Dissolve vs Gemstone Tree
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Dissolve
Engage in an endless arcade shooter where every hit transforms the vibrant background. Collect permanent power-ups and melt through waves of enemies with intuitive swipe controls. Unlock new ships and face diverse enemy types in this colorful, fast-paced experience.
- Infinite enemy waves
- Permanent power-ups
- Transforming background visuals
- Single-finger swipe controls
- Haptic feedback
- Unlockable ships
- Upgradeable power-up drops
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In Dissolve, melt your way through infinite waves of enemies and bullets collecting never-expiring power-ups! Every shot that hits an enemy transforms the background, igniting dazzling bursts of color and warp-speed alterations all controlled with just a finger swipe. Get ready to melt through an endless torrent of vector foes! Features - Simple controls: Play with just moving your finger around the screen - Haptic feedback for key moments - 7 unlock-able ships - 14 Enemy Types and power-ups - Upgradeable power-up drop rates
Gemstone Tree
Cultivate a magical gemstone tree to generate precious jewels and unlock a miniature world. This relaxing idle game allows you to simply watch your tree grow and discover the unfolding universe beneath it.
- Grow a gemstone tree
- Earn jewels
- Expand a new world
- Healing idle gameplay
- Discover a miniature universe
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Discover a mysterious gemstone tree and the tiny little world which unfolds beneath it. Grow your tree to earn jewels and expand a whole new world. In a corner of the great wide universe lies a beautiful green planet home to a mysterious tree with the power to create jewels. Just sit back and relax as you watch your lovely gemstone tree grow in this healing idle game.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Dissolve at 4.5 against Gemstone Tree's 3.9. Dissolve also leads on review sentiment (84% vs 43%) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 8 months). Gemstone Tree's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Dissolve sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Gemstone Tree asks for nothing beyond the download.
Dissolve holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Dissolve has 107 ratings behind it against 17, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 84% of Dissolve's written reviews are positive against 43% of Gemstone Tree's.
Dissolve ships an update fortnightly, Gemstone Tree every 8 months. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Dissolve | Gemstone Tree |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (107 ratings) — better | 3.9 (17 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 84.0% of reviews — better | 42.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 107 — better | 17 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 8 months |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 400 MB | 71 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 9+ |
| Developer | BabyStar Games | GlobalGear Co. Ltd. |
Customer experience
Dissolve
Gemstone Tree
In-app purchases
Dissolve
- 5000 Diamonds$0.99
- 30,000 Diamonds$4.99
Gemstone Tree
No in-app purchases
Questions
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