sakuru vs Connect and Merge
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
sakuru
A simple yet challenging puzzle game where players pop dots to achieve high scores. Beware of special dots that can hinder your progress or explode.
- Dot popping gameplay
- High score challenges
- Special hindering dots
- Exploding dots
- Simple controls
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Sakuru!! Dots....dots dots dots! Pop as many dots as you can to increase your high score. Careful though, there are dots that try to throw you off or just explode in your face!
Connect and Merge
Connect objects of the same color and number in ascending order to merge them. The goal is to merge all objects on the board into a single final object. Enjoy a relaxing puzzle experience.
- Connect same-colored objects
- Connect same-numbered objects
- Ascending order connection
- Merge objects
- Single object goal
- Relaxing gameplay
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Connect all the objects of the same color and number in ascending order. When all objects of particular color and number are connected, they are all merged at the endpoint to have the next color and number on board which can be connected with nearby objects with the same number and color. Merge all the objects on board into a single object.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Connect and Merge at Free against sakuru's $0.99. Connect and Merge also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.8) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17.6). sakuru's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On ratings volume, update cadence, in-app purchases 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
Connect and Merge is free to download; sakuru costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Connect and Merge holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 8 and 3 respectively.
sakuru ships an update every 9 months, Connect and Merge every 13 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | sakuru | Connect and Merge |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.8 (8 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 8 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 9 months — better | Every 13 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 181 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Broken Walls | Hamba Studio Ltd. |
Customer experience
sakuru
Connect and Merge
In-app purchases
sakuru
No in-app purchases
Connect and Merge
No in-app purchases
