Comparison

Merge Sort vs Arrow Stack!

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

Head to head
About

Merge Sort

Features
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Merge Sort is the ultimate sorting puzzle that's easy to learn and impossible to put down. Your board fills with icon blocks from all kinds of categories like food, animals, tech, nature, and more. Your job? Sort them, match them, and merge them before the board overflows. Every move matters. Drag blocks to their rightful category, chain merges for powerful combos, and clear the board before things spiral out of control. With hundreds of handcrafted levels, each stage brings fresh icon sets, tighter spaces, and smarter challenges that keep your brain engaged.

About

Arrow Stack!

A colorful 3D puzzle game where you clear arrow blocks by tapping them in the correct order. Plan your moves carefully as each block can only move in its indicated direction. Progress through increasingly complex shapes and layered stacks.

Highlights
  • Tap-to-clear arrow block gameplay
  • Bright 3D voxel-style puzzle shapes
  • Logic, order, and spatial thinking levels
  • Relaxing casual pacing
  • New shapes and harder stacks
Features
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Arrow Stack! is a colorful 3D puzzle game about clearing arrow blocks in the right order. Tap, think, and unstack each shape piece by piece. Every block can only move in the direction it points, so one smart move can open the whole puzzle, while one rushed tap can block your path. Read the arrows, plan your moves, and find the cleanest way to clear the stack. From rainbows and penguins to lightning bolts, houses, planets, pencils, and more, each level turns a simple rule into a fresh 3D challenge. The early stages are easy to understand, but later puzzles ask you to plan ahead, spot hidden routes, and solve layered stacks without wasting moves. Features: - Simple tap-to-clear arrow block gameplay - Bright 3D voxel-style puzzle shapes - Levels built around logic, order, and spatial thinking - Relaxing casual pacing with satisfying block-clearing moments - New shapes and harder stacks as you progress Can you read the arrows and clear every stack?

Screenshots

Merge Sort4 screens
Arrow Stack!4 screens

Verdict

The call

Merge Sort and Arrow Stack! are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Merge Sort ships an update every 4 days, Arrow Stack! every 3 days. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Merge Sort versus Arrow Stack!: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMerge SortArrow Stack!
PriceFreeFree
Rating—1.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 daysEvery 3 days — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Ad-supported
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.013.0
Further details — not scored
Size258 MB222 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPlaymora LTD文晚 鲁

In-app purchases

None

Merge Sort

No in-app purchases

None

Arrow Stack!

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Merge Sort free?
Merge Sort is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Arrow Stack! free?
Arrow Stack! is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Merge Sort or Arrow Stack! have ads?
Both Merge Sort and Arrow Stack! show ads.
Which is updated more often, Merge Sort or Arrow Stack!?
Merge Sort ships an update every 4 days, and Arrow Stack! every 3 days. Most recently, Merge Sort was updated on October 31, 2026 and Arrow Stack! on October 31, 2026.

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