Comparison

RPG Vanitas vs Gemstone Tree

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

Head to head
About

RPG Vanitas

Embark on a unique RPG adventure where your soul reincarnates into new bodies across generations. Explore vast worlds, customize equipment, and develop your character's job and skills. The game offers a deep, free-roaming experience optimized for smartphones.

Highlights
  • Generational soul reincarnation
  • Customizable equipment and jobs
  • Skill development system
  • Automated adventure progression
  • Exploration of a vast world
  • Job leveling and skill learning
Features
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"Blue sky princess" has been released! Please enjoy the game for iPhone which optimized old RPG game for smartphone. Following "adventure of the brave man" and "planet eaters" The third of the RPG game for iPhone that you can play from 5 minutes a day "Vanitas ~ Adventurers of the meadow ~" is released! Just 5 minutes a day is not enough time! What? Left-handed RPG game with high degree of completion is here. You have given God a soul and body, and the body has reached a village. Your adventure starts from there. In that world, you can adventure as you like. You can do your own favorite equipment. You can nurture your favorite job. Even if you can develop your own skills. How you adventure is your freedom. Eventually your body will be old. In the meantime I will be old enough to stop adventure. Then your soul leaves the body we are given and rehabilitates to the next body. And you can continue adventure for generations. Vanitas is an RPG game that enjoys such a world view. Even in the distant continent you can not reach in your generation, there may be grounds where you can reach as many generations as you can. - Game description - In the city you can gather information on areas to adventure and invite other adventurers at the bar. Also, in the city you can arrange various equipment. Get information on areas that you can adventure and begin adventure once you have the equipment. - adventure - Adventurers will not come back for a while as they adventure. While adventuring, if you leave it untouched, you will proceed with adventure without permission and get back with items and experience. By selling items you gained in adventure and arranging new equipment, you will be able to get out more adventure far away. - Job - The adventurer who comes to adventure gains experience, the level of that job will rise. You can learn various skills as job level rises. The skills I got there will probably be only useful skills for adventure. Each job can be raised to 15 levels. I will learn powerful skills when raised to the end, but it will become increasingly difficult to grow when it is high level. - Shrine - If you proceed with your adventure for a while you will find a temple. In the temple you can change your job. Jobs that can be changed will depend on how you grow, so please go to the temple when you become strong. - Skills - Skills are something that can be memorized by jobs. For example, if you are a warrior, you will learn skills that specialize in melee fighting. If it is a wizard, I will memorize the magic of a single blow. You can grow this skill if you continue to use it. - World - This world is wider and more free than you think. Please do not stay in the first village, please go to a bigger city. You will find a city that sells wonderful items than you think. - Bar - Most towns and villages have a bar. There will be adventurers waiting for you to be invited at that bar. If the adventurer you invited becomes old and you can not do adventure, please step in the bar again. A new adventurer will be waiting for you. - Season - In this world, there is a season of "morning" "evening" "night". Information obtained according to the season will change. For example, the tavern let's collected information Oh night tavern not available during the day because there are many places that are open toward the night from the evening. - monster - Take a step away from the city and a heinous monster is waiting for you. Especially there are often horrible monsters in the wilderness of the night, so let's adventure areas with a little difficulty when adventuring in the evening. - annihilation - It may be annihilated by terrible monsters. However, even at such times you can revive by devoting "prayer" to God. If there is no "prayer" by all means it will be revived with a new body by reincarnation.

About

Gemstone Tree

Cultivate a magical gemstone tree to generate precious jewels and unlock a miniature world. This relaxing idle game allows you to simply watch your tree grow and discover the unfolding universe beneath it.

Highlights
  • Grow a gemstone tree
  • Earn jewels
  • Expand a new world
  • Healing idle gameplay
  • Discover a miniature universe
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Discover a mysterious gemstone tree and the tiny little world which unfolds beneath it. Grow your tree to earn jewels and expand a whole new world. In a corner of the great wide universe lies a beautiful green planet home to a mysterious tree with the power to create jewels. Just sit back and relax as you watch your lovely gemstone tree grow in this healing idle game.

Screenshots

RPG Vanitas4 screens
Gemstone Tree3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Gemstone Tree at none against RPG Vanitas's 7. RPG Vanitas's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 8 months). On price 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. RPG Vanitas sells 7 one-off in-app purchases. Gemstone Tree asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

RPG Vanitas holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: RPG Vanitas has 140 ratings behind it against 17, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 69% of RPG Vanitas's written reviews are positive against 43% of Gemstone Tree's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

RPG Vanitas ships an update fortnightly, Gemstone Tree every 8 months. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and June 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
RPG Vanitas versus Gemstone Tree: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRPG VanitasGemstone Tree
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (140 ratings) — better3.9 (17 ratings)
Positive reviews69.1% of reviews — better42.9% of reviews
Number of ratings140 — better17
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 8 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS9.0 — better14.0
Further details — not scored
Size427 MB71 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperTown SoftGlobalGear Co. Ltd.

Customer experience

RPG Vanitas

All ratings140 ratings
Positive80.7%
Neutral14.3%
Negative5.0%
Written reviews94 reviews
Positive69.1%
Neutral24.5%
Negative6.4%

Gemstone Tree

All ratings17 ratings
Positive64.7%
Neutral11.8%
Negative23.5%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive42.9%
Neutral14.3%
Negative42.9%

Bugs and requests

RPG Vanitas

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Game crashes after September 24, 2018 update
  • Treasure chest opening issues without assistance
  • NPC interaction inaccessible with VoiceOver
  • Inconsistent time zone display
  • Game freezing or performance issues

Requested features

10 requests
  • Better English translation and editing
  • Comprehensive tutorial system
  • Main menu improvements
  • More prayer points or clearer prayer acquisition methods
  • Free manual combat option beyond level 15
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  • Improved accessibility features for blind players
  • Better in-game documentation and wiki translation
  • Additional character class options
  • Faster progression or reduced wait times
  • Clearer information on opponent health values

Gemstone Tree

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

7 purchases

RPG Vanitas

One-time7
  • Prayer 80$0.99
  • Ad remove$4.99
  • Prayer 500$4.99
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  • prayer 1200$9.99
  • Prayer 2500$19.99
  • Prayer 6500$49.99
  • Prayer 14000$99.99
None

Gemstone Tree

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is RPG Vanitas free?
RPG Vanitas is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Gemstone Tree free?
Gemstone Tree is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, RPG Vanitas or Gemstone Tree?
RPG Vanitas is rated higher. RPG Vanitas averages 4.3 out of 5 from 140 ratings, while Gemstone Tree averages 3.9 from 17 ratings.
Do RPG Vanitas or Gemstone Tree have ads?
Gemstone Tree shows ads; RPG Vanitas does not.
Which is updated more often, RPG Vanitas or Gemstone Tree?
RPG Vanitas ships an update fortnightly, and Gemstone Tree every 8 months. Most recently, RPG Vanitas was updated on September 25, 2026 and Gemstone Tree on June 10, 2026.

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