Harvest time! vs Melldows
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Harvest time!
Cultivate your dream farm by harvesting crops and raising livestock. Expand your agricultural empire by acquiring various animals and continuously tending to your fields. Experience the joys of farm life in this engaging simulation game.
- Harvest crops
- Build your dream farm
- Raise chickens, cows, pigs, and sheep
- Expand agricultural empire
- Engaging simulation gameplay
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Are you enjoying be on the farm? Play this game to harvest crops and build your dream farm. Buy chickens, cow, pigs, sheeps. And continue to harvest crops!
Melldows
Design and color your own miniature world in this relaxing sandbox game. Spread forests, create paths, and add structures in a goal-less, creative experience.
- Creative land design
- Goal-less sandbox experience
- Forest and path creation
- Place tents and ruins
- Cozy and carefree gameplay
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Melldows is a tiny, cozy world-building toy with no goals, scores, or pressure. Shape a small piece of land into your own peaceful place. Sculpt the terrain, grow forests and flowers, draw winding paths, and build a quiet little village. Watch the world come alive with changing light, gentle wildlife, and seasonal colors. There is nothing to win and no correct way to play. Create a wild garden, a hidden settlement, or simply relax and see where your ideas take you.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Harvest time! at Free against Melldows's $1.99. Harvest time! also leads on update cadence (daily vs every 4 weeks) and ratings volume (8 vs 1). Melldows's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.0) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). On ads 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
Harvest time! is free to download; Melldows costs $1.99 up front. Harvest time! sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Melldows asks for nothing beyond the download.
Melldows holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Harvest time! has 8 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Harvest time! ships an update daily, Melldows every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and September 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Harvest time! | Melldows |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $1.99 |
| Rating | 4.0 (8 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 8 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Daily — better | Every 4 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 66 MB | 50 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ilia Stepanov | Łukasz Cichecki |
Customer experience
Harvest time!
Melldows
In-app purchases
Harvest time!
- Harvest! No ads$3.99
Melldows
No in-app purchases
