Comparison

Honeyland vs Candy Melons

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

Head to head
About

Honeyland

Build and manage a bee swarm, harvest honey, and compete in quests and battles. Explore the universe, upgrade your bees, and customize your hive. A strategy game with adorable bees and vibrant graphics.

Highlights
  • Build and manage bee swarm
  • Harvest honey across the universe
  • Upgrade bee skills and collect items
  • Mate bees and queens
  • Complete quests and PVP battles
  • Customize your hive
  • Claim daily free spin
Features
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Join players worldwide as you build your swarm of bees, harvest sweet rewards, compete in quests and PVP battles to collect as much honey as you can for your Hive.  

Explore the vast lands across the universe in Honeyland, manage your bees, earn tools and resources to help you along the way. Your Swarm is waiting for you. 

With vibrant graphics and intuitive gameplay, Honeyland is the perfect game for anyone who loves strategy games and adorable bees. 

Welcome to Universe 1
● Build and manage your swarm of bees, upgrade their skills so they can produce more honey ● Collect honey by harvesting across the universe ● Collect items along the way to help upgrade your bees and earn faster ● Mate your bees and queen to create more playable characters to help you earn faster.  ● Complete quests to hone your PVP skills and earn sweet rewards ● Compete against other players in an idle battle to win honey   ● Protect your hive from attacks from other players ● Customize your Hive to make it uniquely yours with unique decorations, backgrounds, and more  ● Claim your free daily spin to win free items ● Enjoy beautiful graphics and intuitive gameplay  What are you waiting for? Join the Honey Rush today.

About

Candy Melons

Merge candies to create larger ones and compete for the biggest candy. Engage in live online multiplayer or adventure mode for high scores and rewards. Purchase boosters or spin a daily wheel for assistance.

Highlights
  • Candy merging gameplay
  • Live online multiplayer
  • Adventure mode
  • Daily rewards
  • Purchaseable boosters
  • Daily free spin
Features
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Merge the same small candy together to create bigger and bigger ones until your screen explodes! Who can create the biggest candy first? Challenge your friends or strangers in live online multiplayer mode, or play the adventure mode to rack up scores and win. The 10 best daily scorers win rewards. If you're stuck, you can purchase boosters to help clear your Candy, or win them in your free daily wheel spin. We’ll publish frequent updates about new content, tips, giveaways, tournaments, discord live games and more on our social media. Website: https://www.boredcandycity.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/boredcandycity Medium: https://boredcandycity.medium.com/ Discord: https://discord.gg/boredcandycity

Screenshots

Honeyland4 screens
Candy Melons3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Honeyland at none against Candy Melons's shown. Honeyland also leads on ratings volume (614 vs 9) and rating (4.9 vs 4.6). Candy Melons's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs every 2 weeks). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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. Honeyland sells 13 one-off in-app purchases and Candy Melons sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Honeyland holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Honeyland has 614 ratings behind it against 9, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 89% of Honeyland's written reviews are positive against 75% of Candy Melons's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Honeyland ships an update every 2 weeks, Candy Melons every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Honeyland versus Candy Melons: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHoneylandCandy Melons
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (614 ratings) — better4.6 (9 ratings)
Positive reviews89.2% of reviews — better75.0% of reviews
Number of ratings614 — better9
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 3 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size648 MB217 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperBRAVO READY GAMESThe Bored Candy City LTD

Customer experience

Honeyland

All ratings613 ratings
Positive97.4%
Neutral1.1%
Negative1.5%
Written reviews83 reviews
Positive89.2%
Neutral1.2%
Negative9.6%

Candy Melons

All ratings9 ratings
Positive88.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative11.1%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%

Bugs and requests

Honeyland

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Login screen freezes
  • Phantom wallet connectivity issues
  • Inconsistent performance after updates

Requested features

4 requests
  • Dark mode option
  • More mini-games and activities
  • Improved customer support responsiveness
  • Better balance between free-to-play and paid progression

Candy Melons

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

13 purchases

Honeyland

One-time13
  • Pack 1$1.99
  • Busy Bee Bundle$1.99
  • Pack 4$4.99
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  • Honey Harvester Pack$4.99
  • Pack 5$7.99
  • Nectar Gatherer Kit$9.99
  • 5000 XP Booster Pack$12.99
  • 100 WAX$14.99
  • Royal Honey Stash$19.99
  • Golden Hive Hoard$49.99
  • 500 WAX$74.99
  • Honey Kingdom Treasury$99.99
  • Beemium$99.99
5 purchases

Candy Melons

One-time5
  • Basic Pack$0.99
  • Mega Pack$3.99
  • Hyper Pack$6.99
Show 2 more
  • Hyper Pack$29.99
  • Ultra Pack$49.99

Questions

Is Honeyland free?
Honeyland is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Candy Melons free?
Candy Melons is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Honeyland or Candy Melons?
Honeyland is rated higher. Honeyland averages 4.9 out of 5 from 614 ratings, while Candy Melons averages 4.6 from 9 ratings.
Do Honeyland or Candy Melons have ads?
Candy Melons shows ads; Honeyland does not.
Which is updated more often, Honeyland or Candy Melons?
Honeyland ships an update every 2 weeks, and Candy Melons every 3 days. Most recently, Honeyland was updated on October 27, 2026 and Candy Melons on October 16, 2026.

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