Melldows vs SOLVI
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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
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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.
SOLVI
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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.
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Verdict
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
SOLVI is free to download; Melldows costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
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.
| Parameter | Melldows | SOLVI |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 50 MB | 189 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Łukasz Cichecki | Osei Fortune |
In-app purchases
Melldows
No in-app purchases
SOLVI
No in-app purchases









