Comparison

Block Squad vs Merge Splash

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

Head to head
About

Block Squad

Features
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Guide your Block Squad, match the colors, and smash through every block! Plan your moves, overcome tricky obstacles, and clear satisfying puzzle levels. Meet your Block Squad and get ready for a colorful block-smashing puzzle adventure! Move your cute characters around the board, match them with the right colors, and send them crashing into blocks to clear the way. Every level brings a new puzzle that challenges you to think ahead, manage your squad, and find the perfect order of moves. Easy to play, satisfying to master! Discover tricky obstacles as you progress: Hidden Shooter Bring it to the front to reveal its color. Linked Shooter Linked shooters always move together, so plan their path carefully. Crate Complete the required number of matches to break the crate. Ice Break the required blocks to crack the ice and clear the way. Spawner Clear its path to release the blocks waiting inside. Build your strategy, lead your colorful squad, and enjoy satisfying cube-smashing action across increasingly challenging levels. Can you lead the Block Squad and clear them all?

About

Merge Splash

Merge colorful droplets to power up launchers and blast away pixel art. Clear all blocks to reveal the artwork and unlock new levels in this relaxing puzzle game. Play offline and enjoy satisfying splash effects.

Highlights
  • Merge matching droplets
  • Launch droplets to clear artwork
  • Hundreds of pixel art pictures
  • Bite-sized levels
  • Offline play
  • Satisfying splash effects
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Meet the Splashies! A colorful little droplets with one job: splash the picture away. Merge matching Splashies on your grid to grow their numbers, then load them into your launchers. Each Splashie fires a stream of its own color at the artwork above, blasting away every block that matches. The bigger the number, the more shots it has so smart merges mean bigger splashes. Clear the very last block and the picture is yours. HOW TO PLAY Merge two matching Splashies to combine their numbers into a bigger droplet Load your Splashies into the launcher slots Each one fires at the picture, clearing blocks in its matching color The number on a Splashie is its ammo, merge higher for longer, bigger splashes Clear every block to complete the artwork and unlock the next one WHY YOU'LL LOVE IT Merge, aim, clear: simple to pick up, surprisingly clever to master Hundreds of pixel art pictures to blast away, from smiley faces to fruit, hearts and more… Bite-sized levels perfect for a quick break or a long unwind Charming Splashie characters and deeply satisfying splash effects Play fully offline! no Wi-Fi needed! Fun, relaxing, and just brainy enough to keep you sharp. Merge the Splashies, clear the art, collect them all. Ready, Merge, Splash!

Screenshots

Block Squad4 screens
Merge Splash4 screens

Verdict

The call

Block Squad and Merge Splash 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. Block Squad sells 9 one-off in-app purchases and Merge Splash sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Block Squad ships an update every 6 days, Merge Splash weekly. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Block Squad versus Merge Splash: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBlock SquadMerge Splash
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.7 (47 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—47 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 days — betterWeekly
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size155 MB215 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperEmirhan CakarWhalo Games LTD

In-app purchases

9 purchases

Block Squad

One-time9
  • Coin Pack 1$1.99
  • Fail Offer$5.99
  • No Ads$9.99
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  • Coin Pack 2$9.99
  • Small Bundle$9.99
  • Coin Pack 3$19.99
  • Coin Pack 4$39.99
  • Coin Pack 5$74.99
  • Coin Pack 6$99.99
10 purchases

Merge Splash

One-time10
  • M Coins Package$2.99
  • Remove Ads$2.99
  • L Coins Package$3.99
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  • L Coins Package$4.99
  • Remove Ads$4.99
  • Failed Offer$5.99
  • XXL Coins Package$7.99
  • XXXL Coins Package$9.99
  • Mega Coins Package$19.99
  • Ultimate Coins Package$49.99

Questions

Is Block Squad free?
Block Squad is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Merge Splash free?
Merge Splash is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Block Squad or Merge Splash have ads?
Both Block Squad and Merge Splash show ads.
Which is updated more often, Block Squad or Merge Splash?
Block Squad ships an update every 6 days, and Merge Splash weekly. Most recently, Block Squad was updated on October 31, 2026 and Merge Splash on October 31, 2026.

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