Comparison

My Plant Evolution vs The Bear

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

Head to head
About

My Plant Evolution

Nurture a virtual plant, guiding its growth and evolution through your choices. Enjoy a calming experience with an Asian aesthetic and relaxing music, promoting mindfulness and self-discovery.

Highlights
  • Plant care and watering
  • Fertilize for growth
  • Choose plant evolution paths
  • Unlock decorative items
  • Asian-inspired art style
  • Relaxing musical score
  • Meditative gameplay
Features
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My Plant Evolution is your pocket plant :3 Take care of it, water it, fertilize it and it will grow and change! Each player chooses the evolution of his plant, depending on the choices he will make! My Plant Evolution is made in a pleasant Asian style, accompanied by a relaxing musical theme. You can feel the carefree fall of the delicate petals of the sakura and represent the breath of the soft East wind. Meditation is the most accessible way to know yourself, calm down and hear your mind. This technique has been widely used and used to this day in the countries of the east, and now around the world: it is excellent in helping to get rid of toxic thoughts and correctly direct your internal flow of Qi energy. - In My Plant Evolution, you will choose the evolution of your plant. - Unlock various items: lamps, pots, fertilizers, watering cans, rooms that directly affect progress.

About

The Bear

Embark on a friendship adventure with a bear and a little one across a magical universe. This interactive bedtime experience features hand-drawn animations and original music, offering a calming story about togetherness and belonging.

Highlights
  • Interactive bedtime experience
  • Friendship-forming adventure
  • Hand-drawn animations
  • Specially composed music
  • Touching story
  • Calming experience
Features
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The Bear is an interactive bedtime experience for everyone. The game is free-to-try with no ads. You can play the first chapter for free and unlock the remaining 4 chapters with a single in-app purchase. Lead the bear and the little one through a friendship-forming adventure as they travel across the atmospheric universe of the World of Gra. Relax and stargaze with these weird little characters, as they tell you stories of togetherness, of letting go and of the longing to find a place you belong. The Bear has been lovingly crafted with hundreds of hand drawn animations, specially composed music and a touching story to create a uniquely calming experience, that feels like a bedtime story, read to you by a loved one.

Screenshots

My Plant Evolution4 screens
The Bear4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: The Bear at 1.1K against My Plant Evolution's 14. My Plant Evolution's advantage is iOS requirement (8.0 vs 15.0). On price, rating, review sentiment and ads 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. My Plant Evolution sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and The Bear sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for My Plant Evolution against 4.6 for The Bear. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: The Bear has 1.1K ratings behind it against 14, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 83% of My Plant Evolution's written reviews are positive against 78% of The Bear's.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
My Plant Evolution versus The Bear: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMy Plant EvolutionThe Bear
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (14 ratings) — better4.6 (1.1K ratings)
Positive reviews82.6% of reviews — better78.1% of reviews
Number of ratings141.1K — better
Update frequency—Every 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS8.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size437 MB1.7 GB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDmitry LomakinMucks Games

Customer experience

My Plant Evolution

All ratings14 ratings
Positive85.7%
Neutral14.3%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews23 reviews
Positive82.6%
Neutral13.0%
Negative4.3%

The Bear

All ratings1,144 ratings
Positive89.5%
Neutral4.4%
Negative6.1%
Written reviews137 reviews
Positive78.1%
Neutral8.0%
Negative13.9%

Bugs and requests

My Plant Evolution

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

The Bear

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Game resets when leaving the screen
  • Compatibility issues with older devices

Requested features

2 requests
  • Make the full game free
  • Add a demo or trial version

In-app purchases

3 purchases

My Plant Evolution

One-time3
  • 50 leafs$0.99
  • 200 leafs$1.99
  • 1000 leafs$2.99
4 purchases

The Bear

One-time4
  • Buy us a cookie!$0.99
  • Unlock all chapters$2.99
  • Buy us a coffee!$2.99
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  • Buy us lunch!$3.99

Questions

Is My Plant Evolution free?
My Plant Evolution is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is The Bear free?
The Bear is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, My Plant Evolution or The Bear?
My Plant Evolution is rated higher. My Plant Evolution averages 4.7 out of 5 from 14 ratings, while The Bear averages 4.6 from 1.1K ratings.
Do My Plant Evolution or The Bear have ads?
Neither My Plant Evolution nor The Bear shows ads.

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