Builderment vs Melldows
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Builderment
Build and automate complex production lines on an alien planet. Harvest resources, craft items, and research new technologies to send goods back to Earth. Expand your factories and optimize your resource extraction.
- Build factories on a massive scale
- Automate item crafting
- Use conveyor belts for transport
- Research new technologies
- Harvest diverse resources
- Expand production lines
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Builderment is a factory building game at heart. It’s all about crafting and automation. You start by harvesting resources and crafting items in factories. Use those crafted items to research new technology and recipes to craft ever more complex items. Earth has run out of resources... You have been sent to a distant planet to extract its infinite resources and craft items to send back to Earth. You'll need to establish a base on this planet to build factories and production lines to automate the assembly of items. Features * Build factories on a massive scale * Use conveyor belts to transport items between factories * Craft dozens of unique items * Research technology to build more advanced buildings * Expand to harvest every resource on the map
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: Builderment at Free against Melldows's $1.99. Builderment also leads on ratings volume (3.3K vs 1) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 26.0). Melldows's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 10) and ads (none vs shown). On update cadence 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
Builderment is free to download; Melldows costs $1.99 up front. Builderment sells 9 one-off in-app purchases. Melldows asks for nothing beyond the download.
Melldows holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Builderment has 3.3K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 87% of Builderment's written reviews are positive against 100% of Melldows's.
Builderment ships an update every 6 weeks, Melldows every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and September 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Builderment | Melldows |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $1.99 |
| Rating | 4.6 (3.3K ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 87.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3.3K — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Every 4 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 48 MB | 50 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Builderment LLC | Łukasz Cichecki |
Customer experience
Builderment
Melldows
Bugs and requests
Builderment
Reported bugs
3 issues- Disappearing resources when moving storage
- Conveyor belt pathing issues and clipping
- Inconsistent resource production rates
Requested features
6 requests- Ability to run the game in the background
- Multiple research labs for parallel progression
- More varied and customizable map layouts
- Conveyor belt color-coding or labeling
- Overflow and smart splitter mechanics
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- Prestige mode or new game+ options
Melldows
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Builderment
- Pile of Gems$2.99
- Pile of Gems$4.99
- Bunch of Gems$6.99
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- Bunch of Gems$9.99
- Sack of Gems2 variants$19.99
- Advanced World Settings$19.99
- Chest of Gems$29.99
- Chest of Gems$39.99
- Vault of Gems$79.99
Melldows
No in-app purchases









