Gemstone Tree vs Wasteland Orchard
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
Wasteland Orchard
Cultivate resilient trees and harvest valuable fruit in a post-apocalyptic wasteland. Manage your orchard, scavenge resources, and research abilities to survive storms and radiation. Your trees grow even when you're offline, offering daily rewards and permanent upgrades.
- Grow resilient trees
- Harvest valuable fruit
- Explore and scavenge
- Craft items and build
- Research abilities
- Permanent upgrades
- Idle progression
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Survive a wasteland ravaged by storms and radiation by growing the strongest, most resilient trees with the most valuable fruit! Select fruit with the ideal properties to plant more trees and expand your orchard! Explore the map each run, scavenge for resources, craft items, build structures, trade with and receive gifts from townsfolk, research powerful abilities, and use rare golden seeds for permanent upgrades! Your trees in Wasteland Orchard continue growing while you're away so check back daily to harvest, purchase upgrades, and expand your orchard!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Wasteland Orchard at 91% against Gemstone Tree's 43%. Wasteland Orchard also leads on rating (4.7 vs 3.9) and ads (none vs shown). Gemstone Tree's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 9). On price, 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. Wasteland Orchard sells 9 one-off in-app purchases. Gemstone Tree asks for nothing beyond the download.
Wasteland Orchard holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Wasteland Orchard has 152 ratings behind it against 17, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 43% of Gemstone Tree's written reviews are positive against 91% of Wasteland Orchard's.
Gemstone Tree ships an update every 8 months, Wasteland Orchard every 9 days. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.
| Parameter | Gemstone Tree | Wasteland Orchard |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (17 ratings) | 4.7 (152 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 42.9% of reviews | 90.9% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 17 | 152 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 8 months | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 71 MB | 237 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | GlobalGear Co. Ltd. | Dustin Auxier |
Customer experience
Gemstone Tree
Wasteland Orchard
Bugs and requests
Gemstone Tree
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Wasteland Orchard
Reported bugs
8 issues- Seeds disappear
- Disappointing Nerfs
- Monotonous gameplay loop
- Save bug
- Game not launching after update
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- Game not opening
- Glitch where trying to claim tree treasure rewards makes it inaccessible after a storm kills trees and makes a giant text box until you close the game
- Seeds disappear after a storm
Requested features
14 requests- Add search/filter radar function to tutorial
- Journal or easily find specific trees by stats
- More missions
- More content
- Make game able to save progress
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- Quickly switch between all trees
- More frequent time potion in shop
- Balance storm requirements
- No shortcuts/features to reseed the entire map
- No shortcuts to add auto harvest/mulch/tree stakes/lightning wall/concrete wall to all trees
- No shortcut/features to see dead trees
- Not possible to make Chests keys
- Time warp Potions should be easier to come by at the beginning
- Balance some storms
In-app purchases
Gemstone Tree
No in-app purchases
Wasteland Orchard
- Wasteland Starter Pack$1.99
- Peaceful Harvests PhillipAddOn$1.99
- Peaceful Harvests BountifulAdd$2.99
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- Great Listener$3.99
- Bountiful Orchard$4.99
- Nature's Bounty$5.99
- Peaceful Harvests$6.99
- Shard Shaman$12.99
- Time Lord$19.99
Questions
Is Gemstone Tree free?
Is Wasteland Orchard free?
Which has better reviews, Gemstone Tree or Wasteland Orchard?
Do Gemstone Tree or Wasteland Orchard have ads?
Which is updated more often, Gemstone Tree or Wasteland Orchard?
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