even after you close the app, so progress never stops. SEMI-IDLE, SERVER-SIDE COMBAT The moment you attack, the fight is live on the server. Lock your phone, switch characters, or close the app entirely and the battle keeps going. When you return, you collect what you earned while away, up to a 24-hour window. Your potions are the budget: every kill costs one, so progress is paced, not infinite. FOUR CLASSES Play a Warrior, Mage, Rogue, or Paladin. Each has nine skills plus a signature multiplier skill, its own playstyle, and its own gear path across four equipment tiers, from Common to Nightmare. GUILDS, RAIDS & CASTLE SIEGE Join a guild, fill the vault, and take on ten tiers of guild raids. Descend into Hades for eight-player dungeons and sixteen-player raids at level 50 and up. Fight for the crown in Castle Siege, a 72-hour guild-versus-guild war across six towers. TEN PROFESSIONS Fish, mine, smelt, gather herbs, cook, brew alchemy, craft keys, work as an Artificer, cut jewelry, and practice Occultation with grimoires and seals. Gather, craft, and supply your own gear and consumables. A REAL PLAYER ECONOMY Trade with other players on the Grand Bazaar with fixed-price listings and live auctions. Eight in-game currencies, deep crafting, and refinement, remorph, and reroll systems give every item a long upgrade path. PETS & PROGRESSION Manifest a spirit pet that grants passive stats and farms Soul Essence. Chase 40+ achievement categories and titles, rotating daily, weekly, and monthly challenges, quest scrolls, and selectable daily buffs. PVP Climb the ranked ladder with an ELO rating and spend PvP energy to prove your build against real opponents. CROSS-PLATFORM One account, one world. Luminariah runs on iPhone, iPad, and in the browser, and your character travels with you. A NOTE ON PURCHASES Luminariah is free to play. Diamonds and optional subscriptions are available as in-app purchases and can speed up progression, but the full game is playable without spending. Some purchases and in-game systems involve randomized rewards; the odds for every random mechanic are disclosed in-game before you commit and at luminariah.com/odds. Terms of Use: https://luminariah.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://luminariah.com/privacy

Screenshots

Merge Blacksmith Idle4 screens
Luminariah4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Merge Blacksmith Idle at none against Luminariah's 10. Merge Blacksmith Idle also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.4). Luminariah's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price and device support 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

Both are free to download. Luminariah sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Merge Blacksmith Idle asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Merge Blacksmith Idle versus Luminariah: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMerge Blacksmith IdleLuminariah
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.4 (7 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—87.5% of reviews
Number of ratings—7 — better
Update frequency—Weekly
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS13.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size72 MB102 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperKeeconParallel Five

In-app purchases

None

Merge Blacksmith Idle

No in-app purchases

10 purchases

Luminariah

Subscriptions5
  • Tier 1$3.991 Month
  • Tier 2$6.991 Month
  • Tier 3$9.991 Month
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  • Founder$99.993 Months
  • Founder (Annual)$299.991 Year
One-time5
  • Adventurer Pack$4.99
  • Hero Pack$9.99
  • Legend Pack$24.99
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  • Champion Pack$49.99
  • Mythic Pack$99.99

Questions

Is Merge Blacksmith Idle free?
Merge Blacksmith Idle is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Luminariah free?
Luminariah is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Merge Blacksmith Idle or Luminariah have ads?
Merge Blacksmith Idle shows ads; Luminariah does not.

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