Dropping Birds vs Nebula Merge
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Dropping Birds
A cozy physics-based puzzle game where you drop birds to merge them into higher-level birds. It's easy to learn but offers addictive gameplay with adorable characters.
- Physics-based gameplay
- Bird merging mechanics
- Adorable bird characters
- Cozy puzzle experience
- Easy to learn
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Drop a bird. Watch it tumble. Match two of the same and POP — they merge into the next bird up. Easy to learn, impossible to put down. Dropping Birds is a cozy, physics-packed merge puzzler starring eight adorable (and wonderfully expressive) birds…
Nebula Merge
Drop celestial bodies into a cosmic well, merging matching tiers to ascend. Fuse various cosmic objects to reach an Eternal Nebula, using comets and void shards to your advantage. Earn in-game currency for permanent upgrades and compete in daily challenges.
- Celestial body merging
- Permanent upgrades
- Daily, weekly, monthly challenges
- Prestige system for bonuses
- Leaderboard competition
- Offline play
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Drop celestial bodies into a cosmic well. Matching tiers merge, the pile rises, and one slip past the danger line ends the run. Fuse Stardust into Asteroids, Moons, Planets, Stars, and beyond — all the way to an Eternal Nebula. Comets promote whatever they touch. Void Shards erase a body for score. Earn Stardust, buy permanent upgrades, collect every body, and chase daily, weekly, and monthly challenges. Prestige to keep a forever Stardust bonus. Climb the Game Center leaderboard — beat the record and a Record Breaker jackpot drops. Cosmic Pass removes ads and always doubles end-of-run Stardust. Stardust packs are optional. Portrait. Offline. No account required.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Dropping Birds at none against Nebula Merge's 6. Nebula Merge's advantage is update cadence (daily vs weekly). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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. Nebula Merge sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Dropping Birds asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Dropping Birds against 5.0 for Nebula Merge. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively.
Dropping Birds ships an update weekly, Nebula Merge daily. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Dropping Birds | Nebula Merge |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Daily — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 116 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | GARY SMITH | TYLER JOSEPH RUBINO |
Customer experience
Dropping Birds
Nebula Merge
In-app purchases
Dropping Birds
No in-app purchases
Nebula Merge
- Pocket Dust$0.99
- Cosmic Pass$4.99
- Comet Cluster$4.99
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- Star Cache$9.99
- Nebula Vault$19.99
- Cosmic Treasury$39.99
