Evergarden vs Spring Falls
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Evergarden
Lose yourself in a relaxing puzzle game set in a mysterious forest. Combine plants to create new forms, uncover secrets, and restore the forest with your creature guide. This game offers an endlessly satisfying puzzle experience with a narrative adventure.
- Plant merging puzzle mechanics
- Mysterious forest exploration
- Narrative adventure progression
- Unlock new strategies with 'songs'
- Daily procedural puzzles
- Calming rhythm and atmosphere
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“The game absolutely will feel familiar when you’re setting out, but as you progress through Evergarden you will experience something the likes of which I doubt you will have in your gaming life.” - Touch Arcade “Evergarden is a brilliant, relaxing, and utterly enthralling puzzle game that you should grab right now” - Pocket Gamer “Evergarden may look like a combination of puzzle games you’ve seen before, but it’s truly a game that’s more than the sum of its parts” - 148apps.com Lose yourself in an endlessly satisfying puzzle game set in the midst of a mysterious forest world. Transform your garden by combining plants into strange new forms, and unearth deeply hidden secrets as you become engrossed in the game’s calming rhythm. Wander into the forest and help bring it back to life with the help of Fen, your creature guide. Evergarden may feel familiar at first, but you will discover it is like no game you have played before. FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS Q: What type of game is this? A: Evergarden is an “evergreen” puzzle game merged with a narrative adventure. Q: What do you mean by “narrative adventure”? A: Beyond the garden puzzle board, there lies a mysterious forest environment to explore, with its own puzzles and progression. You’ll use the stones that you earn on the puzzle board to solve puzzles, and unlock new “songs” which add interesting new strategies to the puzzle board. Q: How long is the game? A: The core puzzle game is “evergreen”, which means you can play it repeatedly and keep mastering it forever. The narrative adventure portion will take most players 4-8 hours to explore, and there is a daily challenge with a new procedural puzzle to unlock every day.
Spring Falls
A tranquil puzzle game where players manipulate the landscape to guide water flow and cultivate wildflowers. Experience a meditative journey down a peaceful mountainside with soft visuals and an ambient soundtrack.
- Water flow manipulation
- Wildflower cultivation
- 60 hand-crafted levels
- Meditative experience
- Ambient soundtrack
- Portrait and landscape support
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Spring Falls is a puzzle game about water, erosion, and watching things grow. Manipulate the landscape and bring wildflowers to life as you make your way down a peaceful mountainside. Features: • 60 hand-crafted levels • Unique gameplay revolving around water flow • Soft visuals, ambient-folk soundtrack, and environmental sounds for a meditative, relaxing experience • Support for portrait and landscape modes • No ads or in-app purchases
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Spring Falls at 4.7 against Evergarden's 4.3. Spring Falls also leads on review sentiment (80% vs 64%) and chart position (#187 vs unranked). Evergarden's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 2 months). On ratings volume, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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
Evergarden costs $4.99 and Spring Falls $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Spring Falls holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 76 and 51 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 64% of Evergarden's written reviews are positive against 80% of Spring Falls's.
Evergarden ships an update every 2 weeks, Spring Falls every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Evergarden | Spring Falls |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $4.99 | $3.99 — better |
| Rating | 4.3 (76 ratings) | 4.7 (51 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 64.1% of reviews | 80.4% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 76 — better | 51 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Best chart rank | — | #187 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 171 MB | 106 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Flippfly, LLC | Sparse Game Development Inc. |
Customer experience
Evergarden
Spring Falls
Bugs and requests
Evergarden
Reported bugs
8 issues- Game glitches with special tokens
- Back button disappears
- Game doesn't recognize completed patterns
- Game crashes or freezes
- App shuts off phone screen randomly
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- Cannot progress after tutorial/first level
- Issue with loading new game boards
- Forced quit when making certain moves
Requested features
8 requests- More levels or content
- Hint system or tutorial
- Undo button for moves
- Fix for impossible challenges
- Improved visual clarity for colorblind users
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- Option to save and return to games
- Optimization for battery usage
- Fix for game board not changing shape
Spring Falls
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Evergarden
No in-app purchases
Spring Falls
No in-app purchases
