Comparison

Barcode Knight vs Polymerger

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

Head to head
About

Barcode Knight

Embark on an epic adventure by scanning barcodes to enter dungeons and battle monsters. Grow your town, forge powerful items, and customize your hero to become a legendary warrior in a world threatened by evil.

Highlights
  • Scan barcodes to enter dungeons
  • Grow and develop your town
  • Forge and enchant powerful items
  • Customize hero with avatar system
  • Fight alongside mercenaries
  • Hourly quests and daily dungeons
Features
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The sequel to Barcode Kingdom has finally launched! Teleport to a dungeon by offering a barcode up as a sacrifice to a barcode portal! Let's be a legendary hero of the world! 'Barcodia', the world is made from magic powers, was peaceful and beautiful, but the power of evil hit the world, the land became empty and useless and started infesting with monsters. Barcodians who livelihoods are under threat was decided to hunt monsters for a living. And then one day, they found a portal to a dungeon and built a town around the portal. 'The Barcode town' is one of the town made this way. Could the knight be the a legendary hero of the world in this town? Now it's time to scan a barcode! * FEATURE * 60 different types of monsters The growing town with the Knight Powerful enchanted items Avatar system : Possible to create half a million different hero styles Mercenary system : Fight with a mercenary against monsters Forge system : Upgrade and enchant your items at the Forges Quest system : Provides a quest every hour The Random dungeon : Available to use without a barcode The Gate Of The Other World : The direct gate to the monsters' base The Daily dungeon : Find out The Daily dungeon and Get a huge bonus every day

About

Polymerger

Launch polygons onto a board, merge them into larger shapes, and aim for the highest score. Be mindful of the stacking limit to avoid losing. Your progress is saved, allowing you to pause and resume play.

Highlights
  • Launch polygons
  • Merge shapes
  • Aim for high scores
  • Save game progress
  • Relaxing gameplay
Features
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Launch polygons, merge them, and relax with Polymerger, the most satisfying shape-merge puzzle game. Toss shapes onto the board, merge polygons into larger ones, and see how far you can go! There’s no limit to the number of sides you can achieve—so keep merging and aim for the highest score! But be careful – don't let the polygons stack up too high! If a polygon touches the line for too long, you'll lose. Your game progress will be saved, so feel free to take a break and come back when you're ready to finish! NOTE: The saved game might become useless when updating/reinstalling the game. Make sure to finish your game before updating.

Screenshots

Barcode Knight4 screens
Polymerger4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Polymerger at Free against Barcode Knight's $0.99. Polymerger also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 4) and review sentiment (94% vs 61%). Barcode Knight's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 3 months) and ratings volume (26 vs 7). On rating, ads 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

Polymerger is free to download; Barcode Knight costs $0.99 up front. Barcode Knight sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Polymerger asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Barcode Knight against 5.0 for Polymerger. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 26 and 7 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 61% of Barcode Knight's written reviews are positive against 94% of Polymerger's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Barcode Knight ships an update monthly, Polymerger every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Barcode Knight versus Polymerger: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBarcode KnightPolymerger
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (26 ratings)5.0 (7 ratings)
Positive reviews61.3% of reviews93.8% of reviews — better
Number of ratings26 — better7
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS8.0 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size40 MB99 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperMagic CubeMete Aybars ZEMHERI

Customer experience

Barcode Knight

All ratings26 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews181 reviews
Positive61.3%
Neutral11.6%
Negative27.1%

Polymerger

All ratings7 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews16 reviews
Positive93.8%
Neutral6.3%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Barcode Knight

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Game freezing or crashing on launch
  • Inability to progress past certain levels
  • Glitches with in-app purchases
  • Compatibility issues on newer devices

Requested features

4 requests
  • More enemy and dungeon variety
  • Improved character customization options
  • Multiplayer and social features
  • Better optimization and stability

Polymerger

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Barcode Knight

One-time4
  • 5 AP potions$0.99
  • 50 AP potions$4.99
  • 150 AP potions$9.99
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  • 500 AP potions$19.99
None

Polymerger

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Barcode Knight free?
Barcode Knight costs $0.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is Polymerger free?
Polymerger is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Barcode Knight or Polymerger?
Barcode Knight and Polymerger are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 26 and 7 ratings respectively.
Do Barcode Knight or Polymerger have ads?
Neither Barcode Knight nor Polymerger shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Barcode Knight or Polymerger?
Barcode Knight ships an update monthly, and Polymerger every 3 months. Most recently, Barcode Knight was updated on October 13, 2026 and Polymerger on October 8, 2026.

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