Comparison

Melldows vs SOLVI

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Creative land design
  • Goal-less sandbox experience
  • Forest and path creation
  • Place tents and ruins
  • Cozy and carefree gameplay
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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.

About

SOLVI

Features
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What happens when Fire meets Water? Or Earth and Air? Drag two elements together in Solvi and see what they become. Then keep going. Every discovery adds something real to a floating island that grows and changes as you play: weather rolls in, day turns to night, seasons pass, and eventually people arrive and build a settlement that grows from a camp into a city, all from the elements you combine. There is no timer, no energy meter, and nothing that locks you out of playing. Come back once a day or once a week. The island keeps its answers the way you left them. WHAT YOU'LL DO - Combine elements freely to uncover 247 discoveries across Fundamentals, Nature, Materials, Reactions, Life, Civilization, and more - Watch your discoveries change the island itself: plants grow, weather happens, a settlement rises, animals move in - Solve a new Daily Mystery combination each day - Fill in the Codex and complete milestones as your island fills out - Explore nine islands, including the frozen coast of Frostreach and the mangrove waterways of Verdant Flats - Follow discovery clues with Your Journey and keep track of experiments in the Notebook - Try optional weekly recipe puzzles alongside the Daily Mystery Solvi is built to be picked up for two minutes or twenty, with nothing standing between you and the next discovery.

Screenshots

Melldows4 screens
SOLVI4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: SOLVI at Free against Melldows's $1.99. SOLVI also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 4 weeks) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.0). Melldows's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

SOLVI is free to download; Melldows costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Melldows ships an update every 4 weeks, SOLVI every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Melldows versus SOLVI: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMelldowsSOLVI
Price$1.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 weeksEvery 2 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS26.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size50 MB189 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperŁukasz CicheckiOsei Fortune

In-app purchases

None

Melldows

No in-app purchases

None

SOLVI

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Melldows free?
Melldows costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is SOLVI free?
SOLVI is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Melldows or SOLVI have ads?
SOLVI shows ads; Melldows does not.
Which is updated more often, Melldows or SOLVI?
Melldows ships an update every 4 weeks, and SOLVI every 2 days. Most recently, Melldows was updated on November 4, 2026 and SOLVI on October 25, 2026.

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