Comparison

Metasequire vs StepHaven

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

Head to head
About

Metasequire

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Collect as many droplets as possible into a Blob and avoid being consumed by the darkness in this extremely addictive and oddly satisfying new game inspired by physics, liquids and smooth fluid motion. Swipe and absorb even more droplets, and watch out for the dark-colored ones. You can instantly clean up the darkness by storing energy and clicking on the tree icon. Absorbing clean droplets also slowly purifies the Blob. This game is novice-friendly; it’s very easy to play, but hard to master as it becomes really challenging the close you get to beating the high score. Main features: - free to play - Intuitive controls - hard to master - custom skins - awesome physics

About

StepHaven

Walk to build a charming town, from cozy cottages to expansive landscapes. Design every detail of your homes and watch your creation come alive with villagers and wildlife. Collaborate with friends to build a shared haven.

Highlights
  • Build towns with walking steps
  • Customize houses and landscapes
  • Interactive town with villagers
  • Co-op building with friends
  • Offline building functionality
  • Widgets and Live Activities
Features
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StepHaven is a town-building game you play by walking. Every step you take goes toward something you build: a cottage, a garden path, a waterfall, a whole town of your own design. A BRISK WALK, A FIRST STREET StepHaven reads your steps from Apple Health, so the iPhone in your pocket or the Apple Watch on your wrist already does the counting. A ten-minute walk pays for your first house. An ordinary day on your feet builds a street. A BIG MAP THAT'S ALL YOURS Every haven has its own map, 300 tiles across, with rivers, hills and mountain ranges. Raise the ground, dig ponds, send waterfalls down your terraces, lay a railway, build bridges and piers. Make a canal town, a hillside village or a valley of cottages. There's room for every idea. DESIGN EVERY HOUSE In the Workshop you choose a shape, a style, a roof and the colors, then add flower boxes, shutters, a porch or a chimney that smokes. No two towns look alike, because yours is built from your ideas. OVER 500 THINGS TO PLACE Cherry trees and wildflowers, stone walls and lanterns, koi ponds, sailboats, trains, jukeboxes, and a garden gnome holding a lantern. New things arrive with updates. A TOWN THAT LIVES Villagers walk to the shops and visit their neighbors. Deer, foxes and ducks wander in once there's enough green, and a dog house or a stable brings a pet of your own. Visiting merchants stop by with things the shop doesn't sell. The light follows your clock, and the seasons change through the year. BUILD WITH FRIENDS Start a shared haven and invite up to three friends. What they build shows up on your phone a few seconds later. EVERY KIND OF MOVING COUNTS Wheelchair pushes count, just like steps. Heading out for a bike ride or a swim? Light an Ember first and the workout counts too. Ember works best with Apple Watch. ON YOUR HOME SCREEN Widgets show your town and what you're saving for. A Live Activity keeps your Ember on the Lock Screen. FAIR BY DESIGN • No ads and no energy timers. • Steps can't be bought. Everything in the shop costs steps. • Steps typed into Health by hand don't count. • Your step count stays on your phone. • Building works offline. STEPHAVEN+ AND ITEM PACKS StepHaven+ is an optional membership: monthly, yearly or lifetime. It adds more Workshop shapes and styles, roof shapes, color washes, a covered porch, and more havens. Item packs such as Castle & Crown are one-time purchases. Some buildings in the screenshots need StepHaven+ or a pack. Privacy Policy: https://bmrich12.github.io/stephaven-privacy/ Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Metasequire4 screens
StepHaven4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Metasequire at every 2 days against StepHaven's every 5 days. Metasequire also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 26.5). On price, 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. Metasequire sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and StepHaven sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Metasequire ships an update every 2 days, StepHaven every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
Metasequire versus StepHaven: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMetasequireStepHaven
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (9 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—9 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 days — betterEvery 5 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS9.0 — better26.5
Further details — not scored
Size84 MB104 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNukenin LLCBrody Richmond

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Metasequire

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$2.99
5 purchases

StepHaven

Subscriptions2
  • StepHaven+ Monthly$4.991 Month
  • StepHaven+ Yearly$29.991 Year
One-time3
  • Cottage Garden: Cozy Cottages$6.99
  • Castle & Crown: Medieval Town$9.99
  • StepHaven+ Lifetime$79.99

Questions

Is Metasequire free?
Metasequire is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is StepHaven free?
StepHaven is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Metasequire or StepHaven have ads?
Neither Metasequire nor StepHaven shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Metasequire or StepHaven?
Metasequire ships an update every 2 days, and StepHaven every 5 days. Most recently, Metasequire was updated on November 6, 2026 and StepHaven on November 10, 2026.

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