zipnzag vs Merge
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
zipnzag
A fast-paced, challenging board game where players connect colored dots to win. Compete against the computer or another player on your iPad or iPhone. Experience a new classic game designed for quick, engaging play.
- Fast-paced gameplay
- Challenging board game
- Connect dots to win
- Play against computer
- Play against human
- iPad and iPhone compatible
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Fast, fun and challenging board game for the iPad and iPhone. Blue dots vs red dots. Connect your dots top-to-bottom to win. Play a human or the computer. A new classic board game by Lightorium.com LLC.
Merge
This game combines classic chess strategy with simple puzzle mechanics. Swipe to merge same-colored pieces, aiming to leave only a King on the board. Be mindful of board space to avoid filling it up.
- Chess strategy
- Puzzle mechanics
- Swipe to merge pieces
- Merge same-colored pieces
- Goal: leave only a King
- Avoid filling the board
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Merge-Chess is a brand new approach to Chess! Blending the strategy of the ancient game of Chess with simple puzzle game mechanics. Simply swipe to shift the board pieces in any direction. Same pieces of opposite colours that touch will be merged. Keep merging to take more and more pieces until you are finally left with a King to win the game. But be careful not to fill your board up!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Merge at 5.0 against zipnzag's 4.0. Merge also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs fortnightly). zipnzag's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). On price, ratings volume, device support and iOS requirement 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. Merge sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. zipnzag asks for nothing beyond the download.
Merge holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 2 respectively.
zipnzag ships an update fortnightly, Merge every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | zipnzag | Merge |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (4 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 | 11.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 11 MB | 117 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | lightorium.com LLC | Ammonite Design Studios Ltd |
Customer experience
zipnzag
Merge
In-app purchases
zipnzag
No in-app purchases
Merge
- No Ads$1.99
