Comparison

Wasteland Orchard vs GridSync

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Grow resilient trees
  • Harvest valuable fruit
  • Explore and scavenge
  • Craft items and build
  • Research abilities
  • Permanent upgrades
  • Idle progression
Features
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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!

About

GridSync

Engage your mind with a strategic tile-matching puzzle game featuring two distinct modes: timed challenges and move-limited puzzles. Progress through increasingly complex grids and daily challenges, all presented with a clean, minimalist design.

Highlights
  • Timed and moves-limited puzzle modes
  • Increasing grid sizes and difficulty
  • Daily challenges
  • Smooth tile gameplay
  • Clean, minimalist design
Features
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Challenge your brain with a unique tile-matching puzzle experience! GridSync combines strategy, speed, and precision across two exciting game modes: • Timed Mode – Race against the clock to complete each puzzle before time runs out • Moves Mode – Think ahead and solve each puzzle within a limited number of moves As you progress, unlock larger and more challenging grids, pushing your problem-solving skills to the limit. FEATURES: • Smooth and satisfying tile gameplay • Increasing difficulty and grid sizes • Two distinct game modes for different playstyles • Daily challenges to test your skills • Clean, minimal design focused on gameplay Support the game through ads, or remove them anytime with a one-time purchase. Whether you prefer fast-paced action or careful planning, GridSync has a challenge for you.

Screenshots

Wasteland Orchard4 screens
GridSync4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: GridSync at none against Wasteland Orchard's 9. GridSync also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7) and review sentiment (100% vs 91%). Wasteland Orchard's advantage is update cadence (every 9 days vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (148 vs 5). On price, ads 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. Wasteland Orchard sells 9 one-off in-app purchases. GridSync asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

GridSync holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Wasteland Orchard has 148 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 91% of Wasteland Orchard's written reviews are positive against 100% of GridSync's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Wasteland Orchard ships an update every 9 days, GridSync every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and August 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Wasteland Orchard versus GridSync: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWasteland OrchardGridSync
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (148 ratings)5.0 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews90.9% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings148 — better5
Update frequencyEvery 9 days — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better18.1
Further details — not scored
Size237 MB23 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDustin AuxierJonathan Tucker

Customer experience

Wasteland Orchard

All ratings148 ratings
Positive92.6%
Neutral2.7%
Negative4.7%
Written reviews66 reviews
Positive90.9%
Neutral4.5%
Negative4.5%

GridSync

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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

GridSync

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

9 purchases

Wasteland Orchard

One-time9
  • 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
None

GridSync

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Wasteland Orchard free?
Wasteland Orchard is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is GridSync free?
GridSync is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Wasteland Orchard or GridSync?
GridSync is rated higher. Wasteland Orchard averages 4.7 out of 5 from 148 ratings, while GridSync averages 5.0 from 5 ratings.
Do Wasteland Orchard or GridSync have ads?
Neither Wasteland Orchard nor GridSync shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Wasteland Orchard or GridSync?
Wasteland Orchard ships an update every 9 days, and GridSync every 2 months. Most recently, Wasteland Orchard was updated on September 24, 2026 and GridSync on August 3, 2026.

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