PALINGENESIS vs Wanderness
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PALINGENESIS
Experience an album as an interactive music video game. Explore animated worlds, each tied to a song, and uncover a developing narrative through your journey. This unique application blends hand-crafted animation with interactive gameplay.
- Interactive animated worlds
- Music-driven environments
- Unfolding narrative
- Hand-crafted animation
- Visual sequences
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PALINGENESIS is a music video game. The album by GRIGS unfolds as a series of interactive animated worlds, with each environment built around a different song. Created entirely by animator and musician John Paul Grigsby, PALINGENESIS brings together hand-crafted animation, interactive environments, and visual sequences that appear as you move through each world. As you progress through the album, a larger story begins to take shape through the environments and the moments you come across along the way. Listen to PALINGENESIS by GRIGS wherever you stream music. www.johngrigsby.com
Wanderness
Explore serene natural landscapes and capture beautiful moments with your camera in this walking simulator. Immerse yourself in a zen-inspired world designed to calm your mind and ease anxiety. Reconnect with nature at your own pace.
- Explore 360-degree photo landscapes
- Relaxing soundscape
- No timers or pressure
- Full day-night cycle
- Capture and share photos
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Discover peace and tranquility with Wanderness, a new type of walking sim that takes you through serene natural landscapes. As you wander, capture stunning moments with your trusty camera and immerse yourself in a soothing, zen-inspired world that calms your mind and eases anxiety. Reconnect with the beauty of nature and find your center, one peaceful step at a time. Features: -Explore a stunning world crafted from real 360-degree photographs. -Relaxing and uplifting soundscape that transports you to serenity. -No timers and no pressure. Just wander and capture photos at your own pace. -Experience a full day cycle as the landscape gracefully transforms from dawn to dusk and into night. -Easily share your lovely photos with friends and family.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: Wanderness at free against PALINGENESIS's paid. Wanderness also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 9 days) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Wanderness holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 12 and 6 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
PALINGENESIS ships an update every 9 days, Wanderness every 2 days. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | PALINGENESIS | Wanderness |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (12 ratings) | 5.0 (6 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 12 — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 741 MB | 1.4 GB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | John Paul Grigsby | Moolion Inc |
Customer experience
PALINGENESIS
Wanderness
In-app purchases
PALINGENESIS
No in-app purchases
Wanderness
No in-app purchases
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