These two Merging games are from the same publisher, ActionFit, and are identical in both offer terms and game functionality. The offer period is 60 days.
The final goal of the offer is to reach level 140, but we will likely only reach 50 or 60 within the time limit. After spending, the likely earnings from this offer are $4 to $12.
Merge items to complete customer orders and, in turn, construct sections of either a cafe or a crime scene. Each section added will earn 200 exp, and 1,000 exp is needed to gain 1 level.
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Merge Cat Detective on Swagbucks did not track for me. I tried reinstalling, switching browsers, and toggling data, to no avail.
Links
Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/SwagBucks/s/wezXQMePep
- Merge Cat Detective: https://www.swagbucks.com/games/apps/1681494/merge-cat-detective?rb=UdPkjitj6yCiLLSo
- Merge Cat Cafe:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/people/Catcafe-Merge/61579111943673/#
Meow Cafe
I started playing this one on 08/19/2026k, through MyPoints. I missed the first bonus goal to reach level 40 by the 3rd day. I have only made it to level 19 so far.
I am trying for level 60.
Some tips for anyone thinking about trying it out.
Constructing cafe parts requires Coins, which are earned by completing orders for customers. The order rewards vary from level to level; it’s not entirely consistent. In some levels, the reward is much lower than the previous values.
Cafe Screen
The Cafe page is accessed by tapping on the House icon from the Merge board. On the Cafe page, you can access the Pass, Wheel of Fortune, Appendix, and Shop.
Appendix: Each merged item unlocked earns 1 Dia.
Pass: See below.
Wheel of Fortune: Each day you may spin the wheel once for free, once after watching an ad, and then multiple times for Dia. Prizes include: 20 and 100 Dia, 50 Energy, T1 Battery (two spots), a Wand, Scissors, or a T3 Yellow Gemstone.
Shop: Fully merged ingredients can be purchased for either Energy or Dia.
Cafe Manager Upgrades
Each level of the Cafe includes a manager who provides 100 Coins and 5 Energy every 5 hours. You may upgrade both functions by tapping on them during any cooldown period.
For upgrades, I found the Timer discount to be ineffectual. I got more benefit from increasing the amount of Coins and Energy that both functions provided. I raised the Coins to 200 each and Energy production to 10 points.
Spending
Only two of my purchases were tracked.
The board expansion purchase was supposed to cost $5.49, but it only showed me one for $1.99. I still bought it hoping to clear that objective, but it didn’t work. There is another area with a locked section of boxes, but they were unlocked through gameplay at level 19.
Other than the board expansion, I spent $0.79 on some Energy and $1.99 on the Starter Pack.
Pass
The Pass purchase has 4 options with differing prices and rewards:
- Attendance ($2.49): This lasts for 30 days and provides Energy or Dia for each daily sign-in.
- Merge ($6.99): Dia rewards are issued after reaching Merge milestones, up to a maximum of 50k merges.
- Level ($11.99): This one provides Supply Chest parts for each level-up for each type of production.
- Sales ($11.99): Every 7 Sales, you receive either a Tier 3 Blue Gemstone or a Tier 1 Battery. This lasts for up to 2.1k Sales.
The Level Pass is interesting. Without the purchase, you get enough parts for a single Tier 3 Chest, but with the purchase you get enough to make a Tier 5 Chest, which, added to your starter Chest, becomes a Tier 6.
It could be especially useful for completing the offer, but the cost is prohibitive. You would need to reach level 50 to break even.
Tips
- Energy is spent producing ingredients to complete customer orders.
- Additional Energy may be purchased using Dia (Purple Gems).
- You can watch ads five times for a total of 75 Dia each day. Tapping on the passing bird on the cafe screen will initiate another ad view without a daily cap.
- Supply chests have a cooldown period of about 10-15 minutes between uses, but this can be skipped by watching an ad (3x per day) or spending 15 Dia.
- Ingredients can be purchased directly from the shop for Dia or Energy.
- Avoid buying the Energy Chest. It is far cheaper to buy Energy for Dia directly. Only buy the Energy chest after you have hit the 50 Dia cap on Energy purchases each day, and only up to a cost of 50 Dia.
