Life is Slow vs Melldows
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Life is Slow
Experience a hand-painted interactive artwork where you nurture a seedling into a mighty tree. Plant various flora and fauna while enjoying reflective poems and quotes about life. This game aims to help users unwind and reduce stress.
- Hand-painted interactive artwork
- Nurture a seedling into a tree
- Plant grasses and flowers
- Care for small creatures
- Accompanied by poems and quotes
- Designed to reduce stress and anxiety
Read full descriptionHide full description
A fully hand-painted interactive artwork and homage to the wonders of life. You take on the role of an invisible natural being, helping a little seedling grow into a mighty tree. In the meantime, you plant and care for a myriad of grasses, flowers and small, buzzing creatures. The entire experience is accompanied by short poems, quotes, and thoughts about life. “Life is Slow” tries to decelerate our modern way of being and hopes to help people who suffer from anxiety, stress, insomnia, or depression. An app to help you unwind, and to bring back a partly forgotten appreciation of nature and art.
Melldows
Design and color your own miniature world in this relaxing sandbox game. Spread forests, create paths, and add structures in a goal-less, creative experience.
- Creative land design
- Goal-less sandbox experience
- Forest and path creation
- Place tents and ruins
- Cozy and carefree gameplay
Read full descriptionHide full description
Melldows is a tiny, cozy world-building toy with no goals, scores, or pressure. Shape a small piece of land into your own peaceful place. Sculpt the terrain, grow forests and flowers, draw winding paths, and build a quiet little village. Watch the world come alive with changing light, gentle wildlife, and seasonal colors. There is nothing to win and no correct way to play. Create a wild garden, a hidden settlement, or simply relax and see where your ideas take you.
Screenshots
Verdict
Life is Slow and Melldows both sit at 5.0 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of Melldows's written reviews are positive against 25% of Life is Slow's. Life is Slow's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 4 weeks) and device support (4 vs 2). On rating, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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
Life is Slow costs $0.99 and Melldows $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Life is Slow against 5.0 for Melldows. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 2 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 25% of Life is Slow's written reviews are positive against 100% of Melldows's.
Life is Slow ships an update every 2 weeks, Melldows every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Life is Slow | Melldows |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 — better | $1.99 |
| Rating | 5.0 (6 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 25.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 6 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 4 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 331 MB | 50 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | LUCIUS NEPOMUK AMBERG | Łukasz Cichecki |
Customer experience
Life is Slow
Melldows
In-app purchases
Life is Slow
No in-app purchases
Melldows
No in-app purchases
