Comparison

Prune+ vs Flow Free+

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Prune+

Cultivate a digital tree by guiding its growth towards sunlight while navigating environmental hazards. Uncover a hidden narrative within a minimalist, artistic world. Enjoy a serene, meditative experience with beautiful visuals and sound.

Highlights
  • Grow and shape trees
  • Minimalist art and interface
  • Meditative music and sound
  • Uncover a hidden story
  • Share tree creations
  • Cross-device progress sync
Features
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Prune+ is a love letter to trees. A game about the beauty and joy of cultivation. With a swipe of a finger, grow and shape your tree into the sunlight while avoiding the dangers of a hostile world. Bring life to a forgotten landscape and uncover a story hidden deep beneath the soil. • A unique digital plant for your pocket • Beautiful, minimalist art and a super clean interface—it's just you and the trees • Meditative music and sound design for you to zen out to • No IAP, no monetization strategy, no currencies • Share screenshots of your unique tree creations with friends • Synchronize progress across all your devices ----- RECEPTION FOR PRUNE----- "Unlike anything I've played before... the kind of experience I want to pull out to show my friends" - The Verge "Wildly creative, totally addictive, and oddly soothing" - Entertainment Weekly "Prune is a gorgeous and unique experience" - 5/5 TouchArcade "Prune is an awe-inspiring work of digital poetry" - 10/10 Pocket Gamer "A collaboration that feels more like a dance than puzzle-solving" - Kill Screen

About

Flow Free+

Connect matching colored pipes to fill the board without crossing or overlapping. Enjoy hundreds of levels with varying difficulty, or challenge yourself in time trials. Offers daily puzzles and achievements for a continuously engaging experience.

Highlights
  • Connect matching colors
  • Fill the entire board
  • Hundreds of levels
  • Time Trial mode
  • Daily puzzles
  • Over 9,000 puzzles
Features
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Flow Free® is a simple yet addictive puzzle game. Connect matching colors with pipe to create a Flow®. Pair all colors, and cover the entire board to solve each puzzle. But watch out, pipes will break if they cross or overlap! Free play through hundreds of levels, or race against the clock in Time Trial mode. Gameplay ranges from simple and relaxed, to challenging and frenetic, and everywhere in between. How you play is up to you. So, give Flow Free a try, and experience "mind like water"! Flow Free+ features: * Over 9,000 puzzles! * Daily puzzles: new levels every day, never run out * Carefully crafted, high-quality puzzles ranging from easy to extreme! * Optimized touch controls for smooth, satisfying play * Game Center achievements and cloud sync of your progress * Clean, colorful graphics and fun sound effects Enjoy!

Screenshots

Prune+4 screens
Flow Free+4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: Flow Free+ at free against Prune+'s paid. Flow Free+ also leads on update cadence (monthly vs every 11 months) and rating (4.8 vs 4.4). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Flow Free+ holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Flow Free+ has 16K ratings behind it against 233, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 77% of Prune+'s written reviews are positive against 92% of Flow Free+'s.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Prune+ ships an update every 11 months, Flow Free+ monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Prune+ versus Flow Free+: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPrune+Flow Free+
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (233 ratings)4.8 (16K ratings) — better
Positive reviews76.6% of reviews91.6% of reviews — better
Number of ratings23316K — better
Update frequencyEvery 11 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.013.0
Further details — not scored
Size148 MB20 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJoel McDonald LLCBig Duck Games LLC

Customer experience

Prune+

All ratings233 ratings
Positive85.0%
Neutral7.7%
Negative7.3%
Written reviews124 reviews
Positive76.6%
Neutral11.3%
Negative12.1%

Flow Free+

All ratings15,613 ratings
Positive94.6%
Neutral2.5%
Negative2.9%
Written reviews487 reviews
Positive91.6%
Neutral3.5%
Negative4.9%

Bugs and requests

Prune+

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Occasional crashes and performance issues
  • Camera automatically zooming in/out unexpectedly

Requested features

4 requests
  • More levels and content
  • Customizable camera controls
  • Sandbox mode for free-form tree growing
  • Ability to save progress and resume later

Flow Free+

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Prune+

No in-app purchases

None

Flow Free+

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Prune+ free?
Prune+ is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Flow Free+ free?
Flow Free+ is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Prune+ or Flow Free+?
Flow Free+ is rated higher. Prune+ averages 4.4 out of 5 from 233 ratings, while Flow Free+ averages 4.8 from 16K ratings.
Do Prune+ or Flow Free+ have ads?
Neither Prune+ nor Flow Free+ shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Prune+ or Flow Free+?
Prune+ ships an update every 11 months, and Flow Free+ monthly. Most recently, Prune+ was updated on October 1, 2026 and Flow Free+ on October 19, 2026.

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