Livetree vs YearTree

The Livetree app is a social network for a better planet. We are focused on the meeting the United Nations 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs targets: No poverty, zero hunger, gender equality, clean water, decent work and economic growth, good health and well being, clean energy, a world without inequalities). You'll watch stories that help improve your life and the environment. While you watch and reward the video stories that matter to you, you'll also help offset your carbon footprint by planting trees. You'll connect with friends and make new connections across the globe while watching together live to bring about real positive change. We are so glad to have you here and for you to join the community to help make a better planet! We are so glad to have you here and for you to join the community.

YearTree is a bonsai garden for your phone. Each day you open the app is one year in the life of your tree. You see what grew overnight. You make one choice... prune a branch, shift the light, or leave the tree alone. Then the year ends. Growth happens in your absence. This is how real bonsai works. The Japanese word for tending bonsai is "seishi"... to restrain life. A bonsai master does not build a tree. They remove what is unnecessary. They wait. They decide when to stop. YearTree puts that practice in your hands. Your tree is unique. No two trees start the same way and no two trees grow the same way. Light compounds over years, bending branches toward the sun. Pruning redirects energy. Doing nothing has consequences. Surface roots emerge with age. Growth slows over centuries. Every decision accumulates. Every absence matters. This is contemplative play... a space between games and meditation where meaning comes from patience, not performance. There is no score. No timer. No way to win. Just the slow unfolding of something shaped by your attention and your restraint. When your tree feels finished... not when the game tells you, but when you feel it... place it on the shelf. A collection of trees you chose to stop touching. Share a snapshot of what you have grown. Start another. One pot. One tree. Many years. Free: one year per day, full mechanics. Pro: unlimited years per session. $4.99, one time, forever. No ads. No subscriptions. No accounts. No data.