MeltLand vs Climb Higher
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MeltLand
Guide a water droplet through a mysterious, melted world by manipulating the terrain. This challenging rolling ball game tests your patience and precision as you aim for the goal while avoiding falls. Collect gems to earn lives and progress through unique levels.
- Manipulate terrain by pushing up ground
- Guide a droplet to the goal
- Avoid falling from the field
- Collect gems for lives
- Tap to create ripples
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∵∴ Google Indie Games Festival 2019 Top 3 Award Winner ∴∵ Roll the droplet by pushing up the melted ground! New sense Rolling Ball Game. This game is a bit difficult, and you will be tested the calm of your heart. It is a mysterious melted world... All you can do is to push up the ground from below. Carefully to avoid falling, sometimes boldly roll the droplet and aim for the goal! [ How to Play ] 1, Stroking the screen with your finger will bulge the ground and you can move it. 2, Carry the droplet to the goal carefully and gently so as not to fall from the field. 3, Ripples spread by tapping. 4, Collect gems as much as possible. It is interchangeable with lives. News & Support: @m_hakozaki on Twitter
Climb Higher
A physics-based puzzle platformer where players slingshot themselves upwards, breaking obstacles and manipulating size to reach new heights. Master momentum to conquer vertical challenges and progress through increasingly difficult levels.
- Physics-based gameplay
- Slingshot mechanics
- Breakable obstacles
- Size manipulation (grow/shrink)
- Momentum mastery
- Vertical puzzle platforming
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A challenge lies before you, or rather above you. Can you surpass this vertical puzzle? Can you reach the top? And then what, will you stop and rest, or continue to climb higher. Climb Higher is a challenging physics based puzzle platformer where you must slingshot yourself up high, stick to whatever you can, shatter through everything that breaks, grow big, shrink down, become the master of your momentum, and reach even greater heights! From the creator of Brain It On! and Shatterbrain. This game shows ads during gameplay, but you can remove them with an in app purchase which supports my work and helps me continue making games. Thank you for playing my games!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: MeltLand at fortnightly against Climb Higher's every 11 months. MeltLand also leads on ratings volume (243 vs 48). Climb Higher's advantage is review sentiment (79% vs 59%). 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
Both are free to download. MeltLand sells 5 one-off in-app purchases and Climb Higher sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.5 for MeltLand against 4.6 for Climb Higher. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: MeltLand has 243 ratings behind it against 48, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 59% of MeltLand's written reviews are positive against 79% of Climb Higher's.
MeltLand ships an update fortnightly, Climb Higher every 11 months. The most recent releases landed on November 11, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | MeltLand | Climb Higher |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (243 ratings) | 4.6 (48 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 58.8% of reviews | 79.2% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 243 — better | 48 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 11 months |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 85 MB | 115 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Masataka Hakozaki | Orbital Nine Games Inc |
Customer experience
MeltLand
Climb Higher
Bugs and requests
MeltLand
Reported bugs
5 issues- App crashes on startup/won't open
- Automatic heart recharge not working
- Ads not loading for skipping levels
- Game crashes after purchase (no ads, unlimited lives)
- Game not opening on specific iOS versions
Requested features
8 requests- Add checkpoints/mid-level saves
- Lower the difficulty or add difficulty options
- Add more levels or game modes
- Allow customization of water droplet color/appearance
- Implement a dark mode
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- Add a free play or sandbox mode
- Improve camera control or allow perspective changes
- Add a warning for new ramps appearing
Climb Higher
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
MeltLand
- GEM x500$0.99
- ADS REMOVAL$1.99
- GEM x2000$1.99
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- GEM DOUBLER$1.99
- UNLIMITED LIVES$4.99
Climb Higher
- Full Game$2.99
