Wither vs The Botanist
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Wither
This app allows users to express feelings through a lost language of flowers, inspired by Victorian-era floriography. Users can send individual flowers or create bouquets with hidden meanings, with new flowers added daily. Bouquets are temporary, wilting after five days.
- Send individual flowers
- Create mixed flower bouquets
- Temporary bouquets that wither
- Daily new flower additions
- Express feelings through flowers
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Wither is a friendship app that helps you stay in touch. During the Victorian era, it was common for friends and lovers to give each other bouquets of flowers with hidden meanings. Each flower had a specific intent and, when combined together in a bouquet, expressed new feelings, ideas or messages. Many “floriography dictionaries” were sold to help the senders craft their bouquet and allow the receivers to translate those messages. Now, you can keep in touch and express exactly how you feel using this lost language of flowers. You pick the flowers and Wither combines them into little bouquets with concrete messages. Features: - Send individual flowers or mix & match flowers in a bouquet - Focus on the moment: all bouquets wither after 5 days - New flowers added daily
The Botanist
Create beautiful botanical mandalas and arrangements using digital leaves and petals. Save and share your unique floral designs with friends. A relaxing and creative experience inspired by nature's beauty.
- Create botanical mandalas
- Arrange digital leaves and petals
- Save creations to device
- Share designs with friends
- Relaxing and creative experience
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The Botanist is an app of creativity, relaxation and beauty of nature. Select your leafs and petals and other botanical specimens and start laying mandalas and other amazing arrangements. Once you’re done, save your piece on device and share with friends!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Wither at none against The Botanist's 3. Wither also leads on ratings volume (27 vs 5) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.1). The Botanist's advantage is rating (4.6 vs 4.3). On price, review sentiment 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
Both are free to download. The Botanist sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Wither asks for nothing beyond the download.
The Botanist holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Wither has 27 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 73% of Wither's written reviews are positive against 80% of The Botanist's.
| Parameter | Wither | The Botanist |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (27 ratings) | 4.6 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 73.3% of reviews | 80.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 27 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | — | Every 11 months |
| Ads | — | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 52 MB | 24 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Well See, LLC | Beige Elephant |
Customer experience
Wither
The Botanist
In-app purchases
Wither
No in-app purchases
The Botanist
- Theme #1$1.99
- Theme #2$1.99
- Theme #3$1.99
