Lotus Digital vs Morels
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Lotus Digital
Cultivate mystical flowers in a serene garden, strategically placing petals and utilizing creatures to gain wisdom. Compete against others or AI to achieve enlightenment through skillful play and vibrant visuals.
- Grow mystical flowers
- Strategic petal placement
- Utilize native creatures
- Gain wisdom points
- Online asynchronous matchmaking
- Strategic solo play against AI
- Progressive Challenge system
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Lotus is a beautiful game that grows into a unique work of art every time you play. Clear your head and take in the quiet strength of the Lotus garden. It takes skillful care and nurturing to grow these flowers to their full potential, but once picked, they provide their owner with wisdom. Beware, for there are others who will do anything they can to get their hands on these mystical flowers. You'll need to enlist the help of creatures native to this land to take control of the Lotus garden and achieve true enlightenment. In Lotus, players take turns adding petals and utilizing guardians to control and nurture these mystical flowers to maturity. Collect special abilities as you grow to aid you on your quest, and gain wisdom points for each completed bloom. At the end of the game the player with the most wisdom points will emerge from the garden that much closer to enlightenment! Vibrant visual effects, skilled AI, meditative environmental music and smooth touch play translate the serenity of Lotus to your phone or tablet. Praise for the board game: • 2016 Golden Geek Best Board Game Artwork & Presentation Nominee • 2017 Academy of Adventure Gaming Arts & Design Origins Awards Nominee Praise for the board game: "Lotus is a game that is beautiful, serene, and even a bit meditative. As the garden grows and flowers near completion, you’ll find a kind of peacefulness at your game table, which you may have never experienced before." – Dave Banks (GeekDad.com) "A very simple light game but there are some good decisions to make." - Dan King, The Game Boy Geek. "It's a very interesting, dynamic game." - Joel Eddy, Drive Thru Reviews. "Lotus makes for a tense, competitive atmosphere, and it does it with a minimalist set of rules that make the game ideal for families – as long as no one minds when things start getting a little cut-throat.." – The Guardian "Lotus is more than beautiful; it’s fun and contains unique gameplay mechanisms.” –Ryan Morgenegg, Deseret News Lotus offers all of the beauty and depth of the tabletop game, PLUS: • Online asynchronous matchmaking against old friends and new • Strategic solo play to hone your skills against AI players • Progressive Challenge system to guide you through gameplay • Intuitive tap-and-drag petal placement for fast and easy play For more information, please visit www.direwolfdigital.com Follow us on Facebook and Twitter at /direwolfdigital
Morels
This is a digital adaptation of a beloved card game where players forage for delicious mushrooms in a dappled forest. Compete against others or AI, cook your finds, and strategically collect varieties to win. Includes an expansion with new cards and gameplay elements.
- Digital adaptation of a strategy card game
- Online asynchronous 2-player games
- Local pass & play mode
- Solo play against AI
- Game modifiers for varied gameplay
- Interactive tutorial
- In-app rulebook
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*** Foray is now available! Foray expands Morels with 13 new types of cards including new items, characters, weather, and a more dynamic forest. Last fall, crackling fires wreathed the mountains. This spring, light-wielding thunderstorms roiled the valleys. Now, with summer come early and a glowing moon overhead, the soil is moist and black and delicious mushrooms are peeking up all over the forest. The Foray is on! *** The official digital adaptation of the beloved card game Morels. The woods are old-growth, dappled with sunlight. Delicious mushrooms beckon from every grove and hollow with many tasty varieties awaiting the savvy collector. Forage, sautée with butter over the fire, and cook your way to victory! Highlights: -Elegant digital conversion of the card game by Brent Povis -Online asynchronous 2 player games -Local pass & play -Solo play against 3 AI difficulty levels -Game modifiers: try a new way to play! -Interactive tutorial -In-app rulebook -Translated into: English, German, French, Italian and Spanish -No ads or microtransactions. Awards & Honors: 2014 International Gamers Award - General Strategy: Two-players Nominee 2014 Games Magazine Best New Card Game Winner 2014 Fairplay À la carte Winner 2012 Golden Geek Best Card Game Nominee 2012 Golden Geek Best 2-Player Board Game Nominee
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Morels at 4.9 against Lotus Digital's 4.2. Morels also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 2 months) and review sentiment (90% vs 73%). Lotus Digital's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (7.1 vs 12.0). On price, 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
Lotus Digital costs $4.99 and Morels $4.99 up front. Morels sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Lotus Digital asks for nothing beyond the download.
Morels holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Morels has 491 ratings behind it against 38, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 73% of Lotus Digital's written reviews are positive against 90% of Morels's.
Lotus Digital ships an update every 2 months, Morels fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Lotus Digital | Morels |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $4.99 | $4.99 |
| Rating | 4.2 (38 ratings) | 4.9 (491 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 73.1% of reviews | 89.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 38 | 491 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 7.1 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 133 MB | 128 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Dire Wolf Digital LLC | MOSSBARK GAMES LLC |
Customer experience
Lotus Digital
Morels
Bugs and requests
Lotus Digital
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Morels
Reported bugs
4 issues- Foray cards not functioning properly
- Destroying Angel card causing game to get stuck
- Shiitake log not always creating bonus
- Butter and cider extras not working together
Requested features
4 requests- Online synchronous 2-player mode
- In-game messaging for online play
- Faster end-game scoring
- More player accounts and leaderboards
In-app purchases
Lotus Digital
No in-app purchases
Morels
- Foray$2.99









