Comparison

15.Puzzle vs Prune+

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

Head to head
About

15.Puzzle

Transform your personal photos into engaging sliding tile puzzles. Enjoy daily curated challenges, track your progress, and compete with others globally. Play quick, satisfying rounds anytime, anywhere.

Highlights
  • Create puzzles from personal photos
  • Daily curated puzzles
  • Two difficulty levels (3x3, 4x4)
  • Global leaderboards
  • Smart hint system
  • Share solved puzzles
Features
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Turn any picture into a puzzle. Photo Slide Puzzle takes the sliding tile game and adds the one thing it was always missing: your photos. Pick an image from your camera roll, snap a fresh one, or play today's curated daily puzzle. Every picture becomes a satisfying sliding puzzle you race to reconstruct. WHAT'S INSIDE - Your photos, your puzzles. Use any image from your library or take one with the camera. Family moments, vacation snapshots, pet portraits — anything becomes a puzzle you actually care about solving. - A new daily puzzle every day. Open the app each morning to find a fresh curated image. Solve consecutive days to build your streak — see how far you can go. - Two difficulty levels. Easy (3×3) for a quick session in line at the coffee shop, Hard (4×4) for a real challenge. - Live scoring and best-time tracking. Beat your personal records, then climb the Game Center leaderboards against players around the world. - Smart hint system. Stuck on a tricky puzzle? Use a peek to glance at the original image. Watch a short video to have one piece snapped automatically into its correct spot. - Designed for iPhone and iPad. Rotate freely — the puzzle reflows. Sharp at every screen size, in Split View, and on every recent device. - Made for fast, satisfying sessions. Each round runs 2 to 4 minutes. Perfect for waiting rooms, commutes, lunch breaks, and the ten minutes before bed. - Share your solves. Send a finished puzzle as an image to friends and family. NO LOGIN. NO SUBSCRIPTION. NO REGISTRATION. Just open the app and play. Game Center sign-in is optional and only used for global leaderboards. We hope you love it. If you do, please leave a review — it genuinely helps small developers keep building.

About

Prune+

Cultivate a digital tree by guiding its growth towards sunlight while navigating environmental hazards. Uncover a hidden narrative within a minimalist, artistic world. Enjoy a serene, meditative experience with beautiful visuals and sound.

Highlights
  • Grow and shape trees
  • Minimalist art and interface
  • Meditative music and sound
  • Uncover a hidden story
  • Share tree creations
  • Cross-device progress sync
Features
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Prune+ is a love letter to trees. A game about the beauty and joy of cultivation. With a swipe of a finger, grow and shape your tree into the sunlight while avoiding the dangers of a hostile world. Bring life to a forgotten landscape and uncover a story hidden deep beneath the soil. • A unique digital plant for your pocket • Beautiful, minimalist art and a super clean interface—it's just you and the trees • Meditative music and sound design for you to zen out to • No IAP, no monetization strategy, no currencies • Share screenshots of your unique tree creations with friends • Synchronize progress across all your devices ----- RECEPTION FOR PRUNE----- "Unlike anything I've played before... the kind of experience I want to pull out to show my friends" - The Verge "Wildly creative, totally addictive, and oddly soothing" - Entertainment Weekly "Prune is a gorgeous and unique experience" - 5/5 TouchArcade "Prune is an awe-inspiring work of digital poetry" - 10/10 Pocket Gamer "A collaboration that feels more like a dance than puzzle-solving" - Kill Screen

Screenshots

15.Puzzle4 screens
Prune+4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: 15.Puzzle at free against Prune+'s paid. 15.Puzzle also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 11 months). Prune+'s advantage is ratings volume (233 vs 4) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.6). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.3 for 15.Puzzle against 4.4 for Prune+. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Prune+ has 233 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

15.Puzzle ships an update every 3 weeks, Prune+ every 11 months. The most recent releases landed on September 1, 2026 and September 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
15.Puzzle versus Prune+: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameter15.PuzzlePrune+
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (4 ratings)4.4 (233 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—76.6% of reviews
Number of ratings4233 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 11 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.613.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size12 MB148 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBothina ElzoobiJoel McDonald LLC

Customer experience

15.Puzzle

All ratings4 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral25.0%
Negative0.0%

Prune+

All ratings233 ratings
Positive85.0%
Neutral7.7%
Negative7.3%
Written reviews124 reviews
Positive76.6%
Neutral11.3%
Negative12.1%

Bugs and requests

15.Puzzle

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Prune+

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Occasional crashes and performance issues
  • Camera automatically zooming in/out unexpectedly

Requested features

4 requests
  • More levels and content
  • Customizable camera controls
  • Sandbox mode for free-form tree growing
  • Ability to save progress and resume later

In-app purchases

None

15.Puzzle

No in-app purchases

None

Prune+

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is 15.Puzzle free?
15.Puzzle is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Prune+ free?
Prune+ is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, 15.Puzzle or Prune+?
Prune+ is rated higher. 15.Puzzle averages 4.3 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while Prune+ averages 4.4 from 233 ratings.
Do 15.Puzzle or Prune+ have ads?
Neither 15.Puzzle nor Prune+ shows ads.
Which is updated more often, 15.Puzzle or Prune+?
15.Puzzle ships an update every 3 weeks, and Prune+ every 11 months. Most recently, 15.Puzzle was updated on September 1, 2026 and Prune+ on September 5, 2026.

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