# Zen Balance: Stone Stacking — Calm physics. Quiet gardens.

> Calm physics. Quiet gardens. (iPhone/iPad app by Dmitry Shurco.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/zen-balance-stone-stacking/id6791522466 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Dmitry Shurco](https://appshunter.io/developer/1856892735)
- Category: Games, Lifestyle, Casual, Puzzle
- Price: $2.99
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 15.0 · 49 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2026-07-21
- Data updated: 2026-08-14
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/zen-balance-stone-stacking/id6791522466/reviews.md

## What is Zen Balance?

Zen Balance is a quiet place disguised as a physics puzzle.

Stack river stones into a tower in a hand-crafted Japanese garden. Feel each
pebble settle, nudge it with a fingertip, and listen to the garden change
around you — birdsong and wind chimes by day, crickets and distant owls at
night. The game follows your real local time: play in the evening and the
lanterns are already lit.

SIX GARDENS
Zen garden, bamboo grove, mountain lake, autumn maples, sea terrace and a
sakura garden — each photographed in both daylight and moonlight, each with
its own ambient soundscape. Swipe on the title screen to move between them.

CAMPAIGN AND MEDITATION
The campaign gently raises the bar: taller towers, trickier stones, wooden
blocks, crystals that must be cradled in their sockets. Meditation mode
removes every goal — just you, the stones, and your breathing.

HONEST PHYSICS, FORGIVING FEEL
Stones roll, tip and slide like real stones, but the game quietly helps a
nearly-right placement settle instead of punishing it. Losing a tower feels
fair; rebuilding it feels good.

MADE FOR CALM
• No ads, no in-app purchases, no accounts
• No timers and no lives — play at your own pace
• Procedural soundscapes that never loop harshly
• Works fully offline
• In English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Belarusian, Simplified
  Chinese and Japanese

One purchase, the whole garden. Find your balance.


## Version history (last 4 releases)

### 1.0.3 — 2026-08-11

• In-game gesture tutorial — carry, rotate, lift, spin, and zoom
• New settings — sound on/off and support links
• Larger touch targets and clearer controls
• Smoother ambience and stability fixes

### 1.0.2 — 2026-08-06

• In-game gesture tutorial — carry, rotate, lift, spin, and zoom
• New settings — sound on/off and support links
• Larger touch targets and clearer controls
• Smoother ambience and stability fixes

### 1.0.1 — 2026-07-30

Settings are here.
• Sound on/off — keep the garden quiet when you need to
• Support points — see where each stone actually rests
• Your choices are saved between sessions

### 1.0.0 — 2026-07-22

No release notes.

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All apps by Dmitry Shurco: https://appshunter.io/developer/1856892735

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