Wasteland Orchard vs Hex Tac Toe
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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!
Hex Tac Toe
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Hex Tac Toe is a casual strategy game. Complete runs of unique colors to score. The game comes with several variations with the free version, and you can play up to 5 games per day. Unlock all features with a subscription and you get access to: • Unlimited games • Larger board size • Other board shapes • A variety of color palettes • Two player mode • More AI computer opponents • Additional game variations • Custom game configurations Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Wasteland Orchard at every 9 days against Hex Tac Toe's every 18 months. 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
Both are free to download. Wasteland Orchard sells 9 one-off in-app purchases and Hex Tac Toe sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Wasteland Orchard ships an update every 9 days, Hex Tac Toe every 18 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Wasteland Orchard | Hex Tac Toe |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (152 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 90.9% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 152 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days — better | Every 18 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 237 MB | 18 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Dustin Auxier | EPage, Inc. |
Bugs and 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
Hex Tac Toe
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
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
Hex Tac Toe
- Unlock Full Game$2.991 Month
- Unlock Full Game$12.996 Months
- Unlock Full Game$19.991 Year
Questions
Is Wasteland Orchard free?
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Which is updated more often, Wasteland Orchard or Hex Tac Toe?
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