Backpack
Special customer orders begin to appear around level 10 with a Backpack (Randosel) that produces Yarn and Film. This doesn’t cost Energy, but the items are generally used for the special orders and will otherwise take up board space.
There are some small perks to the Backpack. It will occasionally produce single Stars or bubbled items that can be deleted for a single Coin. Also, during the Lucky Clover event, Backpack items of level 2 or higher may receive Clovers. This allows you to continue incrementing the Lucky Clover task even when out of Energy.
Supply Chests and Items
The ingredient-producing objects are called “Supply Chests” in-game. These include:
- Coffee & Dessert (Lv. 1-6),
- Fruit & Juice (Lv. 7-16),
- Ice Cream & Shaved Ice (Lv. 17-25),
- Bread & Cookies (Lv. 26-33),
- Korean Cuisine & Rice Cake (Lv. 34-42),
- Sushi & Sides (Lv. 43-51),
- (Lv. 52-60)
- (Lv. 61-69)
- (Lv. 70-78)
- (Lv. 79-88)
- (Lv. 89-96)
- (Lv. 97-106)
The Isekai Cat will take the Level 6 form of Pencil for Stars and Wool for 1,200 Coins. This is automatic, but you may instead delete an item for the value shown below.
There are similar Isekai Cat items at higher levels for each Supply Chest.
| Item | Value |
|---|---|
| Pencil | |
| Pencil Case | |
| Diary | 24 Coins |
| Mechanical Pen | 42 Coins |
| Book Bag | 72 Coins |
| Laptop | Stars |
Items from the Backpack, like Film and Yarn, are used to earn energy from Daily customers.
Supply Chests will regenerate over time if not depleted; otherwise, if depleted, a cooldown period will be instituted. Each Chest can produce 15 items from a full charge. Using a Battery (Blue Gem) will either refill a Chest on cooldown or double its capacity if it is already fully charged when you use the battery. Higher tiers of Batteries will provide additional points.
Caution: A Supply Chest cannot exceed the 45-item capacity. Using a Tier 3 Battery on a fully charged Supply Chest will not benefit from the excess 15 items.
Mini Events
Season Pass: $4.99 for Premium and $7.49 for Premium Plus. Runs for 30 days and offers assorted rewards for completing orders and merging ingredients.
The Premium tier includes a Supply Box Joker, which can level up any Supply Box by 1 level.
Premium Plus rewards are the same, but the rate of point gain is multiplied by 1.5, and you instantly receive 2k points (equivalent to level 17-18, out of 25 total levels).
- Water Park: 2-week event with a mini merging map. Energy and Dia can be earned on the map. Unlocking increasingly higher levels of water park items will reward prizes.
- Lucky Clover
- Collect Likes: Dart Lv.1
- Collect Compliments: Scissors Lv.1
- Space Duel: Energy (Winner gets more), multiple battles over two days.
- Fever Time: Dia Lv.1, get points equal to the amount of Energy you spend.
Merge Cat Town
The game title was recently changed in the App Store to Cat Town. The offer terms are far worse than Cat Cafe. I do not advise attempting this offer.
https://www.swagbucks.com/games/apps/1681494/merge-cat-town?rb=UdPkjitj6yCiLLSo
I purchased the Full Screen Ad Removal pack for $2.39; this only removes the “Break Time” pop-up ads. You can expect to still see the normal ads in-game.
Reaching level 36 on Cat Detective will make this break even. Level 45 ($4) and 50 ($8) will make the offer a little profitable.
I started doing Merge Cat Town on September 18th. The name was different from the Detective game, but the gameplay is the same. It did track for me, even though Detective did not.
I bought the Ad Removal offer on the 26th, but it only got rid of the pop-up “Break Time” ads they recently added to the game, not the regular ads. The next day, it said my data had diverged, and I had to choose between Device and Cloud data.
Today, on the 30th, I got to level 35 this morning, and then after lunch I got this error message when I tried to load the game.
“Account Authentication was rejected. Your existing progress could not be safely linked to your account. The game cannot continue. No replacement account will be used. Please close the game and contact support.”
After buying the ad removal, it’s a break-even on the offer, not counting the time I wasted.
